Winter holiday cultural celebration Nov. 30
‘Participants will have the opportunity to learn about customs of the season in different cultures through performances, presentations and foods,” said Consuela Pender, director of the Multicultural Student Center. ‘They will learn about Ramadan, Kwanza, Christmas, Hankukkah and more.”
Tables and representatives of the major holidays will be in the Russell Union Commons from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Performances by the African Student Association, the Carribean Student Association and the Chinese Student and Scholar Association will take place on the Russell Union Commons stage at 11:30 a.m. and repeat at 12:30 p.m.
For more information, contact the Multicultural Student Center at 912-681-5409.
Last updated: 2/2/2018
Eagles After Dark Nov. 17
Eagle Entertainment will host ‘Eagles After Dark Laser Tag” Friday, Nov. 17, from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. at CRI.
In addition to free laser tag, students can enjoy free food and music. Participants are encouraged to dress warmly.
These free activities are offered to students as an alternative to parties and other alcohol related events.
‘Eagles After Dark” is sponsored by the Office of Student Activities, Office of Student Leadership, University Housing, Multicultural Student Center, Volunteer Services and the Student Disability Resource Center.
Last updated: 2/2/2018
BankSouth to sponsor Southern Georgia Symphony’s Holiday Concerts Nov. 27-28
BankSouth of Savannah will sponsor The Southern Georgia Symphony’s two holiday performances later this month. The BankSouth Holiday Concerts will be held in Savannah on Tuesday, Nov. 28, in the historic Lucas Theatre beginning at 8 p.m., and in Statesboro the previous night, Monday, Nov. 27, in the Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. Under the leadership of Music Director Cheung Chau, the Southern Georgia Symphony, along with special guest vocalists, soprano Heidi Bindhammer and baritone Allen Henderson, will perform holiday favorites, including a holiday sing-along at the end of the concert. With an adult admission, children 18 and under will be admitted free.
The repertoire planned for the BankSouth Holiday Concert is beloved favorites and songs that celebrate the holidays around the world, including “Let It Snow,” “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer,” “The Christmas Song,” “Festive Sounds of Hanukah,” “Frosty the Snowman,” Verdi’s “La forza del destino Overture,” and Mozart’s “Magic Flute Overture.” The holiday sing-along, “A Suite of Carols,” is collection of nine carols for orchestra and optional chorus, beginning with “Joy to the World” and ending with “We Wish You A Merry Christmas.” “A Suite of Carols” is an original arrangement by Michael Braz, Professor of Music at Georgia Southern University.
Tommy Hester, president, BankSouth Savannah said, “It’s a pleasure for BankSouth to be involved with the Southern Georgia Symphony and in bringing quality music to Savannah, especially during this very special season of the year.”
‘The Holiday Concert is a perfect way to kick off this festive time and the Southern Georgia Symphony is proud to have BankSouth as our Season Partner for this endeavor,” said Cheung Chau. He continued, ‘We want to provide a family friendly event, with a musical repertoire that will make our audience continue to smile even after the concert has ended.”
Ticket information for the BankSouth Holiday Concert other Southern Georgia Symphony information can be found on the website, www.southerngeorgiasymphony.org. Savannah performance tickets can be purchased at the SCAD Box Office, 216 E. Broughton Street,
(912) 525-5050 or online at www.scadboxoffice.com. In Statesboro, tickets can be purchased at the Performing Arts Center or by calling 912-486-7999.
BankSouth is a full-service community bank, dedicated to serving the needs of local families and businesses. BankSouth currently operates two branches in Savannah, including downtown’s Johnson Square and Stephenson Avenue on the southside.
The Southern Georgia Symphony is a partnership between Georgia Southern University and other organizations committed to bringing a high-quality symphonic series to the coastal region, including WTOC-TV, Clear Channel Radio Savannah, The River 98.7, East Georgia Regional Medical Center, Savannah Morning News, Belford’s, Comcast, BankSouth, Memorial Health, Sea Island Bank, The Statesboro Herald, Connect Savannah, Connect Statesboro, Northland Cable and Smack Dab Studios. The Southern Georgia Symphony is proud to serve the artistic needs of the broad and diverse community of Coastal Georgia. The Southern Georgia Symphony has expanded its reach, visibility and influence within the region so it may substantially contribute to the wealth of cultural life in the area, enhance the musical education of young audiences, contribute to economic growth and build strong ties with each community.
Last updated: 2/2/2018
Friends of the Henderson Library plan signing of “The Southern Century”
Dr. Delma E. Presley will sign limited edition, one-of-a kind bookplates for his new book, ‘The Southern Century” on Thursday, Dec. 7, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Hosted by the Friends of Henderson Library at Georgia Southern University, the event takes place. at Gallery 33 West, located at 33 West Main Street in downtown Statesboro.
‘The Southern Century” is the official centennial history of Georgia Southern University, and has been in process for several years. The volume, which includes photos and writing that reflects the University’s 100-year history, is part of the centennial celebration that began Dec. 1. Cost of ‘The Southern Century” is $20 per copy.
In addition to the signing, guests are in for some fun if they bring a wrapped, hard-cover book for a book exchange game that will begin at 7:30 p.m. As guests arrive, they can leave their gift book, choose a number, and take part in the exchange as numbers are called. Light refreshments will be served during the evening.
For more information, call the Henderson Library at 912-681-5115.
Last updated: 2/2/2018
Savannah seminar will focus on labor and employment law record keeping
Uncle Sam wants you to maintain a paper trail as proof that your business is following federal labor and employment laws.
Human resources and business managers in firms of all sizes are required to keep records throughout each staff member’s employment and even before their hiring and after their departure.
Labor law attorney Wade Herring will cover the why’s, the how’s, and the how-long’s of proper employee documentation during a Legal Awareness in the Workplace (LAW) seminar at the Coastal Georgia Center in Savannah.
The ‘Federal Labor and Employment Law Record Keeping” seminar will be held on Thursday, Dec. 14, from 6 p.m. until 7:30 p.m.
Offered by Georgia Southern University’s Continuing Education Center, the seminar will address legal requirements and best practices related to federally required record keeping. Herring is an attorney from the employment law firm of Hunter, Maclean, Exley and Dunn, P.C.
Future LAW seminars will include ‘Best Practices in Running Background and Reference Checks” in January, ‘Immigration Compliance Issues for Businesses” in February, and ‘Coordinating the Triad of FMLA, ADA and Worker’s Compensation” in March.
The fee for each seminar is $69 per person. The fee will be reduced to $59 for any person who registers for three or more seminars, or for three or more people from the same firm.
To sign up for any of the LAW seminars, visit http://ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/lawseminar.html or call (912) 681-5551.
For more information about any of the professional development training courses offered by Georgia Southern, contact J. Marie Lutz, SPHR, at seminars@georgiasouthern.edu.
Last updated: 2/2/2018
Georgia Southern’s College of Business Administration featured in Best 282 Business Schools
Graduate students speak highly of the both the MBA and the Master’s of Accounting program at Georgia Southern University, according to The Princeton Review. The New York-based education services company features Georgia Southern’s College of Business Administration in the recently published 2007 edition of its Best 282 Business Schools (Random House/Princeton Review).
Best 282 Business Schools has two-page profiles of the included schools with descriptions of their academics, student life, admissions, and career placement services. In a ‘Survey Says…” sidebar, The Princeton Review lists topics that the College of Business Administration (COBA) students it surveyed for the book were in most agreement about.
“The administration at Georgia Southern has been very helpful,” said one student. ‘My schedule has been hectic, but they have worked with me to graduate in a timely manner.” Nearly 100 employers visit the Georgia Southern campus each year. Top employers of graduating MBAs include: Gulfstream Aerospace, Inc.; Memorial Medical Hospital; Great Dane Trucking, Inc.; and Sun Trust Bank.
Many of the full-timers are students who “got their BAs here and just stuck around. One such student explains, “I completed my undergraduate degree at Georgia Southern, and when the MBA program started a concentration in Information Systems, I took the opportunity to continue my education in a field that I am very interested in.”
Georgia Southern’s MBA program boasts “a highly diverse” student body. Students tell us that they “vary widely in terms of race, sex, and culture. Most are working in a related business field, but there are also students who have recently completed their undergraduate degrees and have no related experience to contribute. They range in ages between 23 and 53.” More than 10 percent of the student body is international.
The Princeton Review does not rank the schools in the book on a single hierarchical list from one to 282, or name one business school best overall.
‘We chose schools for this book based on our high regard for their academic programs and offerings, institutional data we collect from the schools, and the candid opinions of students attending them,” said Robert Franek, vice president of publishing at The Princeton Review. ‘We are pleased to recommend the College of Business Administration at Georgia Southern University to readers of our book and users of our Web site as one of the best institutions they could attend to earn an MBA.or an M.Acc.”
Last updated: 2/2/2018
Eagle News Network covers election on Channel 97
eorgia Southern’s broadcast students had a hands-on opportunity to demonstrate their craft on Tuesday, Nov. 7, beginning at 8 p.m., when they produced election coverage for the city of Statesboro. Northland Cable’s Channel 97, also known as the Eagle News Network, carried their coverage, which continued until almost all of the winners were declared.
‘In addition to operating cameras and production equipment, the students gathered information about returns, interviewed candidates, talked with political experts, and did all the things necessary to bring election coverage to the public,” said Mark Mohr, assistant professor of communication arts. ‘This was a great opportunity for the students and for community viewers who wanted a local angle on election night.”
Communication arts faculty members Reed Smith and Kent Murray oversaw the work of the 24 students in the Broadcast Applications course who worked during the evening. Faculty members Patrick Novotny, associate professor of political science, and Richard Pacelle, professor and chair of political science, were on hand to provide political commentary. Novotny also interviewed James Healy, editor of the Statesboro Herald, and Rachel McDaniel, editor of the George-Anne. Jane Hudak, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, was also on hand to discuss the communication arts program.
This is the second time that Georgia Southern students have stepped up to provide election coverage for Statesboro. They also covered the Presidential election in 2004.
Last updated: 2/2/2018
Geologist Kelley will discuss Antarctic search for meteorites
A Georgia Southern University geologist who spent six weeks in Antarctica collecting meteorites will give a seminar on his adventure.
Michael Kelley will discuss ‘The 2005-2006 U.S. Antarctic Search for Meteorites Expedition” on Thursday, Nov. 16.
Free and open to the public, the seminar will be held at 6 p.m. in the College of Information Technology Auditorium (Room 1004).
Kelley is a research scientist and temporary assistant professor of geology in the University’s Department of Geology and Geography. In December 2005 and January 2006, he took part in the Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET), an annual expedition funded by the National Science Foundation’s Office of Polar Programs.
Meteorites provide essential data about the materials that make up asteroids, planets and other bodies in the Earth’s solar system. The continued retrieval of meteorites is the cheapest and only guaranteed way to obtain new specimens from other worlds.
Often described as a desert of ice, Antarctica covers about 5.4 million square miles. The continent’s bleak landscape is the primary reason it is considered the most reliable source of non-microscopic extraterrestrial material on earth.
Since the project’s creation in 1976, ANSMET has recovered more than 15,000 meteorites from Antarctica. Kelley’s expedition collected 237 meteorites that were forwarded to the Johnson Space Center in Houston for further study.
In addition to Kelley, the 12-person team included scientists from the Johnson Space Center, the Canadian Space Agency and the American Museum of Natural History.
During the expedition, Kelley maintained an electronic journal that was posted on Georgia Southern’s official Web site. His seminar will feature highlights of the expedition, including images and information that did not appear in his online journal.
For more information, contact Kelley at mkelley@georgiasouthern.edu or (912) 486-7913.
Last updated: 2/2/2018
