Grant will boost job choices for people with disabilities
The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded a $3.3 million grant over five years to implement employment supports for people with substantial disabilities. Titled “Jobs for All: An Olmstead Employment Initiative,” the grant was issued to the Statewide Independent Living Council of Georgia and will be implemented under contract to UGA’s Institute on Human Development and Disability.
The grant represents a partnership of more than 10 state and regional agencies and will be a milestone in making possible individualized, customized employment for people with substantial disabilities in Georgia, according to Wendy Parent of IHDD, the grant’s principal investigator. The grant focuses on people who previously were thought to be unemployable.
Two students receive Goldwater Scholarship; another named Truman Scholar
UGA students have again been named recipients of Goldwater and Truman scholarships, two leading national awards for undergraduates. With the Rhodes and Marshall scholarships announced last fall, the university has received four of the country’s most prestigious scholastic honors for undergraduates.
Laura Ellen Downs, a junior from West Point, and Amanda Morgan Casto, a junior from Anderson, S.C., will receive the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, which provides up to $7,500 for students pursuing careers in mathematics, engineering and the natural sciences.
Virginia Leigh (Ginny) Barton, a junior from Chapin, S.C., will receive the Harry S Truman Scholarship, a $30,000 grant for graduate study in preparation for a career in government or public service.
Butch Thompson Trio plays early jazz
The Performing Arts Center presents the Butch Thompson Trio
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Butch Thompson
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April 5 at 8 p.m. in Hodgson Hall.
Pianist Butch Thompson has been hailed by Jazz Journal International as “the premier player in traditional jazz today.” He began playing piano at age 3, and he began his professional career at 16 in his native Minnesota. Two years later he was visiting New Orleans frequently to learn from veteran musicians like clarinetist George Lewis, and was among the few non-natives to play at New Orleans’s Preservation Hall during the 1960s and ’70s. |
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Alan Darvill, CCRC co-director, is appointed to Regents Professorship
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Alan Darvill
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Alan Darvill of UGA’s Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology and of plant biology, has been named a Regents Professor. The appointment has been approved by the board of regents.
Regents Professorships are granted to outstanding faculty members for an initial period of three years and are renewable for a second three-year period based on recommendations.
Awardees receive a $10,000 permanent increase in salary, in addition to the merit raise in the year of initial appointment. They also receive a yearly fund of $5,000 in support of their scholarship.
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| A SPRING BREAK WITH SEOUL--Hyangsoon Yi, assistant professor of comparative literature (third from the left), explains the origin of Buddhism to UGA Foundation Fellows Brian Dunham (senior marketing major), Ellen Downs (junior chemistry major), Carson Strickland (junior history and Latin major), Gemma Suh (senior, majoring in public relations and East Asian languages and literature) and Matt Taylor (junior student, majoring in genetics and computer science). The students and accompanying faculty were on a spring break trip to South Korea. The trip, centering on an in-depth look at Buddhism, included visits to the major Buddhist temples, Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple. More photos from the South Korean trip. |
Former Gov. Harris will speak at spring commencement ceremony
Former Gov. Joe Frank Harris, who made education a
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Joe Frank Harris
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centerpiece of his two terms as Georgia’s chief executive, will be the speaker for UGA’s spring semester commencement May 10.
Harris, a UGA graduate who now serves as chair of the University System Board of Regents, will speak at the ceremony for graduating seniors at 9:30 a.m. in Sanford Stadium. In case of rain, the ceremony will move to Stegeman Coliseum and be held in two sessions, at 9:30 and 11:30 a.m.
Commencement for students receiving graduate degrees will be at 2:30 p.m. in Stegeman Coliseum. F. Douglas Boudinot, dean of the School of Graduate Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University and former associate dean of UGA’s Graduate School, will be the speaker. |
