University System News: www.metroatlantaceocom Clayton State University Announces Winners of Atlanta Metro Studios’ James D. Brubaker Film Scholarship http://metroatlantaceo.com/news/2017/07/clayton-state-university-announces-winners-atlanta-metro-studios-james-d-brubaker-film-scholarship/ Staff Report From Metro Atlanta CEO Clayton State University has announced the recipients of Atlanta Metro Studios’ 2017 James D. Brubaker Film Scholarship. The film industry scholarship was given to these deserving Fulton County High School […]

University System News: www.insidehighered.com The Merger Vortex Mergers are hard, but they’re likely to be a topic of interest going forward, even if they don’t all make it off the drawing board, leaders with experience tell audience at NACUBO meeting. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/08/01/higher-ed-mergers-are-difficult-likely-grow-popularity-speakers-say By Rick Seltzer MINNEAPOLIS — Mounting fiscal pressures on higher education institutions would seem […]

University System News: www.savannahnow.com Academic structure for new Armstrong-Georgia Southern coming next month http://savannahnow.com/news/2017-07-26/academic-structure-new-armstrong-georgia-southern-coming-next-month By Dash Coleman An academic plan for a combined Armstrong-Georgia Southern University will be complete early next month. Georgia Southern President Jaimie Hebert says officials from both schools are working with University System of Georgia staff to finalize departmental structures, program […]

University System News: www.ajc.com Making the Grade: Tuition waiver gives seniors 2nd chance at learning http://www.ajc.com/news/local/making-the-grade-tuition-waiver-gives-seniors-2nd-chance-learning/vHKP2hwoy6l9nMrW4W1opM/ H.M. Cauley For the AJC Even though Roger DePuy, 75, had an accomplished career with IBM and retired comfortably in 2010, there was one thing he regretted not having done. “I went to college when I was 18, but […]

University System News: www.myajc.com Georgia policy on investigating campus sexual misconduct may change http://www.myajc.com/news/local-education/georgia-policy-investigating-campus-sexual-misconduct-may-change/lDJn5JcKBlfbBnCyvYQ5KM/ By Eric Stirgus – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The Georgia Board of Regents may approve revised guidelines next month on how it investigates sexual misconduct at the state’s four-year public colleges and universities. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution obtained a draft of the student […]

University System News: www.ajc.com Georgia officials considering changes to college sexual misconduct policy http://www.ajc.com/news/local-education/georgia-officials-considering-changes-college-sexual-misconduct-policy/oZjpxFYOC1Sb3Xiz0TDd3M/ Eric Stirgus University System of Georgia officials are looking into making changes to how it investigates sexual misconduct on its campuses and may approve new guidelines next month, officials told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Friday. The AJC obtained a draft policy […]

University System News: www.bizjournals.com Georgia State University, Delta make gains on Atlanta’s 25 largest employers list https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2017/07/21/georgia-state-university-went-on-an-atlanta-hiring.html Eric Mandel Digital Producer Atlanta Business Chronicle More Georgia employees work for Delta Air Lines than any other public or private entity in the state. But it was the Panthers at Georgia State University that went on the […]

University System News: www.chronicle.augusta.com MCG makes portable ultrasound training part of medical education http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2017-07-19/mcg-makes-portable-ultrasound-training-part-medical-education By Tom Corwin Staff Writer Medical College of Georgia student Kristine Martin squirted gel onto Judy Waldrop’s bare midsection and then positioned the transducer of the portable ultrasound on her skin. …As a third-year medical student at MCG at Augusta University, […]

University System News: www.athensceo.com Fundraising Skyrockets at UGA http://athensceo.com/news/2017/07/fundraising-skyrockets-uga/?utm_source=eGaMorning&utm_campaign=cd64a2fce1-eGaMorning-7_19_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_54a77f93dd-cd64a2fce1-86731974&mc_cid=cd64a2fce1&mc_eid=32a9bd3c56 Staff Report From Athens CEO In the first year of the public phase of the Commit to Georgia Campaign, University of Georgia donors set a record in fundraising, contributing $227.8 million in new gifts and pledges. “When we launched the public phase of the campaign last […]

University System News: www.ledger-enquirer.com Fundraising records being set at University of Georgia http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/education/article161804198.html?utm_source=eGaMorning&utm_campaign=87ace06229-eGaMorning-7_18_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_54a77f93dd-87ace06229-86731974&mc_cid=87ace06229&mc_eid=32a9bd3c56 BY LARRY GIERER Fundraising continues to mushroom at the University of Georgia. According to a report by Katie DeGenova on the school’s website, in the first year of the public phase of the Commit to Georgia Campaign, school donors set a record […]