University System News GOOD NEWS: www.ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/county-by-county-news-for-sunday/nbYq6/ County by county news for Sunday GWINNETT Gwinnett College is military-friendly Georgia Gwinnett College has been named a 2014 Military Friendly School, one of the top 20 schools for military personnel transitioning into civilian life, by Victory Media. www.nytimes.com http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/10/28/nyregion/college-rankings.html?ref=education&_r=1& Harvard and Harvey Mudd: Both Best Value Colleges, […]

University System News GOOD NEWS: www.nbc26.tv http://www.nbc26.tv/story/23672174/nbc-26-exclusive-gru-mills-campus-one-step-closer-to-reality NBC 26 Exclusive: Mayor: GRU mills campus one step closer to reality Written by Lauren Walsh, Reporter AUGUSTA, Ga. – The city’s vision to rehabilitate the old Sibley and King Mills into a new downtown campus for Georgia Regents University is one step closer to reality. Mayor Deke […]

University System News GOOD NEWS: www.kennesaw.patch.com http://kennesaw.patch.com/groups/schools/p/chatt-tech-students-share-culinary-skills-with-ksu-sets-program Chatt Tech Students Share Culinary Skills with KSU SETS Program The project brought students together in the kitchen at the Mountain View Campus of Chattahoochee Technical College where the SETS students prepared homemade meal items for themselves and their mentors. Posted by Melissa Kory (Editor) The Culinary Arts […]

University System News GOOD NEWS: www.globalatlanta.com http://www.globalatlanta.com/article/26545/french-government-to-knight-georgia-tech-president/ French Government to ‘Knight’ Georgia Tech President By Phil Bolton France’s Consulate General in Atlanta announced Oct. 21 that G. P. “Bud” Peterson, the Georgia Institute of Technology’s president, is to be honored with the Legion of Honor, in the rank of Knight, on Wednesday, Oct. 23. Frédéric […]

University System News GOOD NEWS: www.onlineathens.com http://onlineathens.com/uga/2013-10-21/georgia-museum-art-uga-collects-awards-southeastern-museums-conference Georgia Museum of Art at UGA collects awards from Southeastern Museums Conference By UGA NEWS SERVICE Athens, Ga. – The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia won five awards at this year’s Southeastern Museums Conference annual meeting, held earlier this month in Savannah. www.bizjournals.com http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2013/10/21/georgia-tech-president-awarded.html […]

University System News GOOD NEWS: www.redandblack.com http://www.redandblack.com/uganews/uga-to-offer-new-online-classes-next-summer/article_351bc866-372d-11e3-9b90-001a4bcf6878.html UGA to offer new online classes next summer Mariana Viera The University of Georgia Office of Online Learning is developing new courses for summer 2014. The 20 new courses will be a part of the OOL’s UGAonline Learning Fellows Program, which launched last year with 36 courses and […]

UNIVERSITY SYSTEM NEWS Www.OnlineAthens.com University system, technical colleges work together to produce more graduates http://onlineathens.com/uga/2013-10-17/university-system-technical-colleges-work-together-produce-more-graduates By Lee Shearer October 17, 2013 The state’s two public higher education systems are cooperating as never before to build an educated Georgia workforce, the systems’ respective leaders told an Athens audience this week. “We will meet all the requirements […]

University System News GOOD NEWS: www.forest-blade.com http://www.forest-blade.com/news/education/article_5c0dbf70-3510-11e3-a109-001a4bcf887a.html Is EGSC Jump Start Your Education Really Working? Jump Start Your Education is a program developed two years ago at East Georgia State College that any student is eligible to participate in. It is especially advantageous for students who either scored below the required minimum Compass placement score […]

University System News USG NEWS: www.chronicle.augusta.com http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-10-15/mills-district-proposal-will-be-considered-gru-master-planning?v=1381854691 Mills District proposal will be considered in GRU master planning By Susan McCord Staff Writer The University System of Georgia hasn’t embraced Augusta’s plans for a mills and cultural campus to support the expansion of Georgia Regents University, but supporters remain optimistic it will. According to a Sept. […]

University System News USG NEWS: www.businessinsavannah.com http://businessinsavannah.com/bis/2013-10-14/business-savannah-news-summary#.Ul1Hwih5iCZ Local firmed picked as architect for Armstrong project Armstrong Atlantic State University has announced that Hussey, Gay, Bell & DeYoung has been named the architecture firm for the university’s new 20,000-square-foot Armstrong-Liberty Center in Hinesville. “To us, it is bigger than just a building,” said Eric Johnson, the […]