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Tifton CEO
Fall Semester Graduates Total 270 at ABAC
Staff Report
A total of 270 students completed the requirements for graduation from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College at the end of the 2019 fall semester. ABAC President David Bridges said 126 of those graduates received bachelor’s degrees
WCTV
Valdosta State doing their part to ensure accurate Census count
By: Emma Wheeler | WCTV Eyewitness News
VALDOSTA, Ga. (WCTV) — The U.S. Census will begin in just a few months, which is why Valdosta State University is working to make sure that every single person participates, especially in hard-to-count populations. They say every person that takes part is potentially worth thousands of dollars to their community.
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Oversight Committee
Reaching Hard-to-Count Communities in the 2020 Census
The hearing will examine the Census Bureau’s strategies and plans for reaching hard-to-count communities in the 2020 Census. Valdosta State University outreach director testifies at congressional hearing on reaching hard-to-count communities in 2020 Census
WWD
NRF’s $4 Million Foundation Gala Honors Michelle Gass of Kohl’s
The NRF Foundation gala was filled with industry VIPs, special honorees and students embarking on retail careers.
By David Moin
The event raised a record $4 million to support the Foundation’s “Rise Up” industry-backed credentialing program, scholarships and educational efforts spotlighting opportunities in retailing. …Demonstrating its commitment to students, the Foundation announced that LeAnn Percivill, a senior at Texas A&M University, was the top recipient of the 2020 “Next Generation Scholarship,” receiving a $25,000 scholarship, and that Cayley Creekmore, Shannon Foote, Anna Tiller and Woodley White from Georgia Southern University were the top team in the “Student Challenge” competition. Each was awarded a $5,000 scholarship.
Savannah Business Journal
Georgia Southern associate dean named to National Advisory Mental Health Council
Savannah Business Journal Staff Report
Joseph Telfair, DrPH, associate dean of public health practice and research in Georgia Southern University’s Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, has been appointed to the National Mental Health Advisory Committee (NAMHC). The NAMHC advises U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and the directors of the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of Mental Health on all policies and activities relating to the conduct and support of mental health research, research training and other programs of the institutes.
Griffin Daily News
Rural Teacher Training Initiative
The Georgia BioEd Institute held the Rural Teacher Training Initiative, a teacher training program, at the UGA Griffin campus on Monday and Tuesday to help rural Georgia teachers gain exposure to leaders in Georgia-based life science companies and to be able to participate in hands-on training that they can use in their classrooms.
Gwinnett Daily Post
Family, colleagues mourn loss of Georgia Gwinnett College professor who died after hit-and-run
By Taylor Denman
…Some of Gluick’s colleagues and students expressed their grief this week on social media. A chemistry professor and interim dean lamented Gluick and other colleagues whose sudden deaths have shaken the GGC School of Science and Technology. “Over the past 6 months, our School has lost three valued faculty members to illness or injury. Dr. Andrei Olifer (Mathematics), Dr. Diane Dorsett (Biology) and yesterday, Dr. Tom Gluick (Chemistry),” Sloop wrote on Facebook. “Their contributions to GGC were many and are too significant to enumerate here. We mourn their loss.
WGAU
Founders Day lecture today at UGA
By: Tim Bryant
The University of Georgia’s annual Founders Day Lecture is set for 1:30 this afternoon in the Chapel on UGA’s North Campus: William Eiland, the director of the Georgia Museum of Art, is today’s speaker.
Albany Herald
ABAC travel preview reception planned
From staff reports
Upcoming trips to the Painted Canyons of the West, Alaska and South Africa will be discussed in detail on Jan. 23 when the Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Alumni Association, in partnership with Collette, presents an ABAC Travel Preview Reception at 4 p.m. at ABAC’s Georgia Museum of Agriculture Conference Room. “Space is limited for these wonderful trips, but they are available to alumni, friends and family,” ABAC Alumni Director Lynda Fisher said. “These journeys around our nation and globe are more ways that ABAC can promote great times with remarkable people.”
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
UGA’s Peabody Awards moves ceremony to L.A. for first time in 80 years
By Courtney Kueppers
The prestigious awards ceremony has traditionally been held in New York
In a departure from 80 years of tradition, the Peabody Awards will hold its annual ceremony in Los Angeles this year. The ceremony, which recognizes excellence in TV, radio and journalism, has historically been held in New York. But this year, the festivities will be held on June 18 at the Beverly Wilshire hotel, according to an announcement Tuesday from the University of Georgia. The Peabody program is based at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia.
The Red & Black
Seven UGA faculty teams awarded seed grants for interdisciplinary research
Spencer Donovan | News Editor
The University of Georgia announced seven interdisciplinary projects were awarded seed grants in a Jan. 9 UGA Today news release. The release did not specify how much funding the projects will receive. The projects span 15 colleges, schools and other units, according to the release. These research initiatives represent the second round of UGA President Jere Morehead’s Presidential Interdisciplinary Seed Grant program, which was announced in January 2017. UGA awarded grants to 12 winners in April of that year, according to past Red & Black coverage.
Outside Online
How Many Dead Animals Is 1 Billion Dead Animals?
Scientists estimate Australia’s devastating bush fires have killed more than one billion animals. What does that mean?
Wes Siler
Valdosta State University Biology professor Bergstrom expert source on Australian wildfires and animal losses
WJBF
Aggressive strain of flu impacting children, young people most, vaccinations encouraged
by: Renetta DuBose
Doctors report seeing an increase in this year’s flu season and it’s mostly impacting children and young people. A good number of these cases have been caused by the Influenza B strain, a type of flu that usually comes later in the season. It was preceded by Influenza A this time and it’s mostly kids. Doctors said the flu, however, is impacting others too. …We checked with Augusta University and Childrens Hospital of Georgia. Both report an increase in flu cases this year and it’s high for Influenza B.
News Medical
Exosome treatment promotes remarkable stroke recovery in swine models
It’s been almost a quarter century since the first drug was approved for stroke. But what’s even more striking is that only a single drug remains approved today. In a publication appearing this month in the journal Translational Stroke Research, animal scientists, funded by the National Institutes of Health, present brain-imaging data for a new stroke treatment that supported full recovery in swine, modeled with the same pattern of neurodegeneration as seen in humans with severe stroke. Steven Stice, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar and D.W. Brooks Distinguished Professor in the University of Georgia’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Stice and his colleagues at UGA’s Regenerative Bioscience Center report the first observational evidence during a midline shift–when the brain is being pushed to one side– to suggest that a minimally invasive and non-operative exosome treatment can now influence the repair and damage that follow a severe stroke.
Gwinnett Daily Post
Atlanta Braves, Gwinnett Stripers to be featured at Atlanta Baseball 400 Club banquet
The Atlanta 400 Baseball Fan Club will host its 54th annual winter banquet and fundraiser Jan. 25 at the Atlanta Marriott Northeast at Century Center. …Aaron Schunk from the University of Georgia will receive the Jason Varitek Most Outstanding Scholar Athlete in Georgia Award. …Phil Niekro College Scholarships will also be awarded to the baseball programs at Augusta University and Columbus State University.
Emanuel County Live
Tickets now on sale for EGSC Alumni and Friends Celebration
by Harley Strickland
The East Georgia State College Alumni Association will be “Roaring into the Twenties” at the Alumni and Friends Celebration on Saturday, February 22, 2020. The event will be held at the Sudie A. Fulford Community Learning Center at 6 p.m. This year, the event will be held during EGSC’s homecoming week. Each day of the week, students will be traveling through the decades and dressing in the attire from that period. The decades lead up to the twenty-twenties at the Alumni and Friends Celebration. …Silent auction items will also be on display for guests to bid on. The money raised from the silent auction will help fund the Alumni and Friends Scholarship.
Emanuel County Live
EGSC professor writes book about boxing hall of famer
by HARLEY STRICKLAND
Robert Mullins, an attorney and assistant professor of political science at East Georgia State College’s Augusta campus, has recently written a book about Boxing Hall of Famer Sidney “Beau Jack” Walker. Mullins has authored numerous professional journal articles and regularly writes about local history. In his latest book he writes about “Beau Jack’s” upbringing and his fighting career.
Savannah CEO
Gov. Kemp Names Thirty Appointments to State Boards
Staff Report
Governor Brian P. Kemp conducted swearing-in ceremonies for thirty (30) Georgians to serve on various state boards, councils, and commissioners.
Board of Education
Martha Zoller is a talk host with the Jacobs Media Corporation in Gainesville. She obtained a bachelor’s degree from the University of Georgia in 1979. …Sally Lynn Nabors is the payroll manager for Alston & Byrd, LLP. She earned a BBA degree in Finance from Georgia Southern University in 1989. …Georgia State Board for the Certification of Librarians – Anne Moody Isbell, …and a Library Financial Management certification from the Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia in 2014. …Kathryn Epps is appointed as a consumer member of the board. Epps earned a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education at Georgia Southern University, and she holds a lifetime teaching certificate. …Georgia State Board of Occupational Therapy – Marla Morris Marlowe is an occupational therapist with Amedisys Home Health and Phoebe Worth Hospital. She graduated magna cum laude from the Medical College of Georgia in 1995. …Georgia State Board of Cemeterians – Mark H. Anderson is the owner and funeral director for Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home and Crematory in Statesboro. He attended Georgia Southern University and earned a BBS in 1985.
Higher Education News:
Inside Higher Ed
College Pays Off, College Board Finds
By Paul Fain
The median annual earnings for bachelor’s degree holders (with no advanced degree) who worked full-time in 2018 was $24,900 more than wages of their peers who held only high school credentials. Those were among the findings of a report from the College Board, the nonprofit testing giant, which every three years examines earning and employment patterns among adults in the U.S. The report includes variations by characteristics such as gender, race/ethnicity, occupation, college major and sector.
GPB
Canceling Student Debt Is Easier Than It Sounds
By CORY TURNER
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has pledged to cancel up to $50,000 of debt for 95% of student loan borrowers if she is elected president. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has proposed an even more generous plan if he’s elected. Both are bold, controversial pitches that would have a hard time making it through a divided Congress. But on Tuesday, Warren announced she would use a little-known shortcut and wouldn’t need Congress. As president, she says, she could cancel the debts of tens of millions of student borrowers all on her own. It turns out, she’s probably right.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Senator Warren Has a Plan to Cancel Student-Loan Debt — Without Congressional Approval
By Vimal Patel
For the first time in any presidential-election campaign, mass student-debt cancellation has emerged as a major policy proposal. It’s easy to understand why. Student debt has exploded over the last decade, and Americans now hold more than $1.6 trillion of it. Critics of any mass debt-cancellation plan are widespread. It would be difficult unless Democrats controlled both chambers of Congress, some argue. It would be difficult even if they did, as the idea splits Democrats. But on Tuesday, Sen. Elizabeth A. Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat running for president, released a plan to accomplish that goal. Hours ahead of the last presidential debate before primary voting starts, she said she could eliminate federal student debt “on Day 1” without congressional approval. “I have consulted with leading experts on student-debt cancellation who are confident that this plan is permissible under current law,” she said.
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Warren Would Bypass Congress on Debt Cancellation
Inside Higher Ed
New research compares efforts to encourage students to re-enroll in college with information alone or with tuition waivers. The financial incentives appear to work better.
By Madeline St. Amour
Sometimes “nudging” interventions aren’t enough. A recently published working paper found it took financial incentives to get students to re-enroll in classes. The paper, released by the National Bureau of Economic Research this month, compared different nudging campaigns at several community colleges in Florida. The process typically entails encouraging students to re-enroll, fill out financial aid forms or hit other milestones via different forms of communication, with the intention of increasing college attainment. Several studies have looked at the effectiveness of texting students, with mixed results. While more tailored campaigns seem to produce positive results, attempts at nationalizing them have fallen flat.