In a recent action, the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia approved funding for the design of a new academic building on the West Campus of Augusta State University. The West Campus location will be in the vicinity of the university’s student housing complex off Wrightsboro Road. Studio 3 Design Group, P.C. …
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Shirley Franklin, former mayor of Atlanta from 2001-2009, will serve as the keynote speaker at the annual celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday. The observance, which rotates between Augusta State University, Augusta Technical College, Paine College, and the Medical College of Georgia, will be hosted on Friday, Jan. 14, at noon, in the …
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Carol J. Rychly has been named the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at Augusta State University. She succeeds William M. Dodd, who retired December 31, 2010. “I am confident that Dr. Rychly will provide excellent support to our faculty, staff, students, and others in the university community that will unite our efforts as we …
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The Core Foundation for Cooperative Learning and Peer Accountability, authored by Wesley Kisting, assistant professor of English, has been selected as the university’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP). The QEP is an integral part of the SACS reaffirmation process. It provides an opportunity to enhance the overall institutional quality and effectiveness by focusing on an issue …
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By Joey Warren, athletic media relations director, contributing writer Augusta State has been named a winner for its “ideas that work” submission during the 2010 NCAA Division II Game Environment Award of Excellence contest. A total of 11 institutions nationwide were recognized, each receiving $500 to use toward future game environment initiatives on campus. ASU …
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The James M. Hull College of Business at Augusta State recently was named one of three recipients of a $150,000 award, over three years, from Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (SRNS). ASU, Paine College, and the CSRA Wounded Warrior Care Project were presented with the financial awards at a ceremony held in the Augusta Commission …
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The Lyceum Series will present The Aluminum Show, a unique and energetic experience for the entire family, on Thursday, Jan. 20, at 7 p.m. in the Maxwell Theatre. The show combines movement, dance, visual theatre, and plenty of humor as its performers breathe life into aluminum-tone industrial materials to tell the story of a young …
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Willie Eva Goodwin, ASU Custodian, has been named Physical Plant’s Employee of the Year as well as the Employee of the Fourth Quarter. “I was in total shock and blown away when they announced I was the recipient”, says Goodwin. “I feel so appreciated, and I will do my best to live up to the …
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By Steve Duckworth and Damon Armour, ITS, contributing writers Wireless Access at ASU, WAASU, as it is known on campus, provides mobile access to the Internet without users having to be physically tied to a data outlet. Imagine eating lunch on the outside patio area at the JSAC – reading email or getting caught up …
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By Simon Medcalfe, Hull College of Business, contributing writer The Augusta Leading Economic Index (Augusta LEI) is a monthly composite index that combines several national, regional, and local indicators into a single variable. Leading indexes combine variables that change before business cycle variables such as employment changes. Leading indexes may, therefore, indicate changes that could …
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