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Security training grant
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a grant of $170,000 to the university’s Center for International Trade and Security and to the Carl Vinson Institute of Government to conduct a series of training sessions for the managers and officials of the Russian atomic energy industry.
The grant is part of an effort to increase the safety and security of nuclear materials and to improve management practices. The seminars will be conducted jointly by U.S. and Russian faculty and will involve at least 80 representatives of both civilian and military Russian facilities.
“Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States has become increasingly concerned with the possible spread of nuclear weapons, material and related technologies from the vast but poorly controlled and managed Russian military/industrial complex,” says Gary Bertsch, director of the Center for International Trade and Security.
Former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia and current U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana co-sponsored the Cooperative Threat Reduction program, aimed at reducing the stockpiles of nuclear weapons and limiting nuclear proliferation from Russia and other states of the former Soviet Union. The United States and Russia recently signed an agreement to step up efforts to maintain the security and safety of nuclear materials in Russia.
Research program accredited
The animal resources program in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences has been accredited for excellence by the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care.
To earn accreditation, a research program undergoes a rigorous evaluation and must demonstrate that it exceeds minimum standards in its care and use of laboratory animals. AAALAC is a voluntary international organization, and participating institutions receive independent expert assessments.
Research using animals in the Franklin College ranges from the study of tropical diseases using rats to studies of learning abilities using monkeys.
“The Franklin College is doing its part to raise the global benchmark for animal well-being in science,” says Kathleen Callahan, marketing communications manager for AAALAC, headquartered in Rockville, Md.
All-USA teacher team
Four College of Education alumni--Rhonda Nachamkin, Sylvia Dee Shore, Sandra Duck Eidson and Lela Whelchel--are among the 20 winners named to USA Today’s All-USA Teacher First Team.
A teacher for 27 years, Rhonda Nachamkin earned both her bachelor’s degree (1972) and her master’s degree (1973) from UGA. She has her first-graders at River Eves Elementary School in Roswell learn words by looking them up in dictionaries.
Sylvia Dee Shore, who received her master’s degree in 1980 and has taught for 29 years, trains her Clubview Elementary third-graders to monitor water quality and work on water conservation in Columbus. In five years, her River Kids Network has spread to 17 schools and more than 1,000 students statewide.
The teaching team of Sandra Duck Eidson and Lela Whelchel at West Hall High School in Oakwood created Bio/Geo, a biology/geology course. Using graphing calculators and computer-based laboratories, their students teamed up to build DNA models and monitor water quality of a creek behind their school.
A teacher for 21 years, Eidson received bachelor’s, master’s and specialist’s degrees in education from UGA in 1988, 1990 and 1992, respectively. Whelchel, a teacher for 25 years, earned a specialist degree in education in 1990.
Selected from 559 nominees nationwide, the 20 winners received trophies and $2,500 for their schools from USA Today.
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