WGAC
Usry Family Gives $100,000 to Support Scholarships at Hull College of Business
Mary Liz Nolan
Local entrepreneurs Brad and Paige Usry have given $100,000 to Augusta University to fund scholarships for students attending the James M. Hull College of Business. Usry is a graduate of Augusta College, having earned a business management degree there in 1982. …He’s now a third-generation business owner of Fat Man’s Mill Cafe and Enterprise Mill Events. “A big part of my business is AU. We have a strong business relationship with many parts of AU, catering food and events. We feed off the school, and they also feed us with customers and employees,” said Usry. His wife, Paige, also attended Augusta College. She was a cheerleader, also studying business at the school.
James Magazine
Progress and Success Continue at Columbus State University
Dr. John Fuchko became interim president of Columbus State University on July 1st after having served as the University System of Georgia’s Vice Chancellor for Organizational Effectiveness. In that capacity he oversaw risk management, compliance and ethics, strategic implementation, accreditation and other key activities. …He is interviewed by James Publisher Phil Kent.
Augusta CEO
Augusta University Named to Best for Vets list by Military Times
Staff Report
Augusta University has been named to the 2022 Best for Vets: Colleges list by Military Times. This year’s Best for Vets: Colleges survey included responses from more than 300 schools that answered more than 70 questions about services and programs specific to military students, whether active-duty, veteran or families and dependents of service members.
yahoo!entertainment
Georgia wildlife enthusiast tracks down rare pine snake
Watch as Christian Cave, a 22-year-old environmental science student at Kennesaw State University, revels in catching a hard-to-find pine snake in South Georgia.
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The Times-Georgian
“UWG Day” declared in Carrollton and Carroll County
By Special To The Times-Georgian
The University of West Georgia strives to foster a sense of partnership and connectedness in the communities it serves. As an indicator of the success of that effort, the Carrollton City Council and Carroll County Board of Commissioners recently proclaimed Oct. 22, as “UWG Day” in both Carrollton and Carroll County. UWG President Dr. Brendan Kelly said the proclamations demonstrate the work being done to curate a first-choice university in communities that also strive to be first-choice.
Morning AgClips
Keeping graduates in rural communities
UGA provides tools for community engagement and economic success
In rural areas of Georgia, like Grady County, losing young adults to schools and jobs in other cities and states can break the succession of community leaders, which is vital to future success. As an initial PROPEL (Planning Rural Opportunities for Prosperity and Economic Leadership) community, Grady County surveyed students at Cairo High School to find out what young people would like to see in their hometown, how much they knew about job opportunities in the area, and if they planned on staying close to home after graduation. …Launched in spring 2022 by the University of Georgia’s Vinson Institute of Government, PROPEL provides rural communities with resources to create systems necessary to support their own economic and workforce development strategies.
WJCL
Georgia Southern offering free football tickets to Military Members and First Responders
Eagles host South Alabama on Saturday
Frank Sulkowski, Anchor/Reporter
Georgia Southern Athletics is hosting their annual Salute to Service football game this Saturday at Allen E. Paulson Stadium. The Eagles will host South Alabama at 4 p.m. and the school is offering multiple specials to members of the United States Armed Forces and First Responders. Military members and First Responders may redeem one (1) free upper level ticket per valid military ID. Tickets must be redeemed in person at the Athletics Ticket Office between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday or on game day starting at 9 a.m. The Gate 8 ticket booth will also be open on game day starting at 1 p.m.
Albany CEO
Stephen Snyder Talks About Raising Money for Scholarships at Georgia Southwestern
Stephen Snyder of Georgia Southwestern State University talks about their goal over the next 18 months to raise $1 million for scholarships.
Columbus CEO
Columbus State Donors Double Down Through Annual ‘CSU GIVES’ Fundraising Campaign
Staff Report
Donors to Columbus State University’s annual day of giving on Tuesday, Sept. 27 demonstrated that it’s hard to contain the CSU Cougars spirit to one day. The 2022 “CSU GIVES” campaign—part of the university’s week-long homecoming festivities—continued to inspire donors’ giving spirit into October. That unwavering spirit resulted in and benefited from increased levels of “CSU GIVES” support—in both the number and value of contributions—compared to 2021. After 24 hours of online giving, donors had contributed more than $48,000 in gifts benefiting a wide range of university programs—including areas of greatest university needs, often referred to as “unrestricted giving.” By the time campaign giving leveled off in late October, donors had contributed $63,267.38—more than a 100% increase in online giving to the 2021 “CSU GIVES” campaign.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Americana Festival at KSU is on Nov. 7-11
By Carolyn Cunningham, For the AJC
Kennesaw State University’s Bailey School of Music will present the Americana Festival at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7, 9, 10 and 11 to celebrate Veterans Day. In person or online, four diverse concerts will focus on American composers and patriotic songs at the Morgan Concert Hall, Bailey Performance Center, 1000 Chastain Road NW, Kennesaw. U.S. veterans will receive free admission into the Nov. 11 performance.
WXFL
ABAC President honored with Alumni Achievement Award
by Ty’Tierra Grant
Dr. Tracy Brundage, president of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College was the award recipient from the School of Behavioral Sciences and Education. Penn State Harrisburg has announced the recipients of the college’s annual Alumni Achievement Awards. One graduate from each of the college’s five academic schools earned the accolade thanks to their outstanding professional accomplishments.
WGAU Radio
UGA updates plans for East Campus-Baldwin Street project
By Tim Bryant
The University of Georgia announces plans for the next phase of work on the East Campus Road-Baldwin Street intersection, with demolition of the parking lot and railroad trestle now set for November 28. UGA says it hopes to have the work completed by the start of spring semester.
From UGA Archnews…
Active demolition at the parking lot and railroad trestle site near the East Campus Road/Baldwin Street intersection is scheduled to begin on Monday, November 28. The pedestrian passage will be closed while the trestle is removed and the site is stabilized.
WFXG
Georgia Cyber Center helps Augusta University students develop hard skills
By Ansleigh Edwards
At The Georgia Cyber Center, collaboration is important. It’s makerspace is bringing students from Augusta University’s, School of Computer and Cyber Sciences together to expand their making skills. Augusta University student, Joshua Aley, was drawn to the university because of its unique cyber opportunities. …He is a member of JAGByte, a living learning community for freshmen, in the School of Computer and Cyber Sciences, designed to help them get the most out of their degree. JAGByte students recently came together at The Garage, The Georgia Cyber Center’s makerspace, for a soldering workshop. Also in attendance, the Cybetronics Maker’s Club, an organization for students interested in getting hands on cyber experience.
Statesboro Herald
EGRMC names two scholarship recipients
The East Georgia Regional Medical Center Scholarship Program recently honored two future health care leaders with scholarships.
The Millen News
Jenkins County native named director of the McNair Grant
Joe Brady, Millen News Editor
Georgia Southern University has received $1.3 million from the U.S. Department of Education to continue the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program through 2027. The McNair Scholars Program is one of seven federal TRIO programs, targeted to serve and assist income-eligible students, first-generation college students and individuals with disabilities to progress through the academic pipeline from middle school to post-baccalaureate.
Independent
Padraig Byrne
IT’S now coming up on three years since the Adoration Sisters packed up their meagre possessions and moved from the imposing Wexford town building that had been home to the order since 1875. Since then, things have remained deathly quiet along the buildings cavernous halls. Despite an agreement between Wexford County Council and Georgia Southern University (GSU) that the iconic building will be transformed into accommodation for young American students attending their campus in the old County Hall, things have not progressed at the pace initially envisaged. However, Chief Executive of Wexford County Council Tom Enright says that the project is “progressing” behind the scenes and both the local authority and GSU remain “committed”.
The City Menus
Emerging Leaders of Carroll County
For 30 years, Leadership Carroll has cultivated leaders through community engagement, exploration, and professional development. Many of the over 700 Leadership Carroll graduates have become leaders in the community. Sponsored by Addison Smith Mechanical Contractor, America Commerce Bank, Carroll County Schools, and MedSpa Downtown, the program has produced and nurtured leaders in the west Georgia region since 1992. Leadership Carroll, a flagship program of the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce, is designed to provide local business leaders with a unique opportunity to experience the many facets of Carroll County, preparing them for the challenges of tomorrow. …Leadership Carroll 30th Anniversary Cohort: Sarah Powell, University of West Georgia
Clayton News-Daily
Farm Again helps veterans reconnect with the land
By Carlisa Johnson
For many veterans, returning to civilian life is a stark shift from their fast-paced and service-based military life. Combine this with the more than 4.7 million veterans who have service-based disabilities, the challenges of re-entry compound. The University of Georgia is working to assist Georgia’s veterans with this transition through its dynamic farming program, Farm Again. …Farm Again offers classes covering a wide range of topics including business planning and farming 101, which breaks down the basics for those who are new to the world of agriculture. Rebecca Brightwell, AgrAbility and Farm Again co-director and associate director of UGA’s Institute on Human Development and Disability, said the program highlights the importance of supporting local farmers.
The Tifton Gazette
From Broadway tunes to traditional spirituals, the melodious sounds will flow freely Nov. 8 in Howard Auditorium where the “very talented voices of students will join with community members to present the annual fall choral concert” at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. Marti Braziel Schert, ABAC choral director, said showtime is set for 7 p.m. for the concert which is open to the community with no admission charge, college officials said in a statement. With a theme of “Dreams of Travel & Wonder,” the event features the ABAC Jazz Choir, the ABAC Concert Choir and the ABAC Community Choir.
WGAU Radio
UGA scientists work on new COVID vaccine booster
By James Hataway, UGA Today
A team of researchers led by scientists at the University of Georgia and the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center are near the completion of a phase 1 clinical trial for a new single-dose intranasal COVID vaccine. Unlike traditional vaccines that require an injection, this vaccine is administered through a nasal spray similar to those commonly used to vaccinate against influenza. A fine mist inhaled through the nostrils allows the vaccine to target the mucosal cells that line the nasal passages and airways.
Medical Xpress
Making glioblastoma more vulnerable to treatment
by Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
In the tough war against glioblastoma, scientists are taking a cue from viruses on how to make the aggressive cancer more vulnerable to treatment. Their target is SAMHD1, a protein which can protect us from viral infections by destroying an essential building block of DNA that viruses and cancer need to replicate. But they’ve found SAMHD1 also has the seemingly contradictory skill of helping repair double-strand breaks in the DNA that if unrepaired can be lethal to any cell, including a cancer cell, and if mended incorrectly can result in genetic mutations that produce cancer. “When the DNA breaks, that is what actually interrupts the DNA replication and also the synthesis of proteins, so a double-strand break is lethal for cells,” says Waaqo Daddacha, Ph.D., cancer biologist in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Medical College of Georgia.
C-Span
Washington Journal
Matthew Gunning on Campaign 2022 and Georgia
Matthew Gunning, Political Science Associate Professor, Georgia Gwinnett College talked about the 2022 midterm elections in the battleground state of Georgia. This segment included political and campaign ads.
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Higher Ed Dive
Jeremy Bauer-Wolf, Senior Reporter
Dive Brief:
The U.S. Department of Education for about a decade failed to properly report to Congress the findings of policy experiments at colleges, such as testing federal financial aid for incarcerated students, an agency watchdog found. The Education Department is legally required to share with congressional committees at least every two years the results of what are known as Experimental Sites Initiatives. But the department has not published a comprehensive summary since 2010-11, the Office of the Inspector General said in a report released Monday. Officials from the Office of Federal Student Aid, which runs the experiments, said in response to OIG’s findings that these reports often offered little insight. However, the agency said it will draft a synopsis of all the experiments it has missed by the end of the year.
Inside Higher Ed
Mold Complaints Abound in Dorms Across South Carolina
By Liam Knox
South Carolina college students complained of thousands of instances of mold exposure in dorm rooms over the past two years, according to a new investigation by the Charleston-based Post and Courier. In many cases, students said the mold made them sick; in many others, colleges failed to uncover and eradicate the mold until after multiple student complaints. The reporting was prompted in part by the death of Amya Carr, a South Carolina State University senior, who died from an asthma attack in April. Her death was never officially linked to mold exposure, but dozens of mold complaints were made by other students in her dorm. After Carr’s death, The Post and Courier reviewed nearly 4,000 pages of documents detailing 2,400 complaints of mold at colleges across the state.
Inside Higher Ed
Striving for the ‘Gold Standard’
Some historically Black colleges and universities experienced record research funding this fiscal year. It’s a hopeful sign to a group of HBCUs seeking R-1 status.
By Sara Weissman
Leaders of historically Black colleges and universities have been working to achieve Research-1 status in recent years, the coveted Carnegie Foundation classification reserved for doctoral universities that demonstrate a certain level of research prowess. No HBCU currently holds such a classification, but administrators at some colleges say the designation feels increasingly attainable after years of striving and strategizing and a record year of securing research dollars. …The lack of HBCUs on the R-1 list has not gone unnoticed by the stewards of the Carnegie classifications, which are now housed at the American Council on Education as of this spring. Mushtaq Gunja, executive director of the Carnegie Classification systems and ACE senior vice president, said the organization is re-examining the classifications with equity in mind ahead of 2024, when the next round of classifications is scheduled to be released.
Higher Ed Dive
80% of professors at Ph.D.-granting universities attended the same handful of colleges
Laura Spitalniak, Associate Editor
Dive Brief:
Just 20.4% of U.S. institutions account for 80% of tenured and tenure-track faculty at Ph.D.-granting universities, giving prestigious colleges disproportionate influence over the spread of ideas, academic norms and culture. That’s according to new research published in Nature, a peer-reviewed journal. It concluded that academia “is characterized by universally extreme inequality in faculty production.” Just over one in eight domestically trained faculty were educated at five doctoral institutions: the University of California, Berkeley, Harvard University, the University of Michigan, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Stanford University. The same five universities trained more faculty than all non-U.S. universities combined.
Inside Higher Ed
Florida Trustees Select Sasse as President
Senator Ben Sasse was unanimously selected by trustees as the next president of the University of Florida, despite protests related to both the search and the candidate.
By Josh Moody
Ben Sasse, a Republican senator from Nebraska, will soon leave Washington, D.C., for an environment that may be almost as political as Congress: Florida higher education. The University of Florida’s Board of Trustees unanimously approved Sasse as the next president of UF Tuesday. Even faculty and student representatives on the board threw their support behind him, despite sharp questions from their constituents on a litany of issues. Sasse faced campus protests and a vote of no confidence in the search process, which left the Nebraska senator as the sole finalist. Critics questioned his stance on LGBTQ+ issues, abortion rights and other matters, as well as his qualifications. While the board largely focused its questions on Sasse’s vision for the University of Florida, concerns about his views on social issues and his limited academic experience were front and center during the public comments section of Tuesday’s meeting.
Higher Ed Dive
FTC slams Chegg for chronic, ‘careless security’
Matt Kapko, Reporter
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Chegg, an online tutoring and textbook rental company, is in the Federal Trade Commission’s crosshairs after long-standing poor security practices exposed personal information on about 40 million customers and employees. Chegg, which provides services to high school and college students, “failed to fix problems with its data security despite experiencing four security breaches” between 2017 and 2020, the FTC alleged in its complaint and proposed order against the company. The FTC will require Chegg to clarify what data it collects, why it’s collecting that information and when it will be deleted. The company must also delete unnecessary data, allow customers to access data collected on them and make requests for Chegg to delete that data.
Cybersecurity Dive
Critical OpenSSL vulnerability causes security industry to hold its breath
David Jones, Reporter
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The OpenSSL project is set to release a patch Tuesday for a critical vulnerability that security researchers warn could be the most serious the industry has seen in more than a decade. OpenSSL is a code library that is widely used across the internet to enable secure communications. OpenSSL announced early last week that it would release version 3.0.7 in order to address the vulnerability, which researchers say impacts anyone using version 3.0 or above. The patch represents only the second time the organization has ever released such a serious security update since the 2014 Heartbleed vulnerability.
TechCrunch
Twitter’s verification chaos is now a cybersecurity problem
Zack Whittaker
Cybercriminals are already capitalizing on Twitter’s ongoing verification chaos by sending phishing emails designed to steal the passwords of unwitting users. The phishing email campaign, seen by TechCrunch, attempts to lure Twitter users into posting their username and password on an attacker’s website disguised as a Twitter help form. The email is sent from a Gmail account, abd links to a Google Doc with another link to a Google Site, which lets users host web content. This is likely to create several layers of obfuscation to make it more difficult for Google to detect abuse using its automatic scanning tools. But the page itself contains an embedded frame from another site, hosted on a Russian web host Beget, which asks for the user’s Twitter handle, password and phone number — enough to compromise accounts that don’t use stronger two-factor authentication. Google took down the phishing site a short time after TechCrunch alerted the company.