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	september 17, 2007
	In this issue
	News
	Athletic Association gift will endow two new professorships
	New award will recognize tenured faculty who address issues of public concern
	Blog Dawgs: Web logs connect faculty to students, alumni and each other
	BFSO speaker encourages more volunteerism in local communities
	New partnership with Mexico’s livestock industry to focus on biofuels
	Dartmouth scholar to open science, security series
	Fiber fighters: New study finds common component of fruits, vegetables kills prostate cancer cells
	Ecologist unlocks more of the mystery surrounding invasive species
	Education prof named Institute for African-American Studies director
	Campus scenes
	Around Academe
	News to Use
	Go Figure
	Digest
	UGA Guide
	Kudos
	Update: Private Giving
	conversation with the dean
	Weekly Reader
	Cybersights
	Bulletin Board

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update: private giving

Private giving is an essential source of funding for student scholarships, faculty recruitment and support, research support, library enrichment and other vital academic enhancements. Columns periodically reports gifts to the university of $25,000 and above from private donors. Recent contributions include:
Weyman T. Johnson Jr.	$50,000	Hirsch Hall Discretionary Fund

St. Laurent Family Foundation for Eleanor C. and Georges C. St. Laurent	$25,000	William M. Crane Memorial Scholarship Fund

Western Carolina Chapter of Risk and Insurance Management Society	$25,000	Western Carolina Risk and Insurance Management Society Scholarship

Estate of Elise Bray Richey	$50,000	Elise Bray Richey Endowment for the College of Family and Consumer Sciences

Georgia Power Company	$25,000	Housing and Demographic Research Center

Reznick Group	$50,000	Accounting Fund

Primerica Financial Services through Citigroup Foundation	$50,000	TCOB Institute for Leadership Advancement Operating Fund

Mr. and Mrs. W. Patton Hopkins Jr.	$25,000	Hopkins Risk Management and Insurance Scholarship

Source: Office of Development

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