University System News: www.bizjournals.com How constant change is transforming state’s universities http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print-edition/2015/08/07/how-constant-change-is-transforming-state-s.html Maria Saporta Contributing Writer, Atlanta Business Chronicle When Hank Huckaby was asked in 2011 to cut short his four-month-long tenure as a state representative to join Gov. Nathan Deal’s administration as the chancellor of the University System of Georgia, he asked the governor […]
Monthly Archives: August 2015
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USG eclips August 6, 2015
University System News: www.wdef.com Kennesaw State professor chosen to lead film training effort http://www.wdef.com/news/state/story/Kennesaw-State-professor-chosen-to-lead-film/lcpokIr2P0aa6LLeArU1fQ.cspx ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia higher education officials say they have chosen a 28-year veteran of the film and television industry to lead a new effort training more people to work on productions. Jeffrey Stepakoff will act as the executive director of […]
10 year celebration T-shirts – Don’t forget to order!
Can you believe it’s been 10 years since we moved from the Floyd College site in downtown Cartersville, to the current Georgia Highlands College Cartersville Campus? The GHC Cartersville Campus will have a 10 year celebration during the Week of Welcome, on August 19th. The GHC Cartersville Ambassadors are selling 10 year celebration T-shirts for […]
Cartersville Campus 10 year celebration T-shirts
Can you believe it’s been 10 years since we moved from the Floyd College site in downtown Cartersville, to the current Georgia Highlands College Cartersville Campus? The GHC Cartersville Campus will have a 10 year celebration during the Week of Welcome, on August 19th. The GHC Cartersville Ambassadors are selling 10 year celebration T-shirts for […]
USG eclips August 5, 2015
University System News: www.wabe.org Ga.’s College System Chancellor Talks Education Issues, More http://wabe.org/post/ga-s-college-system-chancellor-talks-education-issues-more By WABE STAFF Thousands of Georgia students are going back to school this week. Most of the attention is focused on elementary and high school children, but Georgia’s colleges and universities are getting ready for a new year, too, with the start […]
USG eclips August 4, 2015
USG Institutions: www.valdostadailytimes.com VSU Hosts Competency-Based Education Workshop http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/news/education/vsu-hosts-competency-based-education-workshop/article_264f0ae6-3799-11e5-b89c-1b7aba097a70.html VALDOSTA – Valdosta State University, University of West Georgia, and University System of Georgia faculty and staff attended a Competency-Based Education Workshop July 20-22 at VSU. Presented by the University of Wisconsin Extension Flex Program, with support from VSU and a Georgia Department of Education grant, […]
USG eclips August 3, 2015
University System News: www.middlegeorgiaceo.com Governor Deal Appoints Five to State Boards http://middlegeorgiaceo.com/news/2015/08/governor-deal-appoints-five-boards-bfrf/ Staff Report From Georgia CEO Don L. Waters, REACH Scholarship Board Waters is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Brasseler USA. He is on the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, board of directors of Union Mission, Inc. and […]
USG eclips July 31, 2015
University System News: www.rockdalecitizen.com Streamlined Move on When Ready advantage for high school students http://www.rockdalecitizen.com/news/2015/jul/30/streamlined-move-on-when-ready-advantage-for-high/ By Manny Fils COVINGTON — High school students have the chance to earn college credits in a new way with recent changes to Move On When Ready. “In the old days dual enrollment was when a student took some courses […]
USG eclips July 30, 2015
USG Institutions: www.savannahtribune.com Savannah State Receives More Than $1 Million In New Research Grants http://www.savannahtribune.com/news/2015-07-29/Social_%28and%29_Community_News/Savannah_State_Receives_More_Than_1_Million_In_New.html Savannah State University (SSU) has been approved for three new grants that total $1,041,153 in funding. All three will include student researchers and focus on STEM-related fields. A grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will allow SSU to develop […]