Armstrong Campus News
“A Loud Absence: Photographs by Melissa Brown” on view
Melissa Brown’s richly toned black and white photographs document the present-day appearance of locations where historical crimes against people of color have occured. Her photographs will be on display in the Learning Commons on the Armstrong campus until the end of May, 2024.
Call for Reflections on COVID-19
PROJECT: Eagle Nations Reflections on COVID-19
We are living in a time when history is being made. Our response to and the impact of this pandemic will be studied by historians, sociologists, political scientists, and many other disciplines for years. Georgia Southern Libraries is calling for your Reflections on this historical event and how it is affecting you by asking for your participating in the following activity:
Call for Reflections on COVID-19Highlight a record of your experience dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. This reflection can include anything from reactions to the pandemic, daily activities while in quarantine, or even a daily log of your pet’s activities. These can be print or electronic.
Documentation can be in any form:
- Journal (does not have to be daily or lengthy)
- Photographs
- Graphic novel/Comic Strip
- Poetry
- Art (Paintings, drawing, mixed media, sculpture)
- Voice recording/oral history (along the lines of NPR’s StoryCorps)
- Zine
- Video
- Anything you want!
Documentation can capture anything: feelings, news items, hopes, fears, statistics, (literally anything that feels relevant at the time).
Who can participate? Any GS faculty, staff, student or immediate family member!! We want this collection to capture every aspect of how COVID-19 has affected you and your families.
What will happen to it? Materials will be donated and permanently archived in Georgia Southern University Libraries‘ Special Collections in order to document the varied ways this pandemic has shaped our local and University communities.
To participate:Start creating! When you are ready, send creation/s to specolle@georgiasouthern.edu (digital items) or mail them to: Zach S. Henderson Library1400 Southern Drive Bldg. 208Statesboro, GA 31419 (physical items)For questions, email Special Collections.For more information visit: georgiasouthern.libguides.com/eaglereflections
New “Research by Appointment” Service
Georgia Southern University students, faculty, staff, and community members may schedule a research consultation with a Librarian to obtain assistance with a paper, research, or other type of project. We are available to meet either in person or via WebEx. We will also help you make the best use of the Georgia Southern University Libraries’ resources.
You can find a link to this service on our website under Research Services and Collections: Research by Appointment. From there you can also see the availability of the different librarians.
From the Mansion to the University, and Now, the World: Armstrong’s History Available from Digital Commons@Georgia Southern
“Everything has a history,” colleague Olavi Ahrens reassured Janet Stone as she embarked on her scholarly history of Armstrong Atlantic State University. The history that Janet uncovered is interesting and important; the stories often heartwarming and fun. Stone’s history was published by the Armstrong Foundation in 2010 as From the Manion to the University: a history of Armstrong Atlantic State University, 1935-2010. This year, Janet Stone and the Georgia Southern Foundation have made the work available via the Digital Commons@Georgia Southern under a Creative Commons license. Interested readers may now download a pdf copy of the book to read from anywhere in the world they access the internet.
Who might want to peruse and use this work? Certainly faculty, staff, and alumni will enjoy the stories and many photos that document their Armstrong experiences. Current and future students, faculty, and staff may dive or dip into the work to learn about our institutional history. How did their academic program or student organization get its start? Did Armstrong ever field a football team? What is the story of the health professions on our campus? When did the first African American students attend? What is “the Dyches case” all about? Scholars may be drawn to Savannah’s experience of the integration of higher education, an important issue that Stone unpacks and examines. Armstrong’s close connection with Savannah, starting with its founding as a city college, is a take away. As is the close knit community among students, alumni, faculty and staff, throughout the years.
The timing of this history—just eight years before Armstrong’s consolidation with Georgia Southern—is fortunate, the first chapter in our unfolding history is written. And placed in the Digital Commons, this work is preserved and widely available to inform and inspire the next generation, the next chapter.
Worry Free Wednesday at Lane Library
LANE LIBRARY
March 27 from 11a.m. to 1p.m.
Join Recreation and Wellness for stress and anxiety reducing activities including more therapy dogs, books available for checkout, and a free calendar giveaway!