University System’s consolidation plan gets final OK from accreditors Four University System of Georgia colleges and universities that will result from the consolidation of eight existing institutions are one step further on the road to reality. Today the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS) gave its approval to plans to create …
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Open forums Comments Off
Open forums will be held with Georgia Health Sciences University President Ricardo Azziz and Augusta State University Interim President Shirley Kenny at noon Friday, Nov. 16, in the Natalie and Lansing B. Lee Jr. Auditorium in the GHSU Auditoria Center and at 3 p.m. in the ASU Maxwell Performing Arts Theatre. In addition to the …
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Complete College Georgia initiative Comments Off
Gov. Nathan Deal’s initiative, Complete College Georgia (CCG), calls on each public college in Georgia to submit a plan to increase the number of Georgians earning a degree. Today, the governor released a report that specifies how institutions plan to add 250,000 postsecondary graduates to the state’s rolls by the year 2020. “The CCG plan …
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Jones named Vice Chancellor Comments Off
From Augusta State to the state capital, Joyce Jones, vice president for student services and dean of students, has been named the University System of Georgia’s vice chancellor for student affairs, effective August 15, 2012. The position is an upgrade from the former position of associate vice chancellor and was recommended by campus student leaders. …
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Kenny begins first day at ASU Comments Off
Dr. Shirley Strum Kenny begins her new role as interim president of Augusta State University today. She assumes the post following the retirement of Dr. William A. Bloodworth, Jr. Kenny was appointed to serve as interim president by University System of Georgia Chancellor Hank Huckaby. She has served as president at two institutions during her …
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Shirley Strum Kenny, former president of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, has been named interim president of Augusta State effective July 1. Her appointment, announced by University System of Georgia Chancellor Hank Huckaby , follows the planned retirement from that role of William A. Bloodworth, Jr. Kenny, the first woman to …
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Georgia Students Celebrate National Early College Awareness Week This Week Georgia high-school students who have the academic skills and the desire to put their education on the fast track have the option of early college. The statewide program, part of a national effort that lets a student earn a high school diploma as well as …
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Henry “Hank” M. Huckaby, the lone finalist for the job, was named by the Board of Regents in a special called meeting May 6 as the chancellor-designate of the University System of Georgia (USG). Huckaby, 69, will take up his duties as the System’s 12th chancellor on July 1, 2011, following the June 30 retirement …
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Huckaby Named Finalist for University System Chancellor Position The Board of Regents has announced Henry “Hank” M. Huckaby as the finalist for the position of chancellor of the University System of Georgia (USG). The Board of Regents selected Huckaby, a Georgia native who has a long association with the University System and who currently serves …
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The University System of Georgia (USG) has released a report that shows its economic impact on the state of Georgia is significant, even in the midst of a statewide economic downtown. The economic study, conducted by the Selig Center for Economic Growth in the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business, shows that the 35 …
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