University System News:   Athens Banner-Herald Future of farming: UGA creating data-driven system that could redefine farming By Chris Starrs A $4 million-dollar federal grant awarded to Georgia’s College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences could go a long way in providing the template for the farm of the future. UGA, in partnership with Abraham Baldwin […]

University System News:   Savannah Morning News USG Chancellor Sonny Perdue: Consolidation of Savannah State is ‘not on the table’ By Will Peebles In an interview with Atlanta’s WABE public radio station, University System of Georgia Chancellor Sonny Perdue said “unequivocally,” neither consolidation nor a merger are on the table for Savannah State University. Perdue’s […]

University System News:   The Center Square Audit reveals options for modernizing Georgia Military College governance By T.A. DeFeo The Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts has identified five “options” to modernize the governance and oversight of the Georgia Military College. Two of the five options included in the audit, performed at the request of […]

University System News:   Associated Press Georgia Tech administrator tapped to lead University of North Georgia A high-ranking Georgia Tech administrator is in line to become the next president of the University of North Georgia. The Board of Regents voted Wednesday to name Mike Shannon as the sole finalist to lead the 18,000-student university, which […]

University System News: Atlanta Journal-Constitution Finalist chosen to be next University of North Georgia president By Vanessa McCray A top administrator at Georgia Tech is the sole finalist for the presidency of the University of North Georgia. The Georgia Board of Regents on Wednesday announced it has selected Michael P. Shannon for the post following […]

University System News: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ‘All boats are going to rise’: Upgraded GSU medical campus will help keep docs in Savannah By Abraham Kenmore, Savannah Morning News Georgia’s public medical school is expanding by upgrading its clinical campus for third- and fourth-year students at Georgia Southern University to a full four-year satellite school. The […]

University System News: AP News Tuition, fees at Georgia public universities to hold steady in fall 2023 despite budget worries Jeff Amy, Associated Press The cost of attending Georgia’s public universities and colleges will remain mostly flat in the 2023-2024 academic year, despite concerns that declining enrollment and a legislative funding cut are stressing school […]

University System News: Athens Banner-Herald Medical College of Georgia to get four-year campus at Georgia Southern University Abraham Kenmore Savannah Morning News The Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University is establishing a new four-year medical campus at Georgia Southern University, according to a news release from Georgia House of Representatives Speaker Jon Burns. On […]

University System News: Atlanta Business Chronicle Savannah to get new medical school campus By Rebecca Grapevine  –  Staff Reporter Georgia is slated to get a new four-year medical campus in Savannah as soon as next year.  The new Medical College of Georgia (MCG) campus will begin accepting students in fall 2024, if the accrediting body […]

University System News: Dalton Daily Citizen Margaret Venable: Leaving the Roadrunner nest By Margaret Venable The decision to retire from the University System of Georgia after more than 30 years, eight-and-a-half years as president of Dalton State College, was not a decision I took lightly. While I look forward to a more flexible schedule that […]