The state Board of Regents voted Tuesday to double special fees enacted last year when the state began withholding money from departments and agencies. In January, students will pay between $50 and $100 more than they did this semester, depending on where they go to school. ...Gainesville State students will now pay $100 in special fees each semester. North Georgia College & State University students will pay $150 each semester. [Full story...]

A project taking nearly two years concluded Saturday as Camp 1860 Sons of Confederate Veterans, Blue Ridge Rifles placed the Southern Cross of Honor on the grave of Col. William Pierce Price. One of the aims of the local SCV chapter, Camp Commander Tim Ragland told those gathered for the ceremony, is "to preserve Southern history." [Full story...]

North Georgia College & State University claimed the top prize on Nov. 7 in the inaugural U.S. Army Cadet Command Bold Leader Challenge, an event that pitted teams from the nation's six senior military colleges in a 15-mile military skills competition that tested physical endurance and teamwork. The Bold Leader Challenge was hosted by U.S. Army Cadet Command’s 1st Brigade in Fort Knox, Ky. [Full story...]

These days, with foreclosures and unemployment high and consumer confidence low, we tend to think we are worse off than we ever have been. But are we really worse off than, say, the generation who raised families 50 years ago? ...Odds are, there are a lot more appliances and other trappings that were out of reach for most Americans in the 1950s and 60s. And that material wealth is one way to gauge how far we've come, according to economics professor John Scott, Mike Cottrell School of Business at North Georgia College & State University. [Full story...]

EFFICIENT SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT: To replace an aging and buggy combination of manual processes, scripts, and applications, North Georgia College & State University has selected Matrix42's Empirum suite of systems management products to deploy, maintain, and service the university's fleet of 2,000 desktop and mobile computers. [Full story...]

More than 160 voices were a part of the Gainesville Symphony Orchastra's (GSO) performance of Beethoven's 9th at Brenau University Saturday night. The Lanier Chamber Singers, North Georgia College & State University singers and Le Belle Voci singers all joined the Gainesville Symphony Orchestra (GSO) to perform the final movement in Beethoven's 9th. [Full story...]

North Georgia College & State University President David Potter seized the on-campus meeting of the University System of Georgia Board of Regents as an opportunity to share the university's plan to internationalize its programs through more foreign language and study abroad courses. Also at the Tuesday meeting, the Board of Regents discussed a new core curriculum for all of Georgia's 35 public colleges and universities that aims to give undergraduates a more global perspective. [Full story...]

Cadet Col. Ashlie Shrewsbury wakes most mornings at 6:45 a.m. and changes into her gray shirt and black shorts like every other cadet at North Georgia College & State University. ...As the sun starts to peek over the Dahlonega mountains, it is clear Shrewsbury is in charge. She is North Georgia College's first female brigade commander to oversee the Corps of Cadets. For the first time in North Georgia's 136-year history, all cadets report to a woman. [Full story...]