he took the helm of southern university in statesburg, georgia. after ten years on the job he will leave georgia southern a bigger, better and considerably richer university both in terms of its endowment and in its academic achievements than when he started. his leadership has been robust. during dr. grubby's tenure as chairman of georgia southern, the school's enrollment has risen nearly 23%. now nearly 18,000 students are proud to call georgia southern their academic home. while freshmen s.a.t. scores were rising 13% on his watch, the university was being catapulted into national prominence. during dr. gruby's time as president skwrarpblg southern was featured in the "u.s. news and world report" best colleges guide and was named one of the nation's top 100 best values in education by kiplinger. he oversaw the creation of two new colleges, specializing in information technology and public health. presided over a veritable building boom on campus and brought georgia southern into the internet age with distance learning courses. of all his remarka