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Kemp: New Yamaha facility in Kennesaw ‘another great win for our state’
Jake Busch, Marietta Daily Journal
Gov. Brian Kemp was on-hand for the ribbon cutting of a new Yamaha facility that opened in Kennesaw on Wednesday. The 75,280-square-foot Yamaha Marine Innovation Center is the new home of the company’s Connected Boat Division, which is focused on developing smart boat technology. …The facility, in addition to the Connected Boat Division, will also house the company’s planning and development division, which includes various engineers and project managers, Speciale said. …The company plans to work with local universities and others outside of Georgia to recruit these employees. Schools involved in that collaboration include Kennesaw State University, the University of Georgia, Georgia Tech, Georgia Southern, Virginia Tech, Clemson and the University of Michigan.
Global Newswire
The University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents has approved renaming Georgia State University’s Department of Risk Management & Insurance as the Maurice R. Greenberg School of Risk Science. The name change recognizes a $15 million gift from The Starr Foundation that will dramatically expand and enhance Georgia State University’s risk education programs and elevate the highly regarded program’s stature worldwide. Maurice R. Greenberg is chairman of The Starr Foundation and chairman and CEO of Starr Insurance Companies.
Coastal Courier
GSU recognizes exemplary donors at 2023 Gratitude Gala
Special to the Courier
Georgia Southern University recently hosted its annual Gratitude Gala to recognize key donors for their longtime support of institutional initiatives. “The people in this room represent Georgia Southern’s most loyal alumni, friends, faculty, staff, corporations and foundations, each of whom has given $25,000 or more to the University, equipping our mission of helping students reach their academic and career goals,” said Trip Addison, vice president for University Advancement, to the crowd. “Each one of you has gone above and beyond in your support of the university, and for each student who is chasing an incredible dream, your support is helping them to take hold of it.
Albany Herald
First Tyron Spearman Ag Scholarship recipient named
From staff reports
The Tyron Spearman Agricultural Scholarship was awarded the first time during the spring 2023 semester to William “Trace” Lamberth, a freshman crop production major from Sale City. Spearman is a well-known name in the world of agriculture. Thanks to a generous commitment from the National Peanut Buying Points Association, his name is now associated with an ABAC scholarship to benefit future leaders in agriculture. Lamberth said his career goal is to work in agriculture as a crop consultant or in his own farm operation. When he is not in classes at ABAC, he can be found hard at work back on the family farm.
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Athens Banner-Herald
Sen. Warnock visits UGA’s Iron Horse research farm, hears from farmers on new tech
Wayne Ford
U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock found himself in the cab of a John Deere tractor Thursday morning riding a straight path across a field. The tractor drove itself and didn’t need help from Warnock or his passenger. The self-driving tractor ride and a demonstration of drones took place at the University of Georgia’s Iron Horse Farm in Greene County, a place recognized by most travelers along Georgia Highway 15 for the legendary 12-foot-tall statue of the Iron Horse that has been in place since the 1950s. Warnock visited the farm as part of his promotion of a national farm bill as he gathered input on the Precision Agriculture Act, a piece of legislation he is promoting to include in the 2023 Farm Bill that Congress will discuss in the near future. …The new technology is GPS based and is used on tractors, and more recently on drones, in farm work that can cut the cost for such practices as fertilizing, watering and pesticide use.
WTVM
Columbus State’s annual Cougarthon exceeds Children’s Miracle Network fundraising goal
By Jessie Gibson
Columbus State University exceeded its annual Cougarthon fundraising goal for Children’s Miracle Network by raising over $9,000. All Cougarthon registration fees benefit Children’s Miracle Network and the fundraising itself is a year-round event where participants form teams and take it upon themselves to collect money for the charity. By the February 27 event this year, Cougarthon raised $9,521—over $1,400 more than the 2022 fundraising campaign—with contributions continuing through the end of the academic year.
Fox28 Savannah
Georgia Southern to offer free Parkinson’s voice therapy with new grant
by Isabel Litterst
Georgia Southern’s RiteCare Center received a $280,000 grant to provide speech therapy to people diagnosed with Parkinson’s. Samantha Elandary, the founder and director of the Parkinson’s Voice Project, said that people with Parkinson’s are very likely to experience voice loss. She said her mission is to help them speak up through her program SpeakOut.
Athens CEO
A Modern Source for Classic Car Parts Wins UGA Entrepreneurship’s Idea Accelerator
Merritt Melancon
Whether it’s a 1979 Honda sedan or a 1969 Indian motorcycle, project cars and bikes need hard-to-find parts. Effingo founder Caleb King developed a process using a 3D metallurgic printer to produce these hard-to-find parts on demand — cutting the price and the time associated with restoration projects. His business earned the top prize and $2,500 at the UGA Entrepreneurship Idea Accelerator Demo Day on April 10 in Studio 225.
Atlanta News First
UGA research offers social media tips to influence diet
By Savannah Louie
New research from University of Georgia gives insight over how strategic social media posts might influence a healthy diet. Yilang Peng, assistant professor in the university’s department of financial planning, housing, and consumer economics, said high calorie food often racks up the most likes on social media. These unhealthy foods can quickly rise to the top of our feeds, inducing cravings. …Peng and other UGA researchers analyzed 50,000 food photos from chefs, nutritionists, and food stylists. While the study was initially geared toward food influencers, experts said anyone can benefit from these findings.
Morning AgClips
Peanut Innovation Lab Receives $15 Million
USAID, UGA announced five-year extension of collaborative research, outreach work
Peanuts make the world better. Farmers around the world grow peanuts because the plant adapts to poor soils and produces a crop even as droughts become more common. Peanuts are shelf-stable, nutritious, don’t require expensive fertilizer and people like to eat them. Smallholder farmers around the world grow the crop on modest plots and cook the nuts into traditional dishes or sell the crop for money to send their kids to school. To leverage the power of this unique crop, the U.S. government partners with the University of Georgia to solve problems faced by farmers. On April 12, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and UGA announced a five-year extension of their collaborative research and outreach work in peanut innovation.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia lawmakers outline priorities ahead of debate on federal farm bill
By Tia Mitchell
With four delegation members serving on either the U.S. House or Senate’s Agriculture committees, Georgia is well represented as the pivotal farm bill begins to take shape. Lawmakers are in the early stages of drafting a measure that will provide a five-year framework for federal spending to support farmers, boost the agriculture industry and help provide food for poor Americans. The current legislation is set to expire in September, and members are hopeful they will have a new plan in place by then to run through 2028. But partisan divides are already evident in how lawmakers describe their priorities, including among the four Georgia lawmakers involved in the discussions.
Benzinga
21 Finalists Compete in the 2023 Global Scaling Challenge (Virtually)… April 14th & 15th
By Business Wire
The University of New Mexico (UNM) has announced the finals of the 2023 UNM Anderson Global Scaling Challenge (UNM Anderson GSC) where 21 exceptional University student teams from around the world have qualified to compete for $30,000 in cash prizes. This year’s theme is “Aerospace,” a critical technology sector. The student teams will focus on two real worlds firms, IDEAS-TEK and Proof Labs. …The road to the finals was rigorous with 36 international student teams competing in the Western Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere regional events which reduced the field to 21 teams to compete in finals. The finalist teams are from the following institutions: Boston University Questrom School of Business, Florida Institute of Technology, Fortune Institute of International Business, Georgia College and State University…
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Annual ArtHealthy festival slated for this weekend
Billy Hobbs, The Union-Recorder
A big crowd is expected to attend the ninth annual ArtHealthy Festival on the front lawn of Georgia College & State University in downtown Milledgeville this Saturday. It’s the kind of event that’s fun for the entire family. “We’re very excited about this year’s big event,” said Toyia Barnes, program coordinator for CREATE Inc. Her husband, Gregory Barnes, serves as executive director of the non-profit founded by the couple in 2009. CREATE Inc. has organized the event every year with help from their partners at GCSU, and other community sponsors. …The event also will include health assessments that will be sponsored by the Center for Health and Social Issues. Nursing students from GCSU will offer a variety of health checkups.
Times-Georgian
UWG hosts The Great Debate for an evening of scholarly discourse
By Miranda Pepe
The presidents of two higher education institutions from different parts of the country – both of whom are communications scholars – were recently discussing the lost tradition of lively discourse and the expression of opposing ideas. University of West Georgia President Dr. Brendan Kelly and Dr. Kathy Richardson, president of Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pa., soon realized that they could bridge the 800-mile gap between their institutions and breathe new life into civil and civic discourse. What resulted from their conversations was “The Great Debate at the University of West Georgia.”
The Baldwin Bulletin
GCSU professor’s photography and travel show debuts season 2
By Bailey Ballard
Last year, Georgia College & State University (GCSU) professor Dr. Chris Greer premiered his television show “View Finders” on GPTV. This spring, the show is debuting its second season. Greer is a professor in Georgia College & State University’s Department of Education. He teaches instructional technology to undergraduate and graduate students. Greer has been at GCSU for 17 years and expressed that GCSU has been a big supporter of his journey through establishing and publishing his show, “View Finders.”
accessWDUN
Meet Sam Morgan, a local student film maker
By Lawson Smith Reporter
A local high school student filmmaker recently took home seven awards in one night at the Atlanta High School Film Festival. Sam Morgan, a Junior at North Hall High School, and owner of the Pictures Up Productions Youtube Channel, entered his short films “One Night In Squatchtown” and “is this ForReal?” and took home awards in major categories. “One Night In Squatchtown” earned Morgan and his team six awards, which included Best Overall Film, Best Narrative, Audience Choice Award, Best Director (Sam Morgan), Best Original Score (Reece Moseley) and Best Actor (Reece Moseley). Additionally, “is this ForReal?” was named the Best Georgia Film at the festival. …The cast and crew of One Night in Squatchtown, as well as other projects, are as follows: …
Reece Moseley, UGA music student (freshman) …Elizabeth Hawn, UNG freshman, NHHS grad
Statesboro Herald
Family legacy: Sisters partner to serve community through their medical practice
Angye Morrison/staff
Dr. Amy Clemons, together with her sister, Kimberly Clemons, a nurse practitioner, are living proof that children learn what they live. The sisters have opened a family practice in Statesboro together with Sibyl Kirkland, also a nurse practitioner. The practice is the only one owned by Black women who are Georgia natives in Bulloch County. The Clemons sisters are carrying on the tradition begun by their late father, Dr. Thurman Clemons, the first Black physician at Bulloch Memorial Hospital. Their late mother, Ammie Clemons, was a registered nurse. …Kimberly, …attended Georgia Southern University for both her BS and Master of Science in Nursing.
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Higher Ed Dive
3 state budget trends to watch for higher education
Though legislatures’ budgets are still up in the air, patterns are emerging around college funding.
By Lilah Burke
Across the country, legislators are collaborating, compromising and negotiating on the details of their state budgets. The annual process can have significant repercussions for higher education: Public institutions, of course, get their yearly funding from their state. But private institutions also stand to benefit from state financial aid grants. It’s still too early in the process to tell where all the chips will fall this year, but here are a few initial trends.
Tuition increases; …Inflation cutting into growth; …Free college programs
Diverse Issues in Higher Education
IHEP Offers Lessons for Schools to Improve Transfer Pathways
Jon Edelman
Although 80% of students who enroll in community colleges plan on getting a bachelor’s degree, only around 15% do so within six years. It’s a product of what seems like a perpetually leaky transfer process, in which, nationwide, 43% of credits are lost between schools. Minoritized students are particularly affected—they’re more likely to start at two-year institutions and less likely to wind up finishing a four-year program. Now, the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), a nonpartisan nonprofit promoting post-secondary access and success, is publishing lessons learned from its ongoing attempts to build a better, more equitable transfer system.
Inside Higher Ed
New Interactive Tool Aims to Track and Predict Enrollment
By Susan H. Greenberg
The Sorenson Impact Center has launched a new interactive data tool to help institutions anticipate future enrollment trends in higher education. Called the Student Trends and Enrollment Projections Dashboard, or STEP, the tool tracks historical enrollment and population trends, forecasts future patterns, and offers insights into student migration and online education, according to a press release.
Inside Higher Ed
Moving the Needle on the College Presidency
The latest presidential survey from the American Council on Education shows gains on diversity, though the number of female presidents barely budged.
By Josh Moody
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. When Pete Townshend of The Who penned those lyrics more than half a century ago, he almost certainly wasn’t thinking about the state of the college presidency. But those words aptly summarize the results of the latest American College President Study from the American Council on Education, released today, which finds that despite some diversity gains, college presidents continue to be mostly older, white and male. Though racial and gender diversity has increased since the last study, conducted in 2016 and released in 2017, that progress is moving at a walk rather than a sprint. It is also failing to keep pace with the changing demographics of college students. Now in its ninth iteration, the ACE College President Study, first produced in 1986, offers various insights into those who occupy executive offices at institutions of higher education.
Higher Ed Dive
Education data breaches hit record high in 2021
Anna Merod, Reporter
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Since 2005, schools and colleges in the U.S. have incurred 2,691 data breaches, leading to leaks of at least 32 million individual records, according to an April report by Comparitech, a website that reviews and analyzes products improving cybersecurity and online privacy. To date, 2021 has marked the biggest year for data breaches in education, impacting 771 institutions and nearly 2.6 million records, Comparitech said. The Illuminate Education data breach affecting at least 605 institutions made up a significant portion of the share. The next year, 2022, brought 96 breaches that exposed almost 1.4 million records, and so far 2023 has seen 11 breaches with over 3,500 impacted records. The breaches since 2005 were almost evenly split between the two education sectors, with 51% happening in K-12 schools, Comparitech found.
Inside Higher Ed
A Texas Trilogy of Anti-DEI, Tenure Bills
Three Texas bills would end tenure, force universities to fire professors who “attempt to compel” certain beliefs and ban what the legislation defines as diversity, equity and inclusion programming. The State Senate has already passed one.
By Ryan Quinn
Texas senators are advancing three bills that would end tenure for future professors; ban what the legislation defines as diversity, equity and inclusion activities; and force colleges and universities to fire professors who “attempt to compel a student” to adopt a belief that any “social, political or religious belief is inherently superior to any other.” All three only affect public institutions.
Diverse Issues in Higher Education
Jon Edelman
As Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida state legislature have raced to re-shape higher education in the state with bills restricting DEI efforts, limiting tenure protections, and banning the teaching of controversial subjects, the silence from Florida’s public college leaders has been deafening. None have spoken out against what experts see as serious violations of academic freedom, and 28 community college leaders signed a letter supporting several of the reforms. …Other current and former college presidents who spoke to Diverse argued that someone has to stand up.
Higher Ed Dive
Trans, nonbinary state lawmakers criticize Education Department’s Title IX athletic proposal
Jeremy Bauer-Wolf, Senior Reporter
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A coalition of 14 transgender and nonbinary state lawmakers from across the U.S. is urging the Biden administration to revise its recently announced regulatory plan that could, in some cases, cause trans athletes to be excluded from the sports teams of their choosing. In an open letter to President Joe Biden on Monday, the legislators said transgender athletes should be permitted to participate in sports aligned with their gender identity. The administration’s policy, which would prohibit blanket bans on transgender athletes, would still “perpetuate unfounded and harmful claims” against them, the lawmakers wrote. The U.S. Department of Education did not respond to a request for comment Wednesday on the legislators’ criticism.
Inside Higher Ed
Harvard Faculty Creates Group on Academic Freedom
By Scott Jaschik
Fifty faculty members at Harvard University have created the Council on Academic Freedom at Harvard. In an op-ed in The Boston Globe, Steven Pinker and Bertha Madras detail the attacks on academic freedom nationally and note that Harvard has not been immune. Pinker is Johnstone Professor in the Department of Psychology. Madras is professor of psychobiology at Harvard Medical School. “The embattled ideal of academic freedom is not just a matter of the individual rights of professors and students. It’s baked into the mission of a university, which is to seek and share the truth—veritas, as our university, Harvard, boasts on its seal,” they said.
Inside Higher Ed
Brand Protection or Censorship?
By Liam Knox
Chris Walsh was a senior at the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1991, when the world watched U.S. bombers litter Baghdad with a constellation of explosions during the first Persian Gulf War. Soon after, he joined thousands of other UCLA students and faculty in a massive antiwar demonstration. Three decades later, Walsh’s son Kyle, a current UCLA junior, is trying to turn his father’s story into a movie for the student-led Film and Production Society (FPS). But there’s one major difference: the film won’t technically be set at UCLA. While the students were granted permits to film on campus, the university prohibited them from mentioning UCLA as the setting, or portraying it identifiably at all. Even the central location of the narrative—Murphy Hall, where university administrators are housed and which played host to a large rally and sit-in in 1991—can’t be named.
Cybersecurity Dive
OPINION
ChatGPT at work: What’s the cyber risk for employers?
The use of ChatGPT could run afoul of company policy, copyright concerns, customer confidentiality or even international privacy laws, BlackBerry’s CISO writes. Here’s what businesses should consider.
By Arvind Raman
Editor’s note: The following is a guest article from Arvind Raman, SVP and CISO at BlackBerry.
Companies across the world are taking measures to regulate how their employees use OpenAI’s ChatGPT at work. As with all new technologies, generative AI models like ChatGPT can be a source of both benefits and risks. After researching industry best practices, some organizations are deciding that — at least for now — the risks outweigh the benefits. As a result, they may choose to declare the use of ChatGPT unauthorized, and block access to it from company networks until appropriate support and direction can be established.