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Spring semester enrollment sets record
A total of 29,886 students registered for spring semester classes at the university--the largest spring enrollment ever at UGA and the fourth consecutive year spring registration has set a record.
This spring’s enrollment is an increase of 252 (0.9 percent) over the 29,634 students enrolled in spring of 2000.
According to figures released by Registrar Gary Moore, undergraduate enrollment totals 22,728, up by 23 students over last spring. Graduate enrollment rose 3.5 percent to a total of 5,557 compared to 5,367 last year.
Enrollment in the professional schools of law, pharmacy and veterinary medicine totals 1,342, up by 38 students (2.9 percent) over last spring. Enrollment in professional baccalaureate programs (forest resources, journalism and mass communication, social work and the bachelor of pharmacy degree program) totals 1,058, a decrease of 13 students from last year.
A total of 259 students enrolled in independent study, compared to 258 last year.
Enrollment has climbed every spring at UGA since 1997, and has decreased only twice in the past 10 years--in 1993 and 1997.
Costa Rica program airs on GPTV
Bridging Two Worlds, a new program produced by the Georgia Center for Continuing Education’s television services department, is scheduled to air on Georgia Public Television March 25 at 2:30 p.m.
In 1999 and again in 2000, employees from the Georgia Center went to Costa Rica to film scientists and an artist for a half-hour television program focusing on environmental challenges and long-term research designed to address some pressing environmental issues in the tropics.
Bridging Two Worlds showcases the work of four scientists from UGA’s Institute of Ecology and Marine Institute: Diana Lieberman, Milton Lieberman, Catherine Pringle and Alonzo Ramirez. The four scientists study the growth rates of trees (important for reforestation); conchs along the Pacific coast (an important food source); the water quality of rivers and streams (important for the growing population of Costa Rica); and the production of insects in rivers and streams (important for determining water quality), respectively.
Writing program seeks proposals
The Writing Intensive Program is now accepting proposals for 2001-02 writing intensive courses. Funded by the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and the Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, the program encourages writing in the disciplines at UGA and emphasizes writing as a way of teaching and learning.
Since 1997, the program has offered more than 100 writing-intensive courses in a range of disciplines from microbiology to music. According to program surveys, an average of 70 percent of students report that writing-intensive courses influence their writing skills positively, and an average of 72 percent report that writing assignments force them to keep up with and understand course material better. Faculty participating in the program are assigned a writing-intensive teaching assistant.
Proposed writing intensive courses may include courses already in the curriculum that are redesigned to give students more opportunities for writing, feedback and revision (for example, “topics” courses, as well as courses specifically developed as writing intensive). Faculty who would like feedback on their course ideas may send a preliminary draft before the April 2 proposal deadline.
For proposal guidelines, program information, or to arrange a presentation about new ways to teach with writing in the disciplines, faculty may contact Michelle Ballif (mballif@arches.uga.edu) or visit the Writing Intensive Program Web site (parallel.park.uga.edu/~wip/home.html). |
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