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Columns::September 17, 2001

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UGA cancels classes in the wake of terrorist attacks at WTC, Pentagon
The University of Georgia was one of many institutions across the nation to cancel classes after terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.
Classes at UGA were suspended at noon on Sept. 11; faculty and staff remained on campus to offer their services as needed.
“This is a grave, national tragedy, and my thoughts and prayers are with the victims of these attacks and their families,” said UGA President Michael F. Adams. “My thoughts and prayers also are with this nation, whose greatness is again being tested.
“There are many faculty, staff and students at the University of Georgia who have been touched deeply and personally by this tragedy,” Adams also said. “All the resources of this institution will be put to use to comfort, support and assist them in this time of need.”
Classes resumed at UGA on Sept. 12.
Pace University, which had a continuing education program on the 55th floor of the World Trade Center and a larger campus a quarter of a mile from the center, closed all of its campuses indefinitely.

New grant helps M.B.A. business plans
The Terry College’s M.B.A. entrepreneurship program has been awarded a $12,000 teaching grant from the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance.
Most Terry M.B.A.s concentrating in entrepreneurship form student teams to develop a new-venture business plan as part of their coursework. Some of those plans are later entered in invitational business plan competitions. The grant money will be divided among this year’s teams to help them develop their plans more effectively.
For instance, the funds may be used to do market research or pay for travel, reference materials, copying costs and other expenses associated with preparing the plans.
“The hope is that by providing the teams with a greater ability to develop their project proposals, a greater percentage of the teams will eventually be able to commercialize their product innovations,” says management professor Charles Hofer, who wrote the grant proposal and supervises the business plan teams.
Two of NCIIA’s goals are to increase entrepreneurial thinking on the part of America’s college students and to stimulate the process of transferring university innovations to the private sector.

Pre-college program changes its name
The School of Music “Pre-College Program” has changed its name to the UGA Community Music School, a program designed to bring music to community members of all ages in and around the Athens area. The program also has been expanded to include a more diverse group of community members. A member of the National Guild of Community Schools of Arts, the UGA Community Music School shares with other guild schools the mission of providing quality instruction in the arts to all who seek it.
The Community Music School program offers private instruction, group classes, music ensembles and music theory lessons to all who aspire to enhance their musical knowledge and ability. Community Music School students have access to the state-of-the-art facilities at UGA, where solo recitals and ensemble concerts are performed throughout the year. Tuition assistance is available.
Community Music School faculty includes undergraduate and graduate students currently attending UGA as well as professional musicians from the community. Teachers have various degree objectives including
music therapy, music education and music performance.
For more information, contact the UGA Community Music School by telephone at 542-2894 or by e-mail at gacms@arches.uga.edu.

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