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november 3, 2008

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Faculty, staff input sought on Student Learning Initiative
UGA faculty and staff are invited to attend one of three public forums this month to learn about and provide input on a Student Learning Initiative to be developed and funded as the university seeks reaffirmation of its accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Students and alumni also are being contacted to solicit their ideas.

Three campus units to move to new quarters
UGA will relocate the College of Environment and Design, the Institute for Women’s Studies and the offices of The Georgia Review literary journal to new quarters.

Symposium examines role of diversity in university’s mission
The mission of the University of Georgia cannot be achieved without a comprehensive commitment to all aspects of diversity, said speakers at the first regional diversity symposium held Oct. 21.

New Web-based system to help manage degree requirements
Academic advisers and students at UGA will soon have access to a comprehensive set of Web-based tools to help manage degree requirements and track progress to graduation.

Ground broken for new Greek Park
October 21 groundbreaking ceremony for the university’s new Greek Park.

Psychology professional, students give hope to local resource center
The grand scheme wasn’t always her aim. She just wanted to lend a hand.

But as soon as Gayle Spears, an academic professional in the psychology department, answered the ad and got involved with Hope Haven, pieces of a larger puzzle began to snap into place.

University receives awards for excellence in customer service
UGA has received customer service awards from the Governor’s Office of Customer Service and the University System of Georgia Chancellor’s Customer Service Awards program.

Fulbright student travel award winners named
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National leader in pathology, research appointed inaugural Harmon professor in veterinary pathology
The College of Veterinary Medicine has appointed Dr. Richard Keith Harris, a nationally recognized leader in pathology and research, as the first holder of the Barry G. Harmon professorship in veterinary pathology and the new head of the department of pathology.

Weekend pass: Talent Identification Program gives young students a taste of college life
More than 100 of the brightest middle and high school students from Georgia and surrounding states will get their first taste of college courses during a Scholar Weekend hosted by UGA’s College of Education Nov. 15–16 through a partnership between UGA and Duke University.

Campus scenes


	Around Academe • U.C.-Irvine law school to offer full scholarships to inaugural class • Miss. State president, commissioner both depart over landscaping issue
	Instructional News The freshman 15: First-year seminars, which meet 15 hours a semester, allow faculty to connect with new students
	Digest • Newly acquired TV station offers increased local news, election coverage • Three join Peabody Awards board • Civil Rights Digital Library wins award for archival program excellence
	UGA Guide • University Theatre recalls simpler time with its production of ‘Our Town’
	Campus Closeup Eric McRae, Carl Vinson Institute of Government

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