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Chancellor makes first official visit to campus
University System of Georgia Chancellor Erroll Davis (right) got an opportunity to meet UGA employees during his first official visit to campus since taking office Feb. 6. In the photo above, he talks with Tommy Altman, associate director of special events, at the kickoff of the faculty-staff phase of the Archway to Excellence campaign.
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Four finalists named in search for next Grady College dean
Four finalists have been named in the search for a new dean of the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. |
AIDS pioneer will talk about social, medical ‘imbalance’
Don Francis, one of the first scientists to grasp the devastating potential of the AIDS epidemic, will speak at UGA on March 28 at 6 p.m. in the Chapel as part of the “Global Diseases: Voices from the Vanguard” lecture series. “Deadly Imbalance: Social vs. Medical Value of Preventative Vaccines” is the title of Francis’ talk, which is free and open to the public. |
eLEARNING eVOLVING: UGA-Tunisia project brings virtual university to reality
A delegation of Tunisian professors arrived at UGA last week to take part in the second phase of the UGA-Tunisia Educational Partnership. The two-week workshop on e-learning brings together many UGA experts with new participants from Tunisia to focus on developing high-quality online courses and build on the training network that has been established by the partnership thus far. |
Mayor of Savannah will deliver Lothar Tresp Lecture
Savannah Mayor Otis S. Johnson, who graduated from UGA in 1967 and went on to become the second African American to lead Georgia’s second-largest city, will return to his alma mater on March 29 to deliver the annual Lothar Tresp Lecture. |
Gone but not forgotten: Retired employees stay connected to UGA
They talked about the gentrification of certain Atlanta neighborhoods, the draw of Athens as a desirable place to live and the recovery of Tulane University after Katrina. They asked about spouses, children and grandchildren. And they reminisced on their years of service at UGA, and their more recent service and social engagements they enjoy as retired faculty and staff. |
UGA students volunteer overseas and return with broad horizons
Seven UGA Honors students had the opportunity to experience other cultures with grants they received from the Foundation for Sustainable Development in summer 2005. Their outreach projects were among 43 chosen nationally to receive grants from FSD, a nonprofit organization committed to grassroots development initiatives in Asia, East Africa and Latin America. |
Ten-digit dialing goes into effect next month
Accompanying the global increase in computer lines, fax machines and cell phones came a rising demand for new telephone numbers. To accommodate this growth, all callers in the 706 area code region—including UGA—will be required to use 10-digit dialing to place local calls starting next month. |
‘Silver Streak’: Library employee prepares to mark 41 years at UGA
Working is a way of life for Merdelle Stepp. Anyone needing proof need only know that this spring she will mark the 41st anniversary of her employment—a second career really—at UGA Libraries.
Words like “dogged determination” and “perseverance” have been used to describe her skills in access services where her primary duty for nearly 30 years has been searching for lost books. |
Bill Hartman
College Football Hall of Fame member William C. “Bill” Hartman, 90, who spent a lifetime supporting the University of Georgia and its athletics programs, died March 16 after a short illness one day before his 91st birthday. Funeral services were held March 19 at the First United Methodist Church. Interment was in the Oconee Hill Cemetery. |
Latin love stories: Honors class learns about telenovelas
Carolina Acosta-Alzuru, associate professor of advertising and public relations, stood in front of a television set playing a video of snippets from several telenovelas, narrating for her small class of Honors students. |
Bringing history to life: Visiting grade-school students learn about
civil rights movement, desegregation of UGA
Randy Groomes, director of multicultural programming for the UGA Alumni Association, scanned a sea of 66 fifth graders with their arms stretched upward. A smile on his face, he pointed to a blonde-haired boy at the second table to answer the question, “What are the best colleges?”
“Harvard, Yale and Georgia,” the boy called back. |
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