University System News: Albany Herald Albany State to receive funds from Southern Company’s HBCU Initiative From staff reports Albany State University is receiving a $250,000 donation as part of the Southern Company Foundation’s $50 million HBCU Initiative, a multiyear investment in historically black colleges and universities to support technology tools, infrastructure, professional development and more. […]

University System News: Savannah CEO Georgia Southern University Elevates Honors Program into new Honors College Georgia Southern University now encompasses 10 academic colleges with the transition of the University Honors Program to the Honors College. The move provides a growing community of honors students with enhanced experiential learning opportunities including undergraduate research, creative scholarship and […]

University System News: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Students sue University System of Georgia for tuition, fees By Eric Stirgus Georgia Tech and the University of Georgia should return a portion of the tuition and various fees to students who had to take classes online when the coronavirus pandemic began in March, according to two class action […]

University System News: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Couple donates $9 million to Kennesaw State University By Eric Stirgus A prominent Georgia couple has donated $9 million to Kennesaw State University’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences, university officials announced Wednesday. The gift from Norman Radow, the university’s Board of Trustees chairman, and his wife, Lindy, is […]

University System News: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution AJC COVID-19 vaccine tracker: Ga. State sees progress on new treatment By Eric Stirgus, Helena Oliviero An ongoing notebook of developments in COVID-19 vaccines, distribution and treatments Here’s an update on some news involving COVID-19 vaccines and treatments: A Georgia State University team released research Thursday showing progress on […]

University System News: Albany Herald State universities post gains in enrollment for fall 2020 By Alan Mauldin Fall enrollment figures for Georgia colleges show an overall increase in enrollment of 2.4%, and local universities also have experienced a bump in the number of students on campus. In Albany, Albany State University’s enrollment increased to 6,509 […]

University System News: Diverse Issues in Higher Education Georgia Power Gives Six Georgia HBCUs $1.625 Million for Tech and Development by Arrman Kyaw Georgia Power is giving six of Georgia’s historically Black colleges and universities $1.625 million for technology, infrastructure and development in the 2020-2021 academic year, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. The six HBCUs are […]

University System News: WGAU UGA reports increase in four-year graduation rate By Tim Bryant The University of Georgia says its four-year completion rate has increased to a record 71 percent, up from 69 percent last year and an increase from 63 percent five years ago. UGA’s six-year completion rate is 87 percent. UGA’s 87% completion […]

University System News WJCL Savannah Savannah State University holds in-person graduation ceremony By Jackson Kurtz When the pandemic first arrived in the U.S. in March, many schools canceled or drastically changed their graduation ceremony. But this graduation season, students at Savannah State University were still able to celebrate their in-person graduation — although things looked […]

University System News AccessWDUN University of North Georgia increasing face-to-face instruction, eliminating spring break for next semester By Lauren Hunter Leadership for the University of North Georgia are making several adjustments for classes for the spring 2021 semester, including increasing the amount of face-to-face instruction in one of its class models and removing the traditional […]