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Georgia high school seniors can apply to these colleges, universities in the state for free
Around 40 colleges and universities are waiving application fees for Georgia high school seniors.
Author: Gabriella Nunez
Georgia high school seniors will be able to apply to dozens of colleges and universities in the state for free during November. November marks Apply to College Month and the Georgia Student Finance Commission has partnered with the state’s university and technical college system, several private institutions and Georgia Military College to provide application fee waivers. More than 40 colleges and universities have agreed to the initiative, waiving fees for high school seniors through Nov. 30. Some schools have automatically waived the fee while others require a code which can be found here. Institutions such as Georgia State University and Valdosta State University are schools among the universities allowing Georgia high school seniors to apply for free.
Albany Herald
Albany State to receive $3 million broadband award
From staff reports
Congressman Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Ga., announced a $2,997,777 Connecting Minority Communities Program grant to Albany State University. The U.S. Department of Commerce program is overseen by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and focuses on providing and expanding broadband internet service and equipment for historically black colleges and universities, tribal colleges and universities, and minority-serving institutions. The funds also can be used to hire and train IT personnel.
Savannah Business Journal
Savannah State University celebrates more than $2 million in philanthropic contributions
Savannah Business Journal Staff Report
Savannah State University (SSU) recently celebrated financial contributions of its alumni and community partners, who have donated more than $2 million to support student scholarships, programmatic needs and career development. To recognize these significant gifts, multiple check presentations took place inside T.A. Wright Stadium during the university’s annual Homecoming game. …Among the donations was one anonymous gift of $500,000 which established a finish line-focused scholarship program to provide financial resources to qualifying students within three semesters of graduation.
Columbus CEO
New USG ‘Georgia Degrees Pay’ Website Connects College Degree, Economic Success Data
Staff Report
A new online tool launched by the University System of Georgia is paving a road for the nation by providing students and their families with a centralized location for providing comparative college enrollment and enrollment data for 26 of Georgia’s public universities. Georgia Degrees Pay connects the value of degree attainment with economic success by giving students and families critical information about an institution’s affordability and value. With such a resource, working through important decisions about higher education in Georgia becomes an easier task to complete.
Valdosta Today
VSU joins USG in celebrating Ethics Awareness Week
Valdosta State University honors Ethics Awareness Week by celebrating the SPIRIT of USG with planned activities all week. Valdosta State University will celebrate the SPIRIT of USG by bringing awareness to ethics, reinforcing the principles of recognizing employees’ hard work, and promoting shared values during Ethics Awareness Week Nov. 7-13. Activities planned will emphasize Stewardship, Prevention, Integrity, Responsibility, Inspiration, and Trust. Ethics Awareness Week is part of a comprehensive Ethics and Compliance Program that includes a University System of Georgia-level Ethics Policy and Code of Conduct, new employee ethics training, periodic refresher training, compliance audits, special reviews, and an Ethics and Compliance Reporting Hotline (877-516-3466 or usg.ethicspoint.com). Like the USG, VSU is committed to the highest ethical and professional standards of conduct.
Rome News-Tribune
22 Floyd County students move forward in Governor’s Honors selection process
From staff reports
Twenty-two of Floyd County Schools’ top students were selected to advance in the Governor’s Honors Program selection process. The four-week summer instructional program is designed to provide intellectually gifted and artistically talented high school students with challenging and enriching educational opportunities not usually available during the regular school year. …GHP will take place on the campus of Georgia Southern University this summer.
Americus Times-Recorder
GSW computer science professor awarded U.S. patent
By Ken Gustafson
Alexander Yemelyanov Ph.D., D.Sc., professor of computer science at Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW), received a patent award for his Express Decision system – a web application designed to support an individual in quickly making difficult decisions under risk and uncertainty, which are normally made by using emotion and rational intuition. “As the creator of Express Decision, I am incredibly honored to receive this award,” said Yemelyanov. “This project is the culmination of many years of research, an undertaking which I started back in the 1990s, with more than 20 research publications and multiple presentations at various research conferences.” …So far, Express Decision has been integrated into GSW’s curriculum though undergraduate assignments and several graduate research projects, with three students writing their theses on the topic, as well as two students collaborating on three different academic journal publications with Yemelyanov.
Marietta Daily Journal
Kennesaw State hires first VP of marketing and communications
Staff reports
Kennesaw State University President Kathy Schwaig has appointed James Sabourin as the university’s first-ever vice president of marketing and communications, starting Jan. 3, the university said Wednesday. In his new role, Sabourin will be a member of Schwaig’s cabinet. “I am pleased to welcome Jim Sabourin to Kennesaw State,” Schwaig said in the release. “Jim is a proven leader with extensive marketing and communications experience in both corporate and higher education.”
WTOC
Savannah State University partners with United States Coast Guard
By Jazmin Wilson
An official collaboration with Savannah State and the United States Coast Guard was signed into effect on Friday afternoon at the Science and Technology center on campus. The two organizations say they have partnered to increase engagement and advance opportunities. The partnership offers tuition savings and military service options for students, and research and development opportunities for faculty members. It also aims to support the USCG’s College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative to recruit and retain young people for service in the Coast Guard.
The City Menus
Scholarship celebrates 20 Years of changing the lives of women in journalism
By Julie Lineback
Ashley Dingler ’21 was a born storyteller. As a child, she would grab her microphone – also known as a hairbrush – and ask her grandmother to film her on location “covering a story,” whether they were traveling on vacation or painting a room. As she got older and her passion for writing and public speaking grew, majoring in mass communications with a journalism concentration at the University of West Georgia was a natural fit. But Dingler was having a hard time finding money to fund her education. …Then she received an email about the Dora Byron Memorial Scholarship, which she applied for and received. With nothing blocking her education, Dingler was able to fully immerse herself in UWG’s School of Communication, Film and Media (SCFM) that included its well-known experiential learning labs – more specifically, the student-run television station, WUTV, and newspaper, The West Georgian.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
From: Karin Fischer
Subject: Latitudes: Tackling Study Abroad’s First-Gen Problem
‘They’re primed for this’
Studies show that study abroad has an outsized effect on students who are the first in their families to go to college. Yet these students tend to go overseas in small numbers compared to their classmates — just eight percent of first-generation students study abroad, according to researchers at the University System of Georgia.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia Tech’s Aloha Telescope brings thrilling images to K-12 classrooms
By Laura Berrios, For the AJC
Retired engineer Tom Crowley proves that you can play around with a hobby you love and see it grow into something extraordinary. The 80-year-old has turned his love of astronomy into consulting work with the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Aloha Telescope outreach program. He operates the robotic telescope on Maui through high-speed internet connections from his home in Park Springs, a senior life plan community in Stone Mountain. Crowley works in partnership with James Sowell, a Georgia Tech principal academic professional and astronomer in the School of Physics, and director of the university’s observatory. Together, they’re bringing live video images of the moon into Georgia K-12 classrooms. The oohs and ahhs they get in return are priceless. …When he’s at home, Crowley runs the telescope through his computer and keeps the image online throughout the day. He also helps with maintenance, sometimes with a trip to its location at the U.S. Air Force Research Lab on Maui. …The Aloha Telescope project began a decade ago after schools around the world started asking for live space images from the Georgia Tech Observatory telescope.
WGAU Radio
By David Pollock, UGA Today
Gene Brody, Regents’ Professor in the Owens Institute for Behavioral Research and co-director of the Center for Family Research, will be presented with a lifetime achievement award from the Association for Psychological Science at its annual conference in Washington, D.C., in May 2023. The APS James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award recognizes scholars with a lifetime of significant contributions to applied psychological research. According to APS President Alison Gopnik, the award is among the highest honors conferred by APS and recognizes awardees “for a lifetime of significant intellectual achievements in applied psychological research and their impact on a critical problem in society at large.”
Grice Connect
Veterans, youth with physical disabilities enjoy a day of recreation at Georgia Southern
Blaze Day provided an opportunity for coastal region residents with disabilities to experience a range of activities and learn that, with a few adaptations, everyone can enjoy recreation and sport activities
Recently, veterans and youth with physical disabilities spent a day enjoying adapted sport and recreation programs at Georgia Southern University’s Armstrong Campus in Savannah during Blaze Day. Hosted by the Center for Rehabilitation and Independent Living (CRIL), in conjunction with BlazeSports America, Blaze Day provided an opportunity for coastal region residents with disabilities to experience a range of activities and learn that, with a few adaptations, everyone can enjoy recreation and sport activities.
Fox28 Savannah
Nine Line Foundation breaks ground on new Aquaponics Center
by Destiny Wiggins
Nine Line Foundation, an organization that supports veterans and Nine Line Apparel, held a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday to build an aquaponics training center for homeless veterans. The center has been a project in the works for years now. In collaboration with Georgia Southern University, Nine Line Foundation’s mission with the program is to provide a “hand up, not a hand out” mentality, Megan Hostler, Nine Line’s president and CEO, said.
Albany Herald
PHOTOS: Albany State University hosts FCC Media and Coaches Luncheon
Photos by Reginald Christian
On Tuesday, November 1, Albany State University hosted a luncheon for the school’s coaches and FCC media representatives.
Patch
Art is considered an unspoken language to express emotion, voice, and identity, though audiences may not always have a clear understanding.
Art is often considered an unspoken language meant to express emotion, voice and identity, though audiences may not always have a clear translation of what an artist is trying to express. In an upcoming Georgia Southern exhibition, “Figure It Out,” the audience will traverse a variety of mediums that include charcoal drawings, fibers, sculpture, digital and acrylic paintings. With these mediums, figure and portraiture will meld into the concepts of the everyday to other-worldly. Through this journey, the hope is for audiences to develop a connection to each artist’s pieces to interpret a meaning for themselves.
Sports Illustrated
Mississippi State Athletic Director Search: Potential Candidates to Replace John Cohen
Here are a few potential new hires for Mississippi State’s vacant athletic director position.
COLIN JAMES
Mississippi State athletic director John Cohen resigned from his position to accept the same role at Auburn, the school announced this week. …With the search for a new leader for the Bulldogs’ athletic department just beginning, here is a list of some of the early suggestions to take on the role. …Jared Benko is currently the athletic director for Georgia Southern University. …John David Wicker,
Wicker is currently the athletic director for San Diego State University. …Wicker has direct connections to the Southeast, previously taking on big roles at Georgia, Southern Miss and Georgia Tech. …Monica Lebron works as part of Tennessee’s athletic administration and serves as the school’s Deputy Athletics Director of Championship Resources. She also has years of experience in the SEC, with roles in schools such as Georgia and Ole Miss.
CNHI
ABAC plans cane grinding, syrup making event
From the mule-powered sugar cane mill to the smell of syrup cooking, visitors will become immersed in the days of old in South Georgia on Nov. 19 at the annual cane grinding and syrup making event at the Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Georgia Museum of Agriculture. For many Southerners, cane grinding and syrup cooking are family traditions that have been passed down through generations, college officials said in a statement. The museum’s Historic Village is one of the few places where visitors can step back in time to see a mule-powered mill grinding sugar cane, college officials added.
WATTPoultry
POULTRY TECH SUMMIT NEWS / INDUSTRY NEWS & TRENDS / NEW TECHNOLOGIES / CAGE-FREE LAYING SYSTEMS
By Meredith Johnson
Imaging technology could help track pecking, floor eggs
Pecking and floor eggs are two of the biggest challenges cage-free egg producers face.
Imaging technology could replace manual monitoring in cage-free houses by helping producers automatically track pecking behaviors and floor eggs. Cage-free environments have led to multiple production issues for egg producers, including floor eggs, higher mortality rates, bird injuries, piling and pecking behaviors, explained Lilong Chai, University of Georgia Assistant Professor and Poultry Engineering Specialist, at the 2022 Poultry Tech Summit.
Newswise
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, PhD, cancer biologist in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Medical College of Georgia.
News-Press Now
Psoriasis Not Tied to Myocardial Infarction in Patients With ESRD
Globe Gazette, Mason City, Iowa (TNS)
Among individuals with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), psoriasis is not associated with an increased risk for myocardial infarction (MI), according to a study recently published in the American Journal of the Medical Sciences. Naomi Siddiquee, from the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, and colleagues used the United States Renal Data System to identify 1.06 million patients with ESRD starting dialysis between 2004 and 2015.
The Washington Post
How to stop your cat from scratching the furniture
The surprising reasons cats are destructive — and how to get them to knock it off
By Rachel Kurzius
First, the bad news: You’re not going to stop your cat from scratching altogether. It’s a natural behavior for felines, and they do it for several reasons. It’s a way to keep their claws in tiptop shape and to mark their territory, both with the visual cue of scratch marks and with pheromones they deposit through their paws. Plus, as you’ve probably seen, scratching offers an opportunity for a good stretch. You’ve got to let your cat be a cat, after all! But don’t despair. There are ways to keep your sofa or rug safe. The key is to redirect your adorable little destroyer to another target. Here’s how. …A growing number of veterinary practices are refusing to declaw cats, says Sara Everett, a clinical assistant professor at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine. Others do so only in extreme cases (like if the owner might otherwise give up the animal).
The Washington Post
The rise and fall of ‘Blonde’ aligns with the history of film marketing
An NC-17 rating might create buzz, but such exploitation strategies can’t keep the buzz going once people see the movies
Perspective by Amanda Konkle
Amanda Konkle is associate professor of film studies and English at Georgia Southern University. She is the author of “Some Kind of Mirror: Creating Marilyn Monroe.”
As early as February 2022, articles about Andrew Dominik’s September-released Netflix adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates’s novel “Blonde,” starring Ana de Armas as a reimagined Marilyn Monroe, began appearing in industry journals. By June, publicity about “Blonde” was everywhere, and nearly all teasers enticed viewers with the film’s status as the first NC-17 film released on a streaming service. In the week following its release, “Blonde” was panned widely by feminists, film critics, pop culture commentators and Marilyn Monroe fans. Interest peaked during its debut week but fizzled once viewers could evaluate the film’s promises to “offend” them for themselves. Despite new outlets for hype in 2022, the rise and fall of “Blonde” aligns with the history of films promoted via controversy, scandal or marketing efforts that borrowed from the techniques used by exploitation films, which generated attention for their movies by hyping sex, violence or other topics that bucked censors and offended some Americans’ sensibilities.
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Inside Higher Ed
Potential Students Value Diversity
By Scott Jaschik
A survey of high school seniors by Niche found that diversity is the top aspect they want in a potential college. A diverse student body was appealing to 42 percent of respondents (to a survey with more than 20,000 respondents), and an additional 37 percent said that it was a must-have in their college experience. Diversity among faculty and staff was appealing to 45 percent, and an additional 31 percent identified it as a must-have. Only 9 percent reported that they were receiving “very personalized and relevant” outreach, and the share of students reporting that all colleges look and sound alike nearly doubled, from 15 percent to 27 percent.
Inside Higher Ed
Employees and Internet Security Policies: Academic Minute
By Doug Lederman
Today on the Academic Minute: Sumantra Sarkar, associate professor of management at Binghamton University, discusses why digital security will only get more important in the future.
Inside Higher Ed
Colleges Go Offbeat for Cybersecurity Training
To appeal to students’ and employees’ “hearts and minds,” campus tech leaders experiment with unconventional strategies: festivals, art installations and role-playing games.
By Susan D’Agostino
…Though college information technology offices have long worked behind the scenes to bolster institutional defenses, their countermeasure efforts, such as installing network threat detection and risk-mitigation systems, are often invisible. Meanwhile, students and faculty and staff members—end users—who remain unaware of security threats pose significant risks. …This year, Notre Dame decided to do something different: a cybersecurity festival intended “to reach people’s hearts and minds in a way that would stick and draw them into it as a counterpart to mandatory training,” Grundy said. Notre Dame is one of several institutions experimenting with unconventional cybersecurity awareness training in the form of festivals, art installations and role-playing games. Here’s a sample of serious cybersecurity training in fun formats, including some lessons learned and wins along the way.
Higher Ed Dive
Years after their stormy departures, former UNC system heads return to review its governance
North Carolina’s governor named Margaret Spellings and Tom Ross to a group that will probe system boards amid accusations of political meddling.
Jeremy Bauer-Wolf, Senior Reporter
Politically tinged skirmishes have occurred for more than a decade at the University of North Carolina System, from recent episodes like last year’s tenure scandal concerning Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones to high-profile departures of UNC leaders. The subsequent fallout has made the UNC system, a preeminent piece of the nation’s public higher education landscape, an unattractive prospect for executives and faculty, experts say. Now, the state’s Democratic governor, Roy Cooper, wants change in how appointments are made to college governing bodies. Cooper announced executive action Tuesday to form a commission that will study governing frameworks and within eight months deliver recommendations on how to improve them.
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Inside Higher Ed
N.C. Governor Creates Commission to Rethink UNC Governance
Inside Higher Ed
Tennessee State Instructor Removed for Screaming at Student
By Colleen Flaherty
Tennessee State University says it terminated an instructor seen screaming in a student’s face in a video circulated on social media. In the video, Robert Evins Pickard, the former instructor of history, leans on the recoiling student’s desk and shouts, “What is your name? Out! Get out! You have failed this course, whatever your name is.” Tennessee State said in a statement that the “incident runs afoul of the standard of behavior we expect from those charged with teaching and serving as role models for our students. The university has taken swift action, including personnel action, to address this incident and the faculty member shown in the video was immediately removed from the classroom and has been terminated.”
Inside Higher Ed
OPINION
After COVID, Another Public Health Crisis
Lack of access to abortion stands to change the face of higher education for years to come, Elizabeth H. Bradley and Dara Anhouse write.
By Elizabeth H. Bradley and Dara Anhouse
Having weathered COVID and now monkeypox, colleges across the country are facing a new public health crisis—lack of access to abortion. And this one threatens to change the face of higher education for years to come. Women aged 20 to 24 years have the highest rates of unintended pregnancy among any age group. As a result, colleges, which educate more than nine million women at any given time, will be deeply affected by the recent Supreme Court decision, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, revoking the federal right to legal abortion. For mothers attending college, the barriers to educational success are immense; only 33 percent of students with children in the United States complete their college degree within six years of matriculation.