Focused on learning
Students, faculty and staff are invited to attend a Sept. 1 ceremony marking the official groundbreak-ing for the new Student Learning Center, a $43 million, 200,000- square-foot building that will rise in the center of campus on the former parking lot south of the Fine Arts Building and west of the University Bookstore.
President Michael F. Adams, joined by Provost Karen Holbrook, will preside over the 10 a.m. ceremony, which will be held at the Tate Student Center Plaza, near the construction site.
Element of surprise
 New research from microbiologists at UGA, published in the journal Science, demonstrates that Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease in humans, is the first pathogenic bacterium identified that does not need or use iron.
Improving the undergraduate experience
For the last year and a half, UGA has been intensively engaged in the “self-study” required every decade by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools as part of the reaccreditation process. Using the new alternate procedure adopted by SACS since UGA’s last self-study, the university has focused on the quality of the undergraduate experience. Bob Boehmer, associate professor of legal studies in the Terry College of Business, is directing the project; he provided Columns with a progress report.
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Consultants begin study
of pay and classification system
The university’s Human Resources Division has begun a study that will lead to an overhaul of the 20-year-old system that sets job classifications and salary ranges for non-faculty employees at UGA.
The study will assess the university’s current classification and pay structure, review similar structures at other universities and compare UGA salaries with salaries in private and non-profit sectors. The result will be recommendations to help UGA remain competitive in a tight job market, says Duane Ritter, a human resources administrator who is directing the project.
Construction gets under way for new Aquatic Biotechnology and Environmental Laboratory
Work began Aug. 14 on the new $1.4 million Aquatic Biotechnology and Environmental Laboratory, dubbed ABEL, at Whitehall Forest off South Milledge Avenue. Funded through the Georgia Research Alliance, the lab will be among only a handful of such facilities worldwide for testing the potential health effects of environmental toxicants.
UGA Partners receive briefings on strategic, physical master plan
More than 70 members of the UGA Partners Program met Aug. 21 for a campus tour, briefings on the strategic plan and the physical master plan, and lunch in the administration building. The group included a number of current and retired faculty, staff and administrators, along with alumni from Athens and Atlanta.
University Theatre season
begins Sept. 13
 Season tickets are now available for University Theatre productions for the coming academic year. The drama and theatre department will be producing seven plays, ranging from Restoration comedy through 21st-century premieres.
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