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Georgia Conference on Information Literacy scheduled for Oct. 6-7
Information literacy is the art and science of locating, evaluating and using pertinent information to answer a question or solve a problem. The Georgia Conference on Information Literacy is a yearly event that strives to promote greater understanding of information literacy among librarians, educators and students. The third annual conference will be held at the […]
University students honored at McNair Scholars Conference
Georgia Southern University students Amber Fennell and Javoris Hollingsworth were honored at the 12th annual Southeastern Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel McNair National Scholars Research Conference at Knoxville, Tenn. A special education major from Rome, Ga., Fennell took second place in the education division for her research project titled ‘The Brief History of Autism […]
Georgia Southern helps Evans County move toward improved health
Four employers in Evans County are blazing a trail to better health for their employees and ultimately, for their county. Pressed by rising health care premiums, they looked for a way to improve their employees’ health status, and they found it with help from Georgia Rural Economic Development Center at East Georgia College and Georgia […]
University welcomes students back to campus
Georgia Southern University’s Welcome Week, the traditional kick-off for the fall semester, will begin on Friday, Aug. 11, with the annual welcome cookout. This year’s theme is ‘Blues, Beads and the Bayou.” ‘Our various activities provide students an opportunity to connect and make new friends, meet faculty and staff, and get acclimated into the university […]
Washington County gets its youth moving with grants and a great idea
In its 2005 data summary of physical activity among Georgia’s youth, the Division of Public Health reported that too many children do not get enough regular physical activity. Only 68 percent of middle school students and 59 percent of high schools students reported being vigorously active, and only three in10 middle and high school students […]
