Spring cleaning: Winds take down historic trees
Just as spring began the morning of March 20, two large oaks blew down on historic North Campus in 40-mile-per-hour gusts of wind.
Down to the details
When Gov. Roy Barnes signed H.B. 16 into law on Jan. 31, 2001, Georgia immediately had a new state flag. But while the legislative effort may have been over, the work was just beginning for the office of Secretary of State Cathy Cox. The new statutory language provides a general description of the flag’s appearance, but details--such as the precise shades of blue, red or gold, the flag’s dimensions, and the size of the state seal and other components--were left to the secretary of state.
Enter Ed Jackson and Reid McCallister of the Carl Vinson Institute of Government.
You’re Welcome
UGA’s Visitors Center opened in the Four Towers Building on College Station Road in 1996 under the direction of Fran Lane. Columns spoke with her recently about progress and plans for the center.
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Media scholar is named
director of Peabody Awards
Horace Newcomb has been selected as the new director of the George Foster Peabody Awards, which recognize outstanding achievement in broadcasting and cable. As director, Newcomb will become Lambdin Kay Distinguished Professor for the Peabody Awards at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, where the program is housed. Currently he is the F.J. Heney Centennial Professor in the department of radio-television-film at the University of Texas at Austin.
Publishing director announces retirement
 The University of Georgia Press has matured from a small, relatively obscure university press into one of the country’s best mid-size publishing houses in the 28 years since Karen Orchard came aboard as an editorial assistant.
Orchard, who held most of the key administrative positions at the press en route to becoming director six years ago, attributes most of the improvement to the efforts of her staff and her predecessors. But many admirers say Orchard deserves much of the credit.
Finalists for three administrative positions begin their campus visits
Finalists have been chosen for three key administrative positions at the university, and a series of campus visits for the candidates will begin on March 26.
The positions are directors of the Carl Vinson Institute of Government, the J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership and associate provost for international affairs. The Vinson and Fanning institutes are part of UGA’s public service and outreach program, while the international affairs position is part of academic affairs.
Alumnus will conduct Army band
The U.S. Army Ground Forces Band will perform at 7:30 p.m. March 26 in Hodgson Hall. Tickets are required for admission but they are available at no charge from the box office in the Performing Arts Center (542-4400).
The band will be conducted by 2nd Lt. Derrick N. Shaw, a 1973 graduate of UGA with a bachelor’s degree in music education.
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