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State Seeks Further Input From Georgia Business to Identify Workforce Needs
http://middlegeorgiaceo.com/news/2015/07/state-seeks-further-input-georgia-business-identify-workforce-needs/
The Georgia Department of Economic Development’s Workforce division launched a High Demand Career Initiative (HDCI) interactive tool on Georgia.org today. Through the new HDCI assessment, the state is seeking input from Georgia employers, of all sizes, to better identify workforce needs now and in the future. As a leading state in economic development, Georgia seeks to provide a skilled and sustainable workforce to existing, expanding or newly located businesses by further identifying the needs within the state’s workforce infrastructure. “The launch of the High Demand Career Initiative served as a vital tool in equipping our state partners with the insight needed to respond to the workforce needs of participating companies and industries,” said Commissioner Carr, Georgia Department of Economic Development. …As a result of the 13 original HDCI meetings, the Georgia Department of Economic Development, University System of Georgia and Technical College System of Georgia have announced an expansion of the Strategic Industries Workforce Development Grant (SIWDG), the addition of computer programming to satisfy core requirements in high schools across the state, the establishment of the Georgia Film Academy and the creation of the University System of Georgia’s Cyber Security Initiative.
www.duanemorris.com
A Promising Future for Public-Private Partnerships in Georgia
http://www.duanemorris.com/articles/a_promising_future_for_public_private_partnerships_in_georgia_10060.html?utm_source=Mondaq&utm_medium=syndication&utm_campaign=View-Original
By Antony L. Sanacory and William W. Fagan III
It is no secret that our country faces aging (and, in some cases, crumbling) infrastructure along with fiscal restraints at all levels of government, to say nothing of the gridlock in Washington, which have collectively made procuring new projects and repairing existing facilities a much more difficult proposition. In the face of such challenges, Georgia’s General Assembly and the State University System of Georgia have each recently taken important steps toward solving these issues by adopting measures to further the use of public-private partnerships (P3s) in the state, and more P3 projects are likely on the horizon.
www.thebrunswicknews.com
State’s college savings program offers prizes to active summer readers
http://www.thebrunswicknews.com/news/local_news/state-s-college-savings-program-offers-prizes-to-active-summer/article_a700ba88-b768-57eb-9185-d4be564064f0.html
By ANNA HALL
Typically, a sweepstakes with thousands of dollars on the line presents awards with prizes such as $1,000 or $5,000. But an annual prize-winning campaign kicking off this summer in Georgia is offering rewards of $1,529 and $5,529, replacing the traditional zeroes with a trademark of the organization behind the program. This summer, the Path2College 529 Plan is taking its hallmark numbers and inserting the figures in a prize to help families pay for college. Path2College, formerly known as the Georgia Higher Education Saving Plan, is a college savings program offered by the state and operated under the Georgia Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services. In partnership with public libraries and the Georgia Public Library 2015 Summer Reading Program, the program encourages students to use their time off from school and invest the hours in their own education.
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Finalists for dean of GRU/UGA medical partnership to visit campuses
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local-education/finalists-for-dean-of-gruuga-medical-partnership-t/nmyFk/
Janel Davis
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The four finalists vying to become dean of the medical partnership between Georgia Regents University and the University of Georgia will visit Augusta and Athens in the coming weeks to meet with faculty, staff, students and others.
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TSYS donates $5 million to Columbus State for cybersecurity program
http://www.myajc.com/news/news/local-education/tsys-donates-5-million-to-columbus-state-for-cyber/nmyG8/
By Janel Davis – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Columbus-based credit card and payment processor TSYS donated $5 million to Columbus State University to help prepare students for careers in cybersecurity, the school announced Monday. The gift is the largest ever for Turner College of Business at the the four-year institution on Georgia’s western border. …Columbus State was one of seven institutions selected in January to develop the University System of Georgia’s information technology and cybersecurity capabilities, and increase graduates in those areas.
www.albanyherald.com
Albany State University moving forward with Go Back, Move Ahead. initiative
The initiative offers Georgians a simpler enrollment process and more flexible ways to transfer credits.
http://www.albanyherald.com/news/2015/jul/10/albany-state-university-moving-forward-with-go/
Staff Reports
ALBANY — Recently, Gov. Nathan Deal, University System of Georgia Chancellor Hank Huckaby and Technical College System of Georgia Commissioner Ron Jackson announced Georgia’s Go Back. Move Ahead. campaign. This initiative will provide many Georgians without a college degree the opportunity to attend Albany State University via an easier and more flexible process. …“This program is an excellent opportunity for the citizens of Georgia to attain post-secondary education as part-time or full-time students without out-of-pocket cost,” said ASU Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, Abiodun Ojemakinde. “Albany State is proud to be a part of this progressive program as a means of increasing the population of Southwest Georgia with college-level education and enhancing the economic development of our region in the long term.”
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Georgia Southwestern AAMI program receives grant from USG initiative
http://www.americustimesrecorder.com/news/georgia-southwestern-aami-program-receives-grant-from-usg-initiative/article_c8390cfc-273c-11e5-acd0-7326e83be34b.html
By Beth Alston
AMERICUS — Georgia Southwestern State University’s African American Male Institute was awarded a grant for the 2016 fiscal year by the University System of Georgia’s (USG) African-American Male Initiative (AAMI). Launched in 2002, USG’s AAMI consists of a network of programs with the goal of enrolling, retaining and graduating male African-American students in public colleges and universities across Georgia.
www.middlegeorgiaceo.com
FVSU President to Address Policymakers in Washington D.C.
http://middlegeorgiaceo.com/news/2015/07/president-bailey-address-policymakers-washington-dc/
Staff Report From Middle Georgia CEO
Fort Valley State University Interim President Dr. Jessica Bailey, is one of six 1890 Land Grant University presidents chosen to provide a testament to the U.S. House Agriculture Committee July 15, at 10 a.m. in Washington D.C. The testament is a part of a four- day celebration to commemorate 125 years since the signing of the Second Morrill Act of 1890. The celebration will take place at the Hyatt Regency D.C. on Capitol Hill and other locations throughout the capital.
www.redandblack.com
Morehead moves into second year
http://www.redandblack.com/uganews/morehead-moves-into-second-year/article_12b0e764-25c6-11e5-a342-e70636a01398.html
Lindsey Conway
After assuming his position as president of the University of Georgia on July 1, 2013, President Jere W. Morehead now celebrates two years of service to the institution. A 1980 graduate from the UGA School of Law who returned to the institution and served in various faculty and administrative positions, Morehead was selected as president because of his passion for the institution and service to its students. When he was selected, Morehead knew that, in part, his success as president was determined by his ability to raise private funds to support the university. In his first year as president, a record $126.4 million in new gifts and commitments were raised, reflecting an eight percent increase in fundraising from 2014. “I think setting records in fundraising for the institution for two consecutive years is most important in my role because it makes everything else happen at the institution,” Morehead said.
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Dr. Keel says goodbye to Eagle Nation
http://www.wjcl.com/news/local-news/dr-keel-says-goodbye-to-eagle-nation/31633669/story
By dave williams
STATESBORO, GA. (WJCL) Georgia Southern outgoing President Dr. Brooks Keel says goodbye to Eagle Nation. After 5 and a half years, Dr. Keel is leaving to become President of Georgia Regents University. Dr. Brooks Keel arrived at Georgia Southern University in January, 2010 and certainly made quite an impact and it would have had to been an extraordinary opportunity for him to leave the nest. That opportunity came about when he was asked to lead his two alma maters at Georgia Regents University in the place he calls home.
www.statesboroherald.com
A farewell to Georgia Southern
Engineering, FBS, selfies all part of Keel’s legacy
http://www.statesboroherald.com/section/1/article/68853/
BY Al Hackle
College football Saturdays this fall will find Dr. Brooks Keel wearing blue and cheering for his beloved Eagles as they shoot for a second straight Sun Belt title. A perfect union, however, of a personal and professional opportunity is calling Georgia Southern University’s president to Augusta, so while his rooting heart may remain True Blue, he will be cheering from about 80 miles north of Statesboro. The Board of Regents, which oversees Georgia’s university system, named Keel on Wednesday president of Georgia Regents University in Augusta. He starts his new position a week from Monday, officially ending his five and one half year tenure as Georgia Southern’s 12th president. Among many accomplishments, Keel’s legacy includes strong capital growth, a blossoming engineering school, football’s move to FBS, a stable enrollment when many state universities are seeing declines and breaking down the walls between the president’s office and the student body.
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Georgia Southern University Names Interim Leader
http://wabe.org/post/georgia-southern-university-names-interim-leader
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
An interim president has been chosen to lead Georgia Southern University in Statesboro until a permanent replacement is named. University System of Georgia officials say Georgia Southern Provost and Vice President for academic affairs Jean Bartels has been named interim president and will begin in her new role July 20. The announcement comes after GSU president Brooks Keel was named as president of Georgia Regents University in Augusta.
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Bartels expects GSU president search to involve the community
Meanwhile she looks forward to ‘adventure’ of guiding university into new academic year
http://www.statesboroherald.com/section/1/article/68805/
BY Al Hackle
Dr. Jean Bartels expects to lead Georgia Southern University into the 2015-16 academic year as interim president while a search for a new permanent president is conducted with input from the campus and community. Her interim role officially begins July 20, the day that departing GSU President Brooks Keel becomes president of Georgia Regents University in Augusta. Bartels had no firm information on the shape the search will take. But in an interview Thursday she described her expectations based on experience, as well as her outlook for the job now before her.
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University Of Georgia Gets Ready For New Mascot
http://wabe.drupal.publicbroadcasting.net/post/university-georgia-gets-ready-new-mascot
By JOHN LORINC
Russ, otherwise known as UGA IX, is getting ready to retire. The English bulldog has been the University of Georgia’s mascot since September 2012. The Athens Banner Herald reports Russ’ grandson, Que, will likely be the successor.
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False Hope a Problem in Adult Math Education
http://diverseeducation.com/article/76296/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=d0cbc84e3cc24aa6901a37edbbde702e&elqCampaignId=415&elqaid=88&elqat=1&elqTrackId=28d9b1ad27f04e74bdb7d9f48de69484
by Jamaal Abdul-Alim
Alexandria, Va. — In order to achieve better math outcomes in adult education, the field must abandon a series of “false hopes” that essentially have set the system up for failure. That was the argument that Steve Hinds, director of the Chicago-based Active Learning in Adult Numeracy, made during a plenary session of the 22nd International Conference of Adults Learning Math, or ALM. One in five students in the United States leaves high school without a diploma. Those who return to school later to earn their high school equivalency degrees will continue to stumble because their math teachers are often underpaid, rely on rote teaching and have little time to deliver content, Hinds said during a keynote speech titled “Improving What We Do for Struggling Adult Numeracy Students.” He complained that adult education is beset with math curriculums that resemble the flawed curriculums that students endured before they left school.
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Study Challenges Idea That Many Campus Rapists Are Serial Offenders
http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/study-challenges-idea-that-many-campus-rapists-are-serial-offenders/101969?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
by Nick DeSantis
A study published on Monday in JAMA Pediatrics, a journal of the American Medical Association, has challenged the perception that most college men who commit rape are serial offenders. A previous study, published in 2002, found that about 6 percent of men surveyed at the University of Massachusetts at Boston had acknowledged committing acts that met criteria for rape or attempted rape. That research attracted widespread attention in part because 63 percent of those who admitted to such behaviors reported that they had committed repeat offenses.