University System News: www.bizjournals.com How constant change is transforming state’s universities http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print-edition/2015/08/07/how-constant-change-is-transforming-state-s.html Maria Saporta Contributing Writer, Atlanta Business Chronicle When Hank Huckaby was asked in 2011 to cut short his four-month-long tenure as a state representative to join Gov. Nathan Deal’s administration as the chancellor of the University System of Georgia, he asked the governor […]

University System News: www.wdef.com Kennesaw State professor chosen to lead film training effort http://www.wdef.com/news/state/story/Kennesaw-State-professor-chosen-to-lead-film/lcpokIr2P0aa6LLeArU1fQ.cspx ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia higher education officials say they have chosen a 28-year veteran of the film and television industry to lead a new effort training more people to work on productions. Jeffrey Stepakoff will act as the executive director of […]

University System News: www.wabe.org Ga.’s College System Chancellor Talks Education Issues, More http://wabe.org/post/ga-s-college-system-chancellor-talks-education-issues-more By WABE STAFF Thousands of Georgia students are going back to school this week. Most of the attention is focused on elementary and high school children, but Georgia’s colleges and universities are getting ready for a new year, too, with the start […]

USG Institutions: www.valdostadailytimes.com VSU Hosts Competency-Based Education Workshop http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/news/education/vsu-hosts-competency-based-education-workshop/article_264f0ae6-3799-11e5-b89c-1b7aba097a70.html VALDOSTA – Valdosta State University, University of West Georgia, and University System of Georgia faculty and staff attended a Competency-Based Education Workshop July 20-22 at VSU. Presented by the University of Wisconsin Extension Flex Program, with support from VSU and a Georgia Department of Education grant, […]

University System News: www.middlegeorgiaceo.com Governor Deal Appoints Five to State Boards http://middlegeorgiaceo.com/news/2015/08/governor-deal-appoints-five-boards-bfrf/ Staff Report From Georgia CEO Don L. Waters, REACH Scholarship Board Waters is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Brasseler USA. He is on the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, board of directors of Union Mission, Inc. and […]

University System News: www.rockdalecitizen.com Streamlined Move on When Ready advantage for high school students http://www.rockdalecitizen.com/news/2015/jul/30/streamlined-move-on-when-ready-advantage-for-high/ By Manny Fils COVINGTON — High school students have the chance to earn college credits in a new way with recent changes to Move On When Ready. “In the old days dual enrollment was when a student took some courses […]

USG Institutions: www.savannahtribune.com Savannah State Receives More Than $1 Million In New Research Grants http://www.savannahtribune.com/news/2015-07-29/Social_%28and%29_Community_News/Savannah_State_Receives_More_Than_1_Million_In_New.html Savannah State University (SSU) has been approved for three new grants that total $1,041,153 in funding. All three will include student researchers and focus on STEM-related fields. A grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will allow SSU to develop […]

USG Institutions: www.northwestgeorgianews.com GHC nursing program listed as second most affordable in the nation by website http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/news/education/ghc-nursing-program-listed-as-second-most-affordable-in-the/article_5442ddb2-3553-11e5-a77f-cbf30745f57a.html Georgia Highlands College nabbed second on a list of the 30 most affordable online RN-BSN degree programs in the nation recently put out by Great Value Colleges. GHC joins several colleges from across the nation, including the University […]

University System News: www.nbc26.tv Georgia Board of Regents chair talks future of GRU http://nbc26.tv/2015/07/27/georgia-board-of-regents-chair-talks-future-of-gru/ By NBC 26 Staff AUGUSTA, Ga. – The chair of Georgia’s Board of Regents was in Augusta Monday, and he talked about Georgia Regent University’s future. Neil Pruitt addressed the Augusta Rotary Club Monday afternoon. He says there is a plan […]

USG Institutions: www.golfcourseindustry.com University of Georgia establishes turfgrass breeding endowment http://www.golfcourseindustry.com/gci/072215-Georgia-Hanna-turf.aspx Multiple companies make contributions to effort started by Wayne Hanna and his wife. Lawns, golf courses, football fields and athletic grounds around the world use University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences turfgrass. Two of those varieties – TifGrand and TifSport – […]