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Columns::October 28, 2002

Spreading the wealth: University announces plans to buy, sell properties
Open-enrollment period under way for health insurance
Hollowell to receive honorary degree at Commencement
Four named Fellows by American Academy of Advancement of Science
Dedication is held at new Center for Applied Genetic Technologies
Dunning announces leadership changes at Georgia Center
Special delivery: Professor works to improve efficacy of cancer drugs
Senior public service associate makes workplaces work better
Administrative Changes
Trying times
Into an artist’s world

Campus News

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Pearl Bigfeather, assistant vice president in the Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, is president of the Society of Research Administrators International.
SRA International was founded in 1967 as a nonprofit association dedicated to advancing the profession and improving the efficiency and effectiveness of research administration. With more than 3,000 members around the world, the society is the premiere international organization for research administrators in various fields. The society’s four professional divisions

Paul Bertsch

encompass research administrators working in government, commercial, non-profit and higher education settings. Bigfeather, who came to UGA in February 1999, has been involved with SRA International since 1987.

Paul Bertsch, director of the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, has been selected to participate on a national EPA task force of experts from academia and government research labs to generate criteria for implementing the environmental remediation strategy known as monitored natural attenuation for metals and radionuclides.

Miguel Cabrera, professor of crop and soil sciences, has been named a Fellow by the American Society of Agronomy. The ASA Fellowship recognizes Cabrera’s achievement in research, education and public service as well as his service to the ASA.

Louis A. Castenell Jr., dean of the College of Education, received a 2002 Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of

Miguel Cabrera

Illinois, where he earned a doctorate in educational psychology.

Wayne Hanna, an adjunct professor with the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, received the Fred V. Grau Turfgrass Science Award from the Crop Society of America.
A research geneticist for the USDA-ARS station on the CAES Tifton campus, Hanna is part of a research team of federal and state scientists working on the breeding, genetics, cytogenetics, molecular genetics and management of forage and turf grasses. The award recognizes Hanna’s contribution to the turfgrass industry through his development of new, commercially successful turfgrasses.

Karen Leonas, a professor of textiles, merchandising and interiors in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, received an Outstanding Advising Certificate of Merit from the National Academic Advising Association. She is one of 13 faculty advisers honored with this award in the 2002 nationwide competition.

Wayne Hanna

Fausto O. Sarmiento, director of the Office of International Education, is chair of the Mountain Geography Specialty Group of the American Association of Geographers. The former president of the Andean Mountains Association, Sarmiento is a node of the Mountain Collaborative Program of the University of the United Nations as well as the Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment Program of Diversitas.

Kudos recognizes special contributions of staff, faculty and administrators in teaching, research and service. News items are limited to election into office of state, regional, national and international societies; major awards and prizes; and similarly notable accomplishments.

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