USG e-Clips from August 27, 2014

USG NEWS:
www.myajc.com
http://www.myajc.com/news/news/state-regional/georgia-colleges-make-magazines-best-worst-lists/ng9ny/#91daf02d.3566685.735472
Georgia colleges make magazine’s best, worst lists
By Janel Davis – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Washington Monthly Magazine is out this week with its annual College Guide and Rankings, with Georgia schools claiming slots on its best and worst lists.
The magazine – which covers politics, government, culture and the media – bases its ratings on three criteria: social mobility (recruiting and graduating low-income students), research and how much students are giving back to their communities. The magazine ranks national universities, liberal arts colleges, master’s universities, baccalaureate colleges and affordable elite institutions. It also provides a list of colleges that give students the “Best Bang for the Buck.” Georgia Tech ranks 11th on the national universities list; Morehouse and Spelman colleges ranked 31st and 39th on the list of liberal arts institutions; Mercer ranked 13th among master’s universities; Covenant College in far northwest Georgia and Fort Valley University ranked 11th and 32nd, respectively, on the baccalaureate list; and the

www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/breaking-news/2014-08-26/uga-students-press-governor-nathan-deal-immigration-issue-during-campaign
UGA students press Governor Nathan Deal on immigration issue during campaign visit
By KELSEY COCHRAN
Gov. Nathan Deal may have gotten more than he bargained for at a campaign event hosted by the University of Georgia College Republicans Tuesday. A group of young people representing the Undocumented Student Alliance interjected into a question-and-answer session with their own inquiries about the governor’s stance on a policy barring illegal immigrants from enrolling in the institution.

www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/breaking-news/2014-08-26/uga-stages-groundbreaking-new-science-learning-center
UGA stages groundbreaking for new Science Learning Center
By LEE SHEARER
Gov. Nathan Deal praised the University of Georgia’s new Science Learning Center for the role it will play in economic development. Deal was one of several speakers at a ceremonial groundbreaking on Tuesday for the 122,500-square-foot building scheduled to open in fall 2016. By the year 2020, 60 percent of the Georgia workforce will need a post-secondary diploma of some sort, he said. …Both Deal and University System of Georgia Hank Huckaby compared the building to UGA’s big Miller Learning Center near Sanford Stadium. Drawings displayed at Tuesday’s groundbreaking show the new building will look similar to the Miller Learning Center, but smaller. “It was almost an institutional-changing event” when the Miller Center opened, said Huckaby, who was a UGA vice president before stepping down to a temporary retirement in 2006. Even then, the Science Learning Center was a dream and vision for university leaders and scientists, Huckaby said.

Related article:
www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/uganews/campus/groundbreaking-ceremony-held-for-the-new-science-learning-center/article_bb44b5cc-2d56-11e4-a48b-001a4bcf6878.html
Groundbreaking ceremony held for the new Science Learning Center

www.bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/feature/becker-builds-a-vibrant-urban-campus-at-gsu.html
Becker builds a vibrant, urban campus at GSU
H.M Cauley, Contributing Writer
Georgia State University’s days as a “backup school” are long gone, and along with it went the image of a commuter school with no core or connectivity. Those changes began with the implementation of the HOPE scholarship and the arrival of student dorms, making the university a top choice for roughly 32,000 students who may have once looked elsewhere for their higher education. Since Mark Becker took over the university’s leadership role in 2009, he has brought the vision of a vibrant, urban campus into full focus.

www.bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print-edition/2014/08/22/georgia-state-buying-land-for-future-student.html
Georgia State buying land for future student housing
Douglas Sams
Commercial Real Estate Editor- Atlanta Business Chronicle
As it enjoys record enrollment, Georgia State University is planning another student housing project — and may need to look at even more residences in coming years just to meet the demand. The Board of Regents on Aug. 20 was expected to authorize the purchase of about 1.1 acres at John Wesley Dobbs and 82 Piedmont Ave., an area that’s already the focus of Georgia State’s student housing developments. It’s undecided how large this latest residence hall will become, GSU spokesman Don Hale said. The last two were the nearby Patton Hall, with capacity for 325 residents, and Piedmont North, which can house 1,100.

www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/blotter/2014-08-26/uga-student-reports-multiple-sexual-assaults
UGA student reports multiple sexual assaults
A University of Georgia student reported Monday night that she had been raped and touched against her will on multiple occasions by someone she knows, UGA police said.

www.dailyreportonline.com
http://www.dailyreportonline.com/home/id=1202668116327?kw=Man%20Sentenced%20in%20Death%20of%20GSU%20Soccer%20Player&et=editorial&bu=Daily%20Report&cn=20140827&src=EMC-Email&pt=Morning%20News
Man Sentenced in Death of GSU Soccer Player
ATLANTA (AP) — Fulton County prosecutors say a man has been sentenced to 47 years in the shooting death of a former Georgia State University soccer player. District Attorney’s spokeswoman Yvette Jones says 32-year-old Emery Parrish was sentenced Tuesday on charges of voluntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, hit and run and cocaine possession in the death of 23-year-old Ayokunle Lumpkin.

GOOD NEWS:
www.stateboroherald.com
http://www.statesboroherald.com/section/1/article/63094/
East Georgia State College, Ogeechee Technical College sign transfer agreement
Special to the Herald
Ogeechee Technical College and East Georgia State College have signed a formal articulation agreement, allowing credits to transfer between the two colleges. OTC President Dr. Dawn Cartee and EGSC President Bob Boehmer signed the agreement Wednesday. Cartee and Boehmer said they are committed to keeping the articulation agreement components current and sustainable by periodically reviewing the courses and content. “We will continue to work on ways we can collaborate to create learning opportunities and viable options for our students as they make their educational decisions,” Cartee said. Boehmer added: “Our partnership with Ogeechee Technical College is strong as we continue to work on the specific development of additional degree programs and student focused opportunities.”

www.stateboroherald.com
http://www.statesboroherald.com/section/1/article/63086/
Georgia Southern online MBA program is top 30 in the nation
Special to the Herald
Georgia Southern University’s College of Business Administration Online Master of Business Administration program has been named one of the nation’s Top 30 Best Online MBA Programs by BestColleges.com. The university’s Online MBA was ranked 18th in the national rankings.

RESEARCH:
wwwchroncile.augusta.com
http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/health/2014-08-25/mcg-student-hunts-sickle-cell-africa
MCG student hunts sickle cell in Africa
By Tom Corwin
Staff Writer
Brett Heimlich is putting off medical school again, but it is a good thing. Heimlich, an MD/PhD student at Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University, took three years in the midst of medical school to work on his doctorate. Now, he is headed to Africa for 10 months to help one of the poorest countries there battle sickle cell disease. Heimlich recently got a prestigious Fulbright-Fogarty Public Health Fellowship to go to Malawi to help with screening and treatment of sickle cell disease. The project is done in conjunction with the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and was matched by GRU.

www.hngn.com
http://www.hngn.com/home/news/services/print.php?article_id=40286
Yellow Pigment in Eye Makes Distant Objects Visible
By Vishakha Sonawane
A new research shows that people who have more yellow pigment in the eye are able to see distant things in foggy conditions. The research, led by Laura M Fletcher and colleagues at University of Georgia, Athens, explained that more macular pigment (MP) removes ‘blue haze’ making distant objects clearer.

www.11alive.com
http://www.11alive.com/story/news/health/2014/08/26/uga-growing-organs/14652285/
Growing human organs – coming soon?
Rebecca Lindstrom, WXIA-TV
ATHENS, Ga. (WXIA) — Researchers at the University of Georgia have helped create the first, fully functional organ from scratch, actually growing it inside a living animal. When UGA genetics professor Nancy Manley showed me this, I immediately thought of outer space. Actually it’s a thymus. Don’t know what that is? Don’t worry. “Most people don’t,” Manley said.

www.connectsavannah.com
http://www.connectsavannah.com/savannah/digging-deeper/Content?oid=2480079
Digging deeper
UGA study to examine far-reaching impacts of port expansion
By Jessica Leigh Lebos
The passage of the federal Water Resources and Redevelopment Act earlier this summer means the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project is officially not an “if” but a “when.” Environmental monitoring by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began at the end of July, and the Georgia Port Authority has already purchased four Super Post-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes and 20 new rubber-tired gantry cranes for $86.5 million in order to accommodate the massive freighters expected to arrive by 2018. …A new study funded by Georgia Sea Grant may have some answers. A part of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Georgia Sea Grant keeps its headquarters at the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens but maintains a satellite at the UGA Marine Extension Services on Skidaway Island.

www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/uganews/uga-study-abroad-programs-remain-responsive-to-international-crises/article_ad1841b6-296f-11e4-8aef-001a4bcf6878.html
UGA study abroad programs remain responsive to international crises
Natalie Adams
With a cluster of University of Georgia students returning from study abroad programs for the fall semester, some may question whether or not several programs will continue in the wake of political unrest in several nations and an Ebola epidemic in parts of the world. William Smith, an education abroad adviser in the Office of International Education at UGA, said some trips have been modified in response to turmoil in other countries, such as the removal of the Ukraine expedition, which is usually part of one of the University’s Russia programs.
The OIE offers 70 programs for students to participate in, and while some, such as the trips to Russia and Cuba, may be on the backburner for a short period of time, Smith said other programs will remain in place and continue to be offered opportunities even in the face of international adversity.

STATE NEEDS/ISSUES:
www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/business/state-economy-to-pick-up-forecaster-says/ng9jP/
State economy to pick up, forecaster says
By Michael Kanell
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Look for growth to be solid for Atlanta and Georgia in the coming year, although expansion will be dampened if the central bank lifts interest rates, predicts the Economic Forecasting Center of Georgia State University in a report to be released this morning. The state will add 74,100 jobs this calendar year, about one-fifth of them well-paying, “premium” jobs, according to Rajeev Dhawan, the center’s director.

Editorials/Columns/Opinions
www.politics.blog.ajc.com
http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2014/08/26/nathan-deals-run-in-with-immigration-activists-at-uga/
Political Insider with Jim Galloway
Nathan Deal’s run-in with immigration activists at UGA
By Greg Bluestein
Gov. Nathan Deal was in Athens speaking to College Republicans on Tuesday when four students stood up to question him about the Board of Regents policy that bans undocumented immigrants from attending the University of Georgia. The four-minute video of the encounter, courtesy of Flagpole’s Blake Aued, gets testy around the 1:55 mark, when Deal addresses a white student named Carver Goodhue, who questioned the governor’s position on the ban.

www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/get-schooled/2014/aug/27/intentional-student-you-got-college-now-make-most-/
Get Schooled with Maureen Dowey
The intentional student: You got into college. Now, make the most of it.
Duke University sent me this piece by Anne Crossman and Sue Wasiolek, co-authors, with Peter Feaver, of “Getting the Best Out of College.” Crossman is an author specializing in study techniques. Wasiolek is Dean of Students at Duke University, and Feaver is a professor of political science and public policy at Duke. I like this piece as it addresses key points that parents ought to consider when discussing college options with their kids: Expensive, elite college offer many more benefits. But will the students take advantage of what the school has to offer?

www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/views/rising-textbook-prices-burdening-students-benefiting-publishers/article_44b85fdc-2bce-11e4-b897-001a4bcf6878.html
Rising textbook prices burdening students, benefiting publishers
Joe Youorski
Every semester, students return from breaks with high hopes for their classes. Some are excited to start their majors; some are excited to learn something new, while some are just happy to have something to do again. However, there’s also one thing all of these which students dread: the inevitable financial hit that comes with textbooks.

www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/opinion/2014-08-25/editors-desk-workforce-focused-education-may-shortchange-georgia
The Editor’s Desk: Workforce-focused education may shortchange Georgia
By JIM THOMPSON
With Georgia’s gubernatorial election just a few months away, it’s impossible — and maybe a bit foolish — not to look at incumbent Republican Gov. Nathan Deal’s actions through the lens of the campaign for the governor’s office. And so it is with Gov. Deal’s Monday announcement of his recommendation to the state school board that state policy be amended “to allow computer programming courses to satisfy core requirements — math, science or foreign language — for receiving a high school diploma.” Dovetailing with that request, Deal is also asking the state’s higher-education system “to follow suit by accepting these courses for admission into institutions of higher education.”

Education News
www.gwinnettdailypost.com
http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/news/2014/aug/26/common-core-supporters-critics-spell-out-their/
Common Core supporters, critics spell out their stance at BOE hearing
By Keith Farner
BUFORD — The most talked about topic in education was front and center on Tuesday night before a very small audience of parents, grandparents, educators and administrators. Common Core, which critics have said “comes straight from Obama’s desk,” while supporters boast that it will raise standards, was easily the most discussed issue at the Buford Fine Arts Center. State Board of Education member Mike Royal hosted the discussion as he represents the seventh district that includes Gwinnett and south Forsyth County. Each member of the State Board of Education has scheduled a public hearing in their congressional district to hear comments from people in their community about public education. …Royal, a Brookwood High graduate who has children at Georgia Gwinnett College and in GCPS, said the state BOE has begun the deepest dive of any BOE to review and evaluate curriculum and standards.

www.accessnorthga.com
http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=278718
Lawmakers discuss government’s role in education
By The Associated Press
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Discussion of school standards dominated a panel hosted by Georgia lawmakers looking to talk about the federal government’s role in public education. A House committee, formed by lawmakers as a compromise to members opposed to Common Core education standards, heard about a variety of federal grants and programs Georgia receives, including free and reduced lunch on Monday.

www.savannahnow.com
http://savannahnow.com/your-good-news/2014-08-26/early-learning-college-expanded#.U_4dTCjgYeU
Early Learning College expanded
By Savannah Morning News
As area students begin the 2014-15 school year, the Savannah Early Childhood Foundation (SECF) and Parent University are pleased to announce the expansion of their groundbreaking Early Learning College (ELC) program to a third school this fall.

www.myajc.com
http://www.myajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/governor-pushes-for-more-emphasis-on-computer-prog/ng8kr/?icmp=ajc_internallink_invitationbox_apr2013_ajcstub1#91829d7a.3566685.735472
Governor pushes for more emphasis on computer programming in Georgia
By Greg Bluestein and Janel Davis – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Gov. Nathan Deal pledged a retooling of the state’s education system on Monday that would better prepare Georgia students for computer programming courses as high-paying jobs increasingly demand highly technical skills. The governor’s policy proposal would allow students who take computer programming courses to get core credit for their high school diplomas and toward higher education applications. Most of those courses now are considered electives in Georgia high schools. Deal, who outlined the plan in a sparkling new Georgia Tech computing center, said recruiters have heard a common refrain from firms looking to move or expand their business here: “They need more computer programmers and software developers, and they need to begin teaching students before they head to college.”

www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/66547/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=9bc0f0a1f4a041a199f939c4d8cb89aa&elqCampaignId=358
Educators Find It Challenging Getting Through to Most Connected Students
by Autumn A. Arnett
Changing technology and its ubiquity has had the greatest impact on younger generations of students. The reality is that the more connected, less attentive, and, perhaps, more entitled students of today are reflections of the rapidly changing society around them. For some students, they have never known a world without the Internet. “I do notice a difference, having taught for 38 years,” says James D. McJunkins, an assistant professor in Clark Atlanta University’s Department of Mass Media Arts. “Now there’s more to distract the students, and it seems to be more of a challenge.” McJunkins is not alone in his assessment.

www.insidehighered.com
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/08/27/sake-student-faculty-interaction-professor-bans-student-email
Don’t Email Me
By Carl Straumsheim
A faculty member at Salem College bans students from emailing her. The goal: increasing student-faculty interaction. A Salem College faculty member last semester took an uncompromising approach to curbing syllabus and inbox bloat: Why not ban most student emails?

www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/66566/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=c86c16afaca84e4d95ea5df148550693&elqCampaignId=358
Study: Minority-Serving Schools Serve Students of Color as Well as Predominantly White Institutions
by Ronald Roach
A new study challenges the notion that Black and Latino students are less likely to earn a college degree if they attend minority-serving institutions, such as historically Black universities or Hispanic-serving universities. The study, “The Effect of Enrolling in a Minority-Serving Institution for Black and Hispanic Students in Texas,” reports that Black and Latino students who enroll at minority-serving institutions (MSIs) are equally as likely to complete college as Black and Latino students who attend other colleges and universities.

www.pbs.org
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/can-online-courses-replace-campus-education/
Can online courses replace a campus education?
Massive, open, online courses, or MOOCs, that anyone can take from anywhere in the world are the future of higher education or the vehicle of its demise, depending on your perspective. Hari Sreenivasan talks with the man who first created the MOOC, professors who say they undermine the goals of a college education and others who see a way the college classroom and the new online format can be blended. (Video)

www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/66569/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=c86c16afaca84e4d95ea5df148550693&elqCampaignId=358
California Assembly Passes Campus Sexual Assault Bill
by Fenit Nirappil, Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California is on the brink of becoming the first state to define when “yes means yes” while investigating sexual assaults on college campuses. A bill doing so, SB967, passed the Assembly on a 52-16 vote Monday as states and universities across the U.S. are under pressure to change how they handle rape allegations. It now heads back to the Senate for what is expected to be a final vote on amendments.

www.insidehighered.com
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/08/27/pressure-colleges-deal-sexual-assault-leads-growing-cottage-industry
Cottage Industry on Preventing Sexual Assault
By Jake New
A quick search for terms like “campus safety” and “sexual assault” on the Apple App Store reveals dozens of applications marketed toward worried college students. Circle of 6 allows users to send text message alerts to six pre-selected friends. VizSafe lets users post and watch videos of areas they might feel are unsafe. OnWatch provides a suite of safety and reporting tools — for $19.99. And it’s not just mobile apps. From risk management firms to educational programs to products like fingernail polish that can detect date rape drugs, students and administrators have an increasing number of supposed prevention methods to choose from. Driven by a greater level of legal and federal scrutiny in recent years, a cottage industry is growing around campus sexual assault.