University System News:
www.gainesvilletimes.com
Georgia Film Festival gives local filmmakers chance to display works of art
Stories of mechanics turned drag-racers and groundbreaking female golfers are headlining the Georgia Film Festival this weekend. The Georgia Film Festival is coming Friday, Saturday and Sunday to the University of North Georgia’s Gainesville campus. The festival was previously known as the Skyline International Film Festival and now offers local filmmakers a chance to show off their work to the public and the Atlanta film industry.
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Georgia Southern president to step down this summer to ‘pursue other opportunities’
By Dal Cannady, Reporter
Georgia Southern University President Dr. Jaimie Hebert has announced he will step down from his position this summer to pursue other opportunities. His resignation will take effect on June 30, 2018. Dr. Hebert has served as GSU president since July 1, 2016. He was the thirteenth president in school history. …The University System of Georgia Chancellor, Steve Wrigley, has named Shelley Clark Nickel as GSU’s interim president. Nickel currently serves as USG executive vice chancellor for strategy and fiscal affairs and treasurer for the Board of Regents.
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Georgia Southern University President Jaimie Hebert resigns
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Georgia Southern University president plans to step down, interim president named
Georgia Southern University President Jaimie Hebert leaving ‘to pursue other opportunities’
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Georgia Southern University President announces plans to step down
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Georgia Southern president leaving job after 2 years
http://www.cbs46.com/story/38205780/georgia-southern-president-leaving-job-after-2-years
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Georgia Southern’s President Hebert Leaving Position After Only Two Years
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This Life: DACA student: ‘We just want to better ourselves’
https://www.myajc.com/lifestyles/daca-student-just-want-better-ourselves/rJAu2qW2pLp9TaNyDUmRxJ/
By Gracie Bonds Staples – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Georgia Supreme Court decided last week not to hear a case in favor of allowing immigrants with temporary permission to stay in the U.S. to pay in-state tuition to attend college. It was yet another blow to Sergio Blanco, who’d held out hope that instead of working full time and attending Georgia Highlands College part time, he could finally make education his top priority. “We pay taxes like anybody else in this state,” the 22-year-old said just hours after the decision made headlines. “I feel like we are productive members of society. It’s upsetting to know that the court doesn’t see it that way.” In order for a student to receive in-state tuition, the University System of Georgia requires verification of “lawful presence” in the country. The Board of Regents has said students with temporary permission to stay under a 2012 program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or DACA don’t qualify.
Higher Education News:
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Michigan State Will Pay $500 Million to Settle With Victims of Larry Nassar
By Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz
Michigan State University will pay $500 million to settle with the victims of Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse, the university announced on Wednesday in a news release. Nassar, a former Michigan State professor of osteopathic medicine and team physician for USA Gymnastics, was convicted of sexually assaulting hundreds of young women and girls, and hundreds of lawsuits, representing 332 victims, were filed against the university. Michigan State will pay $425 million now and put $75 million in a trust fund for anyone who alleges in the future that Nassar sexually abused them, according to the release. The settlement applies only to Michigan State and “MSU individuals sued in the litigation,” the release states. “This historic settlement came about through the bravery of more than 300 women and girls who had the courage to stand up and refuse to be silenced,” said John Manly, a lawyer representing the survivors, in a written statement.