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Revised parking policy
At its March 23 meeting, the University Cabinet approved a new set of rules for UGA football fans. Starting this fall, sidewalk parking will be…
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Thomas R. Koballa Jr. received 2006 Outstanding Mentor Award
Thomas R. Koballa Jr., professor of mathematics and science education, has received the 2006 Outstanding Mentor Award from the Association of Science Teacher Education. Koballa…
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Suite named for Honors Program benefactor
The director’s suite of the Honors Program was recently named for Sheffield Hale, a longtime benefactor of the program. A UGA alumnus-and former Honors Program…
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Band members ‘tune up’ on Chinese language, culture
“How many of you think fortune cookies come from China?” Rongrong Liu asked the hundreds of Redcoat band members packed into Leebern Band Hall. “None?…
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Town hall meeting will focus on student use, abuse of alcohol, drugs
The campus community is invited to a town hall meeting to discuss how the student code of conduct might better address the use and abuse…
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New committee will examine wages being paid to university employees
The University Council has authorized the creation of a study committee to examine the issue of wages paid to university employees, particularly those at the…
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Two chosen recipients of UGA’s outstanding adviser/mentor award
A faculty member in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and an adviser in the College of Education will receive the 2006 Outstanding Adviser/Mentor…
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Environmental opportunities in China
The Office of Global Programs will host the seminar “Prospects for Cooperative Environmental Research and Education in Shanghai, China” April 20, noon-2 p.m. at the…
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University of Pennsylvania will provide grants for needy students
In an effort to increase socioeconomic diversity, the University of Pennsylvania announced plans to provide grants to all students coming from families earning less than…
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Service-Learning Fellows applications
The Office of Service Learning is accepting applications for its 2006-2007 Service-Learning Fellows program. The year-long program is an opportunity for selected faculty members to…
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3,500 employees have pledged $20 million to campaign
The employee portion of the Archway to Excellence Campaign kicked off with a big announcement: 3,500 faculty, staff and retirees have already given or pledged $20…
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Margaret Olsen received Eugene Odum Lifetime Service Award
Margaret Olsen, an education specialist at UGA’s Southeast Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence, received the Eugene Odum Lifetime Service Award at the 18th annual…
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Book traces changes wrought by migration
The Southern Diaspora: How the Great Migrations of Black and White Southerners Transformed America James N. Gregory University of North Carolina Press $59.95 cloth; $19.95…
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Author, scholar Michael Eric Dyson will deliver sixth annual Mary Frances Early Lecture on April 4
Best-selling author and scholar Michael Eric Dyson will deliver the keynote address at the sixth annual Mary Frances Early Lecture on April 4 at Charlie…
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March
Nine UGA employees retired on March 1. Retirees, their job classification, department and length of employment are: Lucy A. Brooks, associate accountant, assistant dean’s office-Coastal Plain…
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‘Stellar Record’
Four UGA Honors students have been awarded the 2006-2007 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, one of the most prestigious scholarships in the country for undergraduates in…
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Be prepared
Many credit the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 with starting a trend toward disaster readiness in America. After the attacks, the federal government started a…
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Search committee identifies three candidates for art school directorship
Three candidates for the directorship of the Lamar Dodd School of Art at UGA have been selected by a university search committee. Two of the…
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ASO will perform works of American composers on April 9
UGA’s Performing Arts Center presents the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra on April 9 at 3 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall. Robert Spano, music director, will conduct…
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UGA veterinarian helps diagnose bird flu in Afghanistan
Just back from Afghanistan, where she helped diagnose that country’s first case of bird flu, University of Georgia veterinarian Corrie Brown has a new perspective…
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Pat Griffin to deliver the 12th annual Andrea Carson Coley Lecture at UGA
Pat Griffin, professor emerita of Social Justice Education at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst will speak at the 12th annual Andrea Carson Coley Lecture in…
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Housing launches online roommate search
University Housing has launched the DAWG House, an online roommate search program for use by incoming first-year students.
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Giving Back: Painter and Professor Radcliffe Bailey
“There’s a certain time in your career when you have the desire to give back — to share what you may know,” says Radcliffe Bailey,…
