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Columns::February 11, 2002

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Performing Arts Center sets record
The University of Georgia Performing Arts Center has set a new record for two of its subscription series for the 2001-02 season.
The Ramsey Concert Hall Series and the Traditions Series, both presented in the Performing Arts Center’s Ramsey Concert Hall, saw double-digit percentage increases in sales over the previous season. The Ramsey Concert Hall Series experienced an 18.2 percent increase in subscriptions, and the Traditions Series grew by 17.6 percent. The Ramsey Concert Hall Series showcases the rising new stars of classical music in recital.
The Traditions Series offers music from different cultures and different eras and has proven so successful that most of its concerts this season have been moved to the larger Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall to accommodate ticket demand.
“We are indeed pleased by our strong sales record,” says Timothy A. Bartholow, director of the university’s Office of Performing Arts. “It is gratifying to know that our audience continues to embrace and support our programming, in spite
of the economic instability and national security threats we have experienced.”
The UGA Office of Performing Arts presents a season of six different subscription series, featuring classical music, dance, and popular entertainment.
The Performing Arts Center currently boasts a combined total of 2,385 subscriptions for all series.

Professor appointed to licensing board
A College of Education professor has been appointed to the Georgia State Board of Examiners of Psychologists.
Linda Campbell, an associate professor of counseling psychology, joins the six-member board selected by the governor to provide consumer protection, public health and welfare through regulation of the profession.
Comprised of five psychologists and one consumer member, the board processes licensure applications and receives, investigates and adjudicates complaints issued against licensed psychologists. There are currently 1,709 licensed psychologists in the state.
Campbell was sworn in by Gov. Roy Barnes this past month at the state capitol in Atlanta.

UGA Press book nominated for award
One of the University of Georgia Press’s spring/summer 2001 titles has been nominated for a National Book Award by the National Book Award Critics Circle.
As Eve Said to the Serpent by Rebecca Solnit has been nominated in the criticism category. This is the second year in a row that a title acquired by editor Barbara Ras has made it to the final NBCC cut. Her acquisition A Poetry of Two Minds by Sherod Santos was nominated in the criticism category last year.
The awards ceremony will take place March 11 at New York University Law School.

Georgia Center Web site honored
The Georgia Center for Continuing Education was honored for excellence in the Internet Home Page design category by the Learning Resources Network, an international association of lifelong learning. The winning entry was selected based on a strong home page design and layout, and the simplicity and effectiveness of the URL--georgiacenter.org.
The primary criteria that judges used for those selected was the quality of being at the leading edge of the field of lifelong learning, according to Julie Coates, LERN vice president of information services.
“The awards selection process is very competitive,” Coates says. “The Georgia Center’s nomination was selected from a field of more than 120 nominations from four countries.”

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