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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. GSU receives 1.48 million dollar estate gift
SAVANNAH, Ga., Jan. 28, 2021 - An extraordinary estate gift from a daughter and her husband to honor her parents will touch the lives of generations of students to come through scholarships for Georgia Southern University students working to become public school educators. The $1.48 million gift from the late Janice Sapp Castles and her late husband Charles, named for her late parents, Margaret Elizabeth and Cullen Bernice Sapp, is the second-largest estate gift received to date by the Georgia Southern University Foundation.
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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. City breaks ground on Small Business Incubator City of Hinesville Manager, Kenneth Howard address City officials and attendees during a groundbreaking ceremony held Jan. 29, for the Small Business Incubator.
Leaders from the City of Hinesville and the Hinesville Development Authority (HDA) broke ground on a new small business incubator in Downtown Hinesville on Jan. 29. The new small business incubator, which is the first and only of its kind for the Hinesville community, will help local entrepreneurs develop and grow business in the area. Construction of the 5,000 square foot building that will serve as the small business incubator will begin this spring and represent a $1.5 million investment into the community. “Small business is the lifeblood of any community,” City Manager Kenneth How
New engineering building open at Georgia Southern
New engineering building open at Georgia Southern By Dal Cannady | January 8, 2021 at 5:30 PM EST - Updated January 8 at 6:59 PM
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Georgia Southern University formally opened its new engineering building.
The new building gives engineering students a place to study some of the technology they’ll use in the work world. It also helps the university compete for top faculty, students, and grants.
Georgia Southern’s president told the audience that the building will help faculty and students do research that helps academics but also helps grow the region. The building totals 140,000 square feet with dozens of labs for different aspects of engineering. The largest lab could hold a 727 fuselage.
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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. GS Engineering and Research Building opens Project on Forest Drive took 2 years, $60 million Georgia Southern University president Kyle Marrero, bottom, welcomes guests to the new 140,625-square-foot Engineering and Research Building for the official ribbon-cutting on Friday, Jan. 8. - photo by By SCOTT BRYANT/staff
The new $60 million, 140,625-square-foot Engineering and Research Building has opened as home of Georgia Southern University’s growing manufacturing engineering program and for research involving other departments in the university’s Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Computing.
(l-r) Downtown Statesboro Development AuthorityChairman Frank D'Archangelo, Business Innovation Group Director Dominique Halaby, Georgia Southern President Kyle Marrero, Acting Assistant Secretary for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs Anthony Foti, Statesboro Mayor Jonathan McCollar and Economic Development Administration Office of External Affairs and Communications Director Joel Frushone U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2 million grant to the Downtown Statesboro Development Authority (DSDA) so Georgia Southern University can continue boosting business growth and resiliency efforts by expanding the City Center Business Incubator in downtown Statesboro. The EDA grant will be matched with $500,000 in funding from the City of Statesboro and is expected to create 300 jobs and generate $40 million in private investment. "Hurricane Irma severely impacted Statesboro and B