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Georgia Southern University, a public Carnegie Doctoral/Research University founded in 1906, offers more than 125 degree programs serving more than 20,500 students. CLASS offers eight master’s degrees, two graduate certificates and one doctoral degree. CLASS offers more than 20 undergraduate degrees and several interdisciplinary minors from its 11 departments and five academic centers.

CLASS, also described as the University’s College of the Creative Mind, prepares students to achieve academic excellence, develop their analytical skills, enhance their creativity and embrace their responsibilities as citizens of their communities, their nations and the world. For more information contact Barrett Gilham, Director of Communications and Outreach for the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, at (912) 478-8597 or College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) is the largest of the eight colleges that make up Georgia Southern University, and it plays a central role in every student’s core of knowledge. The reading is free and open to the public, and books will be available for purchase after the reading.

So Micah and Jenny set out on a daring quest to find the Circus Mirandus and the Lightbender. Now, many decades later, Grandpa Ephraim needs that miracle, and Micah desperately wants him to have it. When Micah’s grandfather was very young, the Lightbender promised him a miracle. Over the years, Micah has heard all about the mysterious Circus Mirandus and the equally mysterious Man Who Bends Light, also known as the Lightbender. The book tells the story of fifth-grader Micah Tuttle, his beloved Grandpa Ephraim, his prickly Aunt Gertrudis and his courageous new friend Jenny Mendoza. The book also has received positive reviews from Kirkus Books and School Library Journal. in the Information Technology Building, room 1005.Ĭircus Mirandus is the debut novel from Beasley, a graduate of the University’s Department of Writing and Linguistics, and is intended for middle-schoolers, although the book is enjoyable for all ages.īeasley will read from her book Circus Mirandus, which was published in 2015 to critical acclaim and was named a New York Times Editor’s Choice and a New York Times Book Review Notable Children’s Book of 2015.

Georgia Southern University graduate and bestselling author Cassie Beasley will be on campus for a book reading Wednesday, March 2, at 7 p.m. Home > news > Alumna Cassie Beasley returns to Georgia Southern for bestselling book reading Alumna Cassie Beasley returns to Georgia Southern for bestselling book reading

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