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Columns::October 27, 2003

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Shared-leave program for UGA employees begins in February

UGA employees soon will be able to help co-workers who are dealing with a serious, life-threatening illness or injury by donating unused sick leave or annual leave hours.
The university will start a shared-leave program next February that allows employees to voluntarily give unused leave hours to other employees who have exhausted all their own leave and are coping with extremely difficult circumstances.
“This is a program many employees have requested for a number of years, and something the Staff Council has specifically asked for,” says Andy Brantley, associate vice president for human resources. “It’s an opportunity for people to help others in a significant time of need.”

Private company will assume management of bookstore

UGA has selected Follett Higher Education Group to assume management of the University Bookstore effective Jan. 1, 2004.
The decision to place the bookstore under private management was reached after months of discussions with other universities and bookstore management firms, says George Stafford, associate vice president for finance and administration. It will result in improved service to students, faculty and staff and improve the bookstore’s financial viability, Stafford says.

ORDER OF THE DAY--Kazakhstan’s ambassador to the United States Kanat Saudabayev (left) awarded former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn the Order of Dostyk, the Republic of Kazakhstan’s highest award for international partners. The award was made in recognition of the efforts of Nunn and Sen. Richard Lugar to rid Kazakhstan of the nuclear reserves left by the Soviet Union and to enhance global security through the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction program. The award was given to Nunn at a luncheon following the Richard Russell Symposium earlier this month.

NSF grant provides $3.9 million for four years of plant genome research

The National Science Foundation’s Plant Genome Research Program has awarded a grant of $3.9 million to a team of researchers directed by UGA plant biologist Michael Scanlon.
The funded project is called “Functional Analyses of Genes Involved in Meristem Organization and Leaf Initiation.” It will be supported over a four-year period.

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