Armstrong Atlantic State University

Dr. Keith Betts has been appointed vice president of student affairs at Armstrong Atlantic State University, effective July 1. Most recently, he served as vice president for student services and dean of students at Buena Vista University in Iowa.

Jennifer Gleitsmann and Jessica Jacobson, Armstrong Atlantic State University students in the Radiologic Sciences Department, each received a 2011-2012 Varian Radiation Therapy Student Scholarship of $5,000.

Despite a tough economic climate, Armstrong Atlantic State University continues to generate strong economic activity for the region, pumping more than $201.2 million into the local economy during fiscal year 2010.

Armstrong psychology student Caroline Eastman received a full-tuition waiver and stipend to attend Tufts University.

The Armstrong Nu Zeta chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, an international education honor society, won a national service award for their Literacy Alive! Project “Plenty a Books” in May.

Dr. Don S. Stumpf has been named director of Armstrong Atlantic State University’s Liberty Center in Hinesville, Ga.

Armstrong Atlantic State University has launched a new website, The Armstrong Experience, that features the accomplishments of students, alumni and faculty at the university.

Armstrong Atlantic State University officials announced today that Lisa M. Sweany, senior associate athletics director at Grand Valley State University (GVSU) in Michigan, has been named athletics director for Pirate Athletics effective July 18.

Atlanta-based The Goizueta Foundation has awarded Armstrong Atlantic State University an $870,000 grant to continue to support a comprehensive Latino outreach, recruitment, progression and graduation initiative on campus.

More than 200 Armstrong Atlantic State University students are headed for destinations around the world as part of summer study abroad programs, representing an increase of about 43 percent from last year.