Georgia Southern University Planetarium to Unveil Images from NASA’s Great Observatories
The Georgia Southern Planetarium will take visitors on a journey to the center of our Galaxy when it unveils unprecedented mural-sized images of the Milky Way’s core as seen by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope, and Chandra X-ray Observatory. The images will be unveiled November 13, 2009 at 7 p.m. before the public evening presentation, The Lives of Stars. The stunning photographs of the central region of our Galaxy commemorate the International Year of Astronomy, which marks the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s use of the telescope to explore space. The new images will be on permanent display in the planetarium lobby and may be seen weekdays from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The planetarium is closed on University holidays.
The Georgia Southern Planetarium is located in the Math/Physics Building across Herty Drive from Hanner Fieldhouse on the campus of Georgia Southern University.
Please call 912-478-5292 or visit http://cost.georgiasouthern.edu/planetarium for more information.
Georgia Southern University, a Carnegie Doctoral/Research University, offers 115 degree programs serving more than 19,000 students. Through eight colleges, the University offers bachelor, master and doctoral degree programs built on more than a century of academic achievement. The University, one of Georgia’s largest, is a top choice of Georgia’s HOPE scholars and is recognized for its student-centered approach to education. Visit: www.georgiasouthern.edu.puf
Last updated: 2/2/2018
Georgia Southern University to Host Ambassadors from the African Union and Senegal
Georgia Southern University will host ambassadors from the African Union and Senegal as part of its annual International Education Week Celebration beginning Nov. 16, 2009.
The ambassadors will make presentations on campus and take part in discussions surrounding some of the most critical issues facing their countries as part of the ‘Voices of Africa Forum.” Forum events will take place throughout the day at Georgia Southern University on Nov. 16 and 17.
Ambassador Amina Salum Ali is the Permanent Representative of the African Union to the United States, and the first woman to hold the position. Ambassador Ali speaks on behalf of the African Union and its Member States on economic and social issues.
Amadou Lamine Ba is the Ambassador of Senegal to the United States. He is a member of the African Diplomatic Corps and of the US-African Institute, a private organization that works to foster economic, educational, and democratic partnerships between the United States and Africa.
The ambassadors will be joined on campus by Harvard University political science professor Dr. Michael C. Nwanze and Lawrence Eyong-Echaw, who is the former National Chairman for the U.S. branch of the Southern Cameroons National Council. Eyong-Echaw worked as a journalist and was a member of the opposition party in Cameroon, where he was detained by the government because of his political activities. Georgia Southern alumna Andrea Stults McIntosh, an asylum officer with the Department of Homeland Security, will discuss the political asylum process.
International Education Week is designed to promote awareness of international issues, celebrate the students from 90 countries that are now students at Georgia Southern, and to highlight opportunities for Georgia Southern students from the U.S. to study abroad. Georgia Southern University works to promote international education as a way of preparing students to live and work in a global society. A complete list of International Education Week activities at Georgia Southern University can be found by visiting http://academics.georgiasouthern.edu/international/International_Week/Int_Week.htm.
Georgia Southern University, a Carnegie Doctoral/Research University, offers 115 degree programs serving more than 19,000 students. Through eight colleges, the University offers bachelor, master and doctoral degree programs built on more than a century of academic achievement. The University, one of Georgia’s largest, is a top choice of Georgia’s HOPE scholars and is recognized for its student-centered approach to education. Visit: www.georgiasouthern.edu.
Last updated: 2/2/2018
Georgia Southern University to Host Open House
Georgia Southern University will host an open house for prospective students Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009 beginning at 8 a.m. at Hanner Fieldhouse.
Open House is an opportunity for high school students and their parents to experience Georgia Southern University first-hand. Not only do they see the campus, but they also meet and speak with current students, faculty and staff. Parents and students find out for themselves why Georgia Southern has earned the reputation of a large-scale, small-feel research university.
During the Open House, campus tours will be offered that include visits to a residence hall and several academic buildings. Information about admissions requirements, academic offerings and student life will be available. Prospective students and parents can also choose from a series of information sessions to attend.
Georgia Southern University has more than 19,000 students enrolled and continues to receive national recognition. The University has been featured in U.S. News & World Report America’s Best Colleges and Universities and was recently recognized as one of the Top 100 Best Values among Public Colleges and Universities by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance. This fall, the University’s College of Business Administration was named one of the Best 301 Business Schools in the country by Princeton Review.
Reservations are required to attend the Open House and space is limited. Reservations can be made by visiting Georgia Southern University’s website at www.georgiasouthern.edu.
Last updated: 2/2/2018
Georgia Southern University School of Nursing Leader Receives National Award
Georgia Southern University Chair and Professor of Nursing, Jean Bartels, Ph.D., RN, was selected as the 2009 recipient of the Sister Bernadette Armiger Award, the highest honor given by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN).
Bartels, who served as the President of the AACN from 2004-2006 and on the Board of Directors for 10 years, is one of only 14 leaders to ever receive the national award. She received the award at the AACNs fall meeting in Washington, D.C.
Established in 1982 to honor Sr. Bernadette Armigers distinguished service to AACN, the award recognizes individuals who significantly advance nursing education and practice. The selection criteria stress active participation at AACN meetings and service to the organization, and national recognition for significant contributions to nursing education, scholarship, leadership, and advancement of the nursing profession.
Bartels is currently serving as the Chair of the School of Nursing and Professor of Nursing at Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Ga. Prior to joining Georgia Southern, she served as the Chair of Nursing at Alverno College in Milwaukee, Wis. from 1990-1999. She worked as a staff nurse in the Intensive Care Unit at Columbia Hospital in Milwaukee.
Bartels has conducted research in a variety of nursing practice and higher education areas. She has written books, chapters, and articles on topics including outcome measurement in nursing education, critical thinking in nursing, nursing education for the 21st century, service learning and community-based nursing education. Recently, she provided testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce regarding solutions to dealing with current and projected shortages of nurses and nurse educators.
She has conducted local, state, national, and international workshops, presentations and consultations on issues related to community-based nursing practice, nursing education, ability based/outcome focused education, critical thinking, assessment processes and accreditation in higher education.
In addition to her work with the AACN, she is a member of the American Nurses Association, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society for Nursing, ISSSS, the Southeast Region Nursing Research Society, and the American Educational Research Association. She was the Assistant Editor for Education for the Journal of Professional Nursing and served on the Editorial Board. She is the President of the Board for the Ogeechee Area Hospice, Inc.
Bartels earned a PhD in Nursing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, a Master of Science in Nursing from Marquette University, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Alverno College and a Diploma in Nursing from the Columbia Hospital School of Nursing.
Georgia Southern University, a Carnegie Doctoral/Research University, offers 115 degree programs serving more than 19,000 students. Through eight colleges, the University offers bachelor, master and doctoral degree programs built on more than a century of academic achievement. The University, one of Georgia’s largest, is a top choice of Georgia’s HOPE scholars and is recognized for its student-centered approach to education. Visit: www.georgiasouthern.edu.
Last updated: 2/2/2018
Georgia Southern University Showing Its Holiday Spirit with Annual Holiday Helpers Campaign
Georgia Southern University is showing its holiday spirit with an annual tradition that helps those less-fortunate in the community, the 16th annual Holiday Helpers campaign.
The Holiday Helpers Tree at Lakeside CafE is adorned with about 800 tags, each one representing a person or family in the community who needs some help during the holidays. Eighteen local agencies are being served by this year’s campaign.
Each day between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. (except during Thanksgiving week), Georgia Southern students, faculty and staff are invited to take a tag or two from the tree and buy the gifts that are suggested. The gifts must be brought to Lakeside CafE by Dec. 2.
‘Holiday Helpers is an amazing thing that happens. Not only are more than 800 gifts bought, but volunteers put in hundreds of hours,” said Diana Hensley, Coordinator of Civic Engagement in the Office of Student Leadership.
About 200 volunteers will help make Holiday Helpers a success again this year, by assisting with the daily tag checkout at the tree, wrapping presents as they are brought in and delivering the gifts.
The Holiday Helpers campaign is sponsored by Georgia Southern’s Office of Student Leadership and Civic Engagement and the Sociology and Anthropology Department.
Georgia Southern University, a Carnegie Doctoral/Research University, offers 115 degree programs serving 19,000 students. Through eight colleges, the University offers bachelors, masters and doctoral degree programs built on more than a century of academic achievement. The University, one of Georgia’s largest, is a top choice of Georgia’s HOPE scholars and is recognized for its student-centered approach to education. Visit: www.georgiasouthern.edu.
Last updated: 2/2/2018
Georgia Southern University Celebrating Homecoming Nov. 9-14
Georgia Southern University will celebrate Homecoming Nov. 9-14 with a week of activities themed ‘Eagles Over the Big Top.”
Along with a number of student activities, the University invites the community to come out for events such as the pep rally (Nov. 12, 7 p.m.) and parade (Nov. 13, 4 p.m.). A free outdoor showing of the movie ‘G.I. Joe” will follow the pep rally, and a cookout on Sweetheart Circle will follow the parade.
“Everyone involved has worked very hard to make this one of the best Homecoming weeks ever at Georgia Southern. We hope to get everyone involved in this celebration of our school, from new students to our alumni and the community,” said Rachel Baker of the Georgia Southern University Traditions Council.
Homecoming Week wraps up Nov. 14 with the football game at 2 p.m. against arch-rival Furman. Eagle fans are encouraged to ‘blue out” Paulson Stadium by wearing as much Georgia Southern blue as possible.
For more information about all the Homecoming 2009 activities, go to http://students.georgiasouthern.edu/sac/homecoming/index.html.
2009 Homecoming Schedule of Events
Monday, Nov. 9
Paint the Campus, Russell Union Rotunda, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
GSU Idol, Russell Union Ballroom, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 10
Sculpt It for the Hungry, Russell Union Rotunda, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Talent Show, Russell Union Ballroom, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 11
Blood Drive, Russell Union Ballroom, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Doo-Dah/Step Show, Hanner Fieldhouse, 7 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 12
GSU Tailgating and Big Fan on Campus Competition, Russell Union Rotunda, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Eagle Rally and Court Announcement, Paulson Stadium tailgating area, 7 p.m.
Outdoor Movie: ‘G.I. Joe,” Paulson Stadium tailgating area, 8:30 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 13
Parade, 4 to 5:30 p.m.
Season Opener for Eagle Basketball, Hanner Field House, 5 p.m.
Homecoming Celebration, Sweetheart Circle, 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 14
Eagle Football vs. Furman, Paulson Stadium, 2 p.m.
Crowning of King and Queen, Paulson Stadium, Halftime
Georgia Southern University, a Carnegie Doctoral/Research University, offers 115 degree programs serving 19,000 students. Through eight colleges, the University offers bachelors, masters and doctoral degree programs built on more than a century of academic achievement. The University, one of Georgia’s largest, is a top choice of Georgia’s HOPE scholars and is recognized for its student-centered approach to education. Visit: www.georgiasouthern.edu.
Last updated: 2/2/2018
The Eighth Regiment Band to Perform at Georgia Southern University
The Georgia Southern University Museum will host an afternoon of Civil War-era music played on period instruments at the Performing Arts Center on Sunday, Nov. 15 beginning at 2:00 p.m.
The Eighth Regiment Band is a group of musicians based in Rome, Ga. who recreate the music of the Civil War by using only original instruments from the 19th century. Their performance at Georgia Southern will feature both Union and Confederate pieces that were popular during the war. The concert is designed to give the audience a chance to experience, through music, the intense emotions felt by men and women on both sides of the conflict.
Tickets to the concert are available at the Performing Arts Center box office or by calling 912-478-7999. The box office is open Tuesday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for museum members, and $5 for students and children.
After the concert, audience members are invited to visit ‘Portraits in Gray: A Civil War Photography Exhibit” at the Georgia Southern museum. This complimentary exhibit includes large reproductions of original portraits of Southern soldiers from David Wynn Vaughan’s nationally acclaimed collection. These sometimes haunting portraits give a unique glimpse into the world of a Civil War soldier. The museum will stay open until 6:00 p.m. the day of the Eighth Regiment Band’s concert to give audience members and the public time to experience both the sights and sounds of the Civil War on the same day.
‘Portraits in Gray: A Civil War Photography Exhibit” is sponsored in part by the Dexter Allen Post 90 of the American Legion, Statesboro Magazine, and Joe and Susan McGlamery.
Georgia Southern University, a Carnegie Doctoral/Research University, offers 115 degree programs serving more than 19,000 students. Through eight colleges, the University offers bachelor, master and doctoral degree programs built on more than a century of academic achievement. The University, one of Georgia’s largest, is a top choice of Georgia’s HOPE scholars and is recognized for its student-centered approach to education. Visit: www.georgiasouthern.edu.
Last updated: 2/2/2018
Renowned Economist to Speak in Savannah
Georgia Southern University’s College of Business Administration will host economist Robert E. Hall, Ph.D., during a special presentation at the Coastal Georgia Center in Savannah on Thursday, Nov. 5 beginning at 6:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
Hall, who is a senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution and a professor in Stanford’s economics department, will present “The Great Recession and the Slow Recovery.” This event is an opportunity for business leaders and community members to hear one of the country’s premier economic experts discuss his views on what lies ahead for the U.S. economy.
Hall has advised the U.S. Justice Department, the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve Board on economic policy. His research focuses on the stock market and the economics of the Internet. Hall is also the author of several books. An article he co-wrote for The Wall Street Journal in 1981 is credited with creating national interest in a flat tax. Hall was listed in Money magazine’s Money Hall of Fame for his contributions to economics over the last twenty years.
Hall’s visit is sponsored by the School of Economic Development in Georgia Southern University’s College of Business Administration and Cengage.
Georgia Southern University, a Carnegie Doctoral/Research University, offers 115 degree programs serving more than 19,000 students. Through eight colleges, the University offers bachelor, master and doctoral degree programs built on more than a century of academic achievement. The University, one of Georgia’s largest, is a top choice of Georgia’s HOPE scholars and is recognized for its student-centered approach to education. Visit: www.georgiasouthern.edu.
Last updated: 2/2/2018
