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Flags ordered to half-staff Friday in honor of fallen GA soldier
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Georgia Governor Nathan Dale has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff on Friday in honor of a Georgia soldier killed in Iraq last month. 1st  Lieutenant Weston C. Lee, 25, of Bluffton, died on April 29 when an IED detonated during a patrol outside Mosul. The U.S. Army paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division was conducting security as part of advise and assist support to partnered forces. …Lee attended the University of West Georgia, where he left behind a huge legacy. He was commissioned by UNG’s Military College in 2014. Friends said Lee had an infectious spirit as fraternity brothers at Sigma Alpha Epsilon and at the campus barracks as part of the military college. They said the older, wiser Lee was a leader.

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Mother and daughter will get degrees from AU on Friday
http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2017-05-11/mother-and-daughter-will-get-degrees-au-friday
By Charmain Brackett Correspondent
When Lisa Cundey watches her daughter, Marie Cundey, graduate with her doctor of physical therapy degree from Augusta University on Friday, she’ll have a seat that no other parent will have at James Brown Arena. Lisa Cundey will be on the floor with the other graduates, receiving her master of arts in teaching. “This is such a big deal,” Lisa Cundey said. “Two of the biggest days in my life were when she was born and us graduating together.” The fact that graduation takes place Mother’s Day weekend adds even more meaning to it, she said.

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MCG student first at school to receive Excellence in Public Health Award
http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2017-05-12/mcg-student-first-school-receive-excellence-public-health-award
By Tom Corwin Staff Writer
Anna Sulimirski saw that there was a public health service award on the program Thursday for the Medical College of Georgia Hooding Ceremony and thought it would probably go to one of her classmates. “Yes, it’s a surprise,” she said, moments after accepting the 2017 Excellence in Public Health Award from the U.S. Public Health Service. “I didn’t know I was nominated but I am very honored. Public health is one of my passions.” Sulimirski is the first MCG student to receive the award and she appeared genuinely stunned to receive it. But according to her nominator, Dr. D. Greer Falls III at MCG, even before she got into medical school she was volunteering in Nicaragua to help teenage girls and was a homeless ministry coordinator in college.

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Warner Robins Little League Champions: Ten years later
http://www.13wmaz.com/mb/sports/warner-robins-little-league-champions-ten-years-later/438702234
It’s a special day for Hunter Jackson as he celebrates a milestone in his young life.  Wednesday, he received his college diploma from Middle Georgia State University. Ten years ago, Jackson was involved in another celebration – this one a little more over the top. He was part of the Warner Robins American Little League team that stunned almost everyone by winning the Little League World Series. …10 years later, those teens are in their early 20s. Here’s what each member of the team is doing now, a decade later:
– Hunter Jackson – Played college baseball at South Georgia State College before transferring to Middle Georgia State University where he graduated this week. Jackson is also engaged to Coach Lay’s niece, Kayci Price.
– Clint Wynn – Played college baseball at Kennesaw State for two years before transferring to Middle Georgia State University where he graduated.
– Dalton Carriker – Played baseball at Wallace State before transferring to Kennesaw where he graduated this week. Carriker is a groomsman for Jackson’s wedding.
– Kendall Scott – Played baseball at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College before transferring to the University of Georgia. Scott is Jackson’s best man for his wedding.
– Nick Martens – Played baseball at Gordon College.
– Zane Conlon – Played baseball at Gordon College before transferring to Middle Georgia State University. Conlon is now in Nursing school.
– Taylor Lay – Played Football at Georgia Southern before joining the Marines.
– David Umphreyville – Attended South Georgia State College. Umphreyville is a groomsman for Jackson’s wedding.
– Hunt Smith – Played baseball at Georgia Southwestern before transferring to the University of Georgia. Smith got engaged on Easter this year.
– Payton Purvis – Attends Kennesaw State.
– Micah Wells – Played baseball at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College before transferring to Georgia Tech. He is on track to graduate next year with an Engineering degree.

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UGA’s library achieving national prominence
http://www.ajc.com/places/university–college-department/uga-library-achieving-national-prominence/QaPsUIaTQvo42NmJ71WS5H/?utm_source=eGaMorning&utm_campaign=be92dade10-eGaMorning-5_12_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_54a77f93dd-be92dade10-86731974&mc_cid=be92dade10&mc_eid=32a9bd3c56
Hank Ezell
From the archives: The story “UGA’s library achieving national prominence” was originally published in The Atlanta Journal on August 14, 1985. A half-million scientific items, 16,000 of the very best radio and television programs ever aired, 63,000 bits of Margaret Mitchell’s life, and the one, the only, the original Confederate Constitution. All of those intellectual treasures and historical oddments – take your pick – are stashed away in Athens, in a library now officially recognized as one of the best in the Southeast and one of the fastest growing in the country. It is the University of Georgia library, a collection of 2.3 million books, periodicals, microfilms and other collectible parts of the world’s wisdom.

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Plan for ‘new Georgia Southern’ hits bump
College known as ‘CLASS’ resists being split in two
http://www.statesboroherald.com/section/1/article/79834/?utm_source=Statesboro+Herald+Subscribers&utm_campaign=9e5c02b892-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f96307a68f-9e5c02b892-180440017
BY Al Hackle
In the process of merging Armstrong State University into Georgia Southern University, a proposal from a working group to create eight subject-area colleges, splitting the current College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences in two, hit a snag. More than 100 faculty members and a few staff members, all from the college known as CLASS, signed a petition against the proposal. When most of the 41-member Consolidation Implementation Committee met Wednesday afternoon in the Military Science Building on the Statesboro campus, Georgia Southern University President Jaimie Hebert, PhD, announced that the item, originally first on the agenda, was being moved to later. Eventually, members of the big committee discussed the proposal, reviewed and supported by GS Provost Jean Bartels, PhD, RN, and ASU Provost and Robert Smith, PhD, for about half an hour before Hebert suggested tabling it. Now faculty members from both campuses have a chance to draft an alternative plan.

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The Body-Cam Strategy
Though campus police agencies believe body-mounted cameras will help improve transparency, many legal and financial questions remain unanswered.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/05/12/campus-police-forces-start-adopt-body-cameras
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf
…College and university police and safety heads gave similar answers for wanting their forces to adopt body-worn cameras. They promote a sense of accountability and transparency that appeals to members of the public, especially to people of color, some of whom distrust law enforcement. …Generally, institutions Inside Higher Ed interviewed say they purchase enough body cams for every sworn officer on their campus’ police departments. Cameras are most commonly fastened to the chest, but can also sometimes be attached to the head to provide a record from the officer’s vantage point. …Laura McCullough, chief of police at Georgia Southern University, said body cameras have easily remedied complaints against police officers. People might come to the department to complain an officer was rude, but in a matter of minutes, this can be disproven with footage, McCullough said. Georgia Southern has bought a total of 45 body cameras, she said.

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CCGA, Sea Island partner to create chef in residence program
http://goldenisles.news/news/local_news/ccga-sea-island-partner-to-create-chef-in-residence-program/article_86652096-fa53-53f3-b5f4-5eeebaf94267.html
By LAUREN MCDONALD
College of Coastal Georgia recently brought on Chef Daniel Zeal, the executive chef for The Lodge at Sea Island, as the college’s first executive chef scholar in residence in culinary arts. College and Sea Island Co. officials have signed a memorandum of understanding creating a new residency that will replicate the current artist in residence program at the college. Zeal’s residency began on May 1 and will end on June 1, 2018. Zeal will serve as an advisor and will be involved in guest lecturing, student/faculty project consultation, mentoring and public presentations on campus. “It’s an opportunity for him to teach and collaborate with our chefs to enhance program activities, and an opportunity for our students to work with other chefs on Sea Island, visit facilities and potentially work events and be engaged in the life of Sea Island,” said Tracy Pellett, provost and vice president for academic affairs at CCGA. …The new residency will expand the college’s culinary arts program further into the campus community, said Greg Aloia, CCGA’s president. “It is our hope that this program expands into a much broader and richer relationship with Sea Island in the near future,” Aloia said. The program aims to more directly connect businesses and industries with CCGA’s students and programs, Pellett said.

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Opinion: Packing more than bookbags now
http://www.myajc.com/news/opinion/opinion-packing-more-than-bookbags-now/GT5V13vDD8Lw7zJtU7vr9J/
By Andre Jackson
In approving House Bill 280, Deal concurred with The Georgia General Assembly in enacting a measure opposed by both the University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents and campus law enforcement officials charged with keeping public college campuses as safe as possible in a wacky, violent world. HB280 also clashed with sentiments expressed by Georgia voters during a January poll by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. That bipartisan poll of 840 people statewide found that 54 percent of those surveyed would oppose attempts to again pass a college gun bill. Similar numbers were seen among both college graduates and those without that credential. …Yet, we can’t help but continue thinking that Deal, in vetoing public campus carry in 2016, had it right the first time. Especially in a state that requires zero training or practical qualification for Georgia Weapons Carry License Holders.

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Georgia Tech APR scores solid again
http://georgiatech.blog.ajc.com/2017/05/11/georgia-tech-apr-scores-solid-again/
Ken Sugiura
Georgia Tech’s Academic Progress Rate scores, released Wednesday by the NCAA, were largely solid among the school’s 17 varsity sports.  Nine teams improved or remained perfect, two stayed the same and four declined. (Outdoor track and indoor track are counted as one sport in APR scoring.)  Among its peers in the ACC, six teams – football, golf, men’s swimming and diving, volleyball, women’s cross country and women’s swimming and diving – were among the top three in their respective sports. Four teams – men’s golf, men’s swimming and diving, volleyball and women’s cross country – were recognized by the NCAA with Public Recognition Awards for finishing in the top 10 percentile of their sports. The football team finished one sport shy of its fourth award. It was the 12th consecutive award for the golf team, which has had a perfect score of 1,000 every year. “It’s a great point of pride for Georgia Tech athletics to rank among the nation’s leaders in APR,” Georgia Tech director of athletics Todd Stansbury said in a statement.

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They still value a degree, but Americans increasingly question the cost
Fifty-eight percent in new poll think colleges put their own interests ahead of students’

They still value a degree, but Americans increasingly question the cost

by JON MARCUS
Three-quarters of Americans think it’s easier to succeed in life with a college degree than without one, but only 43 percent say private, nonprofit universities and colleges are worth the cost, according to a new poll. Fifty-eight percent say colleges and universities put their own interests ahead of those of students, and only one in four believe the higher-education system is working well, the survey, commissioned by the foundation New America, found. It’s the latest in a series of reports suggesting public approval of colleges is foundering. Nearly half of people surveyed last year by Public Agenda said higher education is no longer necessarily a good investment. A Gallup poll found that about the same proportion of university and college graduates were less than certain their degrees were worth the money.

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Calif. Governor Wants to Freeze $50M in UC Funds
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2017/05/12/calif-governor-wants-freeze-50m-uc-funds?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=7c7662c4c7-DNU20170512&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-7c7662c4c7-197515277&mc_cid=7c7662c4c7&mc_eid=8f1f949a06
By Paul Fain
Jerry Brown, California’s governor, released his revised budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year Thursday. While the budget largely mirrors an earlier plan, it includes $50 million in funding for the University of California system that will be sequestered until the system resolves concerns raised last month by the state’s auditor. The state report alleged that UC failed to disclose tens of millions of dollars in surplus funds. UC’s president, Janet Napolitano, and other system leaders have criticized the audit, saying it was unfair and overstated the size of UC’s fiscal reserves. “I put that $50 million in there so we can hold their feet to the fire,” Brown said, according to The Sacramento Bee. Brown, a Democrat, proposed additional operating funds for the state’s community college system, which enrolls 2.1 million students. The plan includes $150 million in proposed funds for a new guided-pathways project, which would support 20 community colleges as they attempt to create a more structured approach to getting students to graduation.