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Thousands still in shelters after Hurricane Matthew
Tammy Joyner
Here’s a list of the Red Cross Shelters in Georgia and the number of evacuees in each. …Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College- Gressette Gym,152
www.wsav.com
Post hurricane Matthew school closures
http://wsav.com/2016/10/09/post-hurricane-matthew-school-closures/
By Shanay J. Campbell
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – A list of school closures in Coastal Georgia and South Carolina for the week of Oct. 9 …Armstrong State University and Armstrong Liberty Center in Hinesville will be closed Monday and Tuesday. Georgia Southern University will be closed Monday. Savannah State University will be closed the rest of the week. East Georgia State College Statesboro campus will be closed Monday. Swainsboro and Augusta campuses will open as usual Monday.
www.savannahnow.com
Georgia Sea Turtle Center evacuates
http://savannahnow.com/hurricane-guide-news/2016-10-07/georgia-sea-turtle-center-evacuates
By Mary Landers
Sea turtles, owls and a wood stork are among the 75 animals from the Georgia Sea Turtle Center on Jekyll Island taking shelter on Georgia Southern University’s campus as Hurricane Matthew passes through the region. In preparation for the storm, GSU students, faculty and staff worked with the center to assist with the animals’ relocation. More than 30 volunteers from several departments within the University’s College of Science and Mathematics, including biology, geology and geography, and physics, as well as staff from the University’s physical plant department and Office of Public Safety, have been working to ensure a smooth transition for the animals to their storm shelter on campus.
www.gwinnettdailypost.com
Georgia Farm Bureau offering $60K in ag scholarships
From Staff Reports
The Georgia Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture is offering up to $60,500 in scholarships to Georgia students pursuing degrees related to agriculture, veterinary medicine, family and consumer sciences and related fields, said John Archer, president of the Gwinnett County Farm Bureau president. Since 1959, GFB has awarded scholarships to students entering college with plans to pursue careers in agriculture or family and consumer sciences. In 2016, the GFB Foundation expanded the scholarship program to offer scholarships to rising college juniors and seniors, technical college students and veterinary college students. In 2017, GFB will award scholarships in the following four categories:
- Scholarship for Agriculture — This scholarship is for high school students who plan to enter colleges that are part of the University System of Georgia, …The GFB Foundation will award five scholarships of $3,000 each and seven scholarships of $1,500 each. …• Rising College Junior/Senior Scholarship for Agriculture — This scholarship is for college students who have at least two semesters of college work remaining to receive undergraduate degrees from a unit of The University System of Georgia, and are majoring in agriculture and environmental sciences, family and consumer sciences or related agriculture fields. The GFB Foundation will award 10 scholarships of $2,000 each. • UGA College of Veterinary Medicine Scholarship — This scholarship is for students currently enrolled in the UGA Veterinary Medicine program specializing in large animal/food animal practice. The GFB Foundation will award two scholarships of $2,500 each.
www.statesboroherald.com
Boro Book Nooks now in Statesboro
Micro lending libraries available around town
http://www.statesboroherald.com/section/1/article/76690/
By JULIE LAVENDER
Herald Writer
Georgia Southern University seniors Jennifer Shaffer, Ashley Archer and Marisa Turner plan to leave something behind when they complete their coursework. As part of their Southern Leaders Legacy project, the young women are preparing and placing small lending libraries called Boro Book Nooks in various locations around the Statesboro community. A leadership development program at Georgia Southern, Southern Leaders requires a capstone project in which students individually or collaboratively complete a ‘Legacy Project,’ meant to have a sustainable impact on the community.
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APD search for armed robbery suspects on Georgia Tech campus
http://www.cbs46.com/story/33349174/apd-search-for-armed-robbery-suspects-on-georgia-tech-campus
By WGCL Digital Team
Georgia Tech officials are asking students to stay in their residence halls. Atlanta police are looking for two armed robbery suspects on campus. Authorities are asking people to avoid the area from Ferst and Fowler Streets north to 10th Street. We are gathering details at this time. Stay tuned to CBS46 and CBS46.com for the latest.
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Study suggests that whether students think their instructors have political bias is linked to attitudes about entitlement and grades, not what the professors are saying or doing.
By Scott Jaschik
Many studies point to professors being more liberal than the rest of society, but little research says there is discrimination against students based on their political views. At the same time, anecdotes abound of students who believe that their professors are showing political bias — even if other students in the same class disagree. A new study (abstract available here) offers an explanation for the students’ perceptions that doesn’t necessarily suggest that the bias is real or entirely discount the perceptions, either. The new study finds that students with certain characteristics — a sense of entitlement and an orientation to focus on grades — are much more likely than other students to perceive their instructors as being biased. The research, published in the journal Teaching in Higher Education, finds that the same results apply, whether the students or instructors lean to the right or the left.
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When It Comes to Campus Crises, College Communications Staffs Plan, React, and Fret
http://www.chronicle.com/article/When-It-Comes-to-Campus/238024
By Lee Gardner
As college presidents face pressure to respond to protests and social-media-fueled controversies, their teams are also feeling the heat. Communications staffs, in particular, are struggling to keep ahead of public discussions that seem only to get more volatile and intense. “I said last year at this time, I’ve never seen anything like it,” says Teresa Flannery, vice president for communication at American University. “And I said it again this week.”