Georgia Southern is one of the top two universities of choice in Georgia for incoming freshmen, including HOPE Scholars. In size and scope, if you draw a circle around the Athens-Atlanta research universities, Georgia Southern is the largest and most academically comprehensive university in the state outside that circle. We have, by far, more students enrolled, more degrees offered, and more programs nationally accredited than any non-research institution in the state. As I travel the Georgia map from the capitol to community clubs, I can count on amazing most people with those facts. Even our own alumni don't realize how far their alma mater has surpassed their college memories.
Perception is everybody's responsibility.
Georgia Southern is largely judged by the people associated with the university - faculty, staff, alumni and especially students. I am asking our highly-successful graduates to stand and be identified in their communities as Georgia Southern alumni. And I am asking you, a student body 14,500 strong, to join that effort and spread it throughout the state and beyond, where you live and travel. They'll keep me informed. Georgia Southern is a superior university - not a perfect one.