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Students flock to Georgia Southern for new school year
First year students John Mark Zook of Tyrone and Abigail Langley of Evans are visited by another campus resident as they relax between classes during Georgia Southern's first day of the 2025 Fall semester on Wednesday, August 13.
- photo by SCOTT BRYANT/staff
While enrollment numbers won't be finalized until October, Georgia Southern University is expected to set several records for the 2025 Fall semester that began Wednesday. The university projects an enrollment of more than 29,000 students, which would be an institutional record and also a record-breaking freshman class of nearly 6,000 students is expected. The 29,000+ students anticipated for the Fall semester would surpass last year's record enrollment of 27,506.
Georgia Southern sophomore Daisy Hughes takes advantage of some Adirondack-style chairs placed along campus walkways while waiting for extracurricular clubs to begin while classmates shuttle between classes on the first day of the 2025 Fall semester on Wednesday, August 13. This is Hughes' first year in Statesboro after transferring from the Armstrong campus.
- photo by SCOTT BRYANT/staff
Georgia Southern first year students are prompted for feedback with a QR code as they are welcomed to Global Sociology by Professor Marieke Van Willigen on the first day of the 2025 Fall semester on Wednesday, August 13.
- photo by SCOTT BRYANT/staff
Georgia Southern students head to the classroom in record numbers on the first day of the 2025 Fall semester on Wednesday, August 13.
- photo by SCOTT BRYANT/staff
