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Position announcement
The search committee invites nominations and applications for the position of director of the Institute of Higher Education. The director reports to the vice president for instruction.
Qualifications include the rank of professor and significant administrative experience. Candidates should have a keen understanding of issues in higher education at regional, national and international levels and a broad appreciation for higher education as an area of scholarly inquiry. Candidates should understand the IHE mission and provide leadership in the institute’s continuing service as an instructional, research and outreach unit of the university. The successful candidate’s professional capabilities and experience will complement and strengthen those of the current faculty and professional staff.
The committee will begin formal review of applications on Dec. 5 and will continue to accept applications and nominations until a director has been identified. To receive full and timely consideration, however, candidates should submit a complete application dossier by Dec. 11.
Complete applications must include a letter of interest and a curriculum vitae as well as the names, addresses and telephone numbers of three references. Minority and female faculty are encouraged to apply. Applications and nominations should be sent to Search Committee Chair, Institute of Higher Education, 106 Meigs Hall.
Call 542-2316 for more details.
Campaign change
The charitable organization Canine Vision, listed in the current UGA Campaign for Charities brochure as organization number 14700, has closed because of financial difficulties. Employees cannot select Canine Vision as a recipient of Campaign for Charities contributions.
Final exam conflicts
Final examinations for fall semester are scheduled for Dec. 11-15. Faculty wishing to change the time or date of a final examination must first seek approval from their respective department head and dean, and then send a written request to the provost’s office explaining the reason for the change and the provisions that will be made to accommodate students who may have personal or academic conflicts with the proposed time/date change in the schedule.
Students who have personal conflicts with a scheduled exam may appeal to the instructor to take the final at a different time/date and the instructor can, with consent from the department head, approve or deny the student’s appeal.
Students who have two final examinations scheduled at the same time or three final exams on the same calendar day may appeal to have one examination changed to a different time/date by contacting the provost’s office. Conflicts will be resolved through conversations with the student and the instructor.
Questions and requests should be directed to the provost’s office, 203 administration building, 542-7715, nismith@uga.edu.
Free required posters
The Equal Opportunity Office at UGA reminds university units that the federal and state posters which employers are required to post on employee bulletin boards are available free. Some publishers have recently advertised “special purchases” of these posters for $39-$100, but the required posters are available at no cost from the Equal Opportunity Office and the Division of Human Resources.
Questions about such posting requirements or about the availability of posters should be directed to Julia Harris in the Equal Opportunity Office (542-7912) or Sige Burden in Human Resources (542-9756).
Award nominations
The UGA Research Foundation is now accepting nominations for the 2001 Robert C. Anderson Memorial Awards. Anderson was vice president for research at UGA. The award recognizes an outstanding record of research accomplishment carried out as part of a candidate’s graduate studies and during the period immediately following receipt of the terminal degree.
Two awards of $1,000 each are made annually to recent UGA degree recipients; usually one award is in the natural sciences and one in any other field. Guidelines are available on the Web (www.ovpr.uga.edu/rpph/forms/ugarf.html).
UGA graduate students who received their terminal degree after July 1, 1998, are eligible for nomination for this year’s awards.
The dossier should include a cover page (available on the Web), a cover letter from the nominee’s major professor, a curriculum vitae, evidence of accomplishment appropriate to the field, and three letters of recommendation (at least one of which must be from outside the university).
An original plus six copies of the dossier should be sent to Mary Lynn Ward, 616 Boyd Graduate Studies Research Center, by Jan. 26, 2001. For additional information, call 542-5318.
TA award nominations
Nominations for UGA’s Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards and the Excellence in Teaching Awards are now available from the Office of Instructional Support and Development. Nominations are due by Jan. 5.
The awards program recognizes superior teaching in classroom or laboratory by graduate assistants. Recipients of the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards are recognized at Honors Day and receive a certificate and letter of appreciation from the senior vice president for academic affairs. The Excellence in Teaching Award, given to no more than five recipients each year, carries a monetary award of $1,000 from the Graduate School and is presented at the Faculty Awards Banquet in April.
Call 542-1355 for nomination materials.
Faculty Spanish classes
The Office of International Development will offer beginning and advanced Spanish conversation classes during spring semester for faculty.
The beginner class will meet Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 12:20 to 1:10 p.m. in 414 journalism building. The advanced class will meet Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12:30-1:45 p.m., in 61 Park Hall. Enrollment is limited to 20 participants per class. Cost is $30, due before classes begin.
To register or for more information, call Jackie Roberts, 542-7887.
Botanical Garden volunteer
The State Botanical Garden is looking for a volunteer to serve as facility/ground repair specialist, undertaking painting, plumbing, light carpentry and electrical repair and making improvements to existing structures.
For more information, call Kandy Duke at 542-6195.
Master calendar items
During the month of December, the UGA master calendar will be moved from its original Web site (www.uga.edu/uc/calendar) to a new site at www.uga.edu/mastercalendar.
The new site allows sponsoring university units to submit entries online. University Communications, which maintains the master calendar, requests that online submission be used whenever possible, to minimize the need for re-keying of entries.
Online submission is now in operation. The actual master calendar will be moved to the new site on Dec. 6.
To submit an entry, go to the master calendar site (www.uga.edu/mastercalendar) and click on “submit an entry.” Fill out all applicable fields, including a contact name and phone number. Click “confirm” to review and verify your submitted information. If you need to change what you have entered, use the “back” button to edit your entry. When all is correct, hit “submit” to complete your entry. All entries are subject to approval and editing by University Communications before posting on the Web.
Submit entries as far in advance of the event date as possible--a year in advance is not too early for this master planning calendar. Submit the item as soon as the event date is confirmed, and provide additional details as they are finalized.
If it is not possible to submit an item online, the information can be sent by campus mail (Master Calendar, University Communications, 310 Old College).
The “UGA Guide”--the events calendar which appears in each issue of Columns--begins with information from the master calendar. Additional details are included when they have been provided, if space allows. Sponsoring units should continue to send such additional information to Columns, preferably by e-mail (columns@uga.edu), or by campus mail (Columns, News Service, A-205 Stegeman Coliseum) or fax (542-8020).
Bulletin Board prints announcements from campus-based organizations whose membership includes UGA faculty and/or staff. Send notices by e-mail, campus mail (A-205 Stegeman Coliseum, Campus Mail 4371) or fax (542-8020). |
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