Making the grade
Living in a campus residence hall doesn’t guarantee a student better grades, but evidence suggests it helps.
For the 14th consecutive academic term, undergraduate students living in residence halls have posted higher grade point averages than students living off campus. More than six times as many on-campus new freshmen earned a perfect 4.0 GPA as their off-campus counterparts.
Unraveling a mystery
Wildlife-disease researchers at the University of Georgia are spearheading efforts to find out what causes a mysterious brain disease that killed 13 bald eagles and several other birds last fall and winter in Georgia.
The primary suspect is avian vacuolar myelinopathy, or AVM, a disease that destroys a bird’s coordination and thus its ability to walk, swim or fly.
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SACS ‘reaffirmation committee’ visits campus next week
The university will climax its two-year self-study next week by showcasing its student services and academic strengths to a group of visiting evaluators who will decide if UGA will receive reaccreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
The visit by the 20-member SACS “reaffirmation committee” Feb. 25-28 will bring to a close the “study” phase of the self-study, which UGA must conduct every 10 years to be reaccredited by SACS, its major accrediting agency.
Contract for athletic director renewed; Dooley to retire in 2003
President Michael F. Adams earlier this month announced a renewed contract for Vince Dooley, director of athletics, through Dec. 31, 2003. Dooley’s current contract was to have expired June 30; the new agreement and pay raise are effective retroactively to Jan. 1. In accepting the agreement, Dooley said it will be his final contract as UGA athletics director.
Georgia Rep premieres ‘Age of Discovery’
On Feb. 21, the Georgia Repertory Theatre will premiere Age of Discovery, a wild and zany play about two fellows named Lewis and Clark and a rock they found.
Connections: Internet ventures link up at
IT forum organized by management information systems department
The Terry College of Business has begun hosting periodic meetings for people interested in Internet-based businesses. It’s called the Internet Technology Forum, and it was started by management information systems professor Rick Watson. Columns asked Watson how the series got rolling and who can benefit.
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