Columns::February 10, 2003

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Dance marathon support
For the past six years, hundreds of UGA students have laced up their dancing shoes and boogied the night away at the annual Dance Marathon, raising over $650,000 for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.
The Dance Marathon is the largest student-run philanthropy in the Southeast. The students participating in the Dance Marathon would like to see the faculty and staff there to support them.
The 2003 marathon will take place at the Ramsey Student Center from 10 a.m. Feb. 22 until 10 a.m. Feb. 23. The student organizers have designated 2:30-3:30 p.m. on Feb. 22 as the time for recognizing UGA faculty and alumni.
To learn more about the Dance Marathon or to make an online donation, see www.arches.uga.edu/~dancemar.

First-year student seminar
The First-Year Seminar Program invites faculty to offer seminars in the 2003-2004 academic year. The program is sponsored by the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and the Honors Program.
It features a selection of one-hour academic seminars under the heading FRES 1010 and 1020 designed to introduce new students to research, study and intellectual life at the university. Seminar students meet with faculty on a regular basis and learn about their interests and research. For some students, FRES seminars may serve as an entry to the major. The program is in its sixth year and has been extremely popular with the students who enroll.
To propose a seminar, complete the on-line form at this Web address: www.franklin.uga.edu/dstaff/admin/proposal.htm.
Send proposals to First-Year Seminar Program, 310F New College, or by e-mail to hruppers@franklin.uga.edu. Proposals should include a title and brief description and should indicate the class period, day, and semester for the seminar.
Links to lists of seminars taught in the past along with more information about the program, including sample syllabi and answers to questions frequently asked by seminar instructors, are also on the Web (www.franklin.uga.edu/dstaff/hruppers/freshsem).
Enrollment is open to all first-year students. Seminars typically enroll 15 students and meet for one 50-minute session per week. Other ways of scheduling are possible. Seminars may be taught on a Pass/Fail basis (FRES 1010) or traditionally graded A-F basis (FRES 1020). (The traditionally graded approach appears to be more successful.) Students receive an hour of academic credit towards graduation for the class.
Creative, innovative proposals are encouraged. Faculty may teach a seminar individually or with one or more colleagues. The topic may lie within a single discipline or may cross disciplines.
Some faculty teach introduction-to-the-major seminars that acquaint students with different fields of study.
Two-thirds of the seminars are to be scheduled in the fall term.

University Woman’s Club
The February meeting of the University Woman’s Club will be held at 10 a.m. on Feb. 11 in the Central Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall.
The program, titled “Wordsmiths,” will be presented by three children’s authors: Lori Hammer, Gail Karwoski and Bettye Stroud. For further information, contact Debbie Waters (jdwaters@negia.net).

Training session
All directors of study-abroad programs at UGA are required to attend risk-management training offered each semester by the Office of International Education before taking students abroad.
This semester’s training session will be held on Feb. 21, 1-4:15 p.m., in 215B Barrow Hall. It will cover a wide range of relevant material, including UGA emergency response protocols, insurance, crime, terrorism, health issues, student discipline and legal issues. Guest speakers from legal affairs, judicial programs, disability services, the campus police, counseling and psychological services and the University Health Center will be presenters.
Any faculty member who intends to accompany or send students abroad before or during next fall semester should plan to attend this training. Register in advance by e-mailing name, title and name of study-abroad program to Lindsey Parsons (lparsons@uga.edu). Faculty who cannot attend this session should make alternate arrangements by contacting her.

College-readiness math
A two-session college-readiness course for adults who are interested in beginning or continuing their college education will be offered March 4 and 6, 6:30-8:30 p.m., at the Center for Continuing Education. “Math for College and the Workplace” is sponsored by UGA’s Adult and Nontraditional Student Educational Resources and Services program.
To register or for more information, call the ANSERS program at 542-6400 or visit www.gactr.uga.edu/ansers.

Student research grants
The UGA chapter of Sigma Xi, the international scientific research society, plans a noon program on Feb. 12 in room 216 of the biosciences building to share information about the grants in aid of research (GIAR) program sponsored by the national Sigma Xi organization. Undergraduate and graduate students in all areas of the sciences and engineering are eligible.
The program should last approximately 90 minutes and pizza will be served. The deadline for proposals is March 15.


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