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	august 27, 2007
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	News
	The status of the vision: Michael F. Adams reflects on his 10 years as president of UGA
	UGA will host community meeting on NBAF environmental issues
	Magazine ranks UGA among top 20 public universities
	Brighter and stronger: University welcomes most academically talented freshman, law classes in its history
	Meet and greet
	Emergency notification system to launch during National Preparedness Month
	International affairs major wins scholarship to study in Jordan
	Learning to heal: New Community Practice Clinic gives veterinary medicine students practical experience
	School of Law library honored with 2007 AALL marketing award
	UGA scientist: Imported foods are cause for concern
	Campus scenes
	Around Academe
	News to Use
	Go Figure
	Digest
	UGA Guide
	Kudos
	Campus Closeup
	Update: Private Giving
	Weekly Reader
	Cybersights
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From graduate students to freshmen to administrators, several members of the university community
received a unique view of campus life as they settled into the new academic year.

As part of Freshman College, the UGA Police Department and Safe Campuses Now offered a self-defense class. Above: Brooke Brewer (right) of Athens practices a defensive maneuver on Police Sgt. Lance Tipton. (Photo by Beth Newman)


The Graduate School welcomed more than 800 students to UGA during orientation, Aug. 13. Preliminary figures indicate total graduate student enrollment for the fall will be around 6,800. Above: Susan Polite (left) chats with Ann Benton, from Office of International Education, during the InfoFair.	Garnett Stokes (front left), dean of the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, and Georgia Strange, director of the Lamar Dodd School of Art, go up in a crane with two employees from Brassfield and Gorrie construction company to get a bird’s-eye view of construction of the new art building on East Campus. (Photos by Nancy Evelyn)

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