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Regents approve new Peabody members The board of regents has approved four new members of the George Foster Peabody Awards board. Joining other experts who select television and radio’s most coveted prize are Yuen-Ying Chan of Hong Kong, Barbara Cochran of Washington, D.C., Rebecca Leet of Arlington, Va., and Ron Simon of New York. “We are delighted to welcome such a distinguished group,” says Horace Newcomb, Peabody Awards director. “Our board of 16 changes over time to ensure a variety of viewpoints and a range of expertise. These individuals will help expand that expertise and contribute substantially to the enduring importance of the Peabody Awards.” Chan is the founder of the University of Hong Kong’s Journalism and Media Studies Center, where she set up the master of journalism program and launched Hong Kong’s first fellowship for working journalists. Cochran is the president of the Radio- Television News Directors Association, the world’s largest professional organization, representing local and network news and other electronic media in more than 30 countries. Leet is the president of Rebecca Leet and Associates and author of Marketing for Mission and From Fundraiser to Change Agent: The Story of Transforming the United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta. Simon is curator of television at the Museum of Television and Radio. He is an adjunct associate professor at Columbia University, at New York University and at Hunter College, where he teaches courses on the history of media. Students receive Osborn scholarships UGA elementary education students Heidi Beamon and Stacy Schwartz have been awarded D. Keith Osborn Scholarships in recognition of their academic achievement. Beamon, of Albany, was awarded the scholarship as the department’s Outstanding Senior for 2003-04. Schwartz, of Atlanta, was named the Outstanding Graduate Student for 2003-04. The $500 scholarships come from a fund established by the department to honor a former faculty colleague. A pioneer in early childhood education, Osborn was a professor of education and child development for 26 years at the College of Education. From 1980 to 1993, he was also graduate coordinator for the department of elementary education. Poll: Economy is top concern in state Georgians remain very concerned about the state’s economy, even in light of positive economic news. According to a recent Peach State Poll, about one in four Georgians (26 percent) believe that the economy is the most important problem facing the nation today, and only 30 percent of the public rate economic conditions in Georgia as either excellent (2 percent) or good (28 percent). The economy has been cited as the most important problem facing the state for the past three quarters. The Peach State Poll—a statewide quarterly survey of public opinion conducted by the University of Georgia’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government— also finds that an individual’s political party identification is an excellent indicator of his or her assessment of the economic condition of the state. The contrast in rating the state’s economy as excellent or good is significant between Republicans and Democrats (51 percent to 17 percent), with only a small part of this difference attributable to race. This vast difference in perception between the parties in Georgia is consistent with the partisan divisions seen on the national level. The economy is still seen as a more important problem for the nation than is terrorism. Only 14 percent of respondents cite terrorism, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, or national security in general as the most important problem facing the United States today. |