University System News:
www.ledger-enquirer.com
Columbus State’s newest building to be named after former president
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/education/article113730934.html
BY MARK RICE
The $27 million project producing Columbus State University’s new home for its College of Education and Health Professions will be named for the former CSU president who started the institution’s expansion explosion resulting in $112 million being invested into downtown. The University System of Georgia Board of Regents on Wednesday approved CSU’s request to name its newest building after Frank Brown, who served as the institution’s president for 20 years before retiring in 2008. Faculty and staff are expected to begin moving into Frank D. Brown Hall in December, and classes are scheduled to start there Jan. 9. CSU’s current president, Chris Markwood, noted the building on the site of the former Ledger-Enquirer property at the southwest corner of 12th Street and Broadway is at the “front door” of CSU’s downtown presence.
www.onlineathens.com
UGA enrollment up slightly, now 36,574
By Lee Shearer
University of Georgia enrollment grew by a modest 1.2 percent this year, according to statistics released Wednesday by the University System of Georgia. UGA’s official fall semester enrollment is 36.574, up by 444 students from last year’s record 36,130 students.
www.statesboroherald.com
Georgia Southern enrollment hits new high
Number of students increases throughout university system
http://www.statesboroherald.com/section/1/article/77266/preview/
From staff reports
Georgia Southern University’s enrollment has reached a historic high, with 20,674 full-time students for fall semester 2016, the university recently announced.
www.gainesvilletimes.com
University of North Georgia enrollment up 5.4 percent
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/section/6/article/120189/
By Hailey Van Parys
The University of North Georgia’s enrollment grew 5.4 percent for the fall semester, according to figures released by the University System of Georgia. …In order to balance out the rise in students, the school has amped up its faculty and staff. “This growth is a positive trend and reflects UNG’s consistent recognition as one of the best values in higher education,” said UNG President Bonita Jacobs in a press release. “We are strategically managing this growth and have added 70 new faculty positions and 48 new staff positions so that we can continue to promote student success, maintain high academic standards and access to student support services.”
www.publicnow.com
New Food Science Degree Aims To Prepare Students For Demanding Careers
http://www.publicnow.com/view/B891E475C23050F88946AA90BA6048B19D3FC038
Fort Valley State University is offering a new innovative degree program that can train the next generation of scientists in the food technology and manufacturing industry.
The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, recently approved the Bachelor of Science degree in food science, the newest program offered through FVSU’s College of Agriculture, Family Sciences and Technology.
www.statesboroherald.com
Georgia Southern Veterans Day event Friday at 9 a.m.
http://www.statesboroherald.com/section/1/article/77267/
From staff reports
Georgia Southern University’s Military and Student Veteran Center is hosting an inaugural Veterans Day ceremony Friday morning on Sweetheart Circle, where American flags will line the walkway and Marvin Pittman Building entrance. The oaks will be adorned with yellow ribbons, the university’s announcement states. The ceremony will begin at 9 a.m. with music provided by the Georgia Southern Symphonic Wind Ensemble. Guests are asked to arrive by 8:45 a.m. for seating. Patriotic music, remarks, and a special appearance by Freedom, the bald eagle that lives at the university, are planned for guests. The event is open to students, faculty, staff and members of the community.
www.ajc.com
What Turner Field could look like as a Panthers football stadium
Scott Trubey Molly Bloom The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia State University on Wednesday unveiled renderings of what it plans to do at Turner Field. In a presentation to the state Board of Regents, Georgia State officials showed off what the stadium could look like as the new home for Panthers football. The project, to be completed in multiple phases, will create a new seating bowl initially with 23,000 seats with future plans for 10,000 additional seats. The school also is seeking naming rights partners. The regents approved the project Wednesday.
Higher Education News:
www.insidehighered.com
Campus Sexual Assault in a Trump Era
President-elect Trump has offered few details on how his administration might deal with campus sexual assault, but his surrogates and other Republicans say they would scale back enforcement of Title IX.
By Jake New
With Donald Trump winning the presidential election on Tuesday — and with Republicans maintaining control of both the Senate and House of Representatives — victims and their advocates worry that the White House’s five-year push to combat campus sexual assault may end with President Obama’s tenure.
www.insidehighered.com
Loss of International Students?
Some fear Trump presidency could deter international students and put undocumented students at new risk.
By Elizabeth Redden
On Election Night a correspondent from The Wall Street Journal shared on Twitter an image of a young man in a kaffiyeh watching presidential election results. The man in the image is standing up, one hand on the handle of a suitcase as though he could leave at any moment. “Saudi students in the U.S. right now,” the tweet said. The election of Donald J. Trump to the presidency left some in higher education worried that international students could be deterred or restricted from studying in the U.S. It also fueled concerns that students who came to the U.S. illegally as children and received temporary relief from deportation as well as work authorization under President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program could be newly vulnerable.
www.chronicle.com
AAUP Warns of Historic Threat to Academic Freedom Posed by Trump
by Katherine Knott
The American Association of University Professors warned in a statement on Wednesday that many college faculty members fear that President-elect Donald J. Trump “may be the greatest threat to academic freedom since the McCarthy period.” The organization’s first public statement on the election cited statements made by Mr. Trump and policies he has proposed that it said would threaten academic freedom.