Bonita Jacobs starts Friday as the first female president of North Georgia College & State University. The State Board of Regents hired her in May.

She replaces David Potter, who retired Thursday after having served as president since 2005.

Jacobs previously served as executive director of the National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students at the University of North Texas.

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Waymo autonomous vehicles operate across 65 square miles inside I-285 and have been involved in six incidents with Atlanta Public School buses since May. Waymo issued a recall because of their cars briefly stopping or slowing down before continuing forward while a bus was stopped and flashing its lights. (Courtesy of Atlanta Public Schools)

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