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NOVEMBER 15, 2004

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Update: Private Giving

Administrative changes

News

Vice president for research announces plans to step down

Gordhan Patel

Gordhan Patel, who has been the university’s vice president for research since 2001, announced last week that he will retire from the university in September of 2005.

Patel will have been at UGA for nearly 38 years, including 13 years as dean of the Graduate School and eight years as head of the zoology (now cellular biology) department. Since joining UGA in 1967 as an assistant professor of zoology he has never worked anywhere else.

Health Center’s executive director retires at end of year
Jacquelyn S. Kinder, executive director of the University Health Center, will retire on Dec. 24. Her 19-year leadership will be remembered for her dedication to meeting the health care needs of an ever-changing student population.

Undergraduate students engage in research through apprenticeships
Twenty-five UGA undergraduates are actively engaged in learning—outside the classroom—from faculty-guided research and connecting with each other through the Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities Apprenticeship Program.

Conference will explore status of agricultural trade
Big changes in the international agricultural market are on the horizon in the wake of recent World Trade Organization developments.

The write track: Writing Intensive Program prepares graduate students
to respond to student writing in their disciplines
From 3:30 to 4:30 on Friday afternoons, 15 teaching assistants meet in room 251 Park Hall to talk about student writing.

Making a name for itself
Interdisciplinary Program in Toxicology works to improve its visibility on campus

Pictures from an Exhibition
Photography department exhibits student works.

Handfuls of love
Veterinary students and their pets visit local retirement centers, nursing homes and elementary schools several times a month.


	Around Academe • FAMU students to pay in hazing case • ETS creates computer literacy test

	Worth repeating • Lawrence Scheinman, Monterey Institute of International Studies

	Instructional News The write track: Writing Intensive Program prepares graduate students to respond to student writing in their disciplines

	Digest • Stice will deliver fall Sigma Xi lecture • Grant will digitize Peabody Collection • Georgia Review nominated for award

	UGA Guide • University Theatre rings in holiday season with A Christmas Carol

	Faculty Profile •Jorge Atiles, Family and Consumer Sciences

	Making a name for itself Interdisciplinary Program in Toxicology works to improve its visibility on campus

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