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Spelman College’s board of trustees has tapped Ayanna Howard, a dean of engineering at The Ohio State University, to serve as the school’s 12th president.

Howard attended Brown University as an undergraduate, then earned master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering from the University of Southern California. She also has an MBA from Claremont Graduate University.

An engineer by trade, Howard has worked at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and held several different positions at Georgia Tech. While there, she founded a trainee program in healthcare robotics and recruited college students outside of Georgia Tech to participate.

Howard became the first outside funder of the SpelBots, Spelman’s award-winning robotics team. She also launched Zyrobotics, a company that develops assistive technology for people with disabilities.

In an interview with the AJC, Ayanna Howard shares more on her background and plans for Spelman in her new role. Read more: https://bit.ly/4vvp83F

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Did you see the Atlanta Press Club debate for the GOP state school superintendent? Three-term incumbent Richard Woods was narrowly pushed into a runoff with Candler County Superintendent Fred "Bubba" Longgrear during the May 19 primary.

During the debate, Woods argued his 12 years leading the education department makes him the clear choice in the race. Longgrear said results have been flat during Woods' tenure and promised he'd "collaborate, work with others, and really take Georgia to a bright future" if elected. The winner of the June 16 contest will face Democratic nominee Lydia Powell in November. She's an assistant principal in Henry County.

If you missed it, view the debate here. 👇 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeD1iQ-ViPQ

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From associate professor Matthew Boedy:
As some students head into commencement season, other students in Georgia’s public universities face the traditional task of signing up for fall classes. This fall, all syllabuses for all classes will be publicly available.

This is a good moment to explain to the public how AI is affecting professors as they labor over the semester schedule of reading and writing.

For that reason, this fall for the first time I am organizing my syllabus around this central question: should this class exist in our AI era?

My English class will be tough. AI should not be the easy way out. How should college students use AI? A Georgia professor outlines his curriculum in the ear of AI.