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Columns::October 29, 2001
Digest
New safety program offered for staff
Although the University of Georgia and Athens have not been identified as high risk areas for terrorist attacks, it is appropriate to disseminate reliable safety information as a reasonable response to recent events around the United States.
To address the specific concerns of UGA front line staff as they receive phone calls and mail, the Public Safety and Environmental Safety Divisions will offer the program “Front Line Security” on Nov. 1 from 9:30 to 11 a.m. and again on Nov. 6 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Both sessions will be held in the Tate Student Center Theater. No registration is necessary to attend; however, seating is limited.
In a special effort to address specific concerns, it has been requested that attendees e-mail their questions in advance, so the presenters can respond to them during the programs. E-mail questions to training@uga.edu.
For additional information, call the Training and Development Center at 542-7062.
Grady College shares $200,000 grant
The Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education in the U.S. Department of Education has awarded $200,000 to the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication and the University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication for a program on journalism and globalization.
Established by the Program for North American Mobility in Higher Education, this grant is a joint project of the governments of Canada, Mexico and the United States.
The program will bring together students from the colleges to jointly produce television segments and/or print journalism pieces on subjects with a North American dimension. The result will be to combine increased technical understanding of journalism content and style with lessons in development, politics, cultural change, resiliency and human communication.
“Globalization is changing the way we approach journalism. The emergence of a global information economy through the World Wide Web and digital communication technologies impose new demands on reporters, broadcasters and news writers,” says John Soloski, dean of the Grady College. “Journalism is always local or national. It cannot now escape being global as well.”
Along with its U.S. partner, the University of Iowa, UGA is joined by Canada’s Mount Royal College and Humber College and Mexico’s Universidad de Colima and Universidad Autonoma de Guadelajara in this ongoing project.
Over the next three years, the colleges themselves will gain a better understanding
of the differences between cross-cultural journalism programs. A total of 76 students will travel to a neighboring country to practice journalism.
“Through this tri-lateral exchange the University of Georgia is setting an example for journalism programs around the globe, taking the time to introduce students to the world around them,” Soloski says.
Former swimmer named ‘Woman of Year’
Former UGA swimmer Kim Black was named the NCAA Woman of the Year on Oct. 21. She is the UGA third student to win the award.
Since the program was created in 1991, UGA is the only school that has had multiple winners. Ten finalists are selected from more than 350 nominations from all sports in NCAA Division I, II and III. Late UGA swimmer Lisa Coole won the honor in 1997, and Kristy Kowal received it last year.
“After having two winners, we felt like it was highly unlikely to have three,” said Jack Bauerle, head swimming coach. “But Kim was as qualified as anyone. She has earned everything that has come her way.”
Black, from Liverpool, N.Y., won a gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle relay in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. She also was a member of the UGA’s 800-yard relay team that won an NCAA title last season.
A two-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll and a Presidential Scholar majoring in biology and pre-med, Black has applied to the Peace Corps in Central or South America and also for a Rhodes Scholarship to study in Oxford, England.
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