USG NEWS:
www.wtoc.co
http://www.wtoc.com/clip/10858187/fraud-awareness-event
Fraud Awareness Event
Armstrong State University

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PRESIDENT LINDA M. BLEICKEN ON GPB’s ON SECOND THOUGHT
Armstrong University President Reflects on Women Leaders

www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/breaking-news/2014-11-19/uga-group-asking-paid-parental-leave-university
UGA group asking for paid parental leave at university
By LEE SHEARER
The University of Georgia’s University Council unanimously voted yes Wednesday on a proposal to give eight weeks of paid leave to UGA workers, male or female, after the birth or adoption of a child. The policy would also allow faculty members an additional year to gain tenure. The council, a mostly elected advisory body of faculty, staff and students, also voted to eliminate a limit on the number of courses students can withdraw from during their college careers. The new withdrawal policy will likely become policy for the university; UGA presidents historically respect faculty decisions on academic policies. But the fate of the parental leave policy is less sure.

www.myajc.com
http://www.myajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/uga-council-considers-new-parental-leave-policies/nh9nC/
UGA council considers new parental leave policies
By Janel Davis – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Advocates are pushing for the University of Georgia to broaden its employee benefits concerning parental leave, which they say could improve the school’s chances of recruiting and retaining high-quality faculty and staff. An advisory council will vote on a measure Wednesday that would recommend eight weeks of paid leave to male and female employees after the birth or adoption of a child, as well as allow faculty to modify their duties for a semester after having a child or meeting other circumstances. The vote is not binding, but supporters say the change is necessary to keep the state’s flagship institution competitive with universities and colleges outside Georgia, as well as to keep or attract top talent.

www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/uganews/university-council-passes-unlimited-class-withdrawals-eliminates-wf-grade/article_fc812f78-7047-11e4-920b-bbf09386a64c.html
University Council passes unlimited class withdrawals, eliminates ‘WF’ grade
Mollie Simon
For University of Georgia students struggling in hard classes this semester — there is hope. An update to the class withdrawal policy was unanimously passed Wednesday afternoon by University Council during their second and final meeting of the semester. The withdrawal policy, which was debated and discussed for more than 40 minutes, will go into effect for the fall 2014 semester and removes the four-withdrawal limit for students. It also eliminates the “withdrawal-failing” (WF) and “withdrawal-passing” (WP) labels for those withdrawing from a class before the deadline, meaning students will simply receive a “W” for those courses. “Once the policy is signed by the president, we will probably release an announcement just to make sure everyone is on the same ages,” said UGA Student Government Association President Drew Jacoby.

www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/breaking-news/2014-11-19/uga-boosts-budget-its-sustainability-office
UGA boosts budget for its sustainability office
By LEE SHEARER
The University of Georgia will boost funding for its Office of Sustainability by $80,000 a year, UGA President Jere Morehead announced Tuesday. The money will come out of cost savings generated by Office of Sustainability initiatives that have come out of the five-year-old office, which works to reduce the university’s environmental footprint.

www.wtvm.com
http://www.wtvm.com/story/27433712/darton-college-to-offer-new-4-year-degree
Darton College to offer new 4-year degree
By Irisha Jones
ALBANY, GA (WALB) – Darton State College will offer a new 4-year degree. The Board of Regents approved a bachelor’s program in Health Information Management. The college offers associate degrees in that program. Darton officials say Health Information Management is a high demand field.

www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/uganews/students-support-themselves-through-college-even-as-costs-rise/article_24894592-6f84-11e4-9e14-0f3fb4a5c2a7.html
Students support themselves through college, even as costs rise
Lauren McDonald
Financially supporting oneself through college doesn’t mean giving up on a social life, high grades or studying abroad, as University of Georgia student Tenaya Hazen can attest.
Despite the increasingly high price tag for a college education, Hazen has supported herself since she was 18. And she is only one of many students at UGA who have paid their own way since leaving home for college, either by working multiple jobs or by taking out student loans. Alayna Kemp takes out student loans at the beginning of every year to pay for the fees that go along with tuition and living expenses. She keeps her grades up in order to keep the Zell Miller Scholarship that pays her full tuition. Kemp chose to support herself in college because she didn’t want her parents to have to pay for her education.

www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/uganews/students-trained-in-bystander-intervention-to-help-stop-sexual-assaults/article_c828dffc-7040-11e4-abe0-ab7b5d467858.html
Students trained in bystander intervention to help stop sexual assaults
Lauren McDonald
Bystanders now play an important role in preventing sexual assault at college campuses. The University Health Center trained students Tuesday night on how to step in and stop sexual assault before it happens as a part of “It’s on Us” week at the University of Georgia. …The WatchDawgs program, a UHC bystander intervention training program, encourages students to intervene either by distracting or directly confronting the potential assailant, or by seeking out others to help intervene in the situation.

www.nbc26.tv
http://www.nbc26.tv/story/27435882/great-american-smoke-out-event-locations
Great American Smoke Out event locations
Written by Mike Lepp, ProducerCONNECT
AUGUSTA, Ga. – The Georgia Regents University Cancer Center, Georgia Prevention Institute, and the GRHealth Respiratory Therapy Program will set up eight Commit to Quit stations Nov. 20 as part the Great American Smoke Out. Commit to Quit stations are open to students, faculty, staff, and the community, and offer tools and tips to assist smokers in overcoming nicotine, taming their urge to smoke, and changing their tobacco-related behaviors.
www.patch.com
$1.42 Billion: Proposed FY 2015 Budget Presented to Gwinnett Commissioners
Included in the proposal are two new fire stations to be paid for with SPLOST funds.
By Scott Bernarde (Patch Staff)
Gwinnett Commission Chairman Charlotte Nash presented a proposed $1.42 billion budget for fiscal year 2015 to the Board of Commissioners during a briefing on Tuesday. After a public hearing and time for public comment, commissioners will vote on the budget proposal during their first meeting of the year. …The proposed operating budget for fiscal year 2015 totals $1.052 billion. …The proposed $370.6 million capital budget includes construction of two fire stations using SPLOST funds. Fire Station 31 will serve Georgia Gwinnett College and the surrounding community

www.insidehighered.com
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/11/20/publishers-call-federal-government-settle-fair-use-higher-education
The Use of Fair Use
By Carl Straumsheim
WASHINGTON — Publishers are seeking “corrective authoritative guidance” from the federal government to stop the trend of court rulings they say are expanding copyright exemptions beyond their legal intent, but higher education associations argue interfering could upset the balance between copyright holders and consumers. The Association of American Publishers made its appeal to a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on Wednesday during a hearing on fair use and access for the visually impaired. The second topic, however, was somewhat overshadowed by the ongoing legal disputes over what colleges and universities can and cannot do with copyrighted works. …Allan R. Adler, the AAP’s vice president of government affairs, devoted much of his written remarks to that case, which involves Georgia State University’s “e-reserves” — a repository for faculty members to make digitized course materials available to students. Three publishers challenged that practice in 2008, and six years later, the case is headed back to a lower court. The Georgia State ruling is more the exception than the norm. Publishers have endured a string of defeats in the courts, which have generally ruled in favor of the universities.

www.wabe.drupal.publicbroadcasting.net
http://wabe.drupal.publicbroadcasting.net/post/turner-field-neighbors-concerned-about-potential-sale-gsu-lack-transparency
Turner Field Neighbors Concerned About Potential Sale To GSU, Lack of Transparency
By JONATHAN SHAPIRO
Concerned residents want in on negotiations over selling Turner Field. They’re urging Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed to open up the process. They’re also voicing reservations about the prospect of Georgia State University buying the land and building a new athletic complex. Suzanne Mitchell heads the neighborhood association for Summerhill, which borders Turner Field. She notes GSU is a tax-exempt entity. …The Atlanta Braves announced last year the team was moving to Cobb County in 2017. Since then, GSU has been the only interested party to publicly offer a conceptual plan to redevelop the site.

www.wtvm.com
http://www.wtvm.com/story/27433155/activists-still-upset-after-dental-experiments-at-gru
Activists still upset after dental experiments at GRU
By Nick Lulli
AUGUSTA, GA (WFXG) – One year after revelations of dental experiments on dogs at Georgia Regents University, activists still want change at the school. “If they weren’t doing these experiments, they would have come out and said they weren’t doing these experiments,” said Dennis Briatico. It’s still a heated topic for animal activist and dog lover Briatico. One year ago, the Humane Society released undercover video of dental implant experiments being conducted on dogs in the dental school at Georgia Regents University. “Over 50,000 people in the last few months have reached out to the Board of Regents, Ricardo Azziz, Georgia Regents University to say they don’t want this going on there anymore,” said Briatico. “It’s still very much a hot subject nationally.”

www.northwestgeorgianews.com
http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/news/police_fire/fire-doused-at-georgia-highlands-college/article_11a1f1ce-7059-11e4-aaf5-17df5cd01c13.html
Fire doused at Georgia Highlands College
by Carolyn Grindrod
A small roof fire late Wednesday at the student life center under construction at Georgia Highlands College was accidentally started when fresh roofing materials overheated, according to Rome-Floyd fire officials. According to Battalion Chief Roger Haggard and Battalion Chief Gene Proctor: Rome-Floyd firefighters were called to a blaze at the student center and cafeteria at the Floyd Campus of Georgia Highlands College, 3175 Cedartown Highway, shortly before 9 p.m. The student life center and cafeteria is part of the Walraven Building and is being renovated.

www.wtvm.com
http://www.wtvm.com/story/27431730/csu-officers-using-upgraded-body-cameras
CSU officers using upgraded body cameras
By Sara Lim
COLUMBUS, GA (WTVM) – Columbus State University police are upgrading their officer-worn camera equipment. While many law enforcement officers usually have their cameras inside their patrol vehicles, CSU police are investing in body cameras for their officers to wear and work. Lt. Jeremy Reddish with the CSU police department says all 25 university officers have worked with these body cameras for the last five years. He also says the officers are excited to use these new, upgraded body cameras starting on the second week of Dec. 2014.

GOOD NEWS:
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/uga/2014-11-18/uga-graduation-rates-again-setting-record
UGA graduation rates up again, setting record
By LEE SHEARER
More students are graduating from the University of Georgia, UGA officials announced Tuesday. About 63 percent of the class that entered in 2010 graduated within four years, and nearly 85 percent of those who began studies in 2008 got a degree within six years, according to data the university is required to file with the federal government. Both figures are new records for UGA, which has seen its graduation rates climb steadily since the 1970s as the state has grown and it’s gotten tougher to gain admission to UGA.

www.coastalcourier.com
http://coastalcourier.com/section/5/article/70731/
ASU No. 12 on list of schools for vets
Special to the Courier
SAVANNAH — Military Times honored Armstrong State University on Tuesday by ranking the institution No. 12 among four-year schools on its “Best for Vets: Colleges 2015” list.

USG VALUE:
www.middlegeorgiaceo.com
http://middlegeorgiaceo.com/news/2014/11/navicent-health-community-partners-provide-flu-shots-homeless/
Navicent Health, Community Partners Provide Flu Shots for Homeless
Medical Center, Navicent Health (MCNH) – along with community partners including Mercer University (MU) and Georgia College & State University (GCSU) – will provide influenza vaccinations for participants in Daybreak, a project of DePaul USA. …While Daybreak operates a primary care clinic staffed with nurse practitioners, immunization certified students from MU and GCSU will also volunteer to administer the vaccinations.

RESEARCH:
www.savannahnow.com
http://savannahnow.com/your-good-news/2014-11-19/gsu-receives-research-education-donation-gulfstream
GSU receives research, education donation from Gulfstream
Gift supports funding for Manufacturing Engineering degree, student programs, STEM and community education
By Savannah Morning News
Georgia Southern University announced a $225,000 contribution from Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. to support research and education at the University. This gift continues Georgia Southern’s long relationship with Gulfstream, manufacturer of the world’s most technologically advanced business-jet aircraft, which began with former Gulfstream president and CEO Allen E. Paulson. “Engaging in partnerships with Gulfstream allows Georgia Southern to continue to have a significant impact on preparing students for the workforce and strengthening communities for many generations to come,” said Brooks A. Keel, Ph.D., president of Georgia Southern University.

www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/uga/2014-11-18/uga-researchers-get-188-million-investigate-bp-spill-aftermath
UGA researchers get $18.8 million to investigate BP spill aftermath
By LEE SHEARER
University of Georgia oceanographer Samantha Joye will lead a three-year, $18.8 million research effort to study the continuing effects of the 2010 BP/Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The money comes from the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative, a $500 million fund set up by BP to fund research after the blowout. Called “Ecosystem Impacts of Oil and Gas Inputs to the Gulf,” the grant will allow Joye and her research team to continue research into the long-lasting damage from the deep-water oil well blowout, which killed 11 workers and resulted in the largest petroleum spill in U.S. History.

www.forsythnews.com
http://www.forsythnews.com/section/1/article/26175/
Study for new south Forsyth city gets green light
Funding announced at final town hall meeting on county governance, Sharon Springs
By Kayla Robins
WEST FORSYTH — Talk of whether a new city in south Forsyth is the best plan for the county’s future has remained in the spotlight since August, but the first action on the topic was announced Tuesday night. Funds have been secured to sponsor a feasibility study on the pros and cons of the would-be second city, tentatively called Sharon Springs. …For the study, the Carl Vinson Institute at the University of Georgia will explore details such as boundaries, costs to the county, benefits to potential residents and practicality.

www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/georgia-tech-student-barbie-book/njB3S/
Georgia Tech student rewrites sexist Barbie book
Adam Carlson
Barbie is again in the news after a PhD student at Georgia Tech announced she had “remixed” a controversial Barbie book called “Barbie: I Can Be a Computer Engineer.” The original book — which was published by Random House and was available through Amazon until it was pulled — drew heat for a passage in which Barbie admits that she actually is not a computer engineer, contrary to the title. One reviewer on Amazon explained: Barbie “admits, ‘I’m only creating the design idea, I’ll need Steven and Brian’s help to turn it into a real game.’ Literally six sentences into the story, and already Barbie can NOT do it. She immediately admits she doesn’t know how to actually do computer engineering.” …Casey Fiesler, a 32-year-old PhD student in Human-Centered Computing at Tech and a Georgia native, had another solution: She completely reedited the book. As Fiesler explained in a Tuesday post on her website, the book’s problems were less semantic than patriarchal, the assumption that one’s role is explicitly gendered. “The problem is the assumption that [Barbie, as a girl] is a designer, not a coder, and the coders are boys,” she said. …So she sat down on Tuesday night and, with help from Photoshop and with her roommate Miranda Parker as a sounding board, produced her remix in a few hours before posting it on social media. It went viral: Fiesler said her website had about 800 all-time visits before the project, and has nearly 50,000 now. She said she’s received a request to translate it into French.

STATE NEEDS/ISSUES:
www.middlegeorgiaceo.com
http://middlegeorgiaceo.com/news/2014/11/georgia-state-economic-forescaster-predicts-growth-2016/
Georgia State Economic Forescaster Predicts Georgia to Add 71,000 Jobs in 2015
Second and third quarter GDP growth has led to optimism for acceleration in growth, but Rajeev Dhawan of the Economic Forecasting Center at Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business is expecting much of the same until 2016. “Human nature encourages us to dream about better days that are just around the corner and makes us overlook the real problems,” Dhawan writes in his Forecast of The Nation, released today. Problems Dhawan points to include second and third quarter GDP numbers skewed by anomalies in defense spending and exports, a lack of real income growth and economic trouble in Europe and China.

Editorials/Columns/Opinions
www.getschooled.blog.ajc.com
http://getschooled.blog.ajc.com/2014/11/20/common-core-understanding-standards-vs-curriculum-the-what-vs-the-how/
Get Schooled with Maureen Downey
Common Core: Understanding standards vs. curriculum. The what vs. the how.
Kelley Brock is a Baldwin resident and former special education teacher and principal, who raised her children in Cherokee County Public Schools.
By Kelley Brock
The conservative sweep in the recent elections has got a lot of people talking about what it means for Common Core, but while many are talking about the fate of the standards, I don’t think there’s enough talk about what the standards actually are. The biggest sticking points seems to be confusion over one major misconception. The Common Core State Standards are standards and not a curriculum.

www.myajc.com
http://www.myajc.com/news/news/opinion/drones-vital-to-ga-industries/nh835/?icmp=ajc_internallink_invitationbox_apr2013_ajcstubtomyajcpremium#848503e5.3566685.735557
Drones vital to Ga. industries
By Steve Justice
Everywhere you turn, there are news stories about the emerging commercial uses of “drones” or unmanned aircraft systems. According to a leading industry association, unmanned aircraft will bring nearly 2,000 jobs and an economic impact of $379 million to Georgia within the first three years of commercial use. Many of these jobs will come from UAS use in industries already very important in Georgia: agriculture, film and media production, infrastructure inspection and public safety. Leaders from Georgia’s aerospace industry, universities and state government are working to make that prediction a reality. The first key: university research. Georgia Tech has more than 20 years’ experience in UAS technologies. Additional research is growing across the Georgia university system and at private colleges such as Mercer University. Tech also is leading a team of universities competing for the Federal Aviation Administration Center of Excellence for Unmanned Aircraft Systems, which would enhance our technology capabilities and attract more UAS companies to Georgia.

www.davisenterprise.com
http://www.davisenterprise.com/features/next-generation/college-corner-want-practical-work-experience-in-school-try-a-co-op-program/
College Corner: Want practical work experience in school? Try a co-op program
By Jennifer Borenstein
As Thanksgiving approaches and we celebrate the hard work the Pilgrims endured, it is only fitting that we take a look at colleges that promote this same kind of can-do spirit. And, by this I mean colleges and universities that offer a co-op program. Co-op? What does this have to do with college? I’m glad you asked.

Education News
www.accessnorthga.com
http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=282036
US needs to bring schools into 21st century Obama tells Schofield, other school leaders
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama called on local school officials Wednesday to help meet his goal of bringing high-speed Internet to virtually every American student within a few years to help them compete with counterparts in countries who already use technology to help them learn. Hall County Schools Supt. Will Schofield was one of those invited to attend the briefing. Discussing his invitation last week, Schofield said “[We were] identified as one of the leaders in the country in terms of moving the digital initiative forward and that is getting and using digital resources to teach our students.” “One of the things that we also need to do is to yank our schools into the 21st century when it comes to technology,” Obama said Wednesday.

www.touch.sun-sentinel.com
http://touch.sun-sentinel.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-82025201/
Florida’s college grads have lower student loans
By Donna Gehrke-White, Sun Sentinel
Graduates of Florida colleges are less likely to be saddled with student loans when they graduate, a new study shows. Slightly more than half of Florida’s students leave school with loans compared with seven of 10 nationally, reported the nonprofit Institute for College Access & Success. Seven of Florida’s 11 public four-year schools reported that just under half of their 2013 graduates borrowed to cover their college costs. New College of Florida had the lowest percentage of students taking out loans — 39 percent — followed by the University of Florida’s 43 percent, the institute found. Those who did borrow at Florida’s four-year public and nonprofit colleges took out an average of $24,017 in loans, nearly $4,400 less than the $28,400 national average.

www.myajc.com
http://www.myajc.com/news/ap/florida/dangerous-situation-reported-at-florida-state/njBjd/
Gunman killed after shooting at FSU
BY GARY FINEOUT – THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A gunman opened fire early Thursday at a Florida State University library, sending hundreds of students who had been up all night studying for exams scrambling for cover in the book aisles and barricading themselves in with desks. Three students were wounded before police killed the gunman in a shootout, authorities said.
Police and FSU officials called the shooting an “isolated incident,” but have not released many details, including how far the suspected gunman made it into Strozier Library. FSU’s compact campus is located less than a mile from downtown Tallahassee and the state Capitol.