Judge dismisses reverse-bias lawsuit
In ‘unusual’ move, he also weighs in on racial preferences
A 1997 lawsuit filed by three white students who claimed they were victims of reverse discrimination in the university’s admissions policies has been marked “case closed.” But the issues raised by the suit are far from settled.
On July 6, U.S. District Judge B. Avant Edenfield made the last of several rulings in the two-year-old case, one of a number around the country challenging the use of race and ethnicity in admissions decisions. Edenfield dismissed the claim of one defendant and ruled that another--who he decided in January was discriminated against under an admissions policy no longer in effect--was entitled to monetary damages of just $1.
Business prof named associate provost, Honors Program director
Jere W. Morehead, a faculty member in the Terry College of Business who has been serving as acting executive director for legal affairs, has been named associate provost and director of the Honors Program at UGA by Karen Holbrook, senior vice president for academic affairs and provost.
International scientific conference here deals with emerging diseases
The College of Veterinary Medicine will host an international conference on emerging diseases Aug. 13-14 at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education. The “Conference on Emerging Diseases: Veterinary Medicine, Agriculture and Human Health” will be the first to focus on emerging zoonotic diseases and the veterinary facilities required for their study.
Members of 1998-99 promotion, tenure review committees are announced
Provost Karen Holbrook has announced the 1998-99 members of the University Review Committees and University Appeals Committee on Promotion and Tenure.
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New VP named
University of Mississippi administrator succeeds Dwight Douglas as vice president for student affairs
Richard H. Mullendore, vice chancellor for student life at the University of Mississippi, has been named vice president for student affairs and associate provost at UGA, pending approval by the University System Board of Regents. The appointment was announced in June by Karen Holbrook, senior vice president for academic affairs and provost.
Bridge over troubled water
 When David Fletcher was a student at the university in the late 1950s, two of his fraternity brothers died. Back then, the university didn’t give students as much support in dealing with such a traumatic experience as they receive today. The fraternity members even had to get special permission to attend the funerals.
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