University System News: www.businessinsider.com 25 colleges where students love life http://www.businessinsider.com/colleges-with-the-best-student-life-2016-8?utm_source=eGaMorning&utm_campaign=3d1977ee78-9_8_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_54a77f93dd-3d1977ee78-86731974/#25-indiana-university-at-bloomington-1 Emmie Martin University of Georgia  When choosing where to go to college, academics isn’t the only factor to consider. College years are formative for young adults, so the extracurricular, recreational, and social opportunities offered by schools play an important role in the overall collegiate […]

University System News: www.macon.com Georgia College education programs land national rankings http://www.macon.com/news/local/education/article99500967.html BY JEREMY TIMMERMAN Georgia College’s education programs picked up some honors recently. The college’s early childhood education and special education degree programs were ranked in the top 20 nationally by the website www.teacher.org, which uses the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System for its […]

USG Institutions: www.goldenisles.news CCGA students volunteerism is much appreciated http://goldenisles.news/opinion/daily_editorial/ccga-students-volunteerism-is-much-appreciated/article_61233b18-f3e2-5ca2-a963-d0b22657f4c4.html For college students at College of Coastal Georgia, there are many important programs on campus for which they can volunteer. Yet as many of them learned Tuesday, Glynn County has many nonprofits that offer mutual benefits for the organizations and the students. At CCGA, all […]

University System News: www.georgiatrend.com Georgia’s 2016 Higher Education Directory http://www.georgiatrend.com/September-2016/Georgias-2016-Higher-Education-Directory/ Compiled by Christy Simo Here in Georgia, if you want to get a good education, there are plenty of options, from the 29 public colleges of the University System of Georgia (USG) that serve more than 300,000 students and the 22-school Technical College System of […]

University System News: www.bizjournals.com Gov. Deal headed to Ireland for trade, football http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2016/08/30/gov-deal-headed-to-ireland-for-trade-football.html Dave Williams Staff Writer, Atlanta Business Chronicle Gov. Nathan Deal will mix business and football when he travels to Ireland Wednesday for a five-day trade mission. While the governor plans meetings with Irish companies with operations in Georgia, he also will take […]

University System News: www.insidehighered.com Consolidating for Success Will merger with Georgia State U, a completion rate success story, boost the rock-bottom graduation rates of two-year Georgia Perimeter College? https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/08/30/completion-rates-are-key-georgia-state-us-merger-georgia-perimeter-college?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=907eb6a579-DNU20160830&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-907eb6a579-197670641&mc_cid=907eb6a579&mc_eid=167827310f By Ashley A. Smith Most college mergers are driven by finances. For example, demographics change in a region and policy makers feel there’s a need for […]

University System News: www.theatlantavoice.com Georgia Is – The Hollywood of the South http://theatlantavoice.com/news/2016/aug/27/georgia-hollywood-south/ By Stan Washington In less than a decade, Georgia and Atlanta has solidified its position and has rightly earned the title as the “Hollywood of the South.” Television and film production had an impact of more than $7 billion in the fiscal […]

USG Institutions: www.statesboroherald.com Officials: Zika not a local danger Reported single Bulloch case is travel related http://www.statesboroherald.com/section/1/article/75946/ BY Holli Deal Saxon While a solitary case of travel-related Zika virus infection was reported in Bulloch County Wednesday, local city and health officials say there is no cause for panic. Measures to prevent Zika and other mosquito-borne […]

USG Institutions: www.ajc.com Does your college major even exist anymore? Georgia revamps majors statewide http://www.ajc.com/news/news/state-regional-education/does-your-college-major-even-exist-anymore-georgia/nsLYx/ Ben Brasch, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The University System of Georgia approved a slew of additions, deletions and changes to dozens of majors at universities throughout the state. Universities ranging from Coastal Pines Technical College to the University of Georgia have […]

University System News: www.mdjonline.com KSU Whistleblower seeks $1.5 million http://www.mdjonline.com/news/ksu-whistleblower-seeks-million/article_ac463e3c-69a0-11e6-913c-c76cb404c1d2.html Anthony White A Kennesaw State University employee has filed suit based on claims she was slandered and “suffered adverse work conditions and retaliatory isolation” after she refused to lie about the business dealings of her supervisor and called those dealings to the attention of university […]