ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ receives STARS Bronze rating for Sustainability Achievements
For the first time, ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ has earned a STARS rating in recognition of its sustainability achievements from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. STARS, the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System measures and encourages sustainability in all aspects of higher education. Â
ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ expands accessibility with new online Professional Communication and Leadership master’s program
Previously, the program was a hybrid consisting of online and in-person courses. The addition of a fully online curriculum opens the door to an expanded student population.
Business Innovation Group partners with local entrepreneur, alumnus Garrett Clark as ‘Community Catalyst’
ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥â€™s Business Innovation Group (BIG), a place where innovators and entrepreneurs in southeast Georgia can gain skills and training to transform their businesses, has teamed up with one of its own clients to offer enhanced resources to the community.Â
ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ offers new online bachelor’s and master’s degrees in public health
For more than a decade, there has been an increase in the demand for public health workers, and a shrinking public health workforce, exacerbated by pandemic burnout. To meet educational and workforce needs, ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ is expanding its offerings in public health at multiple degree levels.Â
ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ unveils new master’s and doctoral degrees in environmental science
ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥â€™s College of Science and Mathematics (COSM) now offers a master’s degree in environmental science and will begin recruiting for the inaugural class of doctoral students in environmental science for the fall 2023 entering class. The post-graduate degrees supplement the recently approved bachelor’s degree in sustainability science. Housed in the James H. Oliver, Jr., Institute for Coastal Plain Science, every department in the college will play a role in this interdisciplinary trio of programs.
New accelerated program debuts this fall, allows students to complete special education advanced degree in less time
ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ special education faculty created an Accelerated Bachelor’s to Master’s program to assist undergraduate special education students with earning an advanced degree in special education in less time.
This summer was bananas for Eagle athletic training students
Over the summer, seven ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ athletic training graduate students have been helping the hometown Savannah Bananas. In addition to acquiring hands-on experiences with the local ball club, students are having the most fun summer with the most fun team in baseball.
Whitney Nash, Ph.D., to serve as Dean of the University’s Waters College of Health Professions beginning Aug. 1
Whitney Nash, Ph.D., APRN, has been selected as Dean of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥â€™s Waters College of Health Professions and will begin leading the college on Aug. 1. Â
Ending on a high note: ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Chorale from Gretsch School of Music triumphant in international competition
The ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Chorale, a choir of 30 students from ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥â€™s Fred and Dinah Gretsch School of Music, earned top spots in an international choir competition this week in Germany. The group’s scores were nearly perfect, and the highest scores in the Chorale’s history in this particular competition.
ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥â€™s Economic Monitor Q1 reports regional economy slows, retains strength
ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥â€™s latest Economic Monitor, which reflects Q1 2022, reports that growth in the Savannah metro economy moderated during the opening quarter of the year