05/27/2021
Both ESPN and Fox rolled out college football announcements Thursday, and there’s a lot to unpack in both. To start with, let’s look at the real early part of the season, Week 0 and Week 1. Week 0 has been a growing focus in recent years, albeit not last year thanks to pandemiccancellations, but it looks to be back in more normal form this year, with ESPN featuring UCLA-Hawaii on Saturday, August 28 and Fox showcasing Nebraska-Illinois (on the broadcast Fox network) that day. (There are three other games that day as well, with Southern Utah-San Jose State and UConn-Fresno State both on CBSSN and UTEP-New Mexico State still set to be announced). And Week 1 looks to be very strong, especially with Fox starting with an Ohio State-Minnesota game in primetime Thursday on their broadcast network and sending their
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Caption Sen. Raphael Warnock, right, takes his seat next to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack at an event held at Fort Valley State University to explain new USDA debt aid to Black farmers. Credit: Grant Blankenship
Next month, some Black farmers will be able to access part of $4 billion set aside for debt cancellation. It’s a historic amount of money, courtesy of the American Rescue Plan, aimed at redressing generations of inequity in farm lending by the federal government. But for some, this aid does not go far enough.
Details about the plan were shared with about 100 present and former farmers at a press event at Fort Valley State University last weekend. In short, up to 120% of debt held by the USDA will be canceled for “socially disadvantaged farmers.” Mainly this means Black farmers, but Hispanic and Native American farmers are included, too.
Milledgeville mother of 2 gets college degree after 30 years
Lisa Nichols will graduate from the university with a Bachelor of Science degree in Organizational Leadership, with a concentration in Public Administration. Author: Taelore Hicks (WMAZ) Updated: 11:53 PM EDT May 13, 2021
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. One Milledgeville mother of two is now at Fort Valley State University and will receive her college degree 30 years after she started.
In 1981, Lisa Nichols took her first steps on the campus of Middle Georgia College, but she says books were the last thing on her mind. After three years, I dropped out because I was not focused, had a little boyfriend I was trying to run behind, Nichols said.
Savannah State University has promoted interim president Kimberly Ballard-Washington to the permanent position, the University System of Georgia announced Thursday.
Ballard-Washington is the sole finalist for the position she inherited after taking over for president Cheryl Dozier upon her retirement in 2019.
“Savannah State’s 130-year history could not be better served than with a candidate of Ms. Ballard-Washington’s leadership and determination to honor its legacy while helping students successfully complete their degrees in the 21st century,” said USG chancellor, Steve Wrigley in a statement Thursday. “Kimberly has invaluable experience gained from working at a number of public universities across the state, and understands the important role Savannah State plays as the oldest public HBCU in Georgia. She truly and deeply cares for SSU, its students and its mission.”