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FEBRUARY 7, 2005

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Music school will be named for Hodgson, former professor

Hugh Hodgson

The School of Music will be named for Hugh Hodgson, a renowned Athens resident and UGA professor who founded the music department and championed music appreciation and performance throughout the state.

Hodgson was born in Athens in 1893 and graduated from UGA in 1915. His appointment in 1928 as the university’s first music professor is considered the start of the music department. He remained on the faculty until he retired in 1960.

He developed four degree programs in music, including the first graduate degree, a master of fine arts in music. He was also the first chairman of the Division of Fine Arts and was named a Regents Professor of Music by the board of regents.

Tops in their field: Hill Fellow, award winners announced at annual public service, outreach conference
The recipients of the 2005 Walter Barnard Hill Awards and the Hill Distinguished Public Service and Outreach Fellow were announced by the Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach on Jan. 27.

Wide range of events mark university’s annual Black History Month observance
The African American Cultural Center, in conjunction with a number of other UGA units, will celebrate Black History Month throughout February with a wide range of events, including lectures, films, plays and readings.

Regents OK naming amphitheater for Jaworski, late botany professor
An amphitheater on South Campus has been named for the late Alan Jaworski, a popular university professor who was head of the botany department.

UGA researchers say amphibians are potentially affected by global mercury pollution
Global decline of amphibians has been a hot issue in recent years. A new paper by UGA scientists in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry suggests that atmospheric deposition of mercury in aquatic habitats has the potential to have significant impacts on amphibians in the larval stage of development.

On the outside looking in: Education college team evaluates state’s Reading First program
A team of experts in assessment and reading education in the College of Education has begun a three-year project to determine whether Georgia’s Reading First program, one of the major initiatives of the federal No Child Left Behind legislation, is effective, both in its implementation and in its impact on student achievement.

Top choice
Graphic design department hosts its annual exhibition of student works.

The big picture
Robert Osborne’s Classic Film Festival opened last month at the Classic Center in downtown Athens, sponsored by the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.


	Around Academe • China withdraws student ban • Florida rejects chiropractic college

	Worth repeating • Ron Carlson, UGA emeritus law professor

	Research News On the outside looking in: Education college team evaluates state’s Reading First program

	Digest • Chancellor delivers annual state of system address to board of regents • Poet will give reading at UGA • Honors student receives fellowship

	UGA Guide • 2nd Thursday Concert Series presents evening of Duke Ellington’s music

	Campus Closeup Debra Brenner, Disability Resource Center

	Top choice Graphic design department hosts its annual exhibition of student works

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