Marietta Daily Journal
Town and Gown: KSU, Town Center CID Celebrate Relationship
By Joe Adgie MDJ Contributor
This week, Kennesaw State University and the Town Center Community Improvement District celebrated their relationship as crucial to each other’s successes. The “town and gown” discussion was the focal point of the CID’s annual State of the District held at Embassy Suites in Kennesaw. KSU President Dr. Kathy Schwaig and Town Center CID Executive Director Tracy Styf spoke about how those relationships have helped both grow over the years. “Town Center and KSU, we’ve grown up together,” Styf said. “In our 28 years, KSU was a junior college when we first began, and it’s now one of the largest universities in the state with 45,000 students. What that means for the community that grew up here over the last 30 years is that you have students who are educated in this community that we want to retain in this community.” Styf said that with those students in the community, there are businesses that know that there is a strong and viable workforce coming out of KSU.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
His life was upended by paralysis, but he refused to give up his dreams
15 years after accident, former Shepherd patient returns as doctor
By Helena Oliviero
Woody Morgan was whisked into Shepherd Center with two fractured vertebrae in the spring of 2008. Life-flighted from Florida, he was unable to move any of his limbs. Still, this much the 20-year-old Atlantan was convinced of: When the time came for him to leave the center, no matter how long it took, he would walk out on his own. The 6-foot-5 University of Georgia student believed his body would fully recover from the injuries he suffered in a diving accident, just as it had from other sports-related mishaps. When that didn’t happen, Morgan found himself at one of those proverbial forks in the road. He could let his paralysis steal his hopes for a happy life and a successful career in medicine. Or he could claw his way out of despair and keep pursuing his dreams. Morgan chose the latter.
The Georgia Virtue
[Georgia%20Southern%20faculty%20participate%20in%20Bill%20&%20Melinda%20Gates%20mindset%20study]Georgia Southern faculty participate in Bill & Melinda Gates mindset study
Georgia Southern University is one of 10 colleges and universities that recently participated in an Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) study which demonstrates that when college and university faculty participate in high-quality and comprehensive courses in effective teaching practices, they report substantial increases in their confidence. They also reported positive changes in their mindsets toward improving student learning and overall student experiences. The study, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, also revealed that students taught by faculty who participated in ACUE courses perceived significant increases in their own growth mindset, as well as their confidence participating in class, attending office hours and managing their coursework and deadlines. Analyzed data came from nearly 3,000 student surveys.
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
Fort Valley State University Announces the Launch of Its Tenth Master’s Degree Program
Historically Black Fort Valley State University in Georgia has announced the introduction of an online master’s degree program in public administration (MPA). It is scheduled to commence in the summer of 2024. The new program will have two tracks: homeland security and emergency management. It will be the tenth master’s degree program at the university. Graduates of the program will be able to seek careers as U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents, emergency management directors, environmental health managers, government professionals, and counterterrorism analysts.
WGAU Radio
UGA rolls out Georgia’s first Ph.D. program regenerative bioscience
By Tim Bryant
The University of Georgia introduces what it says is a first-in-the state Ph.D. program in regenerative bioscience, one that will be administered jointly by the University’s Regenerative Bioscience Center and UGA’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
From Charlene Betourney, UGA Today…
The University of Georgia has introduced a Ph.D. program in regenerative bioscience, to be administered jointly by the Regenerative Bioscience Center and the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. This pioneering effort sets UGA apart as the first institution in the state to provide a formalized doctoral program aimed at nurturing interdisciplinary research and entrepreneurial skills within this dynamic and growing field. The new degree, along with the regenerative bioscience (RB) undergraduate major established in 2022, are part of the CAES Department of Animal and Dairy Science commitment to advancing research and education in regenerative medicine and improving health for both animals and humans.
Capitol Beat
Rural Georgians suffering disproportionately from mental health issues
by Dave Williams
Most calls from Georgians to a national mental health crisis hotline launched last year have come from rural areas of the state, particularly counties in South Georgia, a state mental health official said Thursday. The comparatively large volume of calls from rural Georgians to the 988 number since the hotline went live in July 2022 dovetails with a significantly higher number of suicides reported in rural Georgia, Ashley Fielding, an assistant commissioner with the state Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, told members of the Georgia House Rural Development Council meeting at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro. Suicides in rural Georgia have increased by 66% in the last 20 years, she said.
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UGA CyberArch Helps Georgia Communities
The University of Georgia works to enhance the cybersecurity infrastructure in communities across the state through its CyberArch program. Now UGA is poised to expand CyberArch, train and empower more students interested in cybersecurity careers and increase its cybersecurity impact across the state Georgia thanks to funding from Google. This October, UGA CyberArch was awarded a $500,000 grant from Google’s philanthropy organization, Google.org, to expand its efforts in cybersecurity. UGA CyberArch, facilitated by the UGA Institute of Government, works with organizational partners in K-12 school districts, local governments and rural hospitals, and is expanding into the small business community through a collaboration with the UGA Small Business Development Center, to help build a broader awareness about cybersecurity threats and strengthen their cyber preparation and response actions.
The Union-Recorder
GCSU names Seth Walker new Vice President for University Advancement
Special to The U-R
Georgia College & State University (GCSU) welcomes Seth Walker as the new vice president for University Advancement and executive director of the GCSU Foundation. Walker will begin his tenure at Georgia College & State University on Dec. 1. “Georgia College is well-known as a transformative institution, and its uniqueness as Georgia’s Public Liberal Arts University underscores the need for significant philanthropic investment. I am eager to collaborate with President Cox, GCSU leadership, the advancement team, and the entire GCSU community to work with donors to create innovative philanthropic partnerships that will propel GCSU to new heights,” Walker said.
Gwinnett Daily Post
PHOTOS: History comes alive at Georgia Gwinnett College with ancient tools demonstration
Georgia Gwinnett College’s Arctos Anthropology Club got a view into the past with primitive-living expert, Andrew Minnick, who demonstrated tool-making technologies used during the Stone Ages and pre-contact period in the Americas. “This event will give students the opportunity to see how these technologies work and try their hand at some of them,” said Kathryn Deeley, assistant professor of anthropology in GGC’s School of Liberal Arts. Deeley said this is the second year Minnick visited campus to demonstrate the tools and tool-making processes to participants. Students marveled over the Atlatl, a hunting tool that early humans used to improve, power, accuracy and control as they hurled a spear toward unsuspecting prey. They also tried their hand at “flint knapping,” a technique of shaping stones into tools, weapons or decorative pieces, by striking them with a hammerstone. One of those students, was Isaac Robitaille, who serves as president of the Arctos Anthropology Club. Robitaille said the experience brought home to him that early humans were sophisticated problem solvers well before modern science and technology impacted their lives.
AgriMarketing
DALAN ANIMAL HEALTH’S HONEYBEE VACCINE NAMED TO TIME’S 2023 BEST INVENTIONS LIST
Dalan Animal Health, Inc. (“Dalan”), the pioneering biotech company specializing in insect health, has been named to TIME’s Best InvenDons of 2023 in recogniDon of the world’s first honeybee vaccine. Dalan’s first-of-its-kind vaccine is designed to offer protecDon against American Foulbrood (AFB), a devastaDng disease plaguing beekeeping operaDons globally, before it occurs. …One third of all crops rely on pollinaDon, making honeybees an invaluable part of our global food supply and the health of our ecosystems. Dalan is working to ensure planetary health, feed a growing world populaDon, protect farmers that rely on pollinators and support beekeepers in a safe and sustainable way. The annual list recognizes the 200 extraordinary innovaDons changing our lives, having evaluated contenders on a number of key factors, including originality, efficacy, ambiDon and impact. The company, which is headquartered in the University of Georgia’s InnovaDon Hub, is being recognized for this major milestone in the sustainability category.
The Georgia Virtue
Georgia Southern film professor takes rural health documentary to SCAD Film Festival
Dr. Karen Kinsell’s work as the sole physician servicing Clay County inspired a Georgia Southern University filmmaker to tell her story and bring to light the broader issues of healthcare access. In the heart of rural southwest Georgia lies Clay County along the Georgia-Alabama border. Home to approximately 3,000 people, many of the residents are grappling with a lack of medical services with only one doctor serving the entire county. Dr. Kinsell is that doctor. The result is “The Only Doctor,” a film by Matthew Hashiguchi, a Georgia Southern University associate professor of multimedia and film production.
Griffin Daily News
GSC opens season with bluegrass musical
By Karolina Philmon GSC Marketing Manager
Gordon State College Humanities and Fine and Performing Arts will raise the curtain on its 2023-24 season with the bluegrass musical, “Cotton Patch Gospel”. Written by Tom Key and Russell Treyz with music by Harry Chapin, Cotton Patch Gospel is described as “the greatest story ever re-told”. It’s based on the book, “The Cotton Patch Version of Matthew and John” by Clarence Jordan.
The Brunswick News
BEST & BRIGHTEST: Former Terror Philip Bulatao earns spot on PBC All-Sportsmanship Team
Two-and-a-half years ago, Glynn Academy cross country standout Philip Bulatao signed with Georgia College & State University, prompting his coach Chris Gunter to proclaim that “all of Milledgeville should be celebrating today for having Philip become a part of their community.” As it turns out, the pleasure of Bulatao’s presence has radiated throughout the entire Peach Belt Conference. Bulatao was recently named as the GCSU’s male representative on the PBC All-Sportsmanship Team — an honor awarded to those that best exemplify the spirit of sportsmanship and generally conduct themselves with a high degree of integrity, character and class. It’s the second straight season Bulatao has been named to the PBC All-Sportsmanship Team.
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Inside Higher Ed
Fear and Anger Spread on Campuses as Protesters’ Rhetoric and Actions Escalate
Criticism and condemnation mount as colleges struggle to strike a balance between making fearful students feel safe and allowing protesters to express their free speech rights.
By Johanna Alonso and Kathryn Palmer
In an incident that many people viewed as a troubling escalation of tensions on a college campus over the Israel-Hamas war, pro-Palestinian students banged on locked library doors while shouting “Free Palestine” at Cooper Union in New York City while Jewish students were inside the library, according to a widely circulated video of the Oct. 25 incident. The incident followed a planned protest by the pro-Palestinian students outside the college; police were on scene the entire time, according to The New York Times. No arrests were made, and John Chell, chief of patrol for the New York City Police Department, said during a press conference that “there was no direct threat,” damage or “danger to any students in that school.” But some of the Jewish students who were in the library Wednesday afternoon said they felt threatened nonetheless.
Inside Higher Ed
Maine Colleges on Lockdown, Closed With Shooter at Large
By Doug Lederman
Several colleges in and around Lewiston, Me., were closed Wednesday because of the continuing threat of an active shooter who killed 18 people in the area Wednesday night. Bates College, which is located directly in Lewiston, went into lockdown Wednesday and remains closed today. “We know this is extraordinarily difficult, particularly for those students who have not been able to return to their residence halls,” Geoffrey Swift, the college’s vice president for finance and administration, said in a website message today. “The City of Lewiston and the Lewiston Police Department have authorized us to shuttle students sheltering in place in academic and administrative buildings to their residence halls on campus.” Bates was still in lockdown as of Thursday night, and classes were canceled Friday, the college said.
Inside Higher Ed
Multiple Measures, Better Outcomes
A study of tens of thousands of community college students over four and a half years shows placing students in college-level courses using multiple measures boosts academic outcomes.
By Sara Weissman
A recent study shows that using multiple measures to decide whether students belong in remedial coursework, as opposed to standard placement exams, results in more students taking and succeeding in college-level English and math courses. The findings are outlined in a new brief and working paper released by the Center for the Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness, a research center focused on developmental education reforms. The center was created by the Community College Research Center at Columbia University’s Teachers College and MDRC, an education and social policy research organization.
Inside Higher Ed
Contingent Faculty Members Report Low Pay, Thoughts of Quitting
By Ryan Quinn
Over a quarter of respondents to a 2022 American Federation of Teachers survey of contingent faculty members earned less than $26,500 annually, and two-thirds said they had thought about leaving academe in the prior two years, according to results the union released Thursday. The AFT defines contingent faculty as full-time, non-tenure-track faculty members, instructors, lecturers, graduate student employees and others. Nearly 82 percent of respondents said they were part-time instructors, and 63 percent of those would rather be full-time. An AFT spokesman said no respondents identified as grad workers. The survey isn’t nationally representative.
Inside Higher Ed
DeSantis Appoints DEI Critics to Florida University’s Board
Florida’s governor appoints five conservative trustees to the Florida Polytechnic board, a move some critics see as the start of a takeover.
By Josh Moody
The latest round of university trustee appointments from Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida includes two notable critics of diversity, equity and inclusion practices in higher education who are joining Florida Polytechnic University’s board, part of the state’s ongoing quest to eliminate DEI practices in public institutions. On Tuesday, the governor announced the appointment of Ilya Shapiro, Dorian Abbot, David Clark, Sidney Theis and Clifford Otto to Florida Polytechnic’s Board of Trustees. Among that group, Shapiro, a current Manhattan Institute fellow, and Abbot, a professor in the University of Chicago’s department of geophysical sciences , are the most well-known. Both have courted controversy with their opposition to college DEI practices, which led students to protest and in some cases disrupt or cancel the speakers’ campus talks. Of the five appointees, only two—Clark and Otto—appear to live in Florida.
Inside Higher Ed
Turning Moments of Crisis Into Moments of Care: Academic Minute
By Doug Lederman
Today on the Academic Minute: Chiara Camponeschi, a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow at the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research at York University, examines how one group is bringing disparate parties together to chart a path forward out of crisis.