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RE: The Future of Georgia Southern is in Savannah
(01-04-2018 10:16 AM)bullitt_60 Wrote: (01-04-2018 10:07 AM)FloridaJag Wrote: (01-04-2018 06:59 AM)NewJersey GATA Wrote: (01-04-2018 12:40 AM)TroyFootball05 Wrote: (01-03-2018 10:35 AM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote: So basically... Georgia Southern is slowly moving its campus from Statesboro to Savannah.
They're competing with Savannah State for football players now so this is likely territorial.
Savannah State players packing heat!!!
Overall, the topic was an insight of possibilities and limitations for the Savannah campus.
As for SPORTS, we shall know more in the upcoming years with the classes being offered. If Savannah campus continues to not limit but expand those early Frosh and Soph Core classes then I can envision the Savannah Campus expanding and possibly transitioning in sports like tennis years down the road. If Savannah campus decides to limit those core classes and move more towards Grad study then the Savannah campus will just be a branch of the Statesboro main campus.
Either way, it's a win for Georgia Southern because it allows them to expand their brand while reducing competition of a neighboring University.
Personally, I like the Savannah campus as I've taken classes at Armstrong. It's a nice and safe area of Savannah with abundance amount of shopping and close proximity to I-95. I'd personally hope they expand Savannah campus with traditional Southern classes while offering more Grad level. Giving students the option to attend both campuses is a great thing. In addition, there's many more part time job opportunities in Savannah for students that pay better than Statesboro. I envision advertisement for Georgia Southern to drastically expand along I-95 and Savannah. Lot's of BLUE will come to the area!
Maybe merging with Savannah State is the next move? The campuses are 9 miles apart. The merger would add 3,000 students and add a football field in Savannah for Georgia Southern to play.
No, the HBCU's are not being merged.
I really think this is much to do about nothing. We'll see some changes in course offerings and offices move around, but the point of the mergers is to reduce overhead.
I don't see Savannah State as a candidate to merge. Too much politics with that University with their history as well.
College of Coastal Georgia will likely happen and would be beneficial to Georgia Southern. Glynco Federal law enforcement academy is located 3 miles north of their campus along with the growing population in Brunswick.
City of Brunswick is a rough area, but there's a lot of potential considering their port is 2nd to Newark, NJ on the east coast and located on I-95.
I haven't found any research if the campus has the ability to expand like Statesboro, but I would assume there's possibilities. 60 miles from Jacksonville, FL airport isn't bad either.
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