CBS46
Metro Atlanta nonprofit plan to ‘Give the Gift of Warmth’ to those in need
By Joyce Lupiani
A local nonprofit is making a difference by teaming up with others for the Give the Gift of Warmth Project. Unity Network and Counseling Center partnered with members of the Gwinnett Grizzly Bear Association of Nursing Students at Georgia Gwinnett College. The groups plan to give away 100 sleeping bags to those in need. The goal of the event is to bring awareness to the needs in our communities and the growing concern about the homeless population in metro Atlanta.
WTOC
Georgia Southern awarded $500,000 grant for tutoring program in Chatham, Bulloch schools
By Camille Syed
The literacy tutoring program was piloted by Georgia Southern University last summer due to a demand in tutors because of the pandemic, and now it will continue during the summer at Chatham County and Bulloch County schools. With a $500,000 state grant awarded to GSU, they will be able to train more tutors. The grant comes from Governor Brian Kemp’s Governor Emergency Education Relief (GEER II) fund. 60 tutors will be hired from Georgia Southern University, East Georgia State College, Ogeechee Technical College, Savannah State University and Savannah Technical College to go into 10 schools in Chatham and Bulloch counties.
Barnesville Dispatch
Gordon State College’s Pi Eta Chapter Of Phi Theta Kappa Awarded 2022 REACH Reward
Gordon State College’s Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) chapter, Pi Eta, on the Barnesville campus was named 2022 REACH Reward recipient. “The tradition and quality associated with Phi Theta Kappa is one of the key reasons our chapter, Pi Eta, was established. I’m thrilled for the continued development, contribution, and success of its members,” said Dr. Kirk A. Nooks, GSC president.
Atlanta Business Chronicle
Capital One to add hundreds of Atlanta technology jobs
By Erin Schilling – Technology Reporter, Atlanta Business Chronicle
Capital One Financial Corp. is adding hundreds of jobs to Atlanta, making it the latest financial technology corporation to make a big bet on the city’s talent pool. The bank holding and credit card company (NYSE: COF) says it’s hiring for hundreds of engineering positions focused on cloud, data, machine learning and cybersecurity. It’s unclear how quickly it intends to add those jobs. On its career page, it lists about 10 open roles based in Atlanta, and most of those are focused in product management. …The Atlanta office will be located at Ponce City Market, the 12-story redevelopment of a former Sears & Roebuck warehouse along the BeltLine Eastside Trail. That area has emerged as a hotspot for tech companies that want to be close to Georgia Tech’s Technology Square innovation district and the amenities and walkability the trail brings. …With a new Atlanta office, Capital One could tap into the city’s fintech talent, coming from the university system and employees of other companies. Georgia Tech hosts professional development for fintech employees and has a Financial Services Innovation Lab in Tech Square. The Georgia Fintech Academy also trains fintech professionals and partners with potential employers.
Grice Connect
GSU Waters College of Health Professions establishes advisory board
Georgia Southern University’s Waters College of Health Professions has selected a group of alumni and local health experts to make up the Waters College Advisory Board (WCAB) to support and facilitate the success of the college.
WTOC
Georgia Southern hosts Irish visitors
By Dal Cannady
While plenty of people will be focused on all things St. Patrick’s Day this week, Georgia Southern has a presence and spirit of the Irish year round. Savannah’s St. Patrick’s Day parade and celebration shines as an example of the region’s Irish roots. It’s that depth and history that prompted faculty to found the Center for Irish Studies back in the 1990′s. “Obviously, the Irish presence in Savannah goes far beyond St. Patrick’s Day. There’s lots of fraternal organizations. There’s the school system with St. Vincent’s and Benedictine. Really a profound tradition,” Dr. Howard Keeley said. It’s evolved to become the Center for Irish Research and Teaching, and it reaches beyond Coastal Georgia. The university boasts a presence in Wexford Ireland. Visitors from there arrived in town Tuesday for the St. Patrick’s observance. University leaders say the partnership across the Atlantic helps both communities.
Inside Higher Ed
By Scott Jaschik
The American Council on Education has named 46 “emerging” college and university leaders for the 2022–23 class of the ACE Fellows program. The program, in which professors and administrators are matched with a mentor at another college, has produced many presidents and provosts.
This year’s class members are:
Rosaria Meek of the University of North Georgia
WGAU Radio
“Dress professionally”
By Tim Bryant
The University of Georgia’s Summer Job and Internship Fair takes place today, underway at 11 at UGA’s Tate Student Center.
From the University of Georgia master calendar…
Find a summer job or internship position offered by Athens and Atlanta area employers, including summer camps and resorts. UGA departments will also be hiring. Bring resume copies and meet hiring managers. Having a summer job or internship is crucial to gaining work experience and building a resume.
11Alive
Andrew Reynolds, a senior special education major, has a special connection with his students. He’s a product of special education himself.
Author: Dalia Perez
The student becomes the teacher at Harbins Elementary School in Dacula, Georgia. Thirteen years ago Andrew Reynolds was a student at the school. Now, the former alum has come full circle starting his career as an educator. Reynolds, a senior special education major in his last semester at Georgia Gwinnett College, has a special connection to his students. He’s a product of special education himself. …The GGS senior has been assisting Ms. Leigh Rimpau in her classroom since July 2021. She’s the same woman who taught him years ago.
WRDW
Augusta University artist to display work in Venice
By Will Volk
One Augusta University professor is getting ready to take her art overseas. This summer, Marianna Williams will display her exhibit in Venice. Williams has always loved art, and for her, creating art is more than just painting. It’s power tools, cameras, and new media. …She wants her art to be an experience you can interact with, and she’s excited to bring that to Venice. She says it took more than $40,000 worth of grants to make it happen. Her work goes on display in late April, and it will be on display until early November.
Barnesville Dispatch
Gordon State College Shares Advising Redesign Concepts At USG Momentum Summit V
The Momentum Capstone event is an opportunity for GSC’s Momentum team leadership to present and share plans for Momentum and engage with peers on how to move the work forward on the campus and across Georgia.
Albany Herald
CARLTON FLETCHER: World got you down? Visit Albany State, listen to Lyle Lovett
By Carlton Fletcher
Every morning now feels like ritual. I sit down to this computer, and the latest headlines scream about deadly germs, about rising gas prices, about the atrocities in Ukraine, about an aging Russian madman who wants to leave his mark on the world while he still can, like an incontinent dog proclaiming territory with the same foul, inhuman stench. …Here’s what I do, and I do it sometimes willingly and sometimes out of obligation or happenstance: I go somewhere where there are people who are not focused on the negatives of life. I go where there are people who do not see every action — and equal and opposite reaction — as an affront aimed directly at them. …But I go to an event like Hammer Jam, I visit Albany State University, …I run into old friends at Albany State, and I am introduced to bright young students who are champing at the bit to make their mark. And I realize all these negative stereotypes held by the sad people who can’t see beyond the superficial keep them from appreciating a generation poised to take our region, our state and, yes, even our world, to the next step up the evolutionary ladder.
Tifton Gazette
ABAC state champions stunned the basketball world
After winning only two games in her first season as the head coach of the women’s basketball team at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Julie Conner knew things had to change in her second year at the helm of the Golden Fillies. Mission accomplished. Coach Conner and the ABAC Golden Fillies captured the 2002 state basketball title. ABAC stunned the Georgia Junior College Athletic Association by catching fire at the right time and winning the 2002 state tournament. For their heroics, Conner and the members of that team will be inducted into the ABAC Athletics Hall of Fame on April 1. Conner was also a 2013 Hall of Fame inductee for her success as the ABAC coach from 2000 through 2008.
Albany Herald
Scenes from Georgia Tech’s 12-3 win over Georgia in Athens on Tuesday, March 15, 2022.
Fox5 Atlanta
Despite controversy, transgender swimmer to compete at Georgia Tech championship
By Rob DiRienzo
Despite objections from one conservative group, a trans woman will compete at the NCAA Division I women’s swimming championship at Georgia Tech this week. Lia Thomas, a student-athlete from the University of Pennsylvania who is a trans woman, has been at the center of a nationwide debate over whether she has an unfair advantage. Her participation in the championship brought conservative blogger Matt Walsh to Tech’s campus on Monday night. Walsh hosted an event called “Why Men Don’t Belong in Women’s Sports.”
EurekAlert!
Scientists look for answers to taste loss with COVID
Up to 80% of individuals who’ve had COVID-19 report temporary or lasting changes in their sense of taste, and scientists are working to better understand the biological basis of why, including whether our taste buds are a direct virus target. “We don’t know much about why this is happening,” says Dr. Lynnette McCluskey, neurobiologist and taste researcher in the Department of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University. In fact, it’s not certain that the tongue and taste buds even have the now well-known ACE2 receptors found on cells in the lungs, heart, kidneys, intestines and brain, which the spiky SARS-CoV-2 latches onto to gain access inside our cells, where it takes over their machinery to help produce more virus, McCluskey says. That is part of what makes the new two-year, $423,500 Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant from the National Institutes of Health both timely and needed, McCluskey says of the new award she and Dr. Lin Gan, director of the MCG Transgenic and Genome Editing Core and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar, just received.
Times Union
Plantations could be used to teach about US slavery if stories are told truthfully
Amy Potter. Georgia Southern University
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Amy Potter, Georgia Southern University and Derek H. Alderman, University of Tennessee
State legislatures across the United States are cracking down on discussions of race and racism in the classroom. School boards are attempting to ban books that deal with difficult histories. Lawmakers are targeting initiatives that promote diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education. Such efforts raise questions about whether students in the U.S. will ever be able to engage in free and meaningful discussions about the history of slavery in America and the effect it had on the nation. As cultural geographers, we see a potential venue for these kinds of discussions that we believe to be an overlooked and poorly used resource: plantation museums. If slavery is, as historian Ira Berlin argues, “ground zero for race relations,” then the hundreds of plantation museums that dot the southeastern U.S. landscape seem like natural places to confront the difficult history of America’s slave-owning past. …We think these plantation museums could be important sites for an educational reckoning with this difficult aspect of America’s past. But that’s only if the people who run these museums are committed to telling the truth about what took place, rather than perpetuating myths about Black life in America under white domination and oppression. This is particularly important as policymakers seek to curtail discussions about racism – or even themes that make people feel “discomfort” – in America’s K-12 schools and colleges and universities.
Albany Herald
Unpacking consumer demand for high-priced, high-quality beef
By Maria M. Lameiras CAES News
Rising prices may induce consumer ire, but some meat-eaters are willing to fork over the cash for high-quality beef. As supply chain issues and inflation continue to affect food costs, consumer demand for top-quality beef is on pace with a greater supply of higher-quality meat being produced by the beef industry. According to the CattleFax 2022 Industry Outlook, demand for beef will continue to grow in 2022, amid the highest beef demand in more than 30 years. Consumers’ interest in how their beef is raised also will continue to increase with prices, which are expected to remain at historically elevated levels, averaging $7.15 per pound. …Francis Fluharty, head of the Department of Animal and Dairy Science at the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, was raised on a cow-calf operation in Ohio and has dedicated his career to determining the effects of energy and protein intake on animal growth, fat deposition and meat quality.
Cotton Grower
Shurley: Seesawing Prices Leaving Growers Concerned and Frustrated
By Dr. Don Shurley
Costs. Price is always an important part of the equation. A good year production-wise can be offset by low price. And by higher than expected costs also. Costs for 2022 will be extremely high, and farmers will be doing what they can to trim inputs and costs in hopes that yield can still be maintained. Weather is also a concern as usual, but input management now creates a degree of added uncertainty. …University of Georgia Extension estimates are used to compare costs this season to last season. The estimates show the increases for seed, fertilizers and lime, chemicals, and fuel. Assuming a generous 2-bale (1,000 lbs.) average yield, these cost increases alone add an extra 17.7 cents per lb. to the price needed for cotton. Events of the Russia-Ukraine situation seem to often override other factors in the market. It is not at all clear, however, if these events are positive or negative for cotton and for what reason. Using Feb. 23 (before the Russia invasion began) as the baseline, corn and wheat have increased. Cotton and soybeans have not.
WRDW
Local expert discusses what to expect from invading Joro spiders
By Craig Allison
The palm-sized Joro spider has been making headlines, with recent studies predicting they will spread throughout the East Coast. Although the east Asian invasive species has become well known recently, they’ve been here for almost a decade. Dr. Cathy Tugmon, araneologist and associate professor in biology, Augusta University, said: “This spider came into the United States as best as they can estimate, probably about 2013, and showed up in Georgia in about 2014. So, it’s been here for a while.” … Tugmon says the best way to keep spiders at bay is to cut down on light. They typically like to spin webs near back porches or entrances where light is seeping out at night.
41NBC
Local economist explains what’s behind high gas prices
You might be feeling the pain at the pump due to an increase in gas prices.
by Ariel Schiller
You might be feeling the pain at the pump due to an increase in gas prices. Dr. Greg George with Middle Georgia State University says the high prices are based on several factors including the pandemic, an increase in demand, inflation and the war between Russia and Ukraine. He says gas prices would normally be lower this time of year. …Dr. George says gas prices will likely stay in their current range for a few months with possible relief coming in the middle of summer.
Atlanta Business Chronicle
Why big companies like Papa Johns have to take a moral stance on Russia
By Chris Fuhrmeister – Housing and Restaurants Reporter
Papa Johns’ announced withdrawal from Russia — after its CEO initially predicted the war in Ukraine would not affect its business — highlights how big companies increasingly must factor social issues into their business plans. Last week, Atlanta-based Papa John’s International Inc. (Nasdaq: PZZA) said it was suspending “all corporate operations in Russia” by ceasing “all operational, marketing and business support” for its roughly 185 restaurants in the country. The decision came in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which has received global condemnation …Dr. Maria Repnikova, assistant professor of global communication at Georgia State University’s college of arts and sciences, said that the wide corporate backlash against Russia is “pretty remarkable” because it is unprecedented for a foreign conflict. Still, at a time when consumers judge companies by their activism — or lack thereof — the response makes sense, Repnikova said.
Moultrie Observer
Crossover Day: Georgia horse betting proposal fails initial vote
Asia Ashley
A horse race gambling proposal failed to place in the General Assembly. The proposal that would have allowed Georgia residents to vote on bringing horse betting to the state did not advance from the Senate early Tuesday on Crossover Day. While horse racing is allowed in Georgia, betting on the races is illegal, but supporters say it could boost Georgia’s economy. Republican Sen. Billy Hickman said $75,000 was raised to hire Georgia Southern University for an economic impact study. The study, Hickman said, estimated that horse betting could create more than 8,500 jobs and have a nearly $1 billion economic impact. …But Republican Sen. Marty Harbin said though he grew up around horses and his business insures them, he is against SB 131 because it would promote gambling. …Democrat Sen. Ed Harbison disagreed, stating people attending such recreational events should use discretionary cash and common sense. “I think it will be good recreational addition for the state of Georgia,” he said. “We’ve got great football, basketball and other sports and I think this would add to the flavor of what’s happening in the state of Georgia.” He referenced how many legislators voted against starting the Georgia Lottery — which provides proceeds for HOPE Scholarship for children — because it was also viewed as gambling. …Previous attempts to bring gambling of various sorts to the state has passed in the legislature. The lottery system was approved by voter in 1992.
See also:
Georgia Recorder
Georgia gamblers win some, lose some as state Legislature reaches final turn
The Herald
Georgia Senate rejects allowing vote on horse race betting
Also mentions Georgia Southern study
GPB
Political Rewind: Chef Hugh Acheson talks feeding refugees; Crossover Day; Abrams kicks off tour
By: Bill Nigut, Sam Bermas-Dawes, and Natalie Mendenhall
The panel:
Audrey Haynes — Professor of political science, University of Georgia
Hugh Acheson — Chef, restaurateur
Kurt Young — Professor of political science, Clark Atlanta University
Tamar Hallerman— Senior reporter, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The breakdown:
- Day 20 of Russia’s war in Ukraine as ceasefire negotiations continue.
- Lawmakers hurry to get their bills to the next chamber during today’s “crossover” deadline.
- Former President Donald Trump throws support behind Georgia candidates.
- Stacey Abrams kicks her second campaign for governor into high gear.
Other News:
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Coronavirus deaths and cases in Georgia (updated March 15)
An updated count of coronavirus deaths and cases reported across the state
CONFIRMED CASES: 1,919,970
CONFIRMED DEATHS: 30,485 | 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.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Legislative pay and pension measures, medical marijuana, election bills win passage on Crossover Day
By Mark Niesse, James Salzer and Maya T. Prabhu
Georgia legislators voted on dozens of bills before a key deadline Tuesday, including proposals to increase their own pay and pensions, to revive the state’s stalled medical marijuana program, and to again change election laws. The flurry of votes came on Crossover Day in the General Assembly, its internal deadline for bills to pass at least one legislative chamber. Measures that failed to advance by Tuesday have less of a chance of becoming law, but they could later be revived if their language is inserted into other bills that previously passed a chamber. …Not everything went smoothly for legislative leaders Tuesday. A proposed constitutional amendment to allow horse racing in the state went down to defeat in the Senate.
accessWDUN
Georgia lawmakers decide dozens of bills on key deadline day
By Associated Press
Georgia lawmakers waded through dozens of bills at a key deadline. Tuesday was crossover day in the General Assembly, when bills and other measures are required to pass in the House or Senate and move on to the other chamber. Lawmakers rejected legalizing horse racing, while they had yet to vote late Tuesday on changes to voting laws. Some key proposals had moved forward earlier, like a mental health reform measure. Measures that had failed earlier included a proposal to loosen the state’s hands-free cellphone law for drivers. Because of legislative rules, it’s still possible for lawmakers to later resurrect many proposals that don’t pass on Tuesday. ADVANCED …
GUNS IN PUBLIC: House Bill 1358 and Senate Bill 319 would abolish Georgia’s requirement for a background check and license to carry a handgun in public. Republicans say it infringes on Second Amendment gun rights for people to have to apply for a permit and pay a fee, usually about $75.
CRITICAL RACE THEORY: House Bill 1084 and Senate Bill 377 would ban the teaching of certain racial concepts that Republicans say are divisive. Opponents say the measure would frighten teachers away from an honest classroom discussion of race in history and the present.
DIDN’T ADVANCE
HORSE RACING: Senate Resolution 131 and Senate Bill 212 would allow up to five horse racing tracks with gambling anywhere in the state, if voters approve.
Higher Education News:
Atlanta Business Chronicle
Higher-ed leaders: How we’re preparing students for the future workplace
By Hilary Burns – Editor, The National Observer: Higher Education Edition,
One higher-ed leader recently delivered a message to four-year colleges and universities: “You can learn from community colleges.” Jackie Jenkins-Scott, interim president of Roxbury Community College in Boston, said that four-year schools could benefit from studying how community colleges meet employer needs as pressure mounts on all higher-ed institutions to prepare and launch students into careers, especially as tuition costs continue to rise. “When we talk about the future of higher education, so much more of it has to be collaborative rather than competitive,” Jenkins-Scott said. “We develop our programs and our curriculums based on real jobs. You all have something that you can learn from community colleges.”
Inside Higher Ed
After two years of restricted travel, students are celebrating spring break once again—just as most states lift mask mandates. Experts warn colleges to remain vigilant against COVID-19.
By Maria Carrasco
…Because many students will spend time in large crowds and potentially partying during their break, some experts are urging caution—especially for those traveling to COVID-19 hot spots. Anita Barkin, co-chair of the American College Health Association’s COVID-19 task force, said travel increases the risk of exposure to COVID-19, particularly since so many states have dropped mask mandates. Florida, for one, has state laws against vaccine and mask mandates. Puerto Rico last week announced it will no longer require domestic travelers to provide proof of vaccination or take a COVID-19 test before arrival. California dropped its requirement for unvaccinated people to wear masks in most indoor settings starting in early March. …Barkin recommends that colleges and universities require initial COVID-19 testing when students arrive back on campus, with repeat testing five days after their return. Institutions should also distribute information to students about symptoms of COVID-19, where to get tested and what to do if they develop symptoms, she said.
Inside Higher Ed
New Report on State Support for Incarcerated Students
By Sara Weissman
A new report by the Education Trust, a research and advocacy organization focused on closing equity gaps in education, analyzes supports for currently and formerly incarcerated students in eight states. The report was released Tuesday and provides state-specific guides for policy makers and advocates for incarcerated students to overturn barriers to higher education. The research in the report was spearheaded by the inaugural cohort of the Justice Fellows Policy Program, a group of formerly incarcerated people who advise the Education Trust on its policy recommendations related to prison education. The report examines state policies that affect incarcerated and formerly incarcerated students in California, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Tennessee and Texas.