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february 23, 2009

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Family’s $1 million gift will help create children’s garden

Alice Richards

When Alice Richards’ family decided to give $1 million to the State Botanical Garden at UGA to create a children’s garden, they didn’t know they were helping fulfill a dream she had harbored for almost two decades.

Richards, who lived in Carrollton, was a charter member of the Botanical Garden’s Board of Advisors and one of the garden’s most devoted and beloved supporters until her death in May 2007. A mother of seven and grandmother of 24, Richards loved flowers and the outdoors and had a tender spot for children, according to her son Lee Richards of St. Simons Island.

Expert recommends heating peanut butter to help avoid future salmonella outbreaks
For the second time in two years, a nationwide outbreak of salmonellosis has been tied to peanut products. This time, more than 570 people have been sickened and more than 1,700 products have been taken off supermarket shelves so far, in what is now the largest food-related recall in the country’s history (see related story).

Retaining the best: New mentoring program to help new, recently hired faculty adjust to campus community life
The Office of Institutional Diversity is launching a new Diverse Faculty Mentoring Program, which aims to help new and recently hired faculty members adjust to UGA and the surrounding community.

Quick on the draw
“Draw off” at the Lamar Dodd School of Art.

VITA service: Financial planning majors offer free income tax help
UGA employees, as well as other Athens residents, have the opportunity again this year to have their taxes filled out for free by family financial planning majors who have undergone IRS-approved training. Students from the accounting honors society Beta Alpha Psi are also volunteering in the effort.

Next generation of MyUGA will be launched March 2
Application Development and Database Management, a unit of EITS, is implementing a multi-phased project to upgrade MyUGA, the UGA student portal.

Feminist legal theory expert will give House Lecture
Felice J. Batlan, a specialist in feminist legal theory, will deliver the School of Law’s 27th Edith House Lecture.

Fanning Institute: Rural leadership programs provide strength in tough economic times
A new study by UGA’s Fanning Institute shows that community leadership programs are helping to support economic viability in Georgia’s rural counties. The report, entitled “Georgia’s Community Leadership Initiative,” was released earlier this month at the Georgia Rural Development Council’s eighth annual Leadership Day program in Atlanta.

Communications professionals receive awards
The University of Georgia received 10 awards in the 2008-2009 competition for District III of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. Overall, UGA communications professionals received six Awards of Excellence and four Special Merit Awards.

Moving force
While on campus late last month for a performance, Seán Curran, founder and creative director of the Seán Curran Company gave three master classes to UGA dance and theatre students.


	Around Academe • Professors: Stop college rankings • Language police hang up cuffs at Queen’s University in Canada
	Research News Breaking the code: Genome sequence shows sorghum’s immense potential
	Digest • Conference to cover social injustice • College of Education professor’s mentoring programs receive grant • IABC students take national honors
	UGA Guide • In concert: Male Choir of St. Petersburg to explore soul of Russian music
	Faculty Profile Kathryn Roulston. Department of Lifelong Education, Administration and Policy
	Safety from salmonella Expert tells what to avoid and how to find out about tainted food

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