University System News: www.gainesvilletimes.com Georgia Film Festival gives local filmmakers chance to display works of art https://www.gainesvilletimes.com/get-out/georgia-film-festival-gives-local-filmmakers-chance-display-works-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 […]

University System News: www.ajc.com Georgia Regents announce areas for new degree program https://www.ajc.com/news/local-education/georgia-regents-announce-degrees-for-new-program/PohWvLdeM4ikmYEVQkmS1K/ By Eric Stirgus University System of Georgia Chancellor Steve Wrigley announced Tuesday the first two areas of study for its new “Nexus” degree program: blockchain technology and data analysis. The Nexus degree, announced in February, is aimed at working directly with leaders […]

University System News: www.wtxl.com Bainbridge State College holds first graduation ceremony since being merged http://www.wtxl.com/news/bainbridge-state-college-holds-first-graduation-ceremony-since-being-consolidated/article_2896bab6-5496-11e8-8e04-dba371915bc8.html 155 students at Bainbridge State College walked across the stage at their annual graduation ceremony on Wednesday. This is the first graduation since Bainbridge State College consolidated with Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC). In January, the two rural colleges merged […]

University System News: www.augustachronicle.com Economic impact by local colleges large http://www.augustachronicle.com/news/20180513/economic-impact-by-local-colleges-large By Amanda King Just a few blocks from The Bee’s Knees and Hive, the Augusta University Cyber Institute’s new home at the Georgia Cyber Center for Innovation and Training is nearing completion, and that’s something restaurant owner Eric Kinlaw knows will be good for […]

University System News: www.nytimes.com Georgia State Reinvents Itself as an Engine of Social Mobility https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/15/us/georgia-state-african-americans.html By Richard Fausset …But the college has been reimagined — amid a moral awakening and a raft of data-driven experimentation — as one of the South’s more innovative engines of social mobility. By focusing on retaining low-income students, rather than […]

University System News: www.times-georgian.com ‘Leaps of faith’: First-generation college students to graduate UWG http://www.times-georgian.com/news/local/leaps-of-faith-first-generation-college-students-to-graduate-uwg/article_8ceaaa06-5331-11e8-8d24-cffeda74a3ab.html Colton Campbell/For the Times-Georgian When Taylor Smith was 13 years old, his father told him he wanted his son to use his brain, not his body, to be successful. Smith’s father, a tradesman since he was 18 years old, had regular […]

University System News: www.myajc.com Governor signs new Georgia budget that finally fully funds schools https://www.myajc.com/news/state–regional-govt–politics/governor-signs-new-georgia-budget-that-finally-fully-funds-schools/216udSOWicdrw7q9hmNQmJ/?utm_source=eGaMorning&utm_campaign=0bd5b96902-eGaMorning-5_3_18&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_54a77f93dd-0bd5b96902-86731974&mc_cid=0bd5b96902&mc_eid=32a9bd3c56 By James Salzer – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Educators long complained that the state shorted public schools, but a booming economy is helping Gov. Nathan Deal and lawmakers keep that from happening again in the upcoming year. Deal on Wednesday signed […]

University System News: www.patch.com High School Student, Working Adult Celebrate Academic Milestones He joins a number of other high school students who will also be throwing two caps in the air this graduation season. https://patch.com/georgia/cartersville/high-school-student-working-adult-celebrate-academic-milestones By News Desk William Evans will be joining hundreds of other college graduates at Georgia Highlands College’s Commencement on Saturday, […]

University System News: www.onlineathens.com Job market much improved for new UGA grads http://www.onlineathens.com/news/20180503/job-market-much-improved-for-new-uga-grads By Sara Freeland After Taylor Smith graduates from the University of Georgia, he’s headed to the major leagues. He’s not an athlete; he’s going to be a research and development analyst for the Tampa Bay Rays. He will run statistics and use […]

University System News: www.politics.myajc.com Ga. high court won’t hear case for in-state tuition for DACA students https://politics.myajc.com/news/state–regional-govt–politics/high-court-won-hear-case-for-state-tuition-for-daca-students/haRA9hLOm6N0J1BV19AipJ/ By Jeremy Redmon – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday decided against hearing a lawsuit in favor of allowing immigrants who have been granted a temporary reprieve from deportation to pay in-state tuition at state […]