USG e-clips for March 8, 2022

University System News: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Georgia regents name finalist to become Kennesaw State president By Eric Stirgus The state’s Board of Regents announced in a meeting Tuesday they’ve picked Kathy “Kat” Schwaig as its finalist to lead Kennesaw State University. Schwaig, the university’s interim president, knows KSU well. She was previously the university’s provost […]

Media Accessibility

CETL’s media accessibility lab opens today! In this 4-day asynchronous professional development opportunity (in D2L), you’ll learn how to add appropriate alt-tags to images, caption and assess the production quality of a video, curate video resources, and embed a video in a D2L page. You can expect to work independently for about four hours from […]

USG e-clips for March 1, 2022

University System News: Athens CEO CAES Generates Record-Setting $686.3 Million Annual Economic Impact in Georgia Sam Fahmy, Jordan Powers for CAES News A recent university-wide report authored by University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) economist Michael Adjemian has revealed that in 2021, CAES’ economic impact on the state of Georgia was […]

USG e-clips for March 2, 2022

University System News: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Georgia regents name Sonny Perdue chancellor of University System By Eric Stirgus The Georgia Board of Regents voted without opposition Tuesday afternoon to name former two-term Gov. Sonny Perdue the chancellor of the state’s public university system. The appointment concludes a contentious yearlong search process that divided many faculty […]

USG e-clips for March 3, 2022

University System News: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Georgia lawmakers hear plan to aid low-income college students By Eric Stirgus The chair of the state House of Representatives’ Higher Education Committee made his pitch Wednesday to the group for legislation that would provide financial aid up to $2,500 to some undergraduate college students in Georgia who can’t […]

USG e-clips for March 4, 2022

University System News: accessWDUN Amended Georgia budget with more pay, refunds nears passage                   By The Associated Press An amended Georgia budget that includes pay boosts for employees, more money for education and an earmark for tax refunds passed the state Senate on Thursday by a 52-0 vote, as it nears Gov. Brian Kemp’s desk. While […]

OneUSG Connect Will Be Unavailable 11:15 p.m., March 11 – 7 a.m., March 14

Good Morning, OneUSG Connect will be unavailable from 11:15 p.m., Friday, March 11, 2022, until 7 a.m., Monday, March 14, 2022. During this time, OneUSG Connect and OneUSG Connect – Careers will not be available. KABA Time Clocks may show offline, but they are still collecting punches. OneUSG Connect – Benefits will be available for use. Note […]

Rome Library Hosts: The Georgia Open History Library

Visit the Rome campus library from March 8 – March 17 to explore primary source documents on Georgia’s History. Topics range from Georgia’s founding to the Revolutionary War. Documents can be viewed digitally anytime, and a physical set of the books will be available at the Rome GHC library during the exhibit dates. For questions about the […]

Anatomy of a Phish: March 2022 Phishing Simulation

Did you notice this suspicious message in your inbox this week? You did? Great work keeping Georgia Highlands College safe by reported it with the Phish Alert button! Simply deleting suspicious messages is always acceptable too, of course. Unfortunately, about 11% of GHC employees fell victim and clicked on the link. This underscores why phishing […]