Unwavering support: UGA sets private giving record with $62.7 million
The university set an all-time record for single-year private giving last fiscal year with $62.7 million in new gifts and pledges from private sources.
It is the first time UGA has ever received more than $60 million in private gifts and pledges in one year, and tops by nearly $4 million the previous record of $58.9 million, set in 1997.
Admissions plan for fall 2003 emphasizes academic record
The University of Georgia fall 2003 admissions decisions will emphasize applicants’ academic achievement, with some modifications from the fall 2002 process.
The fall 2002 plan was adopted after a court rejected a prior plan that considered an applicant’s race for the final 15 percent of admissions decisions. In that rejected approach, about a dozen factors received extra weight for that final portion of the class, including race, being the child of alumni and participation in extracurricular activities.
Tom Lauth, political science head, is appointed dean of new school
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Thomas P. Lauth has been appointed dean of the university’s new School of Public and International Affairs, effective immediately pending approval of the University System of Georgia Board of Regents. He has been serving as interim dean since September 2001, while a national search to fill the position was conducted.
“Sometimes in these situations, a national search simply confirms that the most qualified candidate was right in front of us,” says President Michael F. Adams. “Tom Lauth’s leadership as interim dean of the School of Public and International Affairs bodes well for its future at UGA.”
Academic year begins with annual convocation
The university will formally begin the 2002-2003 academic year with the annual Opening Convocation Aug. 18 at 4 p.m. in Stegeman Coliseum.
All faculty, staff and currently enrolled students are encouraged to attend the convocation, which was started in 1999 as a way to welcome new students and employees to UGA. That is still a primary purpose, but the event has evolved into an occasion to celebrate the start of a new academic year. It will be held on the day before fall semester classes begin.
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Provost named new president of Ohio State University
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Provost Karen Holbrook has been selected to be the 13th president of Ohio State University, the second-largest public research university in the country.
“I have had four wonderful years at the University of Georgia,” said Holbrook at the July 25 OSU press conference at which the announcement was made. “But this decision allows me to realize one of my career goals: to be a university president. At each step in my conversations with the search committee and other leaders at Ohio State, I became increasingly certain that this is the right move to make at this time.”
Forest resources dean will serve as interim provost
Arnett C. Mace Jr., dean of the Warnell School of Forest
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Resources since 1991, will serve as interim provost at UGA, President Michael F. Adams has announced. Provost Karen Holbrook was named president of Ohio State University and will take office there Oct. 1.
“The great challenge for the interim provost will be maintaining the tremendous momentum, particularly in research, generated by Karen Holbrook,” says Adams. “Arnett Mace is up to that challenge. He brings to this appointment a deep research background, strong management skills, solid leadership credentials and a steady hand in budgeting. He is a seasoned leader with a great depth of knowledge about this university and the state of Georgia. I am certain that the next provost at the University of Georgia will inherit an office that is operating at the very highest level, thanks to Arnett Mace’s service in this capacity.”
Former governor gives $1 million to create faculty chair
Former Gov. Carl E. Sanders is giving $1 million to the UGA School of Law, discharging a vow he made nearly 40 years ago to make the school one of the nation’s best.
The gift, which is part of UGA’s capital campaign, will create a new endowed professorship, the Carl E. Sanders Chair in Political Leadership, in the school where Sanders earned his law degree in 1948. In addition, the main reading room in the school’s library will be named for Sanders.
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