Forsyth County News
Georgia leads the nation in CyberStart efforts
From staff reports
With almost 6,400 high school students competing in the CyberStart America game, Georgia led the nation in participants. The University of North Georgia’s (UNG) Institute for Cyber Operations and College of Education hosted a ceremony May 21 to celebrate the 80 students and 11 schools who were selected as Georgia winners for CyberStart America. UNG, the Georgia Cyber Center at Augusta University, Georgia Tech Research Institute, and the Georgia Department of Education created a CyberStart America in Georgia Taskforce to promote CyberStart within the state and provide $100,000 in cash prizes to Georgia students, teachers, and schools. CyberStart America in Georgia enabled all students in the state’s 800-plus high schools to discover their talent in cybersecurity in a free game.
WGAU Radio
UGA’s Morehead will serve another term as SEC president
Stuart Bell, president of University of Alabama, was elected vice president
By Tim Bryant
University of Georgia President Jere Morehead has been reappointed president of the Southeastern Conference. It’s a post he’s held since 2021. The announcement from SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey put the wraps on the Conference’s spring meetings in Destin.
From UGA Media Relations…
University of Georgia President Jere W. Morehead has been reappointed president of the Southeastern Conference for another year. The announcement was made Friday, June 3 by Greg Sankey, commissioner of the Southeastern Conference, during the SEC Spring Meetings in Sandestin, Florida. As president, Morehead will chair the SEC’s Executive Committee, a seven-member panel that approves the SEC operating budget and oversees the conference’s fiscal affairs, among other duties. Morehead served as SEC vice president for two years from 2019-2021 before being named president in 2021.
Mainstreet News
Hoschton resident receives two scholarships at Georgia State
Georgia State University student Austin Dockery has received the Dr. Steve and Lynne Wrigley Study Abroad Scholarship. Dockery, of Hoschton, is a master’s student in history in the College of Arts and Sciences. This scholarship was created by Dr. Steve and Lynne Wrigley to help make studying abroad a reality for students majoring in history. He earned a bachelor of arts in history from Georgia State and a Ph.D. from Northwestern University. She earned a bachelor of science in math from Georgia State.
Marietta Daily Journal
Kennesaw State professor awarded NSF grant to explore brain-inspired computer vision
Kennesaw State University faculty member Yan Fang will examine the human brain’s capabilities as he and his students research ways to make drones and robots better at tracking fast-moving objects without exhausting their limited battery power. Fang, an assistant professor in the Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering and Engineering Technology, earned a prestigious grant for early-career researchers from the National Science Foundation, which will fund his research through 2024. The NSF Computer and Information Science and Engineering Research Initiation Initiative award is highly competitive and provides resources to help new faculty members launch their research careers in computer science and engineering.
Savannah Business Journal
Leadership Southeast Georgia 2022 Programming concludes with Graduation Ceremony
Savannah Business Journal Staff Report
Leadership Southeast Georgia, a professional development and leadership program held throughout 10 coastal counties, concluded its 2022 programming with a focus on regional health and infrastructure. The participant group consists of regional leaders from business, professional and civic organizations selected to participate in a five-month course of ongoing personal and professional growth to build connections and learn collaboration skills that empower them to improve the region. …The group then toured the Waters College of Health Professions building at Georgia Southern University Armstrong Campus before a panel presentation by local stakeholders in public health. …Other speakers during the final session included Dr. Laurie Adams of GSU Waters College of Health Professionals, …Robert Grant of GSU Parker College of Business, …LSEGA 2022 program sponsors include Evans General Contractors, Morgan Corp., Georgia Southern University,
Savannah CEO
Christopher Curtis of Georgia Southern University Talks About Their Research Efforts
Christopher Curtis is Vice Provost of Research at Georgia Southern University. He talks about the establishment of an institute of water and health that allows the college to conduct research to better serve the community.
Savannah Business Journal
Savannah Business Journal Staff Report
Faculty from Georgia Southern University’s Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health (JPHCOPH) have secured a federal grant totaling more than $1.8 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to promote inclusive excellence in health informatics and health equity. With the goal of empowering minority students through education, JPHCOPH’s Professor and Department Chair Gulzar Shah, Ph.D., as principal investigator, and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Nandi Marshall, DrPH, as co-investigator, received the grant as part of the $7.98 million award for the TRIUMPH (Training in Informatics for Underrepresented Minorities in Public Health) consortium, which included three other universities and four public health organizations.
Augusta CEO
Augusta University Hosts Georgia Chamber of Commerce Regional Meeting
Kevin Faigle
The Georgia Chamber of Commerce recently held its regional meeting at Augusta University with about 100 professionals, faculty members and dignitaries from around the state in attendance. Chris Clark, president and CEO of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, was the guest speaker at the Thursday, May 26 event. The chamber’s top priority is to ensure the competitiveness of businesses and people in the state. A lot of the news on the business front continues to be good, he said.
Albany Herald
Georgia Museum of Agriculture seeks Autism Spectrum Disorder art for exhibit
From staff reports
Local Autism Spectrum Disorder artists are invited to submit their art for a special exhibit titled “The Art of Autism” at the Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Georgia Museum of Agriculture. The exhibit will be built with art made by local ASD artists of all ages. According to Museum Curator Polly Huff, the project will allow art to positively impact individuals with ASD and those whose lives are intertwined with them.
Albany Herald
UGA SNAP-Ed team recognized as part of 30-year celebration
By Cal Powell
The UGA SNAP-Ed program, working in collaboration with UGA Extension and a network of federal, state and local resources, is a vital part of the national mission to eliminate diet and physical activity-related health disparities among low-income Georgians. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — Education, or SNAP-Ed, was launched in 1992 as the nutrition education arm of SNAP, the nation’s largest and oldest nutrition assistance program that provides economic benefits to low-income individuals and families. Formerly known as the Family Nutrition Program and Food Stamp Nutrition Education, the program that began with just seven states providing nutrition education is now in its 30th year and active in all 50 states as well as the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands and Guam.
The Dahlonega Nugget
UNG softball reaches Final Four at Nationals
By Jake Cantrell
After running through the first two rounds of the NCAA Division II National Championship and onto the Final Four with relative ease, the No. 18 University of North Georgia softball team saw the 2022 season come to a close Sunday night in the national semifinals, falling twice to Cal State Dominguez Hills.
UNG drew No. 22 Adelphi University in the first round as the seventh seed, jumping out to a quick start and keeping its foot on the gas as the Nighthawks opened the 2022 NCAA Division II Softball Championship with an 8-2 win on Thursday afternoon.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia Tech falls short against Tennessee in NCAA regional final
By Ken Sugiura
Three outs from the biggest win of the season, a familiar agony befell Georgia Tech. Trying to pull off an upset of overall No. 1 seed Tennessee Sunday night to force a Monday winner-take-all game for the NCAA baseball regional championship, the Yellow Jackets let go of a two-run lead going into the seventh inning and a one-run lead going into the ninth and lost 9-6. The loss, which followed an elimination-game win over Campbell earlier in the day at Lindsey Nelson Stadium, was Tech’s second in the double-elimination regional and ended its season yet again at the regional round. The Jackets lost at the regional round for the 11th consecutive appearance, 10 times as the regional runner-up.
WGAU Radio
Diamond Dog season ends in Chapel Hill
“It’s a game of inches, and it came true today”
By Christopher Lakos, UGA Sports Communications
The No. 11 North Carolina Tar Heels hung on for a 6-5 win over the Bulldogs Sunday at Boshamer Stadium to advance to the Regional Final while Georgia’s season comes to an end.
WTOC
Fans show support as Georgia Southern’s baseball season ends
By Flynn Snyder
A history making weekend for Georgia Southern baseball has come to an end. The Eagles ended their regional tournament run Sunday after losing 3 to 1 to Texas Tech. It wasn’t the outcome Georgia Southern baseball fans were hoping for.
WRDW
NCAA finds AU men’s basketball guilty of academic misconduct
By Staff
The Augusta University men’s basketball team was found guilty of violating NCAA academic misconduct rules, according to Division II Committee on Infractions. In a news release distributed by the NCAA media center, the head coach and a former assistant coach provided academic assistance to a student-athlete on the men’s basketball team. According to the news release, the investigation found the academic coordinator witnessed the head coach editing and adding information to a paper the student wrote for an English class. It was also stated that on a second occasion, the academic coordinator observed the former assistant coach sitting with the student-athlete as he was taking a virtual exam. Video showed the student submitting answers without his hands on the keyboard and impermissibly using his phone during the exam.
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OPINION
How to address cyber threats against higher ed
Colleges are high-value targets for cyberattacks. Leaders who prepare now will be better positioned if one comes, write KPMG experts.
By David Gagnon, Tony Hubbard and Kathy Cruz
After two years of disruption, institutions of higher education are successfully deploying new strategies for growth while navigating the continued challenges from distributed workforces, hybrid learning and ongoing social and economic dynamics. While the sector has been resilient in the face of unheralded challenges, higher education has unique vulnerabilities that make it a prime target for cyberattacks. College and university boards and leadership teams should be taking proactive steps to bolster their cybersecurity infrastructure and educate employees and other key stakeholders about the risk that cyberattacks pose to institutions’ finances and reputations.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Congress Should Scrutinize Higher Ed’s Use of Predictive Analytics, Watchdog Says
By Dan Bauman
They’re the invisible infrastructure that colleges and universities rely on to target prospective students for recruitment, to build financial-aid offers, and to monitor student behavior. Now, a new report from the Government Accountability Office is urging Congress to probe how higher education uses these consumer scores, algorithms, and other big-data products, and to consider who stands to benefit most from their use — students or institutions? The GAO also encouraged Congress to consider bolstering disclosure requirements and other consumer protections relevant to such scores.
Inside Higher Ed
A Radical Change for Admissions
Students don’t even fill out applications in this “flipped” system. And this system doesn’t really want the students bound for Harvard or its ilk.
By Scott Jaschik
Imagine a new way for colleges to admit students: students don’t apply. They just create a single, basic portfolio, showing their grades, their interests and relevant information. They can include their test scores if they want to. Colleges would then look at the portfolios and make offers of admission, without even knowing the names of the students. And what about those students who want to go to Harvard University (or equally competitive colleges)? They would go on using the current system. This is not an admissions system for them. The new system exists. It is a company called Concourse that has been using the system to admit international students to American and international universities for the last two years.
Inside Higher Ed
‘A Call to Action’ as Enrollments Tumble
Higher education officials in Tennessee are trying to determine why the state’s high school graduates are passing on college, and how to change their minds.
By David Steele
Tennessee higher education officials, like their counterparts across the country, are grappling with declining enrollment at colleges throughout the state. But a precipitous drop in high school graduates enrolling in college—the lowest numbers seen in a decade—has raised alarm bells and prompted state officials to double down on efforts to slow the decline and attract more students. The officials are also trying to figure out what’s driving a troubling new trend line—first-time enrollment by high school grads are falling despite several programs in place that previously helped increase enrollment. “I think everybody has the same questions, and everybody is still working on answers,” Linda Martin, the University of Tennessee system’s vice president for academic affairs and student success, said of national enrollment declines.
Inside Higher Ed
Catharine Hill thinks the Carnegie Foundation and the American Council on Education just might be—and that’s a good thing.
By Catharine Hill
Since 1970, the Carnegie Classification system has helped make sense of the diversity of institutions that make up higher education in the U.S., grouping them based on the degrees they offer, their size and the research productivity of their faculty, among other measures. Earlier this year, the Carnegie Foundation and the American Council on Education announced that they would partner on the classifications and specifically described the need for the “Carnegie Classification system to reflect the nation’s pressing social, racial, and economic concerns and challenge higher education institutions and their public, social, and commercial sector partners to meaningfully address them.”
The Hechinger Report
To recruit new hires, big employers team up with historically Black colleges
Under pressure to diversify, companies are investing money and mentorship in HBCUs
by Jon Marcus
As it did in workplaces worldwide, the killing of George Floyd — just a few miles from its offices in Minneapolis — led to deep introspection about diversity and fairness at the Solve advertising agency. The company was more than 80 percent white, and part of an industry in which Black and Hispanic employees are drastically underrepresented compared to their proportions of the population. “It obviously pushed the entire industry to reflect, ‘Are we doing enough?’ ” said Andrew Pautz, a partner in the firm and its director of business development. “And the answer was really no.” …“Advertising isn’t on the radar of diverse candidates when it really counts, when they’re trying to find a career to engage in,” Pautz said. So he and his colleagues asked: “Where is there a high concentration of diverse students? And that’s what brought us to HBCUs.”