board of regents
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Athens-Clarke County
Undocumented Student Alliance Campaigns for Rights of Immigrants and Students
The Undocumented Student Alliance at the University of Georgia partnered with the Hispanic Student Union to host their first in-person meeting since the start of the pandemic on, Tuesday, April 13. The organizations gathered on the same day that the University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents, who have upheld…
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Athens-Clarke County
Back to School: 71-Year-Old Recent College Graduate Continues to Learn
Correction: In an earlier version of this article, the reporter did not clarify that Gee had completed his business degree at a community college. The thought of going back to school can be a nightmare for some people, but not for Olyn Gee, a 71-year-old former self taught photographer and…
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Athens-Clarke County
UPDATED: UGA Students Paying Extra (For Eight Years)
ATHENS, Ga.– The biggest fee University of Georgia students pay: $450. It’s one of several additional fees students must pay, but the money from this one does not have a clear cut destination. The $450 fee is known as the “Special Institutional Fee”. But it’s not the only additional fee…
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Health
UGA Maternity Leave Discussion Pushed to Next Year
A Parental Leave Proposal was on the agenda for the last UGA Faculty Human Resources Committee Meeting this afternoon. However, Brenda Keen, Chair of UGA Human Resources said that they ran out of time during the meeting and that the proposal has been put off until next year. The proposal was passed…
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UGA
Undocumented Students Lose Petition to Highest Court in Georgia
Update 2:00 p.m. A spokesman for the Board of Regents declined to comment on the litigation to Grady Newsource, but sent the following statement. “Our policy was adopted several years ago to mirror a new state law. That law required public higher education – including the University System – to…
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UGA
UGA Students Question How Tuition Increase Will Benefit Them
ATHENS — Tuition rates at the University of Georiga are to increase by 9 percent for the next academic year.
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Voting On Georgia Constitutional Amendment One
Today the Clarke County Democratic Committee will host a phone bank to encourage voters to vote NO on Constitutional Amendment 1. Reporter Arin Johnson tells us why. For more information on Constitutional Amendment One visit http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/ConstitutionalAmendmentsForNovember2012.pdf
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School Funding Proposal Causes Concern Among UGA Faculty
Reporter Grace Olson and Ryan Anderson investigate a proposal that may change the way schools receive funding.