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and diversity go up for admitted fall freshman class
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Nancy McDuff |
Offers of admission to UGA’s Class
of 2009 have been extended to 7,825 of the nearly 12,300 students
in the applicant pool. In addition, just under 500 students
have been placed on an unranked waiting list. The goal is
to enroll a freshman class of 4,600—just slightly larger
than last year’s target of 4,500. The number is driven
by a cap of 32,500 on total UGA enrollment, which includes
both undergraduate and graduate students. |
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Breaking the barrier: Construction begins on Barrier Island
Research Facility
The university broke ground on a new construction,
renovation and restoration project at the Marine Institute
on Sapelo Island on March 29. President Michael F. Adams
and Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.) participated in the 11 a.m.
ceremony. |
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Pat
Thomas, award-winning author, named to Knight professorship
in health, medical journalism
An award-winning author, journalist and editor has been named
the first holder of the Knight Chair in Health and Medical Journalism
at UGA, responsible for a major outreach project aimed at improving
the flow of public health news in the impoverished South. |
Council seeks change
in ‘tenure clock’
The University Council is seeking a change in the way the probationary
period can be extended for faculty members seeking to attain
tenure. |
Students honor state court
justice
Georgia Supreme Court Justice Robert Benham, a 1970 graduate
of the School of Law, will be honored April 7 at an event
called “Fulfilling the American Dream” sponsored
by the Student Government Association and a number of other
university groups. |
| Former herbarium curator
and botany professor dies
Wilbur H. Duncan, 94, of Athens, Professor Emeritus of Botany
and retired curator of the UGA Herbarium, died at home with
his family on March 25. |
Three honored at Writers
Hall of Fame ceremony
Author Pat Conroy, whose ability to turn his life experiences
into dramatic, best-selling fiction speaks after being inducted
into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame at the UGA Libraries on
March 24. |
Sea dreams: Undergraduates
study marine biology, visit coastal regions
Catherine Teare-Ketter’s eyes simply sparkle as she describes
what her students experience during her summer course in marine
biology offered to UGA undergraduates. |
Scoring the new SAT: Admissions
director discusses how reformulated test will be used at UGA
The SAT given by the College Board in March differed significantly
from that given for the last many years: the verbal section,
now called critical reading, no longer includes verbal analogies;
the math includes more advanced algebra; and there is a writing
section, with an essay. Columns talked with Nancy McDuff,
director of admissions at UGA, about the new test and how it
will be used. |
Birds of a feather
Judges in the Federal Junior Duck Stamp art competition narrow
down entries during judging March 24 at Flinchum’s
Phoenix.
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Around
Academe
• France plans to digitize library
• Soft tissue found in dinosaur bones
• Southern
Ill. U. pays on-time grads
• College cuts alumni association
ties
• New Mexico U. fires critic |
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Instructional
News
Sea dreams: Undergraduates study marine biology, visit coastal
regions |
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Digest
• Myers Hall mural will be modified
• Students OK fee hike for expansion
• Lindberg Award winner announced |
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UGA
Guide
• International Sejong Soloists will perform with cellist
Lynn Harrell |
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Campus
Closeup
Kathy Lou, sociology |
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Scoring
the new SAT
Admissions director discusses how reformulated test will be
used at UGA |
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