Albany Herald
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College students pursue homelessness project
From staff reports
Gradual at first. Then, oh so obvious. Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College senior Skyla Turner began noticing people apparently living on the streets of Tifton, an issue that she also saw in her hometown of Blakely and in Dothan, Ala., where her family now resides. Then, she turned her concern into action. That was the impetus for the ABAC Homelessness Project, which became an official ABAC organization in May. The purpose of the group is simple: to promote awareness about homelessness among ABAC students and to contribute to resources already available to those in need.
Athens Banner-Herald
Hunger Bowl fundraiser for Food Bank of Northeast Georgia kicks off with event at Kroger
Staff Reports
To kickoff the Hunger Bowl, the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia joined officials with the University of Georgia Grady College of Journalism to collect food in a special event held Tuesday outside the Kroger store on Epps Bridge Parkway. During the three-hour-long “Stuff the Truck” event, volunteers, students and member of UGA’s athletic department, including coaches Mike White, Stefanie Moreno and Scott Strickland, all encouraged customers to purchase food items for the food bank. Grady College Dean Charles Davis also attended. Kroger, which hosted the event, donated a $15,000 check to the organization. …The Hunger Bowl takes place through Nov. 16.
AllOnGeorgia
Community to Bid for Student-Designed Sculptures at Georgia Southern, Metal Eagle up for Grabs
The Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art at Georgia Southern University will display a series of steel sculptures along the Willie McTell Trail in downtown Statesboro. The sculptures will be available for purchase through an online auction, in which proceeds will go to the BFSDoArt Travel Fund. The fund allows art department students to travel for various types of educational experiences.
Gwinnett Citizen
Gwinnett Entrepreneur Center can help you be your own boss
Nicole L. Hendrickson, Chairwoman | Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners 03 November 2022
The great thing about the American free enterprise system is that anyone can start a business. The unfortunate downside is that no one is guaranteed success. You must be willing to work hard, certainly, but there’s a lot more to it than that. Even if you’re very good at what you do, how much do you know about marketing, finances, legal considerations, or managing employees? Helping entrepreneurs navigate those challenges is exactly why the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners opened the Gwinnett Entrepreneur Center in downtown Lawrenceville last December. The center supports Gwinnett-based entrepreneurs by reducing risks and mitigating challenges during startup and growth, and it intentionally engages with underserved populations to help create jobs and spur innovation. In a unique partnership, Georgia Gwinnett College staffs the Gwinnett Entrepreneur Center with support from the Gwinnett County Office of Economic Development. Student interns from GGC also help conduct center activities.
Barnesville Dispatch
Gordon State College Professor Of English Selected For Executive Leadership Institute
Karolina Philmon – Gordon State College
Dr. Stephen A Raynie, Gordon State College professor of English has been nominated and selected to be in the ’22-’23 University System of Georgia Executive Leadership Institute (ELI) beginning in November of 2022 through May of 2023. Raynie served as president of the Georgia Organization for Student Success (GOSS) and currently serves as head of the department of applied sciences. Launched in 2009, the ELI is a 120-hour development program led by leading leadership experts. Participants partake in various components including group learning sessions, job shadowing and cross mentoring. Faculty and staff members are chosen from the 26 USG institutions to represent leaders who are ready for advanced and cabinet-level leadership positions in the near future. Presidents at each USG institution nominate participants to represent their colleges or universities.
yahoo!news
Walk this Way: Walk a Mile in Her Shoes at ABAC
Davis Cobb, The Tifton Gazette, Ga.
After nearly a decade, an internationally practiced event is now a celebrated hallmark of ABAC and the larger community. The Walk a Mile in her Shoes event, practiced across the world since 2001 to raise awareness for domestic violence and abuse against women, recently saw its seventh year of local practice at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. ABAC students and Tiftarea residents donned high-heeled shoes and stepped their way around the front circle of campus, encouraged to make three laps for a complete mile in “her shoes.”
Holiday Helper Tree returns to Georgia Southern University
By Camille Syed
For nearly 30 years, Georgia Southern has made a way for community members to get into the giving spirit with their Holiday Helper Tree. Thursday, leaders and students celebrated its kickoff with a goal to help almost 800 people in need of gifts this Christmas. The holiday helper tree at Georgia Southern is a bit different this year. You can still donate to children and families in need this holiday season in Chatham and Bulloch Counties but this year, you can scan a QR code or visit the link to the website and take a look you’ll be able to choose exactly who you want to bless with a gift this year.
Athens CEO
Ribbon Cutting at Clarke Middle Health Center
Staff Report
The Clarke County School District is pleased to announce an official ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Clarke Middle Health Center at 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, and formally celebrate the expansion of CCSD’s partnership with the Augusta University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership to increase access to healthcare services for our students, staff, and families. Located on the campus of Clarke Middle School, 1235 Baxter St., Athens, the Clarke Middle Health Center is a free clinic that serves students and staff from Clarke Middle and Alps Road elementary schools and is an extension of the Medical Partnership’s mobile clinic. It also serves as a pediatric-care rotation site for Augusta University. In addition to medical services, the clinic also offers free legal and counseling services through partnerships with UGA’s Aspire Clinic, the Community Health Law Partnership Clinic through UGA’s School of Law, and La Clínica in LaK’ech at UGA’s Mary Frances Early College of Education.
Atlanta Business Chronicle
Georgia Tech is expanding Science Square. The first building just sold.
By Savannah Sicurella – Reporter
As economic headwinds continue to complicate office deals in Atlanta, the only completed building part of Georgia Tech’s Science Square has traded hands. Ancora Partners, which is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, paid $85 million to acquire the five-story, 128,000-square-foot building, according to Fulton County property deeds. This value is more than 25% higher than what seller TPG Real Estate Partners paid to control the building in December 2020, which was $60 million.
Albany Herald
PHOTOS: Scenes from the Albany State University Ram Raid
Photos by Reginald Christian
Families gathered to trick or treat on Monday evening at Albany State University for their annual Ram Raid. College departments and student organizations were on hand with tables with candy and fun tricks for all.
Patch
Kindly bring your gently-used and/or new books to support the West Georgia (GA) Chapter of the Links, Incorporated book collection drive for Books for Africa from 10am to 2pm, Saturday, November 19, 2022, University of West Georgia.
Athens CEO
UGA’s Georgia Economic Outlook Celebrates 40 Years of Essential Insights for Informed Decisions
Staff Report
In 1983, a new Ford Escort station wagon cost $6,779, and a three-bedroom house sold for $75,300. The nation was bouncing back from a recession, and Georgia’s economy was growing like gangbusters. A lot has changed in those 40 years but the Georgia Economic Outlook — which launched with its 1983 statewide forecast — is still bringing the expertise and insight of University of Georgia economic forecasters to the people of Georgia.
Albany Herald
David Nelson featured Usher Lecture Series speaker
From staff reports
David Nelson will speak on “Microbes and Xenophobes: Scotland’s Moral Panic over Italian Ice Cream, 1880-1920” on Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. in the Jess Usher Lecture Series at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. Nelson is a Professor of History in the School of Arts and Sciences at ABAC-Bainbridge. Each event in the series is open to the public at no charge with no ticket required.
WGAU Radio
Athens Symphony Fall Concert features UGA alum, celebrity chef Alton Brown
By Tim Bryant
Celebrity chef Alton Brown is in Athens: the University of Georgia alum is narrator for this weekend’s Athens Symphony Orchestra performance of Peter and the Wolf. The show is set for 3 o’clock Sunday at the Classic Center.
Savannah Morning News
The Savannah Cultural Arts Center’s Spotlight grant could open the door for local nonprofits
The grant presents an opportunity for many of the city’s arts and culture nonprofit organizations to engage with a new audience on a first-rate stage.
Zach Dennis
This is an opinion column by arts and entertainment editor Zach Dennis
Early in March, in the midst of a bustling return of cultural festivals in Savannah from the pandemic, the Savannah Cultural Arts Center (SCAC) partnered with Georgia Southern University for a one-off show as part of the university’s “On the Verge” concert series.
Video
Augusta University festival spreads awareness of lung cancer
By Staff
Augusta University is spreading awareness about lung cancer with a ‘White Ribbon Fall Festival.’ Organizers say lung cancer is one of the deadliest forms of the disease. The event featured a panel discussion and patients discussing their battles with the condition.
11Alive
Video
Georgia Tech researchers discover new way to detect cancer cells
Doctors can look at cells from a blood draw and see which are cancerous.
Medical Brief
Common bacteria linked to higher mortality in kidney patients – US study
A usually harmless and common group of bacteria found in soil, water and shower heads has been associated with an increased risk of dying in people whose kidneys have failed. The “opportunistic” pathogens, which have even been found in dialysis machines, tend to cause serious problems when a patient has a compromised lung or immune system function. Investigators at the Medical College of Georgia and Charlie Norwood VA Medical Centre in Augusta looked in the US Renal Data System at patients with end-stage renal disease, or ESRD, who also had a diagnosis of infection with the nontuberculous mycobacteria, or NTM, group, finding a significant increase in mortality with an NTM diagnosis in these patients. This indicated, they reported in the Journal of Investigative Medicine, that early diagnosis and treatment of an NTM infection might improve survival in ESRD patients.
Dalton Daily Citizen
Growings On: Satsuma orange juice blend benefits from UGA collaboration
Weekend football contests leave winners and losers celebrating or “waiting ‘till next year,” regardless of the magnitude of the opponent. Georgia-Florida contests sometimes extend beyond sports and may include production of agricultural commodities. Florida farmers are recognized for both production and promotion of citrus, particularly for orange juice. Recent developments are leading to an expansion of citrus production north of the Florida state line. Satsuma oranges were first introduced to Georgia in the 1950s. A brief period of expanding production ended with severe winter kill. Seventy years later, with advances in agricultural science, Georgians have begun giving them a second chance. In 2013, there were about 4,500 commercial citrus trees in the state. Now there are more than 390,000 covering about 2,700 acres in 45 Georgia counties. Satsumas make up around 85% of that. …The Food Product Innovation and Commercialization Center (FoodPIC) is on the University of Georgia Griffin campus. UGA FoodPIC works with commercial partners in the development of novel products to enhance the value derived from Georgia’s agricultural production. A recent collaboration may enhance juice produced from Georgia citrus. Food technology company Food Physics is working with FoodPIC
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Readers share their memories of Georgia legend Vince Dooley
By AJC Sports, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution asked readers to share pictures and stories from encounters with University of Georgia legend Vince Dooley, who died last week at the age of 90. Here are a few of those memories: Some recruiting visit … Taking the time to write back … Always willing to help
The George-Anne
How can you do your part?
Sandra Sanders, Lifestyle Editor
Changing the world is a hard thing to do. Helping out the planet is not. Here are some easy ways to go green on and off campus:
Compost at home: Composting is the act of recycling certain food waste and plants to create a natural soil fertilizer. One way to compost without having any lingering odors is to keep a container in your freezer and just add the fruits or vegetables until it is full. Join a club: Georgia Southern has numerous student organizations that focus on the environment or helping out the planet. Here are some clubs to consider that are focus on either the Armstrong campus, Statesboro campus, or both:
WALB
Is a vaccine to help the health of honey bees in the works?
By Jim Wallace
The University of Georgia is working to develop the world’s first honey bee vaccine. WALB spoke to one of the doctors working on the pioneering project. “First of all, I have to make clear that the intellectual owners of this is Dalan Animal Health. It’s a private company, a start-up that has recently moved into Athens. And we’re cooperating with Dalan to field truth their preparatory vaccine. We’re excited that Dalan has moved to Athens. They wanted to come to an institution that had a honey bee research program, and a veterinary college. And thought that Athens was a pretty good match. We’re glad to have them onboard. This is definitely a group collaborative effort,” Professor of Entomology at the University of Georgia and the Director of the UGA Bee Program, Dr. Keith Delaplane said.
Higher Education News:
Higher Ed Dive
How the ‘modern registrar’ influences campus affairs
Rick Seltzer, Senior Editor
Dive Brief:
College registrars should widely engage with different efforts on campus, according to research recently released by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, or AACRAO.
Registrars should be “actively involved in student engagement across the student life cycle,” according to 79% of AACRAO members who responded to a survey. And 88% of respondents said registrars should be involved in strategic enrollment management.
Higher Ed Dive
Intensive advising program sees early success at New York 2-year college
Laura Spitalniak, Associate Editor
Dive Brief:
A student success program focusing on intensive academic and financial support increased full-time enrollment, persistence and credit attainment at Westchester Community College, mimicking the success of a similar program started by the City University of New York. In their first semester, students in Westchester’s Viking ROADS program achieved a full-time enrollment rate that was 11.7 percentage points higher than peers not in the program, according to a randomized trial conducted by education and policy research firm MDRC. The next semester, students in the program enrolled at an even higher rate — 19.9 percentage points above nonparticipants. In the program’s third semester, participants’ full-time enrollment rate dropped to 14.7 percentage points above nonparticipants, which was still above the program’s starting point.
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Inside Higher Ed
Community College Student Support Program Yields Results
Inside Higher Ed
Peer Mental Health Programs Are Popular but Raise Concerns
By Susan H. Greenberg
A new report examining peer mental health supports on college campuses found that such programs are popular and useful, though they also raise some concerns. The report, “Peer Programs in College Student Mental Health,” commissioned by the Ruderman Family Foundation and produced by the Mary Christie Institute, was based on interviews with 22 peer counseling and mental health experts and survey responses from 57 college counseling center directors.
Higher Ed Dive
Laura Spitalniak, Associate Editor
Dive Brief:
Two–thirds of colleges intend to increase their level of global engagement over the next five years by ramping up recruitment of international students, developing additional study abroad experiences or other efforts, according to a new report from the American Council on Education. Almost half of respondents, 47%, said their colleges had accelerated internationalization efforts from 2016 until the pandemic’s onset. And even the health crisis didn’t fully halt their progress — 21% increased their globalization efforts from 2020 to 2021, and 38% of respondents said the pandemic accelerated efforts to increase virtual global learning. Despite colleges prioritizing internationalization, only 28% said they had assessed the impact of their current and past efforts in the last three years.
Inside Higher Ed
Using Social Media to Educate Young Adults About Vaccines: Academic Minute
By Doug Lederman
Today on the Academic Minute: Suellen Hopfer, assistant professor of health, society and behavior at the University of California, Irvine, discusses social media’s role in educating young adults about vaccines.
Inside Higher Ed
Leadership, Work-Life Balance and Loving What You Do
A discussion about senior-level careers in technology reflects larger debates in higher ed and society about work-life balance, different styles of leadership and—only subtly—gender.
By Doug Lederman
On the final morning of last week’s Educause conference here, a surprisingly large group of die-hards gathered for a panel discussion entitled “CIO or No: Not All IT Leadership Roles Lead to the Chief Information Officer.” The powerhouse group of five panelists included two longtime campus CIOs, one newly appointed CIO, one vice president for digital innovation at a liberal arts college and one émigré from higher ed who now works for Amazon Web Services. They shared compelling stories about roads taken and not, advice they’d received (helpful and less so), work-life balance, and a slew of other topics, gobbled up by the scores of would-be future leaders in the audience. It was only in the waning minutes of the session, after the panelists had been talking for most of an hour, that an audience member, introducing her question, explicitly stated what had almost certainly occurred to most of the attendees but gone unmentioned: that all five of the panelists were women.
Inside Higher Ed
#AcademicTwitter Will Endure—for Now
Academics who tweet are weighing the opportunity costs of leaving Twitter while looking into other social media platforms. But few are fleeing the digital gathering space in which they have invested so much—at least not yet.
By Susan D’Agostino
Elon Musk took control of Twitter on Oct. 27, prompting many academics who tweet to ask whether the moment calls for choosing a different social media platform. The billionaire owner and self-described “free-speech absolutist” has, among other controversies, floated the idea of reversing the ban on former president Donald Trump. That has left many in academe concerned that toxic content and disinformation about social, medical and political issues could accelerate in the Twitterverse. …Few think that the 16-year-old Twitter will remain the same in the wake of recent changes. Many have already fled, and the platform’s political center of gravity has recently shifted right, according to an investigation by The Economist.
Inside Higher Ed
More Than 26 Million Apply for Student Loan Forgiveness
By Katherine Knott
Nearly 26 million Americans have applied for relief under the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness plan, the White House announced Thursday. The administration said 16 million applications will be approved by the end of the week. The application for debt relief opened up three weeks ago. Under the plan, eligible Americans can see up to $10,000 forgiven, while those who received a Pell Grant can get $20,000 forgiven. The administration expects more than 40 million people to benefit from the plan.
Higher Ed Dive
A rising share of student loan borrowers are struggling to pay their other debts, watchdog says
Natalie Schwartz, Editor
Dive Brief:
A rising share of student loan borrowers are having difficulty paying back their other debts, and the issue could become more severe once a pause on federal student loan payments is lifted. That’s according to a Wednesday analysis from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. It found that 7.1% of student loan borrowers not in default when the pandemic began were having trouble paying their other debts as of September, up from 6.2% of borrowers when the health crisis started. Borrowers who have defaulted on their student loans are also having more difficulty: 1 in 8 of those borrowers were delinquent on other debt as of September, compared to just 1 in 10 when the pandemic began.