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Energy plan funded: University earmarks $395,000 to implement committee’s waste-reducing recommendations
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Tim Burgess |
Arnett Mace |
UGA administrators are
allocating $395,000 to fund a series of steps recommended by a special energy conservation committee to reduce energy usage and cut energy costs on campus.
The money, which will come from existing funding sources in the current fiscal year budget, will be used to conduct energy audits on campus buildings and install equipment to reduce waste; to install equipment to better monitor and control utility usage in buildings; and to investigate use of renewable fuels in campus vehicles and the central steam plant. |
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Employees, retirees contribute nearly
$3 million to UGA
Faculty, staff and retirees at the University of Georgia contributed almost $3 million to UGA last year during the Archway to Excellence 2006 Faculty, Staff and Retiree Campaign.
The more than $2.99 million in gifts from faculty, staff and retirees was bolstered by more than
$2 million in gifts from 612 retired UGA employees. |
State, national authorities will speak
at two-day environmental symposium
The university’s Academy of the Environment is bringing an array of state and national authorities on environmental issues to campus for a two-day symposium this month. |
Former AAU president will discuss ‘My Universities’ at McBee Lecture
Nils Hasselmo, immediate past president of the Association of American Universities and former president of the University of Minnesota, will deliver the 18th annual Louise McBee Lecture on Oct. 20 at 11 a.m. in the Chapel. |
Cultural studies scholar will discuss Holocaust research
Leo Spitzer, professor of history at Dartmouth College and Columbia University, will present a lecture entitled “Photography, Memory and the Holocaust” on Oct. 18 at 3:30 p.m. in the Chapel. He is the author of several books and numerous articles on Latin America, Africa and the Jewish refugee experience. The lecture is free and open to the public; a reception in Moore College will follow. |
Different strokes
Provincial and municipal leaders from Beijing participated in dragon boat races last month at Lake Lanier, site of the 1996 Olympic rowing venue. |
Resolution addresses planned cuts to Optional Retirement Program
For the second time in a year, the University Council has expressed concerns about the Optional Retirement Program, which is available mainly to faculty members.
At its first meeting of the academic year on Oct. 4, the council adopted a resolution objecting to announced cuts in the state contribution to the ORP and calling for separate administration of employer contributions to ORP and the Teachers Retirement System. |
Five faculty members receive 2006 Brooks Awards for Excellence
Five innovative leaders at UGA were honored in the name of another innovator Oct. 3 when the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences had its annual D.W. Brooks Lecture and Faculty Awards for
Excellence. |
Researcher will discuss transitions
in journalism
A leading authority on the business model for journalism will speak at UGA on Oct. 18.
Rick Edmonds, a researcher and writer at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, St. Petersburg, Fla., will lecture on “The Business Model for Journalism in Transition” at
1:30 p.m. in Room 150 of the Student Learning Center. The event is free and open to the public. |
Committee to choose V.P. for instruction
A 12-member search committee has been appointed to identify candidates for the position of vice president for instruction at UGA.
Provost Arnett C. Mace Jr. formed the committee to find a successor to Del Dunn, who will retire
Dec. 1. Mace has announced that Jere
Morehead, vice provost for academic affairs, will serve as interim vice president until the position is filled. |
Frank Golley, Institute of Ecology emeritus professor, dies at age 76
Frank B. Golley, 76, professor emeritus at UGA’s Institute of Ecology, died in Athens on Oct. 8. |
Seeing stars: University’s observatory
offers public viewing nights
The words “popular” and “telescope” usually don’t fit in the same sentence. Even scattered among book chapters is unlikely. But they’re the first words astronomer Scott Shaw says about the monthly public viewing sessions at the UGA observatory. |
Live at 5
Fifteen “meet-and-greet” events were held across campus last month for more
than 400 first-year Honors students, faculty mentors and teaching assistants. |
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• Restrospective of works by Art Rosenbaum will open at Georgia Museum of Art |
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