THE INSTITUTE FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES provides distinguished research and teaching in African American culture and civilization. In addition it has a strongly supportive role in the scholarly mentoring of undergraduate and graduate students and in providing academic services for the University community at large. Through cooperation of departments in coordinating courses in the area, an Undergraduate Degree or Certificate in African American Studies is offered. In addition to the certificate, the program sponsors events that support a quality education. 

THE INSTITUTE FOR BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH is an interdisciplinary umbrella organization for the social and behavioral sciences on campus. Its constituent centers and research groups include the Center for Family Research, the Center for Research on Deviance and Behavioral Health, the Community, Ethnicity, and Identity in Context Group, the Methods and Models Group, and the Survey Research Center. The institute facilitates quality, interdisciplinary research in the behavioral sciences by providing an atmosphere in which scholars from different disciplines from the University's various schools and colleges meet frequently to share information about ongoing research. The institute also administers a Faculty Research Mentoring Program for faculty in the social and behavioral sciences. 

THE INSTITUTE FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES (IES) provides a forum where faculty and students who specialize in diverse fields of European culture and civilization can come together to exchange ideas. IES stimulates  interdisciplinary research connections and cooperation on campus and is a focal point for the conceptualization of cooperative research projects with European and U.S. pro-European centers of science and technology. IES bridges the gap between students and faculty who are scholars of European languages and culture and students and faculty whose primary interests are science, business, law and economics. IES’s mission also includes furthering undergraduate and graduate education by creating a core curriculum and a Certificate Program in European Studies. IES is putting in place a network to organize various courses, research, and service pertaining to Europe and to encourage connections between different European programs in the various colleges and schools of the University of Georgia and the University of Georgia System.

THE INSTITUTE FOR LEADERSHIP ADVANCEMENT in the Terry College of Business provides a variety of opportunities for undergraduate students, graduate students, and executives to enhance their leadership potential and competencies. The Institute’s purpose is to develop leaders who enhance the performance of organizations and communities through vision, moral judgment, and the ability to influence the behavior of others. Currently the Institute offers several leadership programs: the Bebe and Earl Leonard Leadership Scholars Programs, a highly individualized leadership development program for a small number of undergraduate students; the Undergraduate Advancement (UGA) in Leadership Program which will offer an academic certificate in personal leadership for all UGA undergraduates; the MBA Leadership Program which focuses on leadership development for graduate students; and the Leadership Research Consortium which promotes research on leadership. 

THE INSTITUTE FOR NATURAL PRODUCTS RESEARCH carries out a broad range of research on naturally occurring substances of plant origin, with particular attention to plant species of Georgia and the Southeast. Projects involve research on alkaloids, terpenes, antitumor agents, phytoalexins; the development of new synthetic methods; and the application of modern spectroscopic methods to structure elucidation problems. Research involves the isolation and elucidation of chemical structures of new compounds possibly useful as drugs for the treatment of human disease. The institute serves as a training center for visiting faculty and for postdoctorate and graduate students who are working in natural products research.

THE INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS prepares leaders who will strengthen the effectiveness of nonprofit organizations throughout the region and nation. Its faculty develop knowledge through applied research, disseminate it through teaching, and provide services through continuing education, consultation, and technical assistance. The Institute offers a Master of Arts degree in Nonprofit Organizations, an advanced, interdisciplinary degree program for those seeking careers as leaders of nonprofits. Core courses include fund-raising, staff and volunteer development, ethics, administrative law, program evaluation, and other aspects of this field. 

THE INSTITUTE OF CONTINUING JUDICIAL EDUCATION OF GEORGIA (ICJE), housed at the University of Georgia School of Law, plans and conducts more than 150 program days each year for the basic professional development and continuing education of judges and support personnel of the Georgia state court system. Periodically, it delivers for international visiting judicial personnel conferences that cover effective judicial administration. It maintains a modest audio-visual library for reference, together with specialized monographs treating judicial practice. Financial aid to enable judicial branch personnel to take part in nationally based training also is furnished by the ICJE. This past year ICJE programs reached more than 3,000 judges and court support personnel, including persons from Brazil and Ghana.

THE INSTITUTE OF CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION IN GEORGIA was organized in 1965 and is a consortium of the accredited law schools in Georgia and the State Bar of Georgia. Housed in the historic Joseph Henry Lumpkin House and A. G. Cleveland Building, the ICLE offers programs for the general practitioner and the specialist. The majority of the more than 175 programs are presented in various locations around the state. Many are videotaped and replayed at sites around the state, as well as offered to local bar associations and firms for use in continuing legal education. More than 24,000 attorneys attended live, videotaped, and 14 national live-via-satellite programs last year. The ICLE Print Shop prepared 178 publications last year and distributed more than 43,000 new and reprinted copies of ICLE publications.

INSTITUTE ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND DISABILITY: CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND SERVICE (IHDD) works with the University community, professionals and service providers to create opportunities that will improve the quality of life for people with disabilities and their families. All activities designed to achieve its mission are based on the principles of full community inclusion, respect for the unique characteristics of all individuals and families, the provision of competency; and value-based educational experiences, and promotion of provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). It works in close partnership with the Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities for Georgia, the Georgia Advocacy Office and its own Consumer Advisory Group to identify and achieve its goals. Reflected throughout its projects are the core functions of preservice training, outreach, technical assistance, dissemination, and research. 

THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE, part of the University of Georgia’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government, grew out of the Institute’s activities abroad. The center’s mission is to help build the administrative and governance capacities of the world’s emerging democracies through two types of assistance. First, it transfers knowledge and expertise to public officials by building on the varied international experience of the Vinson Institute and Department of Political Science faculty members. Second, the center works directly with universities abroad to help them develop their own university-based outreach programs. The center is currently managing projects in Russia, the Republic of Georgia, China, Ukraine, and Macedonia. 

THE LEARNING AND PERFORMANCE SUPPORT LABORATORY (LPSL) conducts research and development exploring how computational and communication technologies can be used to enhance learning and performance support environments. The LPSL, affiliated with University’s College of Education, engages in research in interactive learning environments, cognition and learning with emerging technologies, electronic support systems, assessment of technology’s impact and effect on learning performance, and educational applications of telecommunications and information technologies. The LPSL is committed to research and development that will establish a leading-edge capability in the State of Georgia for technology-enhanced learning, performance assessment, and information access at all levels of education, training, and work. The LPSL is also committed to developing partnerships and research collaboration with other institutions, businesses, and agencies in the state, the nation, and internationally. 

THE LEARNING DISABILITIES CENTER is nationally recognized for its quality services, evaluations, research, and distance education in the field of learning disabilities. Focusing on adults with learning disabilities, the center has three components. The service component, supported by the University of Georgia, provides specialized academic assistance and psychological counseling to UGA students with learning disabilities. The evaluation component is supported by the University System of Georgia Board of Regents and provides diagnostic assessment and consultation for students and service providers from eight Georgia colleges. The LDC also houses the Distance Learning Link, a state-of-the-art satellite teleconference unit. The center is the only one in the United States designated specifically to provide research and training on the population of adults with learning disabilities. 

THE LEGAL AID AND DEFENDER CLINIC is operated by the University of Georgia School of Law and is under contract with the Athens-Clarke County Unified Government and Oconee County. The clinic provides legal representation to indigents in criminal and juvenile court cases. Attorneys from the clinic appear in all courts in both counties where criminal matters are considered and are assisted in their work by second- and third-year law students. Third-year law students actively represent clients in court under the supervision of one of the clinic attorneys. 

THE MCPHAUL CHILD AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CENTER provides a developmentally appropriate full day program for University and community families. Programs offered include: full day programs for infants, toddlers, and 3-year-olds; a pre-Kindergarten classroom for 4-year-olds; and two Head Start programs for 3-and-4-year olds. Classrooms include children with special needs. Center programs: 1) provide training opportunities for University students in the Department of Child and Family Development to observe and interact with young children and their families; 2) conduct research on the development of children and families and ways to optimize their development; and 3) provide a quality developmental program for young children and channel other resources of the College of Family and Consumer Sciences to families.

THE MCPHAUL MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY CLINIC serves University students and faculty as well as Athens-Clarke County and Northeast Georgia. A part of the marriage and family therapy doctoral program in the Department of Child and Family Development, one of nine doctoral programs nationally accredited by the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), McPhaul MFT Clinic offers individual, couple, and family therapy for a variety of problems and issues. Therapists are doctoral level students supervised by faculty who are AAMFT approved supervisors and licensed marriage and family therapists. Clinical research also is conducted. Fees for services are on a sliding fee schedule, and arrangements can be made for all financial situations. 

THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE LABORATORY (NESPAL) enables scientists to find better ways to grow food and fiber crops while protecting the environment. The only one of its type in the United States, the Tifton lab provides high quality laboratories and multidisciplinary research and extension programs to address agricultural systems in environmentally sound, economically viable approaches. The laboratory fosters linkages with traditional and nontraditional public and private sector partners, national agencies, other institutions and foundations. 

THE NATIONAL ULTRAVIOLET MONITORING PROGRAM operates the UGA/EPA UV Monitoring Network, a spectroradiometer characterization and calibration laboratory, and an instrument development facility. The UGA/EPA UV Monitoring Network operates and maintains a group of high-spectral resolution spectroradiometers throughout the United States which measure full-sky solar UV-B and UV-A spectral flux, from which absolute irradiance and total column ozone concentrations are calculated. The data are analyzed and stored in a data base, located on campus in the National UV Monitoring Center, for dissemination to government and nongovernment scientists and interested parties. The center also serves as the primary center for calibration, standardization, and maintenance of the UV monitoring instruments of the UGA/EPA UV Monitoring Network.

THE NEW MEDIA INSTITUTE is an interdisciplinary unit committed to advancing and examining the commercial, critical and creative elements of new media. Through teaching, research, and service, the Institute is involving faculty, students and staff from all areas of the campus in its programs and activities to further explore digital media technologies. The Institute offers new media courses and the New Media Interdisciplinary Certificate. 

THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY CENTER (EOC) is a community-based program funded by the U. S. Department of Education and administered by the University Division of Academic Assistance. The program encourages and assists individuals to enroll in and complete some form of postsecondary education. The project serves 2,000 participants annually, two-thirds of whom are adults of both low-income and first-generation background. The EOC counseling staff serves a 12-county area that includes the counties of Barrow, Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Greene, Hall, Jackson, Madison, Morgan, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, and Walton. Services include a computer-based career information system; personal, career, and academic counseling; admissions and financial aid information and application assistance; campus visitations to colleges and universities and vocational and technical schools; career development and study skills workshops; and preparatory sessions for the GED, SAT, ACT, and technical school admissions examinations.

THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA EDUCATIONAL TALENT SEARCH PROGRAM is a school-based educational outreach project funded by the U.S. Department of Education and administered by the University. The program helps schools increase rates of retention, increase high school graduation, and promote enrollment in postsecondary education. The Talent Search project serves 950 6th-12th grade participants annually. Eligible participants are low-income and first-generation students selected from middle and high schools in the northeast Georgia area that ranges from Banks in the north to Hancock in the south, and to Elbert in the east. Activities include counseling, study skills, tutoring, career and campus orientation, cultural experiences, parent involvement, admissions and financial aid information, and application assistance. Tutoring is provided at selected middle schools during the academic year. A six-week summer institute is conducted for rising 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th graders.

THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY supports approximately 500 faculty and staff and over 5,000 students within the College of Education through three collaborative units. Instructional Services (IS) designs and develops multimedia programs and on-line courses, provides training in a variety of technology applications, manages and maintains WEB resources and schedules classrooms and laboratories for the COE. They assist faculty in the design and development of Distance Learning courses and modules and provide WebCT expertise for the COE. As a unit within Instructional Services, Media Services (MS) provides the college with a variety of print and nonprint services (photocopying, faxing, A/V equipment checkout, etc.) for the COE. MS also provides the COE with video production and editing assistance, and produces videos for instruction, research, and outreach. Computer Networking and Laboratory Services (CNS) supports the college’s technology needs through a network systems group, a programming group, and field services technicians. This unit provides the COE with information technology design and implementation to support the administrative, instructional, research, and special project needs of the College community. CNS also provides the College’s faculty, staff, and students with server-based resources, collegewide networking, and instructional computer laboratory support. Desktop Computer Services (DCS) staff a computer help desk and provide personal workstation support for the entire college community. This unit maintains licenses for frequently used software, provides system set-up, and troubleshoots both hardware and software problems. They also consult faculty, students, and staff with hardware and software purchases. 

THE OFFICE OF INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT AND DEVELOPMENT (OISD), a unit of the Office of the Vice President for Instruction, coordinates campuswide services for instructional support and improvement. The office is advised by the Instructional Advisory Committee comprised of representatives from all of the University's colleges and schools and from Services and Student Affairs. OISD activities are organized under five general program areas: Teaching Assistant (TA) Support, Faculty Development, Course/Instructional Development, Creative Services, and Instructional Resources. Included among the programs of the office are the TA Mentors Program, the campuswide TA Workshop, the Lilly and Senior Teaching Fellows, the International Fellows, the Colloquium for New Faculty, the Instructional Development Laboratory, audio/video production, photographic services, audio-visual equipment, a comprehensive media library, and the campus cable television system. OISD provides individualized consultation to faculty and department heads who seek assistance with any aspect of teaching, including application of instructional technology. 

THE OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE AND OUTREACH (IPSO) encourages a broader vision and understanding of the increasingly interdependent world and global economy. The office works to advance the University’s international agenda, with particular attention to public service and outreach programs. IPSO provides a link between international research and service programs and the University’s academic community.

As part of its mission, IPSO systematically identifies opportunities with governments, development banks, foundations and other donor organizations, and facilitates faculty involvement in international collaborative research, technology transfer, and exchange relationships with colleagues abroad, particularly in developing nations. IPSO sponsors the IDEAS faculty grant program, which supports activities that lay the groundwork for international public service and outreach initiatives.

IPSO also coordinates conversational language courses for faculty. The office organizes long- and short-term training programs for international students, scholars, and professionals, particularly in conjunction with research and exchange projects. Community outreach programs include presentations, lectures, and co-sponsorship of public service and outreach conferences. 

THE OFFICE OF THE UNIVERSITY ARCHITECTS FOR FACILITIES PLANNING assists the University administration in planning the physical development of the University of Georgia and its related agencies. It plans, coordinates, and implements construction projects on and off campus and serves as liaison agent between the University and the Board of Regents Office of Facilities. The office helps departments conceptualize proposed projects and assists in site determination, selection of architects and engineers, preparation of detailed project programs, coordination of preliminary and final plans, administration of construction, and development of master plans. The office also provides an information center for new construction matters and assists in proposals for funding new projects.