University System News:
www.georgiatrend.com
Political Notes: June 2015
http://www.georgiatrend.com/June-2015/Political-Notes-June-2015/
Susan Percy
Going Up: All of Georgia’s public colleges and universities will see tuition increases for the 2015-16 academic year, ranging from 2.5 percent to 9 percent. Four institutions will see a 9 percent hike: The University of Georgia, Georgia Tech, Middle Georgia State University and Atlanta Metropolitan State College. Twenty schools will raise tuition by 2.5 percent, and six will see increases ranging from 3 percent to 8.3 percent. “To ensure we can continue to offer quality public higher education, we must continue to invest in our institutions,” said University System of Georgia [USG] Chancellor Hank Huckaby in a statement. “We have carefully assessed the tuition rates for our institutions.” The system says Georgia funds about 50 percent of the cost of public higher education, and the other 50 percent is covered by tuition. Georgia has some of the lowest tuition rates among peer states’ public institutions, according to the USG.
www.georgiatrend.com
Columbus: Shoring Up The Economy
Tourism, education and the military
http://www.georgiatrend.com/June-2015/Columbus-Shoring-Up-The-Economy/
K. K. Snyder
Investing in Education
Another attraction in Columbus these days is its downtown, known locally as “Uptown.” Area residents and tourists aren’t the only ones drawn to the district for dining, shopping, lodging and entertainment. So is higher education. Columbus State University – which already has a presence in Uptown with 3,000 students enrolled in its colleges of music, art, theater and communications there – announced plans for a $100-million capital campaign to finance relocation to Uptown of its College of Education and Health Professions, among other projects. …Plans also call for a $17-million project in the center of the quad on the main campus, including a new laboratory building and significant changes to the front of the library to accommodate a consolidation of academic-related student services. “This will create a whole new look for Columbus State on the main campus,” says Hackett. In addition, there is a public/private venture to add 500 new freshman beds to the main campus. Other changes at CSU include the April announcement by the University System of Georgia Board of Regents and the university of a new president. Chris Markwood, former provost and vice president for academic affairs at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, was to assume the post on June 1.
www.macon.com
WALKER: Branding is a great idea
http://www.macon.com/2015/05/31/3772536_walker-branding-is-a-great-idea.html?rh=1
By Larry Walker
Special to The Telegraph
To have a red-hot, sizzling brand, you can never stop stoking the fires of imagination or persistence. That’s the advice of my friend, Dink NeSmith, a very successful businessman and a great believer in branding. He thinks, and I tend to agree, that the state of Georgia, and even the University System of Georgia, needs to be “better branded.” That is, when you see the brand, you immediately think about Georgia’s or the University System’s great virtues.
www.daltondailycitizen.com
Get ready for Roadrunner Place
http://www.daltondailycitizen.com/opinion/get-ready-for-roadrunner-place/article_14d72510-07ff-11e5-84cf-4f06e057878a.html
The Daily CItizen
When the bell tower at Dalton State College goes off at 10 this morning it will not only be announcing the hour, but also ringing in a new era at the college. College dorms are coming. And this morning part of the old Wood Valley Apartments will be torn down to make room for them. Dalton State is taking another step toward a more traditional four-year institution by constructing new campus housing at the site that has been used as on-campus housing since 2009. The new housing complex, called Roadrunner Place, will have 365 beds and will be four stories. The building will have one-, two- and four-bedroom semi-suites with semi-private bathrooms. … Dalton State is not tackling this project on its own. It is part of the University System of Georgia’s Public-Private Partnership (P3) for on-campus housing. The $517 million agreement with the developer, Corvias Campus Living, includes developing 3,683 new beds and managing 6,196 existing beds for the next 65 years for the University System.
www.savannahnow.com
JENNIFER MIZRAHI: We must do better for people with disabilities
http://savannahnow.com/column/2015-05-30/opinion-we-must-do-better-people-disabilities
This week Frank Barham, a Georgia jazz musician, was killed on the road to Savannah while raising awareness about the 25th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Barham, who was a wheelchair user since a car accident in 1980, was making a 300-mile journey from Atlanta to Savannah by wheelchair to draw attention to the importance of access and opportunities for people with disabilities. … Gov. Nathan Deal has spoken about employment for all and the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency has been developing partnerships to bridge the gap. Just this year, the state legislature gave an increase of $900,000. This will enable the agency to better serve people with disabilities. The agency is also partnering with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental, the Technical College System of Georgia, the University System of Georgia and the Department of Juvenile Justice. Such partnerships will help to better serve youth with disabilities. There are 40,300 youth between 16 and 20 with disabilities in the Peach State. Georgia Vocational Rehab has created pathways to serve them through things such as inclusion programs at KSU and Columbus State, as well as the High School/High Tech transition program.
USG Institutions:
www.wrbl.com
New CSU president begins tenure
http://www.wrbl.com/story/29208611/new-csu-president-begins-tenure
COLUMBUS, Ga. – Columbus State University welcomed its new president Monday after a long search that began late last year. Dr. Markwood was selected as CSU’s fifth president in the school’s 57-year history this past April.
www.times-herald.com
UWG Newnan opens for first semester Monday
http://www.times-herald.com/local/20150531uwg-newnan-first-semester—3-PIX—-16-
by W. Winston Skinner
The University of West Georgia’s permanent campus in Newnan opens its doors tomorrow for its first semester – welcoming some 275 students for a reduced schedule this summer. The campus is located in the old Newnan Hospital building on Jackson Street. The administrative wing is the original hospital building which opened 90 years – to the day – before the first day of summer classes.
www.gainesvilletimes.com
University of North Georgia adds film degree as Georgia industry grows
College to prepare students to enter digital media, movie workforce
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/section/6/article/110039/
By Kristen Oliver
As Georgia’s film industry booms, creating billions of dollars in annual wages, the University of North Georgia wants to help its students enter the field. UNG recently established a four-year degree in film and digital media, which was approved by the University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents last week. The film and digital media degree is a hands-on program that will provide students with a great amount of experience, understanding of motion pictures as a form of expression, and awareness of how to succeed in the industry,” said Dr. Jeff Marker, head of the Department of Communication, Media and Journalism, in a release from the university. “Graduates will be ready to step directly into the workforce or can use the degree as preparation for a graduate program.”
www.peachpundit.com
Progress on the Innovation Crescent?
http://www.peachpundit.com/2015/06/01/progress-on-the-innovation-crescent/
by Jon Richards
In an effort to boost Georgia’s economic development prospects, the Governor’s Office of Workforce Development established the Innovation Crescent in 2007. Loosely modeled after North Carolina’s Research Triangle, the effort sought to tie together a number of the Peach State’s existing assets to promote research and development in the life sciences and bio medicine. With its southern anchor at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, and including the research facilities at Georgia Tech, Emory University, the Centers for Disease Control, promoters of the Innovation Crescent envisioned Georgia 316 starting with Gwinnett Technical College and Georgia Gwinnett College along Georgia 316 and extending to the University of Georgia in Athens as a place where companies involved in the biological sciences could locate research and development facilities.
www.macon.com
Education Notebook: Midstate high school seniors receive appointments to military academies
MIDDLE GEORGIA STATE IT PROGRAM RECOGNIZED
http://www.macon.com/2015/05/31/3774313_education-notebook-midstate-high.html?rh=1
Middle Georgia State College’s School of IT was recently recognized at the 2015 International ABET Symposium held April 23-24 in Atlanta. The school’s self-study report was nominated by ABET program evaluators and selected by ABET Symposium organizers as a well-prepared information technology self-study report.
www.macon.com
Education Notebook: Midstate high school seniors receive appointments to military academies
GEORGIA COLLEGE PROFESSOR HONORED
http://www.macon.com/2015/05/31/3774313_education-notebook-midstate-high.html?rh=1
During Chris Gree’s 10-year tenure at Georgia College & State University, he has developed and prepared future teachers to use technology to benefit students’ learning processes. For his efforts, he has been accepted as an Apple Distinguished Educator, the first from Georgia College & State University. Apple Distinguished Educators are part of a global community of education leaders recognized for doing amazing things with Apple technology in and out of the classroom.
www.myfoxatlanta.com
GSU staff member robbed at gunpoint
http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/story/29198644/gsu-staff-member-robbed-at-gunpoint
By Jaclyn Schultz, Reporter
ATLANTA – Georgia State University students were sent a campus alert about an armed robbery that occurred on the edge of campus Thursday morning. GSU Police say around 5:30 Thursday morning, a gunman held up a food service worker, across from the “M” Parking Deck on the corner of Piedmont Ave. and Gilmer Street, then took off with three other suspects in a silver SUV. The worker was not harmed. The deck is located across the street from the student center.
www.wtvm.com
Restaurant owner accused of rape of CSU student
http://www.wtvm.com/story/29207421/sexual-assault-reported-at-csu-riverpark-campus
By Tanita Gaither, Digital Content Director
COLUMBUS, GA (WTVM) – A 50-year-old man has been arrested and charged in the alleged rape of a CSU student late last week. Larry Gene Kirkland, 50, of Columbus, was arrested and charged on Monday. Kirkland is identified as the owner of Picasso Pizza and the general manager of the Uptown Tap. According to a press release from the university, CSU Police were first informed of the alleged rape when the victim was at the Midtown Medical Center, where she reported she had been raped and possibly drugged prior to the assault on May 28.
Higher Education News:
www.diverseeducation.com
Funding at HBCUs Continues to be Separate and Unequal
http://diverseeducation.com/article/73463/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=3f84810160184334b1c08fd4b392ebb3&elqCampaignId=415&elqaid=88&elqat=1&elqTrackId=17161345c97c4c0f8dbbd1837e5c25b7
by Autumn A. Arnett
During a recent panel at the White House, first lady Michelle Obama said, “Education is the single most important civil rights issue that we face today.” Nowhere is this statement more evident than with the persistently unequal funding of the nation’s public historically Black colleges and universities.
www.insidehighered.com
Tighter Oversight of ITT
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/06/01/itt-faces-new-scrutiny-education-department-and-states-wake-sec-charges
By Michael Stratford
The U.S. Department of Education increased its monitoring of ITT Educational Services last month after the Securities and Exchange Commission filed civil fraud charges against the for-profit college giant and two executives, the company disclosed Friday. Education Department officials have required ITT to provide cash flow projections every two weeks, along with other information about “important financial transactions,” planned school closures and anticipated new program offerings.