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BYU professor to direct Hodgson School of Music
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Dale Monson |
Dale E. Monson, director of the School of Music at Brigham Young University, has been named new director of the Hugh Hodgson School of Music at the University of Georgia.
Monson succeeds Donald Lowe, who has been director of the school since 2001.
“A truly great university must have a strong and vibrant fine arts program,” said UGA President Michael F. Adams. “The Hugh Hodgson School of Music is an important part of our fine arts program and one of the anchors of the East Campus arts complex. I am excited that Dr. Monson has accepted our offer, and I am looking forward to working with him.”
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Four will be inducted into Georgia Writers Hall of Fame
Two poets, including a UGA professor who has gained international acclaim translating the works of a Persian mystic, will be inducted into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame in March |
Drawing a crowd: Cartoonist to deliver Jack Davis Lecture
Sergio Aragonés, one of the world’s most-honored cartoonists and an early contributor to the famed MAD magazine, will deliver the 2009 Jack Davis Distinguished Visiting Artist Lecture. |
UGA’s own ‘Voice from the Vanguard’ to deliver lecture
A UGA series that imports speakers from around the world now turns the spotlight on Daniel G. Colley, who recently landed an $18.7 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, marking the first time that a UGA investigator has been featured in the popular Global Diseases: Voices from the Vanguard series. Colley will speak on Feb. 10 at
5 p.m. in the Chapel. |
Faulkner scholar in residence is inaugural Methvin Visiting Professor
Richard J. Gray, a professor of literature at the University of Essex in England and the first specialist in American literature to be elected a Fellow of the British Academy, will be in residence at UGA from Feb. 16–20 as the first Barbara Lester Methvin Visiting Distinguished Professor of Southern Literature. |
Authors, illustrators of children’s books to visit campus for conference
Some of the nation’s top authors and illustrators of children’s books will speak during the 40th Annual Conference on Children’s Literature March 6-7 at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center and Hotel. |
Administrative associates earn certification
Two UGA employees are among five from Athens to pass the Certified Professional Secretary exam and receive their CPS rating. The exam covered office technology, office administration and management. |
John Dowling, dean emeritus of Graduate School, dies at age 88
John Dowling, a former dean of the Graduate School, died Jan. 31 at the age of 88. |
New model village: UGA team helps reconstruct capital of Cherokee Nation
For more than 40 years, visitors to the Ancient Village at the Cherokee Heritage Center in Tahlequah, Okla., have been treated to life as it might have existed in a Southeastern Cherokee village in the 16th century. Time, though, has taken a toll on the reconstructed village with its council house and demonstration areas. |
The first dance: Dance professor coached Missouri governor, wife for inaugural waltz
In the glare of cameras and beneath a spotlight, recently elected Missouri
Gov. Jay Nixon and wife, Georganne, danced for the first time as the Show-Me State’s first couple. Their form was perfect; the tempo was just right; and Mark Wheeler, a professor in UGA’s department of dance, breathed a sigh of prideful relief. |
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