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 […]

University System News USG NEWS: www.accessnorthga.com http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=266675 Crawley named new director of UGA Gwinnett campus By The Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — University of Georgia officials say Laura Crawley has been named the new director of the University of Georgia’s Gwinnett campus. Crawley has served as director of the executive MBA program in the […]

University System News USG NEWS: www.forest-blade.com http://www.forest-blade.com/news/education/article_be32b112-1a47-11e3-b783-0019bb2963f4.html Dr. Newcomer to speak at EGSC The East Georgia State College Vision Series will kick-off with its first speaker for the 2013-14 season, on September 24, at 11 a.m. in the Luck Flanders Gambrell Center Auditorium with Dr. Quint Newcomer, UGA’s Director and Resident Scientist of the satellite […]

University System News USG NEWS: www.albanyherald.com http://www.albanyherald.com/news/2013/oct/09/cagle-state-is-focusing-on-college-and-career/ Cagle: State is focusing on college and career academies By Terry Lewis ALBANY — Georgia Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle made brief stops at all three Albany institutions of higher education on Wednesday as he and his entourage, which included state Sen. Freddie Powell Sims, swept through Southwest Georgia […]

University System News USG NEWS: www.chronicle.augusta.com http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/education/2013-10-08/gru-undergrad-enrollment-declines-fall-semester GRU undergrad enrollment declines for fall semester By Tracey McManus Staff Writer For its first fall semester as a consolidated university, undergraduate enrollment at Georgia Regents University dropped by about 420 students compared with the former Augusta State University’s fall 2012 class, according to a consolidation progress report. […]

University System News USG NEWS: www.saportareport.com http://saportareport.com/blog/2013/10/georgia-state-is-one-of-the-most-diverse-universities-in-the-country/ Georgia State is one of the most diverse universities in the country By Maria Saporta If Georgia State University were human, it probably would identify with Rodney Dangerfield. For those younger than 30, Dangerfield was the comedian (1921-2004) who coined the catchphrase: “I don’t get no respect!” But […]

University System News USG NEWS: www.mdjonline.com http://mdjonline.com/bookmark/23774549-KSU-plans-Founders-Week-Events KSU plans Founders Week Events KENNESAW — Kennesaw State University on Wednesday will celebrate 50 years since the University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents chartered a new junior college in Cobb County. Below is a list of activities the Kennesaw-area school has scheduled throughout the anniversary week […]

University System News USG NEWS: www.redandblack.com http://www.redandblack.com/uganews/administration/morehead-to-champion-research-support-on-new-national-council/article_cdd91d9a-2be5-11e3-a006-001a4bcf6878.html Morehead to champion research support on new national council By Jeanette Kazmierczak University of Georgia President Jere Morehead will serve a one-year term on a committee to advise the 218-member Association of Public and Land-grant Universities. The Committee of Research Intensive Public Universities is a new committee designed […]

University System News USG NEWS: www.redandblack.com http://www.redandblack.com/uganews/politics/first-shutdown-in-washington-in-years-potential-long-term-effect/article_d29ebc40-2a50-11e3-8e88-001a4bcf6878.html First shutdown in Washington in 17 years, potential long-term effect on UGA Emily Kopp Dollars for some federal departments and programs dried up Tuesday at midnight after Democrats and Republicans failed to agree on a continuing resolution to avert a partial government shutdown. … The government shutdown won’t […]