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Regents approve master plan
At a meeting earlier this month, the board of regents approved the university’s 20-year master plan. Presented on campus in November, the plan includes new parking decks and additional dormitory rooms. The redesign also calls for creating three academic villages--North Campus, Central Campus and South Campus--that would be connected by separate pedestrian, bike, car and bus corridors.
The regents asked each of the 34 colleges and universities in the university system to draft plans to guide infrastructure decisions by the board.
“It’s just an outline that will be used in the future,” says regents spokesman John Millsaps. “That doesn’t guarantee any funding.”
Adams elected ACE vice chair
UGA President Michael F. Adams has moved into the number two position in the American Council on Education, and next year will lead the national advocacy group for higher education.
Adams was elected vice chair/chair-elect of the ACE board of directors at the council’s 81st annual meeting in Washington, D.C. He will become chair of the board in 2000.
The American Council on Education is composed of about 1,600 accredited, degree-granting institutions from all sectors of higher education, and nearly 200 national and regional higher education associations and organizations.
The council conducts analyses of higher education issues; represents higher education before Congress, federal agencies and courts; and works to coordinate the efforts of colleges and universities into a single voice on national policy issues.
Two receive Governor’s Awards
The Georgia Historical Quarterly and Ed Jackson of the Carl Vinson Institute of Government are among this year’s recipients of the Governor’s Awards sponsored each year by the Georgia Humanities Council.
Gov. Roy Barnes will present the awards Feb. 25 at a luncheon at the Old Georgia Railroad Freight Depot in Atlanta. The 14th annual event honors individuals and organizations that have contributed significantly to building community, character and citizenship in the state through humanities education.
Jackson, a public service associate, is a recognized authority on the state’s history and government and has demonstrated his commitments to sharing his insights with a broad community. During the past four years, he has spearheaded and launched GeorgiaInfo, a Web site of information about the state--maps, demographic data, links to other comprehensive and cultural Web sites and “This Day in Georgia History,” a comprehensive chronicle of the state’s history and culture.
John Inscoe, editor of the Georgia Historical Quarterly, will accept the award, along with Jim Cobb, chair of the UGA history department, which houses the publication, and Lisa White, president of the Georgia Historical Society.
Student leader is chosen national role model
A UGA student has been chosen from students across the United States to appear on the cover of Student Leader, a national magazine read by campus leaders and advisers at nearly 1,000 colleges and universities.
Jessica Dempsey, a senior from Cumming, was chosen for the cover because of her work as a community service leader and volunteer. Dempsey, a four-year campus volunteer, was selected from nearly 100 qualified community service nominees representing colleges from across the nation.
As chair of Communiversity, the central clearinghouse for all student volunteerism at UGA, Dempsey oversees 10 coordinators of nine programs from Adopt-A-Grandparent to Alternative Spring Break.
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