Coosa Valley News
DR. MIKE HOBBS INSTALLED AS FIFTH PRESIDENT OF GEORGIA HIGHLANDS COLLEGE
Posted by Staff Reports
On September 28, Chancellor to the University System of Georgia (USG) Sonny Perdue officially installed the fifth president of Georgia Highlands College (GHC), Dr. Mike Hobbs, Ph.D., during an investiture ceremony held in the Floyd Campus gym. The event was attended by hundreds of members of the college and local community and was presided over by Regent Cade Joiner of the Board of Regents (BOR) of the USG. In addition, the ceremony featured greetings and speeches by GHC Foundation Board of Trustees Chair Randy Quick, Regent Lowery May and a special presentation by Anat Sulta-Dadon, Consul General of Israel to the Southeastern United States, and Rabbi Larry Sernovitz, CEO for Hillels of Georgia.
Dalton Daily Citizen
Fuchko named Dalton State College president sole finalist
By James Swift
Looks like the “interim” tag will be lifted from the job description of John Fuchko III shortly. On Wednesday, the University System of Georgia Board of Regents announced that he was the sole finalist for the position of Dalton State College president. “I want to thank Dalton State’s presidential search committee for their work in finding exceptional candidates and know the board is excited by Dr. Fuchko’s dedication to expanding the college’s impact on local communities and the workforce of Northwest Georgia,” said USG Chancellor Sonny Perdue in a press release statement. Fuchko succeeds former DSC president Margaret H. Venable. He has served as the college’s interim president since June.
Augusta Business Daily
Mondays with Rick: AU Health becomes Wellstar MCG Health, bolsters area’s options
Gary Kauffman
Dr. Rick Franza, Professor of Management at the Hull College of Business, discusses a different, timely business topic each Monday in this column. This week, he talks about Wellstar’s agreement with AU Health. The interview has been edited for clarity and impact.
ABD: About a month ago, AU Health Systems became part of the Wellstar network and is now known as Wellstar MCG Health. Is this a good move for the Augusta area?
Rick: Absolutely! It is for several reasons. The financial picture for AU Health had been pretty bad even though the care was still good. There’s a certain economy of scale, whether in buying big equipment or from the supply chain, where a small health system doesn’t get the quantity savings. Trying to be a small player is financial ruin. For a number of years, we couldn’t dig out of the financial hole we were in and it was getting deeper and deeper.
WGAU Radio
UGA names Economics Dept in honor of alum John Munro Godfrey
By Tim Bryant
The Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia has named its Economics Department in honor of alumnus John Munro Godfrey, Sr. UGA says the honor recognizes Godfrey’s career as a leader in the field of economics and his long-standing support of the University and the Terry College.
From UGA Media Relations…
The Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia has named its Economics Department the John Munro Godfrey, Sr. Department of Economics in honor of alumnus John Munro Godfrey, Sr. The naming recognizes Godfrey’s career as a leader in the field of economics and his long-standing support of the university and the Terry College — including a transformational gift from Godfrey and his wife, Flavel, to endow the Department of Economics.
41NBC
Middle Georgia State University Students visit Bibb schools to gain real-world teaching insight
To foster a new generation of educators, the Bibb County School District welcomed students from Middle Georgia State University (MGA) on a special tour of local elementary schools on Friday.
By Edward Smart
To foster a new generation of educators, the Bibb County School District welcomed students from Middle Georgia State University (MGA) on a special tour of local elementary schools on Friday. The visiting scholars stopped by Heritage, Veterans, and Southfield Elementary Schools, engaging with faculty and experiencing first-hand the daily operations of a classroom. The initiative aimed is at providing a realistic glimpse into the teaching profession.
WALB
Coffee High School offers new aviation program to help students become pilots
By Jay Douglas
Coffee High School is hoping to introduce their students to the aviation industry. The school is doing so through a partnership with Middle Georgia State University. Some of the things, teachers want the students to know are the basic skills needed to fly an airplane. “The understand that they need to pay attention to everything that they do,” Aviation Instructor John Brown said. “Following their checklist. Following the regulations. Not taking shortcuts.” Brown got inspired, to teach this program, from his service in the Air Force. …Middle Georgia offers a Bachelor’s in Aviation Sciences and Management.
11Alive
Georgia Tech student designs new rocket engine as an intern for NASA
The somewhat small engine could mean a big boost for space travel.
Author: Melissa Nord
The future of space travel just got a boost thanks to one Georgia Tech undergraduate student. Dalton Luedke is a third-year aerospace engineering student at Tech, and also part of the NASA Pathways Internship Program. This summer during his internship at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, he accomplished a feat that one day could be “out of this world.”
WTVM
CSU unveils its latest technology, ‘Metaversity’
By Kelis McGhee
Columbus State University will soon teach classes in the Metaverse or virtual world. The 3-D-enabled digital space will provide lifelike personal and business experiences online. In partnership with Victory X-R, CSU hosted a virtual ribbon-cutting ceremony and tour for its Twin Metaversity Campus. Our news crew also tuning in virtually for the event right from our production suite…as you can see here in this video. The virtual buildings, classrooms, and spaces are created to resemble the physical campus. The new metaversity will host courses for the Department of Kinesiology & Health Sciences department in the first year.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Free passes at libraries to three attractions
Anyone with a library card statewide can now “check out” free passes to three more Atlanta-area attractions: the Atlanta History Center, the Computer Museum of America and Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse. Those groups and the Georgia Public Library Service announced their new partnership Thursday at the Buckhead branch of the Fulton County Library System — immediately after story time, so they spoke over a roomful of toddlers. …Patrons can use their library cards to check out up to six free admissions to the history center, four to the computer museum and four to Shakespeare Tavern, he said. The passes can be used for adults or children. They are available at all 410 public library locations statewide, State Librarian Julie Walker said.
11Alive
Video
Georgia Tech students create invention that could save lives
The invention team at Georgia Tech said they created the Fadpad – as a way to test for diseases and ultimately prevent deaths.
WRDW
MCG students offer free skin care clinic starting today
By Staff
A group of dermatology residents at the Medical College of Georgia are opening a new dermatology clinic for underinsured and underserved patients. Many people think dermatology is for the privileged. Often, skin care is an afterthought behind primary care, dental care and others. But your skin is the largest organ in the body.
YouTube
JENNIE: Artificial Intelligence and its uses in education, the media, and more
Candis Bond and James Garner from the Center for Writing Excellence at Augusta University are addressing that.
Atlanta News First
Avant South showcases use of AI in robotics at Georgia Tech
By Joshua Skinner
If you didn’t know better, you might think Gerry Chen was an art aficionado. “I’m a big nerd,” Chen, a PhD student, admitted. But despite the numerous cans of spray paint and canvas he pinned up Thursday evening at the Coda building in Midtown, art is not his passion. In fact, he says he’s not very good at it. “I just love math, science, and engineering,” Chen said. …Chen is one of numerous Georgia Tech students participating in Avant South, an event designed to showcase advances in science via artificial intelligence. Chen’s setup, a pully-rigged robot graffiti artist, translates human drawings from an iPad to the canvas.
Phys.org
Timing plant evolution with a fast-ticking epigenetic clock
by University of Georgia
Recent discoveries in the field of epigenetics, the study of inheritance of traits that occur without changing the DNA sequence, have shown that chronological age in mammals correlates with epigenetic changes that accumulate during the lifetime of an individual. In humans, this observation has led to the development of epigenetic clocks, which are now extensively used as biomarkers of aging. While these clocks work accurately from birth until death, they are set back to zero in each new generation. Now, an international team co-led by the University of Georgia, the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and the Technical University of Munich, shows that epigenetic clocks not only exist in plants, but that these clocks keep ticking accurately over many generations. In a new study published in the journal Science, the team describes how this clock can tell time with a resolution from decades to centuries, an accuracy that cannot be achieved with traditional DNA mutation-based clocks.
WJBF
Lucy C. Laney science teacher named 2024 Teacher of the Year for Richmond County
by: Richard Adams
The Richmond County School System named a science teacher at Lucy C. Laney Comprehensive High School the 2024 Teacher of the Year. Terri Green has been with Richmond County School System for 13 years and currently teaches science at Lucy C. Laney Comprehensive High School. Green holds a Bachelor of Science in biology from Paine College, a Master of Arts in teaching with an emphasis on curriculum and instruction from Augusta State University, and a Tier I Certification in Leadership from Augusta University.
Distratify
Druski Is One of the Forbes 2023 Top Creators and Part of the Millionaire Club
What is Druski’s net worth? The creator has been named one of Forbes’s 2023 Top Creators. Let’s see how he joined the millionaire club.
By Tatayana Yomary
The Gist:
Druski is one of the most popular influencers who has worked with hip-hop stars. Druski ranks at No. 20 of Forbes 2023 Top Creators. His net worth is estimated at $1 million. …Druski’s name rings bells for various reasons. …Druski is an actor, comedian, and social media influencer known for his comedy skits and parody skits. Education: Georgia Southern University
Times-Georgian
Tickets available for UWG Hall of Fame Banquet
By UWG Athletics
The University of West Georgia will induct the 32nd class into the UWG Athletics Hall of Fame on October 13-14 as a part of Hall of Fame Weekend, beginning on Friday, October 13 with the Advantage Office Solutions Hall of Fame Induction Banquet. Tickets are now on sale for the event, available through the Wolves Event Store. This year’s class, to be inducted at the Advantage Office Solutions Hall of Fame Banquet at 6:00 p.m. in the UWG Campus Center Ballroom, includes four individuals representing three sports and their time at UWG spans nearly five decades. Tickets are now available to the general public for the plated banquet and induction ceremony with the cost set at $50 per person.
Patriots.com
Former Patriot Tyrone Poole inducted into Black College Alumni Hall of Fame
Fort Valley State alumni and two-time Super Bowl champion Tyrone Poole was recognized for his contributions to a wide community at his Black College Alumni Hall of Fame induction.
Mike Dussault, Patriots.com Writer
Former Patriot and two-time Super Bowl champion Tyrone Poole was inducted into the Black College Alumni Hall of Fame this week, receiving recognition for his contributions both on the field at Fort Valley State and in the NFL, but also to a wider community off the field. “As a first-round draft choice and two-time Super Bowl champion, Tyrone’s accomplishments on the field are truly remarkable,” said Paul A. Jones, the 10th President of Fort Valley State University in Poole’s induction video. “But his impact extends far beyond football as an entrepreneur, author, speaker and philanthropist. Tyrone has inspired countless individuals to reach their full potential.
WGAC
Augusta University Give a Smile Dental Program is hosting a 5K Dental Dash
By Darasha
Runners, walkers, and people just wanting to get in a good exercise opportunity, this is for you! And get this! You will also be helping out the community. Give A Smile Program at the Dental College of Georgia is having a 5k Dental Dash to help fundraise for their patients.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Opinion: Care needed in selecting, then supporting HBCU presidents
To mark HBCU Week, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is running a series of guest columns that examine the role of historically Black colleges and universities and the challenges that face them. The White House is hosting the 2023 National HBCU Week Conference in Arlington, Virginia, this week with the theme of “Raising the Bar: Forging Excellence through Innovation & Leadership.” The AJC guest columns also speak to those themes. Today, Walter Kimbrough, the former president of Dillard University and of Philander Smith College, discusses the turnover in HBCU presidents and what that means for the institutions. Here are links to four guest columns that have already appeared: Harry Williams of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, David A. Thomas, Morehouse president, Spelman Provost Pamela Scott-Johnson and Clark Atlanta University President George T. French. Kimbrough recently left Morehouse College, where he served as interim executive director of the Black Men’s Research Institute. He has also held leadership roles in student affairs at Emory University, Georgia State University, Old Dominion University and Albany State University.
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Inside Higher Ed
Biden Administration Prepares for Student Debt Relief Negotiations
A committee of 14 people representing student loan borrowers, higher education institutions and other stakeholder groups will kick off discussions about student loan forgiveness Oct. 10.
By Katherine Knott
The U.S. Education Department is gearing up to hold meetings in two weeks on how to provide debt relief to federal student loan borrowers, especially now that a potential government shutdown has been at least temporarily averted. The Biden administration announced Friday who will serve on the advisory negotiated rule-making committee that will discuss how to change federal regulations to offer debt relief and offered a glimpse at what those discussions might look like. The announcement came a day before the potential shutdown, which Congress averted with a last-minute measure to keep the government open for 45 days. Student loan payments also resumed Sunday. Zayn Siddique, deputy assistant to the president and deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, on a call with reporters Friday morning, said the administration is committed to moving forward as fast as possible.
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Inside Higher Ed
‘Modernizing Postsecondary Policy to Better Support Adult Learners’: A Special Report
By Doug Lederman
Inside Higher Ed on Friday published a new special report, “Modernizing Postsecondary Policy to Better Support Adult Learners.” This free, print-on-demand report explores how current federal and state policies can impede working learners, veterans, student parents and other posttraditional students from reaching their educational goals, and possible changes in those policies that could increase their chances of success.
Diverse Issues in Higher Education
Report: Latinos Essential to Growing STEM Workforce
Arrman Kyaw
U.S. Latinos are key when it comes the nation’s engineering and technology workforce, according to a new joint report from the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) and the Latino Donor Collaborative (LDC). According to the report, the economic contributions the Latino community makes to the U.S. are immense. The contributions are significant enough that if the national Latino population were its own country, it would have the fifth-largest GDP in the world, $3.2 trillion, despite comprising only 19.1% of the U.S. population. And although they make up only 18.5% of the nation’s workforce, they were the cause for 73% of U.S. workforce participation growth between 2010-2020, the report noted.
Cybersecurity Dive
Progress Software discloses 8 vulnerabilities in one of its other file-transfer services
The company behind the beleaguered MOVEit service has another vulnerable tool — WS_FTP Server. While there are no known exploits, two of the CVEs are critical.
Matt Kapko, Reporter
Progress Software quietly alerted customers to eight vulnerabilities in WS_FTP Server, another file-transfer service from the company behind MOVEit. The company shared the news the day after its fiscal third quarter earnings call. Two of the eight vulnerabilities are critical with CVSS scores of 10 and 9.9 out of 10, CVE-2023-40044 and CVE-2023-42657, respectively. All versions of the file-transfer service, which allows customers to remotely manage their service from any internet connection, are impacted, the company said Wednesday. Thousands of IT teams use WS_FTP Server, according to a product page. There’s no indication any of the vulnerabilities in WS_FTP Server have been exploited, a Progress Software spokesperson told Cybersecurity Dive.
Cybersecurity Dive
Progress Software discloses 8 vulnerabilities in one of its other file-transfer services
The company behind the beleaguered MOVEit service has another vulnerable tool — WS_FTP Server. While there are no known exploits, two of the CVEs are critical.
Matt Kapko, Reporter
Progress Software quietly alerted customers to eight vulnerabilities in WS_FTP Server, another file-transfer service from the company behind MOVEit. The company shared the news the day after its fiscal third quarter earnings call. Two of the eight vulnerabilities are critical with CVSS scores of 10 and 9.9 out of 10, CVE-2023-40044 and CVE-2023-42657, respectively. All versions of the file-transfer service, which allows customers to remotely manage their service from any internet connection, are impacted, the company said Wednesday. Thousands of IT teams use WS_FTP Server, according to a product page. There’s no indication any of the vulnerabilities in WS_FTP Server have been exploited, a Progress Software spokesperson told Cybersecurity Dive.
Higher Ed Dive
New College of Florida settles disability complaint with Education Department
The public institution said noncompliant aspects of its web presence stemmed from “years of inattentiveness.”
Laura Spitalniak, Associate Editor
Dive Brief:
New College of Florida said Thursday it settled with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights over allegations it was discriminating against people with disabilities. In September, OCR began investigating the public liberal arts institution for failing to make its website and social media accounts equally accessible to all users. College leaders said they would correct the issues over the next eight months, but did not give further details on how they would comply with federal disability standards. OCR has struck similar agreements with other public Florida universities over “nearly identical website issues,” the college said.
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Cybersecurity Dive
Clorox resumes normal plant operations in the wake of cyberattack
The Pine-Sol maker said it was scaling up production to replenish inventories following an extended product shortage.
David Jones, Reporter
Clorox said all of its manufacturing facilities were back up and running following an August cyberattack that led to weeks of disruption and product shortages, according to a Friday update. The Oakland, California-based maker of Pine-Sol and household bleach, said it resumed automated order processing on Sept. 25 and was ramping up the pace of production to restock product inventories. The company had previously disclosed extensive product shortages after the August cyberattack damaged part of its IT systems, which led to widespread disruption of its production capabilities. Clorox said Friday it was “focusing on maximizing shipments and restocking trade inventories.”
Cybersecurity Dive
CISA furloughs will cut deep if government shuts down
The agency will have to operate with a skeleton staff, which will reduce assessments and other programs for underserved critical infrastructure sectors and private industry partners.
David Jones, Reporter
A government shutdown will have severe ramifications on the nation’s ability to combat malicious cyber threats from criminal gangs and state-linked threat groups, federal officials and leading cybersecurity analysts warn. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency would be “degraded” in its ability to provide timely and actionable information to help partner organizations defend their computer networks, the Department of Homeland Security said in a fact sheet released Thursday. CISA would have to furlough about 80% of its staff, with only 571 of the agency’s 3,117 workers remaining on duty during the shutdown. The federal government will shut down at 12:01 a.m. Sunday unless Congress reaches a deal on a funding agreement.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Opinion: Let’s admit qualified teens to college by random drawings
Get Schooled with Maureen Downey
The SAT and ACT are losing stature as demand rises for less biased and more holistic appraisals of applicants by the nation’s most prestigious campuses. Colleges are placing more faith in counselor recommendations, student essays, extracurriculars and internships to evaluate applicants. More than 2,000 colleges and universities no longer require applicants to submit an ACT or SAT score, but are we replacing one set of biased admission criteria with another? …A writer friend operates a business helping teens craft college application essays. While she doesn’t believe anyone gets into Harvard on a winning essay, she worries that her service advantages the already advantaged. It would be fairer, she suggested, to put the names of all the academically qualified applicants in a pot and randomly pick the new incoming class. I am starting to agree.
Diverse Issues in Higher Education
OPINION
We Owe Student Parents A High-Value College Experience
Michelle Asha Cooper
Every Fall, school buses are once again a part of our morning commutes. Less obvious are the parents joining in the back-to-school rite of passage alongside their children. …Throughout September, National Student Parent Month, we celebrated the accomplishments of student parents and the efforts of those colleges, universities, and organizations that faithfully serve. To ensure these parents succeed, we should highlight year-round the practices and policies that support their needs, including access to childcare, family-friendly campuses, and flexible course schedules. But to truly put student parents and their families on the path toward financial security and economic mobility, the quality of the college they attend and the value of the programs or majors offered are critically important.
Higher Ed Dive
OPINION
Top-ranked colleges must be proactive to foster campus diversity
Here are the steps higher education officials should take to mitigate the fallout from the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling against race-conscious admissions.
By Mauriell Amechi
Harvard University
Mauriell Amechi is a senior policy analyst at New America and founder of Foster Youth Empowered, a premier education and college readiness consulting firm in Chicago.
In June, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a seismic blow to race-conscious admissions by deeming these policies unconstitutional in the landmark Students for Fair Admissions cases against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This decision has sent shockwaves through American higher education, with far-reaching implications for advancing diversity and inclusivity on college campuses. As the nation’s top colleges grapple with the aftermath, several crucial questions loom: What are the current postsecondary enrollment trends for Black and Hispanic students at top-ranked colleges? How will these prestigious institutions reconcile their commitment to fostering diverse student bodies? And how will they address the persistent disparities that have long plagued higher education in the U.S.?