Macon Telegraph
Here’s the number of degrees awarded to GA students in 2022. Hint: it’s a record-breaker
By Chelsea Madden
College students are out here breaking records in the Peach State. With more than 74,446 degrees awarded in 2022, Georgia students are showing up and showing out. The University System of Georgia (USG) reported an increase in awarded degrees of 2.1% from 2021, making it an all time high season for education in the state. “By preparing students for good jobs and helping create the jobs of the future, Georgia’s public colleges and universities are a great value for students and a major contributor to our state’s economy,” said Sonny Perdue, USG Chancellor. “This record in degrees awarded only confirms that the hard work being done across the university system is having an impact on the success of both our students and Georgia.”
Gwinnett Daily Post
Georgia Gwinnett College hosts Super Saturday event to encourage pursuit of STEM careers
From staff reports
With the rising demand for workers in STEM-related fields, a Georgia Gwinnett College program is working to attract younger generations to STEM careers. GGC partners with local schools to offer its Super Saturday Series, which provides middle school students hands-on experience in biology, chemistry, exercise science and information technology (IT), through participation in activities presented by GGC’s faculty, staff and student volunteers. GGC initially focused on female students when it began the Super Saturday Series in 2011 as a way to break preconceptions and to increase the number of women interested in pursuing STEM careers, school officials said. But in recent years, organizers expanded the program to include all middle schoolers. Led by GGC faculty, Dr. Cindy Robertson, associate professor of IT and Dr. Rebecca Kalman, associate professor of chemistry, the series is a low-cost program available year-round to sixth- through eighth-graders.
Griffin Daily News
Gordon State College’s AAMI celebrates Black History Month
By GDN Staff
Gordon State College African American Male Initiative (AAMI) hosted a series of events in the month of February, celebrating Black History Month as a part of the group’s revamp initiative. The group secured a partnership with Pastor Marlin “Mo” Lynch III of Steve Harvey’s Legacy Ranch (formerly The Rock Ranch) in Upson County to participate in several events.
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WTVM
Jimmy Carter’s legacy at Georgia Southwestern State University
His leadership qualities are evident and are forever cemented in the schools history as his legacy lives on in the next generation.
By James Giles
Before the White House and national notoriety, a peanut farmer turned president from the Peach State was once a student at Georgia Southwestern College, now known as Georgia Southwestern State University. His leadership qualities are evident and are forever cemented in the schools history as his legacy lives on in the next generation. Before being known as President Jimmy Carter, at Georgia Southwestern State University, the peanut farmer was known as Jimmy from Plains. In 1942, when the school was called Georgia Southwestern College, they knew Carter would be special. He was chosen alongside three fellow freshman for their leadership skills, and asked to etch his name in wet cement in the drive-way of the administration building, and again in 2017, this time as a former president. Now those signatures sit here in the front of the campus in what’s called the Presidential Plaza. ”From the moment you drive on to campus, you feel and see President Carter,” said University President, Dr. Neal Weaver.
Health Economic Times
Protective parenting might help kids avoid health problems as adults: Research
According to recent University of Georgia research, being a protective parent may prepare your children for a better adult life. The study found that growing up in places where gunshots are common and heat and electricity are unreliable can lead to pain and other physical health limitations in adulthood. But being involved in your child’s life, such as knowing their friends or where they’re hanging out after school, can help counteract those effects, according to the new research.
Beef Magazine
Is cottonseed going to make my bulls infertile?
As winter slowly approaches and producers are planning their winter supplementation, the question comes in each year; can I feed whole cottonseed to my bulls or will it make them infertile? Our answer to this question is always absolutely not IF you stay within the recommended feeding levels. Currently, the recommended inclusion rate is 0.5% of body weight or 20% of the total ration. This recommendation is made, however, due to the amount of fat in whole cottonseed (~20%), rather than the amount of gossypol, which is a common driver for concern when feeding whole cottonseed. Gossypol is a yellow pigment that is found in the stem, leaf, lint, and seed of the cotton plant but is highly concentrated in the seed. Gossypol acts as a natural defense agent for the cotton plant by promoting infertility in insects who consume it. Gossypol has been studied extensively for years and has shown to be toxic to monogastrics (humans, pigs, mice, etc.) and pre-ruminants (calves, sheep, goats, etc. who’s rumen has not developed yet). Most research indicating issues when feeding whole cottonseed to bulls was conducted in the 1960’s through the 1990’s and included whole cottonseed at up to 40% of the diet which is much higher than the recommended level. Additionally, many researchers that reported issues were feeding Pima cotton, which is much higher in gossypol than Upland cotton and uncommon in the southeastern United States. Due to the lack of current research applicable to our area, a study was conducted at the University of Georgia to determine if whole cottonseed has an effect on performance or semen morphology of 16-18 month old beef bulls.
How a 28-year old from northwest Wisconsin became a ‘trailblazer’ with UGA basketball
Marc Weiszer
There’s a little more than a minute on the halftime clock in Stegeman Coliseum when Georgia basketball staffers head out of the tunnel. When they take their seats on the bench, Julie Danielson always goes to the second row, second seat. Right behind Mike White’s assistant coaches. Danielson, at 28, is the most visible female staffer in the program’s history. During timeouts, she rises up to join the coaches’ huddle, handing a play board to White. “She’s earned everything she’s gotten in this profession,” said White, the first-year Georgia coach who had Danielson on staff for his final three seasons at Florida. “She’ll continue to do that. She’s really good at what she does.” Danielson is in her first season as the Bulldogs’ video coordinator, in a job at her third power conference program after working her way up from student manager starting as a freshman at Wisconsin in 2013.
WGAU Radio
Another million dollar year for UGA Dance Marathon
By Tim Bryant
They have tallied the take from this year’s University of Georgia Dance Marathon, saying the latest installment of the annual fundraiser again pulled in more than $1 million for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Nearly two thousand UGA students representing more than 30 campus organizations gathered in the Tate Student Center’s Grand Hall for last weekend’s event.
From Stan Jackson, UGA Today…
On Sunday afternoon, UGA Miracle, the University of Georgia’s largest student-run philanthropy, announced it had raised $1,032,572 for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Nearly 2,000 students representing more than 30 student organizations gathered in Tate Student Center Grand Hall overnight Feb. 25-26 for UGA Miracle’s annual Dance Marathon.
WGAU Radio
UGA schedules inaugural Humanities Festival
By Hannah Gallant, UGA Today
The University of Georgia will hold its first Humanities Festival from March 15-27, with more than 20 events spotlighting the creativity and breadth of humanities research and practices across campus. Highlights of the inaugural festival are lectures on the role of humanities research in philosophy and film, environmental history and sustainability studies, fine arts and anthropology. Featured lecturers include Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jack Davis speaking on the history and symbolism of the bald eagle and executive director of the Modern Language Association Paula Krebs speaking on “The Humanities at Work.” David Beavan of the Alan Turing Institute will speak about the Living with Machines project that joins historians, geographers, linguists, curators, research software engineers and research data scientists to examine the impact of technology on people’s lives during the Industrial Revolution.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Breaking: UGA’s Jalen Carter charged with reckless driving and street racing
By Dylan Jackson, Alan Judd
Police: Toxicology report shows UGA recruiting staffer LeCroy was drunk, travelling 104 mph before crash
Georgia football star Jalen Carter was charged on Wednesday by Athens-Clarke County police for street racing and reckless driving in connection with the fatal Jan. 15 crash, the department said in a release. In the release, the department said Carter and Georgia recruiting staffer Chandler LeCroy were “operating their vehicles in a manner consistent with racing”. LeCroy and lineman Devin Willock were killed in the crash.
Athens Banner-Herald
Stetson Bennett isn’t 1st NFL prospect with off-field misstep. How one agent addressed it
Marc Weiszer
A prominent Georgia football player who relocated to train to increase his stock for a pro career had an off-field misstep that raises questions from teams who make million-dollar decisions. That describes two-time national championship quarterback Stetson Bennett as he hits the NFL combine this week where decision-makers gather in what could be a make-or-break few days for him. It also is what Bulldog linebacker Alec Ogletree went through when he had his own alcohol-related arrest 10 years ago during his pre-draft process. Bennett was charged in Texas with public intoxication, a misdemeanor, when police responded to him knocking on doors after 6 a.m. Ogletree was hit with a DUI charge when he was pulled over on traffic violations in Arizona in February 2013.
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Wall Street Journal
OPINION
Questions for UNC’s Accreditor
A bullying threat to Chapel Hill’s trustees over the new School of Civic Life and Leadership may get a higher review.
By The Editorial Board
We told you recently about the University of North Carolina’s plans to establish a school for free expression and its accreditor’s brisk announcement that it would investigate that action. Now it looks like the accreditor may be the one answering questions about its bullying. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS) is the accreditor for UNC. SACS President Belle Wheelan told the Governor’s Commission on the Governance of Public Universities last month that the UNC trustees’ vote to create the school was “kind of not the way we do business” and that SACS would “talk to them . . . and either get them to change it, or the institution will be on warning with [SACS], I’m sure.”
Inside Higher Ed
Nearly Half of Students Lack Key Academic Guidance
Just 55 percent of students say they’ve been advised on required coursework for graduation, according to Inside Higher Ed and College Pulse’s survey on students’ experiences with advising and registration.
By Colleen Flaherty
Locksley Knibbs, lead academic adviser for students studying the natural sciences at Florida Gulf Coast University, knows that advisers take on different roles to serve the whole student: mentor, advocate, mediator, coach. At FGCU, where many full-time advisers have faculty status, Knibbs even teaches a class on the foundations of civic engagement. Still, Knibbs says, academic advisers first and foremost help students understand what courses they need to take, in what order, to obtain their degrees. And so a key finding of Inside Higher Ed and College Pulse’s recent Student Voice survey of 3,004 undergraduates about academic life, including advising and registration—that nearly half of students haven’t been advised on courses and course sequences required for graduation—surprises Knibbs. “It’s a core responsibility to teach students about how to navigate the curriculum and our main function, regardless of how many hats we’re going to wear,” says Knibbs, a governing board member of NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising. “We advise you based on the curriculum or the degree that you have declared on your record. That’s the most essential part of our job.”
Inside Higher Ed
Impact of Accreditation Sanctions on Enrollment
Sanctions on an institution can cause students to look elsewhere for higher education. In today’s Academic Minute, the University of Houston’s Christopher Burnett determines how bad the damage can be.
Inside Higher Ed
Supreme Court Justices Skeptical of Debt Relief
They questioned the Biden administration’s authority to forgive student loans but also seemed suspicious of arguments from plaintiffs that they have standing to challenge the debt-relief plan.
By Katherine Knott
Several Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical of the Biden administration’s plan to forgive up to $20,000 in federal student loans during a nearly four-hour hearing Tuesday. As expected, the hearing focused on whether federal statute allows the Biden administration to forgive student loans, whether the plaintiffs have standing to challenge the plan and whether the justices should apply a stricter standard in their review of the two lawsuits before the court. The court’s six conservative justices homed in on questions of fairness and what Congress intended when it authorized the education secretary in 2003 to “waive” or “modify” provisions of student loan programs to ensure that those affected by a national emergency aren’t worse off financially.
Cybersecurity Dive
LastPass CEO admits disclosure mistakes, pledges improved communications
The criticism leveled at LastPass has grown as the password manager shared more alarming details on the compromise.
Matt Kapko, Reporter
LastPass CEO Karim Toubba said he is taking full responsibility for the communication rollercoaster that followed the password manager’s comprehensive breach. “I acknowledge our customers’ frustration with our inability to communicate more immediately, more clearly, and more comprehensively throughout this event. I accept the criticism and take full responsibility,” Toubba said Wednesday in a blog post. Toubba became LastPass CEO 10 months ago and has led the company through a series of missteps and significant exposure. His tenure at the password manager has been marked by a sustained period of damage control. The criticism leveled at LastPass has grown as Toubba and the company shared more alarming details over the past six months.
Inside Higher Ed
New College of Florida Trustees Ax DEI Office
By Josh Moody
The New College of Florida’s Board of Trustees voted Tuesday to eliminate its Office of Outreach and Inclusive Excellence, striking a blow against diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at NCF. Trustees, led by a swath of new conservative appointees installed by Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, and the Republican-led Florida Board of Governors, voted 10 to 3 to eliminate the office and authorize college leaders to make personnel changes, as needed. The office, according to a report delivered at the meeting, has four full-time employees.
Inside Higher Ed
D.C. Higher Ed Leaders Propose Gun Violence Solutions
By Liam Knox
The Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area has issued a new report on preventing gun violence, which asserts that mental health services should be treated as a crucial part of any solution and that the root causes, namely poverty and economic insecurity, should be addressed. The consortium last June enlisted more than 100 experts in fields from public health to business to “identify the most practical, actionable, and preferably non-legislative solutions to reducing gun violence.” The report is the result of eight months of “open, and at times contentious,” debate among those experts.
Inside Higher Ed
Students Hold Protests of Connecticut College President
By Scott Jaschik
Students at Connecticut College have occupied several buildings on campus, including part of the administration building, to demand the resignation of President Katherine Bergeron, Connecticut Public Radio reported. The students are angry about a planned fundraising event at Everglades Club in Palm Beach, Fla. The venue has a history of racial discrimination and antisemitism. The college’s dean of institutional equity and inclusion quit over the fundraiser, which has since been called off. Students also want more resources devoted to minority groups. John Cramer, Connecticut College’s vice president of marketing and communications, said in a statement that the administration is communicating with students.