Author: Mary Jessica Hammes
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Literary journal will conclude 60th anniversary celebration with major two-day festival
A major two-day literary festival featuring a handful of literary greats will conclude several months…
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New Faculty Learning Communities will enhance teaching, learning
On campus, UGA freshmen reap the social and academic benefits of participating in year-long Student…
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Volunteers for life
In December 2001, Katharine Ruiz graduated from UGA with a bachelor’s degree in horticulture.
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UGA to celebrate Women’s History Month
The University of Georgia’s Institute for Women’s Studies will celebrate Women’s History Month in March…
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Staff Council elects new officers
New officers were elected at the Feb. 7 Staff Council meeting.
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‘True to its mission’
Al Henderson remembers a time when guests at the then-called Georgia Center for Continuing Education…
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Brazilian court personnel take part in judicial training
In the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, there is a special mobile court system that travels…
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On the Record
Between UGA presidents Fred C. Davison and Charles B. Knapp, there was Henry King Stanford.
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The best-laid plans
It wasn’t part of Tom Dyer’s plan to spend 36 years-five as a graduate student…
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University employees volunteer to record textbooks for blind, dyslexic
It began right after World War II.
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Past co-n-n-ections
Around 2,500 years ago, predecessors to Cherokee and Choctaw Indians grew corn, squash and beans…
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Drive less save more
Almost every weekday morning, Marcia McDonald parks her car at the Super Wal-Mart on Lexington…
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Employees explain why they bike, carpool
Chris Fleisher, coordinator of the electron microprobe laboratory in the geology department, has been riding…
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Build your own raingarden
If you’d like to help improve storm water runoff at your own home, you’re in…
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Down the drain
The casual observer would never guess what was really happening in the garden outside of…
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UGA community observes Hispanic Heritage Month
The university’s Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute is sponsoring several events to celebrate Hispanic…
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Personal readiness plays a big role in emergency situations
When the topic of emergency preparedness arises, Opal Haley remembers a cartoon of an ostrich…
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Physical plant employee still going strong after nearly 30 years
At 5:30 p.m. every workday, when most UGA employees are on their way home, Wylie…
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Students find themselves learning a variety of disciplines in Balkans
The trip 21 students took to Croatia, Bosnia and Montenegro this summer wasn’t just UGA’s…
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Mentoring program at mobile home park helps students make strides in school
Selene Angel, 8 years old, has difficulty with math, but still claims it as her…
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Airing it out: Environmental health students’ pollution tests let community breathe easier
The industrial solvent trichloroethylene is classified as an animal, and possibly human, carcinogen. According to…
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Improv brings creative spark to stage, classroom
As two actors spoke in pseudo French gibberish, two more “translated” the words on the…
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Head Start: Program introduces middle, high school students to career choices in pharmacy
The middle and high school students gathered in the College of Pharmacy on a recent…
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Final run-through
In anticipation of their 16-day tour of China starting May 14, the Redcoat Band invites…
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