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How ASU, Darton economically impact Southwest GA
by Jazmyne Hankerson
Albany, GA — A recent study out of the University of Georgia said that in 2015 Darton State College and Albany State University combined to have a $285 million impact on the region. For a region this size, what goes into that more than a quarter-billion dollar impact? “A lot of your jobs [in this area] are in customer service and sales and those jobs don’t pay as much. If you want advance and get higher paying jobs that’s when you have to have that additional education,” said Economics Professor at Darton Aaron Johnson. Johnson says having ASU, Darton and Albany Technical College in the area are key to the growing workforce. Business management, allied health and life sciences are all majors that Johnson says are available and useful in this region.
He also said those fields come with salaries upward of $50,000 a year.
www.ssuchronicle.com
AffordableCollegesOnline.org Names Best Online Colleges in Georgia
Rankings Highlight 40 Schools for Affordability, Flexibility in Online Education
A new list from leading higher education and online student resource provider AffordableCollegesOnline.org has ranked the Best Online Colleges in Georgia for 2016-2017. Comparing more than a dozen statistics on affordability and program variety, schools at the top of the list include Columbus State University, Brenau University, Shorter University, Albany State University …The following schools are recognized as the 2016-2017 Best Two-Year Online Colleges in Georgia: …Georgia Perimeter College …The following schools are recognized as the 2016-2017 Best Four-Year Online Colleges in Georgia: Albany State University, Armstrong Atlantic State University, Clayton State University, College of Coastal Georgia, Columbus State University, Dalton State College, Fort Valley State University, Georgia College and State University, Georgia Regents University, Georgia Southern University, Kennesaw State University, Middle Georgia State College, University of North Georgia, University of West Georgia, Valdosta State University
www.gainesvilletimes.com
Georgia named best for doing business 4 years in row
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/section/6/article/120032/
By Ron Bridgeman
Georgia has been named the leading state in the country in which to do business for the fourth year in a row by Site Selection magazine. Kubota Manufacturing of America has done several expansions in Hall County, and the Georgia Department of Economic Development has played a large part in them, Phil Sutton, chief administrative officer for the company, said Wednesday. “The Georgia Department of Economic Development has been such a friendly place, helping every step of the way,” he said. Kubota is in the midst of a large expansion, with a new building and hiring about 580 people over five years. The state’s Quick Start program for training and the technical college system is “like one-stop shopping,” Sutton said. “Whatever you need they have, and they are unbelievably responsive.” …He pointed out the state’s educational departments — University System of Georgia and Technical College System of Georgia — also are heavily involved in economic development efforts.
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Kennesaw State official to lead University of Central Arkansas
Eric Stirgus – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Houston Davis, who was Kennesaw State University’s interim president for several months this year, has been named the next president of the University of Central Arkansas, KSU officials said Thursday. The University of Central Arkansas Board of Trustees voted unanimously Wednesday to appoint Davis, according to local news accounts. A starting date hasn’t been determined, the reports said.
www.m.arkansasonline.com
UCA board selects new president
http://m.arkansasonline.com/news/2016/nov/02/uca-board-names-new-president/
Story by Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Staff
CONWAY — The University of Central Arkansas Board of Trustees voted Wednesday night to appoint Houston Davis as its next president. Davis, 43, is interim president of Kennesaw State University in the Atlanta suburb of Kennesaw, Ga. The board selected him over three other finalists: Len Frey, 53, vice chancellor for finance and administration at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro; Nagi Naganathan, 60, dean and engineering professor at the University of Toledo in Ohio; and Darrell Parker, 58, dean and economics professor in the College of Business at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, N.C. UCA’s current president, Tom Courtway, 63, is retiring from the position. He was UCA’s interim leader twice before being officially named president in December 2011.
www.chronicle.augusta.com
Kennesaw State administrator selected to head AU’s college of business
By Damon Cline Staff Writer
A retired Air Force officer and senior associate dean at Kennesaw State University has been tapped to lead Augusta University’s James M. Hull College of Business. The university announced internally this week that Dr. Richard M. Franza of Kennesaw State’s Michael J. Coles College of Business will take the position effective Feb. 1, succeeding Dr. Mark Thompson, who has served as interim dean since the departure of Dr. Marc Miller last year. Augusta University said the search was national and lasted more than a year. Franza has been with Kennesaw State since 2002. He earned a doctorate in operations management from the Georgia Institute of Technology, a master’s degree in business administration from Duke University and a bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics from Notre Dame.
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UWRF dean named as finalist for CSU provost position
http://uwrfvoice.com/news/17300
By Natalie Howell
Brad Caskey, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at UW-River Falls, has been named a finalist for the position of provost and executive vice president of Academic Affairs at Columbus State University in Georgia. Caskey is one of three candidates for the position, along with Jane McCandless, dean of the College of Social Science at the University of West Georgia and Cheryl Torsney, the former senior vice provost at the University of Texas.
www.northwestgeorgianews.com
Augusta University president tours Rome medical campus
by Doug Walker
Augusta University President Brooks Keel toured the Northwest Clinical campus of the Medical College of Georgia-Augusta University, 415 E. Third Ave., in Rome for the first time Tuesday. In doing so, he shared his belief that a broad variety of curricular offerings at various regional MCG campuses serves the future of healthcare delivery in Georgia well. Having a curriculum at the Rome campus that differs from each of the other regional branches of the MCG is critical, Keel said. Instead of the traditional four- to six-week rotations through various specialties, the Rome program has students function alongside physicians in a more patient-centric program. In Rome’s program students get a chance to see how all the various specialties are integrated in the treatment of individual patients.
www.georgiastatesignal.com
Georgia State seeks to expand its Institute of Biomedical Science by $35 Million
http://georgiastatesignal.com/georgia-state-seeks-expand-institute-biomedical-science-35-million/
By: Michael Mays
Georgia State plans to add an additional research facility that will be a part of the Institute for Biomedical Sciences for researching and exploring the fundamentals of deadly viruses and pathogens, such as Ebola and Zika. The 6-story building will house labs for biomedical research, in the university campus and will be the first of its kind in the Southeast, according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
“This new building will house two new centers in the institute, one is the Center for Molecular and Translational Medicine and the other is for Translational Immunology,” Georgia State University President Mark Becker said in a university video, Conversation with the President. The new infectious disease center will be equipped to handle sundry forms of viruses and pathogens, as researchers come from various parts of the world to assist in researching at Georgia State.
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Dalton schools looking at downtown facility
By Charles Oliver
Dalton Public Schools officials are considering building a facility that would ease crowding at Dalton High School by allowing students to “cycle through” different programs each day. In a joint meeting of the Dalton Board of Education and the City Council Wednesday evening, officials with Washington, D.C.-based Link Strategic Partners, a consulting group that has been working with the school system, presented the two governing bodies and members of the public with a proposal for a facility downtown that could take Dalton High students off campus for part of the day for different programs. …After the meeting, Hawkins said the facility could also host Dalton State College classes that could be attended by both Dalton High students and DSC students. Dalton State College President Margaret Venable said during the meeting the college could be interested in working with the school system.
www.middlegeorgiaceo.com
MGA Designated National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education
Staff Report From Middle Georgia CEO
Middle Georgia State University recently earned designation as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense. The University was granted this designation by the Department of Homeland Security and the National Security Agency who jointly sponsor the National Centers of Academic Excellence program. Universities are designated based on their robust degree programs and close alignment to specific cybersecurity-related knowledge units, validated by subject matter experts in the field. CAE graduates help protect national security information systems, commercial networks, and critical information infrastructure in the private and public sectors. Last November, Middle Georgia State launched the Center for Cybersecurity Education and Applied Research to support the University’s mission to educate and graduate inspired, lifelong learners whose scholarship and careers enhance the region through professional leadership, innovative partnerships and community engagement. The mission of CCEAR is to educate the future cybersecurity workforce and provide consultation to local businesses, governmental units, and interested parties.
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Large crowd gathers to hear Cagle and others
By BILLY W. HOBBS
The Magnolia Ballroom was nearly filled to capacity Tuesday as students, educators, elected officials and local residents gathered to hear an informative discussion on the subject of education. Many of those who attended are students at Georgia College & State University and are majoring in education. The keynote speaker at the event was Georgia Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle. Other guest speakers included Baldwin County School Superintendent Dr. Noris Price and Putnam County School Superintendent Eric Arena also delivered comments about the state of public education in Georgia. The special discussion comes on the heels of the lieutendent governor having just authored a book entitled “Education Unleashed.” He autographed dozens of the copies after the event. State Sen. Burt Jones (R-Jackson), who represents Baldwin and Putnam counties, donated the books free to those who wanted them. Johnny Grant, a former state senator who now works at GC, and has known the lieutendent governor for many years, introduced his longtime friend. …Cagle praised the education leadership of Grant, Peters, Price and Arena. …He said he had heard many wonderful success stories, some of which were witnessed there at GC in his latest visit to Milledgeville.
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2 UWG students charged with rape
http://times-herald.com/news/2016/11/2-uwg-students-charged-with-rape
By THE NEWNAN TIMES-HERALD
Two University of West Georgia students have been arrested for the suspected rape of an 18-year-old female freshman.
The incident allegedly took place Oct. 15 at around 10 p.m. in The Oaks residence hall on the Carrollton campus. “The student consumed a good bit of alcohol, and they took advantage of her,” said UWG Chief of Police Tom Mackel. Mackel said a group of students had met up and gone out to dinner together before going back to one of the rooms in The Oaks, where they drank alcohol, and the 18-year-old “was assaulted by two of them.” Abel Seyefu, 19, of Stone Mountain and Terrance Britt, 18, of Stockbridge were arrested Tuesday. They have been suspended from UWG.
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Two Tech players suspended
http://www.ajc.com/sports/college/two-tech-players-suspended/wwgyn62vjsSh4R1GUFPP7L/
Ken Sugiura – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia Tech football players Jalen Johnson and Christian Campbell have been suspended from playing in games. The announcement was made by the school Wednesday afternoon. A school spokesman said that it is a team suspension. Johnson was arrested on charges of simple battery Sunday by campus police. The reason for Christian Campbell’s suspension is not clear. However, Campbell is the brother of Donavaughn Campbell, a football player at LSU who was at Tech this past weekend and was arrested Sunday for battery/substantial physical harm. Donavaughn Campbell was suspended indefinitely from the team by LSU coach Ed Orgeron. The announcement said that the school could not comment further on the investigation or the disciplinary action.
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Colleges vs. STDs
CDC finds sharp increases in three sexually transmitted diseases, and young adults account for a majority of these cases. Colleges struggle to educate students to protect themselves.
By Kasia Kovacs
It’s no surprise that young people have the highest rates of sexually transmitted diseases. But last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported new findings that alarmed many campus health professionals. The CDC found that the combined total cases of gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis in the United States reached an unprecedented high in 2015 — and people age 15 to 24 accounted for a large number of these new cases. …Traditionally, college students fall into this age range. But when it comes to educating students on sexual health and offering testing and treatment for STDs, colleges and universities are scattershot. Some college health centers are investing multiple resources into sexual health education; others are not.
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Feuding Over Sex-Assault Scandal Intensifies Spotlight on Baylor
By Katherine Mangan
Baylor University has been criticized for months for being slow to divulge details about a spate of sexual assaults that rocked the campus and toppled its leadership. Now, the university is seeking to regain control of its message with a series of moves that are raising eyebrows among alumni and activists. This week, it set up a website, The Truth, in which it has been taking on its critics as part of an effort to increase transparency. The aggressive tone of some of its posts contrasts sharply with what many have described as the university’s previous silence on the scandal. For activists on the campus, the public feuding has reopened old wounds. Baylor has used the site to challenge assertions by its former Title IX coordinator, Patty Crawford, that the university thwarted her efforts to deal with a sexual-assault problem that went well beyond the football program. Her complaint to the U.S. Department of Education prompted a Title IX investigation of Baylor. The scandal also led to the firing of Baylor’s head football coach, Art Briles; the demotion and eventual resignation of the university’s president, Kenneth W. Starr; and the resignation of its athletics director, Ian McCaw.