On Forrest Drive looking between College of Education and College of Nursing towards the College of Information Technology.

Standing on the pedestrium looking across towards the lake.

Standing on the lake side looking towards Russell Union student center and Betty Foy-Sanders art building.

Standing on the pedestrium looking towards College of Business Administration and the College of Education.

Georgia Southern University is a university located in Statesboro, Georgia, USA, and part of the University System of Georgia. Download high resolution version (1024x585, 106 KB)View of Georgia Southern campus from Forest Dr looking between Education and Nursing buildings. ... Download high resolution version (1024x585, 106 KB)View of Georgia Southern campus from Forest Dr looking between Education and Nursing buildings. ... Download high resolution version (1019x548, 94 KB)Georgia Southern looking across the pedestrium towards the lake. ... Download high resolution version (1019x548, 94 KB)Georgia Southern looking across the pedestrium towards the lake. ... Download high resolution version (1024x551, 66 KB)Georgia Southern campus standing on the lake side and looking towards the Russell student center across the lake. ... Download high resolution version (1024x551, 66 KB)Georgia Southern campus standing on the lake side and looking towards the Russell student center across the lake. ... Download high resolution version (1024x603, 109 KB)view of Georgia Southern campus on pedestrium looking towards Education and Nursing. ... Download high resolution version (1024x603, 109 KB)view of Georgia Southern campus on pedestrium looking towards Education and Nursing. ... A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees. ... Statesboro is a city located in Bulloch County, Georgia. ... The University System of Georgia (USG) is the organizational body that includes all public institutions of higher learning in Georgia. ...

History

The school which was to become Georgia Southern University was founded as a district agricultural school in 1906 as one of several agricultural and mechanical trades schools chartered by the Georgia General Assembly, the state legislature. During the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s the school expanded, offering a richer curriculum with an emphasis on education. It progressed from a two-year to a four-year teacher's college during those years. In 1959, Georgia Southern became a senior college within the University System of Georgia followed by receiving university status in 1990. Districts are a form of local government in several countries. ... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Georgia General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Georgia. ... State legislatures are the lawmaking bodies of the 50 states in the United States of America. ... Sometimes referred to as the Roaring Twenties or the Jazz Age. ... Events and trends Technology Jet engine invented First atom was split with a particle accelerator Golden Age of radio begins in U.S. Disney adopts a three-color Technicolor process for cartoons First Kit Kat in UK The photocopier is invented by Carlson Air mail service across the Atlantic Science... Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s - 1940s - 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s Years: 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 Events and trends Technology First nuclear bomb First cruise missile, the V1 flying bomb and the first ballistic missile, the... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A college (Latin collegium) can be the name of any group of colleagues; originally it meant a group of people living together under a common set of rules (con-, together + leg-, law). As a consequence members of colleges were originally styled fellows and still are in some places. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Academia

The university offers both graduate and undergraduate programs in a variety of disciplines including education, business administration, information technology, biology, civil engineering, and art. Business refers to at least three closely related commercial topics. ... Wiktionary has a definition of: Administration Organisational use In some organisational analyses, administration can refer to the bureaucratic or operational performance of mundane office tasks, usually internally oriented. ... Categories: Information technology ... Main article: Life There are many universal units and common processes that are fundamental to the known forms of life. ... In modern usage, civil engineering is a broad field of engineering that deals with the planning, construction, and maintenance of fixed structures as they related to earth, water, or civilization and their processes. ... Great Museums in the World (Louvre, Metropolitan Museum, MoMA, Picasso …) CGFA: A Virtual Art Museum Very large website with good reproduction quality scans of thousands of paintings Goetia Fine Art - Surrealism Art History With biographies and Works of the Surrealist Masters Art-Atlas. ...

The university participates in the National Biological Information Infrastructure program with several centers including the Lamar Q. Ball Raptor Center and the Institute of Arthropodology and Parasitology containing the U.S. National Tick Collection.

Sports

The Georgia Southern Eagles are classified as Division I in baseball, basketball, golf, tennis, volleyball, soccer, and track & field. The football team is classified as Division I-AA, and has won a record six NCAA Division I-AA national championships (1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1999 and 2000). The university also offers intramural teams for all varsity level sports, as well as others such as equestrian events, fencing, and judo. The Georgia Southern Eagles are an NCAA football team at Georgia Southern University. ... A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium in St. ... Basketball Basketball is a ball sport in which two teams of five players each try to score points by throwing a ball through a hoop. ... Golfer teeing off at the start of a hole Golf is an outdoor game where individual players or teams play a small ball into a hole using various clubs. ... Tennis balls This article is about the sport, tennis. ... Volleyball is a popular sport where teams separated by a high net hit a ball back and forth between the teams. ... The striker (wearing red jersey) has run past the defender (in white jersey) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to stop the ball. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Equestrian has several meanings: An equestrian is a horseback rider: see equestrianism An equestrian (Roman) is a member of one of the upper classes in ancient Rome. ... Russian Ivan Tourchine and American Weston Kelsey fence in the second round of the Olympic Mens Individual Epee event at the Helliniko Fencing Hall on Aug. ... Judo (Japanese: 柔道 Jūdō) is a martial art, a sport and a philosophy which originated in Japan. ...

Student Activities

The university has a botanical garden at Bland Cottage, the Performing Arts Center where national acts as well as Georgia Southern student shows are performed, a college radio station (WVGS 91.9 The Buzz (http://www.stp.georgiasouthern.edu/wvgs/index.php)), and a college newspaper, The George-Anne (http://www.stp.georgiasouthern.edu/George-Anne/George-Anne.html). The Recreation and Activities Center (the RAC) has an area for weight lifting, several basketball courts, an indoor track, two dance studios, equipment for yoga and pilates, and an indoor climbing wall. Inside the United States Botanic Garden Inside the United States Botanic Garden Inside Kew Gardens Palm House Botanical gardens (in Latin hortus botanicus) grow a wide variety of plants both for scientific purposes and for the enjoyment and education of visitors. ... A radio station is a site configured for broadcasting sound. ... Basketball Basketball is a ball sport in which two teams of five players each try to score points by throwing a ball through a hoop. ... Hatha Yoga posture Yoga is a form of mysticism that developed on the Indian subcontinent in the Hindu cultural context. ... The Pilates Method is a physical fitness system which was developed in the early 20th century by German-American Joseph Pilates. ...

Location

The town of Statesboro is located inland from the east coast off of Interstate 16 between the cities of Macon (which is in central Georgia) and Savannah (located on the coast of Georgia at the mouth of the Savannah River). Statesboro is less than one hour's drive from Savannah, about two hours from Macon, and about three and a half hours from Atlanta. Statesboro is a city located in Bulloch County, Georgia. ... Interstate 16 (Georgia State Route 404) is an intrastate interstate highway located entirely within the state of Georgia, United States. ... For other places called Macon, see Macon Macon is a city located in Bibb County, Georgia. ... Savannah Savannah is a city located in (and the county seat of) Chatham County, Georgia. ... COAST, an acronym for Cache On A STick, is a packaging standard for modules containing SRAM used as an L2 cache in a computer. ... The Savannah River is a major river in the southeastern United States, forming most of the border between the states of South Carolina and Georgia. ... This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ...

External links

• Georgia Southern University web site (http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/)
• Georgia Southern Student Media (newspaper and radio) (http://www.stp.georgiasouthern.edu/)
• Georgia Southern University Eagles athletics (http://athletics.georgiasouthern.edu/)
• Board of Regents of The University System of Georgia web site (http://www.usg.edu/)
• Georgia particpants in the National Biological Information Infrastructure (http://www.nbii.gov/geographic/us/ga-nbii.html)

Online Communities

• The Facebook (http://www.thefacebook.com) - A multi-university networking site for students, faculty, and alumni. A rapidly growing portion of GSU students are members.
• GSU Connection (http://www.gsuconnection.com/index.php) - A forum for GSU students with approximately 300 current members.
• GSU Gaming (http://www.gsu-gaming.com/) - A site and forum for students interested in LAN gaming.