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Business processes streamlined under OneSource Project

By Kerri Testement kerriuga@uga.edu

Josh Paine

Gov. Nathan Deal, first lady Sandra Deal, Jekyll Island Authority Director James Hooks and State 4-H Leader and Director Arch Smith, along with local 4-H Club members and state 4-H board officers, attended the dedication of the new Camp Jekyll campus, which officially reopens Feb. 1.

Dedicated to education Camp Jekyll set to reopen Feb. 1 for ‘all the youth of Georgia and those beyond its borders’

By Josh Paine

jpaine@uga.edu

For some Gwinnett County seventh-grade students, it may be their first time to see Georgia’s coast. For others, it may be their first overnight trip without family.

However, they all will be part of the first official group to attend Georgia 4-H environmental education camp at the new Camp Jekyll Feb. 1.

The $17 million state-ofthe-art campus was dedicated Dec. 5 during opening ceremonies led by Gov. Nathan Deal, first lady Sandra Deal, Jekyll Island Authority Director James Hooks and State 4-H Leader and Director Arch Smith, along with local 4-H club members and state 4-H board officers.

“This new facility is a place to

visit, study and learn for all the youth of Georgia and those beyond its borders,” said Deal. “The heart of this camp is education … [it] is a magnificent opportunity for youth to understand that there is a big world to explore. Young people are in a very impressionable part of their lives. Many of them have never had the opportunity to even see the ocean. So this is a tremendously important facility.”

Funding for the project was proposed by the governor following a 2013 visit to the center and voted into the fiscal year 2014 budget by the state legislature.

The new JIA-owned facility can house up to 256 guests at a time and will continue to be managed day-to-day by the UGA Cooperative Extension’s 4-H Youth Development program.

Richard Chewning, who served as program coordinator for the center for nearly a decade, has been named director of the camp, and Lauren Nys will oversee environmental education programming.

This reopening of the camp continues the legacy of 4-H programming and events held at the site from 1983-2014. Camp Jekyll again will host residential environmental education programs during the school year and weeklong camps during June and July.

“Georgia 4-H is pleased to be continuing our relationship with the Jekyll Island Authority at Camp Jekyll,” Smith said. “We appreciate Gov. Nathan Deal’s commitment to make this wonderful new facility a reality. We are also excited to welcome other K-12 youth groups See JEKYLL on page 8

PUBLIC SERVICE AND OUTREACH

UGA president, Macon mayor discuss collaborations and future partnerships

By Kelly Simmons

simmonsk@uga.edu

A meeting with Macon-Bibb County Mayor Robert Reichert Jan. 4 was an opportunity for UGA President Jere W. Morehead to learn more about the assistance the university provided MaconBibb before, during and after its government consolidation.

“As a land- and sea-grant university, part of our mission is to connect the resources of the University of Georgia to communities throughout the state,” Morehead said. “Through our outreach programs, we help

revitalize rural downtowns, develop community leadership pipelines, train local elected officials and help governments, like Macon-Bibb County’s, operate more efficiently and effectively. These efforts lead to greater economic vitality for the state as a whole.”

Macon and Bibb County officials launched the formal process to consolidate their two governments in 2011, contracting with UGA’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government to work with a transition task force to help merge services and policies, set an initial budget and establish a strategic plan. The consolidated government launched

Jan. 1, 2014. In addition, the Vinson Institute provides ongoing training to elected officials and professional staff.

Reichert told Morehead Jan. 4 that the consolidation has been a success for the county in many ways: • Government spending has been cut by 20 percent, while services to citizens have become more streamlined and efficient, as well as more equitable.

• Industries and businesses are expressing renewed and stronger interest in locating and expanding in Macon-Bibb County.

See MACON on page 8

Numerous and varied systems currently manage financial and human resources information across the university’s colleges, schools and units. Now a major transformation known as the OneSource Project is underway at UGA that will streamline business processes under one system that is integrated, efficient and aligned with those used by the University System of Georgia.

Over the multi-year course of UGA’s OneSource Project, all faculty and staff will see some

changes in the areas of finance and human resources processes and technology.

“When I’m talking to people around campus about the OneSource Project, I always start with what the project’s about: a major transformation in the university processes for doing business, which includes adopting industry best practices and modern technology,” said Chris Wilkins, project director of the OneSource Project.

The underlying technology for UGA’s OneSource Project is Oracle’s PeopleSoft, the same platform used by all other

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2017 FOUNDERS DAY

UGA to be celebrated as birthplace of public higher education in U.S.

By Kelundra Smith kelundra@uga.edu

UGA will observe its 232nd anniversary in 2017, and the President’s Office and UGA Alumni Association will celebrate the occasion by hosting a weeklong series of events, including the 15th annual Founders Day Lecture Jan. 23 at 1:30 p.m. in the Chapel.

Charles Bullock III, the Richard B. Russell Professor of Political Science, Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor and University Professor, will present the lecture “The Highs and Lows of the 2016 Presidential Election.”

Bullock has been at UGA in the School of Public and International Affairs since 1968 with the exception of one year when he served as legislative assistant to

Congressman Bill Stuckey and two years when he was professor of political science at the University of Houston. He has contribCharles Bullock uted to more than 30 books and published over 150 articles. Among his most recent books are Redistricting: The Most Political Activity in America (2010) and the fifth edition of The New Politics of the Old South (2014), co-edited with Mark Rozell. His books The Triumph of Voting Rights in the South and Runoff Elections in the United States, co-authored with Loch Johnson, have each won the See ANNIVERSARY on page 7

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE

Professor of crop, soil sciences, plant biology named AAAS Fellow

By James E. Hataway jhataway@uga.edu

Katrien M. Devos, a professor of crop and soil sciences and plant biology at UGA, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Election as an AAAS Fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers.

In 2016, 391 members were awarded this honor by AAAS because of their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.

New Fellows will be presented with an official certificate and gold and blue (representing science and

engineering, respectively) rosette pin in February at the AAAS Fellows Forum during the 2017 AAAS annual meeting in Boston.

Devos, Katrien Devos who holds a joint appointment in UGA’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, was elected as an AAAS Fellow for her important contributions to the field of comparative genomics of the grasses, particularly

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Around academe

Universities partner with community colleges to boost completion rates

Traditional four-year universities are partnering with community colleges to increase transfer and degree completion rates and offer certain bachelor’s degrees, according to an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education.

To help students successfully transition from community college to four-year institutions, some universities like Texas A&M are teaming up with community colleges to simultaneously accept students into the community school and the university. After two years at the community college, those students transfer to A&M with course credits toward a bachelor’s degree.

Another strategy being used by community colleges is to automatically enroll students who express an interest in obtaining a four-year degree in academic advising programs to ensure course credits are transferable.

Report: Georgia higher education degree holders tend to earn more

A new report from the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement shows that students with higher levels of education tend to earn more, with the increase in wages growing over time.

However, earnings vary according to the field of study, degree obtained and the college or university attended.

The report linked to https://learnearn.gosa. ga.gov/, which allows users to view the average earning potential of various degrees by program of study and college one year after graduation and five years after earning the degree.

Bulldog Bucks now offers option to donate to food scholarship fund

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Bulldog Bucks account holders at UGA are now able to choose to donate their remaining account balance upon account closure to the Let All The Big Dawgs Eat (LATBDE) Food Scholarship Fund.

The LATBDE Food Scholarship is a needbased scholarship that awards meal plans to a number of UGA students each fall and spring semester. Created by the Office of Student Affairs, this scholarship aims to combat food insecurity and eliminate hunger among the student body at UGA. To close out a Bulldog Bucks account, the cardholder fills out an Account Closure Request online, which is automatically submitted to and processed by the Bulldog Bucks office. When filling out the request, the cardholder can select the option to have the remaining balance donated to the LATBDE Food Scholarship Fund.

For more information, contact the Bulldog Bucks office at 706-542-8257 or visit the office at 40 Baxter St. Source: UGA Food Services

Why I Give Name: Trina von Waldner

Georgia Fund 2017

Po s i t i o n : D i r e c t o r o f Continuing Professional Development and Outreach in the College of Pharmacy At UGA: 9 years Trina von Waldner

Beneficiary of her gift to the university: College of Pharmacy

Why she contributes: “The role of pharmacists in addressing public health issues has never been more important than today. At a time when health care is at the forefront, we need to prepare a competent workforce. Providing financial support for student pharmacists who want to help meet the public health needs of our state and the nation is my goal.”

To make your contribution to the Georgia Fund, please contact the Office of Annual Giving at 706-542-8119 or visit give.uga.edu.

UGA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

Former School of Law associate dean will receive President’s Medal UGA will bestow one of its highest honors on Paul M. Kurtz, retired associate dean and professor in the UGA School of Law, during Founders Day activities Jan. 23. (See story, page 1.)

The President’s Medal recognizes extraordinary contributions of individuals who are not current employees of UGA and who have supported students and academic programs, advanced research and inspired community leaders to enhance the quality of life of citizens in Georgia.

“Paul Kurtz is among the most respected faculty members to have served the university, and he is renowned nationwide for his legal expertise and leadership still today,” said UGA President Jere W. Morehead. “We are pleased to recognize his many contributions to strengthening the academic mission of this university and improving the legal system in our state and nation.”

Kurtz was a faculty member at the School of Law from 1975 until his retirement in 2013, specializing in criminal law and family law. He served as the law school’s associate Paul Kurtz dean from 1991 until 2013 and was named the J. Alton Hosch Professor of Law in 1994.

Active in law school and university affairs throughout his career, Kurtz was elected by colleagues to three terms of service on the University Council as well as two terms on the board of the UGA Athletic Association. He is chairing the American Bar AssociationAssociation of American Law Schools Accreditation Site Inspection of the Indiana University-Indianapolis Law

SPONSORED PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION

Distinguished Research Professor named executive director of SPA

By Sam Fahmy

sfahmy@uga.edu

Distinguished Research Professor Nancy Manley has been named the university’s executive director of Sponsored Projects Administration, a position through which she will lead ongoing efforts to enhance the support and service that faculty members receive as they apply for and manage grants and other externally funded projects.

Associate Vice President for Research Carl Bergmann, who previously oversaw Sponsored Projects Administration, is shifting his focus to advancing the comprehensive OneSource Project to replace the university’s core administrative systems and processes.

(See story, page 1.)

“UGA’s research expenditures have risen dramatically in recent years, and I am confident that Dr. Manley’s leadership of Sponsored Projects Administration will help our faculty members further increase their productivity and scholarly impact,” said Provost Pamela Whitten. “She is a highly productive researcher with an exemplary record of building collaborations across campus.”

Manley’s research has been funded by several agencies within the National Institutes of Health and by the National Science Foundation. She directs the university’s Integrated Life Sciences program, an umbrella admissions mechanism for graduate students, and founded the Developmental Biology Alliance, which includes nearly

40 faculty members in 12 departments and five schools and colleges.

As executive director of Sponsored Projects Administration, she oversees a staff of Nancy Manley more than 30 individuals focused on supporting faculty members along the full spectrum of the grants process, from proposal development and submission through accounting to award closeout. “I am looking forward to working with the dedicated Sponsored Projects Administration staff to build on the work done so far and ensure that SPA provides optimal support for the research mission at UGA,” Manley said.

Bergmann oversaw the successful integration of Contracts and Grants and the Office for Sponsored Projects into the new, integrated Sponsored Projects Administration. “The entire team is deeply committed to making procedural and business process changes to improve grants administration at UGA,” said Vice President for Finance and Administration Ryan Nesbit.

“As the inaugural executive director of Sponsored Projects Administration, Carl served brilliantly during a period of enormous transition and progress,” said Vice President for Research David Lee. “With Nancy at the helm, we’ll see continued progress for the benefit of our faculty members.”

FELLOW from page 1 cereal grains, that are commonly grown in less developed countries.

“Selection as an AAAS Fellow is a major milestone in a scientist’s career, and thus the University of Georgia is enormously pleased Dr. Devos has been selected for this honor,” said David Lee, vice president for research. “This peer recognition is important to our faculty and it also brings added distinction to the university.”

Devos earned her doctorate from the University of Ghent, Belgium. She conducted pioneering research on the comparative genetics of cereals at the John Innes Center in Norwich, U.K., before joining UGA in 2003.

Her current research focuses on the structure, function and evolution of grass genomes, particularly switchgrass, wheat, millets and the turfgrass seashore Paspalum.

Devos recently received a $1.8 million collaborative grant from the National Science Foundation to study the genetics of finger millet, an important food security crop for many farmers in Eastern Africa, and of the fungal pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae, which causes blast disease in finger millet.

The resources developed will help breeders create more efficient, sustainable varieties of finger millet that are also resistant to blast disease.

School. Kurtz earned his bachelor’s and law degrees from Vanderbilt University and his Master of Laws from Harvard University.

As associate dean for academic and student affairs, Kurtz supervised the law school’s academic program and curriculum. Kurtz’s scholarship includes two books, Family Law: Cases, Text, Problems 5th Edition (with professors Ira Ellman, Lois Weithorn, Brian Bix, Karen Czapanskiy and Maxine Eichner) and Criminal Offenses and Defenses in Georgia. He also served as associate editor and a board of editors member for the Family Law Quarterly.

In 2001, Kurtz was appointed as a commissioner by Gov. Roy Barnes to represent Georgia on the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, and he has been annually reappointed by Govs. Sonny Perdue and Nathan Deal.

WIP welcomes community into classrooms

By Lindsey Harding lharding@uga.edu

The Franklin College Writing Intensive Program launched a Public Writing Initiative last fall to bring professionals into writing-intensive classes.

The goal was to foster an awareness for writing as a skill that has realworld applicability and a practice in which students will continue to engage long after they graduate from college.

UGA alumni, university administrators and members of the Athens-area community visited WIP courses to talk about the writing they do on the job as well as the importance and development of communication skills.

While the Writing Intensive Program offers UGA undergraduate students opportunities to develop their skills in the context of discipline-specific courses, the new initiative highlights the value of these opportunities as critical training for professional careers and advanced programs of study.

The classroom visits brought guest speakers into four WIP classrooms to talk about their communication expectations and experiences. Students in art history, sociology, mathematics, and women’s studies had the chance to hear about the role that writing plays in workplace settings. UGA alumna Alex Laughlin, who currently works for The Washington Post, spoke to a women’s studies class about her professional and personal experience writing for online media outlets, print publications, blogs and social media.

Paul Klute, director of UGA’s Office of Institutional Research, spoke to David Gay’s “Foundations of Geometry” class about the ways educational institutions track data and the way that data is communicated effectively to different audiences and also how it can be misused if communicated poorly.

Hillary Brown, director of communications at the Georgia Museum of Art, visited Nell Andrew’s art history class, “Art Between the Wars,” to discuss how research and elements of argumentation still inform the writing and communication initiatives associated with a museum. Chief Deputy J. Lee Weems from the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office spoke to Sarah Shannon’s sociology class, “Communities and Crime.”

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Jianfu “Jeff” Chen and fellow researchers have developed a new mouse model that mimics fetal brain abnormalities caused by the Zika virus in humans.

Assessing the damage

New mouse model reveals extensive postnatal brain damage caused by Zika infection

By James E. Hataway jhataway@uga.edu

A team of scientists led by researchers at UGA has developed a new mouse model that closely mimics fetal brain abnormalities caused by the Zika virus in humans.

This model, described in a paper published in the journal Development, may help scientists better understand how the Zika virus affects different cell types in the developing brain, which could hasten the creation of new treatments and diagnostics.

Spread mostly by the bite of an infected mosquito, the Zika virus can pass from a pregnant woman to her fetus. This can result in microcephaly, a birth defect in which the brain does not develop properly, resulting in a smaller than normal head.

“A lot of the discussion about Zika has focused on microcephaly, and while that is certainly important, we found that the virus causes additional

devastating damages to the developing brain as well,” said Jianfu “Jeff” Chen, an assistant professor of genetics in UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences.

Most notably, Chen and his colleagues, including postdoctoral fellow Qiang Shao and graduate student Stephanie Herrlinger, found that Zika infection leads to abnormal blood vessel formation in the brain and a leaky blood-brain barrier, which normally protects the brain from potentially harmful pathogens.

“In addition to neural progenitor cell disruption, which is a classical cause of human microcephaly, we also observed massive death of neuronal cells in our mouse model,” Chen said.

“This combined with the disruption of the vascular system and the bloodbrain barrier results in microcephaly and extensive brain damage.”

Therefore, he added, “It’s not just that the brain is smaller than normal; it is severely injured as a result of the infection, and we need to understand all

Office of International Education to host annual spring Study Abroad Fair Jan. 18

these effects if we are going to develop successful therapies.”

The researchers created their model by injecting Zika virus that was isolated in Mexico from an infected mosquito into the brain of mouse embryos. They were then able to observe the neurological effects after the mice were born.

“A lot of scientists are looking for postnatal mouse models to study the effects of Zika virus infection, but the virus often causes premature birth in mice,” Chen said. “The virus-infected pups in our model were carried to term, and they were born alive. This is important, because some infected babies were also born alive in humans, and establishing a postnatal mouse model will be a good start to understand potential neurological complications after virus infection.”

Ultimately, the researchers hope that this model will prove useful as researchers around the world work to understand the unique disease mechanisms of the Zika virus and test new therapeutics.

ARCS Awards to UGA students top $1 million ecfite@uga.edu

Limited time and money are major obstacles for up-and-coming researchers, said Stephanie Herrlinger, a UGA doctoral candidate in neuroscience.

But the ARCS Foundation Award that Herrlinger received last fall eased that burden, allowing her to explore her field and concentrate on her research.

ARCS Foundation is a national, volunteer organization of women dedicated to advancing science through scholarship. The Atlanta chapter, which also awards outstanding students from Emory University, Morehouse College and the Georgia Institute of Technology, began partnering with UGA in 2000 through the Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute.

Since then, 145 awards surpassing $1 million total have been granted to exceptional UGA doctoral students in science and technology disciplines.

“There really isn’t another award like this, and I’m just so excited for some of the things that I’m able to do now,” Herrlinger said of the Global Impacts

Award she received, which granted her $25,000 over the next three years.

So far, she has used the money to attend the Society for Neuroscience conference in November, purchase software to organize research data and to enroll in a course on molecular neurodegeneration at the University of Cambridge in England.

Herrlinger is one of 12 UGA graduate students in fields ranging from biochemistry and genetics to ecology and engineering to receive an award this year. She was selected for her leadership skills, academic strength and research on microcephaly, a congenital brain condition that is of high interest in the wake of the Zika virus outbreak.

“I’ve always been really fascinated by the brain; it’s such an interesting organ with such vast complexity,” said Herrlinger. When the question emerged of Zika virus’ connection to microcephaly in infants born to infected mothers, her experience put her in a prime position to conduct a study.

This year’s ARCS Scholars also include Lydia Anderson, John Avery,

UGA will host a spring Study Abroad Fair for students Jan. 18 from noon to 5 p.m. in the third-floor hallway that connects the old and new sections of the Tate Student Center. The spring fair focuses on UGA faculty-led and UGA residential center programs available in nearly every academic discipline.

Organized by the Office of International Education, the fair will feature 30 exhibitors showcasing programs led by UGA faculty, UGA residential centers and UGA exchange programs. It is open free to the public.

Students will be able to explore multiple program options, find out about scholarships and other financial aid and get information on courses offered, program dates, costs and how to find a program that fits their course of study. A new feature, “Chat with Study Abroad Alumni,” will take place during the fair in the Intersection. Attendees can chat informally with UGA students who have returned from abroad about various programs and experiences.

Students and other fair attendees also can have passport photos taken and fill out U.S. passport applications in the Tate Center’s Passport Services office in Room 375.

Additional information on the spring Study Abroad Fair is online at http://studyabroadfair.uga.edu.

College of Veterinary Medicine to host annual Shelter Medicine Symposium Jan. 22

BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES INSTITUTE

By Elizabeth Fite

For the second consecutive year, UGA President Jere W. Morehead and Vice President for Public Service and Outreach Jennifer Frum have been named to Georgia Trend magazine’s list of 100 Most Influential Georgians.

In its write-up of Morehead for 2017, the magazine noted that in November, UGA launched a $1.2 billion comprehensive capital campaign, the largest in the school’s history. “UGA also set a fundraising record for the third consecutive year—also Morehead’s third year as president—with $183.8 million, a 28 percent increase over the previous year. A Science Learning Center opened in 2016, and construction is underway on the next phase of Terry College’s Business Learning Community,” the magazine said.

The magazine said of Frum, “Outreach is the name of the game for Frum, who leads the PSO’s programs and initiatives, which have a $587 million impact across Georgia through everything from ensuring seafood safety to assisting with downtown development to sponsoring leadership programs. The first-ever certification program for economic developers in Georgia launched in 2016 through the Carl Vinson Institute of Government, a PSO unit.”

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Stephanie Herrlinger, a doctoral candidate in neuroscience who received an ARCS Foundation Award, plans to continue her research on microcephaly.

Erin Baker, Daniel Becker, Heather Bishop, Chris Cleveland, Kerri Coon, Marcus Goudie, Danielle Lambert, Wided Najahi-Missaoui and Cecilia Sanchez.

The ninth annual Shelter Medicine Symposium will be held Jan. 22 at the College of Veterinary ­Medicine. Hosted by the student chapter of the Association of Shelter Veterinarians, the symposium is focused on the best management and medicine practices for local and regional animal shelters. Veterinary professionals and others who work in animal control facilities and humane societies, or with animal rescue groups in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina are encouraged to attend.

Scheduled conference speakers include Dr. Frane Banovic, an assistant professor of dermatology at the veterinary medicine college; Dr. Joanna Davis, the emergency coordinator for USDA APHIS Veterinary Services in Florida and Georgia, who is also an adjunct assistant professor of infectious diseases at UGA’s veterinary medicine college; Jo Smith, an associate professor of small animal internal medicine at the UGA veterinary medicine college; Jessica Rook, co-founder of Animal Law Source, which focuses on legal issues involving animals in Georgia; Susan Bufano, president of Speak for Animals; Dr. Jaime Kline from Hills Pet Nutrition; and Morgan Floyd and Jason Smith from the Georgia Department of Agriculture.

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EXHIBITIONS

Storytelling: The Georgia Review’s 70th Anniversary Art Retrospective. Through Jan. 29. ­Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. hazbrown@uga.edu.

Artists of the New York School. Through March 19. ­Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. hazbrown@uga.edu. (See story, below).

Driving Forces: Sculpture by Lin Emery. Through April 2. ­Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. hazbrown@uga.edu.

Advanced and Irascible. Through April 30. ­Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. hazbrown@uga.edu.

On the Stump—What Does it Take to Get Elected in Georgia?

Through Aug. 18. Special collections libraries. 706-542-5788. jhebbard@uga.edu.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 17 TODDLER TUESDAY: FINGER PAINTING This free, 40-minute program is designed for families with children ages 18 months to 3 years. Space is limited; email callan@uga.edu or call 706-542-8863 to reserve a spot.

10 a.m. Georgia Museum of Art.

MARTA CEO to give Holmes-Hunter Lecture Feb. 2

By Matt Chambers mattdc@uga.edu

Keith T. Parker, general manager and chief executive officer of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, will present the 2017 Holmes-Hunter Lecture Feb. 2 at 2 p.m. in the Chapel. Parker was recently named one of the 2016 Public Officials of the Year by Governing magazine.

Since coming to MARTA in 2012, Parker and his team have enhanced bus and rail service, balanced the budget, improved the customer experience and made the transit system more efficient. MARTA, the ninth largest transit system in the U.S., includes heavy rail, bus and paratransit services. With an annual budget of $1 billion, MARTA provides more than 400,000 passenger boardings a day.

Parker was recognized as the outstanding public transportation manager by the American Public Transportation Association in October 2015. METRO magazine named Parker as one of its 20 most influential people of the decade in 2014 in recognition of his ability to transform agency practices and standards, implement cost-effective measures and encourage a culture of innovation.

Prior to coming to Atlanta, Parker served as CEO

WORKSHOP Designing a high-quality survey that meets research needs is key to a successful classroom research project, but so is getting students to take those surveys. “Best Practices in Quantitative Data Collection 2” will cover additional research-based recommendations for both the design and implementation of survey methodology, giving participants more practice in designing clear, effective survey questions. 2 p.m. North Instructional Plaza. ckuus@uga.edu.

INTERNATIONAL FAMILY POTLUCK DINNER Join international students, faculty and staff and their families for a meet-and-greet family potluck dinner. 6 p.m. Campus View Church, 1360 S. Lumpkin St., Athens. 706-542-2900. haleyd@uga.edu.

Georgia Museum of Art showcases artists of the New York School

By Sarah Dotson sdotson@uga.edu

The exhibition Artists of the New York School is on display until March 19 at the Georgia Museum of Art. Organized by Sarah Kate Gillespie, the museum’s curator of American art, the exhibition features works from the museum’s collection and on loan from several private collections. It includes paintings, sculptures and works on paper and highlights what was known as the “New York School,” a group of artists working in the city who focused on making abstract work. Along with well-known male artists such as James Brooks, Frank Stella and Philip Guston, the exhibition also features work by female artists Louise Nevelson, Michael (Corrine) West, Helen Frankenthaler and Anne Ryan.

Artists of the New York School functions as a companion exhibition to Advanced and Irascible: Abstract Expressionism from the Collection of Jeanne and Carroll Berry, which also is on view at the museum. It includes about 30 works, several of which are also on loan from the Berrys’ collection. An untitled metal sculpture by Robert Goodnough was a gift to the museum in 2016 and is on view for the first time in the exhibition.

Although diverse in medium and technique, the artists of the New York School were key in establishing the U.S. as a place that welcomed avant-garde art.

Gillespie also is teaching a split-level undergraduate and graduate art history course on abstract expressionism at the Lamar Dodd School of Art this spring semester. The class will make heavy use of both Advanced and Irascible and Artists of the New York School, allowing students to study original works of art in person, rather than art reproduced in a textbook.

Related events include a film series beginning Jan. 26; 90 Carlton: Winter, the museum’s quarterly reception (free for members of the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art, $5 for nonmembers) Feb. 10 at 5:30 p.m.; and a Family Day focused on abstract valentines Feb. 11 at 10 a.m. All events are open free to the public unless otherwise indicated.

for transit systems in San Antonio,Texas, and Charlotte, North Carolina. During his time overseeing those transit systems, they experienced some of the largest increases in ridership in the country while maintaining low costs.

In February, Parker was appointed to the National Infrastructure Advisory Council by President Barack Obama. The council, which comprises 30 members from private industry, academia and state/local government, provides insight and guidance on the security of the critical infrastructure sectors and their information systems across the U.S. Parker holds an MBA from the University of Richmond, in addition to a Master of Urban and Regional Planning and a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Virginia Commonwealth University. He also holds professional certification with the American Institute of Certified Planners.

The Holmes-Hunter Lecture honors Charlayne Hunter-Gault and the late Hamilton Holmes, who in 1961 became the first African-American students to enroll at UGA. Held annually since 1985, the lecture focuses on race relations, civil rights and education with implications for inclusion and diversity. The lecture is one of UGA’s Signature Lectures for 2016-2017 and is sponsored by the Office of the President.

open to artists of all levels of experience. The sessions will draw inspiration from the museum’s collection, including works from the archives and many not currently on display. The cost of the course is a $15 materials fee, which will cover all necessary supplies for the four sessions. Space is limited; call 706-542-8863 or email callan@uga.edu to reserve a spot.

6:30 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. CLOSING RECEPTION Award-winning poet Jericho Brown will read at the closing reception for The Georgia Review’s Storytelling exhibition. Light refreshments will be served, and the exhibition will be open for viewing. 7 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662.

MEN’S BASKETBALL vs. Vanderbilt. $15. 9 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum. 706-542-1231.

BALLROOM MAGIC 2017 The University of Georgia Ballroom Performance Group presents Ballroom Magic 2017: “Can’t Stop The Magic,” the 26th annual ballroom dancing showcase. This show will include Latin, swing and smooth styles such as salsa, samba, foxtrot, waltz, East Coast swing and much more. In addition to performances by the UGA Ballroom Performance Group, there will be guest performances by dance groups from the Athens and Atlanta communities, including Swung and CONTACT. Shows are Jan. 19 at 8 p.m., Jan. 20 at 8 p.m. and Jan. 21 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. $16. New Dance Theatre, dance building.

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 20

DANCE PERFORMANCE Based in San Francisco, Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet has captured the spotlight in the international world of dance with bold new innovations that break the mold of what ballet can be. $52; $6 for UGA students. 8 p.m. Fine Arts Theatre. 706-542-4400. ugaarts@uga.edu.

NATIVE PLANT SYMPOSIUM Native plants are important for many reasons: they celebrate this region, they are well suited to grow in this area, they provide habitat, they are more digestible for native insects and they are part of a very complex, interrelated ecosystem that includes birds and mammals. Enjoy a daylong series of presentations on gardening with native flowers and trees and related conservation issues. $65; lunch is included. 8:45 a.m. Garden Club of Georgia Terrace Room, State Botanical Garden. 706-542-6156. ckeber@uga.edu.

SPRING STUDY ABROAD FAIR Explore the many study abroad summer and fall options as well as future study abroad opportunities. Learn about faculty, residential centers, exchange programs and scholarships. Noon.

Tatrium, Tate Student Center. (See Digest, page 3.)

TOUR AT TWO A tour of the permanent collection led by docents. 2 p.m.

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

THURSDAY, JANUARY 19 CLASS Trees may be most beautiful in the winter when they are stripped down to their basic architecture. But can we know them without their leaves? In “Winter Tree Identification,” students will learn the basics of identifying trees in the winter by learning about twigs, bark, leaf scars, fruits and tree form. $50. 9 a.m. Visitor Center, Classroom 2, State Botanical Garden.

706-542-6156. ckeber@uga.edu.

FILM AND LECTURE Film and lecture about Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of landscape architecture in America. 4:30 p.m. 123 Jackson Street Building. 706-542-8113. iarmit@uga.edu.

VISUAL ARTS THIRD THURSDAY Seven of Athens’ established venues for visual art hold “Third Thursday,” an event devoted to art in the evening hours, on the third Thursday of every month. The Georgia Museum of Art, the Lamar Dodd School of Art, Lyndon House Arts Center, Glass Cube & Gallery@Hotel Indigo-Athens, Cine, the Classic Center and ATHICA will be open from 6-9 p.m. to showcase their visual-arts programming. Full schedules are posted at 3Thurs.org. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. hazbrown@uga.edu.

STUDIO WORKSHOP: BIOMORPHIC ACRYLICS Join Athens-based artist and educator Erin McIntosh for a four-part series of studio-based courses that will focus on biomorphic abstraction and acrylics as expressed through various techniques and acrylic mediums, including applications for both abstract and representational works. This workshop is

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CONFERENCE The political science department in UGA’s School of Public and International Affairs will host the “Effects of the 2016 Elections Conference.” 9 a.m. Masters Hall, Georgia Center.

706-542-3358. ktpoole@uga.edu.

MORNING MINDFULNESS WORKSHOP The Georgia Museum of Art invites you into the galleries to participate in free guided mindfulness meditation sessions, held every other Friday during the spring semester. Sessions include instructor-led meditation followed by a period of reflection.

Reservations are encouraged; call 706-542-0448 or email sagekincaid@uga.edu. 9:30 a.m. Georgia Museum of Art. INTERNATIONAL COFFEE HOUR 11:30 a.m. Memorial Hall Ballroom. 706-542-5867. isl@uga.edu.

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ugasheltermedicineseminar@gmail.com. (See Digest, page 3).

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL vs. Florida. $5. 1 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum. 706-542-1231.

SUNDAY SPOTLIGHT TOUR A tour highlighting the permanent collection led by docents. 3 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662.

MONDAY, JANUARY 23 2017 FOUNDERS DAY LECTURE Charles Bullock, Richard B. Russell Professor of Political Science in the School of Public and International Affairs, will present this year’s lecture, “The Highs and Lows of the 2016 Presidential Election,” to mark the 232nd anniversary of the establishment of UGA as America’s first state-chartered institution of higher education. 1:30 p.m. Chapel. lbcook@uga.edu. (See story, page 1.)

SEMINAR “Extreme Events: Climate Change and the Energy Food Water Nexus,” Marshall Shepherd, geography. Part of the Sustainable Food Systems Initiative Seminar Series. 3:30 p.m.

307 Conner Hall. 706-542-8084. sustainag@uga.edu.

Keith Parker

NOMINATION DEADLINE Deadline for the spring 2017 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award and the Excellence in Teaching Award nominations.

5 p.m. zoe.morris@uga.edu.

GYMNASTICS vs. Arkansas. $10 adults, $6 youth. 7 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum.

706-542-1621.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 21 2017 CHILLY DAWG 5K RUN/WALK In its ninth year, this fun, family-friendly 5K at Sandy Creek Park benefits scholarships and programming at the College of Family and Consumer Sciences. $30. 9 a.m. Sandy Creek Park, 400 Bob Holman Road, Athens. 706-542-3386. vidorsey@uga. edu.

SYMPOSIUM The 2017 Social Justice Symposium is a student-led, workshop-style conference that offers students, faculty, staff and the greater Athens community a platform to discuss social justice issues specific to the Athens area. 9 a.m. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Building, 780 Timothy Road, Athens.

706-542-1222. sjsathensuga@gmail.com.

CLOSING RECEPTION Closing reception for La Mostra, an exhibition of works produced by faculty and students in the Cortona Studies Abroad Program. 3 p.m. Auditorium, S151 and third floor galleries, Lamar Dodd School of Art. 706-542-2900. cortona@uga.edu.

MISS UGA SCHOLARSHIP PAGEANT Contestants will compete for scholarship money and the chance to represent UGA at the 2017 Miss Georgia Pageant in June. The Miss UGA Scholarship Pageant is a preliminary pageant for the Miss America organization. 7:30 p.m. Fine Arts Theatre.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 22 SHELTER MEDICINE SYMPOSIUM 9 a.m. College of Veterinary Medicine.

FACULTY CONCERT Featuring Michael Heald, violin, and guest artist Timothy Lovelace, head of collaborative piano at the University of Minnesota. 8 p.m. Ramsey Hall. ccschwabe@uga.edu.

COMING UP LECTURE Jan. 24. The UGA Division of Student Affairs annually hosts a leader in higher education to engage staff throughout the division in exploring current topics. Ajay Nair, senior vice president and dean of Campus Life at Emory University, is this year’s visiting practitioner. Nair will give a lecture on navigating your position, professional and personal identities while advocating for change. 1:30 p.m. Chapel. 706-542-8229. asd@uga.edu.

LECTURE Jan. 24. Connie Cottingham, a staff member at the State Botanical Garden, will transport attendees to three very different gardens in three very different settings, and perhaps along the streets of a few charming towns in France and Monaco in this lecture. Light reception before the talk provided by Friends of the Garden. 6:30 p.m. Visitor Center, Gardenside Room, State Botanical Garden. 706-542-6014. connicot@uga.edu.

TOUR AT TWO Jan. 25. Join Hillary Brown, director of communications and in-house co-curator of the To Spin a Yarn, Distaffs: Folk Art and Material Culture exhibition, for a special tour. 2 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662.

2017 STATE OF THE UNIVERSITY ADDRESS Jan. 25. UGA President Jere W. Morehead will deliver the annual report to the faculty and community. 3:30 p.m. Chapel.

UGA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Jan. 25. The UGA Symphony Orchestra will accompany winners of the annual Concerto Competition. Some of the best musicians at the UGA Hugh Hodgson School of Music will take center stage, backed by the UGASO, and display their prowess across a spectrum of musical styles. $12; $6 with a UGA student ID. 8 p.m. Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall. 706-542-4752. ccschwabe@uga.edu.

WORKSHOP Jan. 26. The newest addition to eLC, Blackboard Collaborate Ultra, can be used to engage students in a number of learning activities. This workshop will be held online via Collaborate Ultra. 12:30 p.m. sac@uga.edu.

Spanish Brass will perform Jan. 26 in Hodgson Concert Hall

By Bobby Tyler btyler@uga.edu

The UGA Performing Arts Center will present Spanish Brass Jan. 26 at 8 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall. The program will include works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Giuseppe Verdi, Tomas Breton, Enrique Granados and Isaac Albeniz.

Spanish Brass was formed in 1989, and in 1996, the group won first prize at the Narbonne International Brass Quintet Competition in France.

The ensemble has performed at music events across the globe including the Great American Brass Band Festival, Festival de Musique de Radio-France, Granada International Festival, Lucerne Festival, Cheju Summer Festival in Korea, Germany’s Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Kalavrita Festival in Greece, Italy’s Merano Brass Festival and Festival de Inverno de Brasilia.

The members of Spanish Brass are Carlos Beneto (trumpet), Juanjo Serna (trumpet), Manuel Perez (horn), Inda Bonet (trombone) and Sergio Finca (tuba). The group boasts an extensive discography of more than 20 CDs. Tickets are $26-$41 and can be purchased at the Performing Arts Center, 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 per student.

Spanish Brass will perform Jan. 26 at 8 p.m. at Hodgson Concert Hall.

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Manuel Gonzalez Canche, an assistant professor in UGA’s Institute of Higher Education, is the recipient of the 2016 Promising Scholar/Early Career Award from the Association for the Study of Higher Education.

The award is given for a significant body of scholarship or a single extraordinary research achievement by a higher education scholar and Manuel in recognition of potential for Gonzalez Canche future research. This award may also call attention to significant work in progress that has won praise from senior colleagues and support from foundations or government agencies.

The Early Career Award is reserved for individuals who are no more than six years beyond the receipt of the doctoral degree.

Gonzalez Canche joined the faculty of the Institute of Higher Education in August 2012, immediately after earning his doctorate from the Center for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Arizona. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in educational research and a master’s degree in higher education and quantitative methods from universities in Mexico, his home country.

His research follows two different, yet interconnected paths. The first can be broadly classified into issues of access, persistence and success, with emphasis on institutional sector effects on students’ outcomes. The second focuses on higher education finance, with emphasis on spatial modeling and student college choice and migration.

As a first-generation college student and graduate himself, Gonzalez Canche has a special research interest in factors and policies enhancing underrepresented students’ opportunities for educational success. His findings challenge traditional ideas about the negative impacts of community college enrollment on subsequent educational attainments.

Merrill Norton, a clinical associate professor at the College of Pharmacy, received an Emmy from the Southeastern chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for his work on the Spanish language documentary Prescription Drugs, Legally Dangerous.

The award was presented to a collaboration of experts in the fields of addiction pharmacy and medicine for their participation and contributions to the production, describing the dangers of prescription drug abuse in Latino populations.

Winning in the topical (environmental) category, the documentary was produced by the Clinic for Education, Treatment and Prevention of Addiction, Georgia’s first and only Latino behavioral health agency providing counseling and prevention services, along with the Univision Network, the fifth largest television network in the U.S. John Knox, an associate professor of geography in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers.

Founded in 1947, SEDAAG has approximately 500 members in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. It gives this award in recognition of “sustained excellence and creativity in the college classroom.”

Knox is the first UGA faculty member to receive this award since at least 2008. He has received teaching awards at the college, university, state, regional and national levels as a UGA faculty member.

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.

FACULTY PROFILE

Dorothy Kozlowski

Darold Batzer’s classes help students connect a new knowledge of insects to current events and the world outside the classroom.

Professor introduces students to small, but powerful, world of insects

By J. Merritt Melancon jmerritt@uga.edu

It’s Tuesday at 11 a.m., and a rapt classroom of students is gazing up at huge pictures of rashes and macroscopic photos of the insects that caused them.

It’s gross, it’s squirm-inducing and it’s absolutely engrossing. It’s just another day in “Medical Entomology,” a course co-taught by UGA entomology professor Darold Batzer.

Batzer has been teaching students about the incredibly small, but powerful, world of insects since joining UGA’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences entomology department 20 years ago.

In courses like “Medical Entomology” and the study-abroad course “The Natural History of Insects,” Batzer helps undergraduate students from all majors connect a new knowledge of insects to current events and the world outside the classroom.

“Pre-med students often take my undergraduate entomology courses, and they learn about some truly horrible insect-borne diseases that annually affect millions of people in the tropics, mostly children,” Batzer said. “At the same time, they learn something about biodiversity and ecology and hopefully gain more appreciation of the natural world.”

OBITUARIES

Judith Ortiz Cofer

Judith Ortiz Cofer, a former faculty member in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, died Dec. 30. She was 64.

A memorial service will be held Jan. 27 at 3 p.m. in the Chapel followed by a reception in Demosthenian Hall.

A native of Hormiguerros, Puerto Judith Ortiz Cofer Rico, Ortiz Cofer was a retired Regents Professor of English and creative writing. A prolific literary writer in multiple genres, she received many awards for her writing and teaching including a Pulitzer Prize nomination for her novel The Line of the Sun and the O. Henry Prize for her story “A Latin Deli.”

“Judith Cofer was a highly intelligent and gifted human being who brought her love of family and her experience as a native born-Puerto Rican and longtime citizen of Georgia to bear

On South Campus, Batzer is best known for founding UGA’s first courses in wetland ecology. Today, his graduatelevel classes, which focus on wetland ecology and aquatic invertebrates, are routinely cited as some of the most impactful of students’ graduate school careers, according to the UGA Career Center.

“Dr. Batzer is one of the most engaging and passionate teachers I have come across in my many years as a student.

His use of class discussions and field trips were far more beneficial to me than a strictly lecture format,” wrote former graduate student Courtney Holt in a recent award nomination letter. “The combination of lecture, discussion and field (i.e., real-world) work has made the information I learned in his (aquatic entomology and wetland ecology) classes more memorable and applicable.”

Recently Batzer was honored with the D.W. Brooks Award for Excellence in Teaching, the highest teaching honor given by the agricultural and environmental sciences college. However, he started his career as a field scientist studying freshwater ecology by focusing on insects.

Originally from Minnesota, he received his doctorate in entomology from the University of California at Berkley in 1991 and completed a

in her poems, essays and fiction,” said Hugh Ruppersburg, professor emeritus of English.

Ortiz Cofer is survived by her husband, Charles John Cofer, daughter, grandson and family members in Louisville, Augusta, St. Simons, Washington, D.C., and West Palm Beach, Florida.

Jack Kehoe

John Daniel “Jack” Kehoe, a UGA faculty member for more than 30 years, died Dec. 16. He was 89.

A native of Michigan, Kehoe was recognized internationally as an extraordinarily talented artist, respected educator and a true Renaissance man in every sense.

A Merchant Marine during World War II, Kehoe received his bachelor’s degree from Wayne State University and his master’s degree from the University of Michigan. He studied at the Academie Julian in Paris and then further explored his artistic vision in his own studio in Rome, Italy, while studying at the Fonderia Bruni.

A faculty member at UGA’s Lamar

FACTS

Darold Batzer

Professor Entomology College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Ph.D., Entomology, University of California at Berkeley, 1991 M.S., Entomology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 1984 B.S., Entomology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 1979 At UGA: 20 years

National Science Foundation-funded postdoctoral fellowship at Cornell University before coming to UGA. Over the years, his research has focused on using wetland invertebrate populations to monitor wetland ecosystem health, cataloging the change in populations after outside impacts like floods, logging or drought.

One of his current projects is an EPA-funded study of the benefits of preserving wetlands on working farms and whether preserving wetlands helps increase the population of beneficial insects on farmland. He is currently working with an interdisciplinary team of researchers ranging from forestry to forage science at UGA’s Iron Horse Farm on Georgia Highway 15.

Dodd School of Art, Kehoe taught sculpture and served as an administrator. During his tenure, Kehoe was appointed to the UGA Athletic Board. Later, he also served on the Lamar Dodd School of Arts Board of Visitors.

In 1970, Kehoe founded the UGA Cortona Studies Abroad Program, which would become a pre-eminent international art program based in Italy. He directed the Cortona program for 20 years and continued as statesman and cultural ambassador throughout his life.

A building acquired Jack Kehoe

by UGA was named the John D. Kehoe Cortona Center.

Kehoe is survived by his wife of 56 years, Marilyn Mallard Kehoe, their four children, eight grandchildren and other friends and family. Funeral services were held Dec. 22 at the UGA Catholic Center.

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College of Education graduate students fill need for bilingual mental health counselors in local Latino community

By Kristen Morales kmorales@uga.edu

A team of counseling psychology graduate students led by a UGA professor is improving the availability of mental health care for the Athens-area Latino population.

Edward Delgado-Romero, a professor in the counseling and human development services department in the UGA College of Education, recently launched two counseling programs at local clinics. By bringing six bilingual doctorallevel students into the community, dozens of locals have had access to counselors in their native language.

Prior to the programs, Delgado-Romero said, he and one other mental health professional were the only licensed bilingual counselors in the five-county area.

“The work is so difficult and so taxing,” said Delgado-Romero, noting that bilingual mental health professionals have a high turnover rate.

Counselors are often working with an uninsured population, and there is no extra time allotted for transcribing notes into English. And, in general, clients are dealing with extremely complex situations.

“There is a lot of trauma—there are things that happened back home that maybe people were fleeing or a lot of domestic violence, and almost none of the clients have gotten any help,” he said. “And because there’re not a lot of providers who speak Spanish, people bring their kids but can’t be completely candid because their kids are the translators.”

The work also allows the graduate students to gain valuable clinical experience, which is a requirement for their degree. While they could choose to earn their hours anywhere, by working with the local Latino population the students are helping an underserved population while gaining valuable real-world experience in a bilingual setting.

In addition to outreach programs in local neighborhoods, Delgado-Romero and his team are seeing clients at the Athens Latino Center for Education and Services and Mercy Health Center.

At ALCES, which works almost exclusively with the area’s Latino population, DelgadoRomero oversees graduate students as they work with Spanish-speaking clients. Clients are seen on a little- to no-cost sliding scale. No client is turned away, and all proceeds are donated back to ALCES. A second program at Mercy, which sees patients who have no insurance, is part of a

Rebecca Katzmann

Graduate students, led by professor Ed Delgado-Romero in the College of Education’s department of counseling and human development services, see Spanish-speaking clients at the Athens Latino Center for Education and Services as part of a new program aimed at helping the local Latino community.

larger counseling effort launched last year with fellow UGA professor Linda Campbell.

Delgado-Romero also takes his graduate students to neighborhoods and Latino centers.

“We try to go out in the community, wherever there’s a need,” he said. “We do what we can.”

Kristi Gilleland, director of whole person care at Mercy Health Center, said the addition of mental health services addresses a need expressed by nearly half of their entire patient population. A 2012 patient survey found that nearly 50 percent of Mercy’s patients had a mental health need or diagnosis.

Gilleland also said the graduate student counselors who now volunteer at Mercy see about seven patients. While that number may seem low, she noted that about 12 percent of Mercy’s 3,200 patients are Latino, and any counseling services are better than not offering any at all.

Mercy’s entire mental health team includes 16 professionals, 14 of whom are UGA students.

The experience counts as clinical hours that are

WEEKLY READER

UGA Press reissues iconic cookbook

Southern Cooking

By Henrietta Stanley Dull University of Georgia Press $26.95

The University of Georgia Press has reissued Southern Cooking, an iconic collection of 1,300 recipes for such classic dishes as fried chicken, cornbread, pickled watermelon rinds and sweet potato pie.

Southern Cooking had its origins in Henrietta Dull’s immensely popular cooking column in the Atlanta Journal, whose readers faithfully clipped its recipes.

The demand for reprints of perennial favorites or early, hard-to-find dishes prompted Dull to compile them into her now-famous book. Not only does it include individual recipes, but it also suggests menus for various occasions and holidays. Dull was one of the most sought-after caterers in Atlanta even before she began her newspaper column.

Her knowledge of food and its preparation, and her embrace of new, but never gimmicky, innovations in cooking served her readers well.

Upon Dull’s death in 1964 at age 100, the Atlanta Journal said that her book was “the standard by which regional cooks have been measured since 1928.”

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necessary for graduate-level training.

“We’ve definitely seen an increase in benefits in just the short time we’ve offered the service,” Gilleland said.“The partnership has been incredible, and working with Ed, Linda Campbell and (fellow professor) Bernadette Hickman—they have been instrumental in bringing students here and expanding mental health services for our patients.”

The mental health services, DelgadoRomero said, are often a component of greater health issues faced by members of the Latino community. But slowly, through word-of-mouth and neighborhood-level outreach, DelgadoRomero and his students are introducing themselves to new patients and chipping away at the overwhelming caseload.

“Often it’s this intersection of medical and psychological,” he said. “Another thing we’re seeing is that almost every person we see has physical problems. Living a life of uncertainty takes its toll on your health.”

CYBERSIGHTS

V.O. Key Award for being the best book on Southern politics published in a particular year.

The Founders Day Lecture is traditionally held on or near the date the university was established—Jan. 27. On this day in 1785, the Georgia General Assembly adopted a charter establishing UGA as the birthplace of public higher education in the U.S. The lecture is sponsored by the Office of the President, the UGA Alumni Association and the Emeriti Scholars, a group of retired faculty members known for their teaching abilities who continue to be involved in the university’s academic life through part-time teaching, research and service assignments.

In conjunction with the lecture, the Office of the President will host an invitation-only luncheon Jan. 23 during which the President’s Medal will be presented to Paul M. Kurtz, retired associate dean and professor in the UGA School of Law. (See story, page 2.)

The UGA Student Alumni Council will sponsor a series of free events for students in the days surrounding the lecture.

The schedule of those events is as follows, although more activities could be planned and will be posted at www.alumni.uga.edu/saa.

• Jan. 23, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Founders Week T-shirt giveaway in the Tate Student Center Plaza • Jan. 24, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Tradition Tuesday on Herty Field • Jan. 25, 3:30 p.m., State of the University address in the Chapel • Jan. 26, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wear Your T-shirt and Mix & Mingle with student leaders from the Student Alumni Council and the Student Government Association • Jan. 27, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Founders Day Celebration in Tate Plaza “Founders Week is the university’s annual opportunity to reflect on its history and recognize the growth that has taken place on campus since it was chartered in 1785,” said Meredith Gurley Johnson, executive director of the UGA Alumni Association. “I invite the university and Athens communities to join us in celebrating America’s first state-chartered institution of higher education, especially for the lecture on Jan. 23.”

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Site examines Pulitzer Prize, civil rights LookForwardGA.org

The UGA Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication has launched “Look Forward: A Digital Exhibition on Civil Rights and the Pulitzer Prize in Georgia.”

Created in partnership with Georgia Humanities, the project was funded by a grant from the Pulitzer Prize Centennial Campfire Initiatives, a joint venture with the Federation of State Humanities

Councils, in recognition of Pulitzer’s centennial celebration.

The project includes a multimedia collection of oral histories, photographs, videos and information about the civil rights movement in Georgia, all of which are tied to Pulitzer Prize-winning work. The website features a timeline, visual artifacts and a map connecting events together geographically.

Art Director Jackie Baxter Roberts Photo Editor Dorothy Kozlowski Senior Writer Aaron Hale Communications Coordinator Krista Richmond 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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MACON from page 1 • Elected officials are speaking with one voice instead of competing, creating a single government strategic plan.

• Partner agencies and organizations can more easily align with government now that there is a singular focus.

• Macon-Bibb County has won state and national awards for its programs, plans, departments and people.

• The community has a renewed sense of optimism toward government.

“Macon-Bibb is very thankful for the assistance of the Carl Vinson Institute of Government the past five years as we’ve built a new government,” Reichert said.

“Their support, facilitation and expertise have proven invaluable in creating the government our community asked for, and we’re delighted to share our— and their—success story with President Morehead.”

In addition to assisting with consolidation, the Vinson Institute launched its Georgia Certified Economic Developer Program in Macon in March. The certificate program

offers a series of courses to economic development professionals that provide practical, skills-based training, customized for Georgia communities.

Tony Rojas, executive director of the Macon Water Authority, and Sam Hart, its chairman, Dale Walker, county manager, and Julie Moore, assistant county manager for budget and strategic planning, also attended the meeting. The Vinson Institute also has helped the Macon Water Authority with strategic planning.

The Institute of Government will continue its work with Macon-Bibb County in 2017 by facilitating a strategic planning retreat for the commission and senior staff.

This retreat will help update Macon-Bibb’s award-winning strategic plan and set project priorities for the upcoming Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax. In addition to the Vinson Institute, other units of UGA public service and outreach have provided expertise to help strengthen the economic base of Macon-Bibb County and the surrounding region.

From left, facing camera: Vice President for Public Service and Outreach Jennifer Frum, UGA President Jere W. Morehead and Senior Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations Jay Stroman met Jan. 4 with Macon-Bibb County officials, including Mayor Robert Reichert, to learn more about the assistance the university provided Macon-Bibb before, during and after its government consolidation. Tony Rojas, executive director of the Macon Water Authority, and Sam Hart, its chairman, Dale Walker, county manager, and Julie Moore, assistant county manager for budget and strategic planning, also attended the meeting.

Bulletin Board Mileage reimbursement rate

The State Accounting Office has updated the mileage reimbursement rate for travel in state-owned or personal vehicles.

When it is determined that a personal vehicle is the most advantageous form of travel, the employee will be reimbursed for business miles traveled at $0.535 per mile (previously $0.54 per mile).

If a personal motor vehicle is not determined to be the most advantageous form of travel, but it is used, the employee will be reimbursed for business miles traveled at $0.17 per mile (previously $0.19 per mile).

The travel expense statement (http://t.uga.edu/1ad) has been modified to reflect these changes.

UGA’s updated travel policy can be viewed at http://t.uga.edu/1ae.

Email questions to Andre Simmons at asimmons@uga.edu.

Student life grant proposals

The UGA Parents Leadership Council is accepting grant proposals until 5 p.m. on Jan. 27 for the 20172018 academic year to fund programs and events that enhance the student experience at UGA. Grant applications will be accepted only from UGA schools, colleges, units, departments, divisions or student organizations registered with the Center for Student Activities and Involvement.

Proposals must demonstrate a direct and positive effect on student life at UGA. Grants will be awarded in February by a committee established by the Parents Leadership Council.

For a complete list of guidelines and requirements, visit https://t.uga. edu/2O0.

For more information, email Anna Gray, parent and leadership giving coordinator, at annagray@uga.edu.

Knauss fellowship

The Georgia Sea Grant College Program is taking applications for the 2018 Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship, which places graduate students for a year in various executive and legislative branch offices throughout Washington, D.C. The fellowship provides a unique educational experience in the policies and processes of the federal government to students who have an interest in ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources and in the national policy decisions affecting these resources. The fellowship period begins Feb. 1, 2018, and ends Jan. 31, 2019.

Any graduate student, regardless of citizenship, who on Feb. 10, 2017, is enrolled in an academic institution in Georgia, is eligible to apply. Application materials and additional information on eligibility are at http://tinyurl. com/zb39xka. Applications must be submitted to Georgia Sea Grant by 5 p.m. on Feb. 10 via its online

institutions in the USG to manage their financial and HR systems. UGA’s OneSource Project is being implemented in coordination with OneUSG, a systemwide initiative to implement Oracle’s PeopleSoft Human Capital Management software for human resources and payroll across all USG institutions.

When fully implemented, UGA’s OneSource Project will mean UGA faculty and staff will be completing HR- and payrollrelated activities on the new system. This ambitious, multi-staged project officially started in 2015, but the final phase won’t be fully implemented until 2019.

“It may seem like a long time, but UGA faculty and staff can bring value to the table on UGA’s OneSource Project with the numerous opportunities we’re offering to seek community feedback on key aspects of the project,” said Sarah Fraker, change management lead for the project.

The OneSource Project is currently in the discovery phase on several complex aspects, including business intelligence, purchasing and a revamped chart of accounts. The project team is collecting information to provide recommendations to the project’s leadership team. A list of events during which information will be gathered, along with other information about the project, is available at onesource.uga.edu.

“There’s an incredible amount of information to cover over the next few years of the project, all while our project team is continuing to work on current business activities,” Fraker said. “Getting people to the table early in this project will help us prioritize and guide decisions for future phases.”

To advise the UGA community of recent activities and timelines related to UGA’s OneSource Project, a town hall is planned for Feb. 2 at 10 a.m. in Mahler Hall of the Georgia Center for Continuing Education.

The team of professionals assigned to the OneSource project already is taking shape. Team members from Enterprise Information Technology Services, Finance and Administration and other UGA units recently relocated to a dedicated project space in Caldwell Hall. More than 50 people now have a day-to-day role in UGA’s OneSource Project.

Among them is Penny Benton, the administrative financial director for the School

submission system eSeaGrant at http://eseagrant.uga.edu/index.php.

Prospective applicants are also encouraged to contact Mona Behl, associate director of UGA Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant, at 706-542-6621or mbehl@uga.edu to discuss application content and submission.

For more information, visit https://t.uga.edu/2MX.

Student employee recognition

The UGA Career Center, in coordination with the National Student Employment Association, is accepting nominations until Feb. 7 for the university’s Student Employee of the Year.

The top 100 student employees will be invited, along with their nominating faculty/staff member, to an awards luncheon April 12 at the Tate Student Center.

All undergraduate students enrolled at UGA and employed on campus and all graduate students who are on the student employee payroll and are performing student employee jobs can be nominated. Graduate administrative, research or teaching assistants are not eligible.

Visit bit.ly/SEOTYUGA for more information.

Contact Aaron Brown at agb@uga. edu or 706-583-5475 with questions.

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of Public and International Affairs. Benton is the chairperson of UGA’s OneSource Project’s End User Advisory Group, individuals who will be among those to work directly with the new system when it’s implemented.

“The success of the project hinges on faculty and staff involvement,” Benton said.

“Our end users are the ones who know what works and what doesn’t work.As the ones who work with the current systems, they are the experts in these areas. Without their input in all phases, we run the risk of creating systems that don’t address the needs of our campus.”

Fraker also has a unique role in UGA’s OneSource Project, as the project’s change management lead.

“Change management is the peoplefocused side of a project,” she said. “We’ll look at all of the changes coming and identify the stakeholders who will be affected. We’ll help managers identify the roles that their employees will have in the new systems and how they can prepare. We’ll look at comprehensive training plans and employee guides, depending on the complexity of the changes.

In the end, these efforts should mean that UGA is as ready as possible for the changes as they are implemented.”

Despite the complex technical work behind the project, Wilkins said it’s not just a technology project. The new finance and HR system also will help UGA leaders make data-driven decisions that align with strategic initiatives.

“Any time we talk about the project, we refer to it as a business transformation project,” he said. “There are IT components to the project, but the technology side of it isn’t the tough part—it’s the changes to business processes at the university.”

UGA’s OneSource Project’s executive sponsors are President Jere W. Morehead, Provost Pamela Whitten and Vice President for Finance and Administration Ryan Nesbit.

The project leadership team includes Timothy M. Chester, vice president for information technology; Juan A. Jarrett, associate vice president for human resources; David C. Lee, vice president for research; Linda K. Fox, dean of the College of Family and Consumer Sciences; Christina J. Miller, associate provost for academic fiscal affairs; Holley W. Schramski, associate vice president for university business and accounting services; and James N. Shore, senior associate vice president and budget director.

ON THE WEB

onesource.uga.edu

JEKYLL

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to rent and use Camp Jekyll.”

More than 15 acres of the campus includes a learning center—honoring Sandra Deal for her commitment to youth education—that has a 300-seat auditorium, classrooms and offices; two 64-bed and four 32-bed cabins; one 14-bed staff cabin with two private live-in apartments; one 300-seat dining hall; two outdoor pavilions; a basketball and volleyball area; and a maintenance building. A dune crossover for beach access was partially renovated and extended to total 1,080 feet.

The historic pavilion, home to the camp’s canteen and gift shop, is the one structure that was preserved and restored. It was constructed in 1955 as a place for AfricanAmericans to visit the then-segregated beach.

The site was originally home to the Dolphin Club and Motor Hotel that opened in 1959. Many famous musicians visited the Dolphin Club lounge and restaurant, including B.B. King. It closed in 1966 and was leased by the JIA to UGA for use as a 4-H center summer camp in 1983.

In 1987, the program was expanded to include year-round environmental education programs. More than 279,000 students have participated in classes like beach ecology, herpetology, seining and more since the 4-H program began at Jekyll.

ON THE WEB

www.jekyll4h.org