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Columns::October 15, 2001

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SREL 2001

Golden opportunity
University’s Savannah River Ecology Lab observes 50 years of environmental research

UGA’s Savannah River Ecology Laboratory will celebrate 50 years of environmental research this week with a daylong symposium Oct. 19 in the SREL conference center on the Savannah River Site in Aiken, S.C. The symposium, “The Savannah River Ecology Laboratory: 50 Years of Ecological Diversity,” begins at 9 a.m. and is free and open to the public.

Nicole Mazurek (left), a learning disabilities specialist, learns about the new upgrades on Kurzweil, a voice-output synthesizer, from Leah Eagle, a student and staff worker who uses the program frequently.

Online and accessible

A visit to www.coe.uga.edu/ldcenter/ will introduce students, faculty and parents to the newly designed Web site for UGA’s Learning Disabilities Center. The site is the virtual address of the three divisions of LDC: service, research/training, and the Regents Center for Learning Disorders (Evaluation). Its format meets or exceeds all accessibility guidelines.
For the first time, the Web site also enables eligible students to request one of the LDC’s academic accommodations--books on tape--online. Through books on tape, students with learning disabilities, like dyslexia, can request that textbooks be converted into alternative media such as audio tapes, computer disks and CDs.

Moore College will be rededicated as new home of Honors Program

Moore College, a building constructed on the university’s historic North Campus 127 years ago with a gift from the city of Athens, will be rededicated on Oct. 19 as the new home of the Honors Program.
A rededication ceremony will be held at 11:30 a.m., followed by a reception, tours and an afternoon seminar on “The Rewards of an Honors Education.” The building will also be open to the public Oct. 20 from 10 a.m. to noon.

Annual homecoming rituals celebrate ‘New Year--New Memories’

Current--and future--alumni will return to campus for Homecoming.

Homecoming--the annual ritual of food, music, fun and football for University of Georgia students, employees and alumni--will be held Oct. 14-20.
“New Year--New Memories” is the theme of this year’s celebration, sponsored by the student-led All-Campus Homecoming Committee and the student activities department.
“We chose the theme in the hope that all the students, faculty, staff and alumni will feel the spirit that comes with being a Georgia Bulldog,” says Sarah Heath, chair of the committee.

Louise McBee Lecture examines ways to enrich college experience

Louise McBee

The annual Louise McBee Lecture is scheduled for Oct. 18 at 1:30 p.m. in the Chapel. This year’s speaker is Richard J. Light; he will discuss “What Students, Faculty, and Administrators Can Do to Enrich the College Experience.” The lecture is free and open to the public.
The McBee Lecture honors Louise McBee, vice president for academic affairs emerita at UGA. The lectureship, established in 1988, is filled annually by a distinguished scholar or public figure.

The cast of J.M. Synge’s Playboy of the Western World (clockwise, from left): Anna Mitcham as Pegeen, Mark DeCaterina as Old Mahon and Colter Allison as Christy Mahon.

The view from Ireland

University Theatre will present The Playboy of the Western World by Irish writer John Millington Synge Oct. 17-19, 21-23, and 30-31 at 8 p.m., with a matinee on Oct. 21 at 2:30 p.m., in the Cellar Theatre in the Fine Arts Building. Farley Richmond will direct this timeless romantic production. The show will be staged in the round, offering a particularly intimate relationship to the audience. Tickets are $10 ($8 for students). Call the University Theatre box office for tickets and information: 542-2838 (www.drama.uga.edu).

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