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UGA Opera Theatre brings ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ to stage Feb. 23-25
February 19, 2018
Vol. 45, No. 25
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Terry College names building for Sanford and Barbara Orkin
By David Dodson ddodson@uga.edu
Claire Jordan
School of Social Work and School of Law students participated in an interdisciplinary mock trial as part of the CEASE Clinic conference. The Trauma Informed Termination of Parental Rights Mock Trial allowed the students to gain new perspectives about challenging cases.
Trial run
School of Social Work and School of Law partner to create trauma-informed courtroom By Claire Jordan sswpr@uga.edu
Ten graduate students stood in the Hatton Lovejoy Courtroom as Judge Jerry Bruce called the court to order. A fictitious but alltoo-familiar case commenced. A 10-year-old boy had been taken from his parents after alleged abuse by the father and neglect from the mother. Although the students had studied child maltreatment, the setting was new for six of them. They were the first master’s degree candidates from the School of Social Work to participate in a mock trial in which they played key roles. Each client brought an earnest perspective to the table. The state petitioned for termination of parental rights, the mother for sole custody and the father for
full custody for both parents. The attorneys began calling expert witnesses. One by one the students took the stand—one as a case manager from the Department of Family and Child Services, one as a forensic interviewer, others as the child’s therapist and the mother’s therapist. Their testimony was meticulously examined and crossexamined. Some attorneys— played by law students—attempted to cloud their expert opinions, while others sought to prove their legitimacy. The event was a first in Georgia, where nearly 14,000 children are currently in foster care. Of that number, an estimated 50 percent will receive a termination of parental rights ruling from the juvenile court system. Social workers play a key part in those rulings because they are often called to testify as
expert witnesses. However, this is an area few social work programs touch upon in their curricula, and few new social workers understand what is expected of them. Similarly, mock trial programs in law schools rarely focus on cases involving juvenile court. As a result, too often collaboration between lawyers and social workers fails families. An innovative partnership between the UGA School of Law and School of Social Work aims to strengthen lines of communication and better prepare future professionals. The partnership is led by Emma Hetherington, the director of the Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation, or CEASE, Clinic and Jennifer Elkins, an associate professor at the School of Social Work and an expert in child maltreatment and See TRIAL on page 8
OFFICE OF RESEARCH
The next building to become part of the UGA Terry College of Business will be named for Sanford and Barbara Orkin of Atlanta. The University System of Georgia Board of Regents has approved naming one of the two buildings currently under construction in the third and final phase of the Business Learning Community for the Orkins in recognition of their longstanding support of UGA, including a $5 million gift to the Terry College of Business. “Sanford and Barbara Orkin’s tremendous generosity will leave an
enduring legacy at the University of Georgia,” said President Jere W. Morehead. “Their latest gift, which will further enhance the learning environment on our campus, demonstrates their unyielding commitment to supporting the endeavors of our students, faculty and staff.” The building to be named Sanford and Barbara Orkin Hall— at the corner of Baxter and Hull streets—will include a large auditorium, undergraduate classrooms, a behavioral lab, a computer lab for marketing research, interview suites, and faculty and administrative offices. “Throughout this building
See ORKIN on page 8
DIVISION OF FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION
Payroll changes will go into effect in December as part of transition By Krista Richmond krichmond@uga.edu
As UGA transitions to the University System of Georgia’s OneUSG Connect system, several important payroll changes will occur in December 2018. • All monthly and academic pay dates will move to the last business day of the month. • Pay dates for hourly biweekly and salaried biweekly payrolls will be synced and standardized. • The work week will change from Thursday through Wednesday to Sunday through Saturday. The move to OneUSG Connect, which allows HR/payroll systems at all USG schools to be standardized and helps streamline business processes, will affect all of the approximately 5,200 salaried biweekly, 5,200 hourly biweekly,
6,500 monthly and 3,800 academic employees at UGA. More than 400 volunteers across all of UGA’s campuses, including about 150 Change Champions, are working on the transition, which at UGA is part of the OneSource Project. “The volunteers who have brought their voices to the table to provide input and insight and help make decisions have really been amazing,” said Sarah Fraker, change management lead on UGA’s OneSource Project. “Those partnerships bring such value both to the project as well to their units and departments.” Approximately half of USG schools already are usng this system, which is built on Oracle’s PeopleSoft. The other half will transition through 2019. Georgia See PAYROLL on page 8
FRANKLIN COLLEGE
Industry Express licensing program will foster collaborations, new ways to license technologies Institute for Women’s Studies sets By Crystal Leach at UGA. During this time, industry- Derek Eberhart. “Our goal is to Women’s History Month events csleach@uga.edu
The University of Georgia now offers companies sponsoring research three additional ways to license intellectual property developed in the course of their research collaborations. The new program, Industry Express, makes negotiating research agreements a faster and more transparent process and eliminates uncertainty about licensing costs. Over the past five years, more than 350 companies in industries ranging from pharmaceuticals and biotechnology to solar energy and field crops have sponsored research
funded research expenditures at UGA have increased sevenfold. To build on this momentum, the Industry Express program was developed by the Office of Research Industry Engagement team and led by Innovation Gateway. As the university’s licensing and startup arm, Innovation Gateway licenses UGA discoveries with commercial potential—such as new vaccines, therapeutics or engineering technologies—to industry. “This new program benefits our industry partners by streamlining the processes of contracting and licensing sponsored research,” said Innovation Gateway Director
get technologies that arise from UGA research into the hands of people who can develop them into products for the greatest impact.” In addition, Eberhart said, Industry Express benefits UGA researchers by making it easier for companies to collaborate by sponsoring research. The three Industry Express agreements offer companies an exclusive license in each case, with flexibility for the duration of the license and the payment terms. Each alternative includes a defined-upfront license fee set at a percentage of the total sponsored
See LICENSING on page 8
By Terri Hatfield tlhat@uga.edu
In recognition of the 2018 national Women’s History Month theme “Honoring Women Who Fight All Forms of Discrimination Against Women,” the Institute for Women’s Studies at the University of Georgia will be sponsoring numerous programs in March. This year’s keynote address will be presented by Andrea J. Ritchie, Researcher-in-Residence on Race, Gender, Sexuality and Criminalization at the Social Justice Institute of the Barnard Center for Research on
Women. Her lecture, “Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women o f C o l o r,” named for her Andrea Ritchie recently published book examining police brutality of women of color, will take place March 1 at 6:30 p.m. in Room 271 of the Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries. A See WOMEN on page 8
2 Feb. 19, 2018 columns.uga.edu ENTERPRISE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES New login process for eLC, Athena, employee self-service will go into effect in March By Sara Pauff
spauff@uga.edu
In March, the login process for several UGA web applications will change. Effective March 12, students, faculty and staff will be required to use ArchPass to log in to eLearning Commons (See Cybersights, page 7) and the employee self-service site at employee.uga.edu. Students, faculty and staff also will be required to use ArchPass to access Athena, the UGA student information system, beginning March 23. ArchPass is UGA’s phone-enabled two-step login solution, powered by Duo. Systems protected by ArchPass have two steps to the login process instead of one. 1) Enter a MyID and password 2) Verify your ID with a phone or tablet enrolled in Duo. You can verify your ID with a push notification to a smartphone, a passcode generated through the Duo mobile app, an SMS text notification to a cell phone or a phone call to a cell phone or landline phone. Once you log in with ArchPass, you can choose to have your browser remember your ArchPass login for seven days. After seven days, or if you switch to a different device or web browser, you will have to log in with ArchPass again. Requiring ArchPass for access to eLC, Athena and the employee self-service site will help ensure the security of sensitive student and employee information. To begin using ArchPass to access any of these systems, you will need to enroll a phone or tablet in Duo, the third-party service that powers ArchPass. You can enroll smartphones, cellphones, tablets or landline phones. These devices are used to verify your identity whenever you log into a system. Students, faculty and staff can enroll devices now through the Duo self-service portal on the ArchPass website (archpass.uga.edu). Enrollment is entirely self-service and should take only five minutes. Instructions for enrolling a device are available on the EITS YouTube channel at http://bit.ly/2ELGxjf. In addition, a webinar recorded on Feb. 15 about using ArchPass has been posted to archpass.uga.edu. Students and employees should enroll devices in advance to avoid getting locked out of eLC, Athena or employee.uga.edu on the effective dates listed above. Several UGA systems already are protected by ArchPass. Systems holding sensitive or restricted data, such as financial data or Social Security numbers, have required ArchPass since 2013. Access to the campus network (Remote Access VPN) and the student computing resource, vLab, have been protected by ArchPass since early 2017. If you already have enrolled devices to access other ArchPass-protected systems, such as the Remote Access VPN or vLab, you do not have to enroll again. More information about ArchPass is available at archpass.uga.edu. If you have trouble enrolling devices or using ArchPass, contact the EITS Help Desk at 706-542-3106 or helpdesk@uga.edu.
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WILLSON CENTER FOR HUMANITIES AND ARTS, GRADY COLLEGE
Panelists will discuss ‘Journalism and the Contemporary South’ By Dave Marr
davemarr@uga.edu
The Willson Center for Humanities and Arts and the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication will host the panel discussion “Journalism and the Contemporary South.” The Feb. 22 conversation will explore the innovations and challenges inherent in telling stories that speak to a tumultuous time in a distinct but evolving region, and amid critical upheaval in the field of journalism itself. The discussion, which will be held at 4 p.m. in the Chapel, will include senior Grady College journalism faculty as well as writers and editors with decades of combined experience with local, regional and national publications. The panelists are Eliza Borne, editor of the Oxford American; Valerie Boyd, UGA’s Charlayne Hunter-Gault Distinguished Writer-in-Residence and associate professor of journalism in the Grady College; Richard Fausset, Atlanta bureau chief of The New York Times; Alysia Nicole Harris, managing editor of Scalawag; Pete McCommons, editor and publisher of Flagpole; and Chuck Reece, editor-in-chief of The Bitter Southerner. Charles Davis, professor and dean of the Grady College, will moderate the discussion. “Nothing like a discussion with some of the finest journalists I know
Journalists (top row, from left) Valerie Boyd, Richard Fausset, Eliza Borne, (bottom row) Chuck Reece, Alysia Nicole Harris and Pete McCommons will take part in the conversation.
about my two favorite topics— journalism and the South,” Davis said. “I’m looking forward to a lively, enlightening conversation that highlights some of the amazing work being done to define modern Southern culture.” The event is part of the Global Georgia Initiative, an annual guest speaker series produced by the Willson Center. It is presented in partnership
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Ohio State University political scientist to give 2018 Parthemos Lecture By Caroline Paczkowski cparis@uga.edu
Noted Ohio State University political scientist Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier will deliver the annual George S. Parthemos Lecture hosted by the political science department at the University of Georgia. Her lecture is titled “The Importance of Studying Difference and Change in the Social Sciences.” The lecture, co-hosted by the School of Public and International Affairs, will be presented Feb. 22 at 3:30 p.m. in Room 480 in Baldwin Hall. “We are delighted to have such an accomplished expert on campus,” said Matthew R. Auer, dean of the School of Public and International Affairs. “Dr. Box-Steffensmeier has dedicated her career to improving how we ask and answer questions about politics, public opinion and voting. Considering her contributions to the field, she is among a few scholars who can speak authoritatively on the wide-ranging subject of difference and change in the social sciences.” Box-Steffensmeier is the Vernal Riffe Professor of Political Science and professor of sociology at The Ohio State University, where she currently serves as the divisional dean for social and behavioral sciences and the dean for graduate affairs for the College of Arts and Sciences. Additionally, she directs the program in statistics and methodology. Box-Steffensmeier was recently selected as a member of the 2017 class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She has twice received the Gosnell Award for the best work in political methodology and the Emerging Scholar Award of the elections, public opinion and voting behavior section of the American Political Science Association in 2001. She was an inaugural Fellow of the Society for Political Methodology. “Box-Steffensmeier offers the perfect blend of commitment to teaching and mentoring and academic accomplishment,” said Scott H. Ainsworth, head of the political science department. “Seldom do we see such distinguished scholars with a list of teaching accolades as long or longer than their list of research awards. As a professor, scholar and dean, she is in every way a leading figure in the field of political science.” The Parthemos Lecture that Box-Steffensmeier will deliver honors the late political science professor George S. Parthemos, who taught at the University of Georgia from 1953 until his death in 1984. During his distinguished career at the university, Parthemos served as an Alumni Foundation Distinguished Professor, head of the political science department and vice president for instruction. His wife, the late Georgia Parthemos, helped to ensure the long-term success of this lecture series, which began in 1987.
with the Grady College, The Bitter Southerner, Flagpole, Oxford American and Scalawag. The Global Georgia Initiative presents global problems in local context with a focus on how the arts and humanities can intervene. The series is made possible by the support of private individuals and the Willson Center Board of Friends.
SCHOOL OF LAW
Natural disasters, environmental law focus of conference
By Lona Panter lonap@uga.edu
The University of Georgia School of Law will host the 30th annual Red Clay Conference March 2 in the Larry Walker Room of Dean Rusk Hall starting at 9 a.m. “When Disaster Strikes: How Environmental Laws and Policies Can Increase Resiliency in Communities” will include three panel discussions as well as two featured speakers. The keynote address, “Environmental Perspectives on Disaster Law,” will be delivered by Robert R.M. Verchick, the holder of the Gauthier-St. Marten Chair in Environmental Law at Loyola University New Orleans. Verchick is also a senior fellow at Tulane University’s Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy and is the president of the Center for Progressive Reform, a national policy institute focused on public health, public welfare and environmental protection. Michael P. Vanderbergh will present a morning lecture focusing on environmental problem solving in the private sector. Vanderbergh holds the Allen Distinguished Chair of Law at Vanderbilt Law School, where he also serves as the director of the school’s Climate Change Research Network and is the co-director of its Energy, Environment and Land Use Program. Panel discussions will address local and state resiliency initiatives, flood insurance and resiliency issues involved in the Camden County space port and rezoning effort. Registration for the conference is required, and lunch will be provided. The event is free for members of the UGA community. For attorneys seeking four continuing legal education credits, the cost is $65. The fee for all other entrants is $10. The annual Red Clay Conference aims to increase public awareness of environmental issues of regional, national and international significance through a series of educational presentations and open forum discussions. It is entirely student-organized by members of the law school’s Environmental Law Association. Visit http://bit.ly/2Cj7mWo for more information.
RESEARCH NEWS
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Digest Irish author Kevin Barry to give reading
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Ajaya Biswal, assistant research scientist, and Debra Mohnen, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, are researching biofuels using cottonwood poplars.
‘More to learn’
Gene improves plant growth and conversion to biofuels By Allyson Mann tiny@uga.edu
A research team led by the University of Georgia has discovered that manipulation of the same gene in poplar trees and switchgrass produced plants that grow better and are more efficiently converted to biofuels. Due to the composition of plant cell walls, plant material is not efficiently broken down or deconstructed to the basic sugars that are converted to biofuels. In a paper published in Nature Biotechnology, the researchers report that reducing the activity of a specific gene called GAUT4 leads to lower levels of pectin, a component of plant cell walls responsible for their resistance to deconstruction. “It’s expensive to produce biofuels,” said lead author Debra Mohnen, a member of UGA’s Complex Carbohydrate Research Center and professor of biochemistry and molecular biology in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. “It takes a lot of energy to break open plant biomass, with a pretreatment process involving chemicals, high
temperatures and enzymes that break complex polymers into smaller sugars that can be turned into fuels. Even relatively modest increases in the efficiency of deconstruction can be important on an industrial scale.” Mohnen and a team of researchers at six institutions found that reducing the expression of GAUT4 in poplar and switchgrass led to a 70 percent reduction in pectin content and produced a 15 percent increase in sugar release. Unexpectedly, it also led to an increase in the growth of both plant species, an added benefit. “We increased the amount of biomass yield of field-grown switchgrass sixfold, and we increased the amount of ethanol yield sevenfold per plant,” Mohnen said. “We also observed increased growth and sugar release in poplar.” The increase in plant yield and sugar release, demonstrated in both greenhouse and field trials for switchgrass, bodes well for creating biofuels, an important alternative to fossil fuels. Switchgrass and poplar previously were identified by the U.S. Department of Energy as two biofuel feedstocks that
can be grown on land that would not profitably support food crops. The team also explored the mechanism behind the results, producing the first evidence that a reduction in GAUT4 specifically reduces two of the three types of pectin in plants. The influence of pectin on biofuel production largely has been ignored, according to the paper’s first author, Ajaya Biswal, assistant research scientist at the CCRC. In research that began more than a decade ago, Biswal found GAUT4 expressed in poplar and then targeted the gene in both poplar and switchgrass. “We tend to forget that understanding the mechanics and wall structure of a plant like switchgrass is a long journey,” he said. “Mother Nature took millions of years to build it, and fully exploring it in 10 years is impossible. We still have so much more to learn.” For this study, UGA researchers joined with scientists from the DOEBioEnergy Science Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, University of Tennessee, ArborGen and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The paper is online at http://go.nature. com/2Bn3VBr.
GLOBAL GEORGIA INITIATIVE
‘Inspector Chen’ author shares reasons for writing By Emily Webb
sew30274@uga.edu
During a Feb. 8 visit to UGA, author, poet and translator Qiu Xiaolong shared the circumstances of his upbringing and how the Cultural Revolution influenced his writing. Qiu said that while his father was in the hospital, he had to write confessions for him for the Red Guard. That experience gave him the confidence to write. “I want to open a window for people to look into contemporary China,” Qiu said. “It’s also my way of coming to terms with change, because China has been changing so fast.” Qiu was on campus to give the 2018 Betty Jean Craige Lecture. Part of the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts’ Global Georgia Initiative, the lecture also was designated a Spring 2018 Signature Lecture. Qiu has published nine mystery novels, two volumes of poetry, a collection of short stories and three translated volumes of Chinese poetry. His mystery
novels follow Chief Inspector Chen Cao, and the first novel in the series, Death of a Red Heroine, received the 2001 Anthony Award. “I did not begin to write a mystery novel,” Qiu said. “I just wanted to write a novel about China and the Chinese society in transition. I found that the mystery novel could provide a very convenient framework for what you want to say.” Qiu’s Inspector Chen series has sold more than 2 million copies worldwide and has been translated into 20 languages. BBC Radio broadcasts the series, and a French graphic novel has been created. “For my Inspector Chen books, I want to write about why and how people could have become murderers in what kind of social, cultural, historical circumstances,” said Qiu, who read excerpts from Shanghai Redemption, the most recent novel in his Inspector Chen series, as well as from Poems of Inspector Chen and Voices of Red Dust. “From the very beginning, he is a
character of contradiction,” Qiu said of Inspector Chen’s popularity with readers. “On the one hand, he doesn’t want to do the job. On the other, it is always good for a cop to have a different perspective. Readers can read a mystery and take a trip to China.” The Betty Jean Craige Lecture is named for the University Professor Emerita of Comparative Literature and a former director of the Willson Center. A teacher, scholar, translator and writer, Craige has published 17 books in literature, politics, arts and the history of ideas. Qiu’s visit was co-sponsored by the comparative literature department and the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts.The Global Georgia Initiative presents global problems in local context with a focus on how the arts and humanities can intervene.The series is made possible by the support of private individuals and the Willson Center Board of Friends. The Signature Lecture series highlight campus talks by some of the world’s most prominent thought leaders.
Kevin Barry, acclaimed Irish author of the novels Beatlebone (2015) and City of Bohane (2011), will give a reading Feb. 20 at Cine, 234 W. Hancock Ave. The free event is hosted by the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts in partnership with Avid Bookshop. A public reception with light refreshments and book sales will begin at 6 p.m. prior to the reading at 6:30 p.m. In addition to his novels, Barry has published two short story collections, There are Little Kingdoms (2007) and Dark Lies the Island (2012). He won the Goldsmiths Prize for Beatlebone, a New York Times Notable Book of 2015; the 2013 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for City of Bohane; and the 2007 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature for There Are Little Kingdoms. In 2016, he received the Lannan Foundation Literary Award for Fiction.
Stanford professor will discuss benefits of art at Strange Lecture
As part of its Aralee Strange lecture series, the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia will host Shirley Brice Heath Feb. 22 at 5:30 p.m. Heath holds the Marjorie Bailey Professorship in English and Dramatic Literature and is a professor emerita of linguistics at Stanford University. Her work focuses on the ways in which long-term engagement with art can drive the linguistic and cognitive development of adolescents. Her talk, “The Arts as Brick and Mortar of Community Building,” will draw from national and international contexts in which the arts are building community togetherness, communication and comfort. Heath’s talk is also a UGA Signature Lecture. This lecture is funded by the Aralee Strange Fund for Art and Poetry at the museum. Created by donors Kathy Prescott and Grady Thrasher, it honors their friend Aralee Strange, a poet, filmmaker and playwright who lived in Athens and died in 2013.
Willson Center to host panel discussion
A roundtable panel on “Women, Hollywood and the #METOO Era” will be held Feb. 23 at 4 p.m. in the Balcony Theatre (Room 400) of the Fine Arts Building. UGA faculty members will assess ongoing hurdles and notable triumphs for women in American filmmaking today. The panel will include Antje Ascheid, associate professor of film studies; Maryann Erigha, assistant professor of sociology; Kate Fortmueller, assistant professor of entertainment and media studies; and Rielle Navitski, assistant professor of film studies. Richard Neupert, Wheatley Professor of the Arts, will moderate the discussion, which is open free to the public. The audience will be invited to join the discussion. “Every semester for nearly 20 years now, the Willson Center Cinema Roundtables have brought together interdisciplinary panels on an array of film-related topics, from classic movies to the latest trends,” Neupert said. “This semester, my film studies colleagues Antje Ascheid and Rielle Navitski suggested we confront the most compelling and significant issue of our era, women in Hollywood and the #METOO and #TIMESUP movements. This panel provides context to the scandals and frank discussion about the ongoing challenges for women in media today. But we also want to highlight the many truly significant films written, directed and produced by women this year.” The Willson Center Cinema Roundtable meets to discuss topics of film history, criticism and theory. Neupert, the coordinator of UGA film studies, organizes and moderates the roundtables.
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Figure Settings: Sculpture by Jean Wilkins Westmacott. Through Feb. 22. Circle Gallery, Jackson Street Building. 706-542-8292. Artful Instruments: Georgia Gunsmiths and Their Craft. Through Feb. 25. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. gmoa@uga.edu. Clinton Hill. Through March 18. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. gmoa@uga.edu. Opera in Print: Fin-de-Siecle Posters from the Blum Collection. Through April 22. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. gmoa@uga.edu. Exhibition: Crafting History: Textiles, Metals and Ceramics at the University of Georgia. Through April 29. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. gmoa@uga.edu. Wrestling Temptation: The Quest to Control Alcohol in Georgia. Through Sept. 21. Special collections libraries. 706-542-7123. jhebbard@uga.edu.
MONDAY, FEB. 19 FILM SCREENING AND DISCUSSION Called to Rescue is a documentary film that showcases the lives of farm animals that have been saved from the modern animal agriculture production machine and highlights the personal stories of dedicated people who care for them at farm sanctuaries across the country. Discussion will be led by Janet Frick, UGA psychology professor, and Kat Howkins, who runs Sweet Olive Farm Animal Rescue, a sanctuary located in Winterville. Sponsored by Speak Out for Species and the UGA Office of Sustainability as part of the Animal Voices Film Festival. 7 p.m. 148 Miller Learning Center. 706-224-3796. sos@uga.edu. CONCERT The Accordion Virtuosi of Russia will perform a repertoire that encompasses musical genres ranging from folk music to rock songs. $36-$41. 8 p.m. Hodgson Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center. 706-542-4400.
TUESDAY, FEB. 20 SUSETTE M. TALARICO LECTURE “Trust, Race and Police: The Contemporary Challenges of History,” Louis M. Dekmar, chief of police and chief of public safety for the city of LaGrange. During the span of his 40-year career, Dekmar has served in law enforcement as a police officer, detective, division commander and chief of police. Presented by the Criminal Justice Studies Program and the Criminal Justice Society. 11 a.m. Larry Walker Room, Dean Rusk Hall. ECOLOGY SEMINAR Mark Bradford, Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. 3:30 p.m. Auditorium, ecology building. A reception will follow at 4:30 p.m. in the ecology building lobby. 706-542-7247. bethgav@uga.edu. READING Irish author Kevin Barry. A public reception with light
CMSLC to perform music ‘From Vienna to Hollywood’ Feb. 25 By Bobby Tyler
r efreshments and book sales will begin at 6 p.m. prior to the reading at 6:30 p.m. Cine, 234 W. Hancock Ave. 706-542-3966. wcha@uga.edu. (See Digest, page 3). CINEMA POLITIQUE Cinema Politique aims to introduce and discuss international and national political developments on the basis of movies and documentaries. The February 2018 selection is the Peabody Award-winning 2001 movie Boycott. Introducing the program and leading the discussion will be Freda Scott Giles, UGA emerita professor of theatre and the Institute for African American Studies. Giles and her late husband, Leroy Giles, appear in the movie. 6:30 p.m. 250 Miller Learning Center. 706-542-4789. mlmiller@uga.edu.
READING The University of Georgia Creative Writing Program and the University of Georgia Press present a reading by poet Christopher P. Collins. The recipient of the 2017 Georgia Poetry Prize chosen by David Bottoms, Collins is a former military officer and a 12-year veteran of the U.S. Army Reserve, having completed three overseas combat deployments in Afghanistan and Iraq. He is the 2015 winner of Farmingdale’s Paumanok Poetry Award and has published one poetry chapbook, Gathering Leaves for War. 7 p.m. The Globe, 199 N. Lumpkin St. 706-542-2659. cwp@uga.edu. UNIVERSITIY THEATRE Detroit, by playwright Lisa D’Amour, turns an all-American backyard barbeque into a menacing affair when mysterious new neighbors move into a Detroit suburb and upend the lives of an average couple. $16; $12, students. Performances are Feb. 20-24 at 8 p.m. and Feb. 25 at 2:30 p.m. Cellar Theatre, Fine Arts Building. 706-542-2836. wclay87@uga.edu.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 21 TOUR AT TWO Join Abigail Kosberg, art history graduate student and the graduate intern at the Daura Center, for a special tour of Opera in Print: Fin-de-siecle Posters from the Blum Collection. 2 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. hazbrown@uga.edu. BOOK DISCUSSION Ward Morehouse III and Katherine Boynton talk about behind the scenes on Broadway and inside some of the world’s most lavish hotels. Morehouse’s book, Broadway After Dark: A Father and Son Cover 100 Years of Broadway, is a portrait of some of the greats and near-greats of the New York theater. 5:30 p.m. Special collections libraries. 706-542-3879. lnessel@uga.edu.
THURSDAY, FEB. 22 BLACK HISTORY MONTH LECTURE Martha Jones, visiting professor at UGA, gives a lecture about her soon-to-be-released book Birthright Citizens: A History of Race and Rights in Antebellum America. 2 p.m. 221 LeConte Hall. GEORGE S. PARTHEMOS LECTURE Speaker: Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier, The Ohio State University. 3:30 p.m. Room 480, Baldwin Hall. (See story, page 2.) GLOBAL GEORGIA INITIATIVE “Journalism in the Contemporary South.” 4 p.m. Chapel. 706-542-3966. wcha@uga.edu. (See story, page 2).
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UGA Opera Theatre to stage ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ By Camille Hayes ceh822@uga.edu
UGA Opera Theatre will complete its trifecta of Wolfgang A. Mozart’s three most famous operas created with librettist Lorenzo da Ponte in its production of Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) happening Feb. 23-25. This energetic period production juxtaposes side-splitting comedy with biting social commentary, all illuminated through Mozart’s score. Performances will take place in the UGA Fine Arts Theatre Feb. 23 and 24 at 8 p.m. and Feb. 25 at 3 p.m. This production is presented with the UGA Opera Orchestra under the baton of international conductor Maestro Hilary Griffiths. Staging is energetically brought to life by guest director Dean Anthony, a faculty member at the Brevard Music Center. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) presents a 1700s version of the complications involving love, power and infidelity that modern society still struggles with today. Based on a famous French play by Beaumarchais, the opera relates the story of how the servants Figaro and Susanna succeed in getting married, foiling the efforts of their philandering employer Count Almaviva. The cast includes Isaiah Feken as the Count, Laura Anna Cotney as the Countess, Rachel Eve Holmes as Susanna, Robert Fridlender as Figaro, Rebecca Sacks as Cherubino, Jason Nichols as Basilio, Ashley Adams as Marcellina, Allen Michael Jones as Bartolo, Bree Nichols as the characters Barbarina and Susanna Cover, Harrison Stenson as Antonio and Chun-Ju Lai as Don Curzio. The opera will be sung in Italian with English supertitles. It is created with Frederick Burchinal, director of opera; Kathryn Wright, principal opera coach; and Oleg Bellini, rehearsal pianist. Tickets are $20, or $6 with a valid UGA Student ID. Purchase tickets online at pac.uga.edu or call 706-542-4400.Parking is available in the Hull Street parking deck. More information about the opera is at music.uga.edu or UGA Opera Theatre brings Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) to the stage Feb. 23-25. ugaopera.weebly.com/news. LECTURE Jessica Silbey, Northeastern University School of Law, is a leading scholar and expert on intellectual property and the use of film to communicate about law. Silbey is the author of The Eureka Myth: Creators, Innovators and Everyday Intellectual Property. 4 p.m. Classroom B, Hirsch Hall. rgabara@uga.edu. ARALEE STRANGE LECTURE “The Arts as Brick and Mortar of Community Building,” Shirley Brice Heath, Stanford University. 5:30 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. hazbrown@uga.edu. (See Digest, page 3.) CINECITTA 10: TENTH ANNUAL ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL The second film of the series, Io non ho paura (2003), will be shown in Italian with English subtitles. 7 p.m. 150 Miller Learning Center. brcooper@uga.edu.
FRIDAY, FEB. 23 CLASS “Native Plant Propagation.” $50. 9 a.m. Mimsie Lanier Center, State Botanical Garden. 706-542-6158. ckeber@uga.edu.
CORE premieres ‘WITHOUT (within) BORDERS’
FREE SPEECH AND HEARING SCREENINGS The UGA Speech & Hearing Clinic will provide free screenings of speech, language, literacy, voice, resonance, fluency and hearing for adults and for children ages 3 years and older. Graduate students with nationally certified/state-licensed audiologists and speech-language pathologists will conduct screenings to identify communication disorders or differences and to provide prevention or intervention resources, when needed. 9 a.m. 593 Aderhold Hall. 706-542-4598. alacy0@uga.edu. WORKSHOP “The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in a Dis-integrative Era: What’s the Problem Now?” will approach the ways that the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning can contribute to helping faculty focus classroom inquiry questions to the current cultural, social and educational context. 2:30 p.m. Reading room, Miller Learning Center. 706-583-0067. megan.mittelstadt@uga.edu. BASEBALL vs. Charlotte. $5-$8. 5 p.m. Foley Field. SOFTBALL vs. College of Charleston. 6 p.m. Jack Turner Stadium. GYMNASTICS vs. LSU. $6, youth; $10, adults. 7 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum.
SATURDAY, FEB. 24
By Jessica Luton
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The UGA Performing Arts Center will present the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Feb. 25 at 3 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall. The program, “From Vienna to Hollywood,” will showcase the music of Franz Schubert and Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Vienna has arguably produced more great music than any other city in the world, but Hollywood’s movie industry also has generated a high level of creative composing. The Chamber Music Society will perform two Fantasies by Schubert from Vienna, followed by the Suite for Piano Left Hand, Sean Lee Two Violins and Cello by Hollywood’s Korngold. The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center is the nation’s premier repertory company for chamber music with a rotating roster of awardwinning instrumentalists. Pianists Juho Pohjonen and Wu Qian, violinists Sean Lee and Danbi Um and cellist Mihai Marica will perform on the Feb. 25 program. Tickets for the concert are $42 and can be purchased at the Performing Arts Center box office, online at pac.uga.edu or by calling 706-542-4400. UGA students can purchase tickets for $6 with a valid UGA ID, limit one ticket per student. The concert will be recorded for broadcast on American Public Media’s Performance Today, the most popular classical music program in the country. A pre-concert lecture will be given by the Chamber Music Society’s Patrick Castillo. The lecture will begin at 2:15 p.m. in Ramsey Concert Hall in the Performing Arts Center. The Performing Arts Center is at 230 River Road on the UGA main campus in Athens.
The UGA dance department’s CORE Contemporary and Aerial Dance Company will present its annual season performance Feb. 22-24 at 8 p.m. at the New Dance Theatre in the dance building. The company will premiere “WITHOUT (within) BORDERS,” an aerial, contemporary dance and multimedia performance. The evening’s nonstop 65-minute show explores themes about internal and external boundaries—personal, cultural, political and spatial—and perceptions about both concrete and invisible walls that are created and destroyed. The performance is enhanced through a visual landscape incorporating projection mapping, animation and film. The company will perform on aerial silks, slings, lyra and bungee. An experimental company by nature, this creative research lab often engages in collaboration with scientists, technicians and artists to transcend science, technology and the arts to create the annual program. “We will bring together UGA student artists with professional dancers who will demonstrate a variety of aerial and contemporary dance skills,” said Bala Sarasvati, UGA’s Jane Willson Professor in the Arts and CORE artistic director. “Our guest artists, performers and colCORE Contemporary and Aerial Dance Company’s laborators greatly enhance the overall show.” CORE Contemporary and Aerial Dance Company season performance explores themes about internal performing members are Gracie Bailey, Kennedy But- and external boundaries. terfield, Madison Calderwood, Kristin Jaspers, Rachel Kelley, Alex Ozbilen, Samantha Miller, Olivia Byers and Aviva Kasowski. In addition, guest artists Shawn Evangelista, a professional dancer and CORE alumnus based in Atlanta; Mario Vircha, a veteran dancer for the Nacional Dance Company of Costa Rica; and Mirna Minkov, a CORE alumna, will be choreographing and performing for the show. CORE alumni will present “Blessed,” choreographed by Bebe Miller and originally performed by the CORE Concert Dance Company in 1998. Former CORE members performing in Miller’s dance are Blake Dalton, Heather Hogan, Stephanie Napierala Little, Anne Shaffer, Jennifer Tweed Morlock, Maryn Whitmore and Genie Wiggins. Tickets are $16 for general admission or $12 for students and seniors. To purchase tickets, visit the Tate Student Center ticket office, order online at pac.uga.edu or call 706-542-4400. Tickets are also available for purchase at the door beginning at 7 p.m. each evening of the concert. Student groups who can make a one-time purchase of eight or more student tickets will receive a group rate of $5 per ticket. Advanced ticket purchases to all shows is highly recommended.
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CLASS “Natural Communities of Georgia” covers Georgia’s diverse natural communities and their plants, including the iconic oak– pine forests, mountain coves, prairies, high mountain summits, pitcherplant bogs, granite outcrops and fire-dependent longleaf pine woodlands. $105. 9 a.m. Visitor Center, Classroom 2, State Botanical Garden. 706-542-6158. ckeber@uga.edu. SYMPOSIUM The UGA Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases will host a day-long symposium “Population Biology of Vector-borne Diseases.” Events will include a series of lectures by leading scientists from around the world, an open discussion of future directions in the field, a poster session where nonspeakers can present their work and a catered reception. Free for UGA affiliates; $25 for nonaffiliated individuals. 9 a.m. Auditorium, ecology building. 706-583-5538. tross312@uga.edu. THE SUMMIT The Professional Entertainment and Sports Association hosts an annual conference that invites industry professionals in music, fashion, film and sports to offer insight to students. Breakfast and lunch will be provided with various networking opportunities. $20. 9 a.m. Bottom floor, Amos Hall. pesa.terry@ gmail.com. SOFTBALL vs. College of Charleston. 1 p.m. Jack Turner Stadium. MEN’S BASKETBALL vs. LSU. $15. 2 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum. SOFTBALL vs. ETSU. 3:30 p.m. Jack Turner Stadium. BASEBALL vs. Charlotte. $5-$8. 4 p.m. Foley Field. FACS 100 GALA: A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION Cocktail reception begins at 6 p.m. Dress is black tie optional. $100. Classic Center Atrium, 300 N. Thomas Street. http://bit.ly/2BrntET. 706-542-3386. alexis.morgan@uga.edu.
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SUNDAY, FEB. 25 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL vs. Florida. $5. Noon. Stegeman Coliseum. BASEBALL vs. Charlotte. $5-$8. 1 p.m. Foley Field. SOFTBALL vs. Gardner-Webb. 1 p.m. Jack Turner Stadium. CONCERT Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center performs “From Vienna to Hollywood,” showcasing the music of Franz Schubert and Erich Wolfgang Korngold. A pre-concert lecture by Patrick Castillo from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center begins at 2:15 p.m. in Ramsey Concert Hall. $42. 3 p.m. Hodgson Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center. 706-542-4400. (See story, far left.) VANILLA SUNDAY Celebrate the vanilla bean orchid with treats, including vanilla sundaes from Freddy’s Frozen Custard. This year will include a special presentation by James Farmer. $20. 5 p.m. Visitor Center, State Botanical Garden. 706-369-6091. sprescot@uga.edu.
MONDAY, FEB. 26 MIDTERM For spring semester. PAYROLL INFORMATION SESSIONS As UGA transitions to the University System of Georgia’s OneUSG Connect as its new human resources and payroll system in December 2018, several important payroll changes will occur in December 2018. Because all UGA employees will experience some level of change when this transition occurs, UGA’s OneSource Project is conducting information sessions about these changes. 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Mahler Hall, Georgia Center for Continuing Education & Hotel. 706-542-0202. onesource@uga.edu. (See story, page 1.) CHARTER LECTURE “Hollywood South: The New $9.5 Billion Georgia Industry.” Presented by a panel of film industry experts. 2 p.m. Chapel. 706-542-0383. kcfite@uga.edu. FILM SCREENING AND DISCUSSION Medicine of the Wolf goes deep into the northern Minnesota landscape to investigate the intrinsic value of the wolf through the eyes of National Geographic photographer Jim Brandenburg. Discussion will be led by Ron Carroll, professor emeritus of ecology at UGA’s Odum School of Ecology, who was involved in the successful reintroduction and release of the Mexican wolf in Arizona and New Mexico. Sponsored by Speak Out for Species and the UGA Office of Sustainability as part of the Animal Voices Film Festival. 7 p.m. 148 Miller Learning Center. 706-224-3796. sos@uga.edu.
COMING UP WORKSHOP Feb. 27. “Increasing Student Critical Thinking about Research Sources” will provide ideas for faculty for in-class learning activities and out-of-class assignments that engage students. 9:30 a.m. Instructional Plaza. 706-542-8802. megan.mittelstadt@uga.edu. PERFORMANCE Feb. 28. Broadway veterans Franc D’Ambrosio and Glory Crampton celebrate the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber. $44. 8 p.m. Ramsey Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center. 706-542-4400.
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Take it to the bank
Brenda J. Cude, a professor of financial planning, housing and consumer economics in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, was recently quoted in ThinkAdvisor about banking apps. Consumers use apps like Acorns or Mylo to round up purchase amounts to the next dollar and invest the change. The apps let parents build up investments for their children or can help young adults jumpstart their savings even before landing a job with a 401(k). The apps are popular among college-age students and post-college adults. “They state a preference for apps over websites or any other mechanism that might achieve the same goal,” said Cude, whose research focuses on the financial literacy of college students. “Clearly, a part of it is convenience, but I think there’s something else at play here. It almost seems as they view an app—versus some other format—as a signal of trustworthiness or that this is the most appropriate way for them to achieve their goals.”
Asthma attack warning system
Andrew J. Grundstein, a professor in the geography department of UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, was recently quoted in Science about thunderstorm-triggered asthma attacks. First identified in the 1980s, thunderstorm asthma is a phenomenon that meteorologists are just beginning to understand. It is known to require high airborne pollen counts, along with thunderstorm winds to sweep up pollen grains and send them pouring down onto a vulnerable populace. Grundstein found that seven thunderstorm asthma events in Melbourne, Australia, featured high pollen levels, multiple storm cells and strong but not damaging winds. “The work we’re doing can help to refine that warning system,” said Grundstein. “More thunderstorms spread more pollen around. Damaging winds aren’t necessary. Pollen is light.”
Protecting gopher tortoises
Kurt Buhlmann, an associate research scientist in the Odum School of Ecology, and Tracey Tuberville, an associate research scientist in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, were recently quoted in Luxora Leader about enterprise and wildlife teams working together to save gopher tortoises. Gopher tortoises dig burrows underground in the southern and coastal parts of Georgia where the soil is sandy. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering protecting gopher tortoises under the Endangered Species Act. Georgia businesses are working with wildlife agencies, private foundations and environmental groups on a project to save the gopher tortoise. Once gopher tortoises make it to adulthood, they’re like “a fixture on the landscape,” said Buhlmann, who is a research scientist at UGA’s Savannah River Ecology Laboratory. “They’re like a rock. They’re going to be there.” “I am actually very optimistic that they are a species you can recover,” said Tuberville, who is an associate research scientist at the SREL. “Everybody has the same goal. Even if it’s just to make sure they’re not listed, in the end that means effective conservation for tortoises.”
Vaccination value
Glen Nowak, director of the Center for Health and Risk Communication at Grady College, was interviewed for an article for Infectious Disease Advisor about adult vaccinations. “It’s important to continue to do research to identify the social psychological factors and communication approaches that matter most when it comes to adult vaccinations, and that needs to be done with adults in general, health care providers, and policymakers,” said Nowak. “For each group, we need a better understanding of what it takes to move them from having little or no appreciation or urgency for adult vaccines and immunization to highly valuing them.”
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Kyla Sterling facilitates many programs at the business college, including Terry Ambassadors, Terry Connect, Terry Peer Link and the Business Ready Initiative. She also oversees the Terry Women’s Initiative, which will host its second student conference in April.
Model behavior: Terry administrator helps students prepare for future By Jim Lichtenwalter
james.lichtenwal25@uga.edu
Kyla Sterling’s days are full of students. At any given moment she is advising, assisting or overseeing some of them in the Terry College of Business. As the assistant director of student engagement in the college’s Office of Undergraduate Student Services and Corporate Relations, Sterling strives to help students build their networks, make connections and ultimately land a job. “I really value being able to provide help and support students and making a difference in their lives,” she said. In her current role, Sterling facilitates many Terry College programs, including Terry Ambassadors, Terry Connect, Terry Peer Link and the Business Ready Initiative. One of her main objectives is to orchestrate meetings between the college’s alumni and current students. Sterling does this by organizing events such as roundtable discussions with alumni, a monthly panel series and “flash mentoring” opportunities that allow students to meet with alumni one-on-one. These events are helpful to students because they provide guidance and can open doors to internships and careers. Sterling also oversees the Terry Women’s Initiative, a personal passion of hers. The inclusive organization is
dedicated to providing students with the opportunities and resources for academic and professional success. “We want to show students that they can succeed in so many ways,” Sterling said. “And it is confidence as much as ability that defines our potential.” The student-centered initiative was founded in 2015 with the support of UGA alumna Betsy Camp, who was joined by UGA alumnae Debbie Storey, Elisha Finney, B onney Shuman, Laura Brightwell and Elizabeth Deeley. It hosts events such as corporate site visits, the Sea Island Scholars retreat and networking opportunities. “My personal philosophy is that we just need more women leaders,” Sterling said. “We are growing that generation right now. These are fearless women who are willing to go out and work hard.” Before she began working at UGA in 2014, Sterling was an English composition and literature lecturer for three years at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where she received her master’s degree in creative writing. While teaching, Sterling thoroughly enjoyed interacting with her students, helping them solve problems and succeed. She’s been able to incorporate that passion in her current job at Terry College. “This role helps me feel like I get to do a little bit of teaching,” she said.
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Kyla Sterling Assistant Director of Student Engagement Terry College of Business B.A., History, Marymount College of Fordham University, 2008 M.F.A., Creative Writing, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2011 At UGA: Three years
“I have a lot of one-on-one interactions with students where I advise them on their job and internship searches or help them get plugged into Terry College’s organizations and programs. I find that relationship building to be really meaningful.” Sterling likes to use her own path to UGA to illustrate how one’s career can take unplanned twists and turns. She said that many of her students believe that their major will ultimately define the rest of their lives. Sterling thinks that can’t be further from the truth, and she is living proof. “I didn’t think that a master’s degree in creative writing was going to translate to working in a business school,” she said. “It’s nice to be able to model to these students that life takes you in unexpected places and that you just don’t know what opportunities are going to come to you.”
RETIREES
February Twenty-four UGA employees retired Feb. 1. Retirees, their job classification, department and years of service are: Donna Y. Abad, business manager I, Business Office-Coastal Plain Station, 32 years, 8 months; Lynn G. Burt, human resources director, Office of Human Resources, 15 years, 7 months; Pratt W. Cassity Jr., senior public service associate, College of Environment and Design, 30 years, 5 months; Jean E. Chin, executive director, University Health Center, 29 years, 3 months; Jimmy R. Gabriel, animal facilities supervisor, animal and dairy science-Eatonton Beef Farm, 10 years; Barbara Jean Galvond, academic advisor II, College of Education-dean’s office, 21 years, 5 months; Jill K. Haag, procurement specialist, procurement, 22 years, 3 months; Unessee Hargett Jr., agricultural research coordinator I,
Field Research Services-Coastal Plain Station, 33 years, 5 months; Victoria E. Harris, research professional II, food science and technology, 10 years, 8 months; William Jeffrey Henderson, counseling psychologist, University Health Center, 10 years, 2 months; Matthew J. Ionno, IT professional associate, housing administration, 27 years, 10 months; Karen W. Johnson, county secretary, Northeast DistrictCooperative Extension Service, 6 years, 10 months; Carmen M. Martinez, county extension program assistant, Cooperative Extension Service- College of Family and Consumer Sciences, 11 years, 7 months; Cindy O. McElwee, administrative specialist I, wildlife disease study, 20 years, 9 months; Stephen C. Nickerson, professor, animal and dairy science, 13 years, 6 months; Douglas L. Pittard, boiler operator I, Facilities Management Division-
Energy-Steam Production, 25 years, 3 months; Paul H. Shadowens, assistant manager transit system, campus transit system, 10 years; Mildred M. Sparks, accountant, biochemistry and molecular biology, 28 years, 6 months; Jackson Delano Taylor Jr., research technician III, horticulture research-Coastal Plain Station, 38 years, 5 months; B onnie Sue Thomas, senior accountant, Center for Food Safety-Georgia Plain Station, 16 years, 7 months; Gracie W. Waldrup, assistant editor, School of Law, 24 years; W. Thomas Wilfong, constituentbased director, Office of Development, 10 years, 1 month; Emily B. Wilkinson, instructional research specialist II, Center for Teaching and Learning, 30 years, 2 months; and Teresa E. Williams, public service assistant, Small Business Development Center, 28 years, 8 months. Source: Human Resources
2018 PRESIDENT’S FULFILLING THE DREAM AWARD
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Helping others is a priority for School of Law’s executive director of admissions and diversity programs
Texas Roadhouse head talks with students about life after graduation By Emily Webb
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By Jim Lichtenwalter
james.lichtenwal25@uga.edu
When Gregory Roseboro first traveled from Durham, North Carolina, to visit the University of Georgia’s Athens campus in 1980, he was a 17-year-old track and field recruit with dreams of attending law school. During that visit, he met with Larry Blount, the School of Law’s first AfricanAmerican faculty member. “That meeting really had a major impact on my decision to come to UGA,” Roseboro said. “I saw that as an investment by the university, and I also saw that as an investment by professor Blount.” Fast forward 38 years. Roseboro, who earned his undergraduate degree and Juris Doctor from UGA, is now the law school’s executive director of admissions and diversity programs. He has made “reaching back” and helping people—much like Blount did for him all those years ago—a priority in both the UGA and Athens communities. Last month, Roseboro was the staff recipient of the President’s Fulfilling the Dream Award at the Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Breakfast. A student at UGA from 1980 to 1987, Roseboro was co-captain on the track team his senior year when one of his teammates was Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker. “I was here during what we call the glory years,” he said. “It was a great time.” After graduating from law school, Roseboro worked for six years as a settlement negotiator with State Farm and the United Services Automobile Association in Washington, D.C., before returning to Athens to join a private law practice. In 1994, Roseboro joined the law school at UGA as the assistant director of admissions, student affairs and legal career services. As the executive director of law admissions and diversity programs, he also advises the Davenport-Benham Black Law Students Association, the Asian Law Students Association, the Hispanic Law Students Association and the OUTlaws student organization. “Our society is made up of different people and different cultures,” he said. “If the University of Georgia is going to continue to produce individuals who will be equipped to be leaders in a global society, then we need to have students who reflect that global society.” He enjoys interacting with the law school’s students, assisting them and helping them overcome challenges. “What is really rewarding is to be sitting here 24 years later and to see the accomplishments of former students,” he said. In addition to his work at UGA, Roseboro was the pastor of Piney Grove Baptist Church in Comer from 2001 to 2016, fulfilling a calling toward Christian ministry he had since his senior year of college. “It was a very gratifying experience, because at the end of the day it was all about the service,” he said. Although he is no longer in the pulpit, Roseboro
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In addition to his work at the UGA School of Law, Gregory Roseboro volunteers with the Feed My Sheep Ministries, which assists the residents of East Athens and those living in the Nellie B. Apartments.
c ontinues to minister to those in need. He currently volunteers with the Feed My Sheep Ministries, which assists the residents of East Athens and those living in the Nellie B. Apartments. Roseboro has been married to his wife, Daphne, a public school teacher, for 30 years. They have three adult children. Shantel works in early childhood education and Nicole, after a stint in the military, is a cosmetologist. Gregory II followed in his father’s footsteps by earning his law degree at UGA. He currently is the assistant director of admissions and diversity and inclusion at The Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law. Previously, Roseboro was the president of the Fowler Elementary PTO, part of the Clarke County Board of Education parent advisory board, a member of the Court Appointed Special Advocates board of directors, president of the Cedar Shoals High School basketball booster club and a mentor in the Athens-Clarke County School System. Roseboro said receiving the President’s Fulfilling the Dream Award was a humbling experience. “I felt blessed to be able to receive the award,” he said. “There are a lot of people who are just as—if not more— worthy of the recognition from the university.”
WEEKLY READER
UGA alumnus Scott Colosi used his career experience to advise students on life after college graduation. “I’m still learning, and I’m learning a lot,” Colosi said about his career. “Development ends at death. You never stop learning.” President and chief financial officer of Texas Roadhouse, Colosi spoke on Feb. 9 as part of the Terry Leadership Speaker Series. The talk also was designated a Spring 2018 Signature Lecture. Colosi graduated from UGA in 1986 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. He has more than 25 years of experience in the restaurant industry. Before serving as Texas Roadhouse’s president and CFO, he was the director of investor relations for YUM! Brands Inc., which owns KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell brands. Colosi talked about the importance of purpose and knowing why you do what you do. Texas Roadhouse’s purpose is to make its guests and employees feel special. The company’s mission statement is “Legendary Food, Legendary Service,” and its core values are passion, partnership, integrity and fun. Colosi, who also spoke about the importance of great leadership, said he believes great leaders serve and honor others. “As a leader, you have to look in the mirror first to determine how you can become a better leader,” he said. “Texas Roadhouse respects service, and the company does its own fundraisers and participates in charitable work.” At conference locations, Texas Roadhouse employees serve the local community. “Wherever we go, we want to leave the place a little better when we’ve left it,” Colosi said. In 1993, Colosi and his family moved from Miami, Florida, to Wichita, Kansas. He moved for opportunity and learning, and sometimes, he became frustrated when he wasn’t promoted. Looking back, Colosi said, he realizes how much he was learning, and he advised the students to look at every job as a learning opportunity. “It is a marathon, not a sprint,” he said. “Sometimes we’re in such a rush to get somewhere that we forget where we’re going. If you do the right things, good things will happen. Sometimes, it may take longer than you think.” Colosi advised students to persevere and keep learning. “Treat others the way you want to be treated, and actively listen to people when talking to them,” he said. “Try and be someone who always lifts people up rather than tearing them down.” Colosi told the students, “Don’t be afraid to ask. Don’t be afraid to make mistakes. Making mistakes is the best way to learn.”
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trauma-informed care. “It wasn’t just a mock trial; it was a demonstration of what trauma-informed care in the courtroom looks like,” said Elkins. “The goal was to increase knowledge and skills related to child sexual abuse, child welfare law and trauma-informed practices for both law students and social work students.” Trauma-informed care—understanding, recognizing and responding to the effects of all types of trauma and ensuring that practices don’t re-traumatize a client—was central to the court case. The law students provided representation for the child but did not require his physical presence in the courtroom. He did not have to share a room with his abuser or hear detailed accounts of his trauma, but his wishes were well represented. The mother, a victim of domestic violence at the hands of the father, sat on the other side of the room from her husband. Usually the parents are positioned next to one another. Social work students provided testimony grounded in practices that were developmentally sensitive, evidence informed and trauma specific. Additionally, the attorneys and experts worked together to build their cases. “This is rarely done, if ever,” said Hetherington. “Typically, the two sides work separately. By working together, the different members of the family could feel as if they had a ‘team’ or support system behind them
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from page 1 State University moves to OneUSG Connect in March of this year, followed by UGA in December, Augusta University in June 2019 and Georgia Tech in December 2019. that they may not otherwise have had.” “The University System of Georgia’s After a break, the case came to a head as Judge Bruce called the court to order once goal is to use this system for all institutions,” again, this time to deliver one of the only said Holley Schramski, UGA’s associate unscripted addresses of the trial: the verdict. vice president for university business and In his expert opinion, Bruce ruled that the accounting services. “That really helps with abusive father lose all parental rights while efficiencies and standardizations of business the mother retain her rights and the child practices across the institutions.” OneUSG Connect will offer additional return to her care after more than a year of separation. In the most compelling portion self-service benefits such as the ability to of his ruling, the judge referred to the expert model sample paychecks, change tax exemptestimony of the mother’s therapist, played tions, and change and add direct deposit by Molly Murphy, a second-year student in accounts. Starting in December, UGA employees the School of Social Work’s master’s degree who are paid monthly, including academic program. His decision effectively hinged on her faculty, will be paid on the last business day testimony of the mother’s persistent efforts of each month, even if the last business day to complete her case plan through therapy, is a university holiday. The pay dates for salaried biweekly and parenting classes and visitation. Murphy’s trauma-informed understanding of the hourly biweekly employees will be transimother’s actions as a survivor of domestic tioned to the same day beginning with the violence provided the perspective the court payday of Jan. 4, 2019. In addition, the work week is shifting from Thursday through needed to rule in her favor. Elkins and Hetherington plan to continue Wednesday to Sunday through Saturday. the collaboration and involve psychology This aligns the work week to the typical students, pre-med students and even police weekly calendar and shortens the time between the last day of the pay period and the officers. By raising awareness of how trauma- pay date from eight days to six. To transition informed practices can be implemented in to the new work week and combine the courtrooms, they hope to see an interdis- biweekly payrolls, the following will take ciplinary paradigm for well being become place in December 2018: standard procedure in juvenile court and child welfare systems.
Bulletin Board Brooks Drive project update
The D.W. Brooks Drive Chilled Water Piping Project is underway and progressing well. The project construction team is working diligently to maintain the project on schedule for a summer 2018 completion while managing the impacts to pedestrian and vehicular traffic in the area. Because of safety and logistical constraints, the job site footprint and site boundaries have been expanded. The S05 lot directly across from Boyd Graduate Studies Building and the S05 lot between Hardman Hall and the Electronics Shop will be closed until May 30. Additionally, Soule Street will close to through traffic on Feb. 19 and used for service/construction/delivery vehicles only. Vehicular traffic will travel both directions on West Green Street from Sanford Drive to the S05 lot at Hardman Hall from Feb. 19 through May 30. Because safety is of paramount importance for all campus construction projects, pedestrians are urged to heed all directions and/or warnings of detour signage, barricades, flagmen, etc. Do not tamper with or alter construction barricades. It is important to plan accordingly and prepare to alter pedestrian travel routes across campus. A map detailing the road closures for D.W. Brooks Drive during the project is online at http://bit.ly/2o177KF.
WIP course proposals
The Franklin College Writing Intensive Program is accepting proposals until March 10 from arts and sciences faculty in all disciplines for innovative courses that encourage writing. Faculty who teach WIP courses are supported by a Writing Intensive Program teaching assistant, who is specially trained in writing-in-the-disciplines pedagogy. Visit www.wip.uga.edu for proposal forms and guidelines as well as information about the program. Direct questions to Lindsey Harding, WIP director, at lharding@uga.edu.
Project CHAMPS participants The kinesiology department at UGA’s College of Education seeks couples age 60-75 years who have
internet access to participate in a study to improve physical function. Participants will be enrolled for 31/2 months, and all testing will be performed by the kinesiology department. Participants will be asked to incorporate changes into their physical activity and will be asked to participate in a supervised exercise program. Upon successful completion of the project, participants can be provided with a Fitbit and a free two-month membership, valued at $70, to the Center for Physical Activity and Health. For more information, contact the Body Composition and Metabolism Laboratory at 706-542-4395 or email at CHAMPS.UGA.17@gmail.com.
Cancer survivors class
The East Georgia Cancer Coalition is sponsoring a free group fitness class for UGA cancer survivors who are at least six months removed from treatment, along with any family members and friends. This includes current UGA students, faculty, staff and alumni. The program will run from Feb. 26 through April 19. Classes will be conducted every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 6:30- 7:30 a.m. in the Functional Training Room on the third floor of the Ramsey Student Center. The goal of the program is to create a fun atmosphere for participants to not only reach their fitness goals, but also connect with others who may have had similar experiences. Sign-ups and other information are online at http://bit.ly/2By8mcM.
Fellowship proposal deadline
The deadline to submit proposals for the fall semester Public Service and Outreach Fellowship Program is March 23. Guidelines may be found at http://bit.ly/2nCcyAu. Proposals should be sent electronically to ovppso@uga.edu. Questions should be directed to Paul Brooks, associate vice president for public service and outreach, at pjbrooks@uga.edu or 706-542-6167. Bulletin Board is limited to information that may pertain to a majority of faculty and staff members.
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from page 1 book sale and reception sponsored by the Lucy Hargrett Draper Center and Archives for the Study of the Rights of Women in History and Law will immediately follow the lecture. Over the past two decades, Ritchie has engaged in extensive research, writing and advocacy around the criminalization of women and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people of color. A nationally recognized expert and commentator on policing issues, Ritchie has testified before the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing, the White House Council on Women and Girls, the Prison Rape Elimination Commission and several United Nations Treaty Bodies. She is the coauthor of numerous books and articles on the topic of police brutality against women and LGBT people of color and has served as lead counsel or co-counsel on many groundbreaking litigations challenging unlawful actions against the LGBT community. The Institute for Women’s Studies also will continue its tradition of hosting a film festival during March featuring documentaries highlighting the often-untold stories of women fighting against discrimination and misrepresentation. Open free to the public, film screenings will take place at 6:30 p.m. in Room 271 of the special collections libraries. This year’s film screenings include The Passionate Pursuits of Angela Bowen on March 5, Strange Justice: The Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill Story on March 19 and Miss Representation on March 26. Women’s History Month is hosted by the Institute for Women’s Studies, part of the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. Co-sponsors include the Lucy Hargrett Draper Center and Archives for the Study of the Rights of Women in History and Law; the College of Education; Franklin College; the Graduate School; the Institute of Higher Education; the education college’s lifelong education, administration and policy department; the Office of Institutional Diversity and the sociology department in Franklin College. Learn more at http://iws.uga.edu/.
For salaried biweekly employees • The 11/29/18-12/12/18 pay period will be paid Dec. 20. • The 12/13/18-12/15/18 pay period will be paid Dec. 27. This pay period covers the three days between transitioning from the current system to OneUSG Connect. • The 12/16/18-12/29/18 pay period will be paid Jan. 4. This will be the first pay period using OneUSG Connect. For hourly biweekly employees • The 12/6/18-12/15/18 pay period will be paid Dec. 20. • The 12/16/18-12/29/18 pay period will be paid Jan. 4. This will be the first pay period using OneUSG Connect. Information sessions about the payroll changes will be held Feb. 26 in Mahler Hall at the Georgia Center. A session for unit heads, administrators, business officers and HR practitioners will take place from 9-11 a.m. Two identical sessions for faculty, staff, graduate assistants and student workers will be held from 1:30-2:30 p.m. and 3:30-4:30 p.m. A question-and-answer period will follow each information session. RSVP for the information sessions at onesource.uga.edu. All sessions will be recorded and available on the OneSource website after Feb. 26. For more information, contact your unit’s Change Champion or project coordinator, visit onesource.uga.edu, email onesource@uga. edu or call 706-542-0202.
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campaign and the construction that followed, creating a modern and vibrant learning community for the Terry College of Business has been our primary goal,” said Dean Benjamin C. Ayers. “We are so grateful to the Orkins for their philanthropic investment in the college’s future, and we look forward to opening and dedicating the final two buildings of the Business Learning Community next year.” Sanford and Barbara Orkin both attended UGA. Drafted into military service while still a student, Sanford Orkin joined his family’s pest control business after returning from the Korean War and served as president. Following the sale of Orkin Pest Control to Rollins Inc. in 1964, he maintained real estate and business interests in Atlanta and volunteered his time and support to UGA in many ways, including as a trustee of the UGA Foundation and UGA Real Estate Foundation. “Barbara and I love the University of Georgia and are so pleased to continue our support of its academic mission to educate future leaders for the state and nation,” Sanford Orkin said. The Orkins’ most recent gift extends a remarkable legacy of giving to UGA. The couple has endowed a $1 million scholarship fund for low-income students and a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar position in the Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, and supported the School of Law, the College of Education, the Carl Vinson Institute of Government, the College of Public Health, UGA Athletics and other academic initiatives. The university broke ground on Phase III construction of the Business Learning Community in October 2017 after the dedication of Amos Hall, Benson Hall and Moore-Rooker Hall. Terry College faculty and staff moved into the Phase II buildings last summer, and classes began this past fall. Phase I (Correll Hall) was funded entirely by private contributions and opened in 2015. Phase II and III are the result of a public-private partnership between the state of Georgia and hundreds of donors. The Business Learning Community represents one of the largest capital projects in the University System’s history.
LICENSING from page 1 project budget, which means companies know exactly how much it will cost. Many industry collaborators are familiar with the traditional option, which is still available. With the traditional agreement, there is no upfront fee, and sponsors have exclusive access to negotiate patent rights for up to six months after project completion. “We want to make it as easy as possible
to work with industry. This helps to expand our research opportunities and is in keeping with our land-grant mission,” said UGA Vice President for Research David Lee. “These changes are meant to signal UGA is open for business.” Visit https://research.uga.edu/gateway/ industry-express/ for more information about Industry Express agreements.