E-clips for February 19, 2015 Public Relations Admin Comm on behalf of USG Communications Thu 2/19/2015 4:28 PM To: Public Relations Admin Comm ; USG Institutions: www.onlineathens.com UGA eases free speech rules, but maybe not enough to end lawsuit http://onlineathens.com/uga/2015-02-18/uga-eases-free-speech-rules-maybe-not-enough-end-lawsuit By LEE SHEARER Protestors and speakers on the University of Georgia campus will no longer […]

USG Institutions: www.ledger-enquirere.com CSU presidential search committee narrows field http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2015/02/12/3563051_csu-presidential-search-committee.html?rh=1 BY MARK RICE mrice@ledger-enquirer.com The search for Columbus State University’s next president has been narrowed from more than 50 applicants to 11 candidates. The 17-member selection committee met in closed session for four hours Wednesday to whittle the field, CSU assistant vice president for university […]

USG Institutions: www.onlineathens.com Minority student populations on the rise at UGA http://onlineathens.com/uga/2015-02-14/minority-student-populations-rise-uga By LEE SHEARER The University of Georgia has grown more diverse over the past two decades, but today’s enrollment is not quite the mix that it might have expected back in 1994. In 1994, more than 87 percent of UGA students were white, […]

USG Institutions: www.live5news.com New technology helps prepare nursing students for future jobs http://www.live5news.com/story/28122866/new-technology-helps-prepare-nursing-students-for-future-jobs By LC Chandler ALBANY, GA (WALB) – New technology is preparing nursing students at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College for jobs in the evolving health care industry. Telehealth technology can be especially important in rural areas where people don’t have access to specialists. […]

University System News: www.news.morningstar.com The Institute for Healthcare Information Technology (IHIT) Leads Collaboration Between Healthcare IT Vendors & Educators http://news.morningstar.com/all/business-wire/BWIPREM20150211005667/the-institute-for-healthcare-information-technology-ihit-leads-collaboration-between-healthcare-it-vendors-educators.aspx In support of Georgia’s growing Healthcare IT industry, the Institute for Healthcare Information Technology (IHIT) recently met with Georgia Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle, to bring Healthcare IT vendors and Educators together with a goal of […]

University System News: www.ajc.com Emotional pleas, but no vote on in-state tuition bill for immigrants http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local-education/emotional-pleas-but-no-vote-on-in-state-tuition-bi/nj8DG/ Janel Davis The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Despite advance notice that no vote would be taken Tuesday, a full contingent of immigrant students and supporters turned out at a Senate committee, urging lawmakers to pass legislation granting in-state tuition for certain […]

University System News: www.mdjonline.com Batter up! ’17 Braves tickets soon to go on sale http://mdjonline.com/view/full_story/26457419/article-Batter-up—17-Braves-tickets-soon-to-go-on-sale by Joe Kirby, Otis A. Brumby III and Lee B. Garrett, – Around Town Columnists …THE GEORGIA SENATE’S Higher Education Committee holds a hearing at 3 p.m. today on a bill that would allow those in the country illegally who […]

University System News: www.myajc.com Corporate combos offer lessons for merging colleges http://www.myajc.com/news/business/corporate-combos-offer-lessons-for-merging-college/nj4r2/#55a20834.3566685.735638 By Russell Grantham – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Since 2012, Georgia’s public university system has launched mergers of a dozen state schools to cut costs and improve services, partly inspired by similar moves in the business world. The latest: Kennesaw State and Marietta’s Southern […]