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Clinical psych program
The clinical psychology training program at the university has been named winner of a top national honor by the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy. The award will be presented in November at the group’s annual convention in Washington, D.C.
The award honors a training program that has made a significant contribution to behavior therapy. Eligible for the award were master’s, doctoral, pre-doctoral or post-doctoral degree programs, as well as institutes and continuing education initiatives.
The clinical psychology program at UGA has been characterized since its inception in the 1960s by a behavioral orientation and by the often-honored contributions to behavior therapy by faculty, students and graduates of the program.
The program has trained more than 350 students, who are at work in such areas as research, service delivery and teaching.
New scholarship fund
The University of Georgia American Language Program and CBH International have announced the creation of the CBH International Scholarship Fund.
Established in September, the fund was created to provide financial assistance for Central and South American students to study English intensively for a period of one academic year in UGA’s American Language Program.
The first recipient of the scholarship is expected to enroll in classes during fall semester 1999. Initial criteria for eligibility for the scholarship require that an applicant be a native of a country in Central or South America, be a graduate of an accredited institution of higher learning in Central or South America, and demonstrate extreme financial hardship that prevents that recipient from otherwise funding intensive English-language education in the United States.
For detailed information about the scholarship, or to apply, contact Claudia Diaz Kukucka (e-mail claudia@cbhintl.com) for information in Spanish or Suzie Woodall (e-mail suze@cbhintl.com) for information in English.
Graduate school info
The Career Planning and Placement Center and the Graduate School will co-sponsor a Graduate School Information Day on Oct. 14. The event is open to all students at all levels, as well as faculty, staff, alumni and the community. Approximately 70 graduate and professional schools throughout the nation will be represented to provide information about their graduate programs, including information about admissions, tuition and graduate assistantships. The open house program will take place in Georgia Hall of the Tate Student Center from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Participants are also encouraged to attend a seminar in the Tate Center Reception Hall, either at 9:15 a.m. or at noon, in which UGA representatives will discuss considerations for graduate school, graduate entrance exams and financial aid. For more information, call Leigh Vines at 542-8419.
Social security conference
Tto help promote greater understanding of the importance of social security, the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare (NCPSSM), supported by the Southern Gerontological Society and the Association of Gerontology in Higher Education, and in conjunction with the UGA Gerontology Center, will host a two-hour satellite teleconference entitled “Social Security: A New School of Thought.”
Open free to the public, the program will originate from Galluadet University in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 26 from 1 to 3 p.m. in Masters Auditorium of the Georgia Center for Continuing Education. For more information, call Karen Higgins at (800) 966-1935 or visit the NCPSSM web site (http://www.ncpssm.org). |
