New president for Georgia State

Georgia State University is set to get its new President. The state Board of Regents has named Mark P. Becker to the post. Becker is a University of South Carolina at Columbia executive vice president and provost. Becker succeeds longtime Georgia State President Carl Patton. Becker will be the school's seventh president when he assumes his new post in January.

(Associated Press)

Search to resume for new Georgia State president

The search for a new president for Georgia State University will resume in a few weeks. The nationwide search came to a halt earlier this month after all three finalists for the job withdrew their names for various reasons. Longtime Georgia State President Carl Patton, who's been in office 16 years, is delaying retirement indefinitely as the search continues. State officials also are set to launch a search for a new Georgia Tech leader in coming weeks.