Gwinnett Daily Post
Marine Corps combat veteran finds home at Georgia Gwinnett College
By Ken Scar Special to the Daily Post
Georgia Gwinnett College development director Matthew May had arrived at a crossroads in his life when he came to the Marine Corps — or rather, the Marine Corps came to him. He was 20 years old and had just failed out of college, squandering the soccer scholarship he’d earned as a star player growing up in Chicago. “I was sitting on the couch watching TV, wondering, ‘What am I going to do with my life?’ when a commercial for the Marine Corps came on,” May said. He got off the couch, went to the local recruiting station, and joined that day. …May never lost his desire to earn a college degree, so the first thing he did after taking off the uniform was enroll in a North Carolina community college and work as a car salesman to pay the bills. When his ex-wife moved to Georgia, May moved to Lawrenceville to be closer to his three children. It was then that May first set his eyes on GGC. …“GGC was my fifth college and by far the best in my eyes. …May received a business administration degree with a management concentration in 2018. At the time, he never would have imagined his path would circle back to his alma mater, but life, like war, is nothing if not unpredictable. …While perusing LinkedIn one night, he came across a job posting for a prospect development manager position at GGC, a job involving work with potential donors. He applied, got the job and was soon headed back to Lawrenceville, this time for good. He recently was promoted to the role of development director. …Being a veteran is still the most important title on his resume, said May, and he stays involved in the veteran community by serving as an adviser to GGC’s chapter of the Student Veterans Association.
WGAU Radio
UNG expands teacher residency program
By Tim Bryant
The University of North Georgia says it is expanding a teacher residency program: the UNG program, now in its second year, is adding Stephens, Barrow, and Jackson counties to teacher residency opportunities already available in Forsyth, Gwinnett, and Hall counties and the city schools in Gainesville. …The teacher residency program in the College of Education at the University of North Georgia is going strong in its second year with 45 students getting an early start on their teaching careers in seven northeast Georgia school systems during the 2023-24 academic year. For the first time, the Barrow, Jackson and Stephens county school systems are benefiting from the residency program, and Commerce City Schools is set to join for 2024-25.
Study International
In the heart of Georgia, where innovation meets tradition, the University of Georgia’s College of Environment + Design (CED) stands as a beacon in shaping the future stewards of a changing world. Here, you’ll be challenged to solve contemporary issues by working with faculty and, in some cases, local communities through design charrettes. You’ll connect with clients, community organisations, planning agencies and an accomplished alumni network. You’ll network with visiting professors, professionals, and lecturers from a broad range of disciplines. You’ll critically reflect on past and present design, planning, and preservation practices and propose ways in which design, planning and preservation can be a positive force for social and environmental change. The CED is where you’ll prepare to shape the world as the next generation of designers, preservationists and planners. Four graduate programmes best exemplify this transformation from student to changemaker:
Columbus CEO
Four inducted into Columbus State’s College of Education & Health Professions Hall of Fame
Columbus State University’s College of Education and Health Professions inducted four new honorees into its Hall of Fame during a ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 1. The inductees — all Columbus State alumni — span the gamut of the college’s education, nursing and health profession academic programs. “I tell current and future Columbus State students that they should consider a career in education or the health professions because, in those careers, you will make a difference every day — and that is exactly what our inductees are doing and continue to do,” Dr. Margie Yates, the college’s interim dean, told honorees and guests gathered for the induction event. “So today we honor them and their contributions in helping change the world.” Dr. Pat McHenry …Vicki Roebuck … Stanley Shivley … Dr. Aimee Vael … To date, more than 55 education, nursing and other health professions graduates of Columbus State University have been inducted into the college’s Hall of Fame.
Albany CEO
The 2023 homecoming season was unforgettable with the feeling of RAMily all over the campus and local community. The spirit was exemplified by ASU alumni, partners, and owners of the Talley & Twine Watch Company, Randy Williams and Eric Heyward, as they engaged undergraduate students from the School of Business in a service-learning experience. ASU marketing majors Jalen Barnes, Kayla Bruce, Bria Hill, Lunden Issac, Ambria O’Neil (virtual intern), Brionna Shipman, and Ti’Onne Tisdale assisted Talley & Twine Watch Company by advertising and marketing the business throughout the week of homecoming events. The students assisted with pop-up booths, press releases, and online marketing to further promote the business.
Augusta CEO
Augusta University Honors Service Milestones of Employees
Jennifer Lask
For the first time since 2019, Augusta University held its Employee Service Recognition celebration in person. The university’s Human Resources department recognized the service milestones of 600 employees through four ceremonies held on Oct. 5 and Oct. 10. Dena Pickett, director of employment services, thanked employees for furthering the university’s mission at each ceremony. “Your amazing efforts continue to inspire those around you each day,” Pickett said. “We applaud the determination and effort you have demonstrated during your time with us, and we look forward to seeing the great things you will accomplish in the future.” Of those recognized, 14 employees marked 30 years, eight marked 35 years and radiologist William Bates, MD, an associate professor in the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, celebrated 40 years of service at AU. …Bates’ parents both attended the Medical College of Georgia, setting an example that would guide him throughout his career.
11Alive
Jewish, Muslim and Christian leaders said a pause is not enough and called on lawmakers to end the bloodshed.
Author: Erica Murphy, 11Alive Staff
A day after President Joe Biden called for “a pause” on the Israel-Hamas War, a push for a ceasefire grows thousands of miles away from the conflict as a Georgia group calls urges U.S. lawmakers to do more. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia) held a news conference Thursday calling on Georgia’s U.S. Senators Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff and other Congress members to urge for a ceasefire. …Georgia Tech associate professor Larry Rubin said the U.S. is walking a political tightrope as the Middle East conflict plays out on the global stage. “The United States is caught in this challenging position to be able to relieve some of that suffering because of war and conflict and at the same time support the military aims of its staunch ally (Israel),” Rubin said. The Carter Center issued a statement saying the only solution that will lead to an end of the conflict is one that recognizes the humanity of both sides. It’s up to lawmakers to decide on how to act.
Columbus CEO
CSU Leadership Institute’s Shana Young on Quiet Quitting
Shana Young of the Leadership Institute at Columbus State University explains quiet quitting and why setting boundaries in the workplace are so important.
State Affairs
WEEKEND READ: Farmers’ suicides are at their highest, and the state is paying attention
By Tammy Joyner
Matt Berry’s workday starts somewhere between 2:30 and 4:30 a.m. most mornings, seven days a week. …Berry knows of at least four farmers in Georgia who’ve died by suicide in the last decade and he admits suicide has “crossed my mind.” More than 100 farmers and farm workers have died by suicide in Georgia since 2008, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health’s Georgia Violent Death Reporting System. And 42% have considered suicide at least once in the past year……Nationally, farming had the highest rate of death caused by stress-related conditions and psychiatric disorders among 130 U.S. occupations examined by the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. …The deteriorating mental health of farmers prompted Harper and Tanner, along with Laura Perry-Johnson, associate dean for extension at the University of Georgia, to join forces recently to deal with the crisis. All three come from farming backgrounds.
Scientific American
AI Needs Rules, but Who Will Get to Make Them?
Skirmishes at the U.K.’s AI Safety Summit expose tensions over how to regulate AI technology
By Chris Stokel-Walker
About 150 government and industry leaders from around the world, including Vice President Kamala Harris and billionaire Elon Musk, descended on England this week for the U.K.’s AI Safety Summit. The meeting acted as the focal point for a global conversation about how to regulate artificial intelligence. But for some experts, it also highlighted the outsize role that AI companies are playing in that conversation—at the expense of many who stand to be affected but lack a financial stake in AI’s success. On November 1 representatives from 28 countries and the European Union signed a pact called the Bletchley Declaration (named after the summit’s venue, Bletchley Park in Bletchley, England), in which they agreed to keep deliberating on how to safely deploy AI. …In the U.S., two days before the start of the U.K. summit, President Joe Biden issued an executive order that included provisions that some in academia saw as favoring private-sector players at the expense of open-source AI developers. “It could have huge repercussions for open-source [AI], open science and the democratization of AI,” says Mark Riedl, an associate professor of computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology. … By exerting influence on such events, powerful companies also play a disproportionate role in shaping official AI policy—a type of situation called “regulatory capture.”
Augusta CEO
Think your City is Ready for a Cyber-attack? Think Again According to Our Experts
There is no way around it; every day there are new cybersecurity threats to not only individuals, but governments at all levels as well. There have been some high-profile breeches that involve major cities like Atlanta and Baltimore. But those attacks are going to all levels, and recent research has shown most municipalities and cities are ill-prepared for cyberattacks Research conducted by Donald Norris, PhD, and Laura Mateczun, JD, of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County along with William Hatcher, PhD, Wesley Meares, PhD, and John Heslen, PhD, of Augusta University, found various reasons why local governments struggle with cybersecurity.
Business Insider
I got paid $10,000 to move to Tulsa. I was able to buy a house and I’m significantly happier.
Aria Yang
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Lillian Griffith, a 25-year-old data engineer at General Motors, who moved to Tulsa for the Tulsa Remote program.
I initially heard about the Tulsa Remote program through my mom, who joined the program in 2021 and then referred me to it later. When my mom told me she was leaving Alpharetta, Georgia — where we’re from — and moving to Tulsa, Oklahoma, I said, “Well, good luck.” …However, after visiting, I saw how she was living her life and I began to fall in love with the place. I applied for the Tulsa Remote program in early 2022 and it only took me about a week to get tentatively approved. I was officially welcomed into the program in July 2022 and moved to Tulsa the next month, in August. …I graduated from Georgia Southern University in 2020 and lined up a job at General Motors in Roswell, Georgia. However, since Roswell is a very affluent and suburban area about 25 miles north of Atlanta, I realized pretty quickly that I wasn’t going to be able to afford to live there on my own. …I commuted to Roswell until I started my current position as a data engineer in May 2022. A couple months later, I was approved for the Tulsa Remote program.
WRBL
U.S.-Korea relations speaker series continues at CSU with discussion of post-war period
by: Olivia Yepez
Just over 70 years ago, the Korean War ended; however, the close of that conflict did not necessarily show any indication that a relationship between South Korea and the United States would continue, according to experts. Choosing to stay connected, they agreed was a strategic decision. In a discussion titled “US/Korean Relations in the Cold War and After” hosted by Columbus State University (CSU), panelists discussed factors which shaped ties between the United Sates and Korea in the period between the end of the Korean War in 1953 and initial North Korean missile tests in 2006. …CSU’s speaker series focused on the relationship between the United States and the Republic of Korea in the years since the armistice ending the Korean War will continue in 2024.
East Cobber
TRANSFORMING SMILES AND LIVES THROUGH DENTISTRY
Dr. Cristi Cheek has had a passion for dentistry since second grade. “I loved visiting my dentist in our hometown in Northeast Georgia. I always saw myself being the same kind of dentist – one who has great relationships with patients and makes visits enjoyable.” After graduating first in her class from the Medical College of Georgia, Dr. Cheek associated with a practice for two years before starting Cheek Dental in East Cobb, a practice she has owned for 21 years.
DPH
Free Testing for COVID and Flu Now Available at Testing Kiosks Throughout Coastal Health District
CHD Communications
Wondering if your cough is from COVID or the flu? Want to make sure you aren’t bringing either respiratory virus to your next family gathering? Now you can get free COVID and flu tests from seven testing kiosks in the Coastal Health District. The testing kiosks were previously used only for COVID testing. The kiosks now dispense two test kits – one for COVID and one for influenza. The kiosks in the Coastal Health District are operational 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in the following locations: … Georgia Southern University Armstrong Campus, Student Union – 11935 Abercorn Street in Savannah …Liberty Campus, Georgia Southern University – 175 West Memorial Drive in Hinesville
Savannah Morning News
Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic Jerry Saltz to speak at Georgia Southern’s Armstrong campus
Rob Hessler
“What I’m bringing is a wide open, no-holds-barred view of the art world,” said world-renowned New York-based art critic and bestselling author Jerry Saltz about his upcoming lecture, ‘The Art World Problem’ at Georgia Southern University’s Armstrong campus. “The art world can be very, very intimidating, and snooty, and annoying. I don’t deny any of that, and I am sure that I’m that way. But that is not the art world that I am interested in. I’m interested in a much wider, much more open, much more experimental, much more feral art world, if you will.” …“We really wanted to give back to the community,” Georgia Southern Associate Dean of Academic and Student Affairs Norton Pease explained of the decision to bring the critic to Savannah.
BVM Sports
Georgia Southern Men’s Basketball Starts 2023-24 Season Under New Head Coach Charlie Henry
The Georgia Southern men’s basketball team, led by new head coach Charlie Henry, is gearing up for the 2023-24 season. Despite a mostly new staff and roster, Henry has confidence in his squad as they prepare to face Georgia Tech in their season opener. The team aims to bring positive energy, great effort, and be coachable and great teammates. Henry acknowledges the challenge of expectations but is excited to measure the team against in-state and ACC opponents. The Eagles have added transfers and have returning players with experience. They will face a tough schedule against Power Five opponents but embrace the challenge. In addition, they look forward to Sun Belt conference play and aim to improve throughout the season. Georgia Southern hopes to make a strong start to the season under the leadership of Coach Henry.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Teen dies week after 4 shot near Georgia State University campus
2 students suffered injuries that were not life-threatening
By David Aaro
A 19-year-old woman has died, more than a week after four people, including two students, were shot near the Georgia State University campus in downtown Atlanta, authorities said Monday. The Oct. 29 gunfire erupted around 5 a.m. at the intersection of John Wesley Dobbs Avenue and Courtland Street, according to university officials. At the scene, officers found the teenager, who was not a student, with a gunshot wound. She was taken to the hospital in critical condition but died Sunday.
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Inside Higher Ed
Wisconsin Universities Strive to Recoup Withheld Funds
By Doug Lederman
The Universities of Wisconsin, the system that oversees the state’s four-year public institutions, unveiled a proposal Monday that is designed to recoup $32 million that state legislators withheld as a tactic to restrict the universities’ spending on diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Legislators held that amount of money back from the state’s budget for the 2023–25 biennium, over the objection of Governor Tony Evers and many Democrats, because that was reportedly how much the system spent on DEI efforts in the last two years.
Inside Higher Ed
Female Archaeologist’s Work Receives Overdue Recognition—90 Years Later
By Jessica Blake
The Library of Congress has taken a “historic step” in acknowledging the contributions of Mary Ellingson, a former University of Evansville archaeologist whose work was not recognized during her lifetime and had instead been wrongfully attributed to her male supervising professor for 90 years. According to a press release from the small, private university in Indiana, Ellingson’s name was officially added to the catalog entry of the Excavations at Olynthus series, a scholarly archaeological publication, in late October.
Inside Higher Ed
House Education Budget Cuts Federal Work-Study, Other Programs
By Katherine Knott
House Republicans are planning to zero out the budgets for programs that support student parents who need childcare and that help improve the quality of prospective and new teachers, among other cuts. As the House gears up to consider the Labor–Health and Human Services spending bill, which also includes the Education Department’s budget, lawmakers released more information about what exactly is in the legislation that controls nearly $200 billion in discretionary funding for all agencies—including $67.5 billion for the Education Department.
Higher Ed Dive
Adjunct faculty face low pay, minimal administrative support, AFT finds
A new American Federation of Teachers survey documents the struggles contingent faculty face, including a lack of healthcare benefits and job security.
Laura Spitalniak, Staff Reporter
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More than a quarter of adjunct faculty report annual earnings under $26,500, which is below the federal poverty line for a family of four. That’s according to survey data released October by American Federation of Teachers, a major union which represents 300,000 higher education workers. Many contingent faculty also lack access to employer benefits and have little, if any, job security, the survey found. For most, employment is only guaranteed for a term or semester at a time, the survey found. Among respondents who had been terminated for nonperformance reasons, almost 41% received less than a week’s notice.
Cybersecurity Dive
Microsoft overhauls cyber strategy to finally embrace security by default
The plan follows major backlash Microsoft experienced earlier this year for charging customers for additional security features.
David Jones, Reporter
Microsoft is overhauling its cybersecurity strategy, called the Secure Future Initiative, to incorporate key security features into its core set of technology platforms and cloud services. The plan follows a massive government and industry backlash to Microsoft after the state-linked email theft from the U.S. State Department. Microsoft came under fierce criticism from key members of Congress and federal officials who were concerned that the company was forcing federal agencies to rely on software products that lacked the necessary security features to protect against sophisticated attackers. The pushback related to the State Department case was that Microsoft was upcharging customers for additional, important security features. Microsoft plans to enable secure default settings out of the box, so customers will not have to engage with multiple configurations to make sure a product is protected against hackers.