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	September 5, 2006
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	News
	Grade-A expert: Internationally recognized authority on avian diseases, vaccines joins vet medicine faculty
	Panel talks terror
	Forestry School plans to create chestnut tree research orchard
	UGA cracks down on laptop theft
	Researcher uses grant to study home schooling for black families
	Students find themselves learning a wariety of disciplines in Balkans
	Four finalists named for public health deanship; campus visits scheduled
	Squashing a bug: New research from UGA and University of Pennsylvania scientists may make a dangerous parasite a 'toothless tiger'
	Mentoring program at mobile home park helps students make strides in school
	Stagecraft
	Around Academe
	News to Use
	Go Figure
	Digest
	UGA Guide
	Kudos
	Campus Closeup
	Administrative Changes
	Update: Private Giving
	Weekly Reader
	Cybersights
	Bulletin Board

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administrative changeS

* Two veteran UGA administrators will work together to oversee newly initiated academic programs at UGA’s campus in Griffin. Bob Boehmer, associate provost for institutional effectiveness, has overall responsibility for UGA’s off-campus academic programs in both Griffin and Gwinnett. Gerald F. Arkin, who has served as assistant dean of the Griffin campus with UGA’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences since 1987, assumed additional responsibilities as assistant provost of the Griffin campus, effective July 1.

* Daniel M. Bodansky, the holder of the Emily and Ernest Woodruff Chair in International Law, has been named associate dean for faculty development in the School of Law.

* Stephanie Ransom has been promoted to director of business operations for the Athletic Association.

* Judith D. Shaw has been named permanent associate provost for international affairs after holding the position on an interim basis for 14 months.

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