Georgia Tech’s GaMEP is Driving Innovation
“A stitch in time saves nine,” goes the old saying. For a company in Georgia, that adage became very real when damage to a key piece of machinery threatened its operation. The group stepping…
Education
Liberal Arts at Their Finest
The University System of Georgia boasts large schools known for research, engineering and business. Then there are those smaller gems, the liberal arts schools that focus on producing successful, well-rounded students. The state’s only public liberal arts school, Georgia College…
Pathways and Partnerships
For years, Georgia has touted its “Best Place to Do Business” crown, a ranking bestowed by media outlets based on metrics like the number of projects and jobs attracted, taxes and incentives, and the strength of the post-secondary education system.…
2023 Higher Education Directory
Now that the COVID-19 pandemic has subsided, Georgia’s colleges and universities are looking ahead to a return to normal. One lasting change to come out of the pandemic, however, is less reliance on test scores for admission. A lot of colleges…
Reengineering the Future
Georgia is a long-recognized leader in having key assets that industries need. Among those assets are universities that are working to transform their engineering programs to accommodate ever-evolving computing and software technology. Cutting Edge Program: Yusun…
Successful Gamble
You can’t win if you don’t buy a ticket. That’s a common phrase when it comes to lotteries around the globe. But here in the Peach State, where the Georgia Lottery is celebrating its 30th anniversary this month, the real…
A Seat at the Tech Table
Susan Brown, Director of Executive, Professional and Online MBA Programs for UGA’s Terry College of Business, left, and Patricia Zettek, Director of Full-Time MBA and MBSA Career Management Center at Terry College of Business, on the…
Where Education and Employment Intersect
The Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) inhabits the space where two critically important priorities intersect – education and workforce development. And as economic development investment poured into Georgia, creating as many as 17,500 new jobs in the first half…
Engineering a Better World
The phone call seemed to come out of nowhere. The city of Los Angeles Public Works wanted to know if Morehouse College senior Chase Garrison was interested in helping analyze an engineering problem. In fact, the Los Angeles program was…
A Journey of Growth and Innovation
It was an unlikely beginning: an abandoned federal property turned over to the state and made the home of a military school, only eight years after the end of the Civil War. At the time, surely no one imagined the…
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