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Armstrong Professor Named to University System of Georgia College 2025 Initiative Working Group
http://savannahceo.com/news/2017/08/armstrong-professor-named-university-system-georgia-college-2025-initiative-working-group/
Staff Report From Savannah CEO
University System of Georgia Chancellor Steve Wrigley recently named Armstrong State University Associate Professor of Communications and African-American Studies Elizabeth F. Desnoyers-Colas, Ph.D., to the College 2025 Initiative working group. The group aims to produce more college graduates from Georgia’s public colleges and universities by 2025. The working group is chaired by Georgia College and State University President Steve M. Dorman. Other members include the presidents of Dalton State College, Fort Valley State University and the Georgia Institute of Technology, as well as numerous business professionals, academic professors and educational leaders. Desnoyers-Colas, who is Chair of the University System of Georgia Faculty Council, will contribute her knowledge of communications and cutting-edge educational technology.

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GSU appointments solidify university merger
http://www.bryancountynews.com/section/4/article/50213/
Bryan County News
Georgia Southern University President Jaimie Hebert, Ph.D., is pleased to announce the appointments of several academic and administrative leaders for the new Georgia Southern University. Effective Jan. 1, 2018, contingent upon the Board of Regents’ approval of the new, consolidated institution: Christopher Curtis, Ph.D. will serve as the Vice President for Armstrong and Liberty Campus Operations.Amy Heaston, Ed.D. will serve as Chief of Staff in the Office of the President. Additional appointments include the deans of the colleges. The provosts and faculty members from both institutions were involved in the decision regarding the dean appointments. The deans include:

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ABAC adds 19 faculty members to staff
New faces bring more diversity to Tifton campus
http://www.albanyherald.com/news/local/abac-adds-faculty-members-to-staff/article_ca06cc37-b385-542e-b10e-011ea6b188c0.html#utm_source=albanyherald.com&utm_campaign=%2Fnewsletters%2Fheadlines%2F%3F-dc%3D1503316827&utm_medium=email&utm_content=headline
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TIFTON — Just as the new academic year that opened Wednesday brings new faces to the student body at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, it also signals a time for new faces in classroom instruction. Jerry Baker, provost and vice president of Academic Affairs, announced 19 new faculty appointments at ABAC’s recent fall conference. New staffers include Matthew Aderholt, J. Matthew Carroll, Gentry Cater, Katheryn Cerny, Corey Clark, Cayla Couvillon, Ryan Currie, Benjamin Gahagen, Bizhen Hu, Bal Khatiwada, Janet Koposko, Adrian Israel Martinez-Franco, Michael Maw, Morgan McConico-Lewis, Sallie McHugh, Andrew McIntosh, Alex McLemore, Allison O’Leary and Xia Zhou.

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CCGA freshmen move in to residence halls
http://thebrunswicknews.com/news/local_news/ccga-freshmen-move-in-to-residence-halls/article_499824cd-e44d-5b3d-9c11-b54a3b0a833c.html#utm_source=thebrunswicknews.com&utm_campaign=%2Fnewsletters%2Fheadlines%2F%3F-dc%3D1503136805&utm_medium=email&utm_content=headline
By LAUREN MCDONALD
Maura Grace Dickens may have slightly overpacked. The incoming College of Coastal Georgia freshman drove from her hometown of Watkinsville this week with a trailer and a car, both packed with all she would need to move into the residence hall on Friday. …Dickens was among many CCGA freshmen unloading suitcases, boxes and furniture outside the college’s two residence halls on Friday. Freshmen move-in was underway, ahead of the first day of fall semester this Monday. …College staff, administrators — and even the college’s new interim president Meg Amstutz — were out on campus Friday helping families move the new students into the residence halls. “They always recruit some of us to come over here and help,” said Leon Gardner, an associate professor of chemistry at CCGA. “I’m here every year … it’s one of my favorite days of the year.” Gardner said CCGA has developed a reputation around the state for its friendly move-in day, which always becomes a campus-wide event.

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Early numbers suggest record enrollment at Georgia Southwestern
To date, fall 2017 numbers show enrollment has increased by 4 percent at GSW
http://www.albanyherald.com/news/local/early-numbers-suggest-record-enrollment-at-georgia-southwestern/article_56aad095-51fb-52b6-8b70-06518b78731d.html#utm_source=albanyherald.com&utm_campaign=%2Fnewsletters%2Fheadlines%2F%3F-dc%3D1503144013&utm_medium=email&utm_content=headline
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AMERICUS — After the first week of classes, early figures indicate Georgia Southwestern State University will set a new record enrollment this semester. To date, fall 2017 numbers show enrollment has increased by 4 percent over this time last year with significant gains in both undergraduate and graduate enrollment. The current total of 3,164 students easily eclipses the previous GSW enrollment record of 3,046 from the fall of 2011. “We are pleased and excited that the early indications show our enrollment establishing a record high this fall,” GSW President Neal Weaver said. “The entire campus community is committed to growing our student population, and the Office of Admissions has successfully led our efforts to attract new undergraduate and graduate students. Even more importantly, the numbers show that GSW students are staying enrolled and enjoying success at a high rate, which only happens when faculty and staff are concerned with their success.” Fall 2017 represents the eighth consecutive semester of enrollment growth at GSW, beginning with the spring 2015 semester.

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UNG enrollment expected to approach 20,000 this fall
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/section/6/article/124920/
By Norm Cannada
As classes begin Monday on all five University of North Georgia campuses with a projected student population nearing 20,000, UNG President Bonita Jacobs said planning and managing growth continues to be a priority. The school has added faculty to meet growth in enrollment that is expected to be a little more than 5 percent higher than last year, according to numbers provided by UNG. Total enrollment of undergraduates and graduates is projected at 19,576 — 981 students more than last year’s total enrollment of 18,595. “We’ve added (faculty) where the growth is,” Jacobs said in an interview with The Times last week. “We have high-percentage growth in Cumming and in Gainesville. We’re going to be up 5 or 6 percent, so we have to have faculty and classes to handle our growth in the region. It’s a balance for us. We don’t want to grow too fast. We work really hard to manage our growth while at the same time, we want to be sure to accommodate the needs of our region.”

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UNG ‘State of University’ address: Jacobs says University of North Georgia must ‘think big’
http://accesswdun.com/article/2017/8/571680/ung-state-of-university-address-jacobs-says-university-of-north-georgia-must-think-big
By AccessWDUN staff
University of North Georgia President Bonita Jacobs opened her State of the University address with an anecdote about a recent conversation she had with an academic colleague. “Recently, I was talking with a vice chancellor at the (University System of Georgia) office who reminded me that — in his words — ‘UNG is now a rock star,’ and also that we need to think big,” Jacobs said Aug. 14at the annual gatherings that launch the 2017-2018 academic year. “We have advanced so much in recent years that it is sometimes easy to underestimate all we have accomplished and who we have become.” Jacobs reminded the assembled faculty, staff and guests by touching on a number of accomplishments achieved by UNG in the past year. Among the highlights:

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Get Schooled with Maureen Downey
Opinion: The bigger-is-better promise of college consolidation isn’t true for dual enrollment
http://getschooled.blog.myajc.com/2017/08/18/opinion-the-bigger-is-better-promise-of-college-consolidation-isnt-true-for-dual-enrollment/
Rick Diguette is a frequent Get School contributor on higher ed issues. He is a local writer who retired from college teaching earlier this year. In this piece, Diguette discusses how the absorption of Georgia Perimeter College into Georgia State University has rendered the Move on When Ready program, which he worked with closely, less responsive and more complicated. MOWR is a dual enrollment program in which Georgia high school students take college classes. While Diguette focuses on how consolidation has impacted MOWR, he also touches on the dilemma of MOWR. At the same time the governor touts it, some top high schools counsel their students away from it, directing them to AP or IB courses. The high schools maintain their students gain more from AP/IB classes. The state of Georgia ought to underwrite research comparing the college readiness, success and completion of students who opted for MOWR over AP/IB. I want to share Diguette’s piece because the University System of Georgia promotes the benefits of consolidations. However, the ultimate goal of consolidation — whether it’s colleges combining or school districts — is cost savings. I’ve never seen it happen without someone or some place ending up with less. By Rick Diguette

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Four Athens Startup Internship Program Gets UGA Approval for Experiential Learning and Opens Applications for Students
http://athensceo.com/news/2017/08/four-athens-startup-internship-program-gets-uga-approval-experiential-learning-and-opens-applications-students/?utm_source=eGaMorning&utm_campaign=e2ea4f8117-eGaMorning-8_21_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_54a77f93dd-e2ea4f8117-86731974&mc_cid=e2ea4f8117&mc_eid=32a9bd3c56
Staff Report From Athens CEO
On August 11th, Four Athens’ Startup Internship Program received preliminary approval to be included in the Experiential Learning transcript at the University of Georgia. The program, which consists of interdisciplinary teams applying startup methodologies to traditional business challenges, is seeking students for their second cohort starting August 29th. “Getting a framework in place that accommodates the learning objectives for UGA students and provides a benefit to local companies has been a fun and challenging process”, says Jordan Burke, Executive Director of Four Athens. “The Experiential Learning Office at UGA, namely Linda Bachman and Karen Saunders, has been a great ally in working through the iterative process and building a valuable program for UGA students and Athens at large.”

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Albany police make arrests in student’s murder, triple homicide
Albany police also make arrests in home invasion and assault on elderly woman
http://www.albanyherald.com/news/local/albany-police-make-arrest-in-student-s-murder/article_65a2d55a-f802-5376-9cc3-cc880f0b534b.html#utm_source=albanyherald.com&utm_campaign=%2Fnewsletters%2Fbreaking%2F%3F-dc%3D1503097999&utm_medium=email&utm_content=headline
By Carlton Fletcher
In a stunning afternoon of police work that Albany Police Department Chief Michael Persley said was the result of excellent detective work by his department’s Robbery/Homicide Division and an outpouring of community support, APD announced late Friday that it had made an arrest in the shooting death of 28-year-old Albany State University student Ashley Boggs and had taken a second suspect into custody in a June 27 triple homicide on Alberson Drive. In the last of a series of releases sent to media Friday, APD spokeswoman Phyllis Whitley-Banks said Tevin Hill, 25, of Champagne Lane in Albany, had been arrested and charged with the shooting death of Boggs. Hill was charged with murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. Also Friday, Albany police arrested 37-year-old Kimberly Evette Frazier, the mother of Ticorey Frazier, and charged her with tampering with evidence in the Alberson Drive deaths. Frazier was charged Monday with the triple homicide at Alberson Drive.

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State lawmakers hear about how Dalton is developing future workforce
http://www.daltondailycitizen.com/news/ga_fl_news/state-lawmakers-hear-about-how-dalton-is-developing-future-workforce/article_37ef6fe0-8362-11e7-9dc6-cf81f7d407a4.html
By Charles Oliver
If Georgia’s rural areas are to grow and thrive economically, creating a workforce with the skills needed in the 21st century will be vital, several speakers told members of the state House Rural Development Council Wednesday during a meeting at Dalton’s convention center. The council, comprised of members of the House of Representatives, was created earlier this year to look at ways to boost economic growth in the state’s rural areas. House Speaker David Ralston, R-Blue Ridge, says rural development will be one of his top priorities in next year’s legislative session. Brian Cooksey, director of operations training and development at Shaw Industries, briefed council members on how in Whitfield County representatives of industry, the local school systems, Dalton State College and Georgia Northwestern Technical College are working together to provide students with the skills that industry needs. He said that up until a few years ago, Dalton State College was serving as both a technical college and a university. “They did a really good job. But that’s a tough situation,” he said.

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Get Schooled with Maureen Downey
If they aren’t going to college or job training, what are Georgia’s high school grads doing?
http://getschooled.blog.myajc.com/2017/08/20/if-they-arent-going-to-college-or-job-training-what-are-georgias-high-school-grads-doing/
I attended a forum last week that debated vocational education, now known as career and technology education or CTE. Like middle school, career tech is one of those K-12 weak spots that provokes a lot of discussion but seemingly resists transformation. With middle school, I contend the model itself is flawed. But with vo-tech, I believe it’s more a perception issue. Despite dressing up the name of the program, many parents still believe career tech is not what the smart kids do, and they’re reluctant to see their children in the program. However, there is rising skepticism of the “college for all” mantra. Georgia is among the states investing in career-technical options for kids and encouraging high school graduates to enroll in post-secondary training to obtain technical certificates. (Georgia adds an A for agriculture so we go with CTAE) A recent Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce report showed 30 million jobs in the U.S. that pay well– median salary of $55,000 — without a bachelor’s degree. But the jobs do require some training after high school. According to Good Jobs That Pay Without a BA:

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Professors See Charlottesville as a Starting Point for Discussions on Race
http://www.chronicle.com/article/Professors-See-Charlottesville/240961?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en&elqTrackId=04bcee39c1904a2586b0f835929e98a6&elq=cb4a1b4e0ae545768c80f79b1ec784a1&elqaid=15223&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=6489
By Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz
Students aren’t always comfortable talking about race, especially at the beginning of the semester in a classroom led by a professor they don’t know yet. But this semester, Wendy Christensen, an associate professor of sociology at William Paterson University, in New Jersey, is starting off her course by tackling racism head-on. “Social Stratifications,” will begin on September 6 with a discussion about the violent weekend in Charlottesville, Va., she said. …Ms. Christensen is one of many professors across the country who are changing lesson plans in response to the events in Virginia. For some educators, incorporating Charlottesville into course material goes further than using the event as an example in the news; it’s a way to protest the white supremacy beyond the classroom, and to prevent the ideology of hate from reaching students. The clashes in Charlottesville will serve as a lead-in to explore social problems like racism, poverty, racial segregation, and economic disparity, Ms. Christensen said.