University System News:
The Red & Black
Campus Carry is here: Comments from the UGA community
http://www.redandblack.com/athensnews/campus-carry-is-here-comments-from-the-uga-community/article_16df7500-5c59-11e7-ac0a-f3df3f0bbee6.html
Pete Prybylski
After years of debate, protests, edits and the 2016 veto, HB 280, also known as the Campus Carry legislation, starts in the state of Georgia on July 1.
After this date, those over the age of 21 with concealed carry permits will be able to bring their handguns into “any building or on real property owned by or leased to any public technical school, vocational school, college, or university, or other public institution of postsecondary education.”
Athens CEO
UGA Foundation Elects New Leadership and Trustees
http://athensceo.com/features/2017/06/uga-foundation-elects-new-leadership-and-trustees/?utm_source=eGaMorning&utm_campaign=56cd35bd05-eGaMorning-6_29_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_54a77f93dd-56cd35bd05-86731974&mc_cid=56cd35bd05&mc_eid=32a9bd3c56
The University of Georgia Foundation approved changes in leadership and board positions during its recent annual meeting. The board voted unanimously to elect William W. “Bill” Douglas as chairman effective July 1 for a term running through June 30, 2019. He succeeds Kenneth G. “Ken” Jackson, whose term concludes June 30. Douglas inherits the chairmanship of a foundation whose net assets are more than $1.1 billion and continue to grow as the $1.2 billion Commit to Georgia Campaign brings in additional support. The board also elected, by unanimous vote, trustees John H. Crawford IV as vice chairman, Stephen M. Joiner as treasurer and Steve C. Jones as secretary.
http://www.news5cleveland.com
The Future Of Flu Vaccines Doesn’t Involve Getting A Shot
http://www.news5cleveland.com/newsy/the-future-of-flu-vaccines-doesnt-involve-getting-a-shot
You might not need a standard flu shot to be protected against the respiratory illness in the future. Instead, flu vaccinations might look something like a Band-Aid. This microneedle patch was created by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It features 100 microscopic, dissolvable needles that contain a vaccine. All you have to do is press the patch to your skin.
Savannah Now
Consolidated Armstrong-Georgia Southern plans continue to take shape
http://savannahnow.com/news/2017-06-28/consolidated-armstrong-georgia-southern-plans-continue-take-shape
Georgia Southern University President Jaimie Hebert says he anticipates a draft plan for a combined Armstrong State-Georgia Southern will be complete in August. “In two to three weeks, you will hear the entire academic plan coming out,” Hebert said Wednesday after a meeting of a committee charged with implementing the state-mandated consolidation of the two universities, which are about 50 miles apart.
Saporta Report
Georgia remembers those who served in World War I
http://saportareport.com/georgia-remembers-served-world-war/
The mission of the Georgia World War I Centennial Commission (GWWICC) in remembering the Great War is not only to educate today’s citizens about this often-overlooked war but also to honor those who served and commemorate those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
Online Athens
UGA showcases agricultural research with ‘corn boil’
http://onlineathens.com/oconee/local-news/2017-06-27/uga-showcases-agricultural-research-corn-boil?utm_source=eGaMorning&utm_campaign=56cd35bd05-eGaMorning-6_29_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_54a77f93dd-56cd35bd05-86731974&mc_cid=56cd35bd05&mc_eid=32a9bd3c56
How much water does a peanut need? How can reducing fertilizer use effect climate change? Researchers at the University of Georgia’s J. Phil Campbell Sr. Research and Education Center answered those questions when they showed off recent research Tuesday in the center’s annual “Corn Boil” at the farm near Watkinsville. UGA took over management of the farm about four years ago after the federal government’s Agricultural Research Service determined it no longer needed the spread of more than 1,000 acres where federal agricultural scientists had conducted research for decades
Higher Education News:
The Atlantic
Will Grad Students Lose the Right to Unionize Under Trump?
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/06/graduate-students-unions/531975/
Alana Semuels
Last year, students at private universities were granted collective bargaining rights. A reversal may be coming. Trevor Hull wakes up every morning and goes to a lab where he mixes chemicals together, using materials like lead and cadmium to synthesize other substances. A man who he calls his boss sometimes gives him directions and orders, and he’s paid on a bi-weekly basis. He says he feels like he works at a small business. “In my day to day life, it feels like a job,” he told me.
Inside Higher Ed
Concerns About Fund-Raising Effectiveness
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/06/29/fund-raisers-express-concerns-about-their-own-effectiveness
Doug Lederman
Ask most college and university presidents for their top strategies for keeping their institutions financially viable in the years ahead, and the answer (along with recruiting more international students) is almost certain to include more ambitious fund-raising. Given that goal, colleges and universities will need efficient fund-raising teams and effective strategies.
The Atlantic
The Elusive Teacher Next Door
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/06/the-elusive-teacher-next-door/531990/
Andrew Simmons
Many educators cannot afford to live in the districts where they work, which is detrimental to school cohesion. In San Francisco, the average one-bedroom apartment rents for over $3,000 a month. When I first heard that San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, inspired by the story of a homeless teacher, intends to allocate $44 million toward housing for public-school teachers, I imagined the Tyrell Corporation headquarters protruding from the center of an empty parking lot on the outskirts of the city. Each night, an army of tired teachers would slide into a few thousand utilitarian capsules wedged into its futuristic façade—skinny beds, hot plates, shared bathrooms, low ceilings.