Bell, Holbrook will address grads at fall Commencement
By Larry B. Dendy
 Former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell will be the speaker for the university’s fall commencement exercises Dec. 19.
Bell will speak at the 196th ceremony for undergraduates at 9 a.m. in Stegeman Coliseum and will receive an honorary doctor of laws degree.
Karen Holbrook, UGA’s senior vice president for academic affairs and provost, will speak at 2:30 p.m. in the coliseum at exercises for graduate students.
 The December ceremonies are for students who completed degree requirements at the end of summer quarter and those who will complete requirements at the end of fall semester. This will be UGA’s second graduation this year; commencement was held in June for students who had completed degree requirements since summer 1997. With the conversion to a semester system this year, UGA officials decided to resume holding two graduation ceremonies annually.
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By Larry B. Dendy
Roger L. Dancz, who directed University of Georgia bands for 36 years and hosted a popular statewide radio program, died in Athens Sept. 1...
Dancz was all things musical
Specialist in employment law joins legal staff
 By Matthew Winston
Frederick C. Dawkins, an Atlanta attorney, has been named associate director for legal affairs at the university. Dawkins, who specializes in employment law, joined the legal affairs staff on Aug. 31.
OUTNUMBERED
For the first time, a team of UGA researchers has made a direct estimate of the total number of bacteria on Earth and the number makes the globe’s human population look downright puny.
The group, led by microbiologist William B. Whitman, estimates the number to be five million trillion trillion.
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The UGA National Alumni Association invited students to a “Welcome Back Rally” on the library quadrangle on North Campus at lunchtime on Aug. 27. Carl Swearingen (at right in top photo), president of the NAA, took advantage of the opportunity to tell students about NAA programs. Pizza was served by David Muia (right, lower photo), the university’s director of alumni relations. Pizza-munching musical accompaniment was provided by a local radio station as well as the Derby Band, a smaller ensemble from the Redcoat Marching Band.
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