East Georgia State College

As part of the consolidation with Georgia Southern University (GS), a full-time Career & Internship Advisor position has been created for the Swainsboro campus. The position has been posted with the goal of starting later this fall, but not later than by January 1, 2026.

As part of the consolidation with Georgia Southern University (GS), an Assistant Director of Student Wellbeing/Deputy Title IX Coordinator focuses on promoting healthy student conduct for the East Georgia Campus in Swainsboro.

We have replaced online proctoring from ProctorU to Honorlock (https://honorlock.com/). Honorlock is compatible with Chromebook laptops and is less costly than ProctorU. In addition, Honorlock is integrated into D2L allowing students to start their proctored assignments without the need to schedule an appointment.

East Georgia State College joined Quality Matters in May of 2023 and introduced it to the faculty at the fall 2023 workshop. Quality Matters is being used as a professional development tool for Faculty to improve their teaching and student learning.

Student Learning Communities consist of courses in which a common theme or themes are utilized to create opportunities for students to explore these themes in more depth and see how the theme (s) crosses different disciplines. In addition, SLCs encourage a sense of belonging and student engagement since students may share two or more courses together which focus on the same theme.

As part of the consolidation with Georgia Southern University (GS), East Georgia will be integrated into GS’s Day1Access (D1A), an inclusive access program which delivers customized digital course materials directly to students through Folio and are available to them on the first day of classes. Not only do students get the exact content they need on “day one,” they also get it at the lowest market price available. D1A turns physical course materials into interactive digital content with instant access.

EGSC is seeking to improve the rate at which students complete the English composition series and required math course within their first 30 hours of coursework. We understand that failure to complete these vital and foundational courses in the early part of a student’s education journey can hinder the student by blocking courses that need the prerequisite and by limiting the number of choices a student has available to choose from during each successive registration period.

As part of the consolidation with Georgia Southern University (GS), professional advisors will be advising EGSC students.

As part of the consolidation with Georgia Southern University (GS), EGSC’s curriculum maps are being integrated with GS’s curriculum maps.