| UGA, MCG
sign enrollment agreement
The University of Georgia, on behalf of its Graduate School, and
the Medical College of Georgia, on behalf of its School of Graduate
Studies, have signed an agreement that will enable students from
one institution to enroll in graduate courses at the other institution.
The agreement provides that on a space-available basis doctoral
students who are graduate research assistants or graduate teaching
assistants at either institution will now be able to take advantage
of the resources and strengths at both institutions and have more
exposure to cutting-edge research in health affairs areas. This
mutually beneficial arrangement makes accessing the other institution
more convenient for these students.
“We are very excited about this partnership with MCG,”
says Maureen Grasso, dean of the Graduate School at UGA. “By
being able to participate in courses at both UGA and MCG, these
students will have the opportunity for a richer educational experience
and will benefit from the unique aspects of each.”
Although initially students from the home institution will be required
to apply to the host institution as graduate non-degree students,
they may then enroll in courses for subsequent semesters without
reapplying. No application fee will be assessed. Along with other
requirements, students must enroll for a minimum of nine credit
hours combined between the home and host institutions and maintain
at least a 3.0 grade point average at both to remain eligible to
participate in the program.
Poet reads at UGA on April 7
Bob Hicok, award-winning author of four collections of poetry and
a two-time contributor to the annual Best American Poetry series,
will read from his work at 4 p.m. on April 7 in room 265 of Park
Hall. The reading is sponsored by the Georgia
Review and the Georgia Poetry Circuit, a consortium of state
colleges and universities that brings poets of national renown to
the state each year. The reading is free and open to the public.
Hicok’s books are The Legend
of Light (1995), Plus Shipping
(1998), Animal Soul (2001)
and his latest, Insomnia Diary
(2004). He has received two Pushcart Prizes, the 1995 Felix Pollack
Poetry Prize, an NEA Fellowship and a 2002 National Book Critics
Circle Award nomination.
Hicok recently took a teaching position at Virginia Tech, but for
17 years he worked as an automotive-die designer, figuring ways
to shape sheet metal into car parts. His poetry has a vitality and
independence that rely on this nonacademic background.
Law students win ‘best oralist’
awards
Both UGA second-year law student Erik S. Johnson and third-year
law student Ryan G. Prescott received best oralist awards in their
respective moot court competitions recently.
Johnson and his two teammates, second-year students Cerita N. McCollum
and Meaghan E. Goodwin, competed in the 19th annual Dean Jerome
Prince Memorial Evidence Moot Court Competition last month in Brooklyn.
The team finished second out of 36 teams, falling to the University
of California Hastings College of the Law in the final round of
competition. Third-year student Amanda Eaton coached the team, which
also placed third in the best brief category.
Prescott captured his best oralist title at the 2004 American Bar
Association Regional Appellate Advocacy Competition held last month
in Atlanta. He and his fellow teammates, second-year students Alissa
L. Cummo and Darren C. Hickman, made it to the final round of the
32-team competition, where they were defeated by Michigan State.
Cummo also fared well in the best oralist category, placing second
overall behind Prescott. Third-year students Vince A. Keesee and
Jason C. Pedigo served as coaches. |
