Toward one goal
In the first such collaboration in the state, the University of Georgia and the Clarke County School District have agreed to work together to improve student learning through the creation of partnership schools.
The new initiative is unique in its comprehensive approach to bringing together the university, local schools and the community for education renewal.
Clarke County's Dream Team
The co-chairs of the design team for the partnership between the university and the Clarke County School District, announced earlier this month are JoBeth Allen and Jenny Oliver of UGA’s School of Education and Norma McNair of the Clarke County schools. Columns spoke with the three of them about the project for improving the schools.
Georgia on my line
The state will be the subject of a pioneering effort when the New Georgia Encyclopedia goes online in mid-2002. Though the Encyclopedia is a state project, it has close ties to UGA, and its offices are in Candler Hall on North Campus.
The university’s involvement has been much deeper than just location, according to John Inscoe, professor of history and editor of the project.
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Mason grant facilitates access to medications for transplant patients
 The Medication Access Program of UGA’s College of Pharmacy has received $914,000 from the Carlos and Marguerite Mason Trust to facilitate access to medications for solid-organ transplant patients who reside in Georgia. The three-year grant is an expansion of an earlier three-year Mason Trust grant, in the amount of $490,000, that helped establish the program.
Settlement of law school case
to have no effect on admissions policy
A lawsuit alleging reverse discrimination against two white applicants to the School of Law has been settled out of court. As a result, there will be no change in the law school’s admissions process and the university has not admitted to any allegations raised by the plaintiffs.
La Bohéme
The Athena Grand Opera Co., a joint venture between the University of Georgia and the Classic Center, will present two performances of Giacomo Puccini’s beloved opera La Bohéme, on Feb. 16 at 8 p.m. and Feb. 18 at 3 p.m. in the Classic Center Theatre.
Allen Crowell, UGA’s director of choral activities, is chorus master. Accompanied by the UGA Symphony Orchestra, the Athena Grand Opera Chorus is comprised of the UGA Concert Choir, the Athens Master Chorale and the Georgia Children’s Chorus.
GALILEO Digital Library
hosts Native American database
An electronic collection of historical documents about the Native Americans of the Southeast is now available on the Web via the GALILEO Digital Library of Georgia.
More than 1,000 documents are now accessible. The number will double in late 2001 thanks to a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, which provided funding for the digitization project.
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