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Columns::September 30, 2002

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Jeri Benson, associate dean in the College of Education, described her experience at last summer’s seminar.

‘Life-changing’ experience: Network helps women further careers in higher education

Last summer, for the second year in a row, UGA sent the largest contingent of any institution to the Summer Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration, held at Bryn Mawr College. Established 27 years ago, the program aims to improve the status of women at the middle and executive levels of higher education administration--levels at which women traditionally have been underrepresented.
The group which attended the Summer Institute last June shared their “life-changing” experiences at a noon session Sept. 16 in the Tate Student Center.

Domestic partner issue moves one step closer to regents’ office

With no discussion and only a smattering of “no” votes, the University Council authorized President Michael F. Adams to forward to the University System Board of Regents a resolution requesting that “domestic partnership couples” receive University System benefits.
The resolution was developed by an organization called the Domestic Partnership Coalition of the University System of Georgia, an independent group composed of faculty and staff members at institutions in the University System. It is not part of, nor sanctioned by, the board of regents.

Deceiving looks: Psychologists conclude that narcissists usually make miserable mates

For two decades, self-help books have hammered home a consistent theme for successful romantic relationships: first, you must love yourself. A study headed by a UGA psychologist, however, contradicts that conventional wisdom.
It turns out that those with positive self-images bordering on narcissism are usually miserable mates--selfish, manipulative, unfaithful and power hungry. Although they may at first seem charming and interested in a relationship, they soon look for dominance rather than delight.

University receives governor’s award for pollution prevention

Ken Scott

For the second time in three years, the university has been recognized as having one of the best pollution-prevention programs in the state. The 2002 Governor’s Pollution Prevention Awards were presented recently at Georgia State University. UGA also won the award in 2000.
UGA was recognized for five programs that have effectively reduced or eliminated existing or potential pollutants.

Git along, little dogie: Cowboy Envy moseys into town

On Oct. 4 the Performing Arts Center will present an evening of Western music performed by the Atlanta group Cowboy Envy. Tickets are $17-$21 and are available in the box office (542-4400) at the Performing Arts Center, open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays and two hours preceding each concert.
Cowboy Envy, in the tradition of the singing cowboy, performs Western music from the thirties and forties, drawing from the repertoires of such artists as Roy Rogers, the Sons of the Pioneers and Gene Autry. Their voices blend as harmonically as those of the Andrews Sisters, but their sound is bolstered by a strong strumming guitar and bass and punctuated by a healthy dose of rollicking abandon and humor.

Hispanic Heritage Month showcases rich cultural diversity

In the most ambitious celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month yet at UGA, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies has filled the month of October with activities to showcase the region’s cultural diversity as well as the challenges that come with a decade of extraordinary growth among north Georgia’s Hispanic community.

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