Savannah’s hospitality and infrastructure as a host city deservedly earn rave reviews. But will Savannahians support the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference’s basketball tournament? The league’s tournament has been in town […]
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Savannah State hosting SIAC Basketball Tournament for first time
Do you need proof that postseason basketball tournaments can be unpredictable? A year ago, Savannah State University’s men limped into the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament as an underdog. The […]
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120 YEARS ON THE GRIDIRON: SSU players, fans gear up for another season cheering on ‘Savannah’s Football Team’
In the middle of Theodore A. Wright Stadium, the Savannah State University Tigers players finish their afternoon football practice and gather, sweaty and tired, around their new coach, ready for […]
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IT’S GRAD SEASON: Savannah State University grad plans to pursue entrepreneurial dreams
Originally from Stone Mountain, Tyler Holloway recently graduated from Savannah State University with her Master’s in Business Administration. A double Tiger, Holloway also completed her undergraduate at SSU receiving a […]
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TRAVIS JAUDON: Calvary football future looks even brighter with Russell DeMasi hire
A sports section in Connect Savannah? Well, maybe not quite a section. But a sports column has arrived at Connect and I couldn’t be more thrilled, and humbled, to be […]
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SSU launches new Live Events Certificate program with Harlem Globetrotters
Savannah State University (SSU) officially launched its Live Events Certificate program in partnership with the world-famous Harlem Globetrotters on Thurs., March 24, at the Wilcox-Wiley Gymnasium on SSU’s campus. The […]
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INTRODUCTIONS: Meet LeAndrea Mikell
Raised across the river in Hardeeville, South Carolina, LeAndrea Mikell always felt a familiar pull toward the city of Savannah. Now, as the executive director for government and community engagement […]
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5 Questions with J’Aaron Merchant
‘Right now, children of color in general are not represented in children’s literature. My mission right now is to widen the gap’
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5 Questions with Ashley Inniss
‘As an artist, my goal is to create value in the unseen’
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Savannah Council on World Affairs continues programming online, hosts talk on Islam during Ramadan
‘I found that American masses in general, not only in the South, have this lack of knowledge about Islam’
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Obsidian Dance Repertory’s year of return
It’s a concert that will symbolize, through dance, the first enslaved person arriving in Jamestown, Virginia, 400 years ago
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Celebrating Black History, and future
The annual festival is in conjunction with Black History Month in February, and it’s filled with activities that seek to get Savannah’s youth involved