RESEARCH, SERVICE,
AUXILIARY, AND ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS
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THE DIVISION OF ACADEMIC ASSISTANCE,
a unit of the Office of the Vice President for Instruction, has the primary
mission of enhancing the academic success of University of Georgia students.
Each year the Division provides a wide range of courses, programs, and services
to support over 10,000 entering and continuing students. Developmental courses
in English, mathematics, reading, and study strategies are offered along with 19
different UNIV courses which teach students competency in critical thinking and
successful learning at the University and beyond. Approximately 40 sections of
UNIV 1102: Learning to Learn and UNIV 1103: Strategies for Academic
Success are offered per year. The Division also houses the Academic Center
in Milledge Hall, which includes a professionally staffed Learning Center and
Peer Tutorial Program. In the Learning Center, students can receive assistance
with writing, mathematics, reading, and studying. Academic counseling is also
available on such topics as test anxiety, personality assessment, and learning
styles. The Peer Tutorial Program provides free tutoring with an emphasis on
mathematics, science, and foreign language courses. In addition, the Division
offers academic support in primarily freshman residence halls (Brumby, Creswell,
and Russell); a comprehensive outreach and workshop program; adjunct seminars to
support targeted large lecture core courses (UNIV 1116); and an instructional
technology literacy program (UNIV 1120). Four federally funded, community-based
TRIO programs -- University of Georgia Upward Bound, Northeast Georgia Upward
Bound, Talent Search, and Educational Opportunity Center -- round out the
Division.
THE ACADEMIC COMPUTING CENTER is a service unit of the College of
Education established to provide the following kinds of services primarily, but
not exclusively, for College of Education faculty and students: data analyses,
research design consultation, and statistical consultation. Assistance is also
available for faculty and students using SPSS and SAS in their own analyses.
Contractual arrangements also are made with public and private agencies for
these services.
ACADEMIC SPECIAL PROGRAMS implements innovative techniques to identify,
recruit, and prepare students to succeed and flourish in an increasingly complex
and highly technical world. We strive to provide strong preparation and
advisement for college study and lifelong learning. Our mission is to recruit
students who are better prepared to succeed in college, through programs and
activities which might positively enhance the respect for and acceptance of the
University of Georgia by outstanding students. Main programs are the Georgia
Science and Engineering Fair, the Georgia Junior Science and Humanities
Symposium, Advanced Placement Institutes and the District I History Day Program.
The office supports the Governor’s Honors Program for gifted high school
students, the University’s Undergraduate Admissions Office, the International
Science and Engineering Fair, National Junior Science Humanities Symposium and a
workshop program for the state’s science and math teachers.
THE AFRICAN STUDIES INSTITUTE began as a program in 1987. It was
reclassified as the African Studies Institute in July of 2001. As an institute,
the goals of African Studies have changed little. ASI is still committed to the
dissemination of information about African languages, cultures, politics,
economics and other aspects of life in Africa. ASI continues to offer a
Certificate in African Studies. Students have the option of studying a African
language (Yoruba, Swahili or Zulu) or taking courses with strong African content
that are cross-referenced with other departments. ASI also sponsors three study
abroad programs to Tanzania, Ghana and Kenya. Africanist lecturers are often
invited to speak at the University of Georgia on behalf of ASI. A library
housing various videos and books about Africa is available as a resource to
faculty and students.
THE
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS seek and verify new knowledge
through research in the many fields related to agriculture. There are three main
stations at Athens, Griffin, and Tifton and research and education centers at
Attapulgus, Blairsville, Calhoun, Eatonton, Midville, Plains,
Reidsville and Savannah . Research projects
are conducted in agricultural and applied economics, biological and agricultural
engineering, crop and soil sciences, animal and dairy science, entomology,
environmental sciences, food science and technology, forest resources, family
and consumer sciences, horticulture, plant pathology and poultry science.
THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER offers a graduate program in
artificial intelligence. The center supports and encourages interdisciplinary
research and service activities involving its graduate students and faculty from
several departments and schools. Through its Artificial Intelligence Laboratory,
its Industrial Partnership Program, and its research report series, the center
promotes the integration of artificial intelligence technology by industry and
government agencies in the state and the nation.
AUXILIARY SERVICES,
including the University Bookstore ,
Campus Transit System , Food Services,
University Golf Course , University Printing
, University Vending ,
and University Parking Services , are
supported by income generated from the sale of merchandise and services to
students, faculty, and staff. Financially self-supporting, these auxiliary units
are related to the educational objectives of the University.
Campus Transit System
operates a fleet of 41 buses for students,
staff, and faculty when the University is in session. Daytime service is
provided on nine routes from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Night service is
provided on three routes Monday through Friday from 6:00 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
Van service is available for disabled students, staff, and faculty unable to
use regularly scheduled buses. Buses are available to charter for
educational-related purposes.
University Bookstore
is a retail facility specializing in
textbooks, general books, specialized and general school supplies,
computers, computer software and supplies, UGA clothing and novelties, and
convenience items. Books not carried in stock may be procured through
special order. http://www.bookstore.uga.edu. For online catalog items visit
http://www.ugabookstore.com
University Food Services
is nationally recognized as being one of
the best College food service programs in the nation, with 44 national
awards including the prestigious Ivy Award of Excellence. The Department
offers five- and seven-day meal plans that allow students unlimited access
and food selection in its three dining centers. The department also operates
cash operations in the Tate Student Center and other conveniently located
operations across the campus. McWhorter Dinning Hall serves participants in
the athletic programs. Banquet and catering services for on campus
activities are provided by Campus Catering, a department of Food Services.
For catering services contact 542-1856. Visit the department’s web site at
http://www.uga.edu/~food-serv for menu information, service hours, nutrition information, meal plan
payment on the web, and other useful food service information.
University Golf Course
is a teaching and recreational facility
available to students, faculty, staff, alumni, and their dependents, plus
conferees. The 18-hole championship course, designed by Robert Trent Jones,
includes driving range, putting greens, and chipping green. "Golfing
weather" hours are weekdays from 8:00 a.m. until sundown, and weekends
and holidays from 7:30 a.m. until sundown. The Pro Shop carries a complete
line of golfing equipment and supplies.
University Printing
provides quality offset printing services for
University offices and departments. Services include design phototypesetting
from manuscript or word processing disk, paste-up, negative and plate work,
press work, and bindery/finishing work. The plant is staffed and equipped to
produce stationery, business cards, office forms, brochures, booklets,
programs, posters, journals, and perfect-bound books. Several sizes and
types of presses enable University Printing to produce everything from
simple single-color jobs to sophisticated four-color process work in the
quantity required.
University Vending
locates vending machines throughout campus for
the benefit of students, faculty, and staff. The equipment and service are
operated and maintained by private contractors. In addition to food and
beverage vending, the program includes coin-operated telephones and change
machines. Machines in the Tate Center and
Main Library accept the UGA cash card.
University Parking Services
provides and maintains specified
parking lots for commuter students, campus housing residents, graduate
students, faculty, staff, and handicapped persons. In addition to the lots
for registered vehicles, the South Parking Deck, Carlton Street Parking Deck
and North Parking Deck, as well as the Tate surface lot allow pay by the
hour and are provided for visitors and to accommodate University personnel
for short periods of time. Online services available at http://www.parking.uga.edu
BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES INSTITUTE (BHSI) has as it’s mission to
facilitate the coalescence, expansion, and support of interdisciplinary
scientific activities at UGA in the biomedical and human health fields. The
institute is designed to increase the breadth and intensity of the institutions
biomedical and health-related research, interconnect UGA programs in these
fields, and assist in securing extramural funding. In addition to seeking
support for research, the institute serves as a catalyst for collaboration in
the development of new interdisciplinary undergraduate courses and graduate
degree programs, new sources of funding for scholarships, and other
opportunities for UGA students in these fields. The institute also seeks
meaningful collaborations in research, service and teaching with universities,
state organizations and other entities in the biomedical and health fields.
THE JAMES C. BONBRIGHT UTILITIES CENTER
is a research center that
operates out of the Terry College of Business. The center conducts research and
organizes conferences that focus specifically on regulatory policy as it relates
to the electric, natural gas, and telecommunications industries. The center’s
main goal is to serve the training and educational needs of industry executives,
public utility commissioners, federal, state and municipal government officials,
and researchers in the public and private sectors, including those associated
with universities, and professionals in accounting, finance, and law.
THE HIMAN BROWN AUDIO PRODUCTION CENTER
was established in 1988 as part
of the College of Journalism and Mass Communication and named in honor of the
man whose radio mystery and adventure shows earned him the title "Mr. Radio
Drama." The center is devoted to education and building a future for radio
drama and audio in general. Its responsibilities include scholarships,
curriculum development, grant procurement, and production of new shows and
workshops. It also functions as an archival depository for old and new shows and
a distribution center for audio educational material for middle schools and high
schools.
THE CENTER FOR ADVANCED ULTRASTRUCTURAL RESEARCH
serves the University
System by providing a repository of facilities and expertise to assist in
pursuing and achieving research and instructional needs employing advanced
microscopical instrumentation. A variety of light and electron microscopes as
well as complete darkroom and image processing facilities are available for use.
The center assists researchers from nearly every science-related discipline at
UGA and is recognized as a regional asset to scientists throughout the
southeastern United States. The center reports to the Dean of the Franklin
College of Arts and Sciences and also serves the private sector.
THE CENTER FOR APPLIED ISOTOPE STUDIES is
a multidisciplinary research facility that applies nuclear analytical technology
to critical research problems in environmental and marine sciences,
biotechnology, and biomedicine, in addition to the basic physical and life
sciences. Unique research capabilities include an accelerator mass spectrometer
(AMS) that measures carbon isotopes at the atom level of detection. The AMS
facility is the first in the Southeast and one of only two laboratories
nationwide to direct efforts to the analysis of biomedical and environmental
samples. The CAIS assists UGA researchers with instrumentation, methods, and
techniques in isotopic analysis, offering exceptional opportunities for
multidisciplinary industry collaborative research, public-private partnerships,
and product development.
THE CENTER FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCES promotes
and coordinates research between the humanities--archaeology, anthropology, and
art history--and the sciences--geology, geochemistry, chemistry, and biology.
The center coordinates the research of University scholars in fields relating to
archaeology and art history, facilitates collaboration with experts outside the
University, serves as a resource center of laboratory equipment and technical
support for archaeologists, art historians, and museums worldwide, and
coordinates interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate degree programs in the
archaeological sciences.
THE CENTER FOR ASIAN STUDIES
exists to nurture and guide academic
programs and exchanges on Asia for students, faculty, and appropriate staff
members. The programs focus on language and area studies, but also involve
students and faculty from law, business, agriculture, education, journalism,
veterinary medicine, and the arts and sciences. Specific purposes and programs
focus on: 1) curriculum planning, review, and development in modern Asian
languages and related area studies; 2) cultural programs and a program of
distinguished Asianist speakers and visitors; 3) student and faculty exchange
agreements such as that at Kagoshima University in Japan; 4) development of
library and related instructional and research facilities; 5) planning and
application for external funding for Asian Studies at UGA; and 6) research and
research collaboration on East Asia.
THE CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL RESOURCE RECOVERY
conducts basic research in
areas related to the use of microorganisms in biotechnology and in solving
environmental and ecological problems. Center faculty members represent
biochemistry and molecular biology, marine programs, and microbiology at the
University of Georgia School of Forestry and the USDA Richard B. Russell
Research Center. The center promotes interaction among members, provides
education of pre- and postdoctoral students through seminar programs and
courses, establishes contacts and cooperation with industries and governmental
agencies, and seeks international cooperation.
The center is committed to extending the biotechnology required for the use
of microorganisms as inexpensive and energy-efficient catalysts for converting
the earth's main renewable resource, biomass, to desired products. Studies
include biochemistry and genetics of microorganisms that have potential uses in
practical processes related to agriculture, forestry, pulp and paper, and
biochemical industries, and that may be important for ecological and other
environmental considerations.
THE CENTER FOR COMPUTATIONAL QUANTUM CHEMISTRY
seeks to develop
theoretical and computational methods through mathematical models for describing
and understanding the movement and function of electrons in molecules and to
apply the theoretical methods to significant problems of broad chemical
interest. Areas of current special concern include: (1) the mechanism of
chemical vapor deposition, critical to the fabrication of devices for the
microelectronics industry; (2) the potential energy hypersurfaces that govern
elementary gas-phase chemical reactions, particularly those important in
combustion; (3) molecular anions of
fundamental importance in atmospheric and environmental chemistry; (4)
fundamental problems in physical organic chemistry involving, for example,
carbenes and other biradical species and systems such as [10] annulene; (5)
hydrogen bonding in systems such as the DNA base pairs; and (6) organometallic
systems, especially polynuclear transition metal carbonyls.
THE CENTER FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION,
an ongoing program of the Department
of Social Science Education with assistance from the Terry College of Business,
exists to increase the level of economic literacy in Georgia through the
improvement of economics instruction in Georgia schools. The center provides
in-service teacher training, develops instructional materials, and encourages
innovation in economic education.
THE CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY is an interdisciplinary
collaboration among scientists in the School of Marine Programs, the Institute
of Ecology, and other units of the University involved in environmental science.
Its major objectives are to develop and apply new biotechnologies to study and
solve environmental problems, to develop protocols for biotechnology risk
assessment and improvement of product efficacy, and to develop long-term
linkages between University researchers and industrial users of bioengineered
microbes and other products.
THE CENTER FOR FAMILY RESEARCH,
a component of the Institute for
Behavioral Research, is an interdisciplinary unit of social and behavioral
scientists that seeks to promote the understanding of the family through
research. The center facilitates the exchange of information and ideas about
family research across disciplinary boundaries; enhances research efforts of
faculty members, including the ability of both emerging and eminent scholars to
obtain extramural funding; and facilitates the development of young scholars.
Colloquia, conferences, and seminars are offered for faculty and students on a
regular basis.
THE CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY
in the College of Agricultural and
Environmental Sciences at the Georgia Experiment Station in Griffin develops and
improves methods for detecting, enumerating, controlling, and eliminating
pathogenic microorganisms in foods. The center develops methods to quantitate,
prevent formation, and eliminate microbial toxins in foods and studies
mechanisms of pathogenicity of food borne pathogens.
THE CENTER FOR FOREST
BUSINESS, housed in the Daniel B. Warnell School of
Forest Resources, was established in 1997 to integrate the business aspects of
forest production and processing with the biological and ecological requirements
of sustainable production. The center provides timely, relevant education,
research, and service programs to business and industry leaders, forest
landowners, and students. The center’s mission is to provide national
leadership in education, research, and service to the forest industry and
private landowners in the following areas: integration of sound forest business
principles and practices with contemporary biological and quantitative methods
to achieve sustainable forest production; investigation of forest resources and
forest industry alternatives that are economically competitive in the global
marketplace; and proposal of market-based solutions to forest resource problems
and opportunities. The center’s principal activities will focus on: a graduate
program to educate professionals to successfully occupy senior-level positions
in private industry and public organizations; research to improve planning and
provide financial analyses to forest industry and private forest landowners; and
service programs to educate professionals and organizations about the financial,
biological and social components of intensive forest production.
THE CENTER FOR HUMANITIES AND ARTS
promotes scholarly inquiry and
creative activity in the humanities and the arts by supporting faculty research
grants, lectures, symposia, publications, visiting scholars, visiting artists,
collaborative instruction, and public conferences, exhibitions, and
performances. Under its Humanities-Science Interface Initiative, the center
facilitates intellectual exchange and scholarly collaboration among humanists,
social scientists, and scientists in the exploration of social and scientific
values. In its Initiative for Global Understanding, the center addresses
cultural and political issues related to the emergence of a global society. The
center co-sponsors, with the Center for International Trade and Security, the
Delta Prize for Global Understanding.
THE CENTER FOR INSURANCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
conducts research on
questions of short- and long-term interest to the insurance community and
provides periodic seminars and conferences on issues facing the industry. The
center also sponsors continuing education programs for the insurance industry in
Georgia and gives financial support to students and faculty of risk management
and insurance.
THE CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND SECURITY
(CITS), is an
interdisciplinary and inter-university research, teaching, and service project
designed to contribute to enlightened trade and security policies. CITS produces
policy-relevant research on political, economic, and security issues related to
international trade and technology transfer. The center encourages and
coordinates collaborative activities within the University, the state, the
nation, and overseas. CITS currently directs international projects in North
America, Europe, the former Soviet Union, and Asia.
THE CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES
(CLACS), housed in
the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, was established in 1984. It
coordinates interdisciplinary research, curricular offerings, and public
programs dealing with Latin America and the Caribbean. Through publications,
lectures, seminars, conferences, colloquia, travelogues, cultural events and
outreach, CLACS brings together faculty from different campus units currently
engaged in work related to this region. An innovative program, the Graduate
Student Field Research Travel Awards, allows UGA students to conduct preliminary
thesis or dissertation work in Latin America Countries. The Certificate Program
in Latin American Studies serves undergraduate students. With an endowment from
the Murphy Foundation, CLACS operates the Latin American Ethnobotanical Garden
<http://www.uga.edu/ethnobot> and grants from the Exposition Foundation
keep the regional network active. The changing demographics in the State of
Georgia motivates CLACS to work toward the Latino students and the Hispanic
community at large, catalyzing recommendations from the Board of Regents’
Hispanic Task Force.
THE CENTER FOR METALLOENZYME STUDIES
encourages cooperative research to
determine how vital metalloenzymes function and how they are synthesized and
regulated by cells. Through collaborative research, discussions, and seminars,
enhanced knowledge is generated about enzymes that catalyze life-supporting
reactions such as nitrogen fixation, sulfur interconversions, and hydrogen
production. Use of the latest technologies and analytical equipment enables
center faculty and its postdoctorate and graduate students to perform critical
experiments and to organize state-of-the-art courses in bioinorganic chemistry,
biochemistry, enzymology, fermentation technology, and anaerobic techniques as
applied to metalloenzyme production, structure, and function. The center was
awarded a 10-year, $2.5 million NSF Research Training Group grant in October
1990.
THE CENTER FOR REMOTE SENSING AND MAPPING SCIENCE (CRMS) undertakes
interdisciplinary research projects requiring the development of image and map
data processing technologies for applications in the physical, biological, and
mapping sciences. Typical projects include: evaluations of the cartographic
potential of Shuttle Imaging Radar and proposed imaging systems data;
photogrammetric assessments of erosion from United States cropland; and
automated feature extraction for digital map revision from satellite images and
geographical information system (GIS) studies of agricultural land, wetlands,
and tropical forests to assess man’s impact on the environment. CRMS
undertakes service projects requiring the transfer of mapping technologies and
provides technical assistance to universities and local, state, and federal
agencies.
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