University System News: www.artsatl.com Third Rail Studios in Doraville is latest addition to Georgia’s burgeoning film industry http://www.artsatl.com/2015/04/third-rail-studios/ By JEFF STAFFORD What if Georgia replaced California as a filmmaking destination? It’s not so farfetched when you realize that the state is already ranked as one of the top three locations for movie and television productions, […]

USG Institutions: www.gainesvilletimes.com University of North Georgia expanding to Blue Ridge http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/section/6/article/109227/ Times staff reports The University of North Georgia plans to open an instructional site in Blue Ridge this fall. A vote by the University System of Georgia Board of Regents at its April 14 meeting approved a $943,000 operating budget in fiscal year […]

University System News: www.gainesvilletimes.com Tuition increases to affect Northeast Georgia students http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/section/6/article/109126/ By Kristen Oliver Despite the average Georgia college graduate’s $24,517 in student-loan debt, tuition at state colleges and universities is going up in the fall. While the majority of tuition increases at state schools will only be 2.5 percent, students enrolled at Northeast […]

USG Institutions: www.redandblack.com Estimates reveal another record-breaking year for donations http://www.redandblack.com/uganews/estimates-reveal-another-record-breaking-year-for-donations/article_2bed63e4-e3ca-11e4-8bfb-6b7fde21bf46.html Katelyn Umholtz With the cost of tuition increasing 9 percent next year as of Tuesday’s Board of Regents meeting and cuts to higher education funds, money from donors has become vital to the development of the University of Georgia. So when the UGA Division […]

USG Institutions: www.washingtonpost.com No, you can’t take an American flag from people who you think are mistreating it http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/04/20/no-you-cant-take-an-american-flag-from-people-who-you-think-are-mistreating-it/ By Eugene Volokh Police in Georgia arrested a U.S. veteran on Friday after she took an American flag away from students who were trampling it. Michelle Manhart, a former Air Force staff sergeant who left the […]