Marietta Daily Journal
GHC faculty-created textbook free to students, wins national award
Staff reports
A Georgia Highlands College faculty-created textbook called “Introduction to Nursing” is not only available to students for free – it has also been chosen for a national MERLOT Health Sciences Classics Award for 2022. The text – used during the “Introduction to Nursing” class – covers an overview of nursing history, professional roles, professional education, legal and ethical considerations, evidence-based practice, caring, the culture of nursing, technology and informatics and nursing theories. This is just one of many ways GHC faculty are utilizing the Open Educational Resource to eliminate textbook costs and provide free digital options for students. OER course conversions are aided by the University System of Georgia’s Affordable Learning Georgia initiative which promotes student success by providing cost-free alternatives to expensive textbooks. GHC’s faculty have been working since fall 2015 to expand OER courses each semester.
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ClicRtechnologies donates $40,000 to Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Foundation
The Albany Herald, Ga.
A $40,000 contribution from ClicRtechnologies to the ABAC Foundation Inc., ensures that new technology will continue to benefit students in the School of Agriculture and Natural Resources at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. Thanks to the donation, a ClicRweight Bovine Solution System will be utilized at the Beef Unit No. 2 at ABAC’s J.G. Woodroof Farm. ClicRtechnologies began its partnership with ABAC in March 2021 with its first donation of $40,000. Mark Kistler, dean of ABAC’s School of Agriculture and Natural Resources, said he is excited about ABAC’s continuing partnership with ClicRtechnologies.
Savannah Morning News
Georgia budget to bring windfall to Savannah. Here are the projects to receive state funds.
Savannah Convention Center, Skidaway Institute, Savannah Tech and Savannah State to receive state funds
Will Peebles
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s 2022-2023 state budget is working its way through the Georgia Legislature, and it could mean additional state funding for a few local entities. The budget, bolstered by an overflowing surplus of $3.7 billion from 2021 tax revenues, is currently awaiting a vote from the House of Representatives. It outlines Gov. Kemp’s state spending priorities for the last quarter of 2022 and the entirety of 2023. …Rep. Ron Stephens (R-Savannah) said the “big budget” for the fiscal year 2023 is still working through the House, but he expects it to be passed to the Senate by next week. …Additionally, the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography will receive just over $2.1 million to expand the capacity of the Research Vessel Savannah. Savannah State University will also get a piece of the pie. Savannah’s HBCU will receive $300,000 to begin offering an elementary education degree program, as well as $7.5 million for the design and construction of a new physical plant. …The University of Georgia’s Skidaway Institute of Oceanography has been using the Research Vessel Savannah since 2001. It’s one of 22 ships of its kind in the U.S., and the only one between Miami and Delaware on the East Coast.
Savannah Morning News
With alarming rate of financial illiteracy, Georgia schools try and catch students up
Bianca Moorman
As you enter the world, a basic understanding of how to manage your money becomes vital for young adults. Unfortunately, proper education is few and far between. Worldwide, only 33% of adults are financially literate, according to the website Possible Finance. Nationally, 4 out of 7 Americans are financially illiterate and only 24% of millennials understand finance concepts. Coastal Georgia schools are trying to fill the void by offering skills on budgeting, saving and credit in social studies and economics classes. Recognizing the issue, the Georgia Department of Education (GDE) updated its current economics course to Personal Finance and Economics for the upcoming 2022-23 school year. …Incoming college students not understanding basic financial skills is an issue Georgia Southern University associate professor of finance at the Parker School of Business Bill Wells sees as well. He defines financial literacy as people having the ability to understand the basics of using money. He said other issues he sees are people not saving money for retirement, not understanding the process of writing a check or taking out loans for school. He said learning about it in school is a start.
The Augusta Chronicle
Combating ‘Period Poverty’: MCG students seek to help women afford menstrual products
Tom Corwin
More than one in five women in the U.S. struggle to pay for the tampons, pads and liners they need for their monthly menstrual cycle. A group of Medical College of Georgia and Augusta University students want to change that. Known as “period poverty” it is a real problem, especially for younger women. … This issue had a real impact on lives – 84% said they or someone they knew had been forced to miss school as a result. A study published in BMC Women’s Health, a peer-reviewed journal, found that period poverty had a strong correlation with depression and anxiety among college women – 61%. Those concerns prompted Brooke Amero and Gabriela Duchesne to join a chapter of Period, a national group advocating for change on menstrual issues, while at the University of Georgia and to start their own chapter at MCG as first-year medical students. Fellow first-year student Katherine Dunn helped start a GoFundMe campaign to fuel their efforts.
The Newnan Times-Herald
Wadsworth Piano Competition to be held in Newnan
The second biennial Charles Wadsworth Piano Competition will be held at the Wadsworth Auditorium, I partnership with the School of the Arts at the University of West Georgia, from March 24-27, 2022.
11Alive
Going Dancing | GSU in NCAA Tournament after winning Sun Belt tournament
It’s the fourth time in eight years they’ve won the tournament.
Author: Associated Press
Corey Allen scored 29 points and third-seeded Georgia State won the Sun Belt Conference tournament for the fourth time in eight years, defeating Louisiana 80-71 on Monday night. Eliel Nsoseme had 12 points and 13 rebounds for Georgia State. Jalen Thomas scored 12 points and Kane Williams added 10. The third-seeded Panthers have won 10 straight games and 12 of their last 13. After Georgia State saw a comfortable lead cut to three at 55-52 with 7:28 remaining, Nsoseme converted a three-point play, Allen made two free throws followed by a 3-pointer and the Panthers were well on their way to an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
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Columbus State hosts 7th annual “Girls in the Game”
by: Jack Patterson
March is Women’s History Month, and Columbus State has put on the “Girls in the Game” program for years. After being interrupted by the pandemic the last couple of years, it made its big return on Thursday. The program was held at the Lumpkin Center on CSU’s Midtown campus, and recognizes some of the top student athletes at Columbus State, while also inspiring area youth. This year’s keynote speaker was softball Hall of Fame pitcher Jennie Finch. Finch not only spoke at the luncheon, but also hosted a softball clinic afterwards at Cougar Field. And for Finch, it was an opportunity to inspire the next generation of athletes.
Times-Georgian
UWG’s Scott Groninger retires from coaching
University of West Georgia head women’s basketball coach Scott Groninger has announced his retirement from the coaching ranks. The retirement marks a conclusion to a long and distinguished career with hundreds of lives changed through the student-athlete experience at the various stops along his nearly 20-year path as a head coach. In 12 seasons as the head coach at UWG, Groninger has the second-most wins in school history, leaving the program with 152 victories.
accessWDUN
Basketball: Tom Crean out at UGA; search is underway for new men’s coach
By AccessWDUN Staff
Tom Crean is out as head coach of the University of Georgia men’s basketball program. Athletic director Josh Brooks confirmed the move by the school late Thursday afternoon after reports had been swirling around the web earlier this week. “I would like to sincerely thank Coach Crean and his family for their commitment to Georgia Basketball,” Brooks said. “Tom Crean demonstrated unquestionable effort and enthusiasm in what he has attempted to accomplish at Georgia. That said, our expectation is to compete for post-season success in all 21 sports. We believe a leadership change in men’s basketball is needed to achieve our goals.” This season, Georgia finished 6-26 overall and 1-17 in the SEC. Crean compiled a 47-75 record and was 15-57 in SEC play during his four seasons.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia cities rank low for college basketball fans
By Nancy Clanton
WalletHub analysis puts Statesboro on top in the state, but far behind other cities
The madness is marching its way across the country, but college basketball fans are a bit more fanatical in some cities than others. College basketball is a big deal, and in some places draws a bigger crowd than an NBA team. For example, the most profitable team, the Louisville Cardinals, has a yearly revenue of nearly $48.6 million. But the sport is about much more than the money; it’s about the players and the entertainment value. Which cities provide the most exciting teams to root for? To identify 2022′s best and worst cities for college basketball fans, WalletHub compared the 292 U.S. cities with at least one college (Division 1) team using nine relevant metrics that range from the number of teams per city to arena capacity and social-media engagement. Each metric was graded on a 100-point scale, with a score of 100 representing the most favorable conditions for fans. …No Georgia city came close to those numbers. In fact, the state’s highest score was 23.32, earned by Statesboro (Georgia Southern University). That earned the city a rank of 163 overall and 96 among small cities. Next was Atlanta (Georgia Tech and Georgia State University), with a score of 23.18. That placed the city at No. 168 overall and No. 30 among large cities. Coming in third was Macon (Mercer and Middle Georgia State universities), with a score of 20.56, ranking it 219 overall and 59 among midsize cities. Athens (University of Georgia) tallied a score of just 17.37, which ranked them No. 263 overall and No. 67 among midsize cities. That left Kennesaw (Kennesaw State University), which scored just 16.58, putting it at No. 272 overall and No. 151 among small cities.
Higher Ed Dive
Florida passes bill pushing accreditor changes, post-tenure review
Natalie Schwartz, Editor
The Florida Legislature passed a bill this week that would force the state’s public colleges to change accreditors every accreditation cycle and allow the state universities’ governing board to require post-tenure reviews every five years. The bill has drawn criticism, including that frequently changing accreditors will place onerous requirements on colleges that could drive up tuition prices for students. Some lawmakers are also concerned the post-tenure review changes could harm academic freedom, Florida Politics reported. The bill would also allow the Florida Board of Governors, which oversees the state’s public universities, to create uniform standards for required post-tenure reviews. But these types of proposals can be controversial. …The University System of Georgia, for instance, adopted new tenure rules last fall that officials said would strengthen post-tenure reviews. However, some faculty voiced concerns that the changes would undermine academic freedom and give the system greater power to fire tenured instructors. The American Association of University Professors recently censured the system over the changes. The censure aims to signal to the public that the institution may not be creating an environment conducive to academic freedom.
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Coronavirus deaths and cases in Georgia (updated March 10)
An updated count of coronavirus deaths and cases reported across the state
CONFIRMED CASES: 1,917,820
CONFIRMED DEATHS: 30,345 | This figure does not include additional cases that the DPH reports as suspected COVID-19-related deaths. County is determined by the patient’s residence, when known, not by where they were treated.
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COVID-19 only heightened stress and anxiety on campus. Mental health kits provide students with notes of encouragement, fuzzy socks—and access to the professional services they need.
By Maria Carrasco
For the past three years, Martez Files, a professor of African American studies at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, has created mental health kits for struggling students. What started as an effort to give back to the school district he grew up in, Birmingham City Schools, has grown into a full-scale operation involving student volunteers committed to distributing the kits on campus and to public schools throughout the state. Files got the idea after he went through his own mental health crisis at the start of his Ph.D. program in 2017. A woman from the community gave him a gift of crystals, incense and tea to help ease his anxiety and stress. Then Files, a member of Alabama’s Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Mental Illness advisory council, started researching how different items such as essential oils and stress balls could benefit those with mental health needs. … Laura Horne, chief program officer of Active Minds, said that because many students don’t know where to seek help for mental health issues, the kits can help start breaking down barriers to accessing professional care. Active Minds specializes in creating tool kits for students and institutions to provide more mental health care on campus.
Inside Higher Ed
Michelle Obama Launches HBCU Voter Registration Challenge
By Sara Weissman
Former first lady Michelle Obama and basketball player Chris Paul, co-chairs of the organization When We All Vote, have launched a voter registration challenge for HBCU students. The VOTE LOUD HBCU Squad Challenge calls on students to come up with creative events to register voters on their campuses and in their surrounding communities ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. “There are people out there working day in and day out to make it harder for communities of color, people with disabilities and young people like you to cast your ballots,” Paul said in a video announcement Wednesday. Groups of students, or squads, on HBCU campuses can receive grants of up to $3,000 to fund their nonpartisan efforts to register voters, which can include organizing events and drives, educating voters about elections, training volunteers, and canvassing, according to a press release from When We All Vote.