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Columns::September 15, 2003

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Administrative Changes

Associate dean for extension is named
Mel Garber has been named associate dean for extension in UGA’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
As associate dean, Garber serves as senior administrator for the UGA CAES Cooperative Extension Service, the university’s largest public service and outreach program, serving the state with a team of county extension agents and state specialists.
The former director of the Georgia Center for Urban Agriculture and a horticulture professor at UGA, Garber succeeded Bobby L. Tyson, who has retired.
Garber coordinates extension programs with research and teaching units of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, the College of Family and Consumer Sciences and the Warnell School of Forest Resources.
Garber earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Louisiana-Lafayette and a doctorate in horticulture from Cornell.
His industry experience includes 13 years, with both research and business management positions, at Weyerhaeuser, one of the world’s largest integrated forest-products companies.
After a stint at Iowa State University, Garber’s teaching and research work at UGA has focused on horticultural crops and developing the Georgia Center for Urban Agriculture, which serves the state’s urban agricultural industries and consumers.

Associate VP for instruction appointed
Nancy Kropf has been appointed associate vice president for instruction. A former associate dean in the School of Social Work who more recently directed the doctoral program there, Kropf began her three-year appointment Aug. 1.
In her new position, Kropf will have responsibility for general education assessment, teaching initiatives, application development and non-university teaching awards.
Two associate vice presidents have completed their service in the office of the vice president for instruction. James Fletcher retired on June 1, and Peter Shedd returned to his faculty appointment in the Terry College of Business on Aug. 1. Ann Crowther will remain in the office as associate vice president. She will continue her responsibilities for program review and assessment, as well as student-related academic activities, including student appeals (the educational affairs committee), academic honesty and academic advising.
As a result of these changes, responsibilities have been realigned. Anyone with questions related to the Office of Curriculum Systems should contact Fiona Liken, who is director of that office. Inquiries related to faculty appointments, promotion and tenure should be directed to Nita Jones. The Faculty Affairs office reports directly to the provost’s office, and Jones will work with associate provost Bonnie Yegidis.

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