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Columns::April 15, 2002

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Charities program recognizes UGA
This year was a record year in terms of support for Georgia’s statewide Campaign for Charities. Pledges reached the highest level in the campaign’s 20-year history. Contributions from UGA faculty and staff played a major role in the success of this year’s campaign. Because of those contributions, UGA was the only state institution to receive both the Governor’s Cup and the Governor’s Award from the Statewide Campaign for Charities Program.
The Governor’s Cup is presented to the institution with the highest contribution per employee. The Governor’s Award is presented to the top producing agency in three categories. With its $470,658 in pledges, UGA recorded the largest increase in total dollars in this year’s campaign.
“We could not have achieved these levels of success without your campaign contributions,” says UGA President Michael F. Adams. “The big winners in this are those within our local community who will benefit from the contributions received by those philanthropic service organizations who need support to meet the needs of those they serve. I hope we can exceed our expectations for next year. I appreciate your continued support for the local community and the University of Georgia.”

Professor gets Fulbright, Rotary grants
H. James McLaughlin, associate professor and head of the middle school education program in the College of Education, has been selected as a Fulbright Scholar for 2002-2003 to conduct research and teach at two universities in Mexico.
McLaughlin will be based in Xalapa in the Mexican state of Veracruz from January to July 2003. McLaughlin and his colleagues have forged a three-week cultural immersion program for UGA students and practicing teachers during the past four years. He will use the award to expand UGA’s partnership with the Universidad Veracruzana, two other universities in Xalapa and public schools in the state.
He has also received a Rotary Grant for University Teachers from Rotary International for the project. McLaughlin will teach graduate courses in international education and participant action research at the Universidad Veracruzana and the Universidad Pedagogica Veracruzana.
“I’ll be developing the courses in the next six to eight months with my Mexican colleagues at those universities, and we will co-teach them starting next January,” says McLaughlin. “This is a new step; we haven’t done anything like this before. This is not just about collaboration and exchanges. It’s also about curriculum development.”

Moot court teams win two competitions
The School of Law’s intrastate moot court teams are second to none in the state. This was proven in the Georgia Intrastate Moot Court Competition hosted this past month at UGA. Each of the state’s four law schools had two teams competing, according to UGA Advocacy Director Kellie Casey.
“Both School of Law teams performed well,” Casey says. “Our second team was only two-tenths of a point away from beating our winning team.”
The school’s winning team was comprised of second-year students Nathan Cronic, Jarrod Burch and Ben Pope. This team also won the Best Brief Award. In addition, Pope secured the third and final award presented at the tournament for best oralist. The law school’s second team was comprised of second-year students Ashley Alexander, Matt Reeves and Corey Stern.
At another competition, the law school’s Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Team advanced to the final round of the national competition, where they were narrowly defeated by Harvard Law School.
The law school’s Jessup team was comprised of second-year students Patrick Kelly, Katie Lahnstein, Ryan Strickland and Tiana Mykkeltvedt.

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