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The University System of Georgia

Two USG Universities Rank Among Nation's Top 20 Public Institutions
Georgia has two institutions ranked among the top 20 public national universities in the United States in U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges 2003."
Georgia Tech is No. 9 on the coveted list, while the University of Georgia is No. 18.
The 2003 "Best Colleges" report, released in September 2002, and the magazine's 2003 edition of "Best Graduate Schools," released in April 2002, also contain a variety of other rankings.
The reports rank Georgia Tech: First among the nation's graduate and undergraduate schools
of industrial and systems engineering; Second among undergraduate programs in aerospace/aero-
nautical/ engineering; Third among undergraduate programs in civil engineering; Fourth among undergraduate programs in mechanical engi-
neering; and Fourth among graduate engineering programs overall.
The reports rank UGA: Among the top three public law schools in the South and the
top six public and private law schools in the South; Third among graduate programs in public
management/administration and public finance; Fourth among graduate programs in vocational/ technical
education; and Fourth in terms of "best value" among national public uni-
versities.
The reports rank Georgia State University: First among the nation's public universities with part-time
MBA programs and fifth overall; and Second among undergraduate business programs in insurance/
risk management.
The reports rank the Medical College of Georgia: Sixth among the nation's graduate programs in nursing anes-
thesia (a ranking held since 1998).
Facts About Albany State University and Darton and Bainbridge Colleges:
I Albany State President Portia Shields has instituted a Service to Leadership program requiring all students to perform community service in order to graduate. She also encourages volunteerism among the university's faculty, staff and administrators.
I Darton College's allied health and nursing programs provide Southwest Georgia with most of its health-care professionals, including 70 percent of the nurses in Albany hospitals and 31 percent of all registered nurses in the hospitals of 38 Southwest Georgia counties.
I Bainbridge College's partnerships with Valdosta and Albany state universities allow area residents to continue their learning at the bachelor's or masters level and take career-oriented continuing education and certification courses.

Did You Know?
N The Board of Regents is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. The original 11 regents developed a plan in 1932 that for the first time centralized governance of the state's higher education institutions.
N Albany State University will celebrate its centennial in 2003.
N According to a recent economic-impact study, Albany State, Darton College and Bainbridge College together generated nearly 2,600 jobs and infused well over $200 million into the Southwest Georgia economy during the last fiscal year.
N Bainbridge College has collaborated with Darton College in bringing a two-year, fivesemester registered nursing program to Decatur County. Students complete their core curriculum at Bainbridge College and their nursing courses at Memorial Hospital and Manor in Bainbridge through Darton College.
N Darton College recently formed the Southwest Georgia Corporate Education Center, a partnership of businesses and other organizations that work with Darton to provide training and educational programs exclusively for employees of the partners, which range from M&M Mars and the Merck Company to the Cooper Tire and Rubber Company.
Bainbridge Technical Programs Answer Community Need for Workforce Training
The Division of Technical Studies at Bainbridge College recently announced an array of new programs in response to the need for specialized training for workers in the fields of health, high technology, education, transportation and law enforcement.
The new programs include an associate of applied science in early childhood care and education, and certificates in criminal justice technology, medical office technology, and early childhood care and education. Several specialized certification programs also have been added, including commercial truck driving and law-enforcement management.
For more news, visit: www.usg.edu

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The University System of Georgia

Albany State Pre-Med Student Among Top Scholars From U.S. Black Colleges

Albany State University's Brandon Henry is listed among the top students from America's Black Colleges. Henry -- a junior pre-med student

USG Resume Database Helping Employers to Recruit

majoring in biology with a 3.97 GPA and both Presidential and Governor's Scholarships -- was profiled in the Spring 2002 issue of Black Voices Quarterly.

FusionPoint Technology Solutions of Macon is one of the latest Georgia businesses to benefit from the University System of Georgia's online statewide database of college students and alumni

Henry also recently won the Minority Trainee Research Forum National Abstract Competition and was named an All-American Collegiate Scholar by The United States Achievement Academy. His photo will be included in the next All-American

seeking consideration as job candidates.
The consulting firm recently hired three Georgia Tech graduates located through GeorgiaHire.com, which provides cost-effective

Collegiate Yearbook, published nationally.

one-stop shopping for businesses in need of quali-

fied job candidates. Students and alumni can post

Did You Know?

their resumes on the web site free of charge. It costs nothing for potential employers to search

N Albany State University is one of 15 universi-

the database for job candidates and only a nomi-

ties in Georgia participating in the new fast-

nal fee to post job openings and company profiles.

track teacher-training program, which offers unemployed professionals a new career in teaching and is helping to ease the shortage of qualified teachers in Georgia classrooms.

More than 150,000 students and alumni have posted their resumes for review since February 2000, and more than 12,600 employers have searched the database during that period.

N Bainbridge College now has wireless net-

work access in all of its major buildings,

allowing faculty, staff and students to access the Internet with laptops regardless of their

Darton College Specializes in Long-Distance Learning

proximity to wall sockets. N Darton College's Cordele Center -- which

Darton College is recognized as a leader in the state in distance learning.

currently offers degree programs in business, computer services, education and human services -- has plans to offer training services to businesses in Cordele, along with continuing-education courses
N Albany State University has an International Trade Center equipped to educate the citizens of Southwest Georgia in economic trade and development.

The college now offers two complete degree programs via telecourses delivered over the local educational cable access channel and has a collaborative agreement with Albany State University in which ASU telecourses are aired via Darton's television operations facilities.
In addition, Darton College maintains a networked learning community for students engaged in field experiences in regional hospitals located throughout Georgia and in neighboring states and also equips allied-health students engaged in other off-campus clinical field expe-

N Darton College is the home of the Southwest Georgia Center for Women, which annually recognizes outstanding women of the region with its "Women of Worth" leadership awards.

riences with webTV appliances that allow them to maintain two-way contact with teachers.
Darton also is a leader in the use of GSAMS, a twoway, interactive audio/video network used in teleconferencing and in the delivery of distance learning. A Foreign Language Collaborative based at Darton uses

N To assist area businesses in matching available jobs with worker skills, Bainbridge College recently became certified as a WorkKeys Value-Added Center.

GSAMS to provide instruction in Spanish, French, German and Japan-ese to students at Darton, Middle Georgia College and Waycross College. Darton also uses GSAMS to deliver Japanese courses at Valdosta and Fort Valley state universities.