USG NEWS: www.macon.com http://www.macon.com/2014/10/12/3359996/education-notebook-middle-georgia.html Education Notebook: Middle Georgia State’s presidential inauguration is Friday Christopher Blake will be installed at 10 a.m. Friday as the first permanent president of Middle Georgia State College. … The presidents of most of the University System of Georgia’s other institutions will attend as delegates. In addition, delegates representing the Board […]

USG NEWS: www.redandblack.com http://www.redandblack.com/uganews/smoking-ban-lacks-enforcement-power-on-uga-campus/article_105024ac-4e68-11e4-afa4-0017a43b2370.html Smoking ban lacks enforcement power on UGA campus Natalie Adams The University of Georgia is now smoke-free after a University System of Georgia policy banning the use of tobacco products on campus went into effect Oct. 1. But the ban, aimed at promoting health on college campuses in Georgia, lacks a […]

USG NEWS: www.insidehighered.com https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/10/10/higher-education-ballot Higher Ed on the Ballot By Kaitlin Mulhere Education may be a key issue in several states’ elections this fall, but referendums related to higher education are thin this political season. There are significant proposals in North Dakota, Oregon and Georgia, but the other five ballot measures that are tied directly […]

USG NEWS: www.gainesvilletimes.com http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/section/6/article/105048/ UNG hits enrollment record Area campuses gain while college admissions are down nationally By Jennifer Brown The University of North Georgia is bucking national trends on college enrollment. The university has seen record enrollment across its campuses this year, even as enrollment has dropped nationwide. The U.S. Census Bureau reports college […]

USG NEWS: www.11alive.com http://www.11alive.com/story/news/education/2014/10/07/georgia-sat-scores-drop/16847735/ Georgia SAT scores drop slightly in 2014 11Alive Staff, WXIA (WXIA) — Georgia saw a slight drop in its SAT scores in 2014, according to new data released Tuesday. About 77 percent of high school seniors took the test this year, up 2.1 percentage points from 2013. Nearly 48 percent of […]

GOOD NEWS: www.statesboroherald.com http://www.statesboroherald.com/section/1/article/63856/ Bulloch Honors REACH Georgia Scholars College now in REACH for 10 local students By HAYLEY G. GREENE Special to the Herald Bulloch County Schools honored five new REACH Georgia Scholars at a signing ceremony Sept. 25, at the Board of Education’s central office. Chosen from 66 applicants, the eighth-grade students, and […]

USG NEWS: www.myajc.com http://www.myajc.com/news/news/at-many-ga-colleges-reports-of-sex-assault-rise/nhbB9/#7567e300.3566685.735509 At many Ga. colleges, reports of sex assault rise UGA, Ga. Tech among the campuses that see increase By Janel Davis and Shannon McCaffrey – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution …The September 2013 case — detailed in a campus police file reviewed by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution — is one of dozens of sexual […]

USG NEWS: www.wabe.org http://wabe.org/post/georgias-public-universities-go-smoke-free Georgia’s Public Universities Go Smoke Free By MICHELLE WIRTH All 31 campuses within the University System of Georgia went officially smoke free Wednesday. That means students can’t light up, use chewing tobacco or e-cigarettes anywhere at school. Kennesaw State University is one of the schools undergoing the change. WABE’s Michelle Wirth […]

USG NEWS: www.georgiatrend.com http://www.georgiatrend.com/October-2014/Engaged-Innovation/ ENGAGED INNOVATION Valdosta State University is investing in its future and its students through unique community partnerships. Karen Kirkpatrick Kennedy Valdosta State University President Dr. William McKinney cited Engaged Innovation as his inaugural theme when he was named president in 2012. It’s a theme that resonates to this day with a […]

USG NEWS: www.accessnorthga.com http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=280157 Ga. college smoking ban goes into effect Wednesday By The Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) A rule smoking ban at all University System of Georgia campuses is scheduled to go into effect this week. The University System of Georgia smoking and tobacco ban goes into effect Wednesday and applies to all 31 […]