Capping off their college career
More than half of this spring’s 3,000 undergraduate degree recipients attended Commencement May 12 at Sanford Stadium.
 ‘Gate’way to the top
Semil Choksi, a graduating senior majoring in genetics at the university, was notified the week before Commencement that he is among the inaugural recipients of the new Gates Cambridge Scholarship.
Funded by a $210 million endowment from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the merit-based scholarships—similar to the University of Oxford’s Rhodes Scholarships —cover one to three years of study at the University of Cambridge in England. Choksi’s award is for three years starting in the fall of 2001. He plans to earn a doctorate in molecular genetics.
Fall break returns to Florida game weekend
Bowing to the wishes of students, the University Council has decided to keep fall break on the Thursday and Friday before the Georgia-Florida football game.
In its final meeting of the academic year April 26, the council also okayed formation of a committee to study the feasibility of a campus memorial honoring faculty, staff, students and alumni who died in U.S. military service and endorsed a student-generated set of value statements called the “Pillars of the Arch.”
22 incoming freshmen named Foundation Fellows
For 22 incoming freshmen, the decision to attend the University of Georgia is a particularly rewarding one--both academically and financially.
The students--from Georgia and six other states--are recipients of UGA’s prestigious Foundation Fellowship, created to provide an enhanced educational experience for academically outstanding undergraduate students. In addition to covering all costs for four years of study, it includes all-expense-paid international travel-study experiences.
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Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute approved
At its April 26 meeting, University Council approved the establishment of a Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute at UGA. The Institute proposal, signed by more than 70 research faculty, had earlier received strong support in the Franklin College Senate and a letter of unanimous backing from the deans. Harry Dailey, professor of microbiology and biochemistry, drafted the proposal and led the effort to gain its approval.
Proposed College of Environment and Design takes shape
The university plans to create a new College of Environment and Design that will assemble expertise and resources from throughout the campus to provide a new focus on instruction and research about the environment.
University planners believe that when it is fully operable, the college will be one of the nation’s leading centers for research, teaching and outreach on such environmental issues as species protection, preservation of natural resources, urban design and development, and global climate change.
Winthrop University administrator chosen new dean of students post
 Rodney D. Bennett, the dean of students at Winthrop University in South Carolina, has been chosen to be dean of students at UGA--a new position designed to work actively on behalf of students.
Bennett was selected from among four finalists for the position, which was created last year by Richard Mullendore, vice president for student affairs. His appointment is effective July 1 pending approval by the University System of Georgia Board of Regents.
Digest
* Chancellor to step down from post
* Engineers, ecologists form AEES
* Minority services hosts conference
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