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President Art Dunning asks Board of Regents to drop 15 degree programs at ASU
Request will allow university to align academic program inventory
http://www.albanyherald.com/news/local/president-art-dunning-asks-board-of-regents-to-drop-degree/article_b53b6a5c-03f9-59de-bd93-b1a01245b958.html#utm_source=albanyherald.com&utm_campaign=%2Fnewsletters%2Fheadlines%2F%3F-dc%3D1507723216&utm_medium=email&utm_content=headline
By Terry Lewis
ALBANY — Albany State University is asking the University System Board of Regents to discontinue 15 programs at the university. The Board of Regents, which was meeting today and Wednesday, was to take up ASU President Art Dunning’s request to terminate the multiple multiple academic degrees. According to the board’s agenda, Albany State has undertaken a comprehensive study of its academic programs based on institutional deliberations during consolidation proceedings, reviews of low-producing programs and analyses of programmatic outcomes. Termination of the academic degree programs will enable the administration to revise records, reflect current program offerings and align ASU’s overall academic program inventory in time for a SACS-COC review. Students will no longer be enrolled in the programs listed below. Termination of the programs will not adversely impact faculty: …Should the regents approve termination of the 15 programs, the action would go into effect immediately. …The University System of Georgia is sending its vice chancellor for Human Resources, Marion Fedrick, to town Monday to lead the presidential transition as interim executive vice president of the university.
www.publicnow.com
Kennesaw State To Officially Install Sam Olens As Fourth President
Investiture Ceremony and Celebration scheduled October 19
http://www.publicnow.com/view/E7A6C316C9F6F427C2150FC92239D0C545D49A39
Samuel S. Olens will be formally vested as the fourth president of Kennesaw State University on October 19. The Campus community is invited to the Investiture Ceremony at the Convocation Center followed by an Investiture Celebration on the Campus Green.
www.ledger-enquirer.com
UGA professor gets prestigious public health award
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/education/article178069586.html?utm_source=eGaMorning&utm_campaign=c6576acd92-eGaMorning-10_11_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_54a77f93dd-c6576acd92-86731974&mc_cid=c6576acd92&mc_eid=32a9bd3c56
BY LARRY GIERER
A University of Georgia professor has been awarded the oldest and most prestigious award bestowed by the American Public Health Association. According to the report by Lauren Baggett on the school’s website, Jose F. Cordero is recipient of the 2017 Sedgwick Memorial Medal for Distinguished Service in Public Health. The report calls Cordero an “international leader in infant and maternal health.” He will be honored at the association’s annual meeting on Nov. 7 in Atlanta.
www.ajc.com
KSU change won’t stop their kneeling protest, cheerleaders say
http://www.ajc.com/news/local-education/ksu-change-won-stop-their-kneeling-protest-cheerleaders-say/2a2OEUusovaguL7LYIsFKI/
Eric Stirgus The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
They’re going to continue to speak out by kneeling down. Five Kennesaw State University cheerleaders who knelt on the football field during the national anthem at a recent game said Tuesday they’ll continue their silent protest in a somewhat different fashion, since a new campus policy prevents them from taking such action on the gridiron. The students said in a group interview Tuesday they’ll continue to get on one knee during the anthem, while they’re in the stadium hallway.
www.savannahnow.com
Officials investigate after “racist and threatening” graffiti found in campus bathroom
http://savannahnow.com/news/2017-10-11/officials-investigate-after-racist-and-threatening-graffiti-found-campus-bathroom
Armstrong State University police are investigating after graffiti containing “racist and threatening language” was discovered in a campus restroom on Tuesday. “A full police investigation is currently underway,” University President Jennifer Frum said. “We will use all of our resources and any additional resources needed to find the person or persons responsible for this act. While this appears to be an isolated incident, we are taking it very seriously. We will not tolerate language that threatens any members of the Armstrong community. This incident does not reflect our values as an institution. I assure you that we are making decisions that put the safety of our students, faculty and staff first.”
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Racial, threatening graffiti found at Armstrong State University sparks investigation
http://fox28media.com/news/local/racial-graffiti-in-at-armstrong-state-university-sparks-investigation
www.wjcl.com
Armstrong State Police investigating “racist” threat posted in restroom on campus
http://www.wjcl.com/article/armstrong-state-police-investigating-racist-threat-posted-in-restroom-on-campus/12826912
www.wsav.com
Police investigate ‘racist and threatening’ graffiti found in Armstrong bathroom
http://wsav.com/2017/10/11/police-investigate-racist-and-threatening-graffiti-found-in-armstrong-bathroom/
www.onlineathens.com
Athens police receive grant to improve responses in mental health incidents
http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2017-10-10/athens-police-receive-grant-improve-responses-mental-health-incidents?utm_source=eGaMorning&utm_campaign=c6576acd92-eGaMorning-10_11_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_54a77f93dd-c6576acd92-86731974&mc_cid=c6576acd92&mc_eid=32a9bd3c56
By Joe Johnson
The U.S. Department of Justice recently awarded $300,000 to the Athens-Clarke County Police Department to train local officers to better respond to incidents involving people who are having a mental health crisis. Though the police are the grant’s recipient, the funding was awarded based on a joint proposal from a local planning group known as the Athens-Clarke County Justice and Mental Health Collaborative. The collaborative intent is to help divert mentally ill offenders from the local justice system. Key partners in this initiative include the police department, Advantage Behavioral Health Systems, the University of Georgia’s J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development, the UGA School of Social Work and the Clarke County Sheriff’s Office.
www.wabe.org
How Atlanta Is Working To Fill Demand For Its Tech Talent
https://www.wabe.org/atlanta-working-fill-demand-tech-talent/
TASNIM SHAMMA
Atlanta is sometimes referred to as the Silicon Valley of the South. The city has major tech companies, start-ups and universities. One problem? Not enough workers. Rodney Sampson is chairman of Opportunity Hub and a partner at Tech Square Labs in Midtown Atlanta. “The computing job shortage will be a million-plus by 2020,” Sampson said. “And so are those going to be Americans in those jobs? Who’s going to be in those jobs?”… He said the city can’t depend solely on Georgia Tech to fill high-demand computing jobs.It’s one reason why other universities, like Georgia State University, are stepping up. Its students are required to take natural science or computational science classes in order to graduate.
www.chronicle.augusta.com
Textron exec honored for his inspirational work
http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2017-10-10/textron-exec-honored-his-inspirational-work
By Damon Cline Staff Writer
The inspiration for Textron Specialized Vehicles’ RPM campus is being honored by the state’s main manufacturing-assistance program for being an inspiration himself. Textron Vice President Jason Alford, who helped create the Reaching Potential through Manufacturing program for at-risk Richmond County students, on Tuesday received a Georgia Tech 2017 Faces of Manufacturing Award during an event attended by local officials, business leaders and dozens of his closest colleagues.
www.statesboroherald.com
Bobby Jones, Face of Manufacturing in Ga.
Local businessman honored
http://www.statesboroherald.com/section/1/article/82130/preview/
By Al Hackle
When state and local officials came to Koyo Bearings in Sylvania to honor Bobby Jones as one of Georgia’s Faces of Manufacturing, he passed the honor off to the rest of the plant’s employees… Also present were representatives of Georgia Southern, where Jones has long advised professors on industry needs in engineering, and Ogeechee Technical College, where he now serves on the college’s local Board of Directors. But the Faces of Manufacturing recognition, of which Jones is one of four statewide recipients in 2017, is a project of the Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership, based at Georgia Tech.
www.atlanta.curbed.com
Two new Atlanta student housing projects proposed on Spring, Marietta streets
One Midtown development would replace a Domino’s Pizza and parking lot; the other would rise on the Westside.
https://atlanta.curbed.com/2017/10/11/16457332/student-housing-georgia-tech-new-spring-marietta-street
BY MICHAEL KAHN
For better or worse (but probably better), the number of Georgia Tech students who remember the days of grabbing a cheap, greasy burger at the corner of 10th and Spring streets is growing thinner. After all, it’s been several years since Checkers was torn down to make way for Hanover West Peachtree. Now, another low-density fast food chain at the (surprisingly) sparsely populated intersection could soon serve its last slice of salvation for hungover undergrads. Developer Landmark Properties announced plans this week to build a 28-story student residence tower at the corner, where a Domino’s Pizza currently stands.
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Why Are More American Teenagers Than Ever Suffering From Severe Anxiety?
Parents, therapists and schools are struggling to figure out whether helping anxious teenagers means protecting them or pushing them to face their fears.
By BENOIT DENIZET-LEWIS
The disintegration of Jake’s life took him by surprise. It happened early in his junior year of high school, while he was taking three Advanced Placement classes, running on his school’s cross-country team and traveling to Model United Nations conferences. It was a lot to handle, but Jake — the likable, hard-working oldest sibling in a suburban North Carolina family — was the kind of teenager who handled things. Though he was not prone to boastfulness, the fact was he had never really failed at anything. Not coincidentally, failure was one of Jake’s biggest fears. He worried about it privately; maybe he couldn’t keep up with his peers, maybe he wouldn’t succeed in life. The relentless drive to avoid such a fate seemed to come from deep inside him. He considered it a strength.
www.insidehighered.com
Campus Carry in Spotlight After Police Officer’s Death
Texas Tech student was running afoul of new law, but critics of the pro-gun policy say officers should be the only ones with firearms, legally or not.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/10/11/campus-carry-spotlight-after-student-fatally-shoots-police-officer-texas-tech
By Nick Roll
A Texas Tech University police officer was fatally shot Monday night, and a student has been arrested for the killing. The student, Hollis A. Daniels, is 19 years old and did not have his firearm registered with Texas Tech, which the university requires under the state’s campus carry law. Daniels was also likely running afoul of the law since he isn’t 21 years old, another requirement, although there are exceptions for veterans and members of the military. Still, the slaying has renewed the debate about the controversial 2015 law that allows concealed carry permit holders to bring guns on campus, and loose gun laws in the state as a whole. Texas’s campus carry law was adopted against the wishes of higher education leaders in the state, who argued that colleges are safer when police officers are the only ones armed.