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Contract brings new dorms, management to local campus
By WALTER C. JONESMORRIS NEWS SERVICE
ATLANTA | Construction could begin as early as April on new dormitories at Armstrong State University, College of Coastal Georgia, East Georgia State College, Georgia Regents University, the University of North Georgia and other schools thanks to a novel financing contract approved this week. It resulted from overwhelming approval by voters on Election Day for a ballot question about exempting the private company from having to pay property tax for the dorms. The University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents voted Wednesday to ink a $517 million deal with Corvias Campus Living, a Cary, N.C., division of Corvias Group of East Greenwich, Rhode Island. Since the 1990s, the company has built, owned and managed housing for the military at 13 installations. But students won’t be living in army barracks because the University System negotiated a contract that includes approval of designs that reflect the goal of integrated study and living, according to Susan Ridley, the system’s associate vice chancellor for fiscal affairs. And Corvias offered the best designs for that of the nine teams bidding for the 65-year agreement.
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Georgia Colleges Selects Campus-Housing Partner
CVN News
The Board of Regents has selected a campus-housing partner for the initial phase of the University System’s Public-Private Partnership (P3) initiative for on-campus student housing. The initiative is expected to help maintain the affordability of housing for students and improve the fiscal health of the University System by providing financial tools and resources while reducing student-housing debt by nearly $300 million. The participating campuses are: Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Armstrong State University, College of Coastal Georgia, Columbus State University, Dalton State College, East Georgia State College, Georgia Regents University, Georgia State University and the University of North Georgia.
`Quality, safe, affordable housing for students is our priority,” said Chancellor Hank Huckaby. “We expect our initiative will generate innovation, operating efficiencies and best practices in student housing to improve the quality of the on-campus housing experience for our students.”
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Developer approved for campus housing at Dalton State
Dalton State College is a step closer to beginning construction on on-campus housing after the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia approved a developer last week.
Corvias Campus Living, based in Rhode Island, was awarded the bid in the initial phase of the University System’s Public-Private Partnership (P3) for on-campus housing. The $517 million agreement includes developing 3,683 new beds and managing 6,196 existing beds for the next 65 years for the University System. That agreement includes approximately 350 beds at Dalton State.
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http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/section/6/article/105998/
Private company to operate dorms at UNG
By Kristen Oliver
Students residing on the University of North Georgia’s Dahlonega campus may notice changes over the next year. Nine campuses in the University System of Georgia were selected to be part of the new University System’s Public-Private Partnership initiative for on-campus student housing. The partnership is with Corvias Campus Living, a private company selected by the Board of Regents. The agreement comes on the heels of a voter-approved tax break for private companies that take over university-run dorms. Charles Sutlive, the system’s vice chancellor for communications, said as a campus-housing partner Corvias Campus Living will manage the operations of the existing student housing and construct and manage operations of new student housing. …For existing housing, like that on the UNG Dahlonega campus, Sutlive said students will see improvements over time as facilities are refurbished and updated.
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http://onlineathens.com/breaking-news/2014-11-18/number-foreign-students-us-hits-record-high
Number of foreign students in US hits record high
By KIMBERLY HEFLINGASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of foreign exchange students studying at U.S. colleges and universities is at a record high, with nearly one-third coming from China. A report by the Institute of International Education, in partnership with the State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, said nearly 900,000 international students were studying in the U.S. during the 2013-14 school year, up 8 percent from a year earlier.
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http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/news/local_news/vsu-s-right-size/article_f3aebb80-6ed6-11e4-ba20-73ccb64ad9db.html
VSU’s ‘right size’
By ADAM FLOYD
VALDOSTA — With more four-year college options in North Georgia, a new college, and student financial hardships, Valdosta State University officials said recently they expected this year’s reported drop in enrollment rates. They spoke with The Times about why it happened and how the school is working to graduate more students and fulfill its charge as a comprehensive university. When the University System of Georgia issued its Fall 2013 Enrollment Report last year, 11,885 students were attending VSU. The school is 322 students lighter this year, a 2.7 percent decline but the fourth lowest in the state, said Barry Fitzgerald, VSU senior research analyst.
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http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/news/business/a-wary-christmas/article_06ca56d0-6c74-11e4-8222-cb09ae79c813.html
A Wary Christmas
Beware of Holiday Scams and Fraud
STUART TAYLOR
VALDOSTA — The holiday season will soon be upon us: gathering with family, helping others, eating pie. But along with these wonderful things come scammers and fraudsters, people who take advantage of the surge in holiday shopping. “Some of the ones that we’re seeing this year are ones that have occurred in the past, but they’ve gotten bigger, more prevalent,” said Candace Witherspoon, assistant professor of accounting at Valdosta State University. Witherspoon, who teaches classes on fraud as part of her work at VSU, is speaking at a Community Fraud Awareness Forum at VSU Tuesday night.
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MGA Participating in USG’s Drive to Create a More Ethical Culture
Press release from the issuing company
Middle Georgia State College is participating this week in the University System of Georgia’s “SPIRIT of USG Week,” which is being conducted during International Fraud Awareness Week. The college will be hosting a presentation on Wednesday, Nov. 19, that will detail ways individuals can avoid being a victim of identity theft. MGA also is distributing information this week via an internal staff/faculty communications channel. The materials will be about fostering a culture of ethics, standards of excellence and fraud awareness. …“Dedicating a week to bringing awareness to the USG’s culture of recognizing the hard work of all employees, and promoting shared values of integrity, excellence, accountability and responsibility while preventing fraud prevention will help reaffirm our commitment to good stewardship,” said John Fuchko, University System of Georgia chief audit officer and associate vice chancellor for internal audit.
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http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2014-11-17/gru-president-azziz-receives-second-most-faculty-votes-unlv-poll
Azziz not recommended for UNLV job
By Tom Corwin
Staff Writer
A search committee will not recommend Georgia Regents University President Ricardo Azziz to lead the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The committee will instead recommend Len M. Jessup, the dean of the Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona, to succeed acting President Donald D. Snyder, John Kuhlman, of the Nevada System of Higher Education, said in an e-mail Monday night. That recommendation will be voted on by the full board of regents today. …During discussions about Azziz, a consultant quoted the University System of Georgia’s chancellor as saying that a controversy over plans to build an unauthorized $75,000 carport at Azziz’s home was a minor issue and driven by an Augusta newspaper editor who is a thorn in the side of the university. Atlanta-based consultant Jerry Baker quoted Chancellor Hank Huckaby as saying he admired Azziz’s energy and dismissed the controversy over the carport, according to Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Francis McCabe, who is covering the search committee.
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http://www.statesboroherald.com/section/1/article/64453/
Law firm: Former Georgia Gov. Carl Sanders dies
His wife, a Bulloch County native, provided art collection at Georgia Southern
From wire and staff reports
ATLANTA — Former Georgia Gov. Carl Sanders, one of the first “New South” governors elected during the civil rights movement and known for his work on education and in the state’s legal community, died Sunday. …Betty Foy Sanders, as was known after marrying Carl Sanders Sr., is the namesake of Georgia Southern University’s Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art. While her husband was shaping education as governor and founding the Georgia Council for the Arts, she encouraged the construction of buildings dedicated to art at several colleges and universities. The one at Georgia Southern was named the Foy Fine Arts Building in honor of her father, J.P. Foy, according to previous Statesboro Herald reports. After extensive remodeling, the Foy Building in 2009 became headquarters of the GSU College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences and the Music Department.
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GGC experiences largest growth in university system
Karen Huppertz
Georgia Gwinnett College is the fastest-growing institution within the University System of Georgia, according to the system’s recent 2014 fall semester enrollment report. Georgia Gwinnett College led the system with a growth of 11.4 percent, or 1,109 students. It currently enrolls 10,828 students. Gwinnett County residents comprise the majority of the student body at 68.2 percent. GGC has also been named the most ethnically diverse college in the South, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2015 college rankings.
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Graduation Rates Drive New Ranking for 25 Top HR Degrees
SOURCE HumanResourcesMBA.net
Twenty-five of the best bachelor programs in Human Resources are ranked by graduation rates in a newly launched article by Human Resources MBA
HOUSTON /PRNewswire/ — Graduation rates are a driving issue for most college-bound students, and a new web article examines graduation rates for U.S.-based Human Resources degrees. The piece is published by Human Resources MBA, and it features the “Top 25 Bachelor’s in Human Resources Degrees Ranked by Graduation Rates.” Human Resources MBA is a free website about HR degree programs and high-paying jobs in the human resources profession. In recent years, the United States Commission on the Future of Higher Education and the federal government have rallied for higher rates of college graduation. The Human Resources MBA website is dedicated to the same goal, and “Top 25 Bachelor’s in Human Resources Degrees Ranked by Graduation Rates” provides a new way to evaluate schools. The list includes both traditional and online bachelor degree programs in Human Resources. …Following are the top 25 HR degree programs as ranked in the article:
23. Valdosta State University, Langdale College of Business Administration, Valdosta, Georgia: B.B.A. in Management – Human Resources Management
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http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2014-11-17/athens-career-academy-wins-state-recognition
Athens career academy wins state recognition
By WALTER C. JONESMORRIS NEWS SERVICE
ATLANTA | The Athens Community Career Academy edged out five other finalists to claim honors as the career academy of the year awarded by Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle.
The lieutenant governor has been a long-time supporter of the hybrid high schools, which allow students to get college and technical-school credits. Some students have earned technical-college certificates at the same time they get their high school diplomas, and several from Athens graduated last year with 30 hours of college credit. …The Athens Community Career Academy has about 100 students and is a joint effort of the Clarke County School system, Athens Tech, the University of Georgia and Caterpillar, which offers paid internships.
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http://www.seattlepi.com/business/press-releases/article/Georgia-State-to-Jointly-Headquarter-New-USDA-5898861.php
Georgia State to Jointly Headquarter New USDA Research Center for U.S. Agri-Environmental Policy
Professors Paul Ferraro of Georgia State University and Kent Messer of the University of Delaware will head the newly created Center for Behavioral and Experimental Agri-Environmental Policy Research (CBEAR), supported with a $750,000 award from the Economic Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
CBEAR-affiliated faculty will use behavioral and experimental economics research to improve the design and implementation of USDA programs that support farmers in their efforts to feed the world and provide valuable environmental stewardship of the nation’s agricultural lands. The three-year USDA seed grant will fund the new center.
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http://finance.yahoo.com/news/armyworm-resistance-gmo-crops-seen-190000800.html
Armyworm resistance to GMO crops seen in U.S. -study
By Carey Gillam
Nov 17 (Reuters) – Crop-devouring armyworms are showing increasing resistance in some U.S. farm fields to a popular type of genetically modified crop that should kill them, scientists said on Monday. The evolution of insect resistance “is a great threat” long- term to the sustainability of the GMO crop biotechnology that has become a highly valued tool for many U.S. farmers, according to Fangneng Huang, an entomologist at Louisiana State University (LSU) and lead researcher for a three-year study. …The study was conducted by researchers from LSU, North Carolina State University, the University of Florida, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the University of Minnesota and the University of Georgia.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/18/science/monarchs-may-be-loved-to-death.html?_r=1
For the Monarch Butterfly, a Long Road Back
By LIZA GROSS
Dara Satterfield hadn’t planned to conduct experiments at the Texas State Fair, but that is where her study subjects showed up last month. …So many monarchs blanketed the frostweed that Ms. Satterfield, a 27-year-old doctoral student at the Odum School of Ecology at the University of Georgia, allowed herself to hope that one of the world’s most celebrated migrations could be revived. …To make matters worse, she and her graduate adviser, Sonia Altizer, a disease ecologist at Georgia, fear that well-meaning efforts by butterfly lovers may be contributing to the monarch’s plight.
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http://www.ecnmag.com/news/2014/11/ut-arlington-lead-16-million-research-project-focused-digital-learning
UT Arlington to lead $1.6 million research project focused on digital learning
by EurekAlert!
The Learning Innovation and Networked Knowledge (LINK) Lab at UT Arlington has been chosen to lead a $1.6 million initiative to connect and support researchers across the country as they examine digital learning’s effect on higher education today and in the future. The new Digital Learning Research Network (dLRN) is funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. LINK Lab Executive Director George Siemens will coordinate work between UT Arlington and nine additional institutions, including Carnegie Mellon University, Stanford University, Teachers College Columbia University, the Smithsonian Institution, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and others. …Other partners on the new grant are University of Arkansas System, University System of Georgia, California Community Colleges Online Education Initiative, and SRI International, a nonprofit innovation and research organization.
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Chemical in coffee may help prevent obesity-related disease
By: University of Georgia
ATHENS, GA – Researchers at the University of Georgia have discovered that a chemical compound commonly found in coffee may help prevent some of the damaging effects of obesity. In a paper published recently in Pharmaceutical Research, scientists found that chlorogenic acid, or CGA, significantly reduced insulin resistance and accumulation of fat in the livers of mice who were fed a high-fat diet.
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http://www.onlinetmd.com/medical-device-wearable-tracking-diet-111814.aspx#.VGuC2SivIeU
Wearable medical device to track diet
UA Professor, Dr. Edward Sazonov, is working to develop the Automatic Ingestion Monitor, or AIM, which has the potential to monitor eating.
Tuscaloosa, Alabama – Sensors and software used to track physical activity are increasingly popular, as smart phones and their apps become more powerful and sophisticated, but, when it comes to food, they all rely on the user to report meals. Dr. Edward Sazonov, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at The University of Alabama, hopes to change that through development of a sensor worn around the ear that would automatically track diet, giving medical professionals and consumers accurate information that can be missed with self-reporting. …It’s likely the technology’s first application would be as a medical device, but Sazonov said it’s possible it could become a consumer device that would eliminate the need for health-conscious people to keep a record of their diet. Also on the project are Dr. Megan McCrory, a co-principal investigator and an associate professor of nutrition at Georgia State University, Dr. Janine Higgins, an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, and Dr. Jason Parton, assistant research professor of statistics at UA.
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http://www.kswo.com/story/27411963/american-process-inc-announces-partnership-to-develop-ultra-strong-lightweight-automotive-components-using-nanotechnology-from-nature
American Process Inc. Announces Partnership to Develop Ultra-Strong, Lightweight Automotive Components Using Nanotechnology from Nature
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Materials scientists across industry, academia, and government have joined forces to replace heavy steel structures in cars with composites reinforced by ultra-strong, lightweight nanoparticles extracted from trees. These nanocellulose materials promise to be an economical substitute for expensive carbon fiber composites used in luxury automobiles.
Atlanta, Georgia (PRWEB) November 18, 2014
American Process Inc. (Atlanta, GA) and Futuris Automotive (Melbourne, Australia) recently formed a partnership with researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology, Clark Atlanta University, Swinburne University of Technology, and the USDAs Forest Products Laboratory to develop ultra-strong, lightweight automotive structural components reinforced with nanocellulose.
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http://www.bio-medicine.org/biology-news-1/Skin-bones-helped-large-dinosaurs-survive–new-study-says-22655-1/
‘Skin bones’ helped large dinosaurs survive, new study says
Bones contained entirely within the skin of some of the largest dinosaurs on Earth might have stored vital minerals to help the massive creatures survive and bear their young in tough times, according to new research by a team including a University of Guelph scientist.Guelph biomedical scientist Matthew Vickaryous co-authored a paper published today in Nature Communications about two sauropod dinosaurs an adult and a juvenile from Madagascar.The study suggests that these long-necked plant-eaters used hollow “skin bones” called osteoderms to store minerals needed to maintain their huge skeletons and to lay large egg clutches. Sediments around the fossils show that the dinosaurs’ environment was highly seasonal and semi-arid, with periodic droughts causing massive die-offs. …He worked with paleontologist Kristina Curry Rogers and geologist Raymond Rogers at Macalaster College in Minnesota, and paleontologist Michael D’Emic, now at Georgia Southern University on the study. Vickaryous helped to interpret the results of CT scans and fossilized tissue cores taken from the dinosaurs.
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http://www.fierceenergy.com/story/gomri-awards-nearly-150m-study-oil-impacts-gulf-mexico/2014-11-18
GoMRI awards nearly $150M to study oil impacts on Gulf of Mexico
By Barbara Vergetis Lundin
For the next three years, the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) — a 10-year initiative established in 2010 by a $500 million commitment from BP — will award approximately $9 million per year to support research on the effects of the Deepwater Horizon incident on the Gulf of Mexico. The new program, RFP-V, will award grants ranging from $100,000 to $1,000,000 per year. …Research consortia selected for funding include the University of Texas at Austin, “Dispersion Research on Oil: Physics and Plankton Studies;” University of Southern Mississippi, “Consortium for Oil Spill Exposure Pathways in Coastal River-Dominated Ecosystems;” Texas A&M University, “Role of Microbial Exopolymers in Aggregation and Degradation of Oil and Dispersants;” University of Miami, “The Consortium for Advanced Research on Transport of Hydrocarbon in the Environment II,” University of Georgia, “Ecosystem Impacts of Oil and Gas Inputs to the Gulf – 2;” and University of South Florida, “The Center for the Integrated Modeling and Analysis of Gulf Ecosystems II.”
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http://www.streetinsider.com/Press+Releases/New+CAST+Issue+Paper%3A+The+Contributions+of+Pesticides+to+Pest+Management+in+Meeting+the+Global+Need+for+Food+Production+by+2050/10024229.html
New CAST Issue Paper: The Contributions of Pesticides to Pest Management in Meeting the Global Need for Food Production by 2050
All agree that the world needs a safe, plentiful supply of food, and most acknowledge that global demand will grow along with the expanding population. This peer-reviewed report looks at how pesticides fit into this equation. After a data-driven examination of past developments and current uses, the authors conclude that a safe, thoughtful integration of pesticides is essential if we hope to attain an abundant food supply for a hungry world. The term “pesticides” has been around for centuries, and it describes many different chemicals. The term has also–at times–been maligned and misunderstood. The authors of this publication use extensive data and provide clear examples to explain that pesticide use in agriculture has
• increased crop yield and quality,
• lessened the workload of pest management, and
• improved the prospects for long-term sustainable food production.
This paper gives a brief background about the use of pesticides and then a thorough look at why they have become popular and widely used. …Task Force Authors: Albert K. Culbreath, University of Georgia; Stephen C. Weller (Chair), Purdue University; Leonard Gianessi, CropLife Foundation; Larry D. Godfrey, University of California–Davis
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Harvard and UNC Sued Over Their Admission Policies
by Associated Press
BOSTON — Lawsuits filed Monday against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill argue that affirmative action policies should be banned at colleges across the nation. The federal suits allege Harvard and UNC rely on race-based affirmative action policies that impact admissions of high-achieving White and Asian American students. The Harvard lawsuit also contends that the Ivy League university specifically limits the number of Asian Americans it admits each year.
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For-Profit Colleges Under Fire
by Catherine Morris
…ITT Tech is one of several for-profit schools across the country that offer dubious degrees for exorbitant prices. Such schools rely on aggressive and arguably predatory practices to “sell” the school to prospective students. Students who are unaware of the differences in accrediting agencies may believe the for-profit school is a good investment, only to discover later that their degree is of little or no use with regards to their employment opportunities postgraduation.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/16/nyregion/at-college-where-alumni-pockets-are-shallow-a-struggle-to-raise-money.html
How Can Community Colleges Get a Piece of the Billions That Donors Give to Higher Education?
By GINIA BELLAFANTE
…Educational institutions and services remain the second biggest beneficiaries of philanthropy in the country, after religious organizations, but little of the money flows to community colleges, the mostly public institutions that now enroll 45 percent of the country’s undergraduates, most of them poor or working-class and many of them requiring extensive remedial learning.
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Open Doors Data Details the Influx of Students From Other Countries
by Catherine Morris
International Education Week kicked off with the announcement of the preliminary Open Doors data for 2013-14. The data catalog the number of U.S. and international students leaving their home countries to pursue higher education. In the past academic year, nearly 900,000 international students studied in the U.S., compared to the 300,000 U.S. students who went abroad. The Institute of International Education (IIE) has been conducting the report since 1972. This year, trends stayed on track, with an overall continued increase in international studies. The United States continues to be the most popular destination for international students.
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Washington state top among states attracting international students
by Associated Press
SEATTLE — Washington state is among the top states attracting international students to its colleges, according to new data released Monday by the Institute of International Education. The number of international students studying in Washington state has grown by 11 percent between the 2011-12 school year and the 2012-13 school year. About 25,500 international students studied in Washington state during the 2012-13 school year, making up 7 percent of the state’s college population, The Seattle Times reported.
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http://chronicle.com/article/AAU-s-Planned-Sexual-Assault/150115/
AAU’s Planned Sexual-Assault Survey Draws Backlash From Some Researchers
By Tom Bartlett
Last Friday the Association of American Universities sent a letter to 75 university presidents and chancellors urging their campuses to participate in a sexual-assault climate survey. On Monday, in response, 16 sexual-assault researchers sent a letter to those same university presidents and chancellors urging them not to participate in the survey. So why would researchers who study sexual assault speak out against a proposed survey that would gather more information about that long-ignored national problem?