Two years of professor-mentored research integrating biology and mathematics on Georgia Southern University's campus has culminated in two distinguished opportunities for undergraduate student Katherine Barrs. Barrs, a Statesboro native double majoring in math and biology, has garnered a Barry Goldwater Scholarship, the preeminent undergraduate award for students pursuing research careers in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering. She is one of only 496 college students from across the United States to earn the scholarship, which she will apply to her remaining four semesters of coursework.

Georgia Southern University Spanish and French major Emily Pressler has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) grant for the 2019-2020 academic year. Pressler's placement will be in Galicia, Spain, and she will assist primarily in English classes for students who speak Spanish, Galician and English.

Two Georgia Southern students and one alumna are semifinalists for selection as 2019-2020 Fulbright English Teaching Assistants. Emily Pressler, a senior Spanish and French major, Michael Casteel, a senior computer science major, and alumna Adom Abatkun ('18), who earned a degree in criminal justice and criminology, applied last fall for the opportunity to teach English in other countries. All three students worked for months on their applications before interviewing with the campus Fulbright committee. The national screening committee then selected these students to move on to the next round. Fulbright's National Screening Committee selected the students to move on to the next round, and they are now waiting for a decision to be made by selection committees in their respective, potential host countries. The Fulbright U.S. Student Program supports individual study/research projects and English teaching assistantships in other countries. Any senior or alumni may apply for these awards.

Georgia Southern University student Edward Legaspi was recently recognized by the University System of Georgia (USG) Board of Regents and the Georgia General Assembly for receiving the Academic Recognition Day Award. Legaspi, who is a senior double majoring in accounting and information systems, was nominated by the Parker College of Business for representing the highest scholastic ideals of Georgia Southern. The award is considered one of the greatest academic honors a USG student can achieve.

Several Graphic Communications Management students in the Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art (BFSDoArt) submitted work for consideration in the Gutenberg Awards - Print Media Contest over the summer. The Gutenberg Awards recognize exceptional achievement in the field of Graphic Arts. This year, the BFSDoArt had 19 winners in three categories with two first place awards. Alexis Barber, Charles Crawford, Tim Davis, Hilary Luna, and Heather Yeomans received first, second and third place honors in the Flexography Printing category. Luna was awarded first place and Barber took fourth in Screen Printing. In the Litho-Pringing - Spot Color category, Mackenzie Paller and Talia Thornburg each were second place winners, while Yeomans and Daniel Thornton each received fourth place honors. Luna, Caleb Scott and Tommy Martin each placed fifth. In the Litho Printing - Process Color category, Yeomans, Thornton, Chris Upchurch, Ebony Johnson, and Seqouyah Stinson each placed fifth.

Three Georgia Southern students received Averitt Award for Excellence in Graduate Research and Instruction at the 2016 Research Symposium.

Georgia Southern University's Annual Honors Day Convocation was held at the Nessmith-Lane Conference Center recently. Individual awards were presented to 188 students and various honor societies also recognized new inductees. Held each spring to highlight distinguished students from all disciplines and areas of college life, the following local students were honored:

Exceptional Georgia Southern University students were recognized at the annual Honors Day Ceremony held recently on the University's campus. Individual awards were presented to 181 students and inductees into various honor societies also were recognized. Honors Day is held each spring to highlight distinguished students from all disciplines and areas of college life. The following local students listed below were honored: