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Academic success to be celebrated during 2015 Honors Week By Camie Williams camiew@uga.edu
UGA will celebrate the achievements of its students, faculty, staff and alumni in a series of events during Honors Week, April 13-17. UGA’s tradition of celebrating achievement dates back to the 1930s, when then-Chancellor S.V. Sanford set aside a day to recognize outstanding students. In 2011, the event was expanded to a full week to accommodate events recognizing faculty, staff and alumni across campus. “Honors Week is an important reminder that the University of Georgia’s reputation as a leader in
public higher education stems from the many outstanding accomplishments of our students, faculty, staff and alumni,” said Pamela Whitten, senior vice president for academic affairs and provost. Public events during Honors Week include the Public Service and Outreach Meeting and Awards Luncheon and the 2015 UGA Alumni Awards Luncheon. Unless otherwise noted, other Honors Week events are by invitation only. Numerous departments across the colleges and schools also will be holding special recognition ceremonies for honored students in their disciplines.
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WALKING THE DOG—Minnie, a 10-year-old yellow Labrador retriever with chronic osteoarthritis in her knees,
had one of the first appointments with staff in rehabilitation services at the new UGA Veterinary Teaching Hospital when it officially opened March 25. Under the watchful eye of veterinary technician Daina Rollor, Minnie used one of the brand-new underwater treadmills to help maintain her mobility.
Expanding the pipeline Provost launches new leadership development programs
By Camie Williams camiew@uga.edu
In addition to providing faculty with an immersive, yearlong fellowship through the SEC Academic Leadership Development Program, Provost Pamela Whitten has launched three new programs to support existing leaders and broaden the pipeline of potential leaders. “To move the University of Georgia forward and to better serve our state, nation and world, we need to make sure that we are tapping into the deep well of talent that exists on this campus,” Whitten said. “Our leadership development programs vary in scope and focus, but they all reflect a commitment to creating a campus environment that allows individuals to achieve their full potential.” New Administrators Training is offered annually in the fall semester for new department heads, providing training across a range of topics including budget management, personnel issues, UGA policies and student concerns. Current Administrators Training, which is offered each spring, is open to currently serving administrators. This spring, sessions are focusing on internationalizing activities within a unit, team dynamics, personnel matters and UGA’s budget. Future Leaders Workshops, offered in the spring, provide information to faculty interested in
exploring leadership roles in higher education. Three faculty members— Melissa Harshman, an associate professor in the Lamar Dodd School of Art and director of the First-Year Odyssey program; L. Stephen Miller, a professor of psychology in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and director of the UGA Bioimaging Research Center; and Judith Wasserman, an associate professor in the College of Environment and Design—are serving as SEC ALDP Fellows for 2014-2015. The mission of the SEC ALDP is “to identify, develop, prepare and advance faculty as academic leaders.” Fellows are mentored by a senior administrator or dean on campus and participate in two workshops hosted by different SEC schools each year. The workshops address topics such as conflict resolution, emergency preparedness, structure and operations, budgeting, accreditation and accountability. The SEC ALDP program was initiated in 2008, and UGA has sent 17 Fellows through the program since its inception. “The SEC program has been beneficial on so many levels,” Harshman said. “We were able to hear a variety of administrators speak to the challenges as well as success stories on their campuses, providing invaluable insight and advice on the career path to administration.”
Wasserman said the workshops—held this fall at the University of Missouri and at Texas A&M University earlier this spring—were particularly valuable to her. She learned a great deal about different campus cultures and how special units can be set up to assist students and faculty in achieving their goals. “It has been an exciting and fulfilling program, and it offered the opportunity to learn a great deal about the multiple layers that keep an academic institution moving toward excellence,” she said. The fellowship brought the three UGA colleagues together, allowing some insightful conversations and cross-campus bonds. It also created a network of mentors that spans thousands of miles. “Certainly I think I have grown in my understanding of the role of administrative leaders in an academic setting and have been extremely impressed with the dedication and hard work in which I see our administrators engaged,” Miller said. Nominations for the 20152016 SEC Academic Leadership Development Program are due from senior administrators and deans by April 10. For information about the SEC ALDP program or other leadership development programs offered by the Provost’s Office, contact Meg Amstutz, associate provost for academic programs, at mamstutz@uga.edu.
COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATE RESEARCH CENTER
$1.8M Keck grant to fund neurological disorder studies By James E. Hataway jhataway@uga.edu
UGA has received a $1.8 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to discover the fundamental cellular changes that cause debilitating neurological disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease, autism and intellectual deficiency. A team of scientists from UGA’s Complex Carbohydrate Research Center will study the role of glycans—structurally diverse sugar molecules that adorn the surface of every cell in the human body—in the development of these diseases, which may open the door to new therapies. “We know very little about what’s happening on the surface of cells in people with neurological disorders,” said Michael Tiemeyer,
a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and principal investigator for the project. “But what we do know is that glycans control a lot of what happens between cells, and we can use technology developed at the CCRC to examine what role these molecules play in disease mechanisms.” Scientists now recognize that complex sugar chains—once thought to be a relatively unimportant part of the cell—exert control over cell-to-cell communication and essential cellular behaviors, so even small changes in the structure and behavior of glycans can have profound effects on human health and disease. “Human diseases disrupt the
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GRU/UGA MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP
First class selected for Internal Medicine Residency Program By Mark Ralston
mralston@stmarysathens.org
The Internal Medicine Residency Program, a joint effort of the Georgia Regents University/UGA Medical Partnership and St. Mary’s Health Care System, announced its first class of residents, who will begin their residency education July 1. The program received nearly 1,300 applications. A committee of Internal Medicine Residency Program faculty, along with members of the leadership from St. Mary’s and the Medical Partnership, interviewed about 100 candidates. Resident applicants participated
in Match Day and were notified by the National Residency Matching Program where they will pursue their medical residencies. For the first time, 10 applicants learned that they had matched with the internal medicine program sponsored by the GRU/UGA Medical Partnership with St. Mary’s serving as the major participating site. Matching applicants to specific graduate medical education programs is the culmination of a process during which applicants participate in interviews and visits to residency programs across the country. To determine the postgraduate medical
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Around academe
Middle Georgia State College status changes to state university July 1
At its March meeting, the University System of Georgia Board of Regents unanimously approved a status change for Middle Georgia State College in Macon. On July 1, the college will become the state’s newest public university and change its name to Middle Georgia State University. Middle Georgia State is the result of the 2013 merger of Middle Georgia College and Macon State College. The board of regents also approved Middle Georgia’s first master’s degree program—in information technology—which will roll out this fall.
California awards $50 million for innovation in higher education
California legislation included a $50 million fund for innovations in higher education to the state’s budget this year. The Committee on Awards for Innovation in Higher Education has announced the winners of the fund, which includes the University of California, California State University and several California community colleges. The funds will increase degree production, allow more students to earn bachelor degrees within four years and ease the transfer process through the state’s three public higher education systems.
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Ensure safety with radon testing kit
Radon is a naturally occurring gas that comes from the decay of uranium found in most rocks and soil. The only way to know the radon level in your home is to test with a radon kit. Available from UGA Extension, the kits can be ordered at www.ugaradon.org or by calling 1-800-ASK-UGA1. On average, 1 in 15 homes will test at, or above, the acceptable level of radon gas, which is 4.0 picocuries per liter (4 pCi/L). Because radon is heavier than air, radon levels in houses are the highest at ground level. Babies, young children and pets are at a higher risk since they are closer to the ground. Testing should be done at the lowest livable area of homes, and the test kit should be placed at the breathing level of the shortest person in the family. Radon testing should be done every two years, even with a radon reduction system in place, to ensure safety. If test results come back at or above 4 pCi/L, radon mitigation is necessary. If the test results are between 2 and 4 pCi/L, there is still enough risk of excess exposure that radon mitigation is recommended. Eliminating radon in homes is relatively simple. Radon mitigation companies can reduce radon levels by up to 99 percent. Visit www.ugaradon.org for a list of certified mitigators. Source: UGA Extension
Full of bright scholars
UGA is listed among the top five research institutions producing the most 2014-2015 Fulbright U.S. scholars. University
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California, Berkeley Harvard Florida Washington UGA Michigan State Ohio State Arizona Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Kansas Michigan at Ann Arbor North Texas Wisconsin at Madison
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Outdoor teams challenge course opens By Matt Chambers mattdc@uga.edu
More than 100 people felt the wind rush by as they flew 300 feet through the air during the March 20 opening of UGA’s outdoor teams challenge course and zip lines. Along with testing out the two zip lines, participants had the chance to examine the course located at the Lake Herrick Recreational Sports Complex in Oconee Forest Park. The new teams challenge course adds to UGA Outdoor Recreation’s existing offerings, which include a low challenge course program and indoor challenge course in the Ramsey Student Center. Outdoor Recreation is part of the Department of Recreational Sports in the Division of Student Affairs. “This new course is very different from our former outdoor course, which was more focused on individuals,” said Susan Powell, coordinator for Outdoor Recreation. “Now people are having to work together to solve a goal or meet a challenge while up high.” The outdoor teams challenge course, which has been in the works for more than a year, includes a giant swing, rope ladders and unconventional bridges.The new course also offers a staircase and platform so that it can be more inclusive to those with a fear of heights. Open to UGA and non-UGA groups, the course aims to improve participants’ communication, trust and teamwork. “Any time a group comes out, we contact them and see what they want to get out of their experience and then cater the activities based on their goals,”
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Part of UGA’s outdoor teams challenge course includes a section where participants move along a single high line while holding hands and ropes to stay balanced.
Powell said. Meaghan Nappo, coordinator for the Freshman College Summer Experience, said that challenge courses are required for students in the program. “We use the opportunity for confidence building and team building,” she said. Nappo said the Freshman College Summer Experience has been using challenge courses since 2000, with good feedback from the students. “I was surprised by just how many people really took away a positive experience from the course,” she said. “They leave with a sense of confidence and pride. Also, a lot of them don’t know anybody when they come to Freshman College, so the course is a chance for them to get to know the students in a way that they wouldn’t on a bus or in
a classroom.” While campus groups are the “bread and butter,” Powell said that several nonprofits or corporate groups also use the challenge courses. Pricing and information on using a challenge course are at recsports.uga.edu/outdoor. “This new course really bumps us up to the next level,” Powell said. “We can provide so many types of services that we couldn’t provide before.” Powell said the plan is to continue building the challenge program’s success. “My goal is to really increase the number of participants, but also increase the quality of the experiences,” she said. “Our motto at the challenge course is ‘Lead with conviction, follow with dedication and fly with confidence.’ I think trying to get more people in that mindset is important.”
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Microbiology professor to receive US senator will discuss trade, 2015 Engaged Scholar Award D u r i n g h e r economic growth By Maegan Snyder fellowship, Karls mrudd@uga.edu Since joining UGA,Anna Karls, a faculty member in the microbiology department of the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, has worked to establish unique outreach and engagement opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students. In recognition of these efforts, Karls has been named the 2015 recipient of the Engaged Scholar Award, presented annually by the Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach. Initiated in 2008, this award recognizes a full-time, tenured faculty member for significant contributions in public service, outreach and community engagement. “It is now recognized that community engagement is key to the success of higher education institutions, major corporations, health enterprises, small businesses and more,” Karls said. “With this in mind, I feel it is extremely important to provide professional development for my graduate and undergraduate students in the area of community engagement through research, teaching and service and outreach opportunities.” Though Karls has been involved in outreach projects since coming to UGA in 2000, it wasn’t until 2009 that she started her own projects, which include establishing a partnership between UGA and the first and second USA Science and Engineering Festivals and providing science demonstrations at the Clarke County Young Scientist Fair and local elementary and middle schools. In addition to these initiatives, Karls knew she wanted to do more to connect outreach with teaching and mentoring students. So in 2010 when she heard about the new Public Service and Outreach Faculty Fellowships, she decided to apply. “I wanted to learn more about best practices in community engagement and in connecting that engagement with my teaching,” Karls said.
worked with the J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development to create an interdisciplinary graduate servicelearning course on Anna Karls approaches to community engagement. She also worked with the Office of Service-Learning and the Graduate School to develop the Graduate Portfolio in Community Engagement program. Both the graduate course and portfolio program provide professional development for graduate students and prepare them for careers in academia and industry where they will need to engage with the community. Karls also was named a 2012-13 Service-Learning Fellow, and she used that opportunity to begin organizing Experience UGA biology field trips for all Clarke County ninth-graders. Experience UGA is a partnership between the UGA Office of Service-Learning and the Clarke County School District designed to introduce K-12 students to opportunities in higher education. To support this initiative, she developed a service-learning component in her pathogenic biology course that requires undergraduate students to design and implement a research venue for the ninth-grade field trips. “I believe service-learning classes are crucial in developing and enhancing students’ understanding of course material,” Karls said. “Microbiology impacts nearly every aspect of our lives. By having them work on projects that address issues impacting the community, it helps demonstrate the relevance of their studies, guides them to consider a range of nontraditional careers and gives them experience in solving real-world problems.”
By Courtney Brown lawprstu@uga.edu
The UGA School of Law’s Dean Rusk Center for International Law and Policy will host U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson for a lecture on international trade and economic growth April 10 at 12:30 p.m. in the L a r r y Wa l k e r Room of Dean Rusk Hall. The event is open free to the public, but Johnny Isakson registration for lunch is required by April 8 to lkagel@ uga.edu. Isakson, who currently is serving his second term in the U.S. Senate, is the only Republican senator to chair two committees in the 114th Congress: the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Senate Select Committee on Ethics. He also is a member of the Senate Committee on Finance, which has jurisdiction over taxes, trade, Medicare and Social Security. The committee plays a critical role in the debate over spending cuts and reducing the national debt. Additionally, Isakson is a member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. The former president of Northside Realty, Isakson served 17 years in the Georgia state legislature and two years as chairman of the Georgia Board of Education. He also served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives before his election to the U.S. Senate. Co-sponsored by the student organization Georgia Association of Law and Politics, the lecture will include a light lunch buffet that will start at 12:15 p.m.
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Amy Rosemond, an associate professor in UGA’s Odum School of Ecology, led a study that found nutrient pollution causes a significant loss of forest-derived carbon from stream ecosystems, reducing the ability of streams to support aquatic life.
Too much of a good thing Nutrient pollution damages streams in ways previously unknown, ecologists find
By Beth Gavrilles bethgav@uga.edu
An important food resource has been disappearing from streams without anyone noticing until now. In a new study published in the journal Science, a team of researchers led by UGA ecologists report that nutrient pollution causes a significant loss of forest-derived carbon from stream ecosystems, reducing the ability of streams to support aquatic life. The findings show that the in-stream residence time of carbon from leaves, twigs and other forest matter, which provide much of the energy that fuels stream food webs, is cut in half when moderate amounts of nitrogen and phosphorus are added to a stream. “This study shows how excess nutrients reduce stream health in a way that was previously unknown,” said Amy D. Rosemond, the study’s lead author and an associate professor in UGA’s Odum School of Ecology. Stream food webs are based on carbon from two main sources. One is algae, which produce carbon through photosynthesis. Nutrient pollution has long been known to increase carbon production by algae, often causing nuisance and harmful algal blooms. The second source is leaves and bits of wood from
streamside forests. This forest-derived carbon persists year-round, making it a staple food resource for stream organisms. “Most people think of nitrogen and phosphorus pollution in streams as contributing to algae blooms,” said Diane Pataki, program director in the National Science Foundation’s Division of Environmental Biology, which funded the research.“But streams contain a lot of leaf litter, and this study shows that nutrient pollution can also stimulate carbon losses from streams by accelerating the breakdown of that litter. That helps us better understand how fertilizer runoff affects carbon transport and emissions from streams and rivers.” Nitrogen and phosphorus play essential roles in the breakdown of carbon by microbes and stream-dwelling insects and other invertebrates, but cause problems when they are present in excessive amounts—as they increasingly are. Nutrient pollution is widespread in the U.S. and globally, due primarily to land use changes like deforestation, agriculture and urbanization. Nutrient pollution’s effects in creating algal blooms are well known. However, little was known about how nutrient pollution affects forest-derived carbon in stream food webs, so Rosemond and her colleagues devised a set of experiments to find out.
Working at the Coweeta Hydrological Laboratory, a U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service and National Science Foundation Long Term Ecological Research site in North Carolina, they set up a system to continuously add nutrients to several small headwater streams. The first experiment ran for six years in two streams, and the second for three years in five streams, with different combinations of nitrogen and phosphorus to mimic the effects of different land uses. The researchers found that the additional nutrients reduced forest-derived carbon in whole stream reaches by half. “We were frankly shocked at how quickly leaves disappeared when we added nutrients,” Rosemond said. “By summer, the streams looked unnaturally bare.” “It’s very apparent when excess nutrients lead to algal blooms in rivers and other aquatic ecosystems,” said study co-author Jon Benstead, an associate professor of biological sciences at the University of Alabama. “But their impact on accelerating the breakdown of dead organic matter, such as leaves and twigs, is a significant but under-appreciated effect on the health of freshwater ecosystems across large areas of the world.” Rosemond said she hopes the study’s findings will be incorporated into policies aimed at reducing nutrient pollution, which currently focus on algae.
FRANKLIN COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Study finds brain structure varies depending on trust level By Jessica Luton jluton@uga.edu
Brain structure varies depending on how well people trust others, according to a study by UGA researchers. The research may have implications for future treatments of psychological conditions, said the study’s lead author Brian Haas, an assistant professor in the psychology department of the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. “There are conditions, like autism, that are characterized by deficits in being able to process the world socially, one of which is the ability to trust people,” Haas said. “Here we have converging evidence that these brain regions are important for trust, and if we can understand how these differences relate to specific social processes, then
we may be able to develop more targeted treatment techniques for people who have deficits in social cognition.” Haas and his team of researchers used two measures to determine the trust levels of 82 study participants. Participants filled out a self-reported questionnaire about their tendency to trust others. They also were shown pictures of people with neutral facial expressions and asked to evaluate how trustworthy they found each person in the picture. This gave researchers a metric, on a spectrum, of how trusting each participant was of others. Researchers then took MRI scans of the participants’ brains to determine how brain structure is associated with the tendency to be more trusting of others. What researchers found, Haas said, were differences in two areas of
the brain. “The most important finding was that the gray matter volume was greater in the ventral medial prefrontal cortex, which is the brain region that serves to evaluate social rewards, in people who tended to be more trusting of others,” he said. “Another finding that we observed was for a brain region called the amygdala. The volume of this area of the brain, which codes for emotional saliency, was greater in those who were both most trusting and least trusting of others. If something is emotionally important to us, the amygdala helps us code and remember it.” The study was published in the journal NeuroImage. Haas’ research team included undergraduate students Alexandra Ishak and Ian Anderson and graduate student Megan Filkowski.
UGA President Jere W. Morehead was named co-chairman of a new NCAA task force. The Ad Hoc Transfer Issues Working Group will study Division I’s current transfer rules and make recommendations for changes to the Division I Council with a focus on balancing opportunities for students while at the same time deterring coaches from encouraging students at other schools to transfer. Morehead is co-chairing the group with Keith Gill, director of athletics at the University of Richmond. “Student transfers are an important issue in higher education, and it is no different in athletics,” Morehead said. “The group will be mindful of the integration of athletics and academics when creating recommendations for Division I transfer policy or legislation.”
International Ag Day speaker to discuss solutions to persistent malnutrition
Prabhu Pingali, director of the Tata-Cornell University Initiative for Agriculture and Nutrition, will speak April 7 at 4 p.m. in the Georgia Museum of Art as part of this year’s International Agriculture Day sponsored by the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. His talk, “Addressing Persistent Malnutrition in the Developing World— Getting Beyond the Focus on Increasing the Pile of Food Grains,” is open free to the public. In addition to Pingali’s talk, a number of award presentations will occur during the reception, including the CAES Undergraduate Global Citizen Award, the Edward T. and Karen Kanemasu Global Engagement Award and the Global Programs Graduate International Travel Award.
Berkeley professor to give Coley Lecture
Juana Maria Rodriguez, a professor of gender and women’s studies at the University of California, Berkeley, will deliver the 21st annual Andrea Carson Coley Lecture April 10 at 12:30 p.m. in the Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries. Rodriguez’s lecture, “Sexual Affects: Visualizing Pleasure, Troubling Politics” will follow a reception honoring the Coley family at 11:30 a.m. The lecture and reception are open free to the public. In addition to her appointment in the gender and women’s studies department, Rodriguez is affiliated faculty with the theater, dance and performance studies department; the Berkeley Center for New Media; the Center for Race and Gender; and the Center for the Study of Sexual Cultures.
Boston College law professor to give Odum Environmental Ethics Lecture
Zygmunt Plater, a professor of law at Boston College, will give UGA’s Odum Environmental Ethics Lecture April 10 at 4 p.m. in Room 125 of the Jackson Street Building. Plater will speak on “The Snail Darter and the Dam: A Very Small Endangered Fish’s Travels Through the Corridors of American Power.” Plater’s latest book, The Snail Darter and the Dam: How Pork-Barrel Politics Endangered a Little Fish and Killed a River, was published by Yale University Press in 2013. It is his chronicle of a landmark case, Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill—better known as the “snail darter” case—which Plater argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1978. The case often is cited—especially by opponents of environmental regulations—as an example of overzealous enforcement of such policies, in this case, the Endangered Species Act. But the case involved numerous issues aside from the protection of the endangered fish by whose name it is known. Opposition to the construction of the Tellico Dam also was based on the project’s economic viability and the property rights of small farmers and other landowners.
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2015 Spring Dance Concert performances to range from classical to contemporary
Hodgson Singers performance to close 2014-2015 2nd Thursday Concert Series
By Jessica Luton
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The Franklin College of Arts and Sciences dance department will present its 2015 Spring Dance Concert April 9-11 at 8 p.m. and April 12 at 2:30 p.m. in the New Dance Theatre in the dance building on Sanford Drive. The 2015 Spring Dance Concert will bring together faculty, guest choreographers and UGA undergraduate students, many of whom are completing their Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Arts or minors in dance, for a performance of pieces that choreographers have been rehearsing with dancers since the beginning of the fall semester. Tickets are $16, $10 for students, seniors and children ages 6 to 12. Advance tickets can be purchased at the Performing Arts Center box office, by calling 706-542-4400 or online at www.pac.uga.edu. Tickets also can be purchased at the Tate Student Center cashier’s window and will be available at the door one hour before each performance. The concert highlights include guest choreography by Alexandre Munz from Paris, a Willson Center for Humanities and Arts Short-Term Visiting Fellow using his S.A.F.E. methods for choreography; Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, founder of Urban Bush Women who recently performed at UGA; and Virginia Carver, associate professor emerita of dance.
Executive director of Socrates Sculpture Park to speak at art school April 14 The Lamar Dodd School of Art will present a lecture by museum director John Hatfield April 14 at 5:30 p.m. in Room S151 of the school of art. The lecture, part of the Visiting Artist and Scholar Lecture Series, is open free to the public. Hatfield is the executive director of Socrates Sculpture Park, a unique outdoor arts organization on the waterfront of Long Island City. Founded in 1986, Socrates Sculpture Park is the only site in the New York metropolitan area specifically dedicated to providing artists with opportunities to create and exhibit large-scale sculpture and multimedia installations. The outdoor museum and park encourages strong interaction between artists, artworks and the public. The park’s existence is based on “the belief that reclamation, revitalization and creative expression are essential to the survival, humanity and improvement of our urban environment.” Hatfield’s lecture, “Art Works—sometimes,” will be about Socrates Sculpture Park as an example of how art acts as an agent for transformative social change with a digression into public art controversies. Hatfield will consider what it means to present art in the public realm and the inherent challenges for artists, organizations and audiences.
The Art of Diplomacy: Winston Churchill and the Pursuit of Painting. Through April 17. Hargrett Gallery, special collections libraries. 706-542-0628, cdunham@uga.edu. Small Truths: Pierre Daura’s Life and Vision. Through April 19. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-1817, hazbrown@uga.edu. Pierre Daura (1896-1976): Picturing Attachments. Through April 19. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-1817, hazbrown@uga.edu. A Feast of Color: Recent Works by Tom Ventulett. Through April 26. A gallery exhibition of recent watercolors from artist and internationally recognized architect Tom Ventulett. State Botanical Garden. 706-542-8717, wtonks@uga.edu. Southern Highlands Reserve: A Garden Rooted in the Place of its Making. Through April 30. Circle Gallery. Chaos and Metamorphosis: The Art of Piero Lerda. Though May 10. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-1817, hazbrown@uga.edu. “OC” Carlisle Solo Art. Through May 11. Candler Hall. Food, Power and Politics: The Story of School Lunch. Through May 15. Russell Library Gallery, special collections libraries. Terra Verte. Through May 31. Jane and Harry Willson Sculpture Garden, Georgia Museum of Art. Jay Robinson: Quarks, Leptons and Peanuts. Through June 21. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-1817, hazbrown@uga.edu. AiryLight: Visualizing the Invisible. Through June 28. A project created by artist Annelie Berner to express real-time, local air-quality data through changing light patterns projected on the ceiling above a lamp. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-1817, hazbrown@uga.edu. The Pennington Radio Collection. Through December. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, special collections libraries. 706-542-8079, jclevela@uga.edu.
MONDAY, APRIL 6 GUEST LECTURE “The e-Workplace: Access, Security and Privacy in the Era of ‘The Cloud,’ Social Media and BYOD,” Doug Towns, an Atlanta employment lawyer. Hosted by the UGA Law Labor and Employment Law Association. 12:30 p.m. Classroom B, Hirsch Hall. 404-735-5257, espyg16@uga.edu.
TUESDAY, APRIL 7
CTL WORKSHOP “What Research Tells Us About Teaching (And Knowing) First-Year Students.” 10 a.m. North Instructional Plaza Mall. 706-583-0067, tchagood@uga.edu. COMPUTER HEALTH AND SECURITY FAIR Through April 8. UGA students, faculty and staff can bring their personal laptops for free security checks. 10 a.m. Second floor rotunda, Miller Learning Center. 706-542-3678, spauff@uga.edu. (See Bulletin Board, page 8).
University Theatre will present William Shakespeare’s romantic comedy Much Ado About Nothing. Directed by Kristin Kundert-Gibbs and featuring original live music, performances will be April 9-11 and 15-18 at 8 p.m. and April 19 at 2:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Theatre. Tickets are $16, $12 for students, and can be purchased by phone at 706-542-4400, online at http://drama.uga.edu/box-office or at the Performing Arts Center or Tate Student Center box offices. A special matinee for area schools will be held April 14 at 10 a.m. Inspired by a Mumford and Sons song that references a key line from the play, this production features eight musical numbers, four in the original text and four added. The songs will be performed by a live band. “The music feels like the play to me—it mixes sadness and joy; it is as rough-hewn as the planks of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre; it speaks to all generations,” said Kundert-Gibbs, an associate professor of acting in the theatre and film studies department of the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. Much Ado About Nothing is one of Shakespeare’s most popular comedies. Shakespeare never wrote a musical, but his plays often contain songs. “His plays are filled with musical numbers and discussions about the beauty and ability of music to move the soul,” Kundert-Gibbs said.
THREE-MINUTE THESIS FINALS The top 10 competitors who have qualified for this final round will have three minutes to present an effective summary of their thesis or dissertation topic and its significance. First place, runner-up and a people’s choice award will be determined. 6 p.m. Chapel. alanasha@uga.edu. SOAR AWARDS The H. Gordon and Francis S. Davis Student Organization Achievement and Recognition Awards program, sponsored by the Center for Student Organizations, honors the university’s finest student leaders, student organizations and their advisers for their commitment to excellence and contributions to campus and community life. 7 p.m. Grand Hall, Tate Student Center. 706-542-8584, jhpodvin@uga.edu. SOFTBALL vs. Georgia Tech. 7 p.m. Jack Turner Stadium. 706-542-1621.
INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURE DAY 4 p.m. Reception Hall, Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-5276, amanda10@uga.edu. (See Digest, page 3).
THURSDAY, APRIL 9
VOICES FROM THE VANGUARD LECTURE “Antibiotics and Agriculture: Finding and Losing the Miracle Drugs,” Maryn McKenna, an independent journalist and author who specializes in public health, global health and food policy. Agriculture and public health experts have fought about adding antibiotics to animal feed since the practice began in the 1950s, and McKenna, author of Superbug: The Fatal Menace of MRSA, explores whether a truce is in sight. 5:30 p.m. Chapel. 706-542-1210, pthomas@uga.edu.
THANK A DONOR DAY 10 a.m. Tate Student Center Plaza. 706-542-9214, jt88@uga.edu. MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE EDUCATION TALK “Measurement of Teachers’ Topic Specific PCK and Its Relationship to Content Knowledge,” Marissa Susan Rollnick, a South African professor. 3:30 p.m. Room G-5, Aderhold Hall. 706-542-1763, aluft@uga.edu. PHILOSOPHY COLLOQUIUM “Group Lies,” Jennifer Lackey, Northwestern University. A reception will follow the lecture. 3:30 p.m. 205S Peabody Hall. 706-542-2823.
CONCERT Twin sisters Christina and Michelle Naughton will perform. $25-$42. 8 p.m. Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center. 706-542-4400, ugaarts@uga.edu.
MEN’S TENNIS vs. Arkansas. 5 p.m. Dan Magill Tennis Complex. 706-542-1621.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8 AAUP BOOK, JACKET AND JOURNAL SHOW Through April 10. The University of Georgia Press will exhibit the Association of American University Presses 2014 Book, Jacket and Journal Show. Campus community members can come view the best books from a variety of categories and vote on their favorite. University of Georgia Press, main library. 706-542-4715, asharp@uga.edu. ARTFUL CONVERSATION Join Carissa DiCindio, curator of education, for an indepth discussion of Daniel Garber’s “Spring Panel.” 2 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-1817, hazbrown@uga.edu.
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‘Much Ado About Nothing’
4:30 p.m. 350 Miller Learning Center. 706-542-2445, pettik@uga.edu.
GRADUATE SCHOOL DEAN FINALIST PRESENTATION Presentation by Carolyn Drews-Botsch, a candidate for dean of the Graduate School. Drews-Botsch is a professor and vice chair of academic affairs in the epidemiology department at Emory University. 9:30 a.m. 135 Tate Student Center.
GUEST LECTURE “‘After Dachau’: Of Private Vengeance, Collective Guilt and Life in Ruins,” Werner Sollors, the Henry B. and Anne M. Cabot Professor of English and of African-American Studies at Harvard University.
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University Theatre’s presentation of ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ will feature modern music.
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Keith Wilson: Desire Path. Through April 17. College of Environment and Design exhibit hall.
The Hodgson Singers, the flagship choral ensemble of the Hugh Hodgson School of Music, will give the final performance in the 2014-2015 2nd Thursday Scholarship Concert Series April 9 at 7:30 p.m. in Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall. Tickets for the performance are $18, $5 for students. Tickets are available at the UGA Performing Arts Center box office, by calling 706-542-4400 or visiting pac.uga.edu. The program for the concert is divided into two thematic halves. The first, “Requiem aeternam: The mystery of the great Hereafter,” includes Henirich Schutz’s Selig sind die Toten, Harbert Howells’ Requiem, and Invocation and Dance by David Conte. The second half of the evening, “‘…we belong to each other…’: Reflections on our wondrous interconnectedness,” features Joan Szymko’s All Works of Love, Peter Louis van Dijk’s Horizons, “Somewhere” from Bernstein’s West Side Story, Erika Lloyd’s Cells Planets and Hallelujah by William Walker.
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TEEN STUDIO Teenagers ages 13-18 are invited to take part in this free gallery tour and art-making workshop, led by local artist and educator Kristen Bach. RSVP to 706-542-8863 or callan@uga.edu. 5:30 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-1817, hazbrown@uga.edu. LECTURE Adelheid M. Gealt, curator of the exhibition Pierre Daura (1896-1976): Picturing Attachments and author of the accompanying catalog, will provide her insights into how Daura responded visually to his family by comparing his choices to those of other artists. 5:30 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-1817, hazbrown@uga.edu. 2ND THURSDAY CONCERT A performance by the Hodgson Singers, led by Daniel Bara, director of choral activities.
$18; $5 with a UGACard. 7:30 p.m. Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall. 706-542-4752, musicpr@uga.edu. (See story, above right). UGA GREAT SOUTHLAND STAMPEDE RODEO Doors open at 6 p.m.; the show starts at 8 p.m. Visit http://www.greatsouthlandstampederodeo.com to purchase tickets. Also to be held April 10-11 at 8 p.m. $10-$15. Livestock Instructional Arena. 706-338-2138. 2015 SPRING DANCE CONCERT Also to be held April 10-11 at 8 p.m. and April 12 at 2:30 p.m. $16; 10 for students, seniors and children ages 6 to 12. 8 p.m. New Dance Theatre, dance building. (See story, above left). UNIVERSITY THEATRE PERFORMANCE Much Ado About Nothing. Also to be performed April 10-11, 15-18 at 8 p.m. and April 19 at 2:30 p.m. $16; $12 for students. 8 p.m. Fine Arts Theatre. (See story, above). FILM SCREENING Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010). $2; $1 for UGA students who pay activity fees. 8 p.m. Tate Student Center Theatre. 706-542-6396.
FRIDAY, APRIL 10 FRIENDS FIRST FRIDAY “Big, Bold and Bodacious—Jurassic Park Gardening,” Barbie Colvin, a resident of Milledgeville, will discuss her garden. RSVP to 706-542-9353 by April 8. $12. 9 a.m. State Botanical Garden. 706-542-9353. 2015 UNDERGRADUATE GEOGRAPHY CONFERENCE The conference is a daylong event during which undergraduate students from all majors will exhibit geography-related work in 10-minute talks and poster presentations. 9 a.m. Geography and geology building. 706-542-2926, geogundergradconference@gmail.com. GUEST LECTURE U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson will speak about international trade and economic growth. Reservations must be sent to Laura Kagel at lkagel@uga.edu before April 8. 12:30 p.m. Larry Walker Room, Dean Rusk Hall. lkagel@uga.edu. (See story, page 2). ANDREA CARSON COLEY LECTURE “Sexual Affects: Visualizing Pleasure, Troubling Politics,” Juana Maria Rodriguez, a professor of gender and women’s studies at the University of California, Berkeley. 12:30 p.m. 271 special collections libraries. 706-542-0066, tlhat@uga.edu. (See Digest, page 3). WORKSHOP “Addressing Health Disparities through Research, Policy and Practice,” Dr. Kameron Franklin Sheats, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 1:25 p.m. 212 Sanford Hall. 706-542-2840, fcaslead@uga.edu.
Plantapalooza plant sale to be held April 11 By Connie Cottingham connicot@uga.edu
Plantapalooza, a one-day sale of plants, will take place April 11 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The sale is put on by three UGA areas: the State Botanical Garden, the Trial Gardens and the UGA Horticulture Club. Each sale will offer an assortment of garden plants that thrive in the Southeast. Horticulturists, volunteers and Master Gardeners will be on hand to help buyers select vegetation and answer gardening questions. • The Trial Gardens at UGA, 220 W. Green St., grow and test the newest annuals and perennials from plant breeders throughout the world. John Ruter, the Allan Armitage Professor of Horticulture and director of the Trial Gardens, will be available to sign his latest book, Landscaping with Conifers and Ginkgo for the Southeast. Profits from the plant sale help fund research and continued support for the garden. • The State Botanical Garden, 2450 S. Milledge Ave., is the headquarters of the Georgia Plant Conservation Alliance and the Georgia Gold Medal Plant Program. Gold Medal plants will be among the selection of trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, herbs and vegetables available for purchase. The garden is a unit of the Office of Public Service and Outreach. • Members of the UGA Horticulture Club will be selling garden and landscape plants near the intersection of Riverbend and College Station roads. Horticulture faculty and students will be available to help with plant selection. Profits help fund horticulture club scholarships and educational activities at UGA. Information about the event, directions to the gardens and information about participating retailers in the Athens area are at plantapalooza.uga.edu.
FILM SCREENING Into the Woods (2014). April 10-12 at 3, 6 and 9 p.m. $2; $1 for UGA students who pay activity fees. Tate Student Center Theatre. 706-542-6396. PHILOSOPHY COLLOQUIUM “Norms of Doubt,” Baron Reed, Northwestern University. A reception will follow the lecture. 3:30 p.m. 205S Peabody Hall. 706-542-2823. ODUM ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS LECTURE “The Snail Darter and the Dam: A Very Small Endangered Fish’s Travels Through the Corridors of American Power,” Zygmunt Plater, a professor of law at Boston College. 4 p.m. 125 Jackson Street Building. (See Digest, page 3). 90 CARLTON: SPRING The Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art will present a special edition of the museum’s quarterly reception, highlighting this year’s Master of Fine Arts degree candidates exhibition. 6 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-1817, hazbrown@uga.edu. CONCERT UGA Wind Ensemble. $10; $5 with a UGACard. 8 p.m. Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall. 706-542-4752, musicpr@uga.edu.
SATURDAY, APRIL 11 PLANTAPALOOZA PLANT SALE 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the State Botanical Garden, the UGA Trial Gardens and at the intersection of Riverbend and College Station roads. 706-542-6014. (See story, above). CLASS “Spring Wildflowers of Granite Outcrops.” $50. 9 a.m. Classroom 2, State Botanical Garden. 706-542-6156, ckeber@uga.edu. PARTY FOR PARKINSON’S Hosted by the Undergraduate Neuroscience Organization. All proceeds benefit the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. 9 a.m. Tate Student Center Plaza. 678-549-1710, danrs@uga.edu. SLOW ART DAY Participants will look at five works of art for 10 minutes each and then meet to talk about their experience. 10 a.m. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-1817, hazbrown@uga.edu. EXHIBITION OPENING Master of Fine Arts Degree Candidates Exhibition. Through May 3. Nineteen emerging artists from eight different areas will present their work. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-1817, hazbrown@uga.edu. INTERNATIONAL STREET FESTIVAL Noon. College Avenue. 706-542-5867, pitmanl@uga.edu.
SUNDAY, APRIL 12 SPOTLIGHT TOUR “Highlights of the Permanent Collection.” Led by docents. 3 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-1817, hazbrown@uga.edu.
MONDAY, APRIL 13 HONORS WEEK Through April 17. 706-542-0383, mamstutz@uga.edu. (See story, page 1). PSO MEETING AND AWARDS LUNCHEON Each year the university begins Honors Week with the Public Service and Outreach Lecture and Awards Program, which highlights the Office of Public Service and Outreach’s important work in the state, nation and world. 10:30 a.m. Georgia Center. 706-542-6045, dempsey@uga.edu. (See story, page 1). LECTURE Franklin Visiting Scholar Enrique Neblett Jr., an associate professor of psychology and lab director of the African-American Youth Wellness Laboratory at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will speak. 3 p.m. 248 Miller Learning Center. 706-542-2983, jshaikun@uga.edu. CONCERT The UGA Tuba Euphonium Ensemble led by David Zerkel, Hugh Hodgson School of Music tuba-euphonium professor. 6 p.m. Ramsey Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center. 706-542-4752, musicpr@uga.edu. FACULTY RECOGNITION BANQUET A reception precedes the banquet at 5:45 p.m. Part of Honors Week. This event is invitation only. 6:30 p.m. Mahler Hall, Georgia Center. ddodson@uga.edu. (See story, page 1). CONCERT The UGA Symphonic Band, under the direction of conductor Michael Robinson, will present its final concert of the year. 8 p.m. Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall. 706-542-4752, musicpr@uga.edu.
COMING UP VISITING ARTIST/SCHOLAR LECTURE April 14. John Hatfield is the executive director of Socrates Sculpture Park, an outdoor arts organization on the waterfront of Long Island City. Part of the 2014-2015 Visiting Artist and Scholar Lecture Series. 5:30 p.m. S151 Lamar Dodd School of Art. 706-542-0116, michelleegas@uga.edu. (See story, above left).
FOOTBALL G-DAY GAME More information is at georgiadogs.com/gday. 2 p.m. Sanford Stadium. 706-542-1621.
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OFFICE OF THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS AND PROVOST
Promotions College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
To Professor: Patrick John Conner, horticulture; Cesar L. Escalante, agricultural and applied economics; and Svoboda V. Pennisi, horticulture. To Associate Professor: Gregory John Colson, agricultural and applied economics; Mussie Ykeallo Habteselassie, crop and soil sciences; Cecilia E. McGregor, horticulture; Kerry M. Oliver, entomology; and Brian Matthew Schwartz, crop and soil sciences. To Academic Professional: Marianne Shockley, entomology. To Associate Research Scientist: Gang Hua, entomology; Xiyin Wang, Plant Genome Mapping Lab; and Tong Zhao, Center for Food Safety. To Public Service Assistant: Kelle Ashley, Northeast District; Kasey Bozeman, Southeast District UGA Extension; Ashley Davis, Southwest District UGA Extension; Kristy Hammond, Northwest District; Brittany Johnson, Northwest District; Brittani Kelley, Northwest District; Andrew Sawyer, Southwest District UGA Extension; and Kimberly Toal, Northwest District. To Public Service Associate: Jason Brock, plant pathology UGA Extension; Mack Cook IV, Southwest District UGA Extension; Lee Deal, Southeast District UGA Extension; Claudia Dunkley, poultry science UGA Extension; Norman Edwards, Northwest District; Kisha Faulk, Northwest District; Andrea Scarrow, Southwest District UGA Extension; and Abby Smith, Southeast District UGA Extension. To Senior Public Service Associate: Christa Campbell, Northeast District; Raymond Edwards, Southwest District UGA Extension; Janet Hollingsworth, Southeast District UGA Extension; Lisa Jordan, Southeast District UGA Extension; Sharon Kane, Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development; Leticia Sonon, Soil, Plant and Water Lab UGA Extension; and William Tyson, Southeast District UGA Extension.
College of Education To Professor: Kevin M. Ayres, communication sciences and special education; Deryl F. Bailey, counseling and human development services; and Amy Reschly, educational psychology. To Clinical Associate Professor: Nancy Broadhurst Dellaria, communication sciences and special education; Brian W. Dotts, educational theory and practice; Alice Mary Sanderson, communication sciences and special education; and Alisa Norris Schultz, communication sciences and special education.
Tenure
The University of Georgia approved tenure for 59 faculty members. Those receiving tenure are:
To Associate Professor: Theodore J. Kopcha, career and information studies; Bettina Love, educational theory and practice; and Kevin C. Moore, mathematics and science education. To Senior Lecturer: Robyn L.B. Ovrick, mathematics and science education.
College of Engineering To Associate Professor: Jenna R. Jambeck, Kyle J. Johnsen, Peter A. Kner, Ramaraja Ramasamy, Joachim Walther and Yajun Yan.
College of Environment and Design To Professor: James K. Reap. To Associate Professor: Sungkyung Lee, Katherine Melcher and Douglas Michael Pardue.
College of Family and Consumer Sciences To Associate Professor: Suraj Sharma, textiles, merchandising and interiors. To Senior Lecturer: Jennifer Gonyea, human development and family science; and Melissa Landers-Potts, human development and family science. To Associate Research Scientist: Emma Laing, foods and nutrition.
College of Pharmacy To Clinical Professor: Dianne Barber Williams May, clinical and administrative pharmacy; and Michael Walter Neville, clinical and administrative pharmacy. To Associate Professor: Mandi M. Murph, pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences.
College of Public Health To Professor: Marsha A. Davis, health promotion and behavior; Luke Peter Naeher, environmental health science; and Mary Alice Smith, environmental health science. To Associate Professor: Kevin K. Dobbin, epidemiology and biostatistics; and Andreas Handel, epidemiology and biostatistics.
College of Veterinary Medicine To Professor: Shiyou Chen, physiology and pharmacology; and Eric R. Lafontaine, infectious diseases. To Associate Professor: Bridget Garner, pathology; Nicole L. Gottdenker, pathology; Shannon P. Holmes, veterinary biosciences and diagnostic imaging; Marcia RS Ilha, pathology; Joanne Ruth Smith, small animal medicine and surgery; and Wendy Watford, infectious diseases. To Associate Research Scientist: Andrew Moorhead, infectious diseases.
Ellen J. Andrew, art; Ford Ballantyne IV, ecology; Mehrsa Baradaran, law; Cynthia T. Camp, English; John Campbell, accounting; Renato Menezes Castelao, marine sciences; Gregory John Colson, agricultural and applied economics; Kevin K. Dobbin, epidemiology and biostatistics; Simon Foucart, mathematics; Connie M. Frigo, music; Bridget Garner, pathology; Laura A. German, anthropology; Nicole L. Gottdenker, pathology; Nathaniel Grow, insurance, legal studies and real estate; Mussie Ykeallo Habteselassie, crop and soil sciences; Andreas
The University of Georgia has approved the promotion of 164 faculty members. Those receiving a promotion are: Franklin College of Arts and Sciences To Professor: Stephen William Berry, history; Daniela Di Iorio, marine sciences; Jean Ngoya Kidula, music; Asen Kirin, art, Jerry Keith Langston, Germanic and Slavic studies; James H. Leebens-Mack, plant biology; Tianming Liu, computer science; Ping Ma, statistics; Joy Peterson, microbiology; Margaret L. Quesada, Romance languages; Jeremy Reynolds, sociology; Patricia Lynne Richards, sociology; Jennifer A. Samp, communication studies; Ping Shen, cellular biology; and Robert Lance Wells, biochemistry and molecular biology. To Associate Professor: Ellen J. Andrew, art; Cynthia T. Camp, English; Renato Menezes Castelao, marine sciences; Simon Foucart, mathematics; Connie M. Frigo, music; Laura A. German, anthropology; Kelly E. Happe, communication studies; Miriam Jacobson, English; Jennifer Julia Kaplan, statistics; Vera Lee-Schoenfeld, Germanic and Slavic studies; Margaret W. Morrison, art; Donald Robert Nelson, anthropology; Roberto Perdisci, computer science; Amy Melissa Pollard, music; Akela Reason, history; Dean J. Sabatinelli, psychology; Cordula Schulz, cellular biology; Vincent Joseph Starai, microbiology and infectious diseases (joint appointment); and Chloe Wigston Smith, English. To Senior Lecturer: Nuno Castellanos Diez, Romance languages; Trina Cyterski, psychology; Brian Drake, history; Georgia Kim Gilbert, statistics; Elizabeth Hatmaker, art; David Latimer, Romance languages; Christopher Plaue, computer science; Nichole Ray, women’s studies; Steven Soper, history; Lance Wilder, English; and Mary Wolf, history. To Senior Academic Professional: Elizabeth Davis, English; Kimberly Love-Myers, statistics; and Pingrong Wei, chemistry. To Senior Research Scientist: Bijoy Mohanty, genetics.
Odum School of Ecology To Associate Professor: Ford Ballantyne IV.
School of Law To Professor: Elizabeth Chamblee Burch.
School of Public and International Affairs To Professor: Susan B. Haire, political science. To Associate Professor: Shane P. Singh, international affairs.
School of Social Work To Professor: Patricia Mullin Reeves.
Handel, epidemiology and biostatistics; Nathan Hansen, health promotion and behavior; Kelly E. Happe, communication studies; Gerald M. Henry, crop and soil sciences; Shannon P. Holmes, veterinary biosciences and diagnostic imaging; Marcia RS Ilha, pathology; Miriam Jacobson, English; Jenna R. Jambeck, engineering; Kyle J. Johnsen, engineering; Jennifer Julia Kaplan, statistics; Peter A. Kner, engineering; Theodore J. Kopcha, career and information studies; Sungkyung Lee, environment and design; Vera Lee-Schoenfeld, Germanic and Slavic studies; Laura Little, management;
Terry College of Business To Associate Professor: John L. Campbell, accounting; Nathaniel Grow, insurance, legal studies and real estate; Laura Little, management; and Jessica M. Rodell, management. To Senior Lecturer: Kevin H. Ellis, marketing; and Katherine T. McClain, economics.
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources To Professor: John Charles Maerz III.
Vice President for Instruction To Senior Academic Professional: Paul Matthews, Office of Service-Learning.
Vice President for Public Service and Outreach To Public Service Associate: Tracy Arner, Carl Vinson Institute of Government; Ted Baggett, Carl Vinson Institute of Government; Thomas Bliss, Marine Extension Service; Laura Katz, Small Business Development Center; Ilka McConnell, Archway Partnership Project; David Meyers, Fanning Institute for Leadership Development; Dorthea Sanders, Marine Extension Service; and Theresa Wright, Carl Vinson Institute of Government. To Senior Public Service Associate: Robert Erwin, Small Business Development Center; Mary Hill, Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach; and Raytheon Rawls, Fanning Institute for Leadership Development.
Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost To Librarian II: Susan Clay, librariesgeneral operations; Jan Hebbard, libraries-general operations; Callie Holmes, libraries-general operations; Christian Lopez, libraries-general operations; Mary Poland, libraries-general operations; Timothy Smolko, libraries-general operations; and Donald Summerlin, libraries-general operations. To Librarian III: Mary Miller, librariesgeneral operations; Sandra Riggs, libraries-general operations; and Viki Timian, libraries-general operations. To Librarian IV: Helen Pritchett, libraries-general operations. To Senior Academic Professional: Leslie Gordon, Office of Academic Planning.
Vice President for Research To Associate Research Scientist: Gerardo Gutierrez Sanchez, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center; and Tianyi Yu, Institute for Behavioral Research. Source: Office of Faculty Affairs
Bettina Love, educational theory and practice; Cecilia E. McGregor, horticulture; Katherine Melcher, environment and design; Timothy Lanier Meyer, law; Kevin C. Moore, mathematics and science education; Margaret W. Morrison, art; Mandi M. Murph, pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences; Donald Robert Nelson, anthropology; Kerry M. Oliver, entomology; Douglas Michael Pardue, environment and design; Roberto Perdisci, computer science; Amy Melissa Pollard, music; Ramaraja Ramasamy, engineering; Akela Reason, history; Jessica M. Rodell, management; Dean J.
Sabatinelli, psychology; Logan Everett Sawyer, law; Cordula Schulz, cellular biology; Brian Matthew Schwartz, crop and soil sciences; Suraj Sharma, textiles, merchandising and interiors; Shane P. Singh, international affairs; Joanne Ruth Smith, small animal medicine and surgery; Vincent Joseph Starai, microbiology and infectious diseases (joint appointment); Aron Stubbins, marine sciences; Joachim Walther, engineering; Wendy Watford, infectious diseases; Chloe Wigston Smith, English; Yajun Yan, engineering; and Wenxuan Zhong, statistics. Source: Office of Faculty Affairs
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columns.uga.edu April 6, 2015
‘Incredible journey’
UGA, partners to create training for young farmers By J. Merritt Melancon jmerritt@uga.edu
Andy Landers led academic, athletic success of women’s basketball program for 36 years
By Juliett Dinkins jdinkins@uga.edu
Andy Landers’ career at UGA began with a dream. “In the beginning, there was a dream to create a program that would compete at the highest level,” Landers said.“And we’ve done that.” Indeed. “Andy has led our women’s basketball team on an incredible journey for 36 years,” said Greg McGarity, the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics. “He has poured his heart and soul into our program.” Landers announced his retirement last month. His tenure as head coach at UGA includes 23 NCAA tournament invitations, five Final Four appearances, seven SEC championships, four SEC tournament titles and 21 seasons in which his teams have won 20 or more games. The players Landers has coached have not only excelled on the basketball court, they have excelled in the classroom as well. “I am very appreciative of the many contributions Andy has made to the University of Georgia,” said UGA President Jere W. Morehead. “Aside from his remarkable achievements in athletic competition, I am especially thankful for the importance he has placed on the academic achievement of our student-athletes.” That emphasis on academic success has led to an impressive stat that not many coaches can claim at the end of their careers. When seniors Krista Donald and Erika Ford receive their degrees in May, all 67 four-year letter winners under Landers will have earned degrees from UGA. “I came to UGA for him and because of his legacy,” Donald said. “It’s been great playing for Coach Landers. He’s the type of coach you cherish.” Landers’ goal to make the women’s basketball program a national powerhouse was realized when he coached the 1985 team to
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On Nov. 29, 2014, Andy Landers, the only full-time women’s basketball head coach in UGA history, earned his 850th victory. With that win, he became the eighth college basketball coach—men’s or women’s—to record that many victories at a single NCAA Division I institution. All 67 four-year letter winners Landers coached graduated from UGA.
a second-place finish in the NCAA tournament. And subsequent teams enjoyed success that led to numerous national honors for individual team members and for Landers, who was elected to the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007. Many of Landers’ players have pursued successful careers as professional basketball players. To date, 38 of them have played for pro teams in the U.S., Europe, Asia and South America. Landers coached at Roane State Community College in Harriman, Tennessee, for four seasons before he was named head coach of women’s basketball at UGA. One of the lessons he said he has learned in his 40 seasons as a collegiate head coach is that some things never change. “As long as people—whether its
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Memoir takes readers into bereavement
The Cruel Country By Judith Ortiz Cofer University of Georgia Press Hardcover and Ebook: $24.95
The Cruel Country goes beyond the usual style of memoir by exploring the ways in which culture shapes the individual and the ways in which an individual can choose or reject how she may be influenced by a culture or cultures. It is written by Judith Ortiz Cofer, Regents and Franklin Professor of English and Creative Writing Emerita at UGA. The Cruel Country centers on Cofer’s return to her native Puerto Rico after her mother has been diagnosed with late-stage lung cancer. Cofer draws strength from her life’s contradictions and dualities such as the necessities and demands for both English and Spanish, her travels between and within various mainland and island subcultures and the challenges of being a Latina living in the South. What readers discover is how much Cofer has heretofore held back in her vivid and compelling writing.
players, coaches, administrators— know that you care, they’ll do you anything for you,” Landers said. “And the more you care, the more they care back. I hope that every coach in the country has experienced or is experiencing what we have experienced at Georgia.” Former players express a similar sentiment about Landers when they talk their “Georgia experience.” “You don’t think about this when you’re playing, but he’s bigger than the game,” said Teresa Edwards, a five-time Olympian who was coached by Landers from 19821986. “Only he could take some many different people from so many different backgrounds and mold us into a team. “I couldn’t have been half the player I was without what Andy Landers did for me at Georgia,”
she added. “I love the man. He’s a great guy.” And lessons learned from Landers have carried into some former players’ adult lives. “Aside from my parents, I don’t know that there’s a more influential person in my life in a positive way than Coach Landers,” said Angie Ball Watson, who played at UGA from 1996-2000 and was team captain from 1999-2000. “He helped instill in me the mental toughness that I have today as a mom and a wife.” Landers is not sure about the next leg of his life’s journey. “I haven’t crossed that road, yet,” he said. “My yard will probably look better than anybody else’s in the neighborhood—at least until I get bored with it. We’ll just figure it out as we go.”
Starting in October, a new training program will offer beginning and young farmers crash courses in business planning, vegetable and fruit production and goat husbandry to provide them with a strong foundation to help grow their new businesses. The UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, the UGA Small Business Development Center, Georgia Organics, Fort Valley State University and AgSouth Farm Credit, along with other partners, are developing the training and mentoring program to help beginning farmers become successful and sustainable farmers. The partnership will provide training to 70 new farmers, focusing on minority farmers and farmers with limited means. The U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture announced Feb. 2 that the partnership would receive a Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Grant of $652,000 to establish an innovative training program that can be presented throughout the state. “Many of the young people interested in farming don’t come from a farming background,” said Julia Gaskin, director of UGA’s Sustainable Agriculture Program.“We have been very interested in developing a comprehensive training program to help this group and those currently farming who want to improve their operations.” The statewide partnership also includes UGA Extension’s county agents, the Department of Agriculture and the Georgia Fruit & Vegetable Growers Association. “We think this collaborative approach will give us a good foundation for a strong program for the state’s beginning farmers,” Gaskin said. This grant is part of more than $18 million in NIFA funding to support beginning farmers. The core of the training program is business planning.The Small Business Development Center, a unit of the Office of Public Service and Outreach, and AgSouth Farm Credit will provide business planning and financing workshops to the farmers.
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UGA Gwinnett gets a website makeover http://gwinnett.uga.edu
The UGA Gwinnett campus recently launched a redesigned website in an easy-to-navigate format that includes information on graduate degree programs, admission requirements, student life and resources. The UGA Gwinnett campus is a valuable resource for working professionals who seek graduate education and professional development, while providing convenience
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HONORS from page 1 APRIL 13 24TH ANNUAL PUBLIC SERVICE AND OUTREACH MEETING, AWARDS LUNCHEON 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., UGA Hotel and Conference Center Open to the public, but online registration is required at http://t.uga.edu/Es. Faculty and staff will have the opportunity to learn about recent and ongoing public service and outreach activities and goals at UGA and honor award recipients. Casey Cagle, lieutenant governor of Georgia, will deliver the keynote address at 2 p.m. The 2014-15 Service-Learning Fellows will present a poster session beginning at 10:30 a.m. highlighting the service-learning courses and projects they have developed during their yearlong fellowship with the Office of Service-Learning. Darrell Osborne
CULTURE CLUB—Arthur Blank, right, co-founder of the Home Depot and owner of the Atlanta
Falcons, gave a talk March 27 at the Chapel as part of the Terry Leadership Speaker Series. Blank, who shared the stage with Daniel Fields, an accounting major and Leonard Leadership Scholar, discussed the importance of a commitment to a customer-first, principled culture. “I looked for opportunities every day to reinforce our values and our culture,” Blank told the overflow crowd. “People pay a lot of attention to what happens at the top, and when they see a founder taking time out and helping customers, they think ‘Well, I ought to do that, too.’ ”
GRANT from page 1 way sugars are produced and attached to proteins and lipids throughout the body, but it turns out that cells in the brain are particularly sensitive to this kind of change,” said Lance Wells, Georgia Research Alliance investigator, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology and co-investigator for the project. “If we can identify these disruptions, we can begin looking for new and existing drugs that might prevent them.” Members of the research team already have identified a number of glycan targets that are implicated in Alzheimer’s, autism and intellectual deficiency, which they will study more closely in model organisms like mice and zebrafish and in brain cells derived from reprogrammed human cells. This approach will help them understand whether changes in glycans are a side effect of the disease or the root cause. They then may test drugs that inhibit these changes to see if the disease symptoms are reversed. “There are already a number of drugs available on the market that affect the way glycans are produced and how they function, and these compounds could potentially be therapeutic for some of these disorders,”
said Richard Steet, an associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology and project co-investigator. “We have access to hundreds of drugs that have been proven safe, and we can do high-throughput screens to see which drugs affect glycan production,” Wells said. These studies are a close collaboration between CCRC scientists and co-investigators in the Center for Molecular Medicine and the cellular biology department at UGA, as well as with basic scientists and clinical geneticists at the Greenwood Genetic Center in Greenwood, South Carolina, and the Clinic for Special Children in Strasburg, Pennsylvania. “This is an exciting new initiative designed to advance our understanding of the role of glycans in biology,” said David Lee, vice president for research at UGA. “There is no better team to do this pioneering work than the experts at the world-class CCRC.” Ultimately, the researchers expect that their investigation will lead not only to new therapies, but also to a fundamentally new understanding of how diseases develop and how basic cellular processes depend on appropriate glycan production.
Bulletin Board EITS computer fair
UGA students, faculty and staff can bring their personal laptop computers for free security checks at Enterprise Information Technology Services’ spring Computer Health and Security Fair. The fair is April 7-8 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the second floor rotunda of the Miller Learning Center. During the fair, technical volunteers will provide security checks and free virus and malware removal for personal PC and Mac laptops. They also will install the latest software and security updates, ensure that firewalls are enabled and update antivirus and operating systems. They will examine other software problems, such as slow performance and unknown error messages as well. Technical volunteers will handle requests on a first-come, first-served basis. Comprehensive health and security checkups can take 30-60 minutes, and at times, there may be a short wait prior to visiting with a technician. UGA-issued computers will not be checked at the fair.
Aderhold library renovation
The Curriculum Materials Library in Aderhold Hall will be closed from late April until early June for renovation. Services will be scaled back at the
CML the week of April 13, when packing begins and fully close the following week. Materials will not be due during the time the library is closed, with the exception of materials checked out by students graduating in May; they should return items to either the main or science libraries. The CML also will not be available as a GIL Express delivery point, so items requested from late April until June will be delivered to the main or science libraries. Interlibrary Loan will be available to obtain items owned by UGA Libraries that are not normally eligible for Interlibrary Loan. For more information about the closure, contact Carla Buss at cbuss@uga.edu or 706-542-2996 or visit http://guides.libs.uga.edu/cml.
UWC fashion show
Macy’s will showcase spring and summer clothes modeled by members of the University Woman’s Club during “Styles of the Season” April 14 at 11 a.m. The event, which also includes a luncheon and the installation of new UWC officers, will be held at the Athens Country Club, 2700 Jefferson Highway. The deadline to purchase a ticket,
FACULTY RECOGNITION BANQUET Reception 5:45 p.m., 6:30 p.m. dinner. Mahler Auditorium of the Georgia Center Sponsored by the senior vice president for academic affairs and provost, the event will recognize the winners of this year’s awards for teaching excellence, including the Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professorships and the Richard B. Russell Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching as well as faculty, staff and graduate students who will be honored for outstanding teaching and advising.
APRIL 15 TERRY COLLEGE HONORS DAY 9-11 a.m., Chapel The Terry College Honors Day Ceremony recognizes high achievers who demonstrate excellence in their academic endeavors. Each year graduate and undergraduate recipients of named scholarships and departmental awards are celebrated at this special ceremony. A brunch reception will take place immediately following the ceremony on the Brooks Hall lawn. All award recipients and their families are encouraged to attend. PRESIDENTIAL HONORS DAY LUNCHEON 11:30 a.m. registration and photos; Noon luncheon, President’s House, 570 Prince Ave. The event, hosted by UGA President Jere W. Morehead, will honor the university’s most distinguished undergraduate scholars, including recipients of national and international scholarships; First Honor (4.0 grade point average) graduates; UGA Award of Excellence recipients, who are chosen by their deans as exemplifying
superb academic achievement and outstanding extracurricular contributions to the campus; and the 2014-2015 leadership of the Student Government Association. HONORS PROGRAM BANQUET 5:30 p.m. reception; 6:30 p.m. dinner, Classic Center, 300 N. Thomas St. The event will recognize Honors Program students who have graduated in the summer or fall of 2014 as well as the graduating class of May 2015. The Lothar Tresp and Hatten Howard Outstanding Professor Awards will be presented and so will the Jere W. Morehead Award, which is given to an exceptional friend of the Honors Program.
APRIL 16 UGA RESEARCH FOUNDATION 36TH ANNUAL RESEARCH AWARDS BANQUET 5:30 p.m. reception; 6:30 p.m. dinner, UGA Hotel and Conference Center. The event will recognize winners of Creative Research Awards and Medals; Frederick C. Davison, Charles B. Knapp, and Michael F. Adams Early Career Scholars; Inventor’s Award; Georgia BioBusiness Academic Entrepreneur of the Year Award; Distinguished Research Professors; and postdoctoral and graduate student award recipients.
APRIL 17 2015 UGA ALUMNI AWARDS LUNCHEON Noon, Tate Student Center Grand Hall Open to the public, but online registration is required at http://www.alumni.uga.edu/. The UGA Alumni Association will present the faculty service, alumni family of the year and alumni merit awards. This year’s recipients are Deep J. Shah (AB ’08, BS ’08), Young Alumni Award; Rebecca H. White, Faculty Service Award; Willis J. Potts Jr., Friend of UGA Award; C.L. Morehead Jr. (BSA ’50) and James H. Blanchard (BBA ’63, LLB ’65), Alumni Merit Awards; The John F. (BBA ’58, MBA ’60) and Marilyn McMullan family, Family of the Year Award.
GRADY CENTENNIAL Honors Week concludes with a centennial celebration of the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. Events include a showcase of student work, a 100th birthday field party April 17, a Centennial Gala April 18 and a Centennial Brunch April 19. For details, go to grady100.uga.edu.
RESIDENTS from page 1 which costs $25, is April 7. A portion of the proceeds from ticket sales will support the UWC scholarship fund for women at UGA. Those interested should contact Corey DeLamater, assistant treasurer, at 706-548-5543, to purchase tickets. Members and guests with special dietary requirements should call Tommie Mullis at 706-395-6389 before April 7.
Administrative Professionals Day
The Administrative Professionals Day Conference, sponsored by the Georgia Center for Continuing Education and the International Association of Administrative Professionals, will be held April 24 at the Georgia Center from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Breakout sessions will feature speakers who will discuss practical tips for enhancing skills and putting professional development on a faster track. Felicia Mabuza-Suttle, president and co-owner of Leadership Success International, will deliver the keynote address, “How to Increase Your Personal Power, Passion and Image.” Conference fees range from $39 to $189. For more information, visit http://t.uga.edu/1mA. Bulletin Board is limited to information that may pertain to a majority of faculty and staff members.
education assignments, applicants rank programs at which they would like to complete residencies, and residency programs rank the applicants. The final pairings, coordinated by NRMP, were announced March 20. Residents are physicians who have graduated from medical school and are beginning supervised training that leads to licensure to practice medicine. This first class of residents has a strong connection with Georgia. It includes five individuals who attended UGA for their undergraduate degrees, one of whom also will be a Medical Partnership Class of 2015 graduate. In addition, another individual attended Emory University and received a master’s degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology. “We are very pleased that in the first year of our joint residency program, all 10 available positions have been filled,” said Don McKenna, St. Mary’s president and CEO. “To me, this speaks volumes about the attractiveness of our new program to the next generation of physicians. We are proud to be an integral part of this effort to bring more medical doctors to Georgia and to the Athens region in particular.” “Commitment, hard work and a passion to improve health care are all necessary for the development of a new residency program,” said Dr. Barbara Schuster, dean of the GRU/UGA Medical Partnership. “Like the first class of partnership medical students, these applicants have chosen to seize the opportunity to help build graduate medical education in Athens. Kudos and thanks to everyone who, through teamwork, brought the vision of graduate medical education in Athens to fruition.” Residents arrive in Athens June 24 for orientation and begin work in the hospital July 1.