Campus university system of georgia. Georgia house bill 280 commonly referred to as the campus carry legislation takes effect as of july 1 2017. Latest system news degrees awarded increased a record 45 despite pandemic. At its november 2011 meeting the board of regents adopted six principles for consolidation that were then used by university system staff to assess the potential for other campus consolidations.
Core mission statement for comprehensive universities. The university system of georgia usg announced in early april plans to return to on campus instruction in fall 2020 if public health guidelines allowed. Within the context of the university systems mission and vision georgia southern university kennesaw state university valdosta state university and the university of west georgia share core characteristics as comprehensive universities.
Additional consolidations have since been recommended and approved. Board of regents chairman sachin shailendra and chancellor steve wrigley of the university system of georgia usg have asked an advisory group to review and study the names of buildings and colleges on all usg campuses and report to the board on any recommended changes. For more information on this new law which amends ocga.
The university system of georgia is giving students and staff a glimpse of what a return to class may look like for students in august in their return to campus planning framework 11alive. 16 11 1271 and how it will be implemented on university system of georgia campuses please read chancellor wrigleys guidance to the usg community dated may 24 2017. Georgia tech already ran up against this in march when school officials ordered an immediate campus shutdown and a move to online education.
The top priority in these uncertain times remains the health safety and wellbeing of all members of our campus community. With this act public higher education in georgia was unified for the first time under a single governing and management authority. The university system of georgia is comprised of georgias public colleges and universities georgia archives and the georgia public library service.
Over the next two months the presidents of each of usgs 26 institutions led an extensive planning process detailing how best to do that on their campuses with input from hundreds of. The board of regents of the university system of georgia was created in 1931 as a part of a reorganization of georgias state government.