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UGA College of Veterinary Medicine admits more students to its class of 2007
On August 18, 96 students in the College of Veterinary Medicine will begin their four-year pursuit of a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree. The class of 2007 consists of 10 more students than have traditionally been admitted.
"The increase in enrollment is a result of strong market demand for our graduates," says Keith W. Prasse, dean, College of Veterinary Medicine. "Georgia's population grew 20 percent over the past decade and we have increased enrollment to meet this demographic change. Laboratories and classrooms are being renovated to accommodate the increase in class size."
 College of Veterinary Medicine
"Father of Creativity" E. Paul Torrance, UGA professor emeritus of educational psychology, dead at 87
 E. Paul Torrance, known around the world as the "Father of Creativity" for his nearly 60 years of research that became the framework for the field of gifted education, died Saturday, July 12. The 87-year-old University of Georgia professor emeritus of educational psychology invented the benchmark method for quantifying creativity and arguably created the platform for all research on the subject since. The "Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking" helped shatter the theory that IQ tests alone were sufficient to gauge real intelligence. The tests solidified what heretofore was only conceptual – namely that creative levels can be scaled and then increased through practice.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the First Baptist Church in Athens. Burial will be in Black Spring Baptist Church Cemetery in Milledgeville at 4 p.m. Visitation will be at Bernstein Funeral Home on Wednesday evening.
College of Education
UGA self study concludes with praise from accrediting agency
The University of Georgia’s 2001 self study has officially come to a close with the university’s chief accrediting agency issuing its stamp of approval and a note of praise for the quality of UGA’s work.
In a statement, James T. Rogers, executive director of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) Commission on Colleges, was "impressed with the quality, frankness and organization" of UGA’s self-study. Rogers reiterated that the commission believes "the administration of the University can be very proud of the team that was responsible for developing the self study."
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Coverage in the Athens Banner-Herald
UGA education researchers bring virtual solar system program to Gwinnett teachers, middle school students July 14-18
Space. The Final Frontier. At least it will be for some lucky Gwinnett County youngsters who will soon find themselves going where no man has gone before. But these young explorers will never actually leave the ground. The solar system has been squeezed into a new computer program called Astronomicon and will be the focus for a group of middle school-age kids attending a Virtual Solar System Summer Camp July 14-18 at the Gwinnett University Center.
 More than a dozen youngsters from the Boys and Girls Clubs of Lawrenceville will get a rare opportunity to experience first-hand the creation of a virtual solar system through this computer camp run by UGA education researchers.
College of Education
UGA program urges Hispanic students to stay in school
Jesus Mata knows his family isn't a typical Hispanic family in Georgia. That's one reason he volunteers with a new program that urges Hispanic students to stay in high school and enroll in college. Mata is a second-generation college graduate and a native of Mexico. His daughter, Sofia, is a freshman at Princeton.
A web designer with the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Mata is part of a team of UGA volunteers spreading the word about the value of education to Hispanic students and their parents.
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OTHER UNIVERSITY NEWS
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UGA's summer research fellows announced
Keith Parker chosen for institutional diversity post at UGA
UGA scientists upgrading Army's scrambled-egg MREs
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Thursday, July 17, 2003
UGA Athletic Events
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator course. Sponsored by the Georgia Center. One of four modules required for the Managerial Leadership Certificate. The Georgia Center. Contact: 542-6692 .
Terry Third Thursday: The Road Ahead for Georgia and the Military. Sponsored by the Terry College of Business. Speaker: Major General Rondal Smith (Ret.), U.S. Air Force. Cost: $30, includes breakfast. Reservations required. 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM. UGA Atlanta Alumni Center, Atlanta Financial Center, 3333 Peachtree Road NE. Contact: 583-0397 or reservations@terry.uga.edu.
Workshop: Georgia GAPs Food Safety Program. Sponsored by the Food Science Extension Outreach Program. Training and overview of the new Georgia GAPs Food Safety Certification Program inplemented in 2002 by Georgia Department of Agriculture to provide food safety certification to produce growers, packers and shippers. 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM. Decatur County Cooperative Extension Service, Bainbridge. Contact: 542-2574, 229 248-3033 or efosat@uga.edu.
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ADVISORIES
UPDATED 07/14/03
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UGA license plate renewal for the 2004 cycle. All state of Georgia vehicle license plates, including the commemorative UGA series, will be reissued upon renewal on the vehicle owner's birthday during calendar 2004. Persons desiring the UGA special plate should apply between Jan. 1 and July 31, 2003 at your local county tag office. Those already having UGA tags in the current series should return to your county tag office the renewal letter received from the state Department of Motor Vehicle Safety. Those who do not now have the tag may apply using form MV-9C which is available on the web at www.dmvs.ga.gov/forms/pdf/motor/mv-9c.pdf. A $25 manufacturing fee should accompany the application. Through Thursday, July 31, 2003.
Coverdell Center infrastructure. Due to utility infrastructure construction for the Paul D. Coverdell Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences, that portion of D. W. Brooks Dr. between Carlton St. and McWhorter Hall will be closed to through traffic from May 12 until approximately Sept. 5. Through Friday, September 5, 2003.
Preparedness Information. For the latest official security and preparedness information affecting campus operations, please visit UGA's Office of Security Preparedness Web site.
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