Six Mile Post
New GHC president says education is the ‘silver bullet’
Abigail Henderson, Features Editor
Growing up, Mike Hobbs never saw himself in the academic world. Instead, he wanted to be a professional baseball player. However, as he entered college, he began to appreciate academics as he realized education was the way to prepare for the real world. It wasn’t long before he started working with high school and college students, helping them prepare for the real world themselves. One could say he’s ‘hit a home run in life’ as after years of experience in higher education, Hobbs was appointed by The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia as president of GHC in May of this year.
WGAU Radio
UGA gets $73 million grant to expand medical research
By Michael Terrazas, UGA Today
The National Institutes of Health has awarded $58.6 million over the next five years to the Georgia Clinical & Translational Science Alliance, a consortium of universities and healthcare providers that includes UGA, to continue its efforts to transform medical research into results that improve the health of people in Georgia and beyond. In addition to NIH funding, the Georgia CTSA will receive $15.1 million in support from its academic institutions. …Georgia CTSA accelerates clinical and translational education, research, workforce development, and community engagement. Its member institutions include UGA, Emory University, Morehouse School of Medicine and Georgia Tech.
yahoo!news
KSU to consider new conference; reportedly eyeing leap to FBS
John Bednarowski, Marietta Daily Journal, Ga.
When Kennesaw State’s football team played last week at Jacksonville State, it was believed to be the final regular meeting between the teams, with the Gamecocks’ impending move into the Football Bowl Subdivision. That may not be the case after all. On Tuesday, the Georgia Board of Regents, during its meeting at Dalton State University, will review a request by Kennesaw State officials to enter a new agreement regarding its athletic conference affiliation. The Board of Regents agenda item does not say what the new destination would be, but Yahoo Sports writer Pete Thamel reported Friday that Kennesaw State is the favorite to make the jump from the Football Championship Subdivision, leaving the ASUN Conference for Conference USA.
Columbus CEO
New Online Scholarship Platform for Columbus State Students
Staff Report
A new online tool at Columbus State University is making the quest for college affordability easier for both current and future students. The new “CSU Scholarships” online platform, launched on Oct. 3, streamlines the process of searching and applying for the hundreds of scholarships the university offers. The CSU Scholarships platform provides information about scholarship requirements, which vary based on a student’s major, classification, GPA, financial need and other qualifications. It allows admitted and current students to apply online for available scholarships directly from the site. Applications for 2022-23 scholarships are open to students now, with deadlines for many extending to Feb. 15, 2023.
Patch
Georgia Gwinnett College Teaching Program + Local Woman Missing
The quickest way to get caught up on the most important things happening today in Loganville-Grayson.
Nicole Fallon-Peek, Patch Staff
…During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, many teachers and students were forced to turn to online teaching environments. The number of people entering and staying in the teaching profession decreased drastically and hasn’t increased much since. The School of Education at Georgia Gwinnett College launched a fellowship program this year to help change that. Undergraduates enrolled in this fellowship have the opportunity to teach in classrooms across Gwinnett County for an entire year.
Columbus CEO
Columbus State, Ft. Benning Robotics Partnership Enhances Student Learning, Employability
Staff Report
From its inception, Columbus State University’s Robotics Engineering program has benefited from strong ties with the military community—most notably with nearby Fort Benning. As the U.S. Army embraces new and expanded uses for robots, the CSU-Fort Benning partnership has grown to benefit CSU students’ experiences in the classroom and the lab, and their marketability in the workforce. This partnership recently added a new member of the Robotics Engineering faculty, “Spot,” who is teaching Columbus State students about real-world robotics applications in the military. The quadruped robot, also known as a four-legged robot, is arguably the most important piece of technology in the military, according to Dr. Ted Maciuba, deputy director of Robotics Requirements at Fort Benning. He is also on CSU’s Robotics Advisory Board.
Six Mile Post
GHC is phasing out its music pathways
Julia Haynes, News Editor
The University System of Georgia Board of Regents met on Sept. 8 to discuss terminating 215 degree programs from USG institutions, including many language, journalism, landscaping and education programs that have faced decreased enrollment in the past three years. GHC will be ending several of its pathways as a result. GHC will phase out the Music and Music Business pathways from its listed programs within the next academic year. Some pathways, such as philosophy and physics, have already been dropped for a lack of interested students.
Augusta Business Daily
Mondays with Rick: The two pieces of training employees
By Gary Kauffman
Dr. Rick Franza, Dean of the Hull College of Business, discusses a different, timely business topic each Monday in this column. This week, he talks about the importance of training employees. The interview has been edited for clarity and impact.
Savannah Morning News
Dominitz: Georgia Southern, college football take on issue bigger than a game in mental health
Nathan Dominitz
Eliminate the stigma. Don’t be judgmental of those with mental health concerns. Be supportive and encourage those suffering in silence to get professional help. “It’s OK to not be OK,” said Brandonn Harris, a Georgia Southern University professor and the program director of sport and exercise psychology. He also is a sport psychologist with Georgia Southern Athletics’ Mental Performance Team, which provides a safe environment for “comprehensive, holistic and collaborative mental health and optimal mental training services to student-athletes and athletic department stakeholders,” according to the athletics department website.
Calhoun Times
Calhoun City Schools named Georgia’s 2022 Charter System of the Year
From Calhoun City Schools
On Oct. 5, the Georgia Charter System Foundation hosted its Annual Awards Luncheon in Athens, highlighting the numerous achievements of Georgia Charter Systems. Calhoun City Schools received the prestigious Charter System of the Year Award and was awarded $10,000 by the Foundation to further build upon their continued tradition of excellence. Calhoun Middle School’s Governance Team was also recognized as the Governance Team of the Year and is the recipient of a $5,000 award. This is the second time Calhoun City Schools has been named Charter System of the Year, previously being recognized in 2016. This speaks to the legacy of excellence that forms the foundation of CCS. …During the conference, Dr. Tricia Waters and Amanda Swift presented information about the system’s partnership with the University of West Georgia to provide innovation labs in all media centers. Dr. Brandi Hayes, Director of College and Career Programs and Garrett Nudd also served on a panel and roundtable discussion, “The Future is Now: Georgia’s Economy and Addressing Critical Needs of the Healthcare Industry.” They discussed the challenges to Georgia’s healthcare industry, providing perspectives on collaborative partnerships to serve the workforce needs of Georgia’s healthcare industry.
Gwinnett Daily Post
Georgia Gwinnett College education fellowship is a win-win for students, schools
By Ken Scar Special to the Daily Post
When it comes to professions that make a real impact on the world, it’s hard to top teaching. Everyone has that teacher who lit the creative spark, introduced the new idea, or gave the encouragement that changed the course of their life. Sadly, the job of teaching has apparently not been giving some educators the same inspiration. Teachers have been evacuating the profession in droves, and enrollment in teacher training programs has been declining. …The School of Education at Georgia Gwinnett College launched a fellowship pilot program this year to change that. The heart of the program is centered around the essence of teaching — relationships. To be effective, teachers must understand their students’ needs and passions, and the students must know and respect their teachers. This can’t happen in a day or a week, and the architects of GGC’s fellowship program understood that. That’s why they created a program that takes undergraduate teaching students and places them in elementary, middle and high school classrooms around Gwinnett County for an entire year.
Marietta Daily Journal
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College students thank donors at ‘Milk and Cookies’ event
The Albany Herald, Ga.
More than 200 students ate cookies, drank milk, and wrote thank you notes to their scholarship donors during the annual “Milk and Cookies Day” recently at the Alumni House at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. “It was perfect weather as grateful students gathered to write thank-you notes to their donors,” ABAC Alumni Director Lynda Fisher said. “This is a wonderful event that not only shows our donors how grateful we are for their gifts to the college, but it also helps instill in our students a sense of gratitude for the sacrifice those donors made.” Thanks to contributions to the ABAC Foundation from individuals, families and companies, ABAC students are receiving more than $1 million in scholarships for the 2022-23 academic year.
WRBL
Columbus Police Department participating in National Faith & Blue Weekend
by: Cole Trahan
The Columbus Police Department (CPD) plans to host four local events as part of the 2022 National Faith & Blue Weekend, “one of the largest police-community outreach events,” according to a press release from the CPD. They will take place from Friday, Oct. 7 to Monday, Oct. 10. This will be National Faith & Blue Weekend’s third year. Having originated in Georgia, it will involve activities that build connections between law enforcement and residents, “create mutual understanding, and enhance justice and reconciliation.” … On Saturday, Oct. 8 at 8 a.m. … the CPD and Columbus State University police will help Sleep in Heavenly Peace deliver beds to children who need them.
InsiderAdvantage
Columbus native, UGA student leads way on Interstate 14 proposal
by Baker Owens
There is still a lot of work to do on the ground with the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) but over the next few years, a new interstate might be coming together in central Georgia. As it stands now, to drive west from Macon, (depending on how far you plan on traveling) your best bet is to drive north to Atlanta and then head west on Interstate 20. Thanks to the efforts from a Columbus native and UGA student, Interstate 14 will change that.
Times-Georgian
Jeremy Sheffield promoted to UWG Assistant A.D.
By Jared Boggus UWG Sports
The University of West Georgia has announced the promotion of Jeremy Sheffield to Assistant Athletic Director of Facilities and Events. In his new role, Sheffield is responsible for the oversight of UWG’s athletic facilities that continue to be some of the best in the country at the Division II level and all of the events that take place within those facilities.
Grice Connect
Save the Date: Trick-or-Treat on Greek Street set for Oct. 26
The fraternity and sorority community at Georgia Southern University will be out in full force for the annual Trick-or-Treat on Greek Street. This year’s event will take place on Wednesday, October 26, from 5:30-7:30pm along Olympic Blvd. This event is a great opportunity for kids to come out and enjoy some Halloween fun while also getting to meet some of the members of the fraternity and sorority community on the Statesboro campus. During Trick-or-Treat on Greek Street, participating fraternities and sororities will open their doors to trick-or-treaters and hand out candy. Boro kids can stock up on candy and test out their costumes before Halloween night! In addition to candy, many fraternities and sororities will have games and activities for kids to enjoy.
Albany Herald
UGA study: Did my computer say it best? Not necessarily
By J. Merritt Melancon UGA News Service
With autocorrect and auto-generated email responses, algorithms offer plenty of assistance to help people express themselves. But new research from the University of Georgia shows people who rely on computer algorithms for assistance with language-related, creative tasks didn’t improve their performance and were more likely to trust low-quality advice. Aaron Schecter, an assistant professor in management information systems at the Terry College of Business, had his study “Human preferences toward algorithmic advice in a word association task” published this month in Nature Scientific Reports.
Savannah Morning News
Savannah’s got talent! Annual TEDx Savannah displays wealth of knowledge flowing in Hostess City
Maxine L. Bryant For Savannah Morning News
Maxine L. Bryant, Ph.D., is a contributing lifestyles columnist. She is an assistant professor, Department of Criminal Justice & Criminology; director, Center for Africana Studies, and director, Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Center at Georgia Southern University, Armstrong Campus.
Our city is known as The Hostess City — our beautiful, and sometimes eerie, Spanish Moss intrigues many. Our colorful flowers and palm tree-lined streets are captivating. Our Antebellum homes in the Historic District and our themed cultivated landscaped squares attract thousands of visitors each year. The recently added Plant Riverside District provides exciting venues for the young and the young at heart. Our myriad of restaurants along River Street (and beyond) offer tantalizing dishes that are guaranteed to satisfy every appetite.
WRDW
Political science expert weighs in on the importance of debates
By Staff
People all over the country are watching two of our major elections this year. Brian Kemp and Stacey Abrams are meeting in a re-match for governor. Herschel Walker is challenging Raphael Warnock for his position as U.S. Senator. Walker and Warnock are touring around the state ahead of their upcoming debate in Savannah. We talked to an expert at Augusta University about the impact these debates can have on an election.
News Azi
Zooming In On The Signals Of Cancer
By Jason Junior
This year, about 240,000 people in the U.S. will discover they have lung cancer. Some 200,000 of them will be diagnosed with non-small-cell lung cancer, which is the second leading cause of death after cardiovascular disease. Georgia Tech researcher Ahmet Coskun is working to improve the odds for these patients in two recently published studies that are essentially focused on understanding why and how patients respond differently to disease and treatments.
yahoo!news
Research into rare lightning bolts could help meteorologists better predict storms
Boston 25 News Staff, Kevin Lemanowicz
It’s a weather phenomenon few have seen: lightning bolts that shoot upward into space instead of down to the ground. They’re called gigantic jets. Researchers at Georgia Tech are studying data about the incredibly strong bolts of lightning could change the way meteorologists track storms and warn you about threats. The first one was discovered as recently as 2002 near Puerto Rico, using a special nighttime camera.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Gwinnett County man charged with double shooting blocks from UGA campus
By Rosana Hughes
A Lawrenceville man has been charged in a shooting that left two people injured just blocks away from the University of Georgia campus Saturday morning, according to police. Athens-Clarke County police were called to the area of the 200 block of West Clayton Street around 2:15 a.m. about a shooting, police said in a statement. When officers got there, they found two people, a 30-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman, with gunshot wounds. The victims, who were not publicly identified, are expected to survive. Police believe the woman is a UGA student, a spokesperson said Sunday.
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Inside Higher Ed
Pace of FAFSA Simplification Concerning
Exactly where FAFSA simplification stands is unknown, and concrete guidance for colleges and universities has been scant.
By Katherine Knott
The long-awaited simplified Free Application for Federal Student Aid should be open next fall, but financial aid administrators and college access advocates are skeptical that the U.S. Department of Education can meet that deadline. The department is slated to roll out the shorter FAFSA next October, which will be used for financial aid awarded in the 2024–25 academic year. Before then, colleges and universities will need to know what the form will look like, how to comply with the new rules and how eligibility will be calculated. The army of counselors, college access groups and financial aid officers who help students fill out the form will need to be trained. Exactly where the department stands on the simplification process is unknown—concerning institutions, advocates and families—and concrete guidance has been scant so far, even as changes start rolling out this year.
Inside Higher Ed
OPINION
Creating a Culture of College Persistence
Career development offices can work differently and better to support first-generation and other disadvantaged students, writes Brittany Wampler.
Rising college prices and student debt are a huge national concern, for good reason. Here at Cleveland State University, an urban-serving campus where about one-third of undergraduates are first-generation college students, we’re fortunate that our tuition is in the lowest tier for U.S. four-year institutions. Price is still a factor, of course, but it just isn’t the biggest barrier to success for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Instead, we’re focused on the many other challenges faced by our undergraduates, many of whom are underrepresented, nontraditional, transfer students or first gen, as noted—or a mixture of these. We’re convinced that universities like ours can move the needle by focusing intently on the many support needs of disadvantaged students beyond money. Those needs are extensive and haven’t always been met as well as they should be at many institutions. That, of course, isn’t from a lack of trying. But colleges need to learn from their past efforts, starting with an honest assessment of where they’ve fallen short. The challenges we’ve faced—and the changes needed to address them—have taught us a lot and may have lessons for other universities, too.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
The Return of College as a Common Good
Americans increasingly see the public value of higher education. Can colleges seize the moment?
By Karin Fischer
In 1980, the U.S. Department of Education polled parents of high-school students on the question of who should pay for college. It was the dawn of the Reagan Revolution, with its emphasis on small government and personal responsibility, and attitudes, even those of parents, reflected that: Eight in 10 of those asked in the High School & Beyond survey said students and their families should cover college costs. More than half, 55 percent, said parents should have the “main responsibility” for tuition expenses, and another quarter said it should be up to students themselves. Only about a fifth of respondents said the state or federal government should pay tuition bills. After 1980, the Education Department dropped the question from its survey. It wasn’t until three decades later that it was asked again, this time as part of a national survey fielded by Indiana University. The researcher, Brian Powell, a professor of sociology at Indiana, studies family and education, and he was curious about how public opinion might have shifted. …The view of college as primarily a personal or family responsibility dominated. The only change was that a greater share of respondents in 2010, about a third, thought students, rather than their parents, should pay the bill.
Higher Ed Dive
Why a state flagship will encourage all 30,000 of its students to open investment accounts
University of Kentucky athletes can now opt into new investment accounts. Program will scale up widely to prod more students to learn about finances.
Laura Spitalniak, Associate Editor
Higher ed leaders often focus on the financial choices students face, but the conversation overwhelmingly focuses on tuition costs and basic needs like housing and food. The University of Kentucky is looking at another area. In September, it announced it will offer all of its students investment accounts by fall 2023. Students who enroll can also earn seed money to invest by completing program goals, like taking financial literacy courses. The program, UK Invests, will launch with roughly $1 million raised from private donors and use a customized version of a Fidelity Investments app. A pilot program is underway with a test cohort of roughly 600 student-athletes. Heath Price, associate chief information officer, discussed how UK Invests came to be, why it began with athletes, and how the university hopes it can teach investment literacy to 30,000 students.
Inside Higher Ed
Opinion
An Alternative Approach to Affirmative Action
Catharine B. Hill writes that there’s a better way to make access to the largest subsidies at the more selective institutions available to talented students from all backgrounds.
By Catharine B. Hill
…Instead of treating admission to a selective college as something applicants have earned and are entitled to because of a set of accomplishments at age 18 that have little to do with the public good, admission should be based on expectations of future benefits to society from educating a talented set of students from all backgrounds, evaluating their potential on the basis of what they have accomplished, in the context of opportunities available to them. In this case, colleges and universities would not need affirmative action policies to justify their admissions decisions. If the use of affirmative action in admissions is struck down by the Supreme Court, institutions should redefine how they make admissions decisions and emphasize the contributions to society expected from educating the students they admit.
Diverse Issues in Higher Education
AASCU to “Remain Carefully Mindful” on Appeals Court DACA Ruling
Arrman Kyaw
The American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) has said in a statement that it will “remain carefully mindful” regarding the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit’s ruling that keeps in place the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program but remands the case back down to district courts. The decision acknowledges the pending start date of the Biden administration’s new DACA regulations and its potential impact on the trial court’s initial ruling that had found the Obama administration’s 2012 DACA memorandum to be unlawful, the statement read. It is long past time that this issue be settled, the AASCU noted.
Cybersecurity Dive
Microsoft updates guidance to prevent future Exchange server attacks
The company had to revise some of its guidance involving the URL Rewrite rule, while organizations continue to wait for a patch.
David Jones, Reporter
Dive Brief:
Microsoft on Tuesday updated guidance on the URL Rewrite rule, which was designed to help customers prevent future attacks related to two zero-day vulnerabilities found in Exchange Server. The vulnerabilities, confirmed last week by Microsoft, were first identified by Vietnam-based GTSC in August. The URL rewrite rule guidance was a mitigation strategy that Microsoft suggested to help organizations block against known attack patterns for customers using Exchange server. However, researchers at GTSC as well as researcher Kevin Beaumont, pointed out flaws in the suggested mitigations that could allow an attacker to bypass the changes. “The original mitigations provided by Microsoft were unfortunately easy to maliciously subvert,” Dray Agha, senior threatops analyst team lead at Huntress, said via email. “As Kevin noted, those who applied the original mitigations were still vulnerable due to this mitigation bypass.”
Higher Ed Dive
As cybersecurity threat rages, colleges invest in risk prevention and pay higher insurance premiums
Rick Seltzer, Senior Editor
Dive Brief:
Most of the colleges whose debt S&P Global Ratings evaluates say they haven’t had a serious data breach, but institutions should still invest in steps to mitigate risks in the face of increasing and evolving cyberattacks, it said in a recent report. Only 13% of institutions with cyber insurance in S&P’s portfolio reported a data breach because of a cyberattack. Cyber insurance policies are getting more expensive for the higher ed sector. Policy renewals are typically increasing prices by between 40% and 60%, with some premium increases hitting the triple digits, S&P said.