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Columns::December 8, 2003

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Better days ahead: Economic recovery ‘will finally be complete’ in 2004

After two years of lackluster growth, Georgia’s economy will

Dean
George Benson

strengthen substantially in 2004, according to the annual economic forecast released last week by the Terry College of Business.
“Sub-par growth will be replaced by growth that is typical for this stage of the business cycle,” said Dean P. George Benson. “Even better, Georgia’s job machine is finally in forward gear and will be picking up speed. Total employment will rise by more than 60,000 jobs in 2004. That’s almost three times more than the 22,000 jobs that will be added this year. At some point in the coming year, the number of jobs in Georgia will be greater than pre-recession levels, and Georgia’s economic recovery will finally be complete.”

Two UGA faculty will speak at fall Commencement ceremonies

University of Georgia faculty members Eve Troutt Powell, who won a prestigious MacArthur Foundation Fellowship this year, and Betty Jean Craige, director of UGA’s Center for Humanities and Arts, will be the speakers for the university’s fall semester commencement ceremonies Dec. 20 in Stegeman Coliseum.
Powell, an associate professor of history, will speak at a 9:30 a.m. ceremony for students receiving bachelor’s degrees. Craige, University Professor of Comparative Literature, will speak at a 2:30 p.m. ceremony for students receiving doctoral, master’s and specialist degrees.

U.S. Congressman will deliver Holmes-Hunter Lecture

Harold Ford Jr.

U.S. Rep. Harold Ford Jr. of Tennessee will deliver the annual Holmes-Hunter Lecture Jan. 9 at 2 p.m. in the Chapel.
The lecture honors the late Dr. Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter-Gault, the first African Americans to enroll at UGA and the first to receive baccalaureate degrees.
Ford was elected in 1996 at the age of 26 to represent Tennessee’s 9th District. He is a member of the House Budget Committee, which helps develop the federal budget, and the House Financial Services Committee.

Joseph Wolpin, 2003 graduate, becomes university’s second Marshall Scholar in two years

For the second consecutive year, a Marshall Scholar has been selected from the UGA student body. Joseph Wolpin, a 2003 Honors graduate with a double major in history and Russian, is one of 40 scholars from the United States to receive the elite Marshall Scholarship to study in the United Kingdom.
With his Marshall Scholarship, Wolpin plans to attend the University College of London’s School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies, one of the world’s leading Russian studies centers. During his two years at the SSEES, Wolpin will participate in two one-year master of arts programs: one focusing on nationalism and identity and one on politics, security and integration.

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