UNIVERSITY SYSTEM NEWS www.WCTV.com Bainbridge State College Building New Facility in Donalsonville, Ga. http://www.wctv.tv/home/headlines/Bainbridge-State-College-Building-New-Facility-in-Donalsonville-Ga-293742171.html By: Lanetra Bennett February 23, 2015 Seminole County High School senior, Cody Lambert is graduating in May and enrolling at Bainbridge State College in the fall. He says, “It’s close to home. It’s cheap. I don’t have to go far off […]

University System News: www.onlineathens.com 3 honored during Boy Scouts banquet at Classic Center http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2015-02-24/3-honored-during-boy-scouts-banquet-classic-center By APRIL BURKHART Three local community leaders and former Boy Scouts were recognized for their service to the community during a banquet held Tuesday at The Classic Center. The banquet was hosted by the Northeast Georgia Council of the Boy Scouts […]

University System News: www.chronicle.augusta.com GRU presidential search committee talks qualities Characteristics sought in new president voiced http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2015-02-26/gru-presidential-search-committee-talks-qualities By Tom Corwin Staff Writer As they went around a circle of tables in a conference room Thursday at Georgia Regents University College of Dental Medicine, members of the presidential search committee offered what qualities they would like […]

University System News: www.onlineathens.com University System changes in health insurance worries retirees http://onlineathens.com/uga/2015-02-28/university-system-changes-health-insurance-worries-retirees By LEE SHEARER A plan to move University System of Georgia retirees from a health insurance plan run by the university system to private coverage insurance companies could actually save money for retirees, but some of those retirees are not so sure. […]

USG Institutions: Athens Banner-Herald UGA profs’ pay last in Southeast, data shows http://onlineathens.com/uga/2015-02-21/uga-profs-pay-last-southeast-data-shows Lee Shearer University of Georgia full professors make less money than those at any other Southeastern flagship universities, according to data UGA President Jere Morehead submitted to University System of Georgia officials. Salary raises for faculty, staff and graduate students are Morehead’s […]

USG Institutions: www.redandblack.com Students meet Georgia representatives at state Capitol for Dawgs at the Dome http://www.redandblack.com/uganews/students-meet-georgia-representatives-at-state-capitol-for-dawgs-at/article_5da438d6-b8aa-11e4-9b43-9ffaac6d8f9a.html Patrick Adcock Students and alumni alike shook hands with Georgia government representatives in Atlanta as part of the Student Government Association’s Dawgs at the Dome event Thursday. Dawgs at the Dome met early this morning in the Capitol building’s […]

E-clips for February 19, 2015 Public Relations Admin Comm on behalf of USG Communications Thu 2/19/2015 4:28 PM To: Public Relations Admin Comm ; USG Institutions: www.onlineathens.com UGA eases free speech rules, but maybe not enough to end lawsuit http://onlineathens.com/uga/2015-02-18/uga-eases-free-speech-rules-maybe-not-enough-end-lawsuit By LEE SHEARER Protestors and speakers on the University of Georgia campus will no longer […]

USG Institutions: www.ledger-enquirere.com CSU presidential search committee narrows field http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2015/02/12/3563051_csu-presidential-search-committee.html?rh=1 BY MARK RICE mrice@ledger-enquirer.com The search for Columbus State University’s next president has been narrowed from more than 50 applicants to 11 candidates. The 17-member selection committee met in closed session for four hours Wednesday to whittle the field, CSU assistant vice president for university […]

USG Institutions: www.onlineathens.com Minority student populations on the rise at UGA http://onlineathens.com/uga/2015-02-14/minority-student-populations-rise-uga By LEE SHEARER The University of Georgia has grown more diverse over the past two decades, but today’s enrollment is not quite the mix that it might have expected back in 1994. In 1994, more than 87 percent of UGA students were white, […]

USG Institutions: www.live5news.com New technology helps prepare nursing students for future jobs http://www.live5news.com/story/28122866/new-technology-helps-prepare-nursing-students-for-future-jobs By LC Chandler ALBANY, GA (WALB) – New technology is preparing nursing students at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College for jobs in the evolving health care industry. Telehealth technology can be especially important in rural areas where people don’t have access to specialists. […]