Senior VP is named to governor-elect’s transition team
Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration Henry M.
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Hank Huckaby
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Huckaby, who was director of the state Office of Planning and Budget during the administration of Gov. Zell Miller, has been appointed to the transition team of governor-elect Sonny Perdue. He will be on loan to state government by the university for the coming six months.
Huckaby, who has been in his current position as the university’s chief financial officer since 2000, was director of UGA’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government from 1997 to 2000 and director of the fiscal research program at Georgia State University for the two previous years. Prior to that, he worked for more than 20 years in Georgia state government, holding in addition to the top job at OPB such positions as executive director of the Georgia Housing and Finance Authority and commissioner of the Georgia Department of Community Affairs.
University of Michigan researchers: Creating a diverse university requires commitment from entire campus
Creating a diverse university requires commitment and effort from the whole campus--and time--but it is possible.
That was the conclusion to be drawn from the first Fall Diversity Lecture sponsored Nov. 7 by UGA’s Office of Institutional Diversity. The speakers were John Matlock and Katrina Wade-Golden of the Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives at the University of Michigan. They described the Michigan Student Study, a 12-year project to collect and analyze data on University of Michigan students, and the support it provided for the effort to increase diversity on the University of Michigan campus.
One remaining issue this year: Dec. 2
Columns will not be published the week of Thanksgiving break. The next issue will be published Dec. 2.
The original publication schedule for the year included an issue on Dec. 9, but that issue has been eliminated as part of the state budget adjustments. Following the Dec. 2 issue, Columns will be on hiatus until next semester, with the next issue on Jan. 13. The deadline to submit news items is Jan. 2.
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Kellogg College president will deliver annual McBee Lecture
Geoffrey Thomas, president of Kellogg College at the University of Oxford, will deliver
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Geoffrey Thomas
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UGA’s 2002 Louise McBee Lecture. His speech, sponsored by the Institute of Higher Education, is entitled “Who Should Call the Tune in Higher Education? Notes from a Small Island” and is scheduled for Nov. 20 at 1:30 p.m. in the Chapel. It is open to the public at no charge.
In addition to being president of Kellogg College, Thomas is director of the Oxford University department for continuing education. In that capacity he is responsible for the university’s lifelong learning and outreach opportunities, which embrace large numbers of part-time programs for the public, specialized courses for business, industry and the professions, and a wide range of programs for international groups. In addition, Kellogg College has a special emphasis on lifelong learning and part-time study and links with the wider community.acial expressions. They may have difficulty initiating or maintaining a conversation.
Performing Arts Center presents ‘An Evening with Groucho’
Award-winning actor/director/playwright Frank Ferrante
recreates his acclaimed portrayal of legendary comedian Groucho Marx at the Performing Arts Center Nov. 22 at 8 p.m. in Hodgson Hall as part of the Showtime Series. Tickets are $21-$25 and are available at the box office in the Performing Arts Center.
This fast-paced comedy consists of the best Groucho one-liners, anecdotes and songs. The New York Times called Ferrante “the greatest living interpreter of Groucho Marx’s material,” and Morrie Ryskind, co-author of Animal Crackers and A Night at the Opera, has called Ferrante “the only actor aside from Groucho who delivered my lines as they were intended.”
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