University System News:
AP News
Regents tap new leaders for Georgia State, Clayton State
By Jeff Amy
Georgia’s largest public university is likely to be led by an academic from George Washington University, while a leader from a Georgia public university is being promoted to lead Clayton State University. Regents voted Tuesday to name M. Brian Blake as the sole finalist to become president at Georgia State University. Blake is currently the provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at George Washington, a 28,000-student private university in Washington, D.C. Regents also voted Tuesday to name T. Ramon Stuart at president at Clayton State University. Stuart has been provost and vice president of academic affairs at Fort Valley State University for the past five years. Both men would be the first African Americans to lead the universities.
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Albany Herald
Regents name new Georgia State University president
11Alive
Finalist for Georgia State president announced
WGAU Radio
Four UNG students chosen for national security program in Washington
Washington Program on National Security
By Clark Leonard, UNG
Of the 15 students selected for the Washington Program on National Security, four are from the University of North Georgia. The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization organizes the program, which will be June 16-30 in the nation’s capital. The two-week program covers all costs except the students’ travel to and from Washington, D.C. UNG alumnus Jacob Malimban and current students Taylor Mullikin, Ella Reid and Thomas Vella look forward to the experience.
WGAU Radio
UGA professor honored by American College Health Association
Jean Chin is former Health Center director
By Tim Bryant
UGA’s Dr Jean Chin is a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American College Health Association: Chin is a former director of the University of Georgia’s Health Center. She is an associate professor in the University of Georgia’s Medical Partnership with Augusta University.
Savannah CEO
Dr. Stephen Primatic on the New Music Industry Degree at Georgia Southern
Professor of Music at Georgia Southern University Dr. Stephen Primatic discusses the new Music Industry Degree and what type of student it is geared towards.
accessWDUN
Move underway to new UNG Health Sciences building
By Lauren Hunter Multimedia Journalist
Beginning in August with the start of fall classes, the Department of Nursing at the University of North Georgia – Gainesville campus will have a new home. University faculty and staff are in the process of moving furniture and equipment into the renovated health sciences building. The building was a part of Lanier Technical College before the college relocated to its current campus on Cornelia Highway. The University of North Georgia acquired the property in 2018. Richard Oates, vice president of the Gainesville campus of UNG, said the nursing program was among the first ones considered to fill the new buildings.
Patch
University Of Georgia: Physical Activity May Curb Health Care Worker Burnout
Increased worker stress and burnout are associated with poor patient safety
Lauren Baggett
There is no question that the pandemic has been immensely stressful for health care workers, especially for those on the frontline of patient care. Yet, even before the pandemic, the regular demands of many health care industry jobs put these workers at risk for burnout. Now, a new study from the University of Georgia suggests that investing in more physical activity programming could mitigate the effects of stress and improve worker mental and emotional health. Tackling burnout in health care is critical to ensuring patient safety, said lead author Marilyn Wolff, an alumna of UGA’s College of Public Health.
Outbreak News Today
Naegleria fowleri: University of Georgia researcher receives grant to discover treatment
Dr. Christopher Rice, an Assistant Research Scientist at the University of Georgia’s College of Pharmacy, has received a foundation grant to continue his research on Naegleria fowleri, a single-celled living organism that causes the brain eating disease Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM). Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis targets the central nervous system and is almost always fatal. Out of the 148 people in the United States who have been diagnosed with this disease since 1920, only four have survived. On average, people die within five days of becoming infected. Typically, Naegleria fowleri is contracted while swimming in warm, stagnant freshwater.
Other News:
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Coronavirus in Georgia: COVID-19 Dashboard
Latest stats and the news on the coronavirus outbreak
Q: What is the latest on confirmed and probable coronavirus cases in Georgia?
898,715 TOTAL CONFIRMED CASES
1,127,658 TOTAL INCLUDING PROBABLE CASES
Q: What is the latest on coronavirus deaths in Georgia?
18,260 TOTAL CONFIRMED DEATHS
21,094 TOTAL INCLUDING PROBABLE DEATHS
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Mercedes-Benz vaccine site closes after administering 300K COVID-19 shots
By Ben Brasch
Vaccines continue elsewhere in Fulton, metro Atlanta
The massive COVID-19 vaccination site at Mercedes-Benz Stadium closed this week after administering 300,000 doses. The site started as a Fulton County operation on Jan. 4, and on March 23 started being supplied by the Federal Emergency Management Agency — the only mega-site in the Southeast, with the capacity of administering 42,000 shots a week. …The operation at Mercedes-Benz didn’t surpass the other mega-sites in cities like New York, Houston or Chicago in total shots given. But the stadium did earn one honor: On April 28, they administered 12,726 doses, which was the largest single-day total for any mega-site.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
U.S. nears 600,000 coronavirus deaths
By Tim Darnell
Nation unlikely to reach Biden’s goal of 70% partial vaccinations by July 4
While the number of new domestic cases continues falling, the U.S. is nonetheless approaching another grim milestone in the battle against the global coronavirus pandemic. On Friday, the U.S. was approaching 600,000 dead from COVID, and the nation continues to lead the world in number of overall cases. Data from Johns Hopkins University of Medicine show the U.S. at more than 598,000 dead and 33.4 million cases. India is second in the world in number of cases, at 29.2 million, followed by Brazil with 17.2 million. Other than the U.S., however, Brazil has more deaths than any other nation with more than 482,000. India is third in deaths at more than 363,000.
Higher Education News:
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Spring Enrollment’s Final Count Is In. Colleges Lost 600,000 Students.
By Audrey Williams June
New data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center provides a final tally of the enrollment decline higher education saw during the spring term of 2021: Total college enrollment fell 3.5 percent from a year earlier, a shortfall of 603,000 students. That is seven times worse than the decline a year earlier. But, as usual, the top-line number doesn’t tell the whole story. Some students, institutions, and parts of the country have fared worse than others — a trend that has persisted in the enrollment snapshots that the research center has released month by month throughout the spring.
Inside Higher Ed
Groups Set to Release Joint Statement Opposing Critical Race Theory Bans
By Colleen Flaherty
The American Association of University Professors, the American Historical Association, the Association of American Colleges and Universities, and PEN America are set to release a joint statement opposing widespread legislative proposals to ban the teaching of critical race theory and other “divisive concepts.” Such state-level bills and laws risk infringing on the rights of faculty to teach and students to learn, the statement says, as “the clear goal of these efforts is to suppress teaching and learning about the role of racism in the history of the U.S.” Political mandates are not a proper substitute for the “considered judgement” of educators, the statement says, and they hinder students’ ability to “learn and engage in critical thinking across differences and disagreements.”
Inside Higher Ed
DOJ will Defend Title IX Exemption in LGBTQ+ Student Suit
By Elizabeth Redden
The Department of Justice said in a court filing this week that it intends to “vigorously” defend an exemption to Title IX that allows religious colleges to discriminate against LGBTQ+ students, The Washington Post reported. The filing comes as part of a lawsuit filed against the Department of Education by a group of LGBTQ+ students affiliated with a variety of Christian colleges. The students are seeking a determination that the exemption for religious colleges to Title IX — the federal law that prohibits discrimination based on sex and gender — is unconstitutional.