Keep your eyes and ears open for GHC advertising when you are out and about! More and more our name will be popping up in our communities in media outlets in an effort to enhance our name and brand recognition. A few places to look include: • Back lit signage in Arbor Place Mall in […]
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JEANS IN JULY
Do you want to wear blue jeans to work in July? Here’s how: President Green is bringing back the campaign from January and allowing employees to wear jeans to work any day of the month in July but you have to pay to play! (Participation is optional of course) To participate in “Jeans in July”, […]
USG e-clips from June 25, 2015
USG Institutions: www.macon.com Accreditation group denies Middle Georgia State’s bid for master’s program http://www.macon.com/2015/06/24/3813234/middle-georgia-state-wont-offer.html BY DAVID SCHICK Middle Georgia State College will still become a university on July 1, but it will not be able to offer a master’s degree program this fall as it had intended. Earlier this month, the Southern Association of Colleges […]
USG e-clips from June 24, 2015
University System News: www.myajc.com Georgia benefits from “STEM” teacher training fellowship http://www.myajc.com/news/news/local-education/georgia-benefits-from-stem-teacher-training-fellow/nmjx8/ By Ty Tagami – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Georgia’s poorest schools will get three dozen trained “STEM” teachers next year because of a program financed by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. The organization pioneered the teacher-training program in Michigan and is bringing it […]
USG e-clips from June 19, 2015
USG Institutions: www.bizjournals.com The 100 Most Influential Atlantans for 2015 http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2015/06/19/the-100-most-influential-atlantans-of-2015.html#g38 Hank Huckaby Chancellor, University System of Georgia G.P. “Bud” Peterson, President, Georgia Tech; Mark Becker, President, Georgia State University; Daniel Papp, President, Kennesaw State University www.bizjournals.com Most Influential Atlantans speak http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print-edition/2015/06/19/most-influential-atlantans-speak.html Mark Meltzer Atlanta Business Chronicle Each year, Atlanta Business Chronicle names its 100 […]
USG e-clips from June 22, 2015
University System News: www.northwestgeorgianews.com GUEST COLUMN: Georgia college opportunities lifted the ceiling off my dreams http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/opinion/columns/guest-column-georgia-college-opportunities-lifted-the-ceiling-off-my/article_fe059112-163d-11e5-b2e8-6fb2a29e63e0.html Candice Coulter After graduation I was headed back to my hometown Detroit, but my mom had heard about this new college. We came to Georgia Gwinnett College for a tour, and I fell in love with its vision and […]
USG e-clips from June 23, 2015
University System News: www.ajc.com Georgia agency releases education report card http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local-education/georgia-agency-releases-education-report-card/nmjRs/ Ty Tagami The Georgia Governor’s Office of Student Achievement has published graduation rates, student retention rates, teacher quality and other educational “report card” measures on its website. The 2013-14 data include elementary and high school test scores, and more obscure metrics: the percentage of […]
USG e-clips from June 18, 2015
University System News: www.ajc.com Ga. Supreme Court to hear tuition case for undocumented immigrants http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local-education/ga-supreme-court-to-hear-tuition-case-for-undocume/nmfKD/ The Georgia Supreme Court agreed this week agreed to hear oral arguments in a case involving in-state tuition at Georgia’s public colleges for certain immigrant students. The case involves a lawsuit filed against the state’s Board of Regents by a […]
USG e-clips from June 11, 2015
University System News: www.northwestgeorgianews.com Deal: Georgia nets low rates, earns top marks for bonds http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/associated_press/news/politics/deal-georgia-nets-low-rates-earns-top-marks-for-bonds/article_3cf11434-0fa2-11e5-b1d1-13faa1d9fb21.html Gov. Nathan Deal announced today that Georgia has maintained its AAA bond rating and sold $1.28 billion in three different series of general obligation bonds to fund capital projects throughout the state, which range from construction on new university buildings […]
USG e-clips from June 12, 2015
University System News: www.washingtonpost.com College initiatives seek to combat sexual assault http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2015/06/12/college-initiatives-seek-to-combat-sexual-assault/ By Nick Anderson Here are some things college and university officials are saying about efforts to prevent sexual violence and help those who report it. Dozens of current and recent students who participated in a Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation poll on sexual assault […]