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Tops in their field | |||||||||||
| Hill Fellow, award winners announced at annual public service, outreach conference | ||||||||||||
| By Kristen Smith kmsmith@uga.edu |
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“Each recipient is judged to have made contributions to the improvement of the quality of life in Georgia and elsewhere of an order that greatly exceeds the normal accomplishments of a productive faculty member,” said Dunning, vice president for public service and outreach. Recipients are awarded a permanent salary increase and become eligible to be selected in subsequent years
The awards are named for Chancellor Walter Barnard Hill, who led the University of Georgia from 1899 until 1905. Hill championed the idea that the university should be as active in the application of knowledge as it was in the instruction of students. This year’s Hill Fellow is Elizabeth Andress, a professor in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences. The Hill Award recipients are Jorge Atiles, College of Family and Consumer Sciences; Steven Dempsey, Carl Vinson Institute of Government; Mark Foster, Carl Vinson Institute of Government; Gordon Maner, Carl Vinson Institute of Government; and John McKissick, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
Her publications on food preservation have been adopted by extension programs across the United States as their standard reference materials in food safety and preservation. Jorge Atiles is an associate professor and extension housing specialist in the department of housing and consumer economics. In 2004, he was appointed associate dean for outreach and extension in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences and carries the responsibility for Latino program development in extension.
Steve Dempsey has served as a full-time faculty member in service and outreach for over 15 years. He has distinguished himself through significant contributions in several public service and outreach units and also internationally with his involvement in the work of the International Center for Democratic Governance. Through his expertise in recreation and parks and participatory policy design, Dempsey has developed unique approaches to solving problems and creating direction and vision for dozens of recreation and park -departments. Mark Foster has been developing a solid program of employment testing services and technical assistance for public sector organizations such as law enforcement and fire departments across the state of Georgia since 1989. He has worked with more than 30 state and local public safety agencies and has evaluated more than
Gordon Maner has an outstanding record of leadership, program management, teaching and commitment to UGA over the past 14 years. He has been an integral part of the Carl Vinson Institute of Government’s management team, and his work has touched every city and county elected and appointed official in Georgia. Maner has also been involved in broader Vinson Institute activities through his work with emerging democracies as part of the institute’s International Center for Democratic Governance. He presents the
John McKissick has been an extension economist for the past 27 years. McKissick began as a special extension agent at the university in 1976 and is currently a professor and extension economist. He also serves as director of the Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development. McKissick has developed and delivered unique and award-winning educational programs in agribusiness risk management and has conducted applied research in how Georgia products can be best promoted. |
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