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GSU names president search committee
Group of 18 will interview candidates, make recommendations
https://www.statesboroherald.com/local/gsu-names-president-search-committee/
From Staff Reports
The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia has named the two committees required by Regents’ policy to conduct a national search for the next president of Georgia Southern University.
www.savannahnow.com
GSU names presidential search committee
http://www.savannahnow.com/news/20180822/gsu-names-presidential-search-committee
By Ann Meyer ameyer@savannahnow.com
- Cliff McCurry of Sterling Seacrest Partners and Jay Neely of Gulfstream are among the Savannah-area business and education leaders named to an 18-member Presidential Search and Screen Committee for Georgia Southern University, the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia said Wednesday. “Georgia Southern University needs a leader who understands the importance of working with students, faculty, staff and supporters as the institution grows its academic mission and footprint in southeast Georgia,” Chancellor Steve Wrigley said in a statement. “This is a pivotal moment for the Georgia Southern community, and I thank the committee members in advance for their time and dedication to this important effort. The work of the Presidential Search and Screen Committee will be crucial to finding the right person to lead the university.” The committee is tasked with searching for the 14th president of Georgia Southern. Shelley Clark Nickel, who has served as executive vice chancellor for strategy and fiscal affairs for the University System of Georgia and as treasurer for the Board of Regents, was named interim president May 16 and started July 1.
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Search Committee named for Georgia Southern University President
Dave Williams
The search for a new permanent President of Georgia Southern University is now underway. Wednesday, the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia announced the formation of an 18 person Presidential Search and Screen Committee. That committee, which includes three Georgia Southern students will meet on August 29th and present the credentials of three to five candidates to the Regents Special Committee for consideration.
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New healthcare degree coming to UNG in Cumming
https://www.forsythnews.com/local/education/new-healthcare-degree-coming-ung-cumming/
Alexander Popp
Students at the University of North Georgia Cumming campus will soon have the ability to enroll in a cutting edge new degree program that bridges the gap between technology and healthcare. According to a news release from the University of North Georgia, coming as soon as spring 2019, the healthcare services and informatics administration degree will be offered to students in a mixture of traditional and online classes. The release states that the new program will be headed by UNG associate professor Pamela Charney and will focus on three central subjects including electronic health records essentials, usability and healthcare data analytics.
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Savannah State sergeant out after harassment investigation
http://www.wtoc.com/story/38942077/savannah-state-sergeant-out-after-harassment-investigation
By Amanda LaBrot, Anchor/Reporter
SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) – A second Savannah State University police officer is out of a job after an investigation revealed he violated the university’s sexual harassment policy. Savannah State University says Sgt. Nathaniel Copeland resigned before he could be fired findings of that investigation. Former Police Chief James Barnwell resigned in May for the same reason following complaints of sexual harassment and assault from three subordinate officers. Attorney’s representing those women say this latest case shows a culture of misconduct.
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Georgia Tech announces ‘big data’ partnership
Study will show how health care delivery, payment models affect patients, providers
By Naomi Thomas
“Big data’’ health care analytics are the focus of a new program at Georgia Tech. The American College of Radiology’s Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute announced a five-year, $3 million research partnership last week with the Georgia Institute of Technology to establish the Health Economics and Analytics Lab (HEAL), with the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at Georgia Tech. HEAL will apply big data analytics and artificial intelligence to large-scale medical claims databases — focusing on medical imaging — to better understand how health care delivery and payment models affect patients and providers.
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UGA will erect memorial to slaves whose remains were found on campus
By Lee Shearer
The University of Georgia has released a “finalized” design of a memorial for slaves and former slaves buried at the site of one of its buildings, but a faculty committee will continue to study how the university should respond to the broader issue of slavery’s role at UGA and the university’s treatment of more than 100 burials unearthed during a construction project. The memorial will be installed on the front lawn of Baldwin Hall, near the intersection of Jackson and Baldwin streets on UGA’s historic North Campus. Construction will begin soon, and a dedication ceremony will be scheduled this fall, the university announced Tuesday. …Much of the granite for the memorial, about 35,000 pounds, will be donated by an Oglethorpe County quarry owned by the African American family of a UGA administrator, Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion and Strategic University Initiatives Michelle Cook. Cook hopes the memorial will “provide a tranquil, reflective place for our entire community,” according to UGA’s announcement.
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Next Generation Health Care Workers
https://fayettewoman.com/health-care.html
by Michael Boylan
More than a dozen nursing students from Clayton State University completed applications and were accepted into the Dedicated Education Unit program at Piedmont Fayette Hospital last fall for health care. The nursing students were paired with Piedmont nurses who were also certified clinical instructors on the unit, which functions as a medical/surgical floor, while they worked towards satisfying their clinical rotation requirement of 129 total hours. This program was the first of its kind at any Piedmont hospital and it prepared the students for working in nursing, and more specifically, working at Piedmont.
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Georgia university offers to match tuition of some of nation’s top colleges
By Eric Stirgus
Oglethorpe University announced a unique plan Wednesday to compete with some of the nation’s top colleges. Starting next fall semester, Oglethorpe, a private university in DeKalb County, will match the tuition of any flagship university in the nation for qualified students. The annual tuition at most flagship universities is between $10,000 and $15,000, said Oglethorpe President Larry Schall. Tuition at the University of Georgia, the state’s flagship public university, is about $9,500 for in-state students. Oglethorpe’s annual tuition next year will be about $39,000, Schall said in a telephone interview Wednesday with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. That’s nearly a $30,000 difference for Georgia students.