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University System of Georgia grabs large share of state bond package
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By Dave Williams – Staff Writer, Atlanta Business Chronicle
The University System of Georgia dominates the list of state building projects Gov. Nathan Deal is requesting in his $26.0 billion fiscal 2019 budget. Of the $875.3 million bond package in the spending plan, the governor is seeking $270.6 million for various construction projects on public college and university campuses across Georgia. Topping the list is $49.9 million for an engineering building at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Ga., followed closely by $49.4 million for a new science and math building at Augusta University. In metro Atlanta, Deal wants $30.6 million to complete a major renovation project at Georgia Tech. The university received $47 million this year to renovate the Crosland Tower, while the new money is earmarked for the Price Gilbert Library. The governor also is recommending $5 million for a new convocation center at Georgia State University.
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HR Administrator Named Interim President at Albany State
Former HR administrator for Georgia university system named interim president of Albany State University.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/georgia/articles/2018-01-14/hr-administrator-named-interim-president-at-albany-state
ALBANY, Ga. (AP) — The former human-resources administrator for Georgia’s university system has been named interim president of Albany State University. Chancellor Steve Wrigley announced in a news release that Marion Fedrick will step into the position Feb. 1 following the retirement of Albany State President Art Dunning. Fedrick has been serving as Albany State’s interim executive vice president since Oct. 16. Before that, she was the University System of Georgia’s vice chancellor for human resources.
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HR administrator named interim president at Albany State
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HR administrator named interim president at Albany State
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HR administrator named interim president at Albany State
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HR administrator named interim president at Albany State
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Interim President named for Albany State University
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Georgia Southern to attend first Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade with Armstrong University
http://www.thegeorgeanne.com/news/article_8a86c2ba-d249-56b9-98b1-26b06e48d902.html
By Shiann Sivell The George-Anne staff
Georgia Southern University will collaborate with its Armstrong State campus to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy in Savannah’s MLK Day parade on Monday morning. In recent years, the GS campus has stayed close to home with its MLK Day service activities.
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New CSU master’s degree program is expected to help fill high-demand jobs
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/education/article194409159.html
BY MARK RICE
Columbus State University is now more empowered to help fill the increasing number of cybersecurity job openings. The University System of Georgia Board of Regents, during its meeting Thursday, approved CSU’s request to establish a master’s degree program in cybersecurity management. This new online degree will be available immediately, beginning with the spring 2018 semester, which starts Jan. 22, CSU announced in a news release Friday. The 30 semester-hour program will be housed in the D. Abbott Turner College of Business’ TSYS School of Computer Science.
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West Georgia Unveils Plans For New Student Health Center
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The University of West Georgia unveiled plans for a new, state-of-the-art student health center that, when built through a partnership with Tanner Health System, will allow the university to better serve students with no increase in mandatory health fees. The University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents today approved construction of the 14,500-square-foot, $4 million facility, which will provide more than twice the usable space as UWG’s current health services building. The number of exam rooms will double from eight to 16 and the building will house a medical lab and pharmacy, as well as wellness and advocacy services.
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Editorial: Tech corridor could grow workforce
http://savannahnow.com/opinion/editorial/2018-01-16/editorial-tech-corridor-could-grow-workforce
A state senate committee recently recommended Savannah as a premier destination for a new information technology corridor, a victory for ongoing efforts to strengthen the area’s workforce. Georgia Sen. P.K. Martin (R-9) chairs the Senate Information Technology Corridors study committee, and the Coastal Empire wasn’t on the committee’s radar when it began work. Savannah quickly rose to one of two cities named after work from local champions. Augusta also made this list. The Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center is currently under construction in Augusta. The center will provide cyber security awareness, training and education to state agency information security officers. Plans are for it to open in July. The state investment there for the center alone is $35 million and will only increase. It’s time for the same investment in Savannah. From the training at Georgia Tech-Savannah’s ATDC to the fledgling companies finding a perch at Bull Street Labs, the local potential for this scale of development and investment is high. …Any graduates of Georgia Southern University, Savannah State University and SCAD with those skills would be in addition to that number. The Georgia Tech Advanced Technology Development Center-Savannah stands ready to help small and large businesses learn and expand.
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Study: Looming Student Loan Default Crisis Will Be Worse Than Projected
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by Tiffany Pennamon
The looming student loan default crisis will be worse than previously thought, according to a recently published Brookings Institution report. An examination of a 1996 entry cohort’s student loan default trends revealed that cumulative default rates continue to rise between 12 and 20 years after initial entry at an institution. Further, data projections suggest that nearly 40 percent of student-loan borrowers who entered college in 2004 will default on their loans by 2023. Data from prior reports about student loan debt and default “has just not been ideal for looking at the problem in as much depth as we’ve liked,” said Dr. Judith Scott-Clayton, senior fellow at Brookings, associate professor of economics and education at Columbia University’s Teachers College and the report’s author. After the U.S. Department of Education released new federal data on student debt and repayment in October 2017, Scott-Clayton said she began to dig into the information to better understand the underlying problems causing default and the types of borrowers prone to default.
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The latest cybersecurity scare is a big one.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/2-New-Threats-Highlight/242231?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en&elqTrackId=c16fe2ba336843da9f363bb07cc62b21&elq=719a7074383c4145ab27d9c76ba12899&elqaid=17440&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=7631
By Paul Basken
Known as Meltdown and Spectre, the newly revealed security vulnerabilities expose major and longstanding flaws in virtually all computer chips, essentially giving hackers a widespread opportunity to steal data. While these flaws represent hardware and software failures, they also highlight a larger struggle among university cybersecurity researchers to better incorporate an understanding of human behavior into their work. In fact, said Kurt R. Rohloff, an associate professor of computer science at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, who is working on defenses against Meltdown and Spectre, the cases show how badly needed an understanding of human factors remains in the nation’s cybersecurity-research agenda.