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Bulldog bludgeoning: UGA football first CFP back-to-back national champions with rout of TCU
Marc Weiszer
Georgia football fans waited through thick and thin and plenty of heartache spanning 41 years until their team delivered them a national title in the 2021 season. This time it took the Bulldogs only 364 days to get another and they did it with eye-popping authority. The Bulldogs completed a back-to-back double dip Monday night at SoFi Stadium, becoming the first program in the College Football Playoff era to accomplish that with a 65-7 bludgeoning of TCU. “It’s a wild feeling knowing this team wasn’t satisfied with last year’s success,” said running back Kendall Milton, who had one of Georgia’s five rushing touchdowns. “This was a different team and we had different expectations and knew we had to make our own mark in the book. .”
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia Bulldogs cement legend with back-to-back national titles
By Chip Towers
“You’ve got nine days to become legendary.” That was Georgia coach Kirby Smart’s message to his team in the postgame locker room following the Bulldogs’ narrow 42-41 escape of Ohio State in the College Football Playoff semifinals at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Nine days and three time zones later, the Bulldogs officially are legends. They’ll be remembered as one of the great teams of all-time. None of them greater than the coach himself and his former walk-on quarterback. After Monday night’s 65-7 victory over TCU to claim the 2022 national championship, Smart and Stetson Bennett each are Georgia “GOATs.” That’s the modern acronym for “Greatest Of All Time.” Smart wasn’t willing to accept such a label for himself, but he fully endorsed it for his quarterback.
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College Football National Championship: Georgia overwhelms TCU for second straight title
Huge first half makes Bulldogs first back-to-back champ since 2012
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Representative Houston Gaines sworn into Ga. State House at College Football Championship
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Opinion: Recast education in Georgia as necessary and vital investment
Get Schooled with Maureen Downey
No college dean today would ever utter the standard warning once given to first-year students at Georgia Tech. “Look to your left, look to your right; only one of you will graduate.” The message now to students at Tech and other public campuses is we want you to graduate, we need you to graduate and we’ll help you do so. Once regarded as a personal benefit, a college degree today is now seen as an economic investment and boon for the state as a whole. …At a legislative preview sponsored by the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education on Friday, state education leaders delved into how to help high school graduates attain skills, degrees and credentials beyond high school. … When industries consider locating in Georgia, their first questions are not about the incentives the state can offer, said former Gov. Sonny Perdue, who now serves as chancellor of the University System of Georgia. Their primary concerns, he said, are whether Georgia has enough people with the education and skill sets they need.
Albany Herald
PHOTOS: Students return to Albany State University for spring semester
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Albany State University students returned to campus for the first day of the spring semester on Monday, January 9.
Albany Herald
PHOTOS: Albany State University Spring New Student Orientation
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Middle Georgia State opens newly-renovated nursing facility in Dublin
The facility cost about $6.8 million, and allows the program to accept 40 more students each year.
Author: Anthony Montalto
If you want to be a nurse, and live in or around Dublin, you’re in luck. Middle Georgia State University has a brand new nursing facility, and it just opened Friday in the Emerald City. Imagine walking into a college nursing classroom and having a lifelike, or, almost lifelike patient in the room. Middle Georgia State has a permanent patient, and her name is Anne. “You can see we actually have a rise and fall in her chest. She’s actually breathing for us,” explained Denise Adams, an instructor at the school. Anne breathes. She coughs. She screams, too. Anne is a multi-talented mannequin. …Anne is one of the newest tools at Middle Georgia State’s Dublin campus. She’s part of a $6.8 million expansion of the school’s nursing program. The building officially reopened Friday. It includes two other simulation labs with patients like Anne, and a 20-bed skills lab with regular mannequins.
Patch
GSU Officers Recognized For Training + Nonprofit Gains New Members
The quickest way to get caught up on the most important things happening today in Savannah.
Danielle Fallon-O’Leary, Patch Contributing Writer
Georgia Southern University has recognized approximately 30 university police officers for mental health training. Georgia Public Safety Training Center, in collaboration with the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities and the Georgia Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, presented Georgia Southern officers with Crisis Intervention Training. Georgia Southern has put a focus on mental health since COVID-19 began to address the needs of its students, expand counseling services, and provide mental health resources and programs. …Georgia Southern University’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration will include special guest speaker Georj Lewis. Lewis is the Atlanta Metropolitan State College President and former vice president for student affairs at Georgia Southern and Armstrong State University. He noted his excitement to return “to a place that has been so meaningful to [him] personally and professionally.”
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Delana Gajdosik-Nivens, Ph.D Talks About Being A Woman in Science
Delana Gajdosik-Nivens, Ph.D of Georgia Southern University talks about being a woman in the science field and how she is working to increase the number of females that focus on science and mathematics.
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UGA honors broadcaster, former school superintendent
By Haley Arner, UGA Media Relations
The University of Georgia has named Richard Dunn and Xernona Thomas as the recipients of the 2023 Footsteps Award. This annual award, given this year on the 62nd anniversary of desegregation at UGA, recognizes UGA graduates who are following in the pioneering footsteps of Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Hamilton Holmes and Mary Frances Early, UGA’s first African American students. “Richard and Xernona’s commitment to education in our state is impressive,” said Meredith Gurley Johnson, executive director of the UGA Alumni Association. “The work they have done in building better communities through education follows closely in the footsteps of Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Hamilton Holmes and Mary Frances Early. We are beyond excited to have the opportunity to honor them with this award.”
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UGA names next dean of Franklin College
Katie Beth Williams
Anna Westerstahl Stenport will be the next dean of the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Georgia, according to a UGA Media Relations release. Stenport will assume the role of dean of Franklin College on June 1, succeeding Alan Dorsey, who will return to the faculty after being dean of the college since 2012. As the dean of Franklin College, Stenport will oversee 30 departments in the five divisions of humanities, social sciences, biological sciences, fine arts and physical and mathematical sciences. 30 research centers, programs and institutes are also housed in Franklin College, home to more than 11,000 undergraduate and graduate students as well as more than 860 full-time faculty, the release said.
Inside Higher Ed
By Doug Lederman
…Ivan Pulinkala, interim provost and vice president of academic affairs at Kennesaw State University, has been named to the job on a permanent basis.
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Berrien Businesses Bring Students to ABAC’s Georgia Museum of Agriculture
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Fourth graders from Berrien County Elementary School were treated to a trip to the past thanks to the generosity of some local financial institutions. First Commerce Credit Union, Farmers & Merchants Bank, and Bank of Alapaha recently sponsored a field trip for 200 fourth graders to the Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Georgia Museum of Agriculture. To get a glimpse of what life was like at the turn of the 19th century, students enjoyed the “Visit to the Past” workshop, which combined a variety of educational and fun-filled activities. Museum Director Garrett Boone said the support of local businesses is a fantastic investment in that community’s future.
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Mark Richt, Paul Johnson part of 2023 College Football Hall of Fame class
Hours ahead of the College Football Playoff National Championship game, former University of Georgia coach Mark Richt and former Georgia Southern and Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson learned they had been selected to be a part of the 2023 College Football Hall of Fame. Richt started his tenure at UGA in 2001 has a record of 145-51 (.738) and was named Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year in 2002 and 2005. From 2001 to 2015, Richt led the team to two SEC championships (2002 and 2005), five SEC championship game appearances, 15 consecutive bowl games (10-5) and eight top 10 final national poll finishes.
The Current
Audit: Georgia sales tax exemption on manufacturing proving major economic driver
Tax remains a loser in strict sense of impact on state revenues.
by Dave Williams/Capitol Beat
Georgia’s sales tax exemption on inputs used in manufacturing is a loser in the strict sense of its net impact on state and local tax revenues, according to a new audit. However, the tax break more than pays for itself in terms of investment and jobs created in the state’s manufacturing businesses, the Center for Business Analytics and Economic Research at Georgia Southern University concluded in a report commissioned by the Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts.
Associated Press
New Georgia House speaker aims to keep friends as he ascends
By Jeff Amy and Russ Bynum
Jon Burns has made a reputation as everyone’s friend during his 18 years in the Georgia House. Now he hopes that affability will serve him as the chamber’s speaker, one of the most powerful people in the state. “You get a lot more done in life, and certainly in government, if you’re amenable to other people’s positions, their viewpoints,” Burns told The Associated Press on Thursday. “And I don’t think there’s anything wrong with having a laugh while you’re working.” The 180-member House voted unanimously to make Burns the speaker on Monday after Republicans nominated him in November. Burns, the House majority leader since 2015, becomes the long-term successor to the late Speaker David Ralston. Ralston had become a towering figure in state government by the time he died in November. Reluctant to overstep before the chamber officially elects him, Burns has said little about his policy plans. …Burns attended Georgia Southern University and returned home to farm while attending law school at night in Savannah. …Burns helped win $60 million for a convocation center that broke ground in May at Georgia Southern in Statesboro.
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Diverse Issues in Higher Education
One Year Later, HBCU Advocates Call for Justice for Bomb Threats
Liann Herder
It started just after the turn of the new year. By the end of February 2022, more than 50 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) across the U.S. had received bomb threats. While no device was found on any of the campuses, many institutions had to close down for the day to ensure the safety of students, faculty, and staff. The psychological impact of these terrorist threats ricocheted for months after. In the year since, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and local and state law enforcement agencies partnered with HBCUs, strengthening their relationships as they worked to increase institutions’ emergency readiness and security. In September 2022, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced they had identified a primary suspect—a minor, whose juvenile status would likely shield them from federal prosecution or charges. Representatives from the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) and Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), organizations which represent private and public HBCUs respectively, said that one year later, accountability still has a role to play—that justice, even for a minor, would have a chilling effect that could stop others who feel inspired to incite violence again.
Inside Higher Ed
Foxx Wins Chair of House Ed and Workforce Committee
By Katherine Knott
Representative Virginia Foxx is returning to the top post on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce following a vote of the Republican steering committee Monday evening. Foxx, a North Carolina Republican who has previously chaired the committee and served as the ranking member during the last Congress, won the gavel over Representative Tim Walberg of Michigan. Both had to make their cases to the steering committee Monday. Foxx has promised to oppose many of the Biden administration’s education policies, including student loan debt relief policy changes. She and other Republican lawmakers have criticized the state of free speech on college campuses. Foxx said in a statement that she would seek to protect the rights of workers, job creators, students and parents as chairwoman.
Inside Higher Ed
OPINION
Why We Need Better Data on Faculty Diversity
Institutions need better data on faculty backgrounds, their experiences and working conditions, and (in)equities in measures of success, Laura W. Perna writes.
By Laura W. Perna
A square illustration composed of 30 different boxes, as if on a Zoom screen, featuring a diverse group of professionals. An excellent and diverse faculty is vital to individual colleges and universities and to our communities, states, nation and globe. A diverse faculty brings diverse perspectives, and these diverse perspectives enhance teaching and advising, research and scholarship, clinical practice, and engagement with the community and world. Yet, at most U.S. colleges and universities, the faculty is less diverse than the students. And the diversity of faculty declines as academic rank increases. In fall 2020, women represented 58 percent of undergraduates at degree-granting institutions nationwide, but 53 percent of assistant professors, 47 percent of associate professors and 35 percent of full professors. Black academics represented 13 percent of undergraduates but 7 percent of full-time assistant professors, 6 percent of associate professors and 4 percent of full professors. Hispanics represented 21 percent of undergraduates but 5 percent of assistant professors, 5 percent of associate professors and 4 percent of full professors.
Inside Higher Ed
Academic Freedom Alliance Opposes Divisive Concepts Bans
By Colleen Flaherty
The Academic Freedom Alliance, an ideologically diverse group of college and university faculty members dedicated to free expression, opines against critical race theory bans and other so-called divisive concepts bans in a new statement. The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, the American Association of University Professors, PEN America and the American Association of Colleges and Universities, among other groups, also oppose such legislation, saying it is antithetical to the First Amendment and academic discourse.
Inside Higher Ed
When a Criminology Student Turns Criminal
The man accused of murdering four University of Idaho students was pursuing a Ph.D. in criminology. Academics in his field say it’s a mistake to connect his scholarship to the brutal crime.
By Liam Knox
Bryan Kohberger appeared at a courthouse in Latah County, Idaho, last Thursday to face murder charges for the brutal killings of four University of Idaho students in November. Just two months ago, the 28-year-old was enrolled at Washington State University at Pullman, 10 miles from the Moscow, Idaho, campus where the killings occurred, finishing up his first semester of a criminology Ph.D. program in which students debate the motives of criminals, among other things, and study how prosecutors gather evidence. By last week, he had become an inmate in an orange jumpsuit at Latah County Jail, and descriptions of his academic background were ubiquitous in the media coverage of his alleged crimes.
Inside Higher Ed
New Hope Center Report on the ‘College SNAP Gap’
By Sara Weissman
A new report released by the Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice at Temple University offers guidance to state lawmakers and college leaders seeking to close the “college SNAP gap,” the number of students eligible to receive federal food benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program who do not receive them. The report, released Monday, notes that a national student survey conducted by the Hope Center in 2020 found that only 18 percent of students who reported experiencing food or housing insecurity were enrolled in SNAP. Meanwhile, 26 percent of students facing these challenges said they hadn’t even heard of the program. More than half of students with basic needs insecurity, 55 percent, reported they knew about SNAP but hadn’t used the benefit.