Statesboro Herald
Community, university and college thank Bulloch legislative delegation
Event also a half-year-early retirement tribute for Tankersley
Al Hackle/Staff
While spotlighting the area’s state legislative delegation in general, the Statesboro-Bulloch County Legislative Appreciation Event, a banquet attended by about 100 people Monday evening in the Jack Hill Building at Ogeechee Technical College, served as a retirement celebration for Rep. Jan Tankersley six months in advance. The Bulloch County Board of Commissioners, City of Statesboro, Development Authority of Bulloch County, Ogeechee Technical College Foundation, Georgia Southern University and Statesboro-Bulloch Chamber of Commerce together hosted the event. Former Georgia governor and former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, now chancellor of the University System of Georgia, attended to help heap thanks on the legislators, as did Technical College System of Georgia Commissioner Greg Dozier.
41NBC
Georgia College adds summer course to address nursing shortage
by Lizbeth Gutierrez
Georgia College in Milledgeville is working to tackle the shortage of nurses across the state. The college added a third nursing class to its existing two. The new class will be an accelerated course that will last one year. College lecturers we spoke with say the need for more nurses has been evident since the beginning of the pandemic. The college hopes this course can give more opportunities to students looking to enter a competitive program.
Moultrie Observer
ABAC salutes nursing graduates
Staff Reports
The nursing program at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College recently honored its top graduates at the 2022 spring semester pinning ceremony. Alexis Martin from Lakeland, Ga., received the South Georgia Medical Center Dedication to Nursing Award, and Mary Spikes from Tifton received the Clinical Excellence Award presented by Tift Regional Medical Center. Hannah Ritter from Nashville, Ga., received the Academic Excellence Award, presented by Colquitt Regional Medical Center. Kambria Blakely from Moultrie, Amber Doss from Bonaire, and Haven Hollingsworth from Pitts received the Lisa Purvis Allison Spirit of Nursing Award, Blakely for the A.S.N. traditional track, Doss for the A.S.N. bridge track, and Hollingsworth for the B.S.N.
Douglas Now
SGSC GRADUATES FIRST COHORT IN LONG-TERM HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT BACHELOR’S PROGRAM
For students wanting to find a role on the business side of healthcare, the Bachelor of Science in Long-Term Healthcare Management (LTHM) at South Georgia State College could be a good fit. The program started in the spring of 2020 and recently graduated its first cohort of students. The Long-Term Healthcare Management program is designed to develop educational skills and knowledge for managers of long-term healthcare provided in patient residences and long-term care facilities. Additionally, students gain an increased understanding and knowledge of quality healthcare systems relating to quality assurance, risk management, managed care, insurance, ethics, and other information and practices important to managing in a demanding healthcare environment. Graduates of this program have the skills to coordinate care among interdisciplinary health care professionals, community agencies, and long-term care facilities, all of which will increase quality of life and improve long-term outcomes. The program is housed in the SGSC School of Nursing.
Barnesville Dispatch
The Craig A. Ogletree Memorial Foundation has established a $25,000 scholarship endowment in memory of Barnesville native, Craig A. Ogletree, to provide support for GSC students facing financial hardships. Ogletree worked closely with the GSC African American Male Initiative (AAMI) program students and has been a loyal donor to the college. Scholarship recipients will be determined by the Scholarship Committee of GSC. The Craig Ogletree Scholarship may be renewed for multiple years granted the recipient is in good academic standing of a 3.0 or higher GPA. “We are very excited that the Ogletree family has chosen to establish a scholarship endowment in memory of Craig Ogletree at Gordon State College. He invested so much time at Gordon with the faculty, staff, and students,” said GSC Vice President of Advancement, External Relations and Marketing, Montrese Adger Fuller. “He has made such a huge impact at the institution.”
Metro Atlanta CEO
Staff Report
The Home Depot®, the world’s largest home improvement retailer, is working with Georgia Tech’s Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) to create a new program focused on Supply Chain and Logistics startups (SC&L). As part of a three-year sponsorship, Home Depot executives will mentor program participants and offer guidance and expertise to support their growth. As the SC&L space continues to evolve, partnerships with program participants have become more important for an early-stage company’s customer acquisition and business model development.
The Dahlonega Nugget
Music education program earns national honor
The University of North Georgia’s collegiate chapter of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) received a 2022 Collegiate Chapter of Excellence award from the national group in the professional development category.
WABE
Georgia Tech offers new “Black Media Studies” minor
Georgia Tech Assistant Professor Joycelyn Wilson, who teaches in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, discusses the College’s new “Black Media Studies” minor. This “multidisciplinary area of scholarship” investigates media, culture and racial politics as they relate to those of African descent.
yahoo!news
Allatoona graduate and Savannah State volleyball player granted scholarship
The Abbie DeLoach Foundation honored 29 scholarship recipients at a luncheon at the Savannah Golf Club on April 29, including Allatoona High School graduate, Jedaiah Daniels, who received a scholarship in 2021. Daniels was a stand-out player for the Allatoona High School Buccaneers and now plays for the Savannah State women’s volleyball team as a middle hitter. This volleyball season, Daniels had 128 kills and 60 digs. …The Abbie DeLoach Foundation was founded by Jimmy DeLoach Jr. in honor of his daughter Abbie DeLoach, a Georgia Southern University nursing student who was killed in a tractor-trailer collision in 2015. The ADF has awarded more than $1.25 million in scholarships to students who reflect the qualities that exemplified Abbie DeLoach’s life.
WGAU Radio
National Science Foundation funds scholarships at UNG
“These experiences will transform our students”
By Clark Leonard, UNG
Eleven University of North Georgia students are taking a major step in their academic journey this summer thanks to Research Experiences for Undergraduates funded by the National Science Foundation. Another will participate in an opportunity through the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience at Emory University. The students will gain valuable research experience in fields such as biology, chemistry, and physics at universities on both U.S. coasts and in between.
Albany Herald
PHOTOS: Ties That Bind brings men, boys together at Albany State University
Alan Mauldin
The annual Ties That Bind program was a chance on Tuesday for men and boys to bond and share the art of tying a tie. The event brought about 50 young men to a luncheon at the campus, and was attended by a cross section of professionals, elected officials and law enforcement.
Morning AgClips
UGA horticulture professor receives Georgia Organics 2022 Land Steward Award
Award recognizes an individual who has made “significant commitments to the tenets of organic agriculture
For nearly three decades, Juan Carlos Díaz-Pérez has been contributing to the field of sustainable vegetable production, focusing on organic agriculture as a professor in the University of Georgia Department of Horticulture. This month, Georgia Organicsis recognizing his work with the 2022 Land Steward Award. The award recognizes an individual who has made “significant commitments to the tenets of organic agriculture, including soil fertility, biodiversity, on-farm recycling and water quality.” …UGA Tifton campus Professor Díaz-Pérez spoke with UGA integrated pest management communications coordinator Emily Cabrera about the award and his career.
WFMZ
James E. Southerland, MD is recognized by Continental Who’s Who
By Continental Who’s Who
James E. Southerland, MD, is being recognized by Continental Who’s Who as a Top Family Physician in acknowledgment of his work at Lake Oconee Regional Primary & Urgent Care Center. As a practicing Family Physician for the past 34 years, James E. Southerland, MD, has treated countless patients in Augusta, GA, with various common and complex issues. …He next completed a Medical Degree at the Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine in 1981.
Fox28 Savannah
GSU to commemorate Juneteenth with second annual celebration
by Isabel Litterst
Maxine Bryant, the director of Africana Studies at Georgia Southern University, said that the university will kick off the holiday weekend with its second annual Juneteenth celebration this Friday at the Armstrong campus. Bryant said the federal recognition of this holiday celebrating the end of slavery in America is a significant historical event in and of itself. …Bryant said that all are welcome at Friday’s event, and she encouraged people of all ages to come out and enjoy food, performances, and educational activities.
Americus Times-Recorder
New projects for GSW Athletics kick off thanks to fundraising success
By Chelsea Collins
Construction and renovation is underway on multiple capital improvement projects for the Department of Athletics at Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW). These privately funded Athletics projects include: …The total investment of $1.6 million was allocated as a result of an increase in corporate sponsorships, success of the Canes 360 program and the record-setting turnouts for signature GSW Athletics fundraising events at the President’s Golf Classic and Hail Storm. …All projects are expected to be completed by the middle of the fall semester.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia Tech’s Danny Hall addresses future, potential successor in James Ramsey
By Ken Sugiura
Georgia Tech baseball coach Danny Hall isn’t sure when he’ll retire from coaching. But he knows who he’d like to replace him when he does. That would be hitting coach James Ramsey, whose promotion from assistant coach to associate head coach was announced in early May. While acknowledging that the decision to select Hall’s successor will belong to athletic director Todd Stansbury, Hall had no problem divulging his preference in an interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution before Tech’s final games of the season in the NCAA Tournament at a regional hosted by Tennessee.
Marietta Daily Journal
Kennesaw State researchers highlight gaps in data security considerations for brainwave tech
Kennesaw State University researchers are urging a greater focus on cybersecurity in emerging brainwave technologies, which they say are vulnerable to hacking and breaches of personal data. Adriane Randolph, professor of information systems at KSU, and doctoral student Rosemary Tufon will present a research paper on security threats to brainwave technology at the NeuroIS Retreat, June 14-16, in Vienna, Austria. Brainwave technologies can be used with a wired cap that feeds and decodes information straight into a computer, or wirelessly by wearing sensors on the scalp and broadcasting waves that are picked up by Bluetooth and decoded. The technology is often used to assist people whose ability to communicate is limited by disability.
WSB TV
New robot created by Georgia Tech student can create realistic graffiti
By WSBTV.com News Staff
Gerry Chen works in a laboratory. His latest creation is quite remarkable. “I am very proud of it. Absolutely! The first time I saw it actually painting, I had tears in my eyes. It was so exciting,” Gerry said. GTGrafitti is a robot that’s also an artist. “Building it was not too hard. Getting the software to properly control it was very challenging,” Gerry said. A 2 year challenge. Gerry is a Ph.D. student at Georgia Tech, loves robots, and loves Atlanta’s graffiti artwork. …Gerry says this tech can preserve beloved works of art by repainting them on 10 different buildings.
WRDW
Paceline presents cancer research grants at Augusta University
By Staff
Paceline presented six cancer researchers with grants at Augusta University. It’s all to help research to improve cancer prevention, advance treatments, and have more breakthroughs with patients. A jury of doctors and researchers reviewed 20 project proposal applications, and six were chosen for the grants. They ranged from racial disparities and cancer to a mobile cancer molecular biology lab.
Scitechdaily
Harvard Scientists Have Developed a Revolutionary New Treatment for Diabetes
Type 1 diabetes is estimated to affect around 1.8 million Americans. Although type 1 diabetes often develops in childhood or adolescence, it can occur in adulthood. Despite active research, type 1 diabetes has no cure. Treatment methods include taking insulin, monitoring your diet, managing blood sugar levels, and exercising regularly. Scientists have also recently discovered a new treatment method that holds promise. A group of researchers from the University of Missouri, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Harvard University has proved the successful use of a novel Type 1 diabetes treatment in a large animal model in a new study published in Science Advances on May 13th.
MSN
Vibrating pill could help sufferers of chronic constipation
Barney Calman for The Mail
Relief from chronic constipation could soon come from an easy-to-swallow vibrating capsule. The gadget, called Vibrant and about the size of a fish-oil supplement, sends out pulses that, the designers claim, stimulate natural movements in the gut. While Vibrant is still under development by its Israeli manufacturer, the latest data from its largest trial so far, involving more than 300 patients, suggests it can double the number of weekly bowel movements in constipation sufferers. …Dr Satish Rao, professor of medicine at Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, who led the Vibrant trial and presented the results at the American College of Gastroenterology conference, said: ‘The pill is designed to induce local contractions of the colon to mimic what happens normally.’
Meat+Poultry
UGA study provides insight into Salmonella strains
By Rachael Oatman
The US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) funded a food safety study conducted through the University of Georgia (UGA). The study, published in “Applied and Environmental Microbiology,” used new technology to analyze national data from the USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) from 2016 to 2020, monitoring Salmonella contamination at multiple points during poultry production. The USDA-NIFA award was granted to Nikki Shariat, assistant professor at UGA and author of the study.
Albany Herald
Monarch butterfly populations thriving in North America
By Leigh Beeson University of Georgia
For years, scientists have warned that monarch butterflies are dying off in droves because of diminishing winter colonies. But new research from the University of Georgia shows that the summer population of monarchs has remained relatively stable over the past 25 years. Published in Global Change Biology, the study suggests that population growth during the summer compensates for butterfly losses due to migration, winter weather and changing environmental factors
WTOC
Economics professor discusses bear market impacts on the Coastal Empire
By Sean Evans
Americans are facing a triple threat to their finances. U.S. stocks have dipped into a bear market. That means the index has dipped at least twenty percent below its most recent high. The Federal Reserve is expected to increase interest rates tomorrow. And, some economists say a recession is likely. Dr. Michael Toma, a Professor of Economics at Georgia Southern University, says the main problem right now that’s causing the price of goods to go up higher than normal levels is inflation.
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Inside Higher Ed
Bill to Allow Transfer of College Savings to Retirement Funds
By Meghan Brink
A bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate Tuesday would allow families to transfer unused funding from college savings accounts, or 529 accounts, without being penalized. These accounts allow families to save for their children’s educations by investing after-tax income into mutual funds, much like a Roth retirement savings account. Under current law, families whose children decide not to go to college or do not use all of the savings in the account are penalized for withdrawing any unused funds.
Inside Higher Ed
Senate Bill Would Boost Funding for Civics Education
By Meghan Brink
A bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate Tuesday would provide $1 billion to expand education programs and research in civics and history. The bill aims to help to close gaps among students across the nation in civics and history education. The Civics Secures Democracy Act would establish $150 million for competitive grants for colleges and universities to support civics and history education development and educator preparation. It would also provide $50 million for competitive grants for research that evaluates current civics and history education programs and an additional $15 million for a new fellowship program that recognizes educators in underrepresented communities and gives a stipend for a five-year commitment to teaching.
Diverse Issues in Higher Education
UNCF and Steve Fund Partner to Improve HBCU and PBI Student Mental Health
Arrman Kyaw
United Negro College Fund (UNCF) and mental health organization the Steve Fund, will be partnering for two years to improve student mental health, focusing on historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and Predominantly Black Institutions (PBIs). …Together with the Steve Fund, we are ready to place the mental health of Black students and Black colleges and universities at the center of an initiative focused on their student success and excellence. This new partnership will work to bolster cultures of mental health and emotional wellbeing at up to 40 HBCUs and PBIs, as students of color deal with stress, racialized trauma, and mental health challenges amid an ongoing global pandemic and the U.S.’s racial reckoning. …The partners will use The Healthy Minds Study (HMS) to help each school look at students’ mental health, service use, and attitudes about mental wellness. They’ll be working with the Healthy Minds Network to better understand dynamics of mental health on Black school campuses.
Atlanta Business Chronicle
Why real estate investors continue to bet on student housing amid broader economic headwinds
By Ashley Fahey and Joshua Mann
The U.S. student-housing sector has been on a roller-coaster ride through the pandemic. As some students moved off campus at the pandemic’s onset, owners of student-housing properties questioned whether occupancy — and rent collections — would fall off a cliff. Deal volume in the space dropped considerably, from about $1.6 billion in deals done first quarter of 2020, to $181.9 million the subsequent quarter, according to MSCI Real Capital Analytics. Since then, in-person learning and students have come back to campus, as has investment in student housing. Here’s how the sector has shifted since the pandemic, and what’s driving it now.
Inside Higher Ed
GAO Urges Better Analysis of Universities’ Risk of Foreign Threats
By Doug Lederman
The federal agencies charged with restricting the export of certain technologies and the sharing of those technologies with foreign nationals in the U.S. would benefit from better information about which universities face the most risk of exposure, the Government Accountability Office said in a report Tuesday. The GAO report relates to the issue of whether foreign governments like China’s are targeting sensitive research information at American universities—efforts that have intensified in recent years. The report focuses on the outreach by the Departments of Commerce and Homeland Security and other agencies to universities to help guard against possible breaches and the extent to which the agencies can target their efforts at the institutions most at risk.
Inside Higher Ed
The leading law school accreditor has proposed eliminating the standardized test requirement for admissions. Proponents argue it would increase diversity, but detractors fear a loss of accountability.
By Liam Knox
In April, the American Bar Association’s Council on Legal Education, which accredits 196 law schools across the U.S., proposed eliminating a requirement that accredited schools use the Law School Admission Test or some equivalent “valid and reliable” standardized test in their admissions process. The ABA council clarified that law schools “would remain free to require a test if they wish.” If accepted, the proposal would take effect for law school classes beginning in fall 2023. The LSAT is by far the most widely used assessment for law school admissions, and any aspiring lawyer can attest to the weight a good LSAT score can have on a school’s decision. But as consensus builds for a re-evaluation of the role of standardized testing in other areas of higher education, the debate over its benefits has reached law school admissions. Opinion is sharply divided—and impassioned on both sides.
Inside Higher Ed
Economic Mobility Through a Different Lens
A new Economic Mobility Index highlights postgraduation outcomes of colleges that serve high numbers of low-income students.
By David Steele
…The authors of a report released earlier this year sought to measure those very factors and designed the new Economic Mobility Index, which looked at low-income students and ranked the colleges and universities that provided them the most economic mobility based on the number of such students the institutions enrolled and the return on investment, or ROI, they provided for students. The top 10 of those colleges were Hispanic-serving institutions, or HSIs, in California, New York and Texas—states with large Hispanic populations—according to the report by Third Way, a public policy think tank. Economic mobility has long been considered a good measurement of the postgraduation financial status of students. The economic outcomes for graduates of Ivy League and other selective top-tier private and public universities are unsurprising; those students tend to do well even if they’re first-generation college students or from low-income backgrounds.
Inside Higher Ed
Many teachers face the need to acquire a graduate degree, often taking on student debt for a high-demand job that yields few economic rewards. What should be done?
By Meghan Brink
While the broader conversation on debt relief has been mostly focused on undergraduates, there have been far less sympathetic attitudes towards relieving the debt of graduate or professional degree holders. Broad federal efforts to relieve the student debt of graduate and professional degree holders—for example, doctors and lawyers—are viewed by some as a waste of taxpayer dollars to help the well-off. Although some of the 37 percent of graduate students who hold student debt do go on to pursue professional degrees or Ph.D.s or enter fields that yield high salaries, some of these students enter public service jobs, many of which either require a graduate degree or pay higher salaries for those with one. Public service jobs, like teaching, do not yield the same economic benefits as other fields that require such high levels of education.
GPB
Ohio Gov. DeWine signs a bill arming teachers after 24 hours of training
By: Bill Chappell
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill on Monday allowing teachers to carry guns in class after 24 hours of training, over opposition from teachers and a police group. Backers say the policy will make schools safer, but critics say that’s not the case, citing experts’ analysis. The new law dramatically reduces the amount of training a teacher must undergo before they can carry a gun in a school safety zone. Instead of more than 700 hours of training that’s currently required, school staff who want to be armed would get training that “shall not exceed” 24 hours, House Bill 99 states. “DeWine, who had campaigned for gun restrictions after the mass shooting in Dayton in 2019, said signing this bill is part of an overall plan to harden school security,” according to the Statehouse News Bureau.
Inside Higher Ed
Civil Rights Office Finds Community College Violated Title IX
By Meghan Brink
Salt Lake Community College in Utah was found to have violated Title IX after encouraging a pregnant student to drop a course without providing academic adjustments needed to accommodate her pregnancy, among other violations, according to a statement by the Office for Civil Rights on the resolution released Tuesday. In its investigation, OCR found that Salt Lake Community College failed to provide the student excused absences for classes missed due to her pregnancy, did not work with the student to find proper services and academic adjustments, did not give her the opportunity to make up work missed due to her pregnancy, and did not respond in a sufficient way to the student’s complaint of pregnancy discrimination. OCR did not name the course. The college was also found to have violated Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 by failing to consider whether the student’s pregnancy caused a temporary disability that would require academic adjustments.