Jody Langdon wins Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award
Jody Langdon, Ph.D., associate professor of kinesiology in the School of Health and Kinesiology, has been awarded the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Award for her research focused on autonomy-supportive teaching.
Alumna Tamra Lamb Named a Georgia Science Teacher of Promise
The Georgia Science Teachers Association (GSTA) selected ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ alumna Tamra Lamb (‘14,’16) as its 2017 Georgia Science Teacher of Promise at the elementary school level.
ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ ROTC wins fourth MacArthur Award
The U.S. Army Cadet Command at Fort Knox, Kentucky, has announced ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥â€™s Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program is one of eight schools to receive the prestigious MacArthur Award for the 2015-2016 school year. This is the second consecutive MacArthur Award for the Eagle Battalion and is the fourth overall since 2009. The Eagle Battalion previously received the award in 2009, 2010 and 2015.
ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥â€™s Eagle Battalion Ranger Challenge Team Takes 2nd Place at 6th BDE
ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥â€™s Eagle Battalion Ranger Challenge team placed second overall at the 6th Brigade Army ROTC Ranger Challenge competition held at Camp Blanding, Florida on Jan. 21-22.
ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Alumnus Seth Orme to present ‘Packing It Out’
Statesboro native and ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ alumnus Seth Orme (‘14) will return to campus to share his experiences about raising awareness of littering at 7 p.m., Feb. 15 in the Nessmith-Lane Conference Center, 847 Plant Drive, Statesboro.
Alumnus Luke Bryan to perform at Super Bowl LI
Luke Bryan (’99), ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ alumnus and award-winning country music artist, has been selected to perform the national anthem at the 51st Super Bowl, making him the first male performer to sing the anthem in 10 years and the first country artist to perform it since 2010.
ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ receives national recognition for support of Military-Connected Students
ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ has been named a Top School in the 2017 Military Advanced Education & Transition (MAE&T) research study, and has also been given the Military Friendly Designation (MFD) with a gold ranking from Victory Media.
ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ team wins first place at NRF Foundation GALA
A team of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ students receivedfirst place for the 2017 Student Challenge, a business case competition for National Retail Federation (NRF) Student Association members to demonstrate their creativity and business acumen to retail executives, sponsored by KPMG. The finalists attended the NRF Foundation GALA in New York City, where the top team was announced Jan. 15.
ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ College of Business Faculty recognized
Alan Mackelprang, Ph.D., associate professor of operations management and director of the Ph.D. program in Logistics and Supply Chain Management at ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥, was announced as the 2016 winner of the Carol J. Latta Memorial Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Emerging Leadership Award.
COE Alumnus named Georgia Superintendent of the Year
ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ College of Education Alumnus Joseph (Jody) Barrow Jr., Ed.D., was named Georgia’s 2017 Superintendent of the Year during the December 2016 Georgia School Boards Association (GSBA) and Georgia School Superintendents Association (GSSA) Winter Conference in Atlanta.