University System News: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution BREAKING: Coronavirus cases top 5K in Georgia, 163 deaths reported By Chelsea Prince, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Georgia’s coronavirus cases surpassed 5,000 Thursday, and the number of deaths across the state continue to grow. The latest data from the Georgia Department of Public Health shows 5,348 confirmed cases, up about […]

University System News: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Coronavirus cases reach 5,831 in Georgia; 8 more deaths reported By Asia Simone Burns The novel coronavirus is maintaining a firm grip on Georgia as state health officials on Friday reported 387 new cases and a growing death toll. The latest data from the Georgia Department of Public Health […]

University System News: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Georgia medical students work to free up doctors in coronavirus fight By Eric Stirgus Last year, Augusta native Susan Brands was learning how to do CPR. Next week, she’ll put her additional medical skills to practice to combat the coronavirus. Brands, 25, is among 400 third- and fourth-year students […]

University System News: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution In hard-hit Georgia, virus expected to linger By Alan Judd Confirmed cases up 472% in one week; deaths stand at 56. Georgia is under a particularly brutal siege from the novel coronavirus, a situation unlikely to end for weeks, or even longer. Only five states have reported more deaths […]

University System News: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Georgia surpasses 3K cases of coronavirus, reaches 102 deaths By Chelsea Prince and Zachary Hansen [8:07 p.m.]: The Georgia Department of Public Health tweaked the number of coronavirus cases and deaths reported from the 7 p.m. update to add two more deaths and four more confirmed cases. In total, […]

University System News: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution BREAKING: Coronavirus cases in Georgia rise to 4,638, death toll at 139 By Chelsea Prince The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Georgia has more than doubled in the past five days, from just over 2,000 cases Friday to more than 4,500 Wednesday. There are now at least 4,638 […]

University System News: The Times-Georgian Kelly to take UWG post a week early By Stephanie Allen The University of West Georgia announced Friday that Dr. Brenden Kelly will begin his presidency on Monday, March 23, after he was originally scheduled to begin April 1. Kelly will assume his role as the eighth president of UWG, […]

University System News: The Augusta Chronicle Georgia House signs off on fiscal 2021 state budget By Dave Williams Capitol Beat News Service The Georgia House of Representatives adopted a $28.1 billion state budget Tuesday that would restore many of the spending cuts Gov. Brian Kemp proposed in January. The fiscal 2021 budget, which passed 134-35 […]

University System News: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Georgia reverses course and closes all public colleges for two weeks By Maureen Downey In matter of hours, policy changed from all public colleges will be open to all will be closed for two weeks Despite an earlier message from the University System of Georgia that public campuses would […]

University System News: WTOC University System of Georgia suspending classes for 2 weeks Beginning Monday, March 16, all University System of Georgia institutions will temporarily suspend classes for two weeks. This includes Georgia Southern University, Savannah State University, East Georgia State College, and College of Coastal Georgia. This will allow time for USG institutions to […]