Showcase will feature UGA experts, innovators in technology education
The 2006 Learning Technologies Showcase on Oct. 4 in the Tate Student Center will feature faculty presentations on wiki media, blogs, scholarly writing solutions and more.

Sponsored by Enterprise Information Technology Services and the Center for Teaching and Learning, the event will explore the ways UGA faculty engage students in learning with technology. No registration is required for the showcase, which is open to all UGA faculty, staff and students. The sessions begin each hour, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and are presented “a la carte” to accommodate busy schedules.

In addition to the hourly sessions, learning technologies solutions will be exhibited throughout the day. More information is available online at ltshowcase.uga.edu.

SECoPA conference will bridge public administration theory, policy, practice
The 2006 Southeastern Conference for Public Administration, co-sponsored by UGA’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government and the Georgia chapter of the American Society for Public Administration, will be held Sept. 27–30 at the Classic Center. Speakers for the event include Harvey White, ASPA president-elect; Don Kettl, director of the Fels Institute of Government at Pennsylvania State University; Robert Golembiewski, UGA Distinguished Research Professor; and Hamilton Jordan, chief of staff for former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and UGA temporary faculty member. SECoPA will feature several panel sessions, a symposium on disaster management and a professional development track for public sector professionals.

“Today’s government practitioners confront an increasingly diverse number of issues each day,” said Steve Condrey, Vinson Institute faculty member and conference co-chair. “Our conference theme of bridging theory, policy and practice represents our intention to have sessions that are of value to both the academic and public sector communities.”

Additional information about SECoPA 2006, is available online (secopa2006.org).

‘Terry Tunes’ concert lineup announced
The Terry College of Business kicked off its “Terry Tunes” fall concert series Sept. 15. The free lunchtime concerts, held from noon to 1 p.m. at Herty Field on North Campus, are being organized and promoted by students in the Music Business program. Terry’s Office of Development and Alumni Relations had previously coordinated the schedule, but turned the concert series over to the Music Business Program to use as a learning exercise for its students.

“We’re very grateful for the opportunity to continue the tradition the Terry College has established with the concert series and are excited about taking the program in new directions,” said Bruce Burch, who co-directs the Music Business Program with UGA music professor Steve Dancz. “We hope everybody who has come out in the past to enjoy the fall weather and some great acoustic music will bring a lunch and join us again.”

In keeping with the Music Business Program’s emphasis on introducing students to the ins and outs of the music industry, artists slated to perform include some of Athens’ most promising up-and-coming musical acts. Modern Skirts performed Sept. 15. That concert will be followed by Critical Darlings on Sept. 22, The Packway Handle Band on Sept. 29 and Nate Nelson on Oct. 20.

Some of the scheduled performances also will feature appearances by members of UGA’s cheerleading squads and the Dance Dawgs, the dance team for UGA’s basketball program.

In the event of inclement weather, the scheduled concert will be canceled.