Emory walkout tomorrow: Taking a stand for lost programs
I am not sure how many Emory students will heed the call for a walkout tomorrow to protest university cuts to liberal arts programs. But I applaud students for taking a stand on the direction and focus of their university.
In September, Emory announced that it intends to phase out the journalism program, department of visual arts, division of educational studies and department of physical education. The university will also suspend admissions to Spanish and economics graduate programs so leaders there can redefine the missions. Emory also will suspend admissions to the Institute for Liberal Arts so it can be restructured. The changes will begin at the end of this academic year and finish by the end of the 2016-17 academic year.
Emory told the AJC that savings from the changes will be re-invested into existing programs and growing areas, such as neurosciences, contemporary China studies and digital and new media studies.
Not everyone is happy with the program …
APS carbon monoxide leak: Glad to hear that students and most staff at Finch Elementary are fine
In September, Emory announced that it intends to phase out the journalism program, department of visual arts, division of educational studies and department of physical education. The university will also suspend admissions to Spanish and economics graduate programs so leaders there can redefine the missions. Emory also will suspend admissions to the Institute for Liberal Arts so it can be restructured. The changes will begin at the end of this academic year and finish by the end of the 2016-17 academic year.
Emory told the AJC that savings from the changes will be re-invested into existing programs and growing areas, such as neurosciences, contemporary China studies and digital and new media studies.
Not everyone is happy with the program …
APS carbon monoxide leak: Glad to hear that students and most staff at Finch Elementary are fine
It appears Atlanta Public Schools handled the crisis well today at Finch Elementary where a faulty boiler is suspected of causing a carbon monoxide leak that sent students and staff to the hospital.
Forty-three students were taken to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Hughes Spalding. A spokesperson for Grady Memorial Hospital said 10 adults were brought in for evaluation. No serious injuries were reported, though two adults may be kept overnight for observation at Grady.
Finch Elementary, which has about 500 students, is expected to be open Tuesday.
According to the AJC:
Spelling and student writing: Does it matter much? Should it matter more?
With the exception of top brass, very few reporters and editors in newsrooms have offices. Our desks are so close that if I stretch too far, I could knock my colleague Kyle Wingfield in the head. (Not that he couldn’t use a friendly thump to the head now and then. You can read his political blog here.)
So both praise and proscription are often overheard by all in newsrooms. I find it more painful to be a bystander
Forty-three students were taken to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Hughes Spalding. A spokesperson for Grady Memorial Hospital said 10 adults were brought in for evaluation. No serious injuries were reported, though two adults may be kept overnight for observation at Grady.
Finch Elementary, which has about 500 students, is expected to be open Tuesday.
According to the AJC:
Superintendent Erroll Davis applauded Finch principal Carol Evans’ swift response in the wake of
Spelling and student writing: Does it matter much? Should it matter more?
With the exception of top brass, very few reporters and editors in newsrooms have offices. Our desks are so close that if I stretch too far, I could knock my colleague Kyle Wingfield in the head. (Not that he couldn’t use a friendly thump to the head now and then. You can read his political blog here.)So both praise and proscription are often overheard by all in newsrooms. I find it more painful to be a bystander
