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Columbus executive elected chairman of University System of Georgia Board of Regents
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/education/article44243478.html
BY MARK RICE
A local executive is the new leader of the University System of Georgia’s governing body. The 19-member Board of Regents has elected as its chairman Kessel Stelling, chairman and chief executive officer of Columbus-based Synovus Financial Corp. He is the Board of Regents’ vice chairman and will begin his one-year term as chairman Jan. 1. …Stelling will succeed Neil Pruitt of Norcross, the CEO of PruittHealth Inc., as the Board of Regents’ chairman. C. Thomas Hopkins, an orthopedic surgeon in Griffin, Ga., will replace Stelling as the board’s vice chairman.
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Community input wanted in ASU Darton transition
http://www.wtvm.com/story/30495516/community-input-wanted-in-asu-darton-transition
By Melissa Hodges
ALBANY, GA (WALB) – Community leaders say they will work to make the merger of Darton College and Albany State University a smooth transition. On Tuesday the Board of Regents voted to put Darton under the ASU umbrella and named A-S-U interim President Art Dunning president of the new Albany State University. Darton College Foundation Chair Chris Cohilas said the community needs an opportunity to talk about their concerns and help make the transition a good one.
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Board of Regents names Paul Jones the new Fort Valley State University president
http://www.macon.com/news/local/education/article44064375.html
STAFF REPORT
The state Board of Regents named Paul Jones as the 10th president of Fort Valley State University during its meeting Tuesday. Jones has served as interim president of Darton State College, a University System of Georgia state college in Albany. Chancellor Hank Huckaby recommended Jones for the presidency.
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Forums seek priorities for new GSU president
Ads give Jan. 28 as ‘preferred’ deadline for candidates
http://www.statesboroherald.com/section/1/article/71173/
BY Al Hackle
A job ad seeking Georgia Southern University’s next president carries a soft deadline of Jan. 28 for applications and nominations. Meanwhile, the campus-based search committee continues to gather community input on which qualities are most desired in a candidate. The committee hosted an open forum for this purpose Monday morning in the Biological Sciences Building and another Wednesday afternoon at the Russell Union. …The forums are open to “all the stakeholder groups,” including the public, said biology professor Dr. Stephen Vives, who chairs the campus committee. “These are meetings with faculty and staff, alumni, foundation members, the community, just to ask if they were in our shoes how would they screen applications,” he said. Meanwhile, Parker Executive Search, the Atlanta-based firm hired by the regents to help conduct the nationwide search, has distributed an ad seeking letters of nomination as well as applications.
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Human Resource Leadership MBA at Clayton State in Top 10 of Most Affordable Programs
http://www.atlantahighered.org/Newsroom/FeatureStoryDetail/tabid/604/xmid/190324/Default.aspx
Morrow, GA—The number of job openings are up in Georgia, and with more openings comes the demand for human resource specialists to manage the load. Clayton State University is preparing those HR professionals with a Human Resource Leadership MBA program that was recently recognized as being one of the most affordable in the U.S.
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UGA Receives $1.49 Million Grant to Combat TB in Uganda
Phil Bolton
While the threat of Ebola spreading across borders, even to the United States, is on high alert, the reemergence of tuberculosis poses an equally dangerous threat. Dr. Christopher Whalen, a professor of infectious disease epidemiology at the University of Georgia’s College of Public Health, warns that “Infectious diseases do not respect human political borders.” He is quoted in a news release announcing a $1.49 million grant to UGA to enhance computational and molecular epidemiology training in tuberculosis and HIV in Uganda.
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NCR breaks ground on new HQ
http://www.atmmarketplace.com/news/ncr-breaks-ground-on-new-hq/
NCR Corp. has broken ground for its new world headquarters in Atlanta. In a press release, the company said the campus will serve as an iconic landmark for the city as it “affirms NCR’s commitment to … creating a new tech hub on the East Coast.” It was 10 months ago that the company first announced plans for a new world headquarters complex occupying approximately 485,000 square feet in the city’s Midtown area. “NCR’s decision to build a new global headquarters in the heart of Midtown signals the city of Atlanta’s status as an economic and technological powerhouse,” said Mayor Kasim Reed. “With a $300 million investment next to Georgia Tech, NCR has chosen to put down roots alongside one of the nation’s leading centers of innovation, and in the urban core of Atlanta. Together, NCR, our tech community, and the city of Atlanta will continue to grow and thrive.”
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Darton State College kicks off ‘Day of Giving’
http://www.wtol.com/story/30497751/darton-state-college-kicks-off-day-of-giving
By Caitlyn Chastain
ALBANY, GA (WALB) – Darton State College’s ‘Day of Giving’ kicked off on November 12th to raise money for student scholarships. This is the second year Darton has held the event. Last year they raised $75,000. They did not set a goal to meet this year, but they hope to raise as much money as possible. To show their appreciation this week students and faculty are also giving back. “Students and staff do things in the community this week to give back to the community that’s been so supportive of us. So we really call it a week of service and a day of giving,” explains Cynthia George, Interim Chief Advancement Officer. Even though the Board of Regents recently approved a merger between Albany State University and Darton State College, George says it doesn’t change what this day is about. “When you give to support student scholarships in this area it’s not about Darton, it’s not about Albany State, it’s about the student,” George explains.
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ABAC police chief: Most sexual assaults ‘ain’t rape’
http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/30496970/chief-makes-controversial-statements
By Shannon Wiggins
TIFTON, GA (WALB) – Although Police Chief Bryan Golden was suspended for shocking statements about sexual assault, he is back on the job at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. In a story about sexual assaults on college campuses in the student newspaper The Stallion, Golden was quoted as saying: “Most of these sexual assaults are women waking up the next morning with a guilt complex. That ain’t rape, that’s being stupid. When the dust settles, it was all consensual. It doesn’t happen here. It doesn’t show up here. They’re about as much a rape as a goat roping.” If there is an allegation of a rape on the Golden may have to help lead the investigation. “They were unfortunate, they were insensitive, we have dealt with that,” said Dr. David Bridges, ABAC’s President. An editor and reporter at The Stallion said those comments overshadowed the message they were trying to convey, and the school’s president says the Golden’s comments don’t reflect the University or police department. …”We don’t support them, they were wrong,” Bridges said. “We don’t in any way condone them. They don’t represent the general view of the college.” Golden was suspended without pay, but is now back on the job. He’s also undergoing sexual assault sensitivity training.
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UGA Helps Put Veterans Back to Work
http://athensceo.com/news/2015/11/uga-helps-put-veterans-back-work/
Staff Report From Athens CEO
Military veterans across the state are starting new careers in the private sector, thanks to a course offered through the University of Georgia Small Business Development Center. Boots to Business, a nationwide program are now offered in Georgia through UGA SBDC offices located near military bases, is a two-day course that introduces active military leaving the armed forces to entrepreneurship as a post-military career. More than 900 members of the military have taken the course since it was first offered by the SBDC, a unit of the UGA Office of Public Service and Outreach, in late 2013.
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Georgia Gwinnett College opens military and veterans service center
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local-education/georgia-gwinnett-college-opens-military-and-vetera/npLWP/
Janel Davis, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia Gwinnett College commemorated Veterans Day this year by opening its new Military and Veterans Success Center and remembering the college’s first director of veterans success. Deborah Reato, who died earlier this year after a battle with cancer, had worked at the college since 2011 and was responsible for developing the office that provided support services and educational benefit programs to military service members, veterans and their dependents enrolled at Georgia Gwinnett. Reato was remembered Wednesday with an honor wall. The new center will be a central location for service members and veterans to receive not only help with navigating the college, but also help with educational benefits and work with outside organizations and government agencies dealing with veteran issues.
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Gwinnett celebrates Veterans Day
http://www.wsbradio.com/news/news/gwinnett-celebrates-veterans-day/npLPT/
By Sandra Parrish
Around 200 people turned out for Gwinnett County’s Veterans Day ceremony at the Fallen Heroes Memorial, many of them veterans. “It’s very powerful to see the gathering of the veterans that we have here year after year and to think about the story that’s behind each one of those veterans and their families,” says Gwinnett Commission Chair Charlotte Nash. Stas Preczewski, president of Georgia Gwinnett College, delivered the keynote address and asked that veterans be shown support every day of the year. “Rather than just making this simply a day of recognition, a day of appreciation, and a day of respect, let’s instead consider this day to be a call to action,” he told the crowd. He says the college has already answered the call through establishing an ROTC program to provide a pathway for students to earn a commission as an Army officer as well as opening a new center to help veterans transition from the military to student life.
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Albany honors veterans by opening the new Broad Avenue Bridge | PHOTO GALLERY | VIDEO
Large crowd on hand to pay homage to area’s veterans
http://www.albanyherald.com/news/2015/nov/11/albany-honors-veterans-by-opening-the-new-broad/
By Terry Lewis
ALBANY — As retired Marine Capt. Kenneth Bevel stood speaking at the podium during Wednesday’s joint Veterans Day celebration and new Broad Avenue Memorial Bridge dedication, he paused and looked toward the playground behind the nearby Albany Welcome Center, which was bustling with the sights and sounds of children at play. “Veterans served so we can hear the bellows of the small children playing on the playground to my right,” Bevel said. …The joint holiday and new bridge dedication, honoring all of American’s veterans since World War I, brought out a large crowd of vets, active duty service members, dignitaries, college students, supporters and children in the playground. …“Veterans Day is a day set aside to honor, pay tribute to and say thanks to the men and women of our armed forces of the United States of America,” Albany Mayor Dorothy Hubbard said. …It is fitting and proper that as were are bridging this community, the city of Albany, Dougherty County and Albany State University are saluting you with this veterans day ceremony and the Broad Avenue Memorial Bridge opening ceremony.
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Fall College Enrollment Numbers Show Promise
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by Reginald Stuart
College enrollments, which have struggled to hold their own during the nation’s protracted economic slowdown that began in 2008, showed some bright spots this fall amid overall losses. The widespread rapid-fire growth of enrollment between 2000 and 2013, reflected in National Center for Education Statistics data, continues to elude traditional four-year institutions according to a sampling of initial fall enrollment numbers and reports. The preliminary fall reports defy historical comparisons, however. More and more institutions have folded online student enrollment into their numbers, some are counting so-called dual degree students (those who are taking full college loads while finishing high school) and community colleges are being more widely included in national estimates.
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With New Funding, Udacity Valued At $1 Billion
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2015/11/12/new-funding-udacity-valued-1-billion?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=d6b04e7ae8-DNU20151112&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-d6b04e7ae8-197515277
Online education provider Udacity has achieved “unicorn” status, a term used by investors to describe companies that are valued at more than $1 billion. The company, which launched as a massive open online course provider but has since shifted its focus to course sequences it calls “nanodegrees,” reached the milestone after securing another $105 million from investors.
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$100 Million Gift to UCLA for School for Grades 6-12
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2015/11/12/100-million-gift-ucla-school-grades-6-12?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=d6b04e7ae8-DNU20151112&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-d6b04e7ae8-197515277
David Geffen, the entertainment industry executive, is giving $100 million to the University of California at Los Angeles for the institution to create a school for grades 6-12. The effort is in part to create new options for education, with scholarships for low-income students. But a key motivating factor is to expand high-quality education options that would be available for the children of UCLA faculty members. Officials said the availability of affordable, high-quality education is a key factor in faculty recruitment efforts.