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University Hospital kicks off 200th anniversary
http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2018-01-18/university-hospital-kicks-200th-anniversary
By Tom Corwin Staff Writer
As more than a thousand people packed the cafeteria at University Hospital and spilled out into the adjoining halls and lobby, University kicked off its 200th anniversary celebration Thursday with many of those who had helped shape its history over the last several decades. “I was worried we wouldn’t have a big crowd,” University CEO Jim Davis said as he watched people crowd into the room before the celebration began. University traces its roots back to City Hospital, founded in 1818 in the 100 block of Greene Street, which Augusta Mayor Hardie Davis noted was 82 years after the city itself was founded. That hospital became the home for Medical Academy of Georgia when it was founded in 1828, later to become Medical College of Georgia.
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Annual Student Success Expo, STEM Festival set for this weekend in Savannah
http://www.wtoc.com/story/37301767/annual-student-success-expo-stem-festival-set-for-this-weekend-in-savannah
By Jennifer Lifsey, Digital ProducerCONNECT
By Jarvis Robertson, Reporter
SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) -The 9th annual Student Success Expo and STEM Festival is happening this weekend in Savannah. In addition to college and career information, organizers say attendees will enjoy interactive displays and learn about all public school options across the district while gaining valuable information related to program pathways. …School District programs highlights include: Performing Arts, Engineering, Welding, Aviation, Cosmetology, (Hair, Nails and Barbering), Culinary, Medical & Allied Health, Construction, Automotive Repair and Collision, Fire Fighters, and Logistics – just to name a few. Students and parents will find a wide range of educational pathways that are sure to inspire the thirst for knowledge and higher learning. Students will have an opportunity to apply and speak to college representatives from Harvard, Georgia Southern, University of Georgia, Savannah State University, Armstrong State University, Savannah Technical College, Morehouse, Spelman, St. Leo and other major colleges and university. The Student Success Expo and STEM Festival is an event that has continued to grow, drawing thousands each year to learn about the seamless transition from elementary, middle, and high school to post-secondary education.
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First State of Black GSU takes place on campus
http://www.thegeorgeanne.com/news/article_f42a41ed-8bd2-544d-b68d-d6c560b5bfa8.html
By Matthew Enfinger The George-Anne staff
The GSU Collegiate 100 hosted what was called “the most important event in black GSU history,” in the first annual State of Black GSU on Jan. 18. At the event, panelists and audience members discussed the state of black Georgia Southern University students and possible solutions to create a more diverse and welcoming campus. The conversation, moderated by Christopher Pugh, graduate ambassador at Georgia Southern, followed four main points: Intellect, Financial, Social and Health.
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Simulator helps criminal justice students with a better shot at employment
https://www.forsythnews.com/local/education/simulator-helps-criminal-justice-students-better-shot-employment/
Nick Watson
Scanning the simulator’s screen, University of North Georgia junior Alexis Sutton encountered a man sitting at a loading dock with a gun. He told her, “There’s nothing left,” as she asked him repeatedly to drop the weapon. Seconds later, shots are fired and the simulation stopped. “That’s a really tough scenario,” UNG public safety academy director Butch Newkirk said. “They have to make a split-second decision.” UNG has taught its first class on the simulator as part of its criminal justice program, which helps students to train for the Georgia Peace Officers Standards and Training Council’s law enforcement certification.
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Trump features UGA ROTC members in his lead Twitter photo
http://buzz.blog.ajc.com/2018/01/18/trump-features-uga-rotc-members-in-his-lead-twitter-photo/?utm_source=eGaMorning&utm_campaign=37f5339c23-eGaMorning-1_19_18&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_54a77f93dd-37f5339c23-86731974&mc_cid=37f5339c23&mc_eid=32a9bd3c56
Jennifer Brett
President Donald Trump started today’s social media cycle by pinning an item about the “Fake News Awards” to the top of his Twitter page. By the afternoon, amid Congressional wrangling to avoid a government shutdown, he had pivoted to supportive messages about the military. His banner image is now a photo of him at the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship, played Jan. 8 in Atlanta. Trump was escorted by ROTC members from the Universities of Georgia and Alabama, as shown in the banner image. The UGA contingent included Cadets TJ Matty, Alyssa Ruffa and Mitch Walton of the U.S. Army Cadet Command (ROTC) 6th BDE Army ROTC University of Georgia.
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How a Nagging Detail Plays Out in a Presidential Search
https://www.chronicle.com/article/How-a-Nagging-Detail-Plays-Out/242281?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en&elqTrackId=cbc4a6767c3a4a37913860b6a4b3e16a&elq=567a92d2e2584fa1892664940088b2c0&elqaid=17516&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=7675
By Lee Gardner
Shirley M. Collado’s no-contest plea to a charge of sexual abuse 17 years ago is a matter of public record, and the charge was known to the search committee and Board of Trustees that hired her to take over last year as president of Ithaca College. But an article in the campus newspaper that made the case known to the wider college community landed like a bombshell and ignited a public controversy. Is the revelation that Ms. Collado was convicted of a misdemeanor count of sexual abuse an indictment of the often-secretive presidential-search process, wherein only a tiny fraction of stakeholders evaluates candidates? Or is it a communication issue, wherein a college and its leadership, despite what may have been good intentions, were not transparent enough about a decision? Perhaps it’s a bit of both. Closed presidential searches have become the rule rather than the exception in higher education in recent decades in part because candidates, and search firms, prefer them. Potential new presidents may not want to jeopardize the stability of their current position through a public announcement that they are seeking new ones. “Bottom line is it impacts the quality of the pool,” says Shelly Weiss Storbeck, managing partner of Storbeck/Pimental & Associates, an executive-search firm that works with colleges.
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Proposal to restore right to sue state and local governments back before Georgia legislature
https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2018/01/19/proposal-to-restore-right-to-sue-state-and-local.html?ana=e_mc_prem&s=newsletter&ed=2018-01-19&u=xw%2BDRjRaikB6EdaliSJBWQ0ae2f198&t=1516384303&j=79531951
By Dave Williams – Staff Writer, Atlanta Business Chronicle
A proposal to restore Georgia citizens’ right to sue the state and local governments is before the General Assembly. A bill introduced into the state House of Representatives Jan. 11 by Rep. Wendell Willard, R-Sandy Springs, would prohibit state and local government agencies from asserting the legal doctrine of “sovereign immunity” as a shield from certain lawsuits. The measure would apply in cases where a plaintiff seeks an injunction to stop an activity by the government allegedly causing him or her harm or seeks a “declaratory judgment” that asserts a plaintiff’s rights without awarding damages. Lawmakers passed a similar bill in 2016, but Gov. Nathan Deal vetoed it as too broad. “This sweeping waiver of sovereign immunity would allow unprecedented judicial intervention into daily management decisions entrusted to the executive branch of government,” Deal wrote at the time. The impetus behind the legislation was a 2014 Georgia Supreme Court decision that essentially gave the state blanket immunity from citizen lawsuits.