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Columns::September 2, 2003
Digest
Poultry initiative receives $400,000
Intervet, Inc., has made a five-year pledge to contribute $400,000 to help fund the university’s Global Poultry Health Initiative.
Through the initiative, UGA’s College of Veterinary Medicine is seeking private and public funds to endow the Caswell S. Eidson Eminent Scholar position and to expand facilities at the Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center in Athens.
“Ongoing avian disease research is vitally important to the economic health and success of the poultry industry as a whole,” says Klaus Olbers, president of Intervet. “It is a great privilege for our company to be associated with this initiative.”
A UGA faculty member for more than 20 years, Eidson conducted research that led to the development and field application of a vaccine to combat Marek’s disease.
Seven awarded Fulbright Scholarships
Four current UGA students and three recent graduates have been awarded Fulbright scholarships for study and research abroad in the 2003-2004 school year.
Named for Sen. J. William Fulbright, the Fulbright Program was established in 1946 as a step toward building international cooperation through the exchange of persons, knowledge and skills. UGA recipients are: Christopher Anderson, a graduate student in the Institute of Ecology; Michael Gumert, who will study biopsychology in Indonesia; Kathryn Stepp (B.S. ’02), who will participate in the landscape ecology program at the University of Münster in Germany; Carrie Strickland, who will study at the Norwegian State Academy of Music in Oslo, Norway; Jeffrey Thompson, who will travel to the Pampas region of Argentina to investigate the abundance and habitat preferences of two economically important bird species; Carolyn Walsh (B.S. ’03), who received a teaching assistantship in Germany, where she will co-teach at a high school in Ribnitz-Damgarten; and Joseph Wolpin (B.A. ’03), who will investigate the political and economic resurgence of St. Petersburg following Vladimir Putin’s ascent to the Russian presidency.
Four will be inducted into Circle of Honor
John Carson, Cindy Schreyer, Scott Woerner and the late Mike Castronis will be inducted into the Circle of Honor--the university’s highest tribute to its former athletes and coaches.
Former football All-Americans Carson, Castronis and Woerner along with golfer Schreyer will be honored at a Sept. 5 banquet where they will be permanently enshrined in the Circle of Honor exhibit. They also will be recognized at the Sept. 6 football game.
The Circle of Honor pays tribute to athletes and coaches who, “by their performance and conduct, have brought honor to the university and themselves, and who by their actions have contributed to the tradition of the Georgia Bulldogs.” The criteria also stipulate that each recipient has earned his or her academic degree.
Carson was one of the university’s top athletes in the 1950s as he lettered in football, golf, baseball and basketball.
Castronis, who died in 1987, was a three-time All-SEC lineman. After high school coaching stints, Castronis returned to UGA as an assistant coach in 1961 where he held various coaching positions. From 1966 until his retirement in 1982, he was an assistant football coach, an instructor in the UGA physical education department and the director of the intramural program.
One of the most decorated golfers in UGA history, Schreyer won the 1984 NCAA championship and a combined six individual titles, including the 1985 SEC title.
Woerner still ranks as one of UGA’s most prolific defensive backs and return specialists, and his efforts helped the football team win the 1980 national championship.
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