News Release Archive Releases for 2000 11.15.2000 USG SAT Scores, Enrollment Continue Upward Trend 11.15.2000 University System Reports Record-Setting Student Retention 11.14.2000 USG Lands National Security Grant to Teach Foreign Languages 10.25.2000 ICAPP Surveys Business and Educational Climate for Georgia’s Technology Companies 10.11.2000 Regents Begin “Dissecting” Benchmarking Data 10.11.2000 Board of Regents Creates Policy Requiring Periodic Academic Program Reviews 10.11.2000 Regional Engineering Program Moves to Larger Location 10.05.2000 Board of Regents Forms Technology Committee 09.27.2000 Governor Barnes Announces New ICAPP Partnership With Lockheed Martin AeroMarietta 09.21.2000 Presidential Search Committees Named For ABAC 09.13.2000 Randall Thursby Named Vice Chancellor for Information and Instructional Technology 09.12.2000 Board of Regents FY2002 Budget Request Emphasizes Technology, Economic Development and Accountabiliy 08.15.2000 Board of Regents Promises ‘Vigorous’ Appeal of Court’s Decision 08.11.2000 University System’s eCore™ On-Line Courses Begin August 21 07.31.2000 Thomas E. Daniel to Serve as Interim Senior Vice Chancellor 07.25.2000 Chancellor Portch Responds to Judge’s Decision Regarding UGA’s Admission Policy 07.17.2000 Day Named Interim President at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College 07.13.2000 MCG’s Presidential Search and Advisory Committee Named 07.05.2000 Special Regents Committee for Presidential Search at the Medical College of Georgia Named 06.30.2000 University System Assumes Administration of Public Libraries 06.29.2000 Portch Comments on Vollmer’s Appointment to Head Accountability Office 06.29.2000 Five System Institutions Partner with Georgia G.L.O.B.E. to Make Distance Learning Accessible 06.27.2000 Watts Named Interim President at Floyd College 06.14.2000 Board of Regents Updates Capital Priorities for Next Budget Cycle 06.14.2000 Howell Elected Board Vice-Chair 06.14.2000 Regents Receive Technology Master Plan for System 06.14.2000 Board of Regents Appoints White to Chair Position 06.14.2000 Jones Named President of Armstrong Atlantic State University 05.31.2000 Finalists Named for Armstrong Atlantic Presidency 05.10.2000 Rising Costs Prompt Increases in USG Health Care Plan 05.09.2000 Board of Regents Hears Yamacraw Mission On Track 05.03.2000 Michael Vollmer to Serve as Interim Senior Vice Chancellor 04.19.2000 Board of Regents Positions MCG for Increased Competitiveness 04.19.2000 Ft. Valley State University Launches Charter Teacher Prep Program 04.19.2000 Five University System Institutions Unveil On-Line MBA Program 04.18.2000 USG Maintains Low Tuition, Freezes Mandatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2001 04.04.2000 Harden Named President of Clayton College & State University 03.14.2000 University System Provides Home Access to GALILEO Library 03.08.2000 University System of Georgia Has $7.7 Billion Impact on the State 03.08.2000 University System’s Benchmarking Project Launched 03.07.2000 Research Grants, Contracts, Gifts to University System Increase 7 Percent 02.02.2000 Chancellor Responds to HOPE Fees Issue