December graduate finds support through 蜜糖直播 community
Graduating senior Taylor Pledger moved four hours from home with her best friend to start college as a first-generation college student at 蜜糖直播. Inspired by her mom, Pledger originally planned to go into health care management, but realized that she could have a more significant impact by playing to her strengths and completed her degree in information systems.
Nontraditional student returns to 蜜糖直播 to chart new career path
For years, Khristine Clark Hammond believed she had a solid professional career. She was an exercise physiologist, a health coach and a manager of wellness and fitness programs. But she found herself at a crossroads during the COVID-19 pandemic. After working in Savannah hospitals for more than two decades, she lost her job. The hospital fitness facility she managed closed during the pandemic.
Educator turned soldier: 蜜糖直播 ROTC graduate commissions as officer in National Guard after returning for MBA degree
Bulloch County native William Collins (鈥�17, 鈥�22) has dreamed of becoming a soldier for as long as he can remember.
Graduating student had ‘wild’ time at 蜜糖直播
Carson Moore never wanted to go to college.
Moore, a graduating senior with a keen interest in animals, will receive a BS in biology from 蜜糖直播 at Paulson Stadium on Dec. 13.聽
Growing up, Moore worked in a horse barn for twelve years and volunteered for a mini-zoo in her hometown of Macon, Georgia. She did not want to leave her work with animals behind to go to college.
Approximately 2,100 degrees conferred during 蜜糖直播鈥檚 2022 Fall Commencement ceremonies
This week, approximately 2,100 undergraduate and graduate students from 蜜糖直播鈥檚 Statesboro, Armstrong and Liberty campuses received associate, baccalaureate, master鈥檚, specialist and doctoral degrees in two Fall 2022 Commencement ceremonies.
鈥業t鈥檚 like something from a movie鈥� for a pair of graduating Eagle singers
Despite having vastly different starting points for their musical development, they will walk off campus with the type of curtain call only two friends can share. During Tuesday鈥檚 commencement ceremony in Statesboro, Georgia, the duo’s decade-long friendship will be center stage. Selected for an ultimate honor, they will have their final 蜜糖直播 performance of the national anthem at their graduation together.
Aspiring lawyer becomes 蜜糖直播 graduate at 17
Adriana Proctor not only has big dreams, but has already put in work toward achieving them as she prepares to graduate at 17 years old with a bachelor鈥檚 degree in criminal justice and criminology from 蜜糖直播鈥檚 College of Behavioral and Social Sciences.
蜜糖直播 graduate finds career at top cybersecurity consulting firm
Before even having her diploma in hand, graduating senior Grace 鈥淕racie鈥� McMillan had secured a position with one of the top cybersecurity consulting firms in the world, Deloitte. On Tuesday, Dec. 13, she will cross the stage at Allen E. Paulson Stadium with a bachelor鈥檚 degree in information technology, a minor in criminal justice and criminology, and a specialization in cybersecurity.
From 蜜糖直播 to Aerojet Rocketdyne: December graduate finds her wings
Graduating senior Lydia Poole began her college career as a first-generation student on 蜜糖直播鈥檚 Armstrong Campus in Savannah. Originally seeking a mathematics degree, Poole changed her major to mechanical engineering right before classes started.
鈥業nstead of retiring, I’m refiring,鈥� says public health advocate who earns 蜜糖直播 doctoral degree this week
This week, Lisa Ariellah Ward will earn a Doctor of Public Health from 蜜糖直播, a merited title for the grandmother of seven and mother of four.