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| Columns::September 2, 2003 Open wide: Food science building renovation, addition dedication scheduled UGA scientists lead international study of hot springs in Russia $1 million NSF grant will support biosensor research Magazine ranks UGA as top 20 public university for fourth consecutive year Carmical gift will be used to increase number of honors journalism courses Professor named pharmacy college’s teacher of the year Meeting and greeting Weight watcher: UGA researcher finds that nearly half of state’s children are overweight Retirees Newsmakers Learning experience Guiding Lights Campus News Campus Closeup
PAUL TOTIS Research Technician III Research Services JOB DESCRIPTION: “Our office performs DNA sequencing, protein synthesis, proteomic analysis and functional genomics analysis for researchers here at the university. YEARS IN CURRENT POSITION: Four. OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE: “After I graduated from Clarke Central High School here in Athens, I did three years of active duty as an aviation ordinance man putting together bombs and missiles and eight years of reserve duty in the Navy. “I also worked for the Athens parks and recreation department as an equipment operator. Then I returned to school at Athens Technical College to obtain an associate degree in research laboratory technology. “I also attended UGA and Truett-McConnell in pursuit of a science degree, which I hope to complete some day in the future.” OTHER UGA EXPERIENCE: “I started in Dr. Anne Summers’s lab in the microbiology department as a research assistant, then advanced to research technician III. I worked there for nine years before going to the entomology department, where I worked eight years, as a research coordinator I. This December will mark my 21st year at the university. “I am also serving a one-year term as president of Staff Council, the university’s governance body for non-faculty employees. Our goal this year is to try and improve the standards--benefits, pay, safety and work environment issues--for staff. Before becoming president, I also served on Staff Council as chairman of the legislative committee for one year.” MOST CHALLENGING PART OF MY JOB: “Troubleshooting data and communication to our research community. The different variety of people you have to communicate with on a daily basis.” OFF-THE-JOB INTERESTS: “Fishing, hunting, camping, yard work--even though I don’t really like to do it, but you know it has to be done, and I try to make the best of the yard work. “I also like to travel and have been to Italy to visit my relatives and have also traveled to Yugoslavia and Switzerland.” THE PEOPLE I MOST ADMIRE: “My father, Benito--who died in 1995--and mother Rina, as well as my older brother, Robert, and all my friends on campus and in the community, who helped me be who I am today.” WHAT I’M READING: “I read newspapers: the New York Times, Washington Post, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Athens Banner-Herald, Columns and the Red & Black. I read the Post, most of the time, because it has more national and world news. Same thing with the New York Times--you just get a little bit of a different version of the news. I’ll also go online and read news from the BBC Web site. “When you really read some of the personal interviews, you don’t get that much of a sense that the people in the Middle East hate Americans and want us out of that part of the world. They’re frustrated because they’re in this situation and it doesn’t seem like they’re getting any help. “It’s kind of like when a disaster hits here. Everybody’s frustrated, and they want the federal government to do something today not tomorrow. But in general I think the people there like Americans. I think fanatics are causing the biggest problems, and we all have those fanatics.” THE ISSUE THAT CONCERNS ME MOST ABOUT TODAY’S WORLD: “Selfishness and unfairness in the world. The humanity between people is deteriorating. “The cause has got to be something social. Parents are raising their children differently than my generation was raised. People don’t care about one another as much as they used to. “There is no willingness to help anybody else. I guess they’re afraid they will get sued or somebody’s going to ‘go postal’ on them. They’re just more hesitant to get involved.”
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