The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Chancellor slams college budget cuts much smaller than he once proposed
By James Salzer
But times were different when he was governor, lawmakers say
The irony wasn’t lost on some Capitol veterans that a University System of Georgia chancellor who presided over some of the deepest budget cuts in state history as governor is now leading the opposition to $66 million in spending reductions lawmakers approved for state schools. … But those were also different times. While there are predictions of an impending recession, state tax collections have been on a roll for three years, producing record surpluses. …The morning after the General Assembly passed the state’s $32.4 billion budget for the coming fiscal year — which begins July 1 — Perdue’s office sent out a press release blasting the $66 million cut to the system. The University System said the cut added to the pain of $71 million in other revenue losses due to recent declines in enrollment at 20 schools, most of which are smaller, regional colleges. “This is an incredibly disappointing outcome, given the work done over the years by our state leaders to elevate higher education and send Georgia on a path to ascension,” Perdue said. “It will have a significant impact on institutions and the services that students and families depend on to advance their prosperity and help Georgia succeed.”
Investors Observer
Creating a Blueprint for the Next Generation of Black Leaders
T. Dallas Smith is chair of the Real Estate and Facilities Committee for the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, and sits on the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
In his new book, T. Dallas Smith shares his story of entering the Atlanta commercial real estate industry in the 1980s and becoming the first Black broker at Cushman & Wakefield’s Atlanta outpost. It is as much a memoir as it is a guidebook for Black entrepreneurs hoping to enter commercial real estate – a field full of potential. Now the head of his own commercial real estate firm—T. Dallas Smith & Company—the author’s reflection on an accomplished career is thought-provoking, humorous, vulnerable, and inspiring. With In the Black , T. Dallas Smith endeavors to introduce young Black men and women to a field they may not have previously considered.
Griffin Daily News
Stice, He named UGA’s first two Regents’ Entrepreneurs
By David Mitchell UGA/CAES
The University System of Georgia Board of Regents approved two University of Georgia professors as Regents’ Entrepreneurs at a recent 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.
Albany Herald
Gabrielle Marko first ABAC student to claim AT&T scholarship
From staff reports
Gabrielle Marko, a freshman nursing major from Crystal River, Fla., was recently named the first Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College recipient of the AT&T Scholarship. “I am honored to have received the AT&T Scholarship and to be the very first ABAC recipient,” Marko said. “This scholarship will help me achieve my academic and professional dreams and could not have come at a better time. My family was very appreciative of this scholarship as it will relieve a financial burden for us as I begin my college career.”
The George-Anne
Alessi Villanueva | International Student Highlight
Carly Kennedy, Writer-Content Creator|
Alessi Villanueva traveled across the world from the Philippines to Georgia Southern to seek a degree in marketing with a minor in management aspiring to work in fashion marketing.
Background:
3 year student at Georgia Southern University
Received a scholarship that prompted her to go to Georgia Southern University
International Student Community Leader for International Ambassadors here at Georgia Southern University.
WGAU Radio
By Tim Bryant
A University of Georgia researcher gets a five-year career grant from the National Science Foundation: Amanda Frossard is an assistant professor of chemistry in UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. She says she will use the grant to study atmospheric aerosol particles.
From Katie Cowart, UGA Today…
The five-year, CAREER grants, among the most prestigious awarded by the NSF, support early-career faculty who exhibit promise as both researchers and teachers, and whose work has the potential to advance their field and their institution. Frossard’s research works to understand how the chemical composition of aerosol particles influences their properties in the atmosphere and their effects on clouds and air quality.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Clayton State University professor Victoria Foster to lead state nursing association
By Leon Stafford
Clayton State University nursing professor Victoria Foster has been named to lead the Georgia Association for Nursing Education, the group’s first Black president. “Someone told me that I was the first one and I was, like, ‘Oh, that’s pretty cool,’” said Foster, director of Clayton State’s undergraduate program. “I thought about it and said, ‘That’s a little bit of extra pressure.’ I think that will push me just a bit further as far as staying on track and getting the job done.” Foster said in a news release that her goal at GANE is to “promote excellence among Georgia nursing faculty and other nurses.”
Albany Herald
UGA hosts international visiting Fulbright Scholars
By Angel Bhardwaj UGA/CAES
Each semester, UGA welcomes scholars from across the globe to promote collaborative research. The Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program awards merit-based grants to international academics who seek to further their education and participate in research projects at American universities. More than 800 international scholars come to universities in the U.S. annually, with visits ranging from three months to one year. UGA has a long history of hosting Fulbright students and scholars from around the world. The university hosted its first Fulbright Visiting Scholar in 1966 and has welcomed 233 to campus since then.
Gwinnett Daily Post
Georgia Gwinnett College introduces autism endorsement program
From staff reports
Georgia Gwinnett College’s School of Education has introduced an autism endorsement program for licensed teachers and other certified professionals. An autism endorsement program increases one’s knowledge in the area of teaching students with autism spectrum disorders. The program consists of nine hours of training that will be delivered online. GGC is one of nine USG institutions offering the Autism endorsement.
Statesboro Herald
East Georgia names Fields director of Admissions
From staff reports
East Georgia State College recently appointed Jennifer Fields as director of Admissions at the college. According to a release from the college, Fields will lead the department and oversee recruitment and processing.
Savannah CEO
Georgia Southern Recognizes Exemplary Donors at 2023 Gratitude Gala
Staff Report
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. “Because of supporters like you, more than $3 million in scholarships were awarded this year,” he continued. “Over the past few years, we have also experienced record years in charitable support, proving that our alumni and friends believe in what Georgia Southern is doing and the impact it will have on our campus, community and state.” The 2023 recipients, who were honored on March 31 at the JW Marriott Plant Riverside in Savannah, are: 2023 President’s Visionary Honoree: Don and Cindy Waters
Gwinnett Daily Post
PHOTOS: Scenes from Georgia Gwinnett College’s annual Scholarship Celebration
Georgia Gwinnett College’s annual Scholarship Celebration brings together scholarship donors and recipients to celebrate the power of philanthropy and learn about the impact that scholarship funding has on students’ lives. Many GGC students face financial challenges that make the goal of earning a bachelor’s degree seem out of reach. GGC’s scholarship donors help students achieve their goals by providing scholarship support and other resources.
Metro Atlanta CEO
Mercer University College of Pharmacy, Georgia Gwinnett College Sign Transfer Admission Agreement
Staff Report
Mercer University College of Pharmacy and Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) recently signed a transfer admission agreement that will enable GGC students to receive priority applicant status for the College of Pharmacy’s Doctor of Pharmacy program. Under the terms of the agreement, students in this pathway program will complete their prerequisites and part of their bachelor’s degree requirements at GGC before enrolling in Mercer’s Pharm.D. program. They will then be able to transfer back the first year of Mercer’s Pharm.D. program credits to fulfill the requirements for their bachelor’s degree at GGC. An advantage of the program is that it will save GGC students a year in earning their bachelor’s degrees. The program also provides enhanced advising from a Mercer pre-pharmacy adviser each year of their undergraduate studies.
Albany Herald
Business, extension leaders selected for Georgia Agricultural Hall of Fame
By Maria M. Lameiras UGA/CAES
An innovator in agribusiness and an exemplary public servant in extension will be inducted into the Georgia Agricultural Hall of Fame on April 29 during the 67th University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Alumni Association Awards. The honorees are Raybon Anderson, the founder of Bulloch Fertilizer Company, Anderson’s General Store and president of Raybon Anderson Farms Inc., and John C. Callaway Jr., a 1969 CAES alumnus and long-time UGA Cooperative Extension agent who has had an outsized impact on the cattle industry and youth livestock programs in Georgia.
Axios
2022 saw a record number of Hispanic-serving colleges
Russell Contreras
The number of U.S. colleges and universities classified as federal Hispanic-serving Institutions (HSI) rose to its highest number ever last year, a new analysis has found. Why it matters: The increase in HSIs shows that Hispanic college student enrollment has rebounded from the pandemic and now appears to be expanding. Details: A study by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) released last week found that 571 two- and four-year schools reached HSI status in 2021-2022. …Among the schools getting new HSI designations were Tunxis Community College in Farmington, Connecticut, and Georgia Gwinnett College in Lawrenceville, Georgia.
WGAU Radio
UGA honors top campus organization
By Stan Jackson, UGA Today
The Black Affairs Council was named “Organization of the Year” during the 22nd Annual H. Gordon and Francis S. Davis Student Engagement Awards, given out March 28 at the Tate Student Center. The Student Engagement Awards celebrate the accomplishments of student leaders and student organizations at the University of Georgia. The Black Affairs Council, a student organization advised out of Multicultural Services and Programs, serves to assist the university in meeting the needs of the Black student body. BAC’s mission is to preserve, enhance, examine and celebrate Black culture at the University of Georgia. Additionally, BAC encourages cultural diversity, articulates the concerns of Black students, and cultivates relationships with other student organizations and the Athens-Clarke County community.
Drug Discovery World
CureSearch to fund Phase I clinical trial for paediatric brain cancer
CureSearch for Children’s Cancer, a national non-profit with a mission to end childhood cancer by driving targeted and innovative research in an accelerated time frame, will fund a Phase I clinical trial to bring new therapies to paediatric brain cancer patients, including those with limited or no treatment options.
The trial
The trial is led by Dr David Munn and Dr Theodore Johnson of the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University. Dr Munn has a track record of forming collaborative teams that move basic-science discoveries into innovative clinical trials. In 2015, his team developed a novel therapy, the first-in-class IDO-inhibitor drug (indoximod) and advanced this therapy through early-stage clinical trials. Dr Munn and his team will now examine if the addition of ibrutinib can promote anti-tumour activity in brain cancer patients who are actively progressing, and have already become resistant to chemoimmunotherapy with indoximod alone.
Prevention
Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Flour, CDC Warns—Experts Explain How to Stay Safe
So far, it’s impacted people in 11 states.
By Korin Miller
You’re probably aware by now that you shouldn’t eat raw cookie dough because of the risk of getting Salmonella and other pathogens. But, while most people assume that’s due to the eggs, which are a known Salmonella risk, flour can carry the bacteria as well. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning people to be especially careful with flour—any brand of the pantry staple—right now due to an ongoing Salmonella outbreak. …When raw grains are processed into flour, there is no step to potentially kill off bacteria that could be in those grains, Detwiler says. As a result, Salmonella and other bacteria like E.coli can end up in your flour and make you sick. It can be tricky to pinpoint an exact cause of contamination in these situations, says Francisco Diez-Gonzalez, Ph.D., professor and director of the Center for Food Safety at the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. “The flour may be contaminated all the way from the field,” he says. “It could also get contaminated in different stages of the processing.”
Atlanta News First
UGA study found postpartum women used opioids during the pandemic
By Miles Montgomery
According to a recent study by the University of Georgia, new mothers who have given birth during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic have filled more opioid prescriptions. The study conducted in Georgia says that postpartum women are experiencing a lot, including feeding or calming a crying baby and figuring out life as a new mother. According to University of Georgia College of Public Health officials, out of more than 460,000 mothers who gave birth between July 2018 and December 2020, 38% were prescribed opioids.
Ethical Marketing News
Stuart Mitchell
Prevented Ocean Plastic and the University of Georgia announce a new research project to broaden our understanding of how litter on land ends up in the ocean. The research entitled ‘Inland Litter Hydrodynamics: Characterizing the Litter Transport during Wet Weather Events in Communities’ will help to create a tool to support stakeholders and community leaders to identify: the scale and type of plastic coming into their community; how it is used and what alternatives are available; how it is managed and what is leaking out into the environment. Community-level data provides an opportunity to reduce leakage and prevent ocean plastic pollution.
WJCL
Could a bill aimed at banning TikTok impact other apps? A legal expert says yes.
Olivia Wile, Anchor Reporter
While Congress is hoping to increase cybersecurity by banning TikTok through the RESTRICT Act, some are worried it could do the opposite. In an effort to ban the social media app TikTok and its Chinese parent company from collecting American data, Congress introduced Senate Bill 686 a month ago. Since then, both people and publications alike have raised concerns about the bill impacting VPNs, or virtual private networks, a two-factor way to protect a user’s network. National Legal Analyst Rory Riley-Topping says these worries aren’t invalid. After reading through all 55 pages of the bill, she feels the wording is vague. “Even though the senators say it’s not their intent to include VPNs, this has to be something you’re ready to address with this broadness of the bill,” Riley-Topping said. Georgia Southern Information Technology Professor Frank Katz says he teaches an entire class on VPNs and firewalls.
WSAV
Local expert weighs in on Trump indictment
The former president talked to supporters at his Mar-a-Lago home. He made his first remarks since pleading not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. “And I never thought anything like this could happen in America – never thought it could happen. The only crime that I committed is to defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it.” Dr. Ned Rinalducci, Associate Professor Of Sociology at Georgia Southern University said this about the indictment. “We are a nation that has always said no one is above the law, and that includes presidents. We don’t have kings even if sometimes presidents try to act like kings. So, it’s a great example of the fact that truly no one is above the law, but it’s also going to be a great case, and everybody gets their day in court. So, we’ll see how it plays out”. The big question now is how this will affect the campaign.
The City Menus
Fun in the sun: UWG hosting community summer camps
Middle and high school students in the region will have the opportunity for unique experiences, to explore their passions, and to make new friends this summer when the University of West Georgia hosts summer camps for sixth- through 12th-graders. The weeklong camps will begin June 5 and run through July 28. All camps include expert instruction led by UWG faculty, staff, content experts, rich materials and delicious lunches on the Carrollton campus. Camps will also be offered at our Newnan site. Camp attendees will develop life skills and explore hands-on activities related to science, arts and culture, and computing and entrepreneurship. Camp topics include Nursing SAVE, Mad Scientist, Filmmaking, Forensic Science, Music West – Low Brass, Photography, Game Design with Scratch, Esports, Social Media Influencer, Creative Arts, and more!
USA Archery
PREVIEW: 2023 USA ARCHERY COLLEGIATE TARGET REGIONALS
The Collegiate Target Regionals are upon us, starting on Wednesday in Kentucky at the University of the Cumberlands, the first of six events throughout April. University of the Cumberlands are the leading lights on the collegiate scene, and they will host around 160 archers from Wednesday to Saturday. This event – including the standard 72-arrow qualification round, team rounds, mixed team rounds and eliminations – will also hold the Mid-South Conference Championship at the UC All-Purpose Field in Williamsburg. …Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, GA will host the second event of the Collegiate Target Regionals, from April 14-16.
Higher Education News:
Higher Ed Dive
Jeremy Bauer-Wolf, Senior Reporter
Dive Brief:
Some of the most progressive House lawmakers are urging the Biden administration to wield executive power to “curb predatory behaviors” among for-profit colleges. The Congressional Progressive Caucus on Thursday released its wishlist of policy actions for the White House to take. Among the recommendations was denying poorly performing colleges access to federal student financial aid. The lawmakers also said the U.S. Department of Education should warn students who apply to “low-value” colleges — ones that leave them with high debt and low earnings potential.
Inside Higher Ed
Texas Supreme Court Says Universities Can Revoke Degrees
A Texas Supreme Court majority has ruled that two major public university systems in the state can revoke degrees received through academic misconduct.
By Ryan Quinn
The red-roofed campus buildings of the University of Texas at Austin.(University of Texas at Austin)
The Texas Supreme Court has ruled 6 to 2 that the University of Texas and the Texas State University systems can revoke degrees that graduates received through academic misconduct. “The only difference between expelling a current student for academic misconduct and revoking the degree of a former student for the exact same academic misconduct is one of timing,” Debra Lehrmann, the court’s senior justice, wrote on the majority’s behalf. “That distinction is immaterial to the issue presented and erroneously hinges the university’s bare authority to address its students’ academic misconduct on when that misconduct is discovered.”
Inside Higher Ed
Colleges Appeal Borrower-Defense Settlement to Supreme Court
By Katherine Knott
After a federal appeals court denied a bid from some colleges to stop a settlement from moving forward in a class action lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education regarding stalled borrower defense to repayment claims, those colleges are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene.
Higher Ed Dive
3CX makes progress restoring Windows app from state-linked supply chain attack
David Jones, Reporter
Dive Brief:
3CX restored its Windows Electron app, making progress in its ongoing recovery from a recent supply chain attack, CEO Nick Galea said in a forum post on Tuesday. The company, which provides an app for business calling, messaging and video conferencing, has only seen “a handful of cases” where malware used in the attack has actually been triggered, according to Galea. 3CX has thus far not seen any additional outbound malicious activity since removing infected files from the systems, Galea said. 3CX is making changes to its security procedures and practices to prevent such an attack from happening in the future, Galea said.
Inside Higher Ed
FIU Faculty Senate Votes No Confidence in Chair Over Reforms
By Josh Moody
The Faculty Senate at Florida International University narrowly voted no confidence in chairwoman Deanne Butchey on Tuesday due to what members argue is a failure to push back on sweeping higher education reforms driven by Republican governor Ron DeSantis. The vote of no confidence passed 30 to 28, The Miami Herald reported.
Inside Higher Ed
Syracuse Grad Workers Unionize
By Ryan Quinn
Syracuse University graduate student workers have successfully unionized. Syracuse Graduate Employees United, affiliated with the Service Employees International Union, said in a news release that the vote was 728 to 36, with 90 contested ballots. The union will represent graduate assistants, research assistants and teaching assistants paid via stipends, said Amanda Beavin, a graduate assistant. She told Inside Higher Ed that graduate employees who are paid hourly aren’t included but are “actively organizing” in what would be a different bargaining unit.