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News Leader 9 talks with CSU first female president
By Amaya Graham
Barriers are being broken in the Fountain City, through one school’s search for a new leader. Columbus State University has its first ever female president. She will be the sixth person to lead the school that’s been offering four year degrees since 1965. Dr. Stuart Rayfield is the first woman to be president of CSU, but she is no stranger to the campus. ‘’I’m over the moon about being back at Columbus State University,’’ she said.
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Marietta Daily Journal
University of West Georgia, Georgia Highlands College sign Partnership Agreement
Staff reports
Leaders from the University of West Georgia and Georgia Highlands College recently signed a partnership agreement to provide a seamless pathway for nursing students between the two institutions. “As we endeavor to curate a first-choice university, we are proud to cultivate a community of professionals in the healthcare industry,” said Dr. Brendan B. Kelly, UWG’s president. “Through strategic partnerships like this, we are able to advance our students’ portfolios with the opportunities they need to excel. By leveraging this mutually beneficial collaboration with Georgia Highlands College, we will enable aspiring nurses to thrive in their in-demand careers and make meaningful contributions to the healthcare system.” Through the partnership, students who complete the requirements of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Georgia Highlands College will benefit from a seamless transition into the Master of Science in Nursing offered at UWG’s prestigious Tanner Health System School of Nursing, reducing the amount of time required for students to obtain their master’s degrees.
WGAU Radio
Homeless advocate to walk to Athens to begin UGA Law School classes
By Tim Bryant
Gordon Wayne says he will walk from Virginia to Athens starting next week, raising money and awareness in the fight against homelessness: it’s the same thing he did three years ago, walking from Virginia to Boston. Wayne, who had been homeless, graduated from Boston College in May and will be a student in the University of Georgia’s College of Law beginning next month.
WGAU Radio
Dozens of high school students get glimpse of college life at UNG
By Clark Leonard, UNG
The University of North Georgia’s Upward Bound Summer Institute offered more than 60 high school students valuable college preparation and the chance to experience life on multiple university campuses. The program ran from May 30-July 9. …Rising juniors and seniors completed ACT and SAT prep and college readiness training, while rising freshmen and sophomores participated in academic coursework and stayed at UNG’s Dahlonega Campus for a residential experience. The Gilmer High School and Johnson High School students capped their summer Upward Bound experience with a Florida trip that included visits to the University of Central Florida and the University of South Florida. Students also had a chance to participate in the Upward Bound Summer Olympics, featuring a variety of academic and athletic contests, at Savannah State University.
Atlanta Business Chronicle
Georgia Tech sees rapid growth in intern housing program
By Terell Wright – Editorial Intern
Interest in intern housing from Atlanta companies and students has grown exponentially, said John Nussear, director of conference services at Georgia Tech. When Nussaer first began the intern lodging program, the college was happy to house 30 interns. “Now we’re at a place in 2023 [where] between 500 and 600 interns are with us for the majority of the summer,” he told Atlanta Business Chronicle. …Today, the school is turning students away because the demand for intern housing has become so high. Georgia Tech expanded its housing capacity, Nussear said but is still looking to acquire more for next summer. …The program has seen 500% revenue growth in the last decade because of the college’s reputation, low program costs and the increase in companies headquartered in Atlanta.
WGAU Radio
UGA research: AI could improve assessments of childhood creativity
By Erica Techo, UGA Today
A new study from the University of Georgia aims to improve how we evaluate children’s creativity through human ratings and through artificial intelligence. A team from the Mary Frances Early College of Education is developing an AI system that can more accurately rate open-ended responses on creativity assessments for elementary-aged students. This project was funded by the U.S. Department of Education.
Farms Newsletters
Biomapping And Data Collection Improve Food Safety In Poultry Processing
By Maria M. Lameiras
Poultry, specifically broiler production, is Georgia’s top livestock agricultural commodity, with an average of 31 million pounds of chicken produced every day throughout the state. At the University of Georgia’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, experts have helped developed biomapping technology for processing facilities that is making the food supply safer. Working together with industry partners, Harshavardhan Thippareddi, the John Bekkers Professor in Poultry Science, and Manpreet Singh, department head and professor in the Department of Food Science and Technology, have developed a biomapping tool to help processors identify the areas within processing plants where there is increased likelihood of microbial contamination and a process to reduce those risks.
Southeast AgNet
Storms Aftermath: Replanting Cotton Now Not Feasible
By Clint Thompson
The Georgia Cotton Commission and the University of Georgia (UGA) Extension Cotton Team caution growers against attempting a replant at this point in the calendar season. A two-week span of wind and rain in June impacted some of Georgia’s cotton crop. It devastated acres in some areas. However, producers should not attempt a replant; whether that is cotton or another commodity. Camp Hand, UGA Extension cotton agronomist, explains why.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
If you’ve seen this toxic worm in your garden, don’t touch it
By ArLuther Lee
A slithery invasive species known as the shovel-headed worm is on the move in Georgia — spotted numerous times around the state, including more than hundreds possible sightings in the Atlanta area alone, according to reports. The snake-like creature can be a terrifying sight, growing to nearly a foot long. …It also secretes a poison through its skin, so be sure not to touch it. The toxin is reportedly the same deadly neurotoxin produced by the pufferfish, according to CNN, which cited a study from Utah State University. Local gardeners have been posting photos on social media about finding them in pots and on their decks, with information on how to kill them. And you should kill them, Georgia Gardener and AJC contributer Walter Reeves wrote last year.
PhysOrg
by Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
In a landmark study published today in Scientific Reports, researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, the University of Georgia, and the One Health Company have unveiled the results from the largest-ever genomic sequencing study of canine tumors. The study shows that dog and human cancers are far more genetically similar than previously known and underscores the important role of canine cancer data in accelerating the development of precision treatments for cancer patients of both species.
Georgia Recorder
Georgia’s longhaul COVID sufferers wait for return to health years after state’s shutdown
By: Aaleah McConnell
Robert Lyle, a 44-year-old Woodstock resident, is a member of the Georgia COVID long-haulers Facebook group, an online community of Georgians who share resources like which physicians are taking new patients nearby and what medications help bypass their virus symptoms the longest. Lyle is like many members of the group who have had to either significantly reduce their working hours, retire, or face termination due to the long-term toll of the virus. …Associate Professor of Neurology at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Elizabeth Rutkowski, said this condition can be very disabling, and the emotional stigma for some patients compounds with the severe side effects that long COVID has on the brain. “I think early on in the pandemic, when people were experiencing these symptoms, some of them were dismissed and told that you know, there’s a lot of social isolation, so that’s why you don’t feel as energetic or why you don’t feel as joyful as you otherwise might have,” Rutkowski said.
WJCL
Former Eagles now soaring in NFL give back to Georgia Southern
Younghoe Koo, Tyler Bass make generation donation to Georgia Southern Athletics
Amy Zimmer, Sports Director
Georgia Southern University announced on Thursday former Eagles and current NFL star kickers Tyler Bass and Younghoe Koo have made a generous financial donation to the athletics department. Bass and Koo have pledged gifts toward the construction of the new Anthony P. Tippins Family Training Facility, and both will have the goalpost in the new venue named in their honor. The facility is under construction adjacent to Paulson Stadium and is expected to be completed this summer.
WJCL
Erk Russell Classic returning to Paulson Stadium
Annual event to feature two high school football matchups on Aug. 26
Amy Zimmer, Sports Director
The date is set for one of the most anticipated high school football events in southeast Georgia. The annual Erk Russell Classic will kick off on Saturday, August 26th. Statesboro High, Southeast Bulloch, Effingham County, and Burke County will all play in the annual football games at Allen E. Paulson Stadium at Georgia Southern University.
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Opinion: HBCUs can fill gap likely to result from Supreme Court decisions
Get Schooled with Maureen Downey
In a guest column, Dr. Helene D. Gayle, president of Spelman College, discusses the ramifications of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ban on affirmative action and its ruling that blocked the Biden administration’s sweeping student loan forgiveness plan. …The 103 historically Black colleges and universities, which were created to provide access to higher education when predominantly white institutions would not open their doors to Black students, will also feel the impact. HBCUs continue to punch above their weight — representing 3% of the nation’s higher education institutions and graduating nearly 20% of all Black students. The SCOTUS rulings will likely cause a significant upsurge in the already ascending application and enrollment rates at these institutions.
Inside Higher Ed
Florida A&M Files Revised Lawsuit Against State
By Jessica Blake
Attorneys for Florida A&M University, a historically Black institution, filed a revised lawsuit alleging that state officials racially discriminated against the institution and shortchanged it on funding for more than three decades, according to WJCT News. A federal judge had rejected an earlier version of the lawsuit. The case was originally filed on behalf of six Florida A&M students last September. It was refiled in a U.S. District Court in Tallahassee on Monday.
Higher Ed Dive
Wisconsin governor vetoes plan to combine university system campus, technical college
Laura Spitalniak, Associate Editor
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Wisconsin’s Democratic governor has vetoed a plan that would have combined a University of Wisconsin campus with a nearby public technical college. As part of a June state budget proposal, Republican lawmakers sought to consolidate the campuses of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Washington County and Moraine Park Technical College. On Wednesday, however, Gov. Tony Evers shot down the idea, saying it overstepped the legislature’s authority and unfairly singled out the two colleges.
Higher Ed Dive
New College trustees approve total compensation range between $894K and $1.5M for next president
Natalie Schwartz, Editor
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The New College of Florida’s trustee board on Thursday approved plans to provide up to $1.5 million in total compensation to its next permanent leader, potentially making the position one of the highest paid presidencies at a Florida public institution. The 11-2 vote gave trustees a range with which to negotiate, with the lower end starting at a $487,110 base salary and $893,641 in total compensation, which includes bonuses, retirement contributions, and housing and vehicle allowances. The upper end of the range includes a base salary as high as $867,777. Although New College is a public liberal arts institution, the peer institutions trustees benchmarked it against are largely private nonprofits. A list of 13 comparable colleges used to compile the range includes Hillsdale College, a Christian college in Michigan, and Bethune-Cookman University, a private historically Black college in Florida.
Inside Higher Ed
Stanford Graduate Student Workers Vote to Unionize
By Ryan Quinn
Stanford University graduate student workers who teach and research have unionized, the new Stanford Graduate Workers Union announced Thursday. The National Labor Relations Board said Thursday that, “Of approximately 3,410 eligible voters, 1,639 voted for the union and 108 voted against. Parties have five business days to file objections to the election. If no objections are timely filed, the union will be certified.”
Inside Higher Ed
Princeton Graduate Student Abducted in Iraq
By Scott Jaschik
Elizabeth Tsurkov, a graduate student at Princeton University, is being held captive by a Shiite militia after she was abducted in Baghdad, The Washington Post reported. She has been missing since March, but the office of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the circumstance of her disappearance Wednesday. Netanyahu said she is still alive. She is an Israeli-Russian dual citizen who was doing research in Baghdad for her doctoral dissertation. She was traveling with her Russian passport.
Higher Ed Dive
Climate group calls on colleges to cut ties with fossil fuel lobbyists
By Lilah Burke
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A new climate organization called F Minus is calling on colleges and universities to cut ties with lobbyists who also work for fossil fuel companies. More than 150 institutions employed lobbyists in 2022 who also worked for the fossil fuel sector, according to the group. Some of the colleges named by F Minus have moved to divest their endowments from fossil fuel companies, including California State University, Dartmouth College, the University of Illinois and the University of Washington.