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Columns::September 24, 2001

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Regents approve budget request
Sticking to its theme of “a more educated Georgia,” the University System of Georgia Board of Regents approved a budget request aimed at bringing public higher education to a potentially huge market of non-traditional students and improving the number of freshmen students who return to college for a second year.
The regents approved these items Sept. 12 as part of the $1.8 billion fiscal 2003 budget request. Included in this total is a $31 million request for enhancement funding, consistent with the 2 percent cap placed by the governor’s office. The board also approved the 2003 fiscal year major and minor capital projects request. The multi-year capital budget request is $565 million (though the General Assembly normally funds only a portion of this rolling list); the fiscal years’s minor request is $59 million. The board also requested a one-time, $72 million request for the 2002 fiscal year supplemental budget. Those requests are now submitted to the governor’s office. The governor will recommend a final budget to the General Assembly for funding during the 2002 legislative session.
While no specific dollar amount was indicated, the budget request includes language urging the governor to provide a significant average merit salary increase for faculty and staff.

CUNY provost named FVSU president
The Board of Regents and University System of Georgia Chancellor Stephen R. Portch have named Kofi Lomotey president of Fort Valley State University. Lomotey is currently the senior vice president and provost at Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York. His appointment becomes effective Oct. 15.
A nationally recognized academician and author, Lomotey has been the senior vice president at Medgar Evers College since 1998 and before that spent a year as the college’s vice president. He also has taught courses in the college’s department of education.
Lomotey holds a Ph.D. in educational administration and policy analysis from Stanford University and two master’s degrees, one a master of education degree in curriculum and instruction from Cleveland State University and the other a master of arts degree in educational administration and policy analysis from Stanford. He also earned a bachelor of arts degree in economics from Oberlin College.

Pharmacy forms advisory board
The College of Pharmacy has formed a 14-member advisory board. The purpose of the board is to help the college realize its vision to become a pre-eminent institution and be ranked among national and international leaders in recognition of the college’s achievements in pharmacy and graduate education, pharmacy practice, biomedical and clinical research, and service.
The board consists of representatives from all pharmacy disciplines as well as other key health science areas. Membership lasts for two years, and annual meetings will be held to discuss key issues and make recommendations to the dean.
Members of the pharmacy advisory board are Alex Akers, HealthCare Computer Corp., Fort Worth, Texas; Howard C. Ansel, dean emeritus, UGA College of Pharmacy; J. Ashley Dukes, Jesup; Ned Giles, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Chattanooga; Rep. David G. Graves, Macon; Philip Hall, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston; Marie Jackson, University Hospital, Augusta; Leslie Jaggers, Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta; Barbara White Lawton, Decatur; David Leitch, the Kroger Company, Atlanta; Jeff Lurey, the Lurey Companies, Norcross; J. Harris Morgan Jr., Thrift Center Pharmacy, Camilla; Valarie Ng, University of California, San Francisco; and Ann Perry, Publix Super Markets, Gainesville.

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