Local 3 News
Dalton State College to receive $370 thousand grant to upgrade health simulator
Liam Collins
Dalton State College will get a federal grant to expand its healthcare training simulator. …The school’s healthcare simulator provides students with phantoms, mannequins hooked up to computers to provide real-time data just like an actual patient. It gives students a chance to practice their skills and make mistakes before it counts. … Since the pandemic, Dalton State College has been a major trainer of nurses and practitioners in North Georgia. This year, enrollment in the health professional program increased by 65%.
WJBF
American Medical Women’s Association awards local doctor
by: Tiffany Hobbs
The American Medical Women’s Association awards a local physician scientist a distinguished award. “I am just so honored to have been chosen,” said Dr. Betty Sue Pace, Professor of Pediatrics and Francis J. Tedesco Distinguished Chair at The Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University. Dr. Betty Sue Pace has been chosen as the 2023 Woman in Science awardee for her exceptional contributions to medical science.
WGAU Radio
UGA professors are named Regents’ Entrepreneurs
By Tim Bryant
Two professors at the University of Georgia are UGA’s first Regents’ Entrepreneurs. Steve Stice and Biao He are in the University’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. The Regents’ Entrepreneur distinction recognizes faculty who have demonstrated success in translating research into a commercial setting. It lasts for an initial period of three years that can then be extended and provides a one-time, $10,000 cash award.
From David Mitchell, UGA Today…
The University System of Georgia Board of Regents approved two University of Georgia professors as Regents’ Entrepreneurs at its Dec. 1 meeting. Professors Steven Stice and Biao He, from the colleges of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, respectively, are the first two UGA selections for a designation that was adopted by the board in February 2022. The Regents’ Entrepreneur distinction recognizes faculty who have demonstrated success in translating research into a commercial setting. It lasts for an initial period of three years that can then be extended by the board and provides a one-time, $10,000 cash award.
Columbus CEEO
Shana Young Talks About the Leadership Institute at Columbus State University
Shana Young of the Leadership Institute at Columbus State University talks about the 18 year history of the Institute and how they help with different skills needed for those wanting to be leaders in their company or organization.
Albany Herald
Jill Drake named interim Georgia Southwestern provost
From staff reports
As the search for provost and vice president of Academic Affairs at Georgia Southwestern State University proceeds, Jill Drake has been named to the position on an interim basis and will begin serving in the position on April 3. Drake currently serves as the associate vice president for Academic Affairs at the University of West Georgia in Carrollton and will serve in the interim in an agreement between the two institutions. “We look forward to welcoming Dr. Drake to GSW’s campus,” Georgia Southwestern President Neal Weaver said in a news release. “Her leadership and perspective will be valued during this interim period.”
Child Magazine
Playing In Dirt And Mud Builds A Child’s Immunity
Parents who are paranoid about hygiene are not doing their children any favours. Exposure to dirt and germs is essential for building a child’s immunity. It’s official: depriving your children of physical contact with the ‘Dirty, Outside World’ is bad for their health! A certain exposure to germs is essential for building a child’s immunity and overall development. Pure exposure to various micro-organisms and other environmental factors leads to pure immune resistance, which means that the child will be less susceptible to disease later in life. …In Western, urban societies, there’s been a growing prevalence of allergies in the last 15 years. Experts say it’s because of an obsession with cleanliness. One of those at the forefront of the ‘hygiene hypothesis’ is Dr Dennis Ownby, chief of allergy and immunology at the Medical College of Georgia. Among other things, his studies found that babies in households with multiple pets have fewer allergies at age six or seven. And, not just to animals, but also ragweed, grass and dust mites.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
More than a decade ago, three states banned undocumented students from public colleges. For the post-DACA generation, the toll has been steeper.
By Marcela Rodrigues
This article was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center.
During his junior year in high school, Steven was asked by a guidance counselor to list his top three colleges. Like many ambitious high-schoolers in South Carolina, his first choice was a no-brainer: Clemson University. …So Steven was surprised when his guidance counselor, whispering to ensure privacy in a shared high-school office, broke the news to him: By law, he couldn’t attend Clemson because undocumented students are banned from enrolling in any public college in the state. …South Carolina enacted the enrollment ban in 2008, and it is still supported by the state’s Republican-led legislature. The goal was to prevent undocumented immigrants from realizing any kind of public benefit, which included access to state-funded institutions. Alabama passed a similar law in 2011, and in 2010 the Georgia Board of Regents created a policy to ban undocumented students from the top public colleges in the state. …A committee of five regents and four university presidents convened in response to pressure from 15 state senators who had written a letter calling for the university system to deny admission to undocumented immigrant. …In its report to the regents, the committee tried to put the issue in perspective: Just 501 undocumented students, or a fraction of 1 percent of the student body, were enrolled in Georgia public colleges, and by this time, all of them were paying out-of-state tuition.
WMGT
Georgia College hosts its first TEDx Event
Georgia College and State University (GCSU) is hosting its first TEDx event Friday.
By Andrew Willis
Georgia College and State University (GCSU) is hosting its first TEDx event Friday. The theme of the event is “Power of the Public Square.” It will feature nine speakers, including alumni, professors and GCSU students. According to Chair of the TEDxGeorgiaCollege Board of Curators Dr. Harold Mock, the goal of the event is to explore the needs of society and showcase innovative ideas with middle Georgia and the international TED community.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia Tech assistant Anthony Wilkins not retained by Damon Stoudamire
By Ken Sugiura,
Former men’s basketball coach Josh Pastner’s top assistant has not been retained by new coach Damon Stoudamire. Anthony Wilkins, Pastner’s associate head coach, posted a message on social media Wednesday afternoon indicating that he is no longer on the staff.
Athens Banner-Herald
Solved: UGA police ID mother who allegedly killed baby 27 years ago inside UGA dormitory
Wayne Ford
The person who authorities say stabbed to death a newborn baby on the University of Georgia campus 27 years ago has been identified as a former student who committed suicide eight years after the crime that shocked Athens. UGA police released documents to the Athens Banner-Herald under an open records request that shows police recently closed the case after determining the identity of the woman who allegedly gave birth, then stabbed her baby to death in a bathroom of the Oglethorpe House dormitory on Jan. 8, 1996. The woman, Kathryn Anne Grant, was enrolled at UGA and living in Oglethorpe House at the time of the slaying, but she withdrew from UGA in the spring of 1996, according to UGA police reports generated by Maj. Jeff Hammock and Capt. Will Graham.
Albany Herald
Scientists work to develop climate-adapted pecans
By Jordan Powers UGA/CAES
Georgia is the nation’s leading pecan-producing state — and University of Georgia researchers intend to keep it that way. Working with an international team of experts, four faculty members from the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences have received a U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture award for the second phase of a study to adapt one of Georgia’s top commodities, the pecan. The $737,227 award will further their interdisciplinary research project, called “Trees for the future: Coordinated development of genetic resources and tools to accelerate breeding of geographic and climate adapted pecans.”
Fox5 Atlanta
CDC warns of deadly fungal inflection spreading at ‘alarming’ rate across US
By Joi Dukes
A deadly fungal infection is spreading at an ‘alarming’ rate in medical facilities across the nation according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC has issued a warning about Candida auris—the infection that is now been identified in more than half of the states across the US—including Georgia. Officials first reported cases of Candida auris in 2016. In 2021, clinical cases increased by more than 200 percent—jumping from 476 cases reported in 2019 to 1,471. … Dr. Karen Norris, of the University of Georgia’s Center for Vaccines and Immunology, told FOX 5 the concern stems from how easily Candida auris spreads and how resistant it is to three of the most common antifungal medications. …Norris said researchers at UGA are currently working on a vaccine that has shown signs it could treat the infection. It’s still in the early stages of clinical trials.
Farm Progress
Bringing EPA in compliance with the Endangered Species Act
EPA can’t move forward without complying with the Endangered Species Act when registering pesticides.
John Hart
For decades now, the Environmental Protection Agency has not been in compliance with the Endangered Species Act, which means that pesticide restrictions and protection measures specific to the Endangered Species Act haven’t been enforced and seen on pesticide labels. Therein lies the challenge, and the EPA official in charge of pesticide issues within the agency’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention warns that the situation is urgent. Jake Li, deputy assistant administrator at the EPA, addressed the latest challenges surrounding EPA’s compliance with the Endangered Species Act at Commodity Classic in Orlando March 10. …Joining Li on the panel were Stanley Culpepper, professor of weed science at the University of Georgia; Patty Mann, a Jackson Center, Ohio farmer; and Tony Burd, senior regulatory stewardship manager with Syngenta.
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Inside Higher Ed
Stress Prevents Students From Pursuing Higher Ed
A new study finds most people who have never attended college cite stress as a key factor. Researchers say promoting campus mental health resources might help win them over.
By Johanna Alonso
Nearly two-thirds of people who have never enrolled in higher education cite emotional stress as a key deterrent, a new report from Gallup and the Lumina Foundation finds. It is the fourth most commonly cited reason after the cost of higher education (81 percent), inflation (77 percent) and work conflicts (69 percent). More people cited stress than a lack of interest in pursuing a degree (58 percent), feeling unprepared (54 percent), not seeing the value of higher education (51 percent) and childcare responsibilities (44 percent), among other factors. Emotional stress is a more significant factor for women; 71 percent said it influenced their decision not to enroll, compared to 57 percent of men. Among people between 18 and 24, 77 percent cited stress, putting it on a par with concerns about inflation and their work schedules. By comparison, 60 percent of those 25 and older named stress.
Inside Higher Ed
Higher Ed’s Chief Lobbyist, Unplugged: The Key
By Doug Lederman
In three decades as the chief lobbyist for the American Council on Education, Terry W. Hartle had a front-row seat for just about every important federal policy discussion that affected colleges, their students and their employees. He retired this winter after 30 years as senior vice president for government and public affairs at ACE, the higher ed association that tries to present a coherent front in advocating for higher education. In a new episode of The Key, Inside Higher Ed’s news and analysis podcast, Hartle discusses the partisanship and inertia that afflicts today’s politics, politicians’ increased questioning and oversight of higher education, and the implications for colleges, their employees and their students.
Higher Ed Dive
Colleges want to expand continuing education but don’t devote resources, survey says
Laura Spitalniak, Associate Editor
Dive Brief:
Continuing and online education programs offered by traditional brick-and-mortar colleges endure staffing issues, high administrative workloads and challenges accessing real-time student data. That’s according to an annual survey from the University Professional and Continuing Education Association, and Modern Campus, a higher ed software provider. Among surveyed college employees, 71% said their institutions’ senior leaders supported growing their institutions’ continuing education programs, but 57% said such programs weren’t staffed enough to meet institutional goals. Some 68% cited administrative burdens as a barrier to expanding continuing education programs, up from 53% in 2022.
Inside Higher Ed
‘Meta-Analysis’ Finds GRE Is Losing Significance
By Scott Jaschik
A new “meta-analysis” published in The Journal of Higher Education suggests that the Graduate Record Examination is losing its significance. “Overall, 61.6 percent of reported effects were nonsignificant (i.e. no predictive value of GRE scores on student outcomes),” the study found. “Further, the magnitude of observed predictive relationships decreased significantly over time. The aggregate mean effect across all studies and outcomes was small, significant, and positive: GRE score predicted 2.25 percent of variance across measured outcomes, 4 percent of variance in overall [grade point average], and 2.56 percent of variance in first-year graduate GPA. Sample composition effects by race/ethnicity were notable but nonsignificant, with increasing proportions of people of color within a study sample associated with poorer predictive validity.
Cybersecurity Dive
CISA revises cybersecurity performance goals
David Jones, Reporter
Dive Brief:
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency updated the cybersecurity performance goals originally released in October, the agency unveiled Tuesday. The voluntary guidelines were designed to offer critical infrastructure providers and mainstream businesses across the country practical advice on ways to bolster their resilience against a rising trend of malicious cyber activity. The revised goals more closely align with the cybersecurity framework developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Inside Higher Ed
Communicating in a Campus Crisis
Tania Tetlow guided a New Orleans university through multiple hurricanes and a global pandemic. Now, as president of Fordham University in New York, Tetlow offers practical and actionable advice for campus leaders to improve their crisis communication skills.
For university presidents, communicating in a crisis ranks among their most difficult challenges. When should they speak? How much should they say? And how should they deliver bad news? Tania Tetlow has gained valuable expertise in crisis communication through her professional experiences. A former federal prosecutor, Tetlow was a point person for crisis management as chief of staff at Tulane University. Later, as a college president, Tetlow led Loyola University New Orleans through several hurricanes and the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, as the 33rd president of Fordham University, the Jesuit institution in New York City, Tetlow talks about her experiences and gives practical advice to other higher education leaders on how to communicate during a campus crisis.
Cybersecurity Dive
Ill-prepared against cyberattacks? You’re not alone, Cisco says
Matt Kapko, Reporter
Dive Brief:
Four in 5 security leaders expect a cybersecurity incident will disrupt their business during the next year or two, but just 15% are fully prepared to counter the risks lurking in today’s landscape, according to Cisco research released Tuesday. Cisco determined organizations’ state of readiness based on a survey of 6,700 cybersecurity professionals across 27 countries and classified companies into four groups: beginner, formative, progressive and mature. More than half fell into the beginner or formative stages. Nearly 3 in 5 respondents said their organization experienced a cybersecurity incident during the last year. While the majority of those incidents, 71%, cost at least $100,000, more than 40% said incident costs exceeded $500,000.
Inside Higher Ed
Univ. of Phoenix is the Top Recipient of GI Bill Funding
By Susan H. Greenberg
The University of Phoenix has received more GI Bill funding than any other higher education institution, USA Today reported Wednesday. Between 2013 and 2021, the Department of Veterans Affairs gave the for-profit institution $1.6 billion in funds for students who enrolled in online or in-person classes. While the University of Phoenix remains among the top recipients of GI Bill funds, its annual cut has shrunk, from $391 million in fiscal year 2013–14 to $73 million in 2020–21. In 2021–22, the total fell to $69 million, which was still more than any other institution received—even though it ranked fifth for the number of GI Bill students enrolled, according to USA Today. Seven of the top 10 recipients of GI Bill funding are for-profits, two are private and one is a public university, the newspaper reported.