The bedrock of our locality. The mecca of our community. I could only be talking about one entity when it comes down to Statesboro, GA. And it’s our hometown college, Georgia Southern University!
GS kicked off its 2022-2023 school year with an enthusiastic “State of the University” address given by University President Kyle Marrero.
The ceremony began with Marrero’s cabinet laying the foundation for this school year’s hopes and intentions.
Among the cabinet speakers, SGA President Alexis Belvin, made her association’s case clear for what students could expect from her team moving forward; namely: intentionality, innovation, and service.
She further expressed that one of her SGA presidential goals was to be “in service to the university student population in an intentional way.” Her declaration serves to give platform & voice to the University students when discussing forward-thinking ideas for the advancement of overall student success.
Among the initiatives Belvin plans on taking in effectuating change for students, her organization’s goal of having student feedback heard and addressed within the university's policies remains of the utmost importance.
Following Belvin’s speech, President Kyle Marrero congruently highlighted that “solving and evolving” and “innovation in a timely manner” were the main goals of his administration. This means that the university must continually keep up with the ever-changing pace of the world to ensure that its students are ready for their future careers and workforce environments. He believes that GSU students must remain on track with the current technology and intellectual demands of today’s society, to successfully take it by storm.
President Marrero went on to list the many metrics which he sought to improve upon within their current year. And although each category was different in scope and subject, each one was centered around the golden word of the hour, “innovation.”
President Marrero intends to pass all prior year’s metrics by evaluating each department’s performance and keeping abreast of the overall student success statistics. President Marrero remains optimistic, yet solid, in his plan of Georgia Southern improvements, stating that, “You don’t improve what you don’t measure.”
So yes, Eagle students can expect to have tons of fun in their GSU experience. But they can also expect its faculty and administration to dynamically shape and sculpt their environment, with the hopes of cultivating new global citizens and thinkers.
Georgia Southern continues to be a hub of innovative thought, engagement, and excellence in the low-country region. And if the “end-of-assembly” spirit cookie was any indicator of how this school year is going to go,
boy oh boy—"it’s gonna be a good one!”
