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FOCUS: Older GGC student overcomes obstacles and returns to college
By Cody Nichelson | Here’s a story about Max Doster, a 49-year old U.S. Navy veteran and Georgia Gwinnett College student from Lawrenceville, who overcame time and obstacles to return to college. …In 2013, after making advances in health, Max decided he would return to school, studying political science. His wife was already attending classes at Georgia Gwinnett College, also in political science. His daughter, India, 22, started when he did, studying criminal justice. Max and India anticipate graduating in the fall of 2017, while Pamela, who works full time for the Post Office Service in Marietta, may take longer. Max says: “Being a non-traditional student, I appreciate that the GGC professors want to stay in contact with us, even after we are in their classes. They will email and ask how I am doing. Knowing someone is actually thinking of you means a lot.” …That’s why Gov. Nathan Deal, the University System, Technical College System and the Georgia Student Finance Commission established “Go Back. Move Ahead” — a statewide initiative that makes it easier for adults to return to college by offering an easier enrollment process, more ways to transfer earned credits, flexible course schedules and financial aid resources. In doing so, the state (and its employers) hope more adults will return to school and finish their degrees, filling a critical workforce need.
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Beyond the Classroom
Collaboration and community engagement are what it’s all about for Clayton State University
http://www.georgiatrend.com/June-2016/Beyond-the-Classroom/
By Candice Dyer
The leading edge of a new industry is just where a university wants to position itself, and Clayton State University – in Morrow, just 18 miles south of downtown Atlanta – is in the perfect place to take advantage of the growing film industry. It’s all part of a strategy of community engagement and business collaboration that ensures CSU students are getting the kind of education that will land them good jobs in film, but also in healthcare or logistics – just to name a few of CSU’s growing offerings. “We are striving to adapt to the area’s workforce needs as they arise with innovation and community engagement, which we take very seriously,” says president Tim Hynes. …For the 2015-2016 school year, the admissions department saw a record 5,600 applications that led to the largest incoming freshman class in the university’s 46-year history. …CSU also partners with the Georgia Film Academy, which works with several institutions across the state in certification for film work. “CSU has a commitment to innovation and [is] forward thinking about one of the most important and growing industries in our state, which makes it an outstanding founding partner with us,” says GFA executive director Jeffrey Stepakoff. Already CSU alumni and students are clocking in at several high-profile projects, such as Krystal, which stars William H. Macy and is filming some scenes at Pinewood Studios.
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Georgia Supreme Court: Officer outside jurisdiction cannot make custodial traffic arrest
Case stems from cimcumstances of 2013 DUI case in Marietta
By Jim Hendricks
ATLANTA — A law enforcement officer in Georgia may no longer take a motorist in a traffic violation into custody outside his or her jurisdiction following a decision announced Monday by the Georgia Supreme Court. In a unanimous decision, the state’s highest court overturned a Court of Appeals decision, ruling that a motorist’s DUI arrest by a university police officer employed by Kennesaw State University was invalid because the stop and arrest occurred more than 500 yards from KSU.
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New Push to Ban Violent Athletes
USA Swimming recently banned a former Stanford University swimmer convicted of sexual assault. A petition signed by 130,000 people urges the National Collegiate Athletic Association to adopt a similar stance.
By Jake New
Nearly 130,000 people have now signed a petition demanding that the National Collegiate Athletic Association ban violent athletes from playing intercollegiate sports. The petition comes weeks after Baylor University’s Board of Regents forced the university’s president to resign and fired its head football coach over allegations that they mishandled sexual assaults committed by its football players, including by a player who was accused of violent behavior at his previous college. It also comes amid a furor that helped lead the national governing body for swimming to ban a former Stanford University athlete who was recently convicted of sexual assault but sentenced to just six months in jail.