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Columns::January 22, 2002

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Reaching out: Strategic plan for campus diversity efforts drafted

A three-year strategic plan to guide institutional efforts to increase campus diversity has been drafted under the direction of Louis A. Castenell Jr., acting associate provost for institutional diversity.
Castenell, who assumed responsibility for leading UGA’s newly established Office of Institutional Diversity in June, convened a “design team” of students, faculty, staff and administrators to assist in shaping the plan. The group of more than 30 met for weekly discussion sessions throughout most of the fall semester.
“The design team provided excellent input in defining goals for the office and for the university,” says Castenell. “They put a lot of time and thought into this.”

Civil War scholar will deliver Charter Lecture

James M. McPherson, whose voluminous scholarship helped spawn renewed interest in the Civil War by focusing on the human drama and tragedy of the conflict, will deliver the spring Charter Lecture Jan. 24.
McPherson is author of more than a dozen books, including Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era, which won the 1989 Pulitzer Prize. He will speak at 4 p.m. in the Chapel. His talk, entitled “The Problem of Peace in the Midst of War, 1863-1865,” is open free to the public.

2002 State of the University Address

Making what he describes as a “very different speech,” University of Georgia President Michael F. Adams praised individuals he says are the “heroes” of the state’s largest university.
In his annual “State of the University” address, Adams praised students, faculty, staff, and UGA administrators who, like the heroes of Sept. 11, are making a difference in the lives of others.

Bob Boehmer to coordinate strategic planning, coordination

Robert Boehmer, who directed

Robert Boehmer

UGA’s recent self-study and was part of the core group that worked on the institutional strategic plan, has assumed the new post of associate provost for institutional effectiveness, reporting directly to Provost Karen Holbrook.
In this position, Boehmer is responsible for keeping the university’s strategic plan on track and up-to-date, while coordinating ongoing reporting and assessment responsibilities. In addition, he serves as the senior academic liaison to the Gwinnett University Center, a unique partnership between the University of Georgia, Georgia Perimeter College and the University System of Georgia.

Social work professor pens book about civil rights ‘foot soldier’

Maurice C. Daniels, associate professor and director of the master’s degree program in the School of Social Work, has authored a new book that illuminates a pivotal chapter in the historic fight for desegregation and civil rights.

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