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‘He was a proud server:’ Baldwin County honors fallen soldier from War in Afghanistan
Georgia College’s addition to the veterans memorial in downtown Milledgeville honors Staff Sergeant Alex French, who lost his life serving on September 30, 2009
Author: Pepper Baker
Georgia College and State University has five veteran memorials in front of the old courthouse. One for World War I and II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the recently added one for the War in Afghanistan and the Iraq War, where you can find Staff Sergeant Alex French’s name. He’s the only soldier from Baldwin County to give the ultimate sacrifice for our country in 2009.
Athens Banner-Herald
UGA students and veterans collect stories of transition
By Sara Freeland
From near death experiences to the best and worst days of their lives, the University of Georgia is keeping an archive of student veterans’ stories. The goal is to preserve history, and to date almost 90 histories have been recorded. The stories might include why the student joined the military, what a typical day was like, where they were on Sept. 11, 2001, if they saw active duty, how they would describe service, stories that best exemplify their service, any false perceptions about the military they want to discuss, why they left the military and what their transition back to civilian life looked like. The UGA Student Veterans Oral History Project is the brainchild of veteran Kate Dahlstrand, a Ph.D. student in history who is particularly interested in how veterans transition back to civilian life. …UGA’s project focuses specifically on students and their transition.
Athens Banner-Herald
West Point graduate records student veteran oral histories
By Sara Freeland
As a cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, Tom McShea knew he wanted to come back and teach.
And after he finishes a master’s degree in American history at the University of Georgia, he has a two-year assignment to do precisely that: teach history at West Point beginning in fall 2020.
Valdosta Daily Times
Overcoming trauma: Valdosta native honored for aiding service members with brain injuries
Valdosta native honored for aiding service members with brain injuries
By Terry Richards
Dr. Eddie Zant has never seen combat, yet he has been honored as a veteran worthy of Hall of Fame status. Zant, a Valdosta native, has been inducted into the Florida Veterans’ Hall of Fame for his work helping military personnel with traumatic brain injuries. His nomination was confirmed by Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis and his cabinet in September. He was among 16 veterans honored for contributions to their communities after their military service had ended. Zant, 77, who practices medicine in Ft. Walton Beach, has provided care to veterans suffering from traumatic brain injuries in the form of hyperbaric oxygen treatments. He’s paid for the treatments himself since insurance will not cover them. Born in 1942 in Valdosta’s old Little-Griffin Hospital, he grew up in Lowndes County, attending Valdosta High School where he played on the football team, as his father had. He graduated in 1960. He didn’t leave Valdosta until he headed to Emory University, followed by the Medical College of Georgia.
The Augusta Chronicle
Editorial: As cyber grows, best is yet to come
Augusta knows the lasting impact the Georgia Cyber Center is already making on our area. We just like hearing other people say it. We especially like hearing Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp say it. He visited the Augusta area on Wednesday for several reasons, but appeared at the center on Reynolds Street to announce Georgia’s placement – for a record seventh time – as the state offering the best climate in which to do business. The honor is bestowed by Site Selection magazine. Its editors describe the publication as “the magazine of corporate expansion and area economic development.” Tens of thousands of corporate executives and economic development professionals consult Site Selection to help guide their choices on where and how to grow business and industry.
Tifton Gazette
Poet, professor launches new book
By William Malone
Author and Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College professor Jeff Newberry recently launched his fifth book at an Oct. 22 book launch. Titled “Cross Country,” it’s a poetry book coauthored with friend and fellow writer, Justin Evans, who lives in Colorado.
WRDW
AU hosts nursing job fair Tuesday
By Allyson Sherrier
Augusta University is hosting a job fair for nurses and nursing students on Tuesday, Nov. 12th. The event is happening from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. at 3405 Mike Padgett Highway, in Building 15. That’s the East Central Regional Hospital on AU’s campus. The hospital is looking for staff nurses, licensed practical nurses, and patient care technicians.
Metro Atlanta CEO
Clayton State University Raises More Than $15.7M in First-ever Comprehensive Campaign
Staff Report
Clayton State University wrapped its first-ever comprehensive campaign with a strong finish. The Greater In Mind campaign raised $15,783,653, exceeding its original goal by more than $3 million. The momentous occasion was commemorated during the University’s 50th anniversary celebration held on Oct. 25. “A campaign had to be based on the notion that the work of the campaign would demonstrate support for a university that had already demonstrated itself not to be needy, but to be worthy,” said Dr. Tim Hynes, president of Clayton State University. “This event celebrates is what is an exceptional achievement on behalf of the institution, its present and, more importantly, its future.”
Savannah Business Journal
Georgia Southern, Robins Air Force Base sign agreement supporting student success
Staff Report
On Nov. 6, leaders from Georgia Southern University and Robins Air Force Base publicly signed an Educational Partnership Agreement to provide more educational opportunities to students, faculty and staff in the areas of research, development and engineering. “It’s critical for our institution that we develop partnerships that will expand our presence in southeast Georgia, particularly with Robins Air Force Base, to connect military with advanced educational opportunities,” stated Georgia Southern President Kyle Marrero. “We couldn’t be more proud to be signing this agreement.” Specifically, the College of Engineering and Computing (CEC) and the Air Force will collaborate in the education of graduate and undergraduate students and faculty and staff with defense-related projects and development in aerospace research and technology, including materials, information technology, computer science, flight dynamics, aero propulsion and power, electronics, avionics, aging aircraft issues, manufacturing, and environmental issues.
Albany Herald
Carter honored by Georgia Conservancy
From staff reports
The Georgia Conservancy honored former U.S. President Jimmy Carter as its 2019 Distinguished Conservationist at the Atlanta History Center recently. The Distinguished Conservationist Award, bestowed at that conservancy’s annual gala, ecoBenefête, recognizes President Carter’s profound and lasting impact on the conservation and protection of Georgia’s natural resources. As one of the Georgia Conservancy’s charter members in 1967, Carter’s notable environmental legacy in Georgia and beyond merits celebration by the organization. …In reaffirming the Georgia Conservancy’s mission to carry forward Carter’s conservationist ideals and continue in that collaborative role, Georgia Conservancy President Bart Gobeil announced a new project aimed at preparing Georgia for an estimated 40% increase in population by 2030. “I’m proud to announce tonight that we have partnered with our friends at Georgia Tech on an effort to historically review, through advanced GIS mapping, the state’s land coverage and usage for every decade since 1970,” said Gobeil. “This data will provide us with an in-depth overview of how the state’s land use has changed as we have grown in population over the years, and going forward will allow the partnership to create scenarios and variables to help us predict land usage as these 4 million individuals move to our state.
Atlanta Intown Paper
Perspectives in Architecture: Georgia Tech campus design helped state to compete
by Melody Harclerode
The Georgia School of Technology started classes on campus at Tech Tower in October 1888 with 85 mechanical engineering students. Bruce & Morgan, Georgia’s leading architectural firm in the late 19th century, designed the Victorian-style, red brick four-story building with a seven-story tower on the nine-acre campus, then at the northern edge of Atlanta city limits. This first academic building at Georgia Tech represented the Georgia General Assembly’s effort for the state to compete against the North by training students to advance Georgia from an agricultural to an industrial economy. Architects would later employ variations of red brick on the exterior face of future campus projects. With support from industry and government-sponsored research, the university greatly expanded its degree offerings, student population, campus size, and facilities by the next mid-century.
Architectural Record
Miller Hull Partnership and Lord Aeck Sargent Complete Ultra-Sustainable Building at Georgia Tech
Fred A. Bernstein
To generate at least as much energy as it uses, a building may need more photovoltaic panels than its roof can accommodate. One solution is to extend the roof, as Seattle’s Miller Hull Partnership did when it designed that city’s Bullitt Center, a six-story building with a PV panel-laden trellis cantilevering beyond its exterior walls. Miller Hull has repeated the strategy in Atlanta, where it and Lord Aeck Sargent, a Katerra company, have just completed the Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design at Georgia Tech. The new, 37,000-square-foot, three-story building has a large steel and aluminum trellis that reaches beyond the roof in three directions with the help of thin, cable-tensioned steel columns. About 40 feet off the ground, the trellis shelters gardens that serve as gathering places for students.
Atlanta Business Chronicle
Kendeda Building at Georgia Tech takes top ARC Development of Excellence honor
The recently opened Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design at Georgia Tech took the top Development of Excellence Award from the Atlanta Regional Commission. The ARC annually recognizes developments and places that are improving the quality of life for resident of metro Atlanta. The awards were presented at the ARC State of the Region breakfast Nov. 8.
The Augusta Chronicle
Children’s Hospital looking to expand
By Tom Corwin
The Children’s Hospital of Georgia at Augusta University is looking for more space to care for more patients and add new services. It still looks bright and shiny from the outside but inside, Children’s Hospital of Georgia at Augusta University is straining to accommodate patients and needs to add new services that will also need new space, officials said. That means a new tower and a new look and even a new front door. The children’s hospital opened in December 1998 and while 20 years might not seem that long ago “in healthcare, that’s a lifetime or several lifetimes,” said AU President Brooks Keel. He recently used his President’s Gala to highlight the need for the expansion and help spur the fundraising for the expansion, which has already raised $4 million for it this year. “From a fundraising point of view, that clearly is our No. 1 priority,” he said.
Savannah Morning News
Congregation Mickve Israel receives repository award
Christopher Davidson, state archivist and assistant vice chancellor and the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Council (GHRAC) presented representatives of Congregation Mickve Israel and the Excellence in Archival Program Development by a Local Historical Repository. The award was for the exhibition “Representations of Jews in Irish Literature” and related programming at the 17th annual GHRAC Archives Awards ceremony at the Georgia Archives on Oct. 15, according to a University System of Georgia press release. …The Georgia Archives is a unit of the Board of Regents of USG and identifies, collects, manages, preserves, and publicizes records and information of Georgia and its people and assists state and local government agencies with their records management.
The Augusta Chronicle
Awards and achievements in the metro Augusta business community.
Dr. Lawrence C. Layman
Award/honor: Has received the 2019 American Society for Reproductive Medicine’s Distinguished Researcher Award; Layman is chief of the Section of Reproductive Endocrinology, Infertility and Genetics at the Medical College of Georgia
Albany Herald
Georgia Southwestern ‘Angel Tree’ provides for foster children
Georgia Southwestern State University is partnering with Southwest Georgia Court Appointed Special Advocates for an Angel Tree project to benefit foster children in SOWEGA CASA’s service area. The goal of the project is for every foster child in SOWEGA’s 12-county service area to have gifts during the holiday season. The project will provide gifts for more than 300 “angels,” with ages ranging from two months to 17 years old. There are two Angel Trees on GSW’s campus, located on the third floor of the Student Success Center and the first floor of the Wheatley Administration Building. Those interested in participating are invited to visit the trees to adopt an “angel.”
WTOC
Georgia Southern students use Saturday for service
More than a hundred Georgia Southern students from the Statesboro campus gave up their Saturday morning to help the community. The second annual Frank Hook Day of Service drew members of different fraternities and sororities to give their time at different non-profit groups.
Albany Herald
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Concert Band to perform at Tift Theatre
In her debut performance as the director of the concert band at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Sara Eastwood promises something really special for the audience. “One of the highlights of the evening is sure to be when the ABAC Concert Band will be privileged to accompany Scott Phillips, our featured guest soloist and alto saxophonist, on ‘The Carnival of Venice,’” Eastwood said. …The ABAC Concert Band includes music majors, non-music majors, alumni and community musicians.
11Alive
No injuries reported during attempted armed robbery at Georgia Gwinnett College
Police are still looking for the robbery suspect.
Author: Michael King
No one was hurt during an armed robbery and shooting on the campus of Georgia Gwinnett College in Lawrenceville on Saturday, according to a campus spokesperson. Georgia Gwinnett College spokesperson Sally Ramey said that a person reported an armed robbery in the parking lot of the school’s Building A to campus police at about 11:30 a.m. …According to Ramey, when the incident was initially reported to police, the campus was placed under a “soft lockdown,” which means that people should remain in buildings and safe areas. At 12:35 p.m., Ramey said, an “all clear” was sent to everyone on campus as Georgia Gwinnett Police continued their investigation of the incident.
CBS46
Luncheon spearheads need for policy supporting caregivers
Sally Sears
The wife of former President Jimmy Carter is no stranger to taking care of family members. Rosalynn Carter began a lifetime of caring for family members at the age of 12 when her father died. On Tuesday, President Carter was recovering from a broken pelvis at their home in Plains. She is tending to him and at the same time bringing a convention of caregivers to Atlanta to discuss what she calls a public healthcare crisis in the making. The world knows the Carter Center for settling International disputes, fighting diseases and monitoring elections. This issue is much closer to home, and affects every family looking ahead to care for loved ones with dementia, Alzheimer’s, opioid abuse, and mental illness. …Rosalynn Carter began this institute when she and Jimmy left the White House. She and the hundreds of people at the conference are calling for a united policy of supporting caregivers, including encouraging them to seek care for themselves when the burdens grow heavy. Jennifer Olsen is an epidemiologist, taking the lead at the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving based in Plains, at Georgia Southwestern University. She points out that the issue is one of national economic interest. Why? Because caregivers save enormous medical costs when they keep loved ones at home.
The Augusta Chronicle
Column: The joy of receiving a book this holiday season
By Perry Smith Columnist
More than 40% of books sold in America are said to be purchased between mid-November and Christmas. Why? The answer is really a no-brainer. Books make great Christmas and Hanukkah presents, especially newly published books signed and personalized by the author. Next Sunday, Nov. 17, from 1 to 3 p.m.,, at the Augusta Museum of History, retired U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Jeff Foley will sign and personalize copies of his newly-published book, “BRAVE Business Leadership: Grow Competent, Confident Leaders and Get Great Results.” … One of the principal reasons Jeff wrote this book is to respond to the question he has been asked so often: “How do I become a better leader?” He answers that question in spades, addressing the most significant leadership challenges facing business leaders today. …When you attend the Foley book event next Sunday afternoon, you will get a chance to spend time with one of Augusta’s top leaders. When he stepped down from his position as the top commander at Fort Gordon and retired from the Army, many folks urged him to make Augusta his permanent home. Happily he decided to stay. For three years he worked as a senior executive at Augusta University. Today he focuses on developing leaders through coaching, teaching, researching and speaking.
Savannah Morning News
Harney, McCurry named to Savannah Business Hall of Fame
By Katie Nussbum
Two of Savannah’s long-standing community leaders were honored last week as the newest inductees of the Junior Achievement’s Savannah Business Hall of Fame, which recognizes individuals who have made exceptional contributions to their local Georgia communities. Craig Harney of WTOC-TV and Cliff McCurry of Sterling Seacrest Partners were inducted into the Hall of Fame during the 20th annual ceremony on Thursday evening at the Savannah Convention Center. …Harney began his career at WTOC while in college, taking a job answering the phone during the night shift and now decades later serves as director of creative services for the station. Harney attended public school in Savannah and later Armstrong State University. …McCurry began his insurance career in 1971. After graduating from the University of Georgia he started working at Mercer Insurance Agency on Bay Street working for Nick Mamalakis, whom he had known for many years.
Saporta Report
Column: Stephanie Stuckey becomes CEO of her family’s famous roadside chain
Maria Saporta
Environmentalist Ethel “Stephanie” Stuckey is making a career switch. At the request of her father, Stuckey has agreed to become president and CEO of the iconic American roadside franchise chain – Stuckey’s. Her father – W.S. “Billy” Stuckey Jr. – will continue to serve as chairman of Stuckey’s board. When asked why she had agreed to take over the family business, Stuckey said: “It’s my name up on those billboards. It’s my family legacy. I have an emotional attachment to the company.” …Stuckey, who holds a bachelors and a law degree from The University of Georgia, served seven terms in the Georgia legislature. She most recently served as the chief resilience officer for the City of Atlanta and as director of sustainability services for the Southface Institute, an Atlanta-based environmental nonprofit. Stuckey said she believes many of the skills she’s learned as a lawyer, environmentalist and manager are transferable to running Stuckey’s.
The Charlotte Gazette
VCU Health Systems announces interim leadership appointments
By Staff Reports
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System has announced interim CEO positions for the health system and its hospitals and clinics. Peter Buckley, M.D., will assume the role of interim vice president for VCU Health Sciences and CEO of VCU Health System, replacing Marsh Rappley, M.D., who announce she will retire from that position in early January. …He came to VCU from Augusta University in Georgia, where he was dean of the Medical College of Georgia and executive vice president for medical affairs and integration.
GPB News
By DREW DAWSON
In this week’s Medical Minute, Dr. Joseph Hobbs, chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, discusses how suppressing one particular enzyme could aid in the battle against some forms of brain cancer.
DrSircus
Important News about Bicarbonates, Cancer, the Pancreas, Diabetes and Fungal Infections
…Inexpensive, Safe Way to Combat Autoimmune Disease
A daily dose of baking soda may help reduce the destructive inflammation of autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, scientists say. They have some of the first evidence of how the cheap, over-the-counter anti-acid can encourage our spleen to promote instead an anti-inflammatory environment that could be therapeutic in the face of inflammatory disease, Medical College of Georgia scientists reported in the Journal of Immunology.[6]
Golf Course Industry
Where should all the carts go?
Superintendents share their struggles – and successes – with managing four-wheel traffic in shoulder seasons.
Ron Furlong
There’s a John Fogerty song from the ’80s called “Change in the Weather” that seems to ring rather true these days. With warmer temps into the fall and even into winter apparently the norm now, superintendents are dealing with some late-season issues that they didn’t have to in the past. One of those issues is more cart traffic later in the year. As warm-weather turf turns dormant and cool-season turf becomes soft, what steps should superintendents take to protect fairways from late fall and early winter wear and tear Several turf professionals offered success stories and guidance from their experiences. …Patrick Reinhardt, the superintendent at the Georgia Southern University Golf Course in Statesboro encounters similar challenges, although the majority of play occurs when fall and spring classes are in session. “Statesboro has a population of roughly 20,000 people, and our university has about 20,000 students,” Reinhardt says. “When classes are in session, our population essentially doubles. The bulk of our play will be September through November, and then March through May. Our grass is growing at its peak mid-May through mid-September. This provides the challenge in that the majority of our play (and cart use) is on grass that is not growing.” This isn’t a new problem for Reinhardt. But it has intensified with higher winter rain totals in recent years. “The biggest problem for us is when it gets wet in the winter,” he says. “It definitely takes longer for the dormant fairways to dry out. If you damage the dormant turf during the winter, it’s a very long and slow recovery period.”
Higher Education News:
WJBF
More college students are smoking weed instead of tobacco
College students are putting down cigarettes — in favor of joints. A study found marijuana usage is growing among young adults. Researchers looked at data from 2002 to 2016 to identify trends in smoking. Marijuana increased in popularity among 18 to 22 year olds in college by nearly 8 percent. …The research found students weren’t just more likely to use marijuana — they were doing so exclusively — and ditching tobacco.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Why Being a Provost Is One of the Toughest Jobs at Vulnerable Colleges
By Scott Carlson
…Presidents of small colleges and regional universities have difficult jobs that require long hours and lots of travel, not to mention the daunting responsibility of setting the vision for places with stagnant or declining revenue. But the provost can have an even tougher job: to match the energy and hours of a president, sit in as the institution’s leader when the president is away, sell the president’s vision to skeptical faculty members, and shepherd solid research, effective teaching, and innovative pedagogy when there simply isn’t enough money to go around. Those might be some of the reasons provosts — at small colleges, at least — stay in their jobs fewer years, on average, than presidents do, according to a survey of chief academic officers that was released last week by the Council of Independent Colleges.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
‘It Felt Like a Betrayal’: Researchers Won a $2-Million Prize. The University Wants to Take It.
By Vimal Patel
October 24 should have been a great day for John M. Shea and Tan F. Wong, professors of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Florida. The day before, after three years, their team — which includes three Ph.D. students and an undergraduate — won the $2-million grand prize in an artificial-intelligence competition, beating out more than 100 teams from around the world. The message that day from the administration, however, was far from congratulatory. “Please understand that if Shea and Wong convert University funds to personal funds,” stated the email from a university lawyer to a lawyer representing the university’s faculty union, “they will be subject to personnel action and possibly other more serious consequences.” The battle for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency contest was over. But the team had another fight, this one with its own university. Who gets to keep the prize money?