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Georgia Gwinnett College School of Education Wins National Excellence Award
Edited by Leo Gallagher
The Georgia Gwinnett College School of Education has been honored with a national award for its outstanding commitment to providing high-quality education. The college’s innovative teaching methods and dedication to student success have set it apart from other institutions. The award serves as recognition of the hard work and dedication of the faculty and staff at the School of Education. …Additionally, the School of Education emphasizes the use of technology in the classroom to enhance teaching and learning. By incorporating digital tools and resources, educators are able to create a dynamic and interactive learning environment that prepares students for the challenges of the future. Through their commitment to innovation and excellence, the School of Education at Georgia Gwinnett College is setting a new standard for teacher education.
The Augusta Chronicle
Augusta University awarded for cybersecurity work
Abraham Kenmore
Augusta University recently was one of 50 institutions in the country recognized for their work on cybersecurity. The CSO50 Awards are managed by Computer Security Online, a division of the company Foundry, according to a news release. Augusta University was one of three universities recognized in a list that also included major companies like MasterCard and Verizon. “This is a tremendous honor for our IT and Cyber Defense staffs, recognizing the hard work and long hours that they put in to protect the digital information of Augusta University’s students, faculty and staff and to reduce adverse impacts on the university, the city of Augusta and the state of Georgia,” AU President Brooks Keel noted in the release. AU is home to the Security Operations Center, which is located at the Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center. The award highlighted work by AU to stay on top of ever changing cybersecurity threats and protect the institution’s sensitive data.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Emory professor placed on leave after ‘antisemitic comments’
Georgia Tech police are also investigating a message sprayed on a Jewish fraternity house.
By Vanessa McCray
An Emory University assistant professor has been placed on leave because of “antisemitic comments” posted to a private social media account. …Dr. Abeer AbouYabis, who works in Emory medical school’s department of hematology and medical oncology, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in a telephone interview she doesn’t know the exact comments that led to her being placed on leave, which she said made it difficult to respond to the situation. The university did not detail what was in the posts. …Meanwhile, Georgia Tech said campus police are investigating a weekend incident in which someone used shaving cream “to write a pro-Palestinian message” on an outside wall of a Jewish fraternity. The school’s chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi said in a statement that members “are profoundly disheartened to see that this conflict has allowed antisemitism to gain a foothold on our campus.” The fraternity also said it hopes the “incident can lead to a civil dialogue regarding the events in Israel and Gaza in order to reduce the vitriol that led to the defacing of our house.” Georgia Tech President Ángel Cabrera sent a Monday message to the campus urging students to support each other.
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Atlanta Area Colleges Using Big Grants to Fund Construction Projects, Expansions
As the 2023 fall semester marches along, several colleges across the state of Georgia are celebrating big grants and starting construction on new projects, according to an Oct. 16 report in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. …University of North Georgia Building New Facility The University of North Georgia (UNG) in Dahlonega has begun construction of its Wynne-Mathews Military Science Center following a Sept. 23 groundbreaking ceremony. The two-story, 22,500-sq.-ft. center will provide computer labs, offices and classrooms to teach 1,000 members of the school’s Corps of Cadets. It is expected to open by fall 2025 and is funded with a combination of state dollars and private donations. …Additional Freshman Housing Planned for Kennesaw State A 600-bed residence hall for first-year students is coming to Kennesaw State University’s campus in Kennesaw. The Georgia Board of Regents approved the $50 million project, expected to be completed by fall 2026. The Journal-Constitution said the new housing complex will bring the college’s total number of beds to more than 6,500 across its Kennesaw and Marietta campuses.
AP News
The College Tour Captures the Exciting Opportunities Awaiting All Students in Higher Education
The highly-anticipated 9th season of the award-winning series The College Tour, from Emmy-nominated producers Alex Boylan, Lisa Hennessy, and Burton Roberts, continues to be the ultimate college search resource with its intimate look at American colleges and universities all told from the perspective of actual students. Hosted by The Amazing Race winner Alex Boylan, The College Tour is a one-of-a-kind show that gives families the freedom to explore all options in higher education without the burden of travel costs or logistics. “Season 9 truly showcases the diversity and support found on today’s college campuses. …Featured universities include: Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
University of Georgia student dies in Alabama rock climbing fall
By Vanessa McCray
A University of Georgia student died last weekend while rock climbing in northeastern Alabama. Yutong Zhang, 18, who also went by the name Faye Zhang, died Saturday from a 90-foot fall while climbing in the area of Cherokee Rock Village, according to Cherokee County Coroner Paul McDonald. His office is investigating her death, first reported by AL.com.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
UGA photo students capture a day at the fair
For the ninth time, students from the University of Georgia’s Advanced Photojournalism class spent a 17-hour day on the grounds of the Georgia National Fair on Saturday, October 14. Coached by visiting professionals, the students were charged with the task of showing not what the fair looks like, but what it means. Working from 7:30 in the morning until nearly midnight, the students would spend about two hours amongst the tens of thousands of attendees and competitors, then come into an on-site editing space for feedback on their work before heading back out to apply what they just learned.
Albany Herald
Study: Depression, anxiety common among college students
By Leigh Beeson
Depression and anxiety among college students is a growing public health problem. And new research from the University of Georgia suggests the problem may be worse for students who aren’t the same race as most of their peers. The new study found that students who were not the majority race at a predominantly white college reported significantly higher rates of depression than their white peers. At the mostly white university, more than half of the students who self-identified as races other than white reported feelings of mild depression. An additional 17% said they were experiencing moderate to severe depression. …More than 3,100 students participated in the study during the COVID-19 pandemic, answering questions about feelings of hopelessness, sleep issues and lack of energy, among other topics. The researchers found that first-generation students were also significantly more likely to experience depression compared to students who weren’t the first to attend college in their families.
Albany Herald
AgriAbility program that keeps disabled farmers on the job among displays at Sunbelt Ag Expo
By Alan Mauldin
Thousands of visitors from close to home and as far away as other states descended on the former Spence Air Base near Moultrie on Tuesday for the first day of the Sunbelt Ag Expo as the three-day farm show kicked off its 45th year. The Expo features the latest in farm technology, some of it working in the fields on its research farm. The annual show also brings more than 1,000 exhibitors, covering everything from hunting and fishing to home economics on the sprawling grounds. The AgirAbility program operated through the University of Georgia, provides services and funding for things like off-road vehicles (think a wheelchair with bulldozer tracks made of rubber) to help disabled persons get around, lift trucks that can haul them in and out of a tractor and back into the truck and other aids.
Athens Banner-Herald
From camels to goldfish, here are the exotic animals treated at UGA recently
Sarah Dolezal
The Veterinary Hospital at the University of Georgia hasn’t treated a lion recently, but a tiger and bears (oh, my!) have paid them a visit. Recently the vet med team treated Athena, an 8-year-old Bengal tiger, who lives at the Wild Animal Safari zoo in Pine Mountain. She was experiencing complications with cystic ovaries, which was remedied by a procedure at UGA. “The team at UGA did an incredible job working with Athena as they always do with our big cats,’ ” said Katie Harrison, zoo director at Wild Animal Safari. While a tiger is quite the eye-catching patient, exotic animals are not uncommon at their facility. In Fiscal Year 2023, more than 100 exotic animals were treated at UGA, according to UGA’s College of Veterinary Medicine website.
WSB-TV
A 6-pack of this beer will help out a metro university
By WSBTV.com News Staff
A metro brewery is helping to make an impact on local college students. Printer’s Ale Manufacturing Company announced on Friday that it has brewed a special beer called “Red & Blue Brew.” The label design is the same colors as the University of West Georgia logo in Carroll County. That’s because proceeds from the beer go to the university. “When you buy a six-pack, you’re doing more than just drinking a great beer with a cool label designed by the cool wolves themselves,” the company said in the Facebook post.
The Union-Recorder
GCSU emphasizes the importance of chemistry on Family Fun Night
Special to The U-R
Georgia College & State University’s Chemistry Department and Science Education Center will hold its biggest celebration of the year—a free Family Fun Night filled with hands-on science activities from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, at Herty Hall. Family Fun Night is part of National Chemistry Week (NCW), a community-based program of the American Chemical Society (ACS). Its goal is to promote the importance of chemistry for quality of life. This year’s theme, “The Healing Power of Chemistry,” highlights how chemistry is used in our everyday lives—especially in the healthcare field. To show this, GCSU’s Science Education Center is partnering with the School of Nursing. Five nursing students and nursing faculty Talecia Warren will demonstrate the significance of chemistry for nurses in a healthcare-themed lab in Herty Hall.
BVM Sports
Colton FitzGerald, redshirt sophomore quarterback for the Georgia Southern Football Team, shares the special meaning behind the annual Tackling For A Cure game. For FitzGerald, the game raises awareness for breast cancer, a disease his mother battled and beat. Breast Cancer Awareness Month takes place every October, and the designated game serves as a way for the team to support those affected by breast cancer. FitzGerald’s mother is planning to attend the game, and she always finds a special way to show her support, such as having a custom jersey made. The Eagles will face ULM in this year’s Tackling For A Cure game on Saturday.
Athens Banner-Herald
Racetrac attempted robbery trial begins in Athens federal court for former UGA football player
Wayne Ford
A federal trial for a former University of Georgia football player suspected in the shooting death of a Racetrac station clerk in Oconee County on March 19, 2021, began Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Athens. Ahkil Nasir Crumpton, 24, of Philadelphia, Pa., is on trial for an attempted robbery with the use of a firearm and violating a federal firearms purchase law. Crumpton had originally been indicted for murder in federal court, but following a court decision the murder charge will now be tried in Superior Court in Oconee County.
Times-Georgian
Police looking into reported shooting
By Bruce Guthrie
Carrollton Police are investigating a shots-fired call that occurred around 2 a.m. on Tuesday morning in the area of Maple Street. That is the approximate time that University of West Georgia sent out a text alert to inform students and staff of the incident.
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Inside Higher Ed
University Leaders Issue Joint Statement Supporting Israel
By Doug Lederman
University Leaders Issue Joint Statement Supporting Israel
By Doug Lederman
A group of college university leaders, representing private religious universities and major public college systems, on Tuesday released a joint statement condemning Hamas’s attack on Israel in what they described as a message of “moral clarity.” The statement, drafted by Yeshiva University in New York but supported by the presidents of Baylor University, Dillard University and the University of Notre Dame, among others, is unequivocal in supporting Israel in the conflict that is dividing many campuses and individuals. It is titled “We Stand Together With Israel Against Hamas.” “The basis of all universities is a pursuit of truth, and it is times like these that require moral clarity,” the statement reads. “Like the fight against ISIS, the fight against Hamas is a fight against evil. We, the presidents and chancellors of universities and colleges across the United States of America and the world, stand with Israel, with the Palestinians who suffer under Hamas’s cruel rule in Gaza, and with all people of moral conscience.”
Inside Higher Ed
Statements on the Israel-Hamas war draw criticism from all sides. Should commenting on complicated geopolitical events be part of a college leader’s mandate?
By Josh Moody
Reverberations from the war between Israel and Hamas are shaking U.S. higher education as the conflict spills out onto campuses across the nation, pitting protesting students against one another and forcing college presidents to take a stand on a conflict thousands of miles away. Presidential responses have elicited criticism from supporters on both sides. Students and faculty members have blasted college and university leaders for not releasing statements at all, for speaking up too late or for speaking too forcefully—or not forcefully enough. That makes it virtually impossible for college presidents to navigate the issue without alienating student groups, angering donors and trustees, or prompting backlash from multiple quarters. What presidents do or don’t say, or even when they say it, has the potential to cost universities millions of dollars in likely donations
Inside Higher Ed
Graduate Applications Up, but Enrollment Falls
Enrollment fell by 4.7 percent in 2022, with particularly steep drops for doctoral programs at top research universities—a possible sign that higher ed’s enrollment crisis is reaching the graduate level.
By Liam Knox
Enrollment in graduate and postgraduate programs declined from 2021 to 2022 even as the number of applications increased, according to a new report from the Council of Graduate Schools. Applications to graduate programs rose by 3.9 percent over all, a bump that was buoyed by especially sharp growth at institutions exclusively offering master’s degrees, which saw an 18.8 percent increase in applications, and doctoral programs at R-2 institutions (those with “high research activity”), which saw 10.4 percent more applicants. But fall 2022 enrollments were down 4.7 percent over all, a sharp decline particularly striking when compared to the application boost. Doctoral programs at R-1 universities saw a 6 percent drop, and medical and other professional program enrollment fell by around 2 percent each. Enrollment in graduate programs at master’s-level colleges and universities rose by 2.5 percent.
Inside Higher Ed
Universities of Wisconsin to Close a Branch Campus and Move 2 Online
This is the latest shift as the state system faces ongoing enrollment declines at most of its 13 community colleges.
By Jessica Blake
The Universities of Wisconsin system plans to close a two-year branch campus and end in-person classes at two others, UW Milwaukee at Washington County and UW Oshkosh, Fond du Lac. The decision was announced by system president Jay Rothman Tuesday. Rothman said in a press release that the decision to close UW Platteville Richland and to make UW Milwaukee at Washington County and UW Oshkosh, Fond du Lac, online only was based on enrollment shifts among traditional and nontraditional students, not cost savings. “We are seeing freshman enrollment rising at most of our four-year campuses while enrollment at the two-year campuses has been falling at a rapid rate for years,” he said. “Moreover, online enrollment has been trending up as well. The market is telling us that increasingly students are pursuing a degree at our four-year campuses or online.”
Inside Higher Ed
Cornell Leaders Condemn Prof. ‘Exhilarated’ by Hamas Attack
By Ryan Quinn
Cornell University’s top leaders are condemning an associate history professor’s statement at a rally that Hamas’s recent deadly attack on Israelis “exhilarated” him. That comment from Russell Rickford has spawned multiple articles and social media condemnation, though a longer, but still incomplete, video of his remarks—uploaded Monday by the Cornell Daily Sun student newspaper—provides more context. “Hamas has shifted the balance of power,” Rickford says. “Hamas has punctured the illusion of invincibility. That’s what they’ve done—you don’t have to be a Hamas supporter to recognize that.”