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Columns::September 10, 2001

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UGA climbs again in ranking of national public universities

The University of Georgia rose two spots in U.S. News and

World Report’s 2002 ranking of the “Top 50 Public National Universities—Doctoral” and is now ranked 18th. UGA was tied for 20th in the 2001 rankings.
“This is a significant move for us,” says President Michael F. Adams. “All the trend lines at the University of Georgia are good, and this ranking reflects that positive trend. I have often said that if we carry out our mission well, the rankings will follow.”

Nancy Williams is studying the impact and effectiveness of camps for young burn survivors and also teaching a service-learning course for UGA master’s students at the burn camp in Eatonton.

Making memories

Essential summer camp memories: the smell of pine straw, the noise of splashing in the swimming pool, canoeing, arts and crafts, nature walks, horseback riding, camping out and campfires, camp songs in the dining hall. This past July, for a group of 110 children who are burn survivors, Camp Oo-U-La (located at Rock Eagle State Park in Eatonton) provided just such memories. It is the only camp in Georgia--and one of only 40 nationwide--dedicated to serving burn-injured children, ages 6 to 16.

Spanish choreographer is a CHA Visiting Artist in the dance department

Alberto Del Saz

Spanish choreographer Alberto Del Saz, co-artistic director of the Murray Louis and Nikolais Dance Company in New York, will be a CHA Visiting Artist in the department of dance during the week of Sept. 10. His host Bala Sarasvati will work with him to prepare dance students to perform the piece Tensile Involvement, which will be part of his lecture-demonstration Sept. 14.
Del Saz was born in 1960 in Bilbao, Spain, where he studied ice skating and won the title of Spanish National Champion in figure skating.

Alumna returns to discuss the ethics of the political memoir

Marjorie Agosín

Marjorie Agosín, chair of the Spanish department at Wellesley College, will be on campus the week of Sept. 10. Agosín received her bachelor’s degree in philosophy and Spanish literature at the University of Georgia before obtaining her M.A. and Ph.D. in Spanish-American literature from Indiana University.
Agosín has had an extraordinarily distinguished career in several separate fields of writing. She has published more than 20 books of poetry, eight books of memoirs, and six books of fiction--in Spanish and in English, and has edited several anthologies of works by Latin American Jewish women writers. Her creative and scholarly work is featured in numerous anthologies.

The next step

Patricia Miller

The new director of the Women’s Studies Program, Patricia Miller, came to UGA this fall from the University of Florida, where she was active in the Women’s Studies Program and the Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Research in addition to her faculty appointment in the psychology department. She took a break from unpacking to tell Columns about plans for women’s studies here.

John Whalley’s painting Late Sun is one of 46 works included in the exhibition opening this week at the Georgia Museum of Art.

Georgia Museum of Art exhibits works by American realist Whalley

Graphite drawings, oil paintings and egg tempera paintings by American realist John Whalley will be on display at the Georgia Museum of Art from Sept. 15 through Oct. 28 in a significant exhibition organized by the museum. Whalley, whose skilled attention to detail is evident in each of his paintings and drawings, is known for responding to what he refers to as “the beauty that speaks softly” in each one of his subjects. A survey of Whalley’s work reveals the beauty he sees in the most familiar subjects and surroundings: children, senior citizens, lakeside landscapes and sunlit still lifes.

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