Art Dunning

Art Dunning, vice president for public service and outreach, has been named to the board of the Georgia-China Alliance.

The Georgia-China Alliance was established in 2003 as a result of a study by the state senate about the future of trade with China. The nonprofit organization aims to promote commerce as well as educational and cultural exchanges between the state of Georgia and the People’s Republic of China.

Dunning has made more than a dozen trips to China since 1985, including visits related to UGA outreach activities.

Chad Fertig, assistant professor of physics, won a 2006 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from Oak Ridge Associated Universities.

Chad Fertig

Recipients of these unrestricted $5,000 research awards, which are matched by the home institution, were competitively selected from among 88 faculty applications. The peer-evaluation and selection process involved scientists from across the nation.

Fertig’s research interests lie in using ultra-cold atoms to study fundamental atomic and condensed matter physics.

Brian Glaser, a professor of counseling psychology in the College of Education, received a national award for his work in a counselor preparation program that allows UGA students to gain practical experience by working with local juvenile offenders.

Glaser received the Education Excellence Award from the International Association of Addictions and Offender Counseling, which annually recognizes one educator who demonstrates an outstanding commitment to the field of addictions/offender issues through teaching.

Glaser and his colleague, Georgia Calhoun, both faculty members in the counseling and human development services department, developed the Juvenile Counseling and Assessment Program and the Gaining Insight into Relationship for Lifelong Success program, which have incorporated student work with more than 2,000 juvenile offenders over the past decade.

Lorilee Sandmann

College of Education professor Lorilee Sandmann was appointed to a national advisory panel on higher education’s role in community engagement by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

Sandmann, associate professor in the lifelong education, administration and policy department, is a member of the National Advisory Panel for New Carnegie Elective Classification on Community Engagement. CFAT’s goal is to increase higher education’s role in society with the community.

Engineering professor Sidney Thompson received a 2006 Outstanding Certificate of Merit from the National Academic Advising Association.

The awards recognize individuals who have qualities associated with outstanding advising or administering advising programs. Thompson, U.H. Davenport Professor of Engineering, has been involved in curriculum development for most of his 25-year career teaching structural systems.