University System News: www.thebrunswicknews.com CCGA presidential search committee holds first meeting http://thebrunswicknews.com/news/local_news/ccga-presidential-search-committee-holds-first-meeting/article_ca5b7e6c-28ed-5989-b6db-5f05b7316fe0.html By LAUREN MCDONALD College of Coastal Georgia kicked off the search process Tuesday for its next president. The presidential search committee came together for the first time and received its charge from University System of Georgia Chancellor Steve Wrigley. “This is your committee […]

University System News: www.ajc.com Judge hopes to rule soon on campus carry injunction demand http://www.myajc.com/news/local-education/judge-hopes-rule-soon-campus-carry-injunction-demand/XyvSIu6ARt1xvrLlXyY2DM/ By Eric Stirgus – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution A team of attorneys made their case before a judge in Fulton County Superior Court Monday to stop Georgia’s public colleges and universities from continuing the state’s new campus carry law. The attorneys, […]

University System News: www.statesboroherald.com Town Hall meetings requested before Georgia Southern enfolds Armstrong Final consolidation vote by Regents may happen in December http://www.statesboroherald.com/section/1/article/82821/ By Al Hackle Georgia Southern donor and alumnus Burney Marsh asked the University System of Georgia Board of Regents to hold town hall meetings presenting the final plan for Armstrong State University’s […]

University System News: www.ajc.com Report finds Kennesaw State didn’t follow guidance after cheerleaders took a knee http://www.ajc.com/news/local-education/report-finds-kennesaw-state-didn-follow-guidance-after-cheerleaders-took-knee/smTiOUD3D7aHF88rh9fozL/ Eric Stirgus Kennesaw State University didn’t follow guidance from state officials when it made changes last month that kept cheerleaders from kneeling  on the football field during the national anthem to protest police misconduct and racial inequality, according […]

University System News: www.mdjonline.com DICK YARBROUGH: Paying tribute to the legacy of Dr. Betty Siegel http://www.mdjonline.com/opinion/dick-yarbrough-paying-tribute-to-the-legacy-of-dr-betty/article_e544d7fc-ce5d-11e7-acf2-1fb9f6cff334.html Riding back from Athens one afternoon a number of years ago with the late Otis Brumby, Jr., publisher of the Marietta Daily Journal, he told me of a recent phone call he had received from a reader who sounded […]

University System News: www.myajc.com Georgia Board of Regents looks to logistics to grow educational opportunities http://www.myajc.com/news/local-education/georgia-board-regents-looks-logistics-grow-educational-opportunities/mZatkOejesglTiYfxxsM5J/ By Eric Stirgus University System of Georgia officials discussed Wednesday how helping students improve their expertise in logistics may help the state in a growing segment of the economy. Dalton State College officials gave a presentation about its bachelor […]

University System News: www.albanyherald.com James Hull elected Board of Regents chair; Don Waters named vice-chair Newly elected officials will serve one-year terms beginning Jan. 1 http://www.albanyherald.com/news/local/health/james-hull-elected-board-of-regents-chair-don-waters-named/article_8fe45916-e940-5e56-bcdd-22bd75087187.html Staff Reports The Board of Regents, the 19-member governing body for the University System of Georgia, on Wednesday elected Regent James M. Hull to a one-year term as the […]

University System News: www.ajc.com Georgia college students, activists protest tuition policy http://www.ajc.com/news/local-education/georgia-college-students-activists-protest-tuition-policy/6F7lI6znl9zRH2RNS4k6TP/ Eric Stirgus A group of veteran civil rights activists and more than a dozen students appealed Wednesday to the Georgia Board of Regents to change policies they say discriminate against immigrant students without legal status. The demonstrators want the board to remove a […]

University System News: www.myajc.com Georgia students say tax plan will hurt education http://www.myajc.com/news/local-education/georgia-students-say-tax-plan-will-hurt-education/m6s3WjEV82ZRSPAKOwj82N/ By Eric Stirgus – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Georgia college students are mounting a campaign to remove a provision from the federal House Republican tax plan they fear will cause some students to drop out, cause a decline in scientific research productivity and […]

University System News: www.albanyherald.com Marion Fedrick Fedrick discusses first month on job at Albany State University ASU official sees potential for partnerships between ASU, community http://www.albanyherald.com/news/local/marion-fedrick-fedrick-discusses-first-month-on-job-at-albany/article_c5ac9046-ffaa-5816-9510-2d827c2bf95e.html By Terry Lewis ALBANY — After a month on the job, Albany State University interim Executive Vice President Marion Fedrick took some time Friday to reflect on her new […]