Monday, May 22, 2000
Subscribing to the theory
The next new thing
University Council approves creation of New Media Institute
Larry Weatherford, vice president for government relations, to retire
Utility construction forces closing of streets, parking lots
Campus Closeup
Members of promotion, tenure review committee are announced
Remembering those we’ve lost
Kudos
Thomas G. Dyer, acting vice president for instruction, has received four awards for his book Secret Yankees: The Union Circle in Confederate Atlanta. The Georgia Historical Society gave the book its 2000 Malcolm and Muriel Bell Barrow Award as the best book on Georgia history. The Atlanta Civil War Round Table named Dyer the 1999 recipient of its Richard Barksdale Harwell Memorial Book Award, whose namesake was a scholar of Civil War history, editor, author and founder of the organization. Secret Yankees also received two awards from Georgia Writers in its 36th annual Georgia Author of the Year competition. Secret Yankees was named winner of the historical style division for creative nonfiction and the overall winner for creative nonfiction.

Edmund Feldman, professor emeritus of art, received the 2000 Distinguished Service (Within the Profession) Award from the National Art Education Association. This annual award recognizes an NAEA member for outstanding achievements, contributions and service to art education and to national and state/province associations.
NAEA’s membership includes elementary, secondary, middle-level and high school art teachers in the 50 states, representatives from America’s major art museums, state departments of education, arts councils and major colleges and universities throughout the United States and 66 foreign countries.

James E. Fletcher, professor of telecommunications and associate vice president for academic affairs, received the 2000 Hugh Malcolm Beville Jr. Award from the National Association of Broadcasters and the Broadcast Education Association. The award was presented at the BEA annual convention April 9 in Las Vegas.
The Beville Award, which honors outstanding achievement in contemporary audience research, is named for Hugh Malcolm Beville Jr., a major figure in the history of broadcast audience research.
The NAB serves and represents America’s radio and television stations. The BEA is the professional association for professional and industry persons who are interested in the teaching and researching of electronic media in colleges and universities worldwide.

The Georgia Writers’ 1999 Lifetime Achievement Award was given posthumously to Stanley Lindberg, who served as editor of the Georgia Review until his death in January.

An article co-authored by Sally Zepeda, an assistant professor in educational leadership, published in the International Journal of Educational Management, has been selected as one of the two “Highly Commended Papers” in the 1999 volume.
The paper, entitled “Decision-Making Assessment: Improving Principal Performance,” was co-written by Ray Calabrese. The Journal is a premier scholarly publication with press, based in England and with regional offices in North America, Southeast Asia and Japan.

Kudos recognizes special contributions staff, faculty and administrators are making in teaching, research and service. News items are limited to election in national and international societies; election into offices of state, regional, national and international societies; major awards and prizes; and similarly notable accomplishments.
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