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President Morehead honored for educational excellence, influence in Georgia
http://www.redandblack.com/uganews/president-morehead-honored-for-educational-excellence-influence-in-georgia/article_acf46698-69cd-11e5-a04b-df411f485bd1.html
Katelyn Umholtz
President Jere Morehead is one of 30 people across the state selected by Georgia Trend magazine for 30 years of influence in shaping Georgia. In hearing this announcement, the Office of the President said Morehead is honored, but he feels he owes the recognition to the people on this campus. “President Morehead is honored to be included in this list and appreciates this recognition by Georgia Trend,” Kyle Tschepikow, assistant to the president, said. “However, he believes that this acknowledgement – more than anything else – is a testament to the hard work and dedication of the university’s outstanding students, faculty and staff.”
Georgia Trend listed Morehead under “Educational Excellence” and wrote about his long history at UGA, from teaching to administration, before becoming president in 2013.
www.thewestgeorgian.com
Meet the Honors Council
http://thewestgeorgian.com/meet-the-honors-council/
By Marshala Cofer, Contributing Writer
The University of West Georgia (UWG) was the first school to have an Honors College in the state of Georgia, according to the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. The UWG Honors College helps students excel by offering honors courses, support for undergraduate research and extending many different opportunities for community service.
www.georgiatrend.com
HIGH-TECH SPARK
Georgia is quickly becoming known as a hotbed of bioscience innovation.
http://www.georgiatrend.com/October-2015/High-Tech-Spark/
Randy Southerland
Georgia has long been known for cotton and peaches, but a better symbol might soon be stem cells. From Athens to Atlanta, the state is rapidly becoming a center for the high-tech innovation known as bioscience. This broad term includes everything from new medical therapies created by harnessing cellular and biomolecular processes to biodegradable alternatives to plastic. Earlier this year, Atlanta hosted the annual Business of Regenerative Medicine conference. This gathering of leading researchers and dealmakers was here largely because Georgia Tech’s Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience has quietly become the nation’s leader in regenerative medicine, a form of tissue engineering and molecular biology that tries to replace or regenerate human cells, tissues or organs to restore or establish normal function.
www.onlineathens.com
Giving increases, but investment returns down for UGA Foundation
http://onlineathens.com/mobile/2015-10-02/giving-increases-investment-returns-down-uga-foundation
By LEE SHEARER
University of Georgia Foundation stocks, bonds and other investments did not do well in the 2015 fiscal year that ended June 30, with a return of about 1 percent. But that’s in line with the markets were during the year, John Crawford, chairman of the foundation’s investment committee, told foundation members at the group’s fall meeting in Athens on Friday. The first quarter of the 2016 fiscal year was worse, with negative returns of between 6 and 7 percent, according to Crawford.
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www.gwinnettdailypost.com
In State of College speech, Gwinnett Tech president outlines goals, accomplishments | PHOTOS
http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/news/2015/oct/02/in-state-of-college-speech-gwinnett-tech/
By Keith Farner
LAWRENCEVILLE — Gwinnett Technical College offers the first choice or, in some cases, the last hope for its students. That was a theme throughout a speech given Friday morning by President D. Glen Cannon at a “State of the College” breakfast in the Busbee Center. Early in his second year leading the college, Cannon laid out what the school and its 7,000 students accomplished last year, its 30th anniversary, and what it plans to do in the future. Gwinnett Tech is the third-largest technical college in Georgia and the 10th fastest-growing technical college in the nation. …Recently, Gwinnett Tech signed a new agreement with the College of Education at Georgia State University for early childhood education graduates. Tuskegee University will also welcome construction management students a path to a four-year degree. Two transfer agreements are in the works are with Georgia Gwinnett College, a priority for Cannon.
www.farms.com
USDA awards Florida $4 million in ag-research grants
Grants will be split among 40 projects
http://www.farms.com/ag-industry-news/usda-awards-florida-4-million-in-ag-research-grants-900.aspx
By Diego Flammini
As part of the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) specialty crop grants, the state of Florida is set to receive about $4 million to be split between 40 projects taking place at universities and other community organizations.
www.diverseeducation.com
STEM Initiative to Focus on Minority Women, Girls
http://diverseeducation.com/article/78139/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=52423a76ee85407b9860b914a0e78f7d&elqCampaignId=771&elqaid=88&elqat=1&elqTrackId=b675d1fbe9f54d3792f1262ce9ec37c7
by Ronald Roach
With a high-profile announcement from the Obama administration last month, a consortium of 10 colleges and universities and nine nonprofit organizations led by Arizona State University researchers has launched a national initiative to “identify and scale effective evidence-based strategies to improve STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) diversity in the nation’s colleges and universities with a special focus on women and girls of color from underrepresented communities.” Jo Handelsman, associate director of the White House Office of Science Technology and Policy, formally announced formation of the National Academic STEM Collaborative, which is to be managed by the Arizona State University Center for Gender Equity in Science and Technology, or CGEST. CGEST executive director and Arizona State University associate Women and Gender Studies professor Kimberly A. Scott is leading the collaborative.