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Columns::August 26, 2002
Digest
Regents approve program in agriscience
Earlier this month, the board of regents approved a four-year UGA degree in agriscience and emerging technologies. The degree will be offered only at the university’s campus in Tifton, in collaboration with Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. UGA’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences will administer the degree program.
“With this degree, prospective UGA students will be able to take full advantage of the people, facilities and resources on the UGA Tifton campus,” says David Bridges, assistant dean for the Tifton campus. “This will also offer UGA a unique opportunity to partner with ABAC.”
The degree program has received a $200,000 access grant as part of the University System of Georgia’s $1.9 million “Enhancing Access” special funding initiative, recommended by Gov. Roy E. Barnes and approved by the Georgia General Assembly. The statewide effort is aimed at bringing high-demand, four-year degree programs to two-year college campuses statewide. The primary goal is to increase the number of Georgians earning bachelor’s degrees.
“We are proud to be able to offer this important program in south Georgia,” says Gale Buchanan, dean of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. “With the increasing demand for admission to UGA and the pressure for space in Athens, being able to offer a UGA degree program in Tifton will help expand access to the University of Georgia.”
CITS receives $255,000 Carnegie grant
The Carnegie Corporation of New York has awarded UGA’s Center for International Trade and Security a two-year grant to support outreach activities designed to improve Russian legislative oversight of nuclear nonproliferation efforts.
The $255,000 grant also will be used to enhance cooperation on export controls between the U.S. Congress and the Russian Federal Assembly.
The program will promote greater transparency and more effective export control mechanisms by emphasizing the “watchdog” role of the Russian Federal Assembly in the enactment and implementation of nonproliferation legislation. CITS will work with the Center for Export Controls, a Moscow-based nongovernmental organization that has been engaged in export control training and outreach efforts since 1994, and other Russian nongovernmental organizations.
Michael Beck, assistant director of CITS, has been facilitating efforts during the past year to continue a U.S.-Russian legislative dialogue on security threats.
“This program to work with Russian officials can help resolve some of the major problems in U.S.-Russian relations and build the trust that is necessary for a true partnership,” says Beck.
The center will conduct frequent legislative exchanges, briefings and conferences, which will aid in the development of personal and professional contacts between Russian and U.S. legislators and policymakers.
WUGA, Sea Grant Program win award
Public Radio News Directors Incorporated has honored WUGA 91.7/97.9 FM and the Georgia Sea Grant Program with a national award of journalistic excellence.
The station won first place for best documentary for the hour-long broadcast, “The Altamaha: Georgia’s Watershed,” which aired locally on WUGA and statewide on the Georgia Public Radio Network. The program was written and produced by David Bryant, public relations coordinator for the Georgia Sea Grant Program. The documentary travels the Altamaha watershed from its source in northeast Georgia to the Atlantic Ocean and features the voices of scientists, policymakers and ordinary citizens discussing issues facing the watershed.
The awards competition is open to all public radio stations in the United States.
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