Regents approve new residence hall
As part of a $57 million plan to upgrade UGA residence halls, a new residence hall will be built on the Reed Quad. It will replace Payne Hall, which will be converted to non-residential use.

At its June meeting the regents approved negotiations with three firms that want to build
the residence hall, which will house approximately 175 students. In addition to replacing rooms from Payne Hall, the new residence hall will offer space lost when renovations begin at Mary Lyndon Hall and Rutherford Hall.

Construction for the new residence hall is scheduled to begin next spring, and renovations to Mary Lyndon and Rutherford Halls are scheduled to begin next summer. Both the construction and renovation are slated to be finished by August 2008.

Donor program renamed for Hartman
UGA’s donor priority system for football has been renamed the William C. Hartman Jr. Fund, according to Damon Evans, director of athletics.

The new name honors Bill Hartman, who in the 1940s founded the Georgia Student Education Fund, the original donor priority program. In recent years, the GSEF became the Georgia Education Enhancement Fund. Donations to the Hartman Fund will be used for athletic scholarships and general operating expenses. Hartman died March 16 at the age of 90.

Former dean becomes ag undersecretary
The U.S. Senate confirmed last month the nomination of Gale A. Buchanan, former dean and director of UGA’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, as undersecretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Buchanan was dean and director of CAES until he retired in April 2005. He served for 20 years on the Auburn University faculty before moving to Georgia as associate director for the Georgia Agricultural Experiment Stations and resident director of the Coastal Plain Experiment Station.

Graduate School will offer new interdisciplinary teaching certificate
To better prepare doctoral and master’s candidates for the rigors of teaching at the college level, the Graduate School has established the Interdisciplinary Certificate in University Teaching.

The certificate, approved last fall to be fully implemented summer semester, enables graduate students, regardless of their discipline, to work with academic departments and administrative units that support teaching and learning.

Students in the program enroll in courses related to teaching strategies, methods of learning and assessment, technology to support teaching and professional development for the academy. They also must complete classroom or laboratory teaching assistantships at the university.

More information on the certificate is available online (www.gradsch.uga.edu).