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Columns::October 7, 2002
Former education professor leaves UGA $1.7 million
D.W. Brooks Award winners announced
Report: Agreements insufficient to contain weapons of mass destruction
Study: Moms in poor, rural areas can rise abouve their surroundings
Tricia Kalivoda is named associate VP designee for public service and outreach
An ill wind: Researchers link human illness to sludge fertilizer
UGA welcomes new faculty
Sitting in judgment
Take it from the top
Campus News
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| The new building will house the Fanning Institute for Leadership and the Government Training, Education and Development Division of the Carl Vinson Institute of Government. (Photo by Peter Frey) |
Pillar to pillar
J.W. Fanning Building will be dedicated on Oct. 10
By Nadine Randall
dini@uga.edu
Athens and the UGA community will join together this month to celebrate the life of one of Georgia’s most beloved leaders, J.W. Fanning, UGA’s first vice president for services. The J.W. Fanning Building will open to the public with a dedication and open house on Oct. 10 at 10:30 a.m. at 1240 S. Lumpkin St., across from the Georgia Center for Continuing Education and the Hoke Smith annex.
“This dedication will provide the community with an opportunity to honor Dr. Fanning,” says Art Dunning, vice president for public service and outreach. “The building is a tribute to his legacy of service and leadership to the state of Georgia.”
Fanning, born in 1905 in Wilkes County, made significant contributions to the state of Georgia’s growing economy throughout the 20th century through his leadership and commitment to rural and community development. An alumnus of UGA’s College of Agriculture, Fanning worked in the college as a professor and cooperative extension agent for nearly 30 years before being appointed as associate director of community services at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education in 1954. Two years later, he was named department head of agricultural economics, and in 1961 he founded and became the first director of the university’s Institute of Community and Area Development.
In 1965 Fanning became UGA’s first vice president for services, a position he held until his retirement in 1971. Under his leadership, UGA became known as one of the premier public service institutions in the United States. Following his retirement, Fanning remained active with the university and in his community development activities. In 1982 he and his wife, Cora Lee, began serving as the first advisers to the newly created Leadership Georgia, the first statewide leadership program in the country.
The J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership was established in 1982 and named in Fanning’s honor in 1985. The institute provides community leadership development training to Georgians through a curriculum of technical assistance and instruction. Institute faculty collaborate with a variety of local, state and national organizations, service and academic units within UGA and individual leadership experts to develop programs and activities.
“The Fanning Institute is very proud and deeply honored to be the stewards of this beautiful new facility,” says David Mills, director of the Fanning Institute. “Its resources will greatly improve our capacity to serve those who wish to develop leadership within themselves and others.”
The building also will house the Carl Vinson Institute of Government’s Government Training, Education and Development Division. The division provides in-service training to elected boards, officials and authorities, and prepares young Georgians through educator training, textbooks and supplementary materials.
The civic education programs offered through the division are widely acclaimed for their effectiveness and originality. The Georgia Studies Program coordinates and supports the development of materials that enhance civic education in public and private school systems across the state. Other civic education programs in the division include the GeorgiaInfo Web site, the Georgia Legislative Intern Program and law-related education programs and materials.
“From the new building, we will be better able to serve many of our customers,” says James Stephens, the division’s director. “We will be better positioned to respond quickly to their needs when they are on campus, and we will have a tremendous facility for hosting customers at meetings and workshops.”
The dedication ceremony will include remarks by President Michael F. Adams, Dunning, Dink NeSmith of Community Newspapers and John W. Fanning Jr. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will follow, and the building will be open to the public for self-guided tours.
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