University System News: www.myajc.com Classroom technology also helping with college readiness http://www.myajc.com/news/local-education/classroom-technology-also-helping-with-college-readiness/t4DTUqNzocDcd7U1aYHgaO/?utm_source=eGaMorning&utm_campaign=907aac3d5c-eGaMorning-8_25_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_54a77f93dd-907aac3d5c-86731974&mc_cid=907aac3d5c&mc_eid=32a9bd3c56 By Marlon A. Walker – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The DeKalb County School District is handing out more than 70,000 desktops and laptops to teachers and students hoping to increase classroom collaboration between students and with teachers while boosting parental involvement. Gary Brantley, the […]

University System News: www.ajc.com Georgia colleges need more state support, studies say http://www.ajc.com/news/local-education/georgia-colleges-need-more-state-support-studies-say/LvX9AVZ0gQgEesaENuchaL/ Eric Stirgus The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Two organizations have issued new reports reaching the same conclusion: The state of Georgia is not doing enough financially to help students graduate from its colleges. The Washington, D.C.-based Center on Budget and Policy Priorities released a […]

University System News: www.ajc.com Georgia Lt. Gov. candidate proposes locking in college tuition for incoming freshmen http://www.ajc.com/news/local-education/georgia-gov-candidate-proposes-locking-college-tuition-for-incoming-freshmen/l8t8mJFBf9EbrzZRCeOMEP/ Eric Stirgus A Republican candidate for lieutenant governor is proposing a plan to reduce costs for students at Georgia’s colleges and universities that includes locking in tuition for incoming freshmen. Tuition for incoming freshmen will be locked in […]

University System News: www.bizjournals.com University System of Georgia economic impact grows by 8 percent https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2017/08/21/university-system-of-georgia-economic-impact-grows.html Dave Williams Staff Writer Atlanta Business Chronicle Georgia’s public colleges and universities generated an economic impact of $16.8 billion during fiscal 2016, up 8 percent from the previous year. About two-thirds of that impact came from spending by University System […]

University System News: www.savannahceo.com Armstrong Professor Named to University System of Georgia College 2025 Initiative Working Group http://savannahceo.com/news/2017/08/armstrong-professor-named-university-system-georgia-college-2025-initiative-working-group/ Staff Report From Savannah CEO University System of Georgia Chancellor Steve Wrigley recently named Armstrong State University Associate Professor of Communications and African-American Studies Elizabeth F. Desnoyers-Colas, Ph.D., to the College 2025 Initiative working group. The group […]

University System News: www.wltx.com Mother on Disease That Killed Son: ‘I Just Wouldn’t Wish That on Anyone’ http://www.wltx.com/news/health/georgia-student-meningitus-b-death/464934752 Joe Henke and Phillip Kish , WXIA Twenty years ago this month, tragedy struck the Bozof family. Evan Bozof was a 20-year-old pre-med honors student and baseball pitcher at Georgia Southwestern State University. He originally thought he […]

University System News: www.11alive.com Doctors urge Georgia college students to get Meningitis B vaccine http://www.11alive.com/news/doctors-urge-georgia-college-students-to-get-meningitis-b-vaccine/464768795 Jennifer Leslie, WXIA Four physician groups in Georgia will hand-deliver a letter to University System of Georgia Chancellor Steve Wrigley Wednesday to urge him to encourage students to get a new meningitis vaccine. The Georgia State Medical Association, Medical Association […]

University System News: www.onlineathens.com Campus bustles as UGA classes begin http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2017-08-14/campus-bustles-uga-classes-begin?utm_source=eGaMorning&utm_campaign=6e213c6c2c-eGaMorning-8_15_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_54a77f93dd-6e213c6c2c-86731974&mc_cid=6e213c6c2c&mc_eid=32a9bd3c56 By Lee Shearer The University of Georgia campus was a study in motion Monday as classes got underway for the state’s flagship campus. More than 36,000 students began classes, including nearly 6,000 first-year students, who jammed buses, sidewalks and corridors as they made their […]

University System News: www.myajc.com Georgia college students will now earn HOPE GPA boost in many science and math classes http://www.myajc.com/news/local-education/georgia-college-students-will-now-earn-hope-gpa-boost-many-science-and-math-classes/vfNVGHHlTcIqx2Mc6J3uoN/ By Maureen Downey – Get Schooled Georgia Tech students long lamented they lost their HOPE Scholarships because their science and math classes were tougher than what many peers at other colleges were taking. Their contention: […]

University System News: www.bizjournals.com University System looks to future with College 2025 https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2017/08/11/university-system-looks-to-future-with-college.html Dave Williams Staff Writer, Atlanta Business Chronicle Recognizing Georgia’s public colleges and universities need to change with the times, the University System of Georgia is launching an initiative aimed at developing innovative ways to help students graduate on time. “We’ve been doing […]