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Q&A with John Fuchko, Vice Chancellor, the University System of Georgia, 2017 40 Under 40 Awards honoree
https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2017/10/24/q-a-with-john-fuchko-vice-chancellor-the.html?ana=e_me_set4&s=newsletter&ed=2017-10-24&u=xw%2BDRjRaikB6EdaliSJBWQ0ae2f198&t=1508854273&j=79045621
…Here’s a Q&A with one of the honorees, John Fuchko, Vice Chancellor for Organizational Effectiveness, Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia: You’ve been named a 40 Under 40 Awards honoree for professional and community accomplishments. What advice about community engagement and career attainment would you give to someone who wants to achieve such an honor?
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GSU and UGA Top National Value Rankings for Law Schools
Two Georgia schools dominated the competition in a national ranking of law schools by value.
https://www.law.com/dailyreportonline/sites/dailyreportonline/2017/10/23/gsu-and-uga-top-national-best-value-ranking-for-law-schools/?kw=GSU%20and%20UGA%20Top%20National%20Value%20Rankings%20for%20Law%20Schools&et=editorial&bu=Daily%20Report&cn=20171023&src=EMC-Email&pt=Afternoon%20News&slreturn=20170924100431
By Meredith Hobbs
Georgia State University (left) and University of Georgia law schools.Georgia State University is No. 1 and the University of Georgia is No. 2 in a national ranking of the best-value law schools. The ranking by The National Jurist assesses law school value based on tuition cost, student debt load and graduates’ success in passing the bar and landing legal jobs. Of Georgia’s five law schools, GSU Law and UGA Law are both public, with significantly lower tuition than Emory University School of Law, Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law, and Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School. Unsurprisingly, the other law schools ranked in the Top 10 for value nationwide are also public, with the Universities of Florida, Wisconsin and Nebraska in the next three spots, respectively. The exercise is designed “to find law schools in which graduates have excellent chances of passing the bar and getting a job without taking on a ton of debt for education,” The National Jurist said.
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Armstrong Receives $5.2M Federal Grant to Provide Scholarships to Underserved Students in Health Professions Programs
http://savannahceo.com/news/2017/10/armstrong-receives-52m-federal-grant-provide-scholarships-underserved-students-health-professions-programs/
Staff Report From Savannah CEO
Armstrong State University Associate Provost for Academic Affairs and Graduate Studies Donna Brooks, Ph.D., is the recipient of a four-year U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration’s Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students Program Grant valued at $5.2 million. The program provides grants to universities who use the funding for scholarships for students who come from disadvantaged backgrounds and are enrolled in health professions programs. “We are very excited to continue to offer the Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students Program to the community,” said Brooks. “The funding is used to attract students from underrepresented minority groups who want to major in health professions. This helps a student complete a degree from start to finish.”
www.thegeorgeanne.com
School of Health and Kinesiology chairperson to leave GS due to consolidation
http://www.thegeorgeanne.com/features/article_bd2bf630-3b13-5b99-9657-087c92112faa.html
By Brett Daniel The George-Anne staff
Katherine Thomas, Ph.D., School of Health and Kinesiology chairperson, is relinquishing her position on June 30, 2018. Thomas, who became the school’s chair a year ago, has decided to open up about her decision to leave. This decision, she says, is mainly due to Georgia Southern University’s ongoing consolidation with Armstrong State University.
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GEORGIA SOUTHERN: Next six games will serve as Lunsford’s ‘interview’ for permanent position
http://savannahnow.com/sports/news/local-colleges/2017-10-23/georgia-southern-next-six-games-will-serve-lunsford-s
By Nathan Deen
STATESBORO — Chad Lunsford isn’t looking at his new gig as Georgia Southern’s interim head football coach as a temporary thing. Lunsford openly stated during an introductory press conference Monday that he’s vying for the job to permanently replace Tyson Summers, who was fired on Sunday. Athletic director Tom Kleinlein said Lunsford will have plenty of opportunities to prove his worth. Six opportunities, to be specific. Georgia Southern is 0-6 and needs to win out to qualify for a bowl game. “We discussed it as a resume, so to speak,” Kleinlein said. “He’s going to get to go out there to perform and get everybody to see what he can do with this team, and I think if he goes out and does some things very well, he’s certainly going to have an opportunity to be considered for this job.”