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Columns::October 1, 2001

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Campaign for Charities kicks off
The annual UGA Campaign for Charities will kick off Oct. 3 with an 8 a.m. breakfast at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education. At that time, university vice presidents, deans, directors and department heads will receive packets of pre-printed pledge cards and other campaign materials for distribution in their respective areas. Head football coach Mark Richt is the featured speaker for this year’s kick-off breakfast; President Michael F. Adams will provide closing remarks.
In addition to the breakfast, “CharityFest,” a free health screening for UGA employees, will be held from 9:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. in the Hill Atrium of the Georgia Center.
As in the past, the university will conduct a single campaign for charitable contributions to approved agencies, which include local United Way programs throughout Georgia plus many other agencies that serve statewide.
“The success of this campaign will depend on the generosity of UGA faculty and staff, who designate their contributions to help others less fortunate or in need of special services,” says this year’s campaign chairman Art Dunning, vice president for public service and outreach and associate provost. “Through this once-a-year campus solicitation, we all have the opportunity to enhance the quality of life for many university students and employees, their families, and our friends and neighbors who receive vital services from the agencies included in this campaign.”
Last year, 114 departments met or exceeded their goal. The goal for this year’s campaign is $470,000.

Education college donates to literacy
The College of Education recently donated $1,300 raised at a charity auction to an Athens adult literacy group. An education college representative made the donation to the Athens Reaching Every Adult Learner organization during the group’s annual commemorative luncheon held Sept. 13.
R.E.A.L. informs adult learners in Clarke County about literacy opportunities, coordinates community involvement, supports literacy programs, and addresses literacy gaps.
The donation was made from proceeds of a charity auction held at the eighth annual Harriette Austin Writers Conference on the UGA campus this past summer. Conference participants bid on items donated by literary agents, publishers, writers, local merchants, and interested individuals.
Charles Connor, program director of the writers conference, made the presentation to R.E.A.L. board member Janet Jones.

Students produce CNN segment
Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication students produced a live segment that aired on CNN television.
Broadcast news majors Porsha Grant, Ally Harper and Wil Loftis, and Tunde Ezekiel, president of the UGA Student Government Association, were interviewed in Athens by an anchor about self-segregation on college campuses, according to David Hazinski, associate professor of telecommunications.
The segment was featured on a recent edition of CNN Live at Daybreak as part of a “College Week” series discussing topics related to college life.
The four-minute segment was shot outside the Tate Student Center using innovative electric news cars and microwave. The students were responsible for transmitting the pictures to CNN from the Grady College’s satellite uplink truck.
Technical support was offered to the students from Michael Castengera, Sonny Dixon and Dan Keever, all either Grady College faculty or staff. The segment was produced without any CNN personnel in Athens, according to Hazinski.
“I am pleased CNN trusted us to produce the live segment alone and even more pleased our students pulled it off successfully,” Hazinski says. “It is quite a testament to their competence and that of our staff.”

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