Georgia Southern University News

The Veteran's Affairs Hospital in Decatur has a new director and is working to correct problems after a scathing government audit that covered patients who committed suicide, died of an overdose and one who went missing and wandered the hallways for eight hours.

Bulloch County farmer Wayne Brannen teaches the proper way to tie a tie to participants of the Southern Traditions and Godly Gentlemen conference held last month at Statesboro Primitive Baptist Church.

William Collins, 18, was pronounced dead Wednesday morning on what would have been his graduation day.

I first met Jonathan Perkins when he came back to town after graduating from Georgia Southern University.

Robert Byrd of Statesboro, left, celebrates with fellow Ogeechee Technical College graduate Dotty Walker of Newington following Thursday's 2013 Spring Commencement at Hanner Fieldhouse.

Marie Denis-Luque enjoys her job as a research project manager in the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health at Georgia Southern University.

Students participate in the spring 2013 commencement ceremony at Georgia Southern University.

East Georgia State College students can now take classes at Georgia Regents University in Augusta following approval of a cooperative academic program Tuesday by the University System of Georgia's Board of Regents.

The gates will open at 10 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. The park will also be open Sunday from noon until 6 p.m. Splash in the Boro will close again on Monday and will reopen for seven-day-a-week operations beginning May 25.

New Georgia Southern University director of athletics Tom Kleinlein, center, talks about the university's move into the Sun Belt Conference at the recent Effingham Eagle Club meeting.

Duties: Dodson will manage all aspects of the material sales commercial and residential surfacing company such as tile, stone and wood.

Karen Sensabaugh, left, and Susan Collins give support to nurse Lisa Wilson, center, as the White Bluff Elementary School surprises her by planting a tree in her son's honor.

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Edwards of Statesboro announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Shannon Danielle Edwards, to Travis Chance, son of Sharon Chance of Evans and the late Wayne Chance Sr.

The state's commitment to deepening Savannah's harbor could extend to starting the work at state expense, Gov.

Impact, Wesley, and Awaken campus ministries students left the campus of Georgia Southern to serve the community with food, fun, fellowship, and worship at Butler Homes during "I Am One Unity Week." Three faith-based organizations at Georgia Southern University recently completed a powerful week of ministry.

Georgia Southern alumna Kelley Burns and newborn son Grayson receive the first Eagle Fund baby blanket from the Georgia Southern Athletic Foundation at the Women's Pavilion of East Georgia Regional Medical CenterTuesday.

Nan LoBue, a lecturer in the Department of Writing and Linguistics at Georgia Southern University, presides over a small work group from her composition II freshman level class as Taylor Greene, 19, of Covington, far left, gives feedback to fellow student Lauren Weigand, 18, right of McDonough.

Steve Bisson/Savannah Morning News - Dignitaries fill the front row of the 75th anniversary celebration of the Herty Advancement Materials Development Center.

Georgia Southern University freshmen Mallory Rogers of Stone Mountain, far right, and Andrianna Odell of St.

Police say on Monday at 1:30 a.m. they responded to The Cove at Georgia Southern University after receiving reports of multiple men having sex with an unconscious female.