The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
How some Georgia colleges defy trend toward enrollment drops
By Vanessa McCray
…The state’s private and public colleges experienced mixed success this fall in pulling pandemic-weary students back to their campuses. Enrollment at the University System of Georgia’s 26 public colleges fell for the second consecutive year, down 1.8% compared to the prior year. Nationally, college enrollment declined by 1.1%. Enrollment grew at three of Georgia’s four prominent public research universities, with Georgia Tech leading the pack. But generally, the smaller state schools with a regional focus struggled more. Several of Georgia’s private colleges reported growing interest as they made it easier to apply, a move that most of the state’s public schools also made.
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UNG has its first Rhodes Scholar finalist
By Tim Bryant
The University of North Georgia has its first ever Rhodes Scholar finalist: Anna Moller is president of the Student Government Association at UNG.
From the UNG website…
Anna Møller, Student Government Association president at the University of North Georgia , is the university’s first Rhodes Scholarship finalist. She is a senior international student pursuing a degree in psychology with a minor in organizational leadership. …The Rhodes Scholarship, a national postgraduate award for students to study at England’s University of Oxford, is the oldest and most prestigious international graduate scholarship in the world. The Global Rhodes Scholarship, to which Møller, a Danish citizen, applied, is an exceedingly competitive international scholarship, according to Dr. Anastasia Lin, UNG’s assistant vice president for Academic Affairs.
Athens Banner-Herald
What’s the smell of success? Ask the UGA business student who invented odorless socks
Andrew Shearer
Matthew Tesvich’s destiny was lined up for him from the time he played little league baseball. Now a senior at the University of Georgia, Tesvich still remembers the routine of having to take off his dirty socks directly after practices and games, and put them in the washing machine before being allowed to do anything else. Last month, Tesvich was awarded a $2,500 prize at the Terry College of Business’ UGA Entrepreneurship Idea Accelerator Demo Day for an invention he has named Ox Sox, a type of odorless sock that retains its fresh smell for days without any need for washing.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
AJC On Campus: Record lottery profits for HOPE, college student voting
By Vanessa McCray
The Georgia Lottery, which funds the popular HOPE scholarship and other educational programs, reported its most profitable first quarter in its nearly 30-year history. That bit of news is just one item we highlight in this edition of AJC On Campus. We also take a look at student voting, an agreement aimed at helping technical college students who want to transfer plus new research from the University of Georgia on the political imbalance between renters and homeowners.
Climbing lottery profits
The lottery corporation transferred $389.9 million to the State Treasury’s Lottery for Education Account for July 1 to Sept. 30. That’s $25.1 million more than the first three months of last fiscal year, according to the state. The lottery recently celebrated another milestone moment. In July, it hit $25 billion in revenue used to support HOPE scholarships for Georgia students to attend in-state colleges and also fund prekindergarten programs. More than 2 million students have benefited from the scholarship program.
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Automotive Scholarship at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
Ches Mangham, a freshman pre-med major from Tifton, is the 2022-2023 recipient of the Prince Automotive Group Endowed Scholarship Award at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. The award, established in 1994, provides academic support to ABAC students from one of 11 area counties in the Prince Automotive Group service area including Berrien, Ben Hill, Coffee, Colquitt, Cook, Dougherty, Irwin, Lowndes, Tift, Turner and Worth with preference for employees or dependents of employees of Prince Automotive Group.
WJCL
Georgia Southern’s JD Kaiser awarded first Simmons Strong Scholarship
Eagle freshman plays catcher for baseball team
Frank Sulkowski, Anchor/Reporter
Georgia Southern freshman JD Kaiser has been awarded the first-ever Simmons Strong Scholarship. Kaiser, from Statesboro, was recognized and honored during the Georgia Southern football game Saturday night. …The Simmons Strong Foundation is named in honor of long-time Statesboro and Effingham County High School coach and teacher Jim Simmons. …The Foundation was created to provide scholarships to local high school and college student-athletes that exemplify the values Jim Simmons lived throughout his life, and by giving financial assistance to community members experiencing hardships due to cancer treatment/diagnosis.
Albany Herald
Georgia foundation offers $70,000 in ag scholarships
From staff reports
The Georgia Foundation for Agriculture is offering $70,000 in scholarships to Georgia students pursuing a degree in agriculture, veterinary medicine, family and consumer sciences, or a related field, Dougherty County Farm Bureau President Laney Wooten recently announced. The GFA will award scholarships in the following four categories: Scholarship for Agriculture — This scholarship is for high school students who plan to enter a college that is part of the University System of Georgia, …Rising College Junior/Senior Scholarship for Agriculture — This scholarship is for college students who have at least two semesters of college remaining to receive an undergraduate degree from a unit of the University System of Georgia, …UGA College of Veterinary Medicine Scholarship — This scholarship is for students currently enrolled in the UGA Veterinary Medicine program specializing in large animal/food animal practice.
Americus Times-Recorder
By Ken Gustafson
Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW) has announced its most outstanding alumni for their professional and personal achievements as well as their contributions to the University. These individuals will be recognized Saturday, Jan. 21 during the inaugural Gold Force Gala in the GSW Storm Dome. …Each of these awards holds special significance and has different criteria.
WTOC
Ogeechee Riverkeeper, Georgia Southern graduate student team up for study on river
By Dal Cannady
A researcher from Georgia Southern will team with Ogeechee Riverkeeper to measure the environment in and along the part of the river in our community. She’ll test two particular spots along the river. This research comes as one company will be closing their plant along the river in Screven County, and another company begins to build their plant along the river in Bryan County. The river touches 15 counties as it flows to the Georgia coast. Georgia Southern University graduate student Molly McKeon will study our local part of it through a fellowship with the Ogeechee Riverkeeper.
AP News
Georgia Speaker Ralston recalled for friendship beyond party
By Jeff Amy
Georgia House Speaker David Ralston was remembered Sunday as not only a powerful politician, but someone whose care for others transcended partisan and other boundaries, as hundreds gathered in the Republican’s hometown of Blue Ridge to remember him after he died on Nov. 16 at age 68. “David Ralston wanted to connect with people at the heart,” said Republican Rep. Randy Nix of LaGrange, one of four speakers to eulogize Ralston. “Politics were important but people were more important. If you were hurting, the R or the D by your name didn’t really matter.” Current Gov. Brian Kemp and former governors Sonny Perdue and Nathan Deal were in the crowd at the Fannin County High School Performing Arts Center, along with Ralston’s wife and children, other statewide officials, lawmakers, legislative employees and lobbyists. Ralston’s casket was draped in a Georgia state flag and removed from the stage by an honor guard of state troopers.
WSB-TV
Family and friends gather to celebrate life of legendary coach Vince Dooley
By Larry Spruill, WSB-TV
Family and friends of former UGA football coach Vince Dooley gathered on the campus of UGA on Friday to pay their last respects to the legendary coach. In October 2022, Dooley passed away at 90 years old. It was a celebration for a man who meant so much to many, especially current UGA head football coach Kirby Smart. Smart shared his most memorable moment with Dooley, right before the 2021 Championship game: “He said, ‘embrace the moment.’ He said ‘enjoy it,’ and the next time I saw him, was in the confetti after the game. That meant so much to me,” said Smart. “He put Georgia on the map. He paved the way.”
Discover Middle Georgia: Andalusia Farm
A historic location important to Georgia’s literary history is nestled away on North Columbia Street in Milledgeville.
Drake Rozelle
A historic location important to Georgia’s literary history is nestled away on North Columbia Street in Milledgeville. Andalusia was started in 1814 as a cotton plantation and farm before being purchased by a Dr. Bernard Cline in 1931. “He was a medical doctor up in Atlanta,” Andalusia curator Cassie Munnell said. “He was also Flannery’s uncle, so that’s how she gets looped into the property. …In 1951, after being diagnosed with lupus, famous Georgia author Flannery O’Connor would move onto the farm. She spent the next 13 years directly inspired by the property, writing what would become the majority of her body of work. Today, the farm is a museum to honor O’Connor and her contributions to Georgia history. Andalusia is open to the public. It is owned and managed by Georgia College, O’Connor’s alma mater. Munnell says one of the big selling points for visitors is the main house where O’Connor lived.
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Wimberly Selected as New Director of Athletics at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
Staff Report
Charles “Chuck” Wimberly will take the reins of eight intercollegiate sports teams involving the Golden Stallions and the Golden Fillies when he assumes the role of Director of Athletics on Jan. 1, 2023, at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. ABAC President Tracy Brundage said she expects Wimberly to hit the ground running.
Athens Banner-Herald
Here’s how much UGA athletics made in first year of alcohol sales at Bulldog games
Marc Weiszer
Georgia athletics rolled out alcohol sales a year ago for fans attending games for four different Bulldogs teams. Here’s some of what can be gleaned so far based on revenue generated: Baseball fans like to have a cold one along with their peanuts and Cracker Jack. Women’s basketball fans not so much. Selling beer and other canned alcoholic drinks isn’t much of a game-changer when it comes to the bottom line for Georgia. UGA athletics brought in a total of $233,309 in the 2021-2022 school year in alcohol sales for men’s and women’s basketball games at Stegeman Coliseum, baseball at Foley Field and softball at the Jack Turner Softball Stadium, according to figures obtained by the Athens Banner-Herald in an open records request.
Athens Banner-Herald
Judge sets March trial date for former UGA football player charged with sexual assault
Wayne Ford
A rape trial for a former University of Georgia football player could happen in March. Steve Sadow, the veteran Atlanta criminal defense lawyer representing former UGA player Adam Anderson, said on Monday in Clarke County Superior Court that he has trial conflicts in January and February, which includes an extended racketeering trial. Western Circuit Superior Court Judge Eric Norris was amenable to scheduling the trial after Sadow’s other cases have concluded. Norris set the trial to start on March 27.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Expert offers tips on when your college grad can’t find that first job
Get Schooled with Maureen Downey
Most parents assume they can exhale once they pilot their children into college, at which point the school will take over the adulting lessons, including how to land a job after graduation. Not so, says career coach Beth Hendler-Grunt. “There is a challenge in higher education. The goal of the college is to educate. Students are there to get a job,” said Hendler-Grunt, in a telephone interview from her home in New Jersey. In a new book, “The Next Great Step: The Parents’ Guide to Launching Your New Grad Into a Career,” Hendler-Grunt warns parents that college grads without job-hunting aptitude could end up back home on the couch asking what’s for dinner. Parents have to be prepared to offer pep talks, confidence-building and guidance on effective job searches, she said. Despite a robust job market, 4 out of 10 college graduates take positions that don’t require a degree, according to federal data.
Inside Higher Ed
Analyzing the Return on Investment for Online Education
Authors of a new book discuss why colleges should gauge the return on investment for online learning and the cultural impediments to doing so.
By Susan D’Agostino
Though higher education has historically been a reliable economic engine for individuals and the economy, college insiders have long failed to convey the industry’s value to students, parents, employers and policy makers who question the investment, Kathleen Ives and Deborah Seymour argue in their new book, Using ROI for Strategic Planning of Online Education. Online learning has potential to provide access and optimal course pacing and content to students with time, geographic or medical constraints. But many continue to view it with a critical eye. At the same time, the shift from emergency remote teaching in the early pandemic has morphed into innovation and investment in online teaching and learning. Many have since discovered an interest in understanding online learning’s return on investment.
Inside Higher Ed
UCLA, UC Irvine Law Schools Drop ‘U.S. News’ Rankings
By Scott Jaschik
The law school of the University of California, Los Angeles, announced Tuesday that it is dropping out of the U.S. News & World Report rankings. And on Wednesday, the law school of the University of California, Irvine, joined the movement.
Inside Higher Ed
Divided State Appeals Court Rejects Class Action Against U of Fla.
By Scott Jaschik
A divided Florida appeals court rejected, by a 2-to-1 margin, a proposed class action against the University of Florida over student fees charged as the pandemic first took hold, The Tampa Bay Times reported. Judge Rachel Nordby wrote that “assorted documents attached to the complaint do not constitute an express written contract.” She added, “We are sympathetic to [the plaintiff] and all other students whose on-campus experiences were clipped short and rendered non-existent by the university’s response to COVID-19 … And if there were a sufficient contract attached to his complaint, we would affirm the [decision of the] trial court [not to dismiss the case] without hesitation. But without such an express, written agreement … sovereign immunity bars the action.”
Inside Higher Ed
Student loan debt relief has consumed federal higher education policy debates this fall, but the voices of associations representing colleges and universities have been muted.
By Katherine Knott
As legal battles have been waged over the Biden administration’s plan to forgive billions in federal student loans, the associations representing colleges and universities have stayed out of the fight. Many of the key associations, such as the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, issued statements of support after President Biden announced the debt relief while also backing more comprehensive measures to address college affordability, including doubling the maximum Pell Grant award, which is $6,895 for the 2022–23 academic year.