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Columns::March 3, 2003

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Federal budget supports several university projects

The fiscal year 2003 federal budget adopted by Congress in February includes major support for a number of University of Georgia priorities, including funding to construct a new research center at Sapelo Island and restoration of much of a proposed budget cut for the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory.
Through the initiative of Congressman Jack Kingston, Congress approved $1.5 million toward the construction of the Marine Education and Research Center, part of the UGA Marine Institute. The university’s top federal funding priority for the year, it will include housing for visitors, distance learning capabilities, research laboratories and instruction areas.

‘Next generation’ debuts: MyUGA lets users customize their Web sites

Bert DeSimone

A new type of Web site, known as a portal, will help UGA students make more efficient use of their time on the Web. Portals allow individual users to customize a Web site according to their needs and interests. MyUGA is similar to commercially available portals such as MyYahoo, MyNetscape and MyLycos.
“Portals are next-generation Web sites,” says Bert DeSimone, communications director for Enterprise Information Technology Services. He describes MyUGA as a personalized, customized Web site with a user-centric focus that students can access with their current UGA MyID.

Word of mouth: State’s poets, novelists, writers gather here for Literary Festival

Many of the state’s best poets, novelists and non-fiction writers

Freeman Owle

will gather in Athens this week for a literary festival and symposium honoring the late Stanley W. Lindberg, longtime editor of The Georgia Review, UGA’s literary quarterly.
The Athens Literary Festival: Roots in Georgia II will be held in downtown Athens and on campus March 6-9. Focusing on Georgia’s literary history and heritage, it will feature lectures, readings, panel discussions, receptions and a ticketed gospel lunch hosted by food writer John T. Edge.

Women’s History Month celebrates ‘Women of Vision and Courage’

March is Women’s History Month and events are planned all over campus. This year’s theme is “Women of Vision and Courage,” honoring innovative and brave women, both in general and on campus. In particular, the Women’s Studies Program is noting two anniversaries: 85 years ago, the university board of trustees endorsed the admission of women to UGA, and 25 years ago the Women’s Studies Program was founded.

President offers budget update

President Michael F. Adams will update faculty and staff on the university’s budget situation in two presentations on March 5.
He will speak at the March Staff Council meeting at 2 p.m. in the Ecology Building auditorium. All interested staff are encouraged to attend.
He will speak at a meeting for faculty at 3:30 p.m. in Masters Hall in the Georgia Center for Continuing Education.

An aerial survey shot--taken this past December--of the Jericho River along Interstate 95 shows large patches of marshland that have begun to die.

Marsh reality: Researchers look for cause of plague spreading in coastal area

In the spring of 2002, large patches of marshland along the Georgia coast began to die. Brown areas, in which vegetation had vanished, appeared irregularly. Alarmed landowners from a number of areas in coastal Georgia have called to report dying marshlands. UGA scientists have been working closely with the Coastal Resources Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources to study the problem.
“If you drive down I-95 along the Georgia coast, you really notice it, especially north of the road where it crosses the Jericho River,” says James T. Hollibaugh, head of the department of marine sciences at UGA. “Unfortunately, it seems to be spreading, because we have also seen what appear to be new patches along the Duplin River in McIntosh County.”

Major fellowships, scholarships are offered to 72 prospective students

Seventy-two academically outstanding students have been chosen to receive major scholarships to the University of Georgia. The students visited campus Feb. 28-March 1 for an interview weekend that marks the last stage in the selection process for the university’s prestigious Foundation Fellows program.
About one-third of the group will be awarded Foundation Fellowships, which provide an annual stipend of $7,500 for in-state students (all of whom qualify for the HOPE Scholarship), and $11,500 for out-of-state students, along with a tuition waiver. Foundation Fellows also receive travel-study and academic conference/research grants, and a variety of other academic enrichment opportunities. Ramsey Honors Scholarships are offered to the rest of the group who participate in the interview weekend. The scholarships include a $4,000 stipend for in-state students and a $6,000 stipend for out-of-state students, along with a tuition waiver. Ramsey Scholars also receive a $2,000 travel-study grant.

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