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GPTV re-airs documentary
A documentary on the life and works of literary critic and former UGA professor Hugh Kenner will be re-broadcast by Georgia Public Television Sept. 10 at 3:30 p.m.
Kenner has been at the center of world literature for more than a half-century. Arguably the best-known living literary critic and the author of many books, he was friends with such seminal figures in 20th-century literature as Ezra Pound, Samuel Beckett, T.S. Eliot and William Carlos Williams.
The half-hour documentary, Hugh Kenner: A Modern Master, premiered on GPTV this past March. The film was written and co-produced by Phil Williams, director of public information for UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. It was directed and co-produced by David Allen Silvian of the Georgia Center for Continuing Education.
Kenner spent the last nine years of his career at UGA before his retirement last year. He and his wife, Mary Anne, continue to live in Athens, and Kenner is working on his next book.
Athletes earn scholarships
Georgia swimmers Kristy Kowal and Jennifer Mihalik and tennis player Joey Pitts have been awarded the 2000 NCAA post-graduate scholarships. The trio were part of the 107 student-athletes who will receive post-graduate scholarships, including 36 men and 71 women who competed in sports in which the NCAA conducts championships, other than football and men’s and women’s basketball.
The $5,000 scholarships are awarded to student-athletes who maintain at least a 3.00 cumulative grade-point average (4.00 scale) and perform with distinction in varsity competition.
A six-time NCAA national champion and two-time College Swim Coaches Association Swimmer of the Year, Kowal holds four American and U.S. open records, including the 100-meter and 200-meter breaststroke. She will compete in the 2000 Olympics next month in Sydney, Australia.
Mihalik spent her first three years with the Clemson swimming and diving team, earning All-ACC recognition all three seasons, and was a two-time ACC champion in the 100-meter backstroke. A native of Clemson, S.C., she earned All-SEC accolades in 2000 and was the SEC champion in the 800-meter and 200-meter free relay.
Since the fall of 1995, Pitts has amassed a 57-30 overall record in singles play and a 34-26 record in doubles action. He helped lead Georgia to three SEC championships and received the SEC Tournament Sportsmanship Award in 1999.
‘Top notch’ law class enrolls
The School of Law has set the standard for the 21st century by enrolling one of the most outstanding entering classes in its history.
The median grade-point average of the 201 students is 3.59--the highest on record at the school--and their median Law School Admissions Test score is 162, in the top 12 percent of test takers nationwide.
In addition, the percentage of women in the class is the highest ever, at 49 percent. Minorities comprise 16 percent of the class, with 20 of the 32 minority students being African-American. The average age of the entering students is 24. In keeping with the law school’s commitment to provide the finest legal education to state residents, 78 percent of the students hail from Georgia.
“We couldn’t ask for a much better class than this one,” said David Shipley, dean of the law school. “In addition to being top-notch academically, the students also are well-rounded people with diverse backgrounds as parents, professionals and civic volunteers. The School of Law is now one of the most selective public law schools in the nation, and our admissions committee and staff deserve praise for the success of their recruiting efforts.”
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