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August 15, 2005

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Challenging education: Task force releases report of year-long study
of university’s general education curriculum


Del Dunn, task force co-chair, speaks with students during a summer orientation session about challenging themselves while at UGA. (Photo by Kent Hannon)

A task force that spent the past academic year conducting a comprehensive examination of undergraduate education at UGA submitted its report this month to Provost Arnett C. Mace Jr. The document contains more than 40 recommendations aimed at strengthening general education and creating a campus life centered on learning.

“Our general education requirements hadn’t been reviewed for more than a dozen years,” says Mace. “Given our rapidly changing world, I thought it necessary to determine our goals and then modify what we’re doing to fit those goals.”

The $96.9 million is a 24 percent increase over last year’s total of $77.8 million. Giving through the annual fund program totaled a record $8.38 million, up from $8.25 million the previous year. Thirteen contributors made gifts or commitments of $1 million or more.

University posts fifth straight record year in fundraising
Private giving to UGA soared to a record high of $96.9 million in the fiscal year that ended June 30, topping the previous year’s total by more than $19 million and pushing the university’s half-billion-dollar capital campaign to almost
$350 million.

This was the fifth consecutive year for record-high private gifts and pledges and puts UGA on the brink of realizing a long-sought goal of garnering $100 million in private gifts in a single year.

Incoming: Freshman class is most diverse, qualified in UGA’s history
The incoming freshman class at the University of Georgia should break records for diversity and academic quality, according to statistics from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.

North Carolina cancer researcher named UGA’S new vice president for research
A University of North Carolina science administrator and researcher who specializes in research on growth and regulation of cancer cells has been named UGA’s vice president for research.

David Lee, professor and chair of the biochemistry and biophysics department at UNC-Chapel Hill and leader of the cancer cell biology program in the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, will become UGA’s vice president for research in early fall semester, pending approval by the board of regents.

Atlanta mayor will give address at BFSO luncheon
Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin will deliver the keynote address at the Black Faculty and Staff Organization’s third annual Founders Award Scholarship Luncheon on Aug. 25.

“Shirley Franklin is a dynamic speaker and one of the most visible mayors in the country today,” says Linda Brawner, BFSO president. “We are certain that her talk will be both informative and thought provoking.”

University’s faculty/staff newspaper taps new editor
Columns, the weekly newspaper for faculty and staff at the University of Georgia, has a new editor. Juliett Dinkins, who served as managing editor since 1995, has been tapped to fill the position that was vacated when former editor Beth Roberts retired in July.

Twirlers wins national championships
UGA’s Redcoat Band majorette line won three national collegiate championships at competitions held late last month at Notre Dame.

The Redcoat Band majorette line won the USA and National College Halftime Show Team Championship, the National Collegiate Majorette Line Halftime Show Team Championship, and the USA and National Senior Large Dance Twirl Championship.


	Digest • UGA alumna named interim chancellor • Two face misconduct charges
	UGA Guide • New tradition: Opening Convocation retooled for ’05-’06 academic year

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