University System News: www.bizjournals.com $1.2 billion UGA campaign kicks off with $30 million Woodruff gift http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2016/11/18/1-2b-uga-campaign-kicks-off-with-30m-woodruff.html?utm_source=eGaMorning&utm_campaign=6c7623e98c-11_18_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_54a77f93dd-6c7623e98c-86731974 Maria Saporta Contributing Writer, Atlanta Business Chronicle The University of Georgia kicked off its $1.2 billion fundraising campaign Nov. 17 at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, using the occasion to announce the largest single gift it has ever received […]

University System News: www.thepostsearchlight.com Bainbridge State College to participate in International Fraud Awareness Week http://www.thepostsearchlight.com/2016/11/11/bainbridge-state-college-to-participate-in-international-fraud-awareness-week/ By Susanne Reynolds Special to The Post-Searchlight Bainbridge State College is proud to be a participant in The University System of Georgia’s (USG) International Fraud Awareness Week, Nov. 13-19, 2016.  In support of this effort, BSC will be hosting activities […]

University System News: www.albanyherald.com Search starts for Georgia Southwestern State University president A presidential search committee is to be in place by the end of December http://www.albanyherald.com/news/local/search-starts-for-georgia-southwestern-state-university-president/article_3d84c186-00bb-5f1d-809a-f26b1ba4589c.html From Staff Reports ATLANTA — The University System of Georgia has launched a nationwide search for a new president for Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus. Board of […]

University System News: www.ledger-enquirer.com Columbus State’s newest building to be named after former president http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/education/article113730934.html BY MARK RICE The $27 million project producing Columbus State University’s new home for its College of Education and Health Professions will be named for the former CSU president who started the institution’s expansion explosion resulting in $112 million being […]

University System News: www.ajc.com www.ajc.com Georgia State’s $53M Turner Field redevelopment plan approved http://www.ajc.com/news/local-education/georgia-state-53m-turner-field-redevelopment-plan-approved/7GNOtIxm0xzYwcWVaPf8HL/ Molly Bloom Scott Trubey  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Georgia State University will spend $52.8 million to buy and redevelop Turner Field and nearby properties, with most of the money cobbled together from money saved from bookstore profits, building rentals, student housing payments […]

University System News: www.middlegeorgiaceo.com MGA Supports Georgia’s ‘Apply to College’ Month http://middlegeorgiaceo.com/news/2016/11/mga-supports-georgias-apply-college-month/ Staff Report From Middle Georgia CEO Middle Georgia State University, already the most affordable public state university in Georgia, is even more of a bargain for anyone who applies for admission in November. Gov. Nathan Deal has proclaimed November “Georgia Apply to College […]

University System News: www.walb.com VSU one step closer to naming new president http://www.walb.com/story/33642857/vsu-one-step-closer-to-naming-new-president By Alex Weaver, Reporter Valdosta State University faculty, staff, and students will welcome four presidential search finalists to campus this week.  The finalists are Doctor Kelli Brown, the interim president, Doctor Richard Carvajal, Darton State College’s interim president, Doctor Christopher Maples, past […]

University System News: www.publicnow.com November Is Georgia Apply To College Month http://www.publicnow.com/view/BFFED8E66BCA27DA6F340C028AEAF5678AC49977 By going to college, you expand not only your mind but your range of opportunities. Studies show that along with a college degree, students gain advantages in terms of income, health and community involvement. With that in mind, an official proclamation signed by […]

University System News: www.wfxl.com How ASU, Darton economically impact Southwest GA http://wfxl.com/news/local/how-asu-darton-economically-impact-southwest-ga?utm_source=eGaMorning&utm_campaign=fe18beeb51-11_3_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_54a77f93dd-fe18beeb51-86731974 by Jazmyne Hankerson Albany, GA — A recent study out of the University of Georgia said that in 2015 Darton State College and Albany State University combined to have a $285 million impact on the region. For a region this size, what goes […]

University System News: www.ledger-enquirer.com Downtown braces for parking impact as Columbus State expansion opens http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article111889602.html BY CHUCK WILLIAMS Those who park in downtown Columbus are bracing for the impact certain to come when Columbus State University relocates a large portion of its College of Education and Health Professions early next year. A new $27 million […]