The following faculty and staff appeared as a source for the media in print, television, or radio:

Jason Andrus, biology – WAGT, testing of tap water in Columbia County

Ted Atkinson, English and foreign languages – Augusta Chronicle, about text messaging and literature Read the full story

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How would you like to win $200 in JagCash just for taking a picture? Enter the university’s photo contest and you could be a lucky winner. First place will win $200 in JagCash; second and third place winners will receive $50 in JagCash. Read the full story

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Lee Ann Caldwell has been named director of ASU’s Center for the Study of Georgia History, effective August 2008. Dr. Caldwell, who was a faculty member at ASU from 1988 to 2002, will be returning to Augusta State after serving as chair of the Department of History, Geography, and Philosophy at Georgia College and State University. She was previously named as the center’s interim director. Read the full story

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Vice Chancellor to Head P-16 Initiatives for University System of Georgia named

Dr. E. Lynne Weisenbach, currently the dean of education and founding Executive Director of the Center of Excellence in Leadership of Learning at the University of Indianapolis, has been appointed vice chancellor for P-16 Initiatives for the University System of Georgia (USG), effective Aug. 1.
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By Damon Armour, IT Security Officer

You run a Banner report to get student information you need for your job. You complete it and save it to a document or desktop. But have you completed your task? NO, not if you haven’t taken the proper steps to make the document secure. When a computer was stolen in the past, the thief was normally after the hardware. That is no longer the case. Today’s criminals know that the information that might be stored on the computer is more valuable. This is especially true when the computer is owned by an institution such as Augusta State where personal, identifiable information may include such elements as social security numbers, credit card numbers, bank account numbers, passwords, driver’s license numbers, passport identifiers, addresses, and phone numbers. Read the full story

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