University System News: www.bizjournals.com Gov. Deal signs fiscal 2016 budget http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/blog/capitol_vision/2015/05/gov-deal-signs-fy16-budget.html Dave Williams Staff Writer- Atlanta Business Chronicle Gov. Nathan Deal signed a $21.8 billion state budget Monday with only one line-item veto. The $21.8 billion budget for the fiscal year starting July 1 increases state spending nearly $1 billion over the fiscal 2015 spending […]

University System News: www.americustimesrecorder.com New GSW graduate never loses sight of goal http://www.americustimesrecorder.com/news/new-gsw-graduate-never-loses-sight-of-goal/article_2ea348e8-f5b2-11e4-8386-03b472ac81a7.html by Beth Alston Earns degree after 32 years AMERICUS — Getting a degree is becoming more important now than ever. Within the next 10 years, 60 percent of jobs will require a college degree, but at the present, less than 45 percent […]

University System News: www.daltondailycitizen.com 43-year-old student working on degree at Dalton State http://www.daltondailycitizen.com/news/year-old-student-working-on-degree-at-dalton-state/article_cd4cfb2e-f45e-11e4-951d-57890405dfff.html By Jeff Harrison Sue Pearson first enrolled in college in 1989, and the Dalton State College student has undoubtedly taken the long road to earning her post-secondary degree. But after more than two decades, the road finally has an end in sight. […]

USG Institutions: www.wtvm.com Governor to sign new budget in Albany http://www.wtvm.com/story/29013598/governor-to-sign-new-budget-in-albany By Dave Miller ATLANTA, GA (WALB) – Governor Nathan Deal will hold bill signing ceremonies for House Bill 76, the Fiscal Year 2016 state budget, throughout the state on Monday May 11. One of the stops on his barnstorming tour will be at Albany […]