College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
News and Events 2007 - 2008
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Sculpture students commissioned by Keep Bulloch Beautiful and Averitt Center to create Earth Day sculptures |
| Graduate Programs
Select your program of interest and click Art - M.F.A. Please click on the link for more information on the College of Graduate Studies.
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| French Faculty Member David Seaman to Share Experience on Living in China
David Seaman taught in Wuhan, China, at Huazhong University, during fall semester 2007. Expecting to teach American Studies, he was finally invited to inaugurate the university’s French major. The experience was immensely rewarding. Dr. Seaman will share information about living in China, visiting Wuhan, and touring China’s major sites. He will answer questions about anything related to this experience. Date: Wednesday, April 23
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Patrick Novotny will be doing a book signing for This Georgia Rising: Education, Civil Rights, and the Politics of Elections in Georgia in the 1940s (Mercer University Press, 2008) at The Book and Cranny Bookstore, 721 S. Main (in shopping center across from GSU near Latte Da and Quiznos), in Statesboro Friday, April 25, 11:00 AM- 5:00 PM. For more information, please contact Dr. Novotny at pnovotny@georgiasouthern.edu or the store at 681-2436 |
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Congratulations to Jennifer Belding |
| Psi Chi Undergraduate and Graduate Research Conference Date: Saturday, April 26, 2008, starting at 8:15 AM Opening speaker: Dr. Will McIntosh, Georgia Southern University, Department of Psychology Keynote Speaker: Dr. Scott Lilienfeld, Emory University, Department of Psychology Paper and Poster Sessions For more information, please contact Dr. Amy Hackney-Hansen (478-5749)
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| AN ART OF ONE'S OWN: HERITAGE, GENDER, AND CLASSICAL INDIAN DANCE Recently, the Department of Literature and Philosophy was awarded a CLEC grant to host lectures on classical Indian dance, its aesthetics, and its performance histories, especially as the dance form has evolved among the South Asian communities in Europe and the US. (Our co-sponsors for the event are the Centre for International Studies, the History Department, the Multicultural Students Centre, Communications Arts, and the Centre for Women and Gender Studies .)
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| The Department of Writing & Linguistics is proud to present a lecture by Petr Kos entitled 'The Secret Life of the English Passive: What the Manuals Don't Tell You.' Mr. Kos is a visiting scholar to Georgia Southern University. He is Head of the Language Department at the Faculty of Science at the University of South Bohemia in the Czech Republic. The presentation takes place on Mon, Apr 21, 2008 in the College of IT in Room 1005 at 6:30 pm. This event is designed for students, faculty, and staff. It is free and open to the public. |
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| Sonya Huber-Humes will be doing a signing of Opa Nobody at the Book and Cranny Bookstore, 721 S. Main (in shopping center across from GSU near Latte Da and Quiznos), in Statesboro this Friday, April 4, 11:00 AM- 3:00 PM or maybe longer. That's right--a four-hour window of time! Come keep her company AND be sure to use the 20% off coupon that's in This That & the Other for Book and Cranny this month! For more info on the book, please visit www.sonyahuber.com. |
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Come visit the CAT! |
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Southeast Georgia on Our Minds: Two Projects from Georgia Southern University |
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New public sculptures installed at Georgia Southern University |
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On Dragonfly Wings By Lisa Matsumoto Guest Director: Greg London For reservations, please call 478-5379 Inspired by the life of Alana Dung, this moving story tells of a cheerful young waterbug named Wendy, who brings laughter and joy to all of Crystal Pond with her festive parades. In the midst of her success, Wendy learns she must embark on a journey to the world above where she transforms into a beautiful dragonfly. Adjusting to this new world proves to be challenging and difficult for Wendy. Fortunately, she is befriended by a dazzling array of amazing and delightful creatures who show her the wonders of the world above. By embracing her new dragonfly form, Wendy fulfills her dreams by leading spectacular parades in the sky, once again bringing laughter and joy to all! On Dragonfly Wings and “Wailana the Waterbug” (the book from which it is adapted), was inspired by the story of little Alana Dung who had very little time on Earth, but made the most of what she did have. Alana was just 3 ½ years old when fate stole her from the flesh and from her loved ones. Alana’s fight with leukemia and her family’s resolve to save her is a legend in the islands with 30,788 people, the vast majority strangers, joining the Hawai’i Bone Marrow Donor Registry in a staggering effort to help one of Hawai’i’s own. Today, Alana lives in the miracle of more than 50 perfect bone marrow matches worldwide and in the research foundation that bears her name. Guest Director Greg London holds a B.A. degree in Music Education, B.F.A. in Studio Art. Additionally, he holds an MFA in Contemporary Performance (Solo Performance, Acting, and Directing) from Arizona State University where he was mentored by five time Tony nominated director Marshall W. Mason. He also completed the one-year professional internship in Washington, DC as a Folger Fellow for USC. At the Shakespeare Theatre, he was mentored by Tony nominated Artistic Director of the Drama Division of the Julliard School Michael Kahn. His performances for the Shakespeare Theatre included Richard III with Stacey Keach, Othello with Avery Brooks, Andre Braugher, and Fuente Ovejuna. He also attended the London Academy of Musical and Dramatic Arts. |
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Students and Faculty Member Win Silver ADDY Award |
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Georgia Southern University to Open Center for Art and Theatre on March 2 |
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Georgia Southern University Faculty Host High School Concert Band Clinic & Festival |
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Banks Collection logo nominated for ADDY |
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Georgia Southern University's student media earn statewide awards Reuben Hayslett, Writing and Linguistics major, won first place in the Better Newspaper Contest awards for best feature story from a four year university, beating out schools like UGA, Georgia State University, and private four year schools as well. The feature story that won was Reuben's Reflector article about David Starnes' memorial, which was published around the time of David's campus memorial last fall. |
| 4th Annual Benefit Performance of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues
GSU NOW and The Women's and Gender Studies Program is gearing up for the 4th annual benefit performance of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues. V-Day is a global movement to stop violence against women and girls. V-Day is a catalyst that promotes creative events to increase awareness, raise money, and revitalize the spirit of existing anti-violence organizations. V-Day generates broader attention for the fight to stop worldwide violence against women and girls including rape, battery, incest, female genital mutilation (FGM), and sexual slavery. Through V-Day campaigns, local volunteers and college students produce annual benefit performances of "The Vagina Monologues" to raise awareness and funds for anti-violence groups within their own communities.
For more information, contact Dr. Lori Amy, Director, Women's & Gender Studies Program
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Graphic Communications Management program gets support from National Posters |
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CLASS Faculty's Influential Book Lists |
| King Lear
February 29 - March 8 Starring Mical Whitaker as King Lear Directed by James Harbour |
Shakespeare's 400 year old tragedy, considered one of the greatest plays ever written, will serve as the Gala Grand Opening production of the new Black Box Theatre in the Center for Art and Theatre. In this heartrending tale of power, family, love and loyalty, Shakespeare lays bare the essence of the human spirit. The aging King Lear, planning to divide his kingdom among his tree daughters, makes a catastrophic error of judgement that plunges him and those around him into a terrible abyss of suffering.
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| Sigma Delta Pi inducts new members
The Department of Foreign Languages recently hosted one of its two annual initiations for eight new members into Sigma Delta Pi, the Spanish honor society.
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| History MA student, Mike Bess has had his manuscript, "The Emergence of Mexican Immigrant Communities in the State of Georgia," chosen for publication (after addressing recommended edits) by The Center for Hispanic Studies at Kennesaw State University as part of its Working Paper Series. The Center is an independent entity within the Institute for Global Initiatives.
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| The Graphic Communications Management (GCM) program received a donation of $4,000 from the National Print Group (NPG) in Chattanooga, Tenn. NPG holds an annual charitable golf tournament with this year’s proceeds being donated to the GCM.
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Paul Bridges, one of our new History MA graduate students has an article just published in Quinta Essentia, the Selected Proceedings of the 5th Annual North Georgia Student Philosophy Conference (Kennesaw State University, 2007). His article is entitled, "Human Progress and Digression: Teleology in "Communist Manifesto and Genealogy of Morals"
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Saint Joan A George Bernard Shaw masterpiece. 7:00 PM Performing Arts Center, November 14 - 17 Admission for each of the performances is $12 per person for the general public, $8 per person for Georgia Southern faculty and staff, and $4 per person for University students. For reservations and ticket information contact the Box Office at 912-486-7747 |
Students, those of you who might be interested in continuing on after a BA with creative writing, please read: Creative writing Faculty will be having a lunch conversation (pizza) in the creative writing suite on 2nd floor Newton on Friday, November 16, 12-1 PM (outside Peter Christopher's office).
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Free Movies for students, faculty, and staff in Education 1115 Featuring American winners of the Palm D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival Pulp Fiction with opening remarks by Dr. Bradley C. Edwards on Each film will be preceded by a short talk and followed by an open discussion. This event is educational and open to Georgia Southern University students, faculty, and staff only. You must present your Georgia Southern Identification to attend. Please contact Brad Edwards at bradedwards@georgiasouthern.edu if you have any questions.
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Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art acquires Banks Southern Folk Art Collection |
Dr. Alan C. Downs, Associate Professor of History, in an attempt to disentangle legend from fact, revisits one of the best known events of the Civil War: General Sherman's campaign that took him through Georgia. The event will take place, Tuesday, November 27 at the Screven County Library, 106 S. Community Drive, Sylvania, GA 30467
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Word portraits of Southeast Georgia: Memories of Family and Home |
Dr. Theresa Welford, Associate Professor of Writing, local poet (The Paradelle) and writer of creative nonfiction gives a reading and pointers on writing a "snapshot essay," assisted by a former student (Sylvia Kline) reminiscing about her youth and several prominent leaders in Statesboro's African-American community. The event will take place, Tuesday, November 13 at the Jenkins County Memorial Library, 223 Daniel Street, Millen, GA 30442
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The Deerskin Trade in the Genesis of the Plantation Economy in the Deep South |
Dr. Jonathan Bryant, Associate Professor of History presents a little-known aspect of the history of the Deep South, involving the widespread deerskin trade, as an economic precursor and important influence on the development of the plantation system. The event will take place, Tuesday, October 30 at the Screven County Library, 106 S. Community Drive, Sylvania, GA 30467
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Mr. Peter Christopher, Associate Professor of Writing, the author of Campfires of the Dead and Lost Dogs and Other Stories reads from his work to illustrate the creative impulse as manifested by writing. The event will take place, Tuesday, October 16 at the Jenkins County Memorial Library, 223 Daniel Street, Millen, GA 30442
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The creative writing club will be meeting EVERY Wednesday at 8:00 PM in Room 1109 in the Newton Building. For more in-depth info on the club, students can visit Students can also e-mail Sonya Huber-Humes at shuber@georgiasouthern.edu to be added to the creative writing listserv.
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Lee R. Berger, a Georgia Southern alumnus and 1998 CLASS alumnus of the year, will be on campus Monday, Oct. 8, to present a talk on his travels as a National Geographic Explorer and his paleoanthropology research. His presentation, which will take place at 6:30 p.m. in Room 1004, College of Information Technology, is free and open to the public.
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Constitution Day |
Celebrate your constitutional freedom at our Boston Tea Party, Southern Style. The Government Documents Department of Henderson Library is sponsoring a celebration of Constitution Day on September 17th.
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Evening Muse |
The Evening Muse will host an open-mic poetry reading Saturday, September 15, at 7 PM at the Averitt
Center for the Arts. The event is free and open to students, faculty and the general public. Readers are asked to limit their selections to five minutes. Original work is encouraged. Light refreshments will be
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By Laddy Sartin A powerful drama about Freedom Summer of 1964. A smalltown African-American cook, Olivia, makes the decision to march up the courthouse steps to demand her right to register to vote, thereby turning her small racist Mississippi town on its head. Olivia..........Kristyl Dawn Tift October 19th at 7:30 pm Averitt Center for the Arts, Emma Kelly Theater 33 Main Street, Statesboro, GA 30458 Adults: $10 Youth 12 & Under: $8.00
Tickets may be reserved by calling the Box Office at 912.212.ARTS between hours of 10 AM and 4 PM Monday thru Friday, Sponsored by African-American Business Owners Coalition
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The Department of Sociology and Anthropology is sponsoring a children's clothing drive Tuesday, September 4, through Thursday, September 6, in the Carroll Building, Room 1003. The clothing is for the children of Kuna, Panama. Additionally, a Kuna artist, Wago, will display his artwork in the atrium of the Carroll Building. |
Coca-Cola Foundation Scholars from China welcomed  |
With support from the Coca Cola Foundation, Georgia Southern has five exchange students from Central China Normal University this year. They are Yi Huang, Ji Xi, Yang Liujing, Tan Xiao, and Li Gaoqung. More... |
DATE: Thursday, September 20, 2007 Join your fellow alumni, family and friends for cocktails and networking in the Gardens. Please RSVP for this event by emailing Angelia Huggins at aahuggins@georgiasouthern.edu . |
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Message: " I shall live badly if I do not write." The Georgia Southern Writing Project invites you to Write Night on Tuesday, July 8, in the Daily Grind coffee shop. We'll meet at 7:00 to free-write to a topic for about 20 minutes then have a read-around for those who feel inspired to share. Write Night is open to the Georgia Southern and Statesboro communities. Hope to see you on Tuesday! If you have questions, please contact: Blair Chapman hbbland@georgiasouthern.edu Write Night is sponsored by the Georgia Southern Writing Project. For more information about GSWP, look here: http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/%7Ewritenow/ |
Southern Pride will celebrate 25th anniversary  |
Southern Pride marching band will celebrate 25th anniversary during 2007 football season |
