Third Annual APEX Declare Your Major Day set for March 20
3/13/2023 6:40:00 AM | APEX
Sophomores will declare their major in a ceremony in the PAC.
STATESBORO – Georgia Southern sophomore student-athletes will declare their major in a formal ceremony on Declare Your Major Day in the PAC Ballroom in the Nessmith-Lane Center March 20, from 5:30-8 p.m.
Approximately 88 student-athletes will walk across the stage, declare their major aloud and then participate in an individual signing ceremony. Dinner will start at 5:30 p.m., and the declaration and signing will follow.
Georgia Southern Director of Athletics Jared Benko will speak at the event along with Dillon Springer, assistant director of the Annual Fund, Demetrius Bynes, director of human resources for the city of Statesboro, and Isabel Ptacek, president of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). Deans of each of the following colleges represented will be in attendance.
Allen E. Paulson College and Engineering and Computing
College of Arts and Humanities
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
College of Education
College of Science and Mathematics
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health
Parker College of Business
Waters College of Health Professions
"We are very excited about this event," said Gleen Hart, Senior Associate Athletics Director for Student-Athlete Development/APEX. "This is a very special day for our sophomore student-athletes as they declare their majors and begin their journey down their future career path."
Declare Your Major Day is part of the school's APEX (Athletes Preparing for Employment Experiences) program. The APEX program is designed to help prepare Georgia Southern student-athletes for the ultimate challenge after their playing careers- life.
Approximately 88 student-athletes will walk across the stage, declare their major aloud and then participate in an individual signing ceremony. Dinner will start at 5:30 p.m., and the declaration and signing will follow.
Georgia Southern Director of Athletics Jared Benko will speak at the event along with Dillon Springer, assistant director of the Annual Fund, Demetrius Bynes, director of human resources for the city of Statesboro, and Isabel Ptacek, president of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). Deans of each of the following colleges represented will be in attendance.
Allen E. Paulson College and Engineering and Computing
College of Arts and Humanities
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
College of Education
College of Science and Mathematics
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health
Parker College of Business
Waters College of Health Professions
"We are very excited about this event," said Gleen Hart, Senior Associate Athletics Director for Student-Athlete Development/APEX. "This is a very special day for our sophomore student-athletes as they declare their majors and begin their journey down their future career path."
Declare Your Major Day is part of the school's APEX (Athletes Preparing for Employment Experiences) program. The APEX program is designed to help prepare Georgia Southern student-athletes for the ultimate challenge after their playing careers- life.
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