To produce more science, technology and math teachers, Augusta State University is using a grant to give scholarships to students who agree to teach for two years in a high needs school.
By Tracey McManus | Saturday, May 26, 2012
Georgia Health Sciences University will get nearly $4 million to pursue initiatives in public health and to add doctoral students while Augusta State will get nearly $500,000 to retain students.
By Tom Corwin | Friday, May 25, 2012
As Memorial Day approaches and thoughts turn to the beach or pool, using sunscreens the right way is important to get that protection, doctors said.
By Tom Corwin | Thursday, May 24, 2012
GHSU for the first time hosted ASU faculty and students and provided tours of the facilities that will house both programs beginning in January with consolidation.
By Tom Corwin | Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Dr. Shirley Strum Kenny will begin leading ASU when President William Bloodworth steps down July 1 to return to teaching.
By Tracey McManus | Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Meredith Legg, who holds the all-time scoring record USC Aiken's women's basketball team, is not letting her cancer get her down. She will soon take part in a taping of TLC's "Say Yes to the Dress."
By Chris Gay | Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Dr. Jack Austin is pretty clear about all of the interest in so-called flesh-eating bacteria sparked by the highly publicized case of a Georgia woman fighting a devastating infection.
By Tom Corwin | Tuesday, May 22, 2012
If some Augusta Commission members have their way, the name of the consolidated Augusta State and Georgia Health Sciences universities will be labeled "Augusta."
By Tom Corwin | Monday, May 21, 2012
Ever since the conclusion of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships, Victoria Claytor, Baiesha Johnson and Mason Rhodes have been been putting in extra work.
By Chris Gay | Sunday, May 20, 2012
Lucindia Chance, a professor emeritus at Georgia Southern University, was named dean of the Augusta State University College of Education Friday.
By Tracey McManus | Friday, May 18, 2012
Augusta State University will cease to exist in eight months as it consolidates with Georgia Health Sciences University, but more students are applying for enrollment this fall at ASU, officials said.
By Tom Corwin | Thursday, May 17, 2012
Three potential names for the consolidated university that will replace ASU and GHSU might be revealed in mid-July, officials said Wednesday.
By Tom Corwin | Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Augusta State's merger with Georgia Health and Science University will make obsolete all the coffee mugs, mouse pads, t-shirts, ball caps and various other items with the school's name.
By Steve Crawford | Wednesday, May 16, 2012
As Augusta State and Georgia Health Sciences universities consolidate, some are thinking about future doctors of a different kind.
By Tom Corwin | Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Augusta State University is creating a chemistry track for students who want to become behind-the-scenes scientists.
By Tracey McManus | Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Even as Georgia Health Sciences University launched a new public health institute Tuesday, national and local leaders called for action to address a host of ills besetting Augusta, the state and ...
By Tom Corwin | Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Extremely small particles could provide a big clue to taming unwanted immune responses, such as in rheumatoid arthritis or organ transplants, researchers from Georgia Health Sciences University found.
By Tom Corwin | Monday, May 14, 2012
ATLANTA - The University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents grappled with what name to put on a pair of colleges created by the mergers of four institutions during their May meeting.
By Walter C. Jones | Monday, May 14, 2012
Paine College graduates were challenged to take their school spirit into the world.
By Tracey McManus | Sunday, May 13, 2012
A Paine College Board of Trustee member said federal money intended for students was used instead to pay the school's payroll and past due bills in December and January.
By Tracey McManus | Saturday, May 12, 2012
