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UGA Small Business Development Center aids rural companies

By Christopher James chtjames@uga.edu

Cal Powell

With an alumni base of nearly 20,000, the UGA College of Family and Consumer Sciences is celebrating its centennial with events throughout 2018.

‘Improving lives’ College of Family and Consumer Sciences marks its first 100 years of service to state

By Cal Powell

jcpowell@uga.edu

Although women were unofficially students at the University of Georgia as early as 1903, they didn’t find a home here until after World War I. With a nationwide food shortage raging, women were officially admitted to UGA as undergraduate students in 1918. They took their classes in the home economics and education departments.

A bachelor’s degree for women was approved within the Division of Home Economics, part of the UGA College of Agriculture, in February 1918, and the first 12 female students enrolled in the college that September. Mary Creswell was named director of the new division.

The next year, Creswell made

history by becoming the first woman to receive an undergraduate degree from UGA (in 1914, Mary Lyndon was the first woman to receive a master’s degree from UGA).

“Those women who went before us were driven to learn and understand more, to do more with their education and to contribute more to improving the lives of others,” FACS Dean Linda Kirk Fox said.

Championed by College of Agriculture President Andrew Soule, the Division of Home Economics eventually became the College of Family and Consumer Sciences.

The college now offers a variety of majors, ranging from financial planning to fashion merchandising to nutritional sciences.

These areas of study fall under four departments: foods and

­ utrition; textiles, merchandising n and interiors; financial planning, housing and consumer economics; and human development and family science. The college also is home to the Institute on Human Development and Disability.

With an alumni base of nearly 20,000, the college is celebrating its centennial throughout 2018 with several events and opportunities for engagement.

One of the key features of the centennial celebration is the launch of a special website, fcs.uga.edu/ centennial, that includes timelines, oral histories, photos and biographies of the “FACS 100 Centennial Honorees,” people who brought strength and commitment to the ideals of the profession. The bios of the honorees are at fcs.uga.edu/ centennial/facs_100_honorees.

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Editor’s note: This is part of a series of stories about UGA and economic development in rural Georgia.

Even the basics of international commerce felt foreign to Bruce Roberts.

He knew how to ship something via UPS but didn’t have a clue how international ocean freight worked.

He didn’t know how helpful a Skype account or making a website friendly to international customers could be in attracting overseas clients.

But Roberts needed to learn those skills, and fast, after purchasing ShotKing, a company

based in Adel, that manufactures machines needed in heavy industry.

In such a niche market, there was no way he could profit just selling his product locally.

Roberts called the University of Georgia’s Small Business Development Center.The SBDC is one way that the University of Georgia is making a positive economic impact on the state—a $5.7 billion impact in the last year alone.

In 2008, Roberts enrolled in ExportGA, an SBDC program run by consultants who teach entrepreneurs the basics of exporting while pairing them with an intern from UGA’s Terry College of Business to

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COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

University receives $14M grant to fight global hunger with peanuts

By Allison Floyd alfloyd@uga.edu

The University of Georgia has received a $14 million grant from the U.S. Agency of International Development to manage the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Peanut Research, known as the Peanut Lab, a global peanut research program that works to alleviate hunger by helping farmers in developing countries grow healthy crops. The agreement builds on UGA and USAID’s long-standing partnership on global peanut research dating to the 1980s.

“For nearly a century, the University of Georgia and our partners have focused tremendous research and extension resources toward developing advanced peanut varieties, improving production methods and increasing yields to create

a steady supply of high-quality peanut protein,” said Sam Pardue, dean and director of UGA’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. “With our partnership with USAID, we are committed to continue those efforts to ensure food security at home and around the world.”

As the leader of this Feed the Future Innovation Lab, one of 24 such labs across the U.S., UGA will manage and coordinate a range of research projects by researchers at U.S. universities and partner institutions abroad. In the past, peanut research supported by this program has helped reduce post-harvest loss and boost plant productivity, food safety, and maternal and child nutrition. The new program will build on many of the successes of the previous Peanut See PEANUTS on page 3

WILLSON CENTER FOR HUMANITIES AND ARTS

UGA expands first-year, transfer student support Best-selling mystery author to

By Tracy N. Coley and programs for transfer students. and Stan Jackson

tcoley@uga.edu, ugastan@uga.edu

The University of Georgia is moving forward with plans to expand support for first-year and transfer students. The plans follow three recommendations made by the Presidential Task Force on Student Learning and Success in its final report to UGA President Jere W. Morehead.

Included in the plans are the expansion of the monthlong residential Freshman College Summer Experience to support more underserved students, establishment of a campus-wide Council on the FirstYear Experience and creation of a working group to bolster resources

“These initiatives build upon our existing successful first-year programs that help acclimate new students to UGA,” said Rahul Shrivastav, vice president for instruction.

“This will significantly transform how the university offers support to underserved students.”

The task force recommended steps to make the Freshman College Summer Experience more accessible to first-generation, Pell Grant-eligible and rural students.

The university is implementing plans to make this recommendation a reality by summer 2018 as part of a comprehensive approach to facilitate a successful transition for all first-year students.

Following another task force

Task Force on Student Learning and Success READ THE REPORT: president.uga.edu/report

recommendation, Morehead is establishing a campus-wide Council on the First-Year Experience. This new council will foster collaboration among various offices that offer first-year programs and services and provide a centralized information resource for students and their families.The group will be co-chaired by Associate Vice President for Instruction Naomi Norman and Associate Vice President for Student Affairs Michele Howard.

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give Betty Jean Craige Lecture

By Dave Marr

davemarr@uga.edu

Qiu Xiaolong, author of the internationally acclaimed “Inspector Chen” series of novels, will visit UGA Feb. 8 to give the department of comparative literature’s annual Betty Jean Craige Lecture. Qiu’s visit is part of the Global Georgia Initiative of the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, as well as the university’s Signature Lecture Series.

The event will be held at 4 p.m. in the auditorium of the Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries and will include a

reading and a conversation between Qiu and Nicholas Allen, Franklin Professor of English and director of the Willson Center.

Qui Xiaolong Qiu’s mystery novels, including Death of a Red Heroine (2000), A Loyal Character Dancer (2002) and Shanghai Redemption (2015), feature the central character Chief Inspector Chen Cho, a brilliant detective with an

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DIVISION OF DEVELOPMENT AND ALUMNI RELATIONS

Driving the economy: Bulldog 100 list BULLDOG BUSINESSES reports 47 percent annual growth rate Fastest-growing

The top 10 fastest growing companies owned or operated by UGA alumni in 2018 are:

1. Saucehouse BBQ, Athens 2. Robinson Key, Atlanta 3. Biren Patel Engineering, Atlanta 4. Chicken Salad Chick, Auburn, Alabama 5. Kabbage Inc., Atlanta 6. stable | kernel, Atlanta 7. Crisp Video Group, Atlanta 8. Calhoun Sands Valuation & Advisory Inc., Atlanta 9. Calder & Colegrove Investment Group, Suwanee 10. Microf LLC, Albany

Source: UGA Division of Development and Alumni Relations

Around academe

University of Michigan finishes second in World Solar Challenge

Every two years, universities across the world compete in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge. Drivers in the 1,800-mile race cross the Australian outback in solar-powered cars engineered, designed and built by students.

The University of Michigan’s car—named Novum—finished second in the Challenger Class in 2017, the highest place from a North American university. Over the past 27 years of competing, Michigan has come in third a total of five times.

The bullet-shaped Novum completed the trek across the outback in about five days, about an hour and a half behind the first place Dutch winner, Nuon. The car traveled at an average of about 47.9 mph.

University Health Center offers flu prevention and treatment tips

Flu season is upon us. The University Health Center offers some simple steps to keep yourself and the UGA community healthy.

Preventing the flu

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Get a flu shot. The best way to prevent the flu is to be immune to the viruses. If you haven’t gotten a flu shot yet, you should still get one.

Practice good hand hygiene by either hand washing with soap and water or by using alcohol-based gels.

Do not touch your face, eyes or mouth unless your hands are clean.

Cover your nose and mouth when ­coughing and sneezing. An uncovered cough or sneeze can project respiratory droplets 3 to 6 feet or more.

Treating the flu

Stay home if you are sick. A good rule of thumb if you have the flu is that you should stay home as long as you have a fever. You can return to school or work if you are fever-free for at least 24 hours without using fever reducing medicines.

Cover your nose and mouth when coughing and sneezing. Wash your hands after coughing or sneezing.

If you live in a residence hall, consider going to your permanent home until you have recovered.

Take medication to relieve the symptoms of the flu.

Drink plenty of liquids.

Avoid using alcohol and tobacco.

Rest.

For more information, visit the University Health Center’s influenza website at https://www.uhs.uga.edu/healthtopics/influenza.

Source: University Health Center

By Kelundra Smith kelundra@uga.edu

The University of Georgia Alumni Association recognized the fastestgrowing companies owned or operated by UGA alumni during the ninth ­annual Bulldog 100 Celebration Jan. 27 at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta.

The 2018 fastest-growing business is Saucehouse BBQ, co-founded

by Christopher Belk, who earned his bachelor’s degree from UGA in political science in 2005 and his MBA in 2013.

Belk is from North Carolina, and his co-founder is from Alabama. The pair wanted to highlight the regional differences in barbecue, so customers are offered a variety of sauces for their slow-smoked meats and homemade sides. The restaurant and catering company is based in Athens and is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

“We look forward to the Bulldog 100 Celebration each year because it provides us with an opportunity to deepen our connections with passionate alumni,” said Meredith Gurley Johnson, executive director of alumni relations at UGA. “The feeling in the air as we count down the businesses from 100 to 1 is incomparable. This is such an honor for the honorees because they have poured themselves into their entrepreneurial ventures. We are proud to celebrate their achievements.”

The Atlanta office of Warren Averett CPAs and Advisors partnered with the UGA Alumni Association to review nominated businesses’ financial records to determine the ranked list.

The Bulldog 100 recognizes the

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The UGA Alumni Association recognized the fastest-growing companies owned or operated

by UGA alumni during the ninth annual Bulldog 100 Celebration on Jan. 27 at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta.

fastest-growing businesses regardless of size by focusing on a three-year compounded annual growth rate. The average compounded annual growth rate for this year’s Bulldog 100 businesses was 47 percent.

This year’s list featured 101 businesses, with a tie for No. 45. The class includes companies in a variety of industries, including pharmaceuticals, law, IT, consulting, retail and pest control. Companies in states as far away as California and New York are on the list.

This year’s keynote speaker was Amy Smilovic, founder and creative director of Tibi, an international women’s clothing and lifestyle brand.

During the event, the UGA Alumni Association presented the inaugural Michael J. Bryan Award to 1983 graduate Mark Mahoney, the owner of Jackrabbit Technologies Inc.

in Huntersville, North Carolina. It also announced the Michael J. Bryan Scholarship Fund, which will support students who have financial need and demonstrate an entrepreneurial spirit.

“The UGA Alumni Association is excited to honor our graduates who are founding and leading these prosperous enterprises,” said Bonney Shuman, president of the UGA Alumni Association. “It is even more inspiring to see the impact that these businesses have on our students.

“Many of our Bulldog 100 honorees provide students with scholarships and internships that prepare them for success after graduation,” Shuman also said. “It’s invaluable for students to network with these accomplished business leaders and for the honorees to remain connected to campus by investing in student success.”

CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING

UGA LIBRARIES

By Emily Webb

Last fall, the University of Georgia Libraries and the Office of Research sponsored the first Capturing Science contest.

UGA students were invited to communicate science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, concepts using any media or genre. More than 70 submissions were received covering STEM concepts from a variety of disciplines. The submissions included paintings, textile art, music videos, animated tutorials, podcasts, children’s books, programs, events and other media.

Entries were evaluated by the judges for clarity of expression, creativity and appeal to a broad audience. The judges were Carla Buss, Andrew Johnson, Amy Watts and Elizabeth White.

The winners of the Capturing Science contest have been chosen.

In the graduate category, the first-place winner Megan Prescott received $500 for her submission “Designing Science-Fashion Content.” Katlin Shae won second place and $250 for her art exhibition entry The Woven Quantum, and Zachery Jarrell’s animated video tutorial “A SA-Ve on Efficiency: Surface Area to Volume Ratio Explained” was awarded the third-place prize of $100.

In the undergraduate category, Sara Sturges received $500 for her video submission “Earth Systems.” Camille Watson was awarded $250 and second-place honors for her short story “Mitosis Melodrama.” Mariah Manoylov’s narrative poem and spoken word video, “To Earth, From Mr. Brontosaurus,” was selected for the third-place award of $100. Nathan Trivers received an honorable mention in the undergraduate category for his musical composition “Tree of Life.”

Visit http://guides.libs.uga.edu/capturingscience to view the winning entries along with commentaries explaining why the judges believe they capture the spirit of the contest, and view all submissions, which can be browsed by subject and media/genre.

“I want to extend my thanks to the many people who helped make this contest a success: UGA Libraries administration and the Office of Research for their financial support; Ian Thomas and Diane Trap, who helped with fundraising and graphics, respectively; and Amy Ware and Terry Hastings at the Office of Research for their promotional advice,” said Chandler Christoffel, instruction and research librarian for the UGA science library.

CTL national speaker First Capturing Science series to open Feb. 9 contest winners selected sew30274@uga.edu

The Center for Teaching and Learning’s spring workshop and speaker series focus on active learning, student learning outcomes assessment and learning technology.

CTL’s 2018 National Speaker Series will begin Feb. 9 with Christie Henry, director of the Princeton University Press.

Henry is the featured speaker for Write@UGA, a collaboration between CTL, the English department in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, the Office of Faculty Affairs, the University of Georgia Press, the Office of the Vice President for Instruction and the Office of the Vice President for Research.

Henry will give presentations on “A Field Guide to Books and the Ecosystem of Ideas,” “On Writing as an Essential Nutrient in the Ecosystem of Knowledge” and “In Search of Charismatic Species (and Authors): How to Write Books for General Readers.”

The second event on Feb. 23 will feature Randy Bass of Georgetown University. Bass is the assistant provost for teaching and learning initiatives and the executive director for the Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship. His presentations include “Designing for Difficulty and Assessing What Matters in the New Learning Ecosystem” and “The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in a Dis-integrative Era: What’s the Problem Now?” Nancy Chick, the third speaker, will visit UGA on April 13 for two presentations: “Teaching with our Signatures: Cultivating Disciplinary Habits of Mind” and “Publishing SoTL: Towards a SoTL Writing Culture.”

Chick is the University of Calgary academic director, Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning and holds the University Chair in Teaching and Learning.

The CTL is offering several workshops to discuss the topics of active learning, student learning outcomes assessment and learning technology. On Feb. 7, “Weaving Writing In: A Writing-Intensive Course Design Boot Camp” will feature active learning and assessment.

Register for these events at ctl.uga.edu/events. Visit ctl. uga.edu for additional workshops and support resources for eLC and Student Learning Outcomes Assessment.

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Todd Applegate, head of UGA’s poultry science department, and his team are researching methods of disease prevention.

Healthy chickens, healthy economy UGA’s poultry science department is finding solutions to critical poultry industry problems

By Leigh Beeson lbeeson@uga.edu

In Georgia, poultry farming isn’t just an industry. It’s an integral part of the state’s economy, bringing in more than $3.8 billion annually.

As the number one poultryproducing state, researchers are committed to being the nation’s leaders in poultry research and innovation. No one knows this better than Todd Applegate, head of the University of Georgia’s poultry science department “In Georgia, an estimated 138,000 jobs are linked directly or indirectly to poultry production,” he said. “In short, ensuring the health and well-being of our birds in Georgia is critical to the economy of our state.”

Applegate joined Georgia’s faculty in 2016, the same year Congress committed $114 million to update USDA/ Agricultural Research Service’s National Poultry Research Center in Athens, solidifying the state’s position as the center of the poultry industry.

A critical area of need for research centers on the health of chickens, specifically addressing new guidance from the FDA in 2017 banning the use of

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growth-promoting antibiotics. While antibiotics are still allowed for disease prevention, consumers are demanding higher scrutiny on how and when the drugs are being used.

This presents unique challenges in keeping chickens healthy.Applegate and the Georgia poultry team are assessing various methods of disease prevention and containment, looking at, among other things, diet. And it helps that Georgia is already known for its research on the intestinal health of birds.

“We’re focused on what we can add to the diet to maximize gut health in chickens, looking at a variety of compounds ranging from probiotics to prebiotics, to organic acids, to extracts from different spices and herbs,” he said.

Applegate and Georgia’s researchers are also considering ways they can improve the rearing processes and how they can affect the spread of disease.

“Another focus of our faculty’s research is how the entirety of gut bacteria affects salmonella and how different compounds we’re testing could reduce the occurrence,” said Applegate. “With our research, we’re constantly adding to our knowledge base, but unfortunately, there is no magic bullet.”

What Applegate and the Georgia poultry team have discovered is that a multi-pronged approach is essential in maintaining bird health. And that collaboration between researchers, veterinarians and other scientists will be the key that gets them closer to determining the best course of action to keep chickens and, by default, the economy healthy.

As additional consumer interest in chicken health continues to grow, Georgia researchers are also developing new biosecurity innovations, focusing on creating technologies to improve the energy efficiency of poultry housing and providing comfort throughout the life cycle of the bird. All of this has implications for improving Georgia’s agriculture economy, 40 percent of which comes from the broiler chicken industry.

“There’s a much bigger need for multidisciplinary solutions to technical problems, which are getting more complicated to solve,” said Applegate.

Editor’s note: This story is part of the Great Commitments series, which focuses on cutting-edge research happening on UGA campuses. Read more about UGA’s commitment to research that changes lives at greatcommitments.uga.edu.

U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson of Georgia has stressed how leveraging innovation to help farmers grow enough food is important not just for food security, but also for U.S. national security. A champion of the 2016 Global Food Security Act, which supports and strengthens Feed the Future’s work, Isakson reintroduced the bill late last year.

“The University of Georgia’s peanut research innovation lab has, for years, been a leader in improving peanut production through the development and use of advanced genetic and genomic technologies and better crop protection measures,” Isakson said. “Georgia agriculture plays an important role in global food security through Feed the Future and other initiatives at the U.S. Agency for International Development.

This continued investment is positive news for the future as we continue improving and implementing the U.S. global food security strategy.”

Dave Hoisington, who has led the Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation Lab at UGA since 2013 and holds a joint appointment as senior research professor in the crop and soil sciences department at UGA, will continue as director.

“The Peanut Lab will lead the fight against food insecurity around the world by providing farmers the seeds and knowledge they need to grow a healthy crop, giving processors the knowledge to keep that food free from contamination and building the capacity here and abroad to address new problems as they arise,” Hoisington said.

The program officially started on Jan. 11, and specific projects and work plans will be defined in coming months.

Feed the Future is the U.S. government’s global hunger and food-security initiative. For more information, visit www.feedthefuture.gov.

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& Mycotoxin Innovation Lab by developing new varieties and focusing on preand postharvest management and also will work on new research projects in the areas of gender, youth and peanut-based nutrition.

Drawing on the expertise of top U.S. universities and developing countries’ own research institutions, the Feed the Future innovation labs tackle some of the world’s greatest challenges in agriculture and food security. Building broad partnerships and coalitions of universities and researchers, the Peanut Lab and other Feed the Future Innovation Labs lead efforts to build research capacity at U.S. universities and around the world.

Peanuts, which are an important part of the traditional diet in many developing countries, are the base of therapeutic food that restores severely malnourished children and supplementary food that can stave off hunger in the first place.

In conjunction with the statewide severe weather drill, a full test of UGAAlert, the university’s emergency notification system, is scheduled for Feb. 7 at 9 a.m.

Campus outdoor warning sirens will sound, and the UGA community should either pause to reflect upon where they would shelter in the event of an actual tornado warning or proceed to their building severe weather shelter locations to ensure that these locations are known by building occupants.

For a list of severe weather shelter areas, visit prepare.uga.edu. Prior to the test, students, faculty and staff should review their contact information in the UGAAlert system to ensure that their personal contact information and their specific preferences for being notified are accurate. Contact information may be checked at ugaalert.uga.edu.

In the event of severe weather Feb. 7, the drill will be rescheduled to a day when more favorable weather conditions exist. For more information, call 706-542-5845 or email prepare@uga.edu.

VITA offers free income tax prep help

Georgia United Credit Union is partnering with the Internal Revenue Service and the University of Georgia to provide the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance, or VITA, program to the Athens community.

The VITA program offers free tax return assistance to individuals with low to moderate income. Sessions are available on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings through April 13 and on Saturdays through April 8 at Georgia United Credit Union’s branch on 190 Gaines School Road. For a list of available dates and times or to schedule an appointment, visit gucu.org/vita-tax-prep. Those without internet ­access, can call 888-493-4328 extension 1486 to make appointment by phone.

As part of the partnership, Georgia United Credit Union provides the office space and funding to provide the local community an ­opportunity to have their taxes prepared and filed electronically at no charge. Approximately 80 UGA students majoring in financial planning and accounting enroll in this service-learning course. Students are trained by the IRS on how to prepare taxes and earn academic credit for their participation in the VITA program.

Lance Palmer, an associate professor in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, is the coordinator of this UGA course.

UGA’s Animal Care and Use Program re-accredited by AAALAC International

UGA’s Animal Care and Use Program again received full accreditation from AAALAC International, a nonprofit organization that promotes the humane treatment of animals in research and instruction through voluntary accreditation and assessment programs.

UGA officials were notified last month in a letter following an AAALAC site visit last year.

The letter commended the university for “providing and maintaining a high-quality program of laboratory animal care and use,” citing strong administrative commitment demonstrated by investments in research buildings, personnel and equipment; exceptional team spirit among the husbandry and veterinary staff; and an exemplary program of environmental enrichment for all species.

Accreditation by AAALAC is the gold standard for quality of animal care and use in research and instruction. Accredited institutions must meet or exceed rigorous standards to ensure the high-quality care and welfare of research animals. Programs are assessed for re-accreditation every three years.

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EXHIBITIONS

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. 5

115TH SIBLEY LECTURE “What’s a Government Good For?: Fiscal Policy in an Age of Inequality,” Edward D. Kleinbard, holder of the Packard Trustee Chair in Law at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law and Fellow at The Century Foundation. 3 p.m.

Hatton Lovejoy Courtroom, Hirsch Hall.

Strong women in cinema to highlight UGA’s 2018 French Film Festival

By Clay Chastain wclay87@uga.edu

The University of Georgia French Film Festival returns to campus every Tuesday during the month of February. Screenings will be held at 8 p.m. in Tate Theater beginning Feb. 6 and every subsequent Tuesday through Feb. 27.

Screenings will be free for all UGA students and $3 for non-students.

Held on UGA’s campus annually from 20022009, the French Film Festival sought to offer more varied French-language films for UGA students. The festival went on hiatus with the opening of Athens’ local arthouse cinema Cine, where French offerings were screened more regularly. However, UGA’s French program and the department of theatre and film studies in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences are seeking to offer an even larger selection of French films for students, French language enthusiasts and cinephiles from the UGA and the Athens-Clarke County communities.

The four films to be shown during the festival emphasize strong female roles both on screen and behind the camera in a range of genres with starring performances by familiar names such as Marion Cotillard and Isabelle Huppert.

“Today, France boasts more female directors than any other national cinema in the world,” said Richard Neupert, French film scholar and theatre and film studies professor.

The series will begin Feb. 6 with Lost in Paris (Paris pied nus, 2016), a comedy following a Canadian woman’s trip to Paris in search of her aging aunt. Lost in Paris is directed by Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon, who also stars in the film. As Indiewire writes, “No modern comedy group has shown as much commitment to resurrecting the spirit of classic slapstick as [Abel and Gordon].

Their film’s wandering trajectory remains unpredictable until the bittersweet end.”

On Feb. 13, the 2014 Dardennes brothers’ film Two Days, One Night (Deux jours, une nuit) will screen. The film stars Marion Cotillard as a working class woman who must fight for her job after an extended absence.

The third film on Feb. 20 is Louise Archambault’s 2013 film Gabrielle, the tale of a 21-year-old woman with Williams Syndrome who seeks to live her life despite her affliction.

The final film of the festival is Mia HansenLove’s 2016 film Things to Come (L’avenir) on Feb. 27. The film stars actress Isabelle Huppert in a role written specifically for her. As Le Parisien writes, Huppert “inhabits her character perfectly.

It is startling to watch her crawl into the skin of this woman who is simultaneously so strong and yet a bit lost.” Things to Come won Mia HansenLove the Berlin Film Festival’s Golden Bear for best direction.

Each screening will begin with a short introduction and will be followed by an optional discussion with UGA’s own student-run film organization Cine-club.

The French Film Festival is funded in part by the Romance languages department’s French fund and co-sponsored by the theatre and film studies department and Cinematic Arts.

FILM SCREENING AND DISCUSSION Sonic Sea is an Emmy-winning documentary that uncovers the impact of human-produced ocean noise on whales, dolphins, porpoises and other marine life. Film discussion will be led by John Schacke, Odum School of Ecology, who heads the Georgia Dolphin Ecology Program and teaches the course “The Biology and Conservation of Marine Mammals.” Sponsored by Speak Out for Species, UGA Office of Sustainability and Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection as part of the Animal Voices Film Festival. 7 p.m. 148 Miller Learning Center.

706-224-3796. ecg@uga.edu.

TUESDAY, FEB. 6 ECOLOGY SEMINAR “Why Are Organisms (and their Offspring) Phenotypically Plastic to Environmental Change?,” Matthew Walsh, University of Texas at Arlington. A reception will follow at 4:30 p.m. in the ecology building lobby. 3:30 p.m. Auditorium, ecology building.

706-542-7247. bethgav@uga.edu.

CLASS Learning American Sign Language can open doors to new employment opportunities or help participants communicate effectively with family, friends and coworkers who are deaf or hearing-impaired and know ASL. In Levels 1 and 2, become familiar with basic ASL vocabulary and grammar, finger-spelling and ASL gestures to construct sentences and express ideas.

Levels 3 and 4 focus on intensive vocabulary, ASL sentence construction and building confidence in signing sentences and conversing in ASL. All levels participate in visual and receptive skill-building and learn about deaf culture. Classes will be held on Tuesdays from Feb. 6 through April 17 or Thursdays from Feb. 8 through April 19 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. $199, standard fee for each level; $350, beginner certificate package (Level 1 and 2); $350, advanced certificate package (Level 3 and 4). Georgia Center. 706-542-3537. questons@georgiacenter.uga.edu.

HUGH HODGSON FACULTY SERIES Damon Denton, resident accompanist, will perform the first Hugh Hodgson Faculty Series recital of 2018. $12. 8 p.m.

Ramsey Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center. 706-542-4752.

(See story, below, right.)

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 7 GEORGIA AG FORECAST Georgia Ag Forecast is an annual seminar series presented by the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences in partnership with Georgia Farm Bureau and the Georgia Department of Agriculture. 9 a.m. Classic Center. 706-542-4909. dgallen@uga.edu.

UGAALERT TEST In conjunction with the statewide severe weather drill, a full test of UGAAlert, the university’s emergency notification system, is scheduled. 9 a.m. 706-542-5845. prepare@uga.edu. (See Digest, page 3.)

TOUR AT TWO Tour led by docents of highlights from the permanent collection. 2 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. hazbrown@uga.edu.

WORKSHOP “Weaving Writing In: A Writing-Intensive Course Design Boot Camp,” a two-hour workshop, will provide faculty with resources, strategies and templates for integrating writing into discipline-specific courses to improve student learning, writing and engagement. Open to all faculty, post docs and graduate students. 2 p.m. Instructional Plaza. 706-583-0067. megan.mittelstadt@uga.edu.

CINECITTA 10: TENTH ANNUAL ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL The first movie of the Italian Youths in the Movies series is Ciao professore (1992) in Italian with English subtitles. 7 p.m.

150 Miller Learning Center. brcooper@uga.edu.

THURSDAY, FEB. 8 MICROBIOLOGY SEMINAR “Antimicrobial Resistance and its Association with Avian Pathogenic E. coli (APEC),” Catherine Logue, UGA College of Veterinary Medicine. 11 a.m. 404D Biological Sciences Building.

706-542-2045. khbrown@uga.edu.

INNOVATION GATEWAY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER EDUCATIONAL SERIES “How to Move a Discovery Forward When Industry is Not Ready for It.” Space is limited, and registration is encouraged. RSVP to Tyler Duggins at tduggins@uga.edu or 706-542-8969. 1 p.m.

S175 Coverdell Center.

BLACK HISTORY MONTH LECTURE “Beyond Famous Firsts: Black History Month, Populism and the American Protest Tradition,” Adrienne Petty, College of William and Mary. Petty’s research focuses on black farmers in the post-Civil War South. Her most recent book, Standing Their Ground: Small Farmers in North Carolina since the Civil War, is one of the books for the history department’s Black History Month book clubs. 2 p.m. 221 LeConte Hall.

BETTY JEAN CRAIGE LECTURE “A Chinese Cop in the Global Age,” Qiu Xiaolong. 4 p.m.

Auditorium, special collections libraries. 706-542-3966. wcha@uga.edu. (See story, page 1).

DISCUSSIONS WITHOUT BORDERS “The Challenge of Internationalization​in​Higher​E​ ducation​: Perspectives from Brazil,” Marlize Rubin-Oliveira and Hamilton de Godoy Wielewicki. Rubin-Oliveira is a visiting postdoctoral researcher in the UGA College of Education, Department of Lifelong Education, Administration and Policy. Wielewicki is an adjunct professor at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina.

5 p.m. Tate Student Center. mr29294@uga.edu.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL vs. Vanderbilt. $5. 7 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum.

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Performing Arts Center to present Celino Romero

By Bobby Tyler btyler@uga.edu

Celino Romero, a member of the famed Romeros Guitar Quartet, will perform a solo recital in the Performing Arts Center’s Ramsey Concert Hall Feb. 11 at 3 p.m.

The program will include works by Gaspar Sanz, Domenico Scarlatti, Enrique Granados, Isaac Albeniz and Celedonio Romero, Celino’s grandfather.

Celino Romero is the youngest member of the Romeros, whom The New York Times called, “the royal family of the guitar.” A veritable institution in the world of classical music, the Romeros Guitar Quartet was founded by the celebrated Spanish guitarist Celedonio Romero with his sons Celin, Pepe and Angel. The ensemble today consists of Celin and Pepe and the third generation of Romeros, Celino and Lito.

Celino, son of Celin, began his studies with his father and grandfather at age 3 and joined the quartet in 1990. The Romero family has twice been invited to the White House, and they have performed for Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, and King Juan Carlos I of Spain; they also performed for Pope John Paul II. In 2007, they received the Recording Academy’s President’s Merit Award from the Grammys in honor of their artistic achievements.

Tickets for Celino Romero’s recital are $39 and can be purchased at the Performing Arts Center box office, online at pac.uga.edu or by calling 706-542-4400.

The concert will be recorded for broadcast on American Public Media’s Performance Today.

The Performing Arts Center is at 230 River Road on the UGA main campus in Athens.

Celino Romero will perform works by Gaspar Sanz, Domenico Scarlatti, Enrique Granados, Isaac Albeniz and his grandfather, Celedonio Romero, Feb. 11 at 3 p.m. in Ramsey Concert Hall.

Denton’s concert kicks off Faculty Artist Series

By Camille Hayes ceh822@uga.edu

The UGA Faculty Recital Series will kick off the new year with an evening of music from around the globe performed by pianist Damon Denton, who has been on the Hugh Hodgson School of Music piano faculty as a resident accompanist since 2010. This concert will take place Feb. 6 at 8 p.m. in Ramsey Concert Hall.

The audience should expect a program filled with variety, according to Denton.

“I try to visit several countries in a single hour without overstaying my welcome in any one of those places,” he said.

This program will visit Italy, Germany, Spain, France, South America and Russia with compositions

by Scarlatti, Mompou, Beethoven, Ginastera, Poulenc and Prokofiev.

Denton is a graduate of the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University and went on to receive a Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School studying with Russian virtuoso pianist Oxana Yablonskaya.

“I had a variety of artists work with me in my career, but I am dominantly influenced by the Russian school having worked with Oxana Yablonskaya at Juilliard,” Denton said. “We both had a leaning to program dynamic works that were evocative and compelling.”

Denton was one of the top prize winners at the Fourth International Piano Competition held in Pretoria, South Africa. He has performed solo, concerto and collaborative concerts in England, Ireland, Mexico, South Africa, France, Germany and throughout the U.S. While his upcoming UGA recital program may be internationally-affiliated, Denton is also locally known as the keyboardist for Athens super group Pylon Reenactment Society, fronted by Pylon’s original singer Vanessa Briscoe Hay. The Pylon Reenactment Society have recently released a six-song EP of a live Los Angeles radio recording session that is receiving international reviews. Denton’s performance has been noted as “dynamic and ethereal” by reviewers including

FRIDAY, FEB. 9 TERRY LEADERSHIP SPEAKER SERIES Speaker: Scott Colosi, president of Texas Roadhouse.

10:10 a.m. 271 special collections libraries. 706-542-9770. leadership@terry.uga.edu.

LECTURE “Finding My Community: Feminists, Feminism and Advertising,” Peggy Kreshel, advertising. Women’s Studies Friday Speaker Series. 12:20 p.m. 214 Miller Learning Center. 706-542-2846. tlhat@uga.edu.

LECTURE Paul Mpagi Sepuya lives and works in Los Angeles, where he received an MFA in photography at UCLA. Sepuya’s work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Guggenheim Museum, the Studio Museum in Harlem, the International Center for Photography, the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Milwaukee Art Museum, among others. He is a recipient of the 2017 Rema Hort Mann Foundation’s grant for emerging Los Angeles artists.

12:30 p.m. N100 Lamar Dodd School of Art.

DRAGON MAKING WORKSHOP: LUNAR NEW YEAR Also Feb. 11. Since the Lunar New Year festival traditionally marks the beginning of the planting season in China, a major character is a dragon, bringer of rain and good luck. Sign up in groups of 2-4 to make an oversized parade dragon composed of recycled and found materials. Each group will receive a free copy of the NEA Big Read book this year, To Live; a copy of “Year of the Dog” by Grace Lin; and materials and instruction by featured Athens artist Rae Kretzer. Participants are invited to parade their dragons at the Feb. 17 Year of the Dog parade at the State Botanical Garden and at any events in the Year of the Dog series. Limited to 14 families. $45 per family (2-4 people with at least one adult). 1 p.m. Visitor Center, Gardenside Room, State Botanical Garden. 706-542-6158. ckeber@uga.edu.

SUNDAY, FEB. 11 PERFORMANCE Celino Romero, classical guitarist. $39. 3 p.m. Ramsey Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center. 706-542-4400. (See story, above.)

BLACK HISTORY FILM FESTIVAL Get On Up, the story of the James Brown, the Godfather of Soul.

Starring Chadwick Boseman. Directed by Tate Taylor. PG-13.

Also premiering world music videos of the African Diaspora by Lesley Feracho. 6 p.m. Morton Theatre. 706-613-3771.

MONDAY, FEB. 12 Damon Denton’s Faculty Artist Series performance will include music from a variety of international locations.

Blurt and Paste Magazine. PRS frequently performs locally and throughout the U.S., headlining festivals such as The Barely Human Festival in Detroit to performing in the upcoming Savannah Stopover Festival.

Tickets for the concert are $12 for adults and $6 for students and can be purchased online at pac.uga. edu or in person at the Performing Arts Center box office at 230 River Road next to the School of Music.

Those unable to make it to the concert can watch the live stream at music.uga.edu/streaming.

CTL WORKSHOP “In Search of Charismatic Species (and Authors): How to Write Books for General Readers” is intended for faculty contemplating writing for general readers and will focus on the importance of public communication of ideas, the necessity of author platforms, the potential of agents and the taxonomy of trade publishers. 2:30 p.m. 372 Miller Learning Center.

706-583-0067. megan.mittelstadt@uga.edu. (See story, page 2.)

SATURDAY, FEB. 10 SPRING TEACHING SYMPOSIUM This annual symposium is a full-day event for all graduate students and postdoctoral scholars and provides information related to UGA teaching policies and helpful techniques to improve teaching. 9:30 a.m. 248 Miller Learning Center.

706-542-1355. zoe.morris@uga.edu.

FAMILY DAY: LUNAR NEW YEAR Celebrate the Lunar New Year at this special Year of the Dog– themed Family Day. Explore selected works of art in the permanent collection, then make Year of the Dog inspired work of

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Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. hazbrown@uga.edu.

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LOUISE MCBEE LECTURE “A New Hope for a Better Tomorrow: Tackling Postsecondary Challenges Today,” Michelle Asha Cooper, president of the Institute for Higher Education Policy in Washington, D.C. Reception immediately following in the Peabody Board Room, Administration Building. 10 a.m. Chapel. 706-542-3464. sheffiel@uga.edu.

CLASS “Introduction to Portrait Photography.” $179. Mondays at 6 p.m. through April 2. Georgia Center. 706-542-3537. questions@georgiacenter.uga.edu.

FILM SCREENING AND DISCUSSION Unlocking the Cage is a real-life legal thriller that follows animal rights lawyer Steven Wise in his challenge to break down the legal wall that separates animals from humans. Film discussion will be led by Lisa Milot, associate professor of law at UGA with a research area in animal welfare. Part of the Animal Voices Film Festival. 7 p.m. 148 Miller Learning Center. 706-224-3796. sos@uga.edu.

COMING UP CONCERT Feb. 14. “American Rhapsody: The Gershwin Songbook” is an evening of iconic American music by one of the most indelible composers of the 20th century. The Gershwin Big Band and bandleader/vocalist Michael Andrew will perform Gershwin standards. $44-$51. 8 p.m. Hodgson Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center. 706-542-4400.

HOLMES-HUNTER LECTURE Feb. 15. Charlayne Hunter-Gault, an award-winning journalist and University of Georgia alumna, will present the 2018 Holmes-Hunter Lecture. The lecture is named in honor of Hunter-Gault and her classmate Hamilton Holmes, the first African-American students to attend UGA. Sponsored by the Office of the President, the Holmes-Hunter Lecture focuses on race relations, civil rights and education and has been held annually since 1985. 2 p.m. Chapel.

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Vince Dooley and Sam Thomas Jr. were presented with the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Council Award for Excellence in Research Using the Holdings of an Archives during the 15th annual GHRAC Archives Awards ceremony at the Georgia Archives on Oct. 26, 2017. The GHRAC Awards recognize outstanding efforts in archives and records work in Georgia.

The Legion’s Fighting Bulldog: The Civil War Correspondence of William Gaston Delony, Lieutenant Colonel of Cobb’s Georgia Legion Cavalry, and Rosa Delony, 1853-1863, by Dooley and Thomas, relays the story of a young man, on the cusp Sam Thomas Jr. (left) of a promising law career and Vince Dooley in the 1850s, who comes to the conclusion that his way of life, and that of his neighbors, is about to change forever. Interwoven with those of his wife, Rosa Eugenia Huguenin, the Delony correspondence offers a window into the lives of independent individuals during the Civil War who also happened to be well-placed in society due to birth. Dooley discovered the Delonys’ Civil War letters in the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library at UGA. Rob Branch, a professor and head of the career and information studies department in the College of Education, and Mike Orey, a retired associate professor in the college, were recently awarded the 2017 Special Service Award from the Association for Educational Communications and Technology for their significant contributions to the association.

AECT is a professional organization focused on improving instruction and learning through technology. Members of the organization hold a range of responsibilities in the planning, study, application and production of communications media for instruction.

The Special Service Award is AECT’s second highest award and honors individuals who provide substantial services to the association as a whole or to one of its programs or divisions by revamping various functions of AECT, advocating and creating new initiatives, taking existing programs to a new level or serving a vital leadership role at a major juncture in the association’s history.

Branch and Orey earned the award for co-editing the Educational Media and Technology Yearbook, which has been published annually since 1974. The publication has become a standard reference in many libraries and professional collections and provides a valuable historical record of current ideas and developments in the fields of learning, design and technology.

Jed Rasula, the Helen S. Lanier Distinguished Professor and head of the English department in UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, won the second annual Matei Calinescu Prize from the Modern Language Association of America for his book History of a Shiver: The Sublime Impudence of Modernism, published by Oxford University Press.

The Matei Calinescu Prize, which is awarded to a distinguished work of scholarship in 20th- or 21st-century literature and thought, was established in 2016 in honor of the Romanian poet and scholar who taught at Indiana University, Bloomington.

The prize was one of 18 awards presented Jan. 6 during the association’s annual convention in New York City.

Founded in 1883, the MLA provides opportunities for its members to share their scholarly findings and teaching experiences with colleagues and to discuss trends in the academy.

Kudos recognizes special contributions of staff, faculty and administrators in teaching, research and service. News items are limited to election into office of state, regional, national and international societies; major awards and prizes; and similarly notable accomplishments.

CAMPUS CLOSEUP

Dorothy Kozlowski

Rebecca Caravati, UGA Foundation’s chief operating and financial officer, loves the diversity and curiosity of college campuses.

Role at UGA feels like coming home for UGA Foundation’s new COO/CFO

By Emily Webb

sew30274@uga.edu

Rebecca Caravati’s position as chief operating officer and chief financial officer for the UGA Foundation has allowed her to return to her roots.

Caravati started working at UGA on July 1, 2017. She’s always been a fan of the Dawgs, and she took classes at UGA. “Moving to Athens and going to the football games and just being part of UGA was really a dream come true,” she said.

She has worked in finance and administration for more than 30 years.

She started by working for Arthur Andersen, a large international CPA firm. After working for two clients, she decided she wanted to work in academia and its more family-oriented environment. She worked at Georgia Tech for 23 years before coming to UGA. “I appreciate and take very seriously the fiduciary care placed upon me and the UGA Foundation team to manage our budgets in accordance with our donors’ intent and all applicable laws, regulations, policies and procedures,” Caravati said.

The Foundation seeks to enrich the quality of education provided at the university through scholarships, professorships, endowed chairs and other programs. In her position, Caravati oversees the Foundation’s nearly $178 million annual budget. The majority of the Foundation’s budget is managed and spent in accordance with

the donors’ intent as governed by fund agreements that are executed by both the Foundation and the donor. Discretionary budgets that are not governed by funds agreements are presented in an annual budget proposal to the Board of Trustees. Once the trustees approve, the Foundation manages expenditures in accordance with the approved budget.

“I especially enjoy managing budgets that directly support students,” Caravati said. “Providing support for the needs-based Georgia Commitment Scholarship, which was announced by the president in his January 2017 State of the University address, was a major factor in my decision to leave my previous position and accept a job here at the UGA Foundation.”

Caravati grew up in Meriwether County on a farm. As a child, she was active in 4-H. “I actually showed steers in Stegeman Coliseum,” Caravati said. “Where the new training facility is—that was a huge barn, and then they put sawdust on the floor, and we showed our steers in the Coliseum. Then, I also judged cattle and pigs. I thought that the UGA Hotel was just the fanciest place. ” She worked at the state 4-H office when she lived in Athens over the summer with her sisters. Moving back to Athens has allowed her to reunite with her friends from 4-H. She hopes to re-engage with 4-H and help mentor in the performing arts program.

One of Caravati’s hobbies is traveling to places with natural beauty or history, and she loves visiting new places.

FACTS Rebecca Caravati

Certified Public Accountant Chief Operating Officer/Chief Financial Officer UGA Foundation B.B.A., Accounting, Wesleyan College, 1986 At UGA: Seven months

“Everywhere is great, and it’s all unique,” she said. “There are certain things I like about each one: the animals in South Africa, the history and food in Italy, the natural beauty in Switzerland.”

She also enjoys singing and has recorded a Christmas album. At the time, she was taking voice lessons, and she worked with the voice teacher to create a selection of Christmas carols.

The album was a Christmas present to all of her friends and family.

Being at UGA has allowed Caravati to stay in the academic environment that she enjoys and return to the activities she enjoyed growing up.

“I love education. I love being around students,” Caravati said. “I love college campuses and college towns. I love the intellectual curiosity. I love the diversity of the faculty and staff as compared to a corporate setting—the diversity both of what we think of as diversity but also the diversity in thinking and majors and intellectual approaches. Being on a college campus is energizing and beautiful.

And there’s football.”

SCHOOL OF LAW

Veterans Legal Services Clinic names first director

By Heidi Murphy

hmurphy@uga.edu

Alexander W. Scherr, a 30-plus-year public service lawyer and educator, will become the inaugural director of the University of Georgia School of Law’s Veterans Legal Services Clinic.

The clinic, which was announced in August 2017, will provide veterans in Georgia with legal assistance they might not otherwise have access to or be able to afford, with particular regard to denied or deferred claims before the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

The clinic will begin serving clients this summer.

“I am tremendously happy to have our most senior-ranking clinical faculty member leading our Veterans Legal Services Clinic,” School of Law Dean Peter B. “Bo” Rutledge said. “The work of the

clinic will benefit those who have served our nation and their families.

Alex is the ideal person to set up the structure and finetune the mission of the clinic as it goes from conception to Alexander Scherr reality and begins to improve the lives of many.”

Scherr, who currently serves as the law school’s associate dean for clinical programs and experiential learning, joined the UGA law faculty in 1996 as its first director of civil clinics. Since that time, he has played an instrumental role in the school’s clinical services and public interest offerings including the establishment of six of its current experiential learning programs, not including

the Veterans Legal Services Clinic.

Scherr is the co-editor of the leading text for externship clinics, Learning From Practice: A Text for Experiential Legal Education, third edition, for which he authored several chapters. He has served as president of the Clinical Legal Education Association, chair of the Association of American Law Schools Clinical Advisory Committee and a member of the AALS Clinical Section’s Executive Committee. Scherr earned his B.A. cum laude from Yale University and his J.D. cum laude from the University of Michigan.

The clinic will be staffed by law students, who under Scherr’s direction will work directly with veterans and their dependents to ensure access to benefits and services, especially for those with mental or physical disabilities resulting from their time in the military.

SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK

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Living history

CENTENNIAL

School of Social Work faculty member shares life lessons with students

By Laurie J. Anderson laurie@uga.edu

Editor’s note: As part of the University of Georgia’s observance of Black History Month, June Gary Hopps, a faculty member in the School of Social Work, reflects on her life and career.

The career of June Gary Hopps includes several notable firsts.

The Thomas M. “Jim” Parham Professor of Family and Children Studies at the UGA School of Social Work, Hopps was the first AfricanAmerican dean of the School of Social Work at Boston College and the youngest in its history. Under her leadership, the school transitioned from a small regional program to one of national prominence, rising to 14th in the U.S. News & World Report’s graduate school rankings.

Hopps also was the first African-American editor-in-chief of Social Work, the flagship journal of the National Association of Social Workers.

During her editorship, she launched initiatives to bring more women and people of color into research publications.

The foundation for Hopps’ career in academia was laid during her childhood in central Florida. She is the great-granddaughter of slaves and the daughter of a schoolteacher and an independent businessman who had operations in cattle, farming and real estate.

Education was important to her family.

Her grandfather taught her to read before she entered school and saw to it that his five grandchildren had new books at the start of each school year instead of the second-hand primers that were then standard for black students. Hopps and her three sisters all earned doctoral degrees.

Her brother graduated from college and took over management of the family business, Gary Farms.

At home, Hopps and her four siblings were exposed to the writings of W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington, as well as lively political conversations. She had her first clashes with authority in grade school when she was reprimanded for questioning the status quo.

“I had heard a discussion at home that the words ‘liberty and justice for all’ were not quite true,” she said. “I was raised in a family that just didn’t give in to racism.”

Other influences included historian Howard Zinn, her advisor at Spelman College. Zinn is best known for his 1980 book A People’s History of the United States, which examines history from the perspective of vulnerable populations.

Hopps got her opportunity to make a difference while attending Spelman. In March 1960, she helped recruit volunteers from the college to participate in lunch counter sit-ins aimed at ending segregation in Atlanta. The decision to participate was not without consequences, Hopps said. Students who participated risked more than a beating or jail time; their families could suffer backlash.

“Fellow students were concerned their parents might face job restrictions and other push backs of great cost for survival,” said Hopps, who joined the first wave of students at the nonviolent protests.

“I was arrested and taken and put in a paddy wagon and put in jail,” she said. “When my folks found out about it on the news that night, they were very proud, because I had grown up in a family that taught all of us to stand up for human rights.”

They were bailed out of jail by civil rights lawyer Donald L. Hollowell. The next year, Hollowell would secure desegregation for black students at the University of Georgia.

After 24 years as dean of the Boston College, Hopps stepped down.

It was the turn of the century and the timing felt right for a major

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professional change. She joined her husband in Atlanta and accepted a part-time teaching position at the UGA School of Social Work. The work gave her more time for scholarly pursuits and allowed her to continue her affiliation with the board of trustees at her alma mater. In 2002, she accepted an appointment to the School of Social Work’s first endowed chair.

Since joining the UGA faculty, Hopps has been involved in several initiatives at the School of Social Work.

She played a pivotal role in the establishment of the Donald L. Hollowell Professorship, which honors the late civil rights lawyer, and in the establishment of the university’s Center for Social Justice, June Gary Hopps is an authority in the area of public policy.

Human and Civil Rights.

In addition to teaching courses and guiding research, Hopps is an authority in the area of public policy as it relates to families and children. She also initiated Parham Policy Day, an annual student-run event at which leading national and state figures discuss best practices for creating good public policy.

Hopps also immerses her students in history as it unfolds. On Sunday, March 8, 2015, she led a group of five faculty members and more than 40 students to Selma, Alabama, to mark the anniversary of an event known today as “Bloody Sunday.” The trip was funded by the Office of the President, the Office of Institutional Diversity and the School of Social Work.

“Selma was a turning point for massive social change and social progress,” said Hopps, who teaches a graduate class on social problems and public policy. “Fifty years ago, we could not have made this trip with such a racially diverse group of students and faculty.”

After returning to campus, the students had class discussions on the implications of the 50th anniversary and its relevance to social work and marginalized populations. Students also prepared a report for the President’s Office about the impact of the trip on their learning and professional development.

Hopps’ endeavors galvanized graduate students in the social work school to establish the Dr. June Gary Hopps Bridge Award, which they presented to her in 2017 at the inaugural student-run Social Justice Symposium. At this year’s second symposium in January, the Bridge Award was presented to Athens-area activist Humberto “Beto” Mendoza.

Hopps said one lesson she wants her students to learn is that developing tolerance and respect for differences is difficult but is of key importance for the professional growth of social workers.

“I hope they learn that change is not easy. It is hard, (but) social workers have skills that can help create change,” she said. “They have skills in organization, communication and negotiation—all essential for strong leadership.”

CYBERSIGHTS

Beyond Freedom: Disrupting the History of Emancipation

By David W. Blight and Jim Downs University of Georgia Press Paperback: $24.95

They were nominated and selected by a committee of faculty, staff, alumni and students.

The Centennial Honorees along with members of the Honor Hall of Recognition, the highest honor given by the college, will be celebrated Feb. 24 at the FACS 100 Gala: A Centennial Celebration.

“I am proud to join with others in recognizing these individuals who have embraced and influenced the ideals to which our college aspires, including student-centered education, research to improve the human condition, generosity and a spirit of public service,” Fox said. “All of the Centennial Honorees and the members of the Honor Hall of Recognition are to be applauded for their contributions to our success.”

The honorees also will be recognized in a 140-page pictorial history book, Enriching Lives: Family and Consumer Sciences at UGA, which will be published this summer and distributed by University of Georgia Press.

The book, which will be written by Sharon ShannonPaximadis, will include a foreword from UGA President Jere W. Morehead.

The growth of family and consumer sciences at UGA also is the subject of a semester long exhibit at the Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries.

The exhibit, Open Doors: 100 Years of Family and Consumer Sciences at UGA, also focuses on how the field has grown and adapted over the decades.

The exhibit will be on display through June and includes publications, manuscripts, period clothing from the college’s Historic Clothing and Textile Collection, along with photographs of the first women admitted to UGA, food preservation classes, needlework demonstrations, World War II military on the UGA campus and other moments from the past 100 years.

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Book analyzes freedom after emancipation David W. Blight, a professor of history at Yale University, and Jim Downs, an associate professor of history at Connecticut College, have co-authored a collection of essays that interrogate the concept of freedom and re-centers understanding of the process of emancipation.

Published by the University of Georgia Press, Beyond Freedom: Disrupting the History of Emancipation contains 11 essays that set out to answer questions about freedom and what it meant to 19th-century AfricanAmericans during and after slavery.

In examining such questions, rather than defining every aspect of postemancipation life as a new form of freedom, these essays develop the work of scholars who are looking at how belonging to an empowered government or community defines the outcome of emancipation.

Some essays in this collection disrupt the traditional story and time frame of emancipation, some offer new interpretations of the politics of democracy and others reconsider how historians have used source material for understanding subjects.

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Editor Juliett Dinkins Communications Coordinator Krista Richmond Art Director Jackie Baxter Roberts

Website details Black History Month events

msp.uga.edu/blackhistorymonth

The University of Georgia will celebrate Black History Month 2018 with a variety of programs and activities across campus.

Coordinated by Multicultural

Services and Programs, a department in the Division of Student Affairs, this web page will display events and programs celebrating black history throughout the month of February.

Photo Editor Dorothy Kozlowski Writers Kellyn Amodeo Leigh Beeson The University of Georgia is committed to principles of equal opportunity and affirmative action.

The University of Georgia is a unit of the University System of Georgia.

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The task force also recommended expanding resources to support transfer students in their transition to the university. Under this initiative, Morehead has charged a working group to implement the specific strategies outlined in the task force report, including increasing collaboration with other system institutions; strengthening communications with transfer students; and enhancing information, resources and outreach provided to these students prior to orientation and during enrollment. The working group will be chaired by Director of Academic Advising Services Judith Iakovou and Associate Dean of Students Jan Barham.

“I’m excited to get started on these foundational pieces to enhance the college experience for our students,” said Victor Wilson, vice president for student affairs. “This will have significant impacts for new students coming to UGA who need help transitioning to a large, Research-1 university.”

The Task Force on Student Learning and Success, co-chaired by Shrivastav and Wilson, was charged last February with taking a fresh look at the university’s undergraduate learning environment to identify new opportunities to further enhance the educational experience for UGA students in and out of the classroom.

“This university will never be satisfied with the status quo, and I am pleased to see the work of the task force beginning to take shape to enhance our learning environment,” said Morehead.“I look forward to announcing additional plans related to the recommendations in the coming weeks.”

The task force, composed of a 20-member committee including senior faculty and administrators from a number of schools, colleges and units, provided 12 recommendations that were organized into three broad objectives: evolving the curriculum, enhancing teaching and learning, and expanding student support and mentoring.

A full copy of the report is available for review at https://president.uga.edu/report.

RURAL Transfer Student Working Group • Judy Iakovou (Co-Chair) Office of the Vice President for Instruction Director of Academic Advising Services • Jan Davis Barham (Co-Chair) Division of Student Affairs Associate Dean of Students • Ja’kyra Austin Undergraduate Transfer Student Transfer Student and Orientation Leader • Julia M. Butler-Mayes College of Education Director of Student Services • Charles Carabello UGA Admissions Associate Director of Enrollment Management • David Eckles Risk Management and Insurance Program, Terry College of Business Associate Professor, Chair of the Undergraduate Program Committee, Terry College of Business • Katherine Field Franklin College Advisor, Franklin College • Chase Hagood Academic Enhancement Director, Academic Enhancement • James Kershaw Tau Sigma National Student Honor Society President • Jean Martin-Williams Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Professor, Associate Dean • Nicole McConnell Center for Student Activities and Involvement Assistant Director

Council on the First-Year Experience • Naomi Norman (Co-Chair) Office of the Vice President for Instruction Associate Vice President and Director of First-Year Odyssey • Michele Howard (Co-Chair) Division of Student Affairs Associate Vice President • Linda Bachman Office of Experiential Learning Director of Experiential Learning • Maggie Blanton Division of Academic Enhancement Director of Student Services • Taylor Cain Center for Student Activities and Involvement Director of Center for Student Activities • Don Chambers Terry College of Business Associate Director of Entrepreneurship Program • Al Clarke University Health Center Clinical Psychologist • Lindsay Coco Division of Academic Enhancement Assistant Director of Initiatives, Freshman College Summer Experience • Kali DeWald Career Center Lead Career Consultant for Undeclared and Exploring Students • Jennifer Eberhart Academic Advising Services, OVPI Director of Exploratory Center • Phillip Griffeth Office of Academic Honesty and Integrity Director of Academic Honesty • Melissa Hevener Student Government Association Undergraduate Student Representative

• Eddie Higginbotham Division of Student Affairs Dawg Camp • Justin Jeffery Division of Student Affairs Director of International Student Life • Linda Kasper University Housing Executive Director • James McClung Office of International Education Director of Oxford Program • Maria Navarro Honors Program Associate Director • Jennifer Patrick Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Coordinator of Student Academic Services • Dominque Quarles Office of Institutional Diversity Director of Diversity and Inclusion • Rosemary Segreti Office of the Registrar Senior Associate Registrar • Claudia Shamp Division of Student Affairs Director of Greek Life • Cara Simmons College of Family and Consumer Sciences Director of Student Success and Advising Center • Carrie Smith Division of Student Affairs Assistant Dean of Students for Student Care and Outreach • Tiffany Smith Division of Student Affairs Senior Coordinator of Multicultural Services and Programs • Alton Standifer Undergraduate Admissions Director of New Student Orientation • Lori Whittaker Office of Student Financial Aid Financial Aid Advisor

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help with market research.

About half of the companies that enroll in ExportGA are from South Georgia, many in rural areas like Adel.

With the SBDC’s help, Roberts was able to revitalize ShotKing, which builds machines pioneered after World War II to clean metal parts.

SBDC consultants set Roberts up at an international trade show in Chile and introduced him to people on the ground who helped him identify clients. The SBDC later helped plan his trip to the site of western Canada’s booming oil sands. Today, nearly half of ShotKing’s sales come from exports to 22 countries.

“The first time I met Bruce, I knew we had a client who was willing to be proactive,” said SBDC consultant Dimitris Kloussiadis.

“He’s applied everything he learned. He’s really gone after it, expanding into Bolivia and Argentina in the last year. It’s a company that’s moving impressively.”

Finding international clients can be a key to survival for many of these companies.

Roberts said the international expansion is one reason ShotKing is on solid footing today, with 22 employees and growing.

On a wall inside the door to the company’s main office is a world map with pushpins showing sales from Canada to South America to Siberia to the Middle East. A laminated sheet listing dimensions of international shipping containers is also on the office wall. Knowing the size limitations when shipping overseas was one of those little, technical elements of exporting Roberts learned from the SBDC. Today, he keeps those cheat sheets—and the SBDC phone number—near by. It came in handy recently when he had to break down a machine into a handful of containers to get it to a customer in Chile.

“Having these folks at the SBDC to call on is great,” Roberts said. “We would’ve just muddled through without them. We’d be a lot smaller operation.”

For an expanded version of this story, visit news.uga.edu.

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inclination toward poetry. Chen’s investigations, typically focused on politically sensitive crimes, must navigate the power structures and societal mandates of contemporary Shanghai.

The Chen novels are international best sellers and have been adapted for a BBC radio series.

Qiu has also published three translated volumes of Chinese poetry, two books of his own poems, Lines Around China (2003) and Poems of Inspector Chen (2016), and a collection of short stories related to the Chen series, Years of Red Dust (2010).

“Inspector Chen is one of the great modern detectives and like all the best literary sleuths he patrols a society in rapid transition,” Allen said. “Qiu Xialong is a masterful novelist and poet, and his pen pictures of Shanghai and its intrigues are in the first rank of modern detective novels.”

“We are delighted to be able to host Qiu Xiaolong in the Betty Jean Craige Lecture series,” said Mihai Spariosu, Distinguished Research Professor and head of the comparative literature department. “He is a distinguished comparatist and fellow exile, in the best tradition of comparative literature, a field that was founded by highly talented scholars and creative writers who, like Qiu Xiaolong, sought refuge in the United States from authoritarian regimes around the world. Qiu Xiaolong is also an inspiring example for our students, not least because he is a living proof that choosing humanities as a career path can be a very successful and rewarding experience.”

The Betty Jean Craige Lecture is named for Craige, University Professor Emerita of Comparative Literature and a former director of the Willson Center. Qiu’s visit is cosponsored by the department of comparative literature and the Willson Center.

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 highlights campus talks by some of the world’s most prominent thought leaders.

Bulletin Board Research participants sought

The Non-Invasive Muscle Physiology Lab in the kinesiology department of the College of Education is conducting a research study to examine mitochondrial capacity in skeletal muscles of patients with Parkinson’s disease.

Individuals who have either been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease or are healthy individuals older than 60 who can serve as controls are needed.

Participation will require a maximum of two hours. All procedures in the study are completely non-invasive. No needles will be used, and no blood or serum samples will be taken.

Anyone interested in participating or who would like more information, should email Nivita Sharma at nivita.sharma97@uga.edu or Kevin McCully at mccully@uga.edu.

Position posting

The Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and the Institute for African American Studies are initiating an internal search to fill the position of director of the Institute for African American Studies.

Interested applicants must hold a faculty position at the rank of tenured associate or full professor at the University of Georgia.

The director is the chief administrative officer for the institute and major responsibilities include recruitment, supervision, development and evaluation of core faculty and staff; supporting professional development of IAAS faculty, staff and students; building collaborations with other university entities to expand course offerings and increase enrollment;

fundraising and grant writing on behalf of the institute; creating and developing sponsored and co-sponsored public programs; and budget management. The complete job description is at http://bit.ly/2DFu64k.

Application deadline is Feb. 16 at 5 p.m. Submit a letter of application (self-nominations are permissible), a CV and three letters of recommendation from persons qualified to comment on the candidate’s scholarship, research and administrative capabilities. Submit materials through FacultyJobs at http://facultyjobs.uga.edu/ postings/3340.

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.

The WIP aims to enhance undergraduate education by emphasizing the importance of writing in the disciplines by offering “writing-intensive” courses throughout the college—from classics to chemistry, from music to microbiology.

Faculty who teach WIP courses are supported by a Writing Intensive Program teaching assistant, who is specially trained in writing-in-thedisciplines pedagogy. Visit 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.

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