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By Laurie Anderson and Angelyn Dionysatos

laurie@uga.edu, angelyn.dionysatos@dbhdd.ga.gov

Graphic by Clarke Schwabe

The five-year rolling average, which averages the prior five years of UGA fundraising, indicates a growing culture of giving among UGA alumni and supporters.

Beyond campaign goals UGA campaign approaches final year with third consecutive $200M+ year

By Clarke Schwabe ccschwabe@uga.edu

Fundraising efforts for the University of Georgia continue to exceed expectations, with donors contributing $224 million in new gifts and pledges in fiscal year 2019.

This year’s giving drove the Commit to Georgia Campaign ­beyond two major goals: raising $1.2 billion and creating 400 Georgia Commitment Scholarships by the campaign’s conclusion on June 30, 2020. It also is the third consecutive year that fundraising

has exceeded $200 million.

“I want to offer my thanks and appreciation to each and every donor in the UGA family for helping us achieve these important goals that have advanced the university,” said President Jere W. Morehead. “Because of their incredible generosity, we are now reaching exciting, unprecedented heights across our missions of teaching, research and service.”

One of the most significant benchmarks for continued growth is the five-year rolling fundraising average, which averages the prior

five years of giving at the end of each fiscal year. That number has risen every year of the campaign, and in FY19, it reached $204 million. Five years ago, that average was just under $115 million.

“Year after year, the alumni and friends of the University of Georgia prove how exceptional they are,” said Kelly Kerner, vice president for development and alumni relations. “With their support, we reached our campaign goal 16 months ahead of schedule.

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GRADUATE SCHOOL

Doctoral interns benefit from xPD Campus initiative

By Ashley Crain

AshleyCrain@uga.edu

Several UGA doctoral students in the humanities and social sciences are getting exposed to diverse areas within the Office of Research this summer thanks to the Graduate School’s xPD Campus Internship initiative.

The program is designed to provide Ph.D. candidates with career development experiences that complement the depth of expertise they will receive in their graduate programs.

“The xPD Campus Internship program allows students to learn more about areas of higher education administration to which they might not otherwise be exposed,” said Andrew Crain, director of experiential professional development at the Graduate School. “The goal is to stretch your skillset in a new and interesting way and to obtain some tangible experience which you can leverage in your future career planning.”

Seven Ph.D. candidates are spending their summer months

interning at the Office of Research, including Emily Krach and Jessica Shotwell, graduate students in genetics and public health, respectively.

Krach, who’s interning with Innovation Gateway, applied for the xPD Campus Internship program to better narrow her anticipated field of bioscience technology ­commercialization.

“Interning with Innovation Gateway has definitely solidified my interest in the technology transfer industry,” said Krach. “I have been exposed to unique careers available to Ph.D.s that I was previously unfamiliar with, which excites me for the future of the field and my potential role in it.”

Krach’s mentor, Rachael ­Widener, is seeing benefits from the program as well.

“Emily has asked lots of great questions and provided valuable feedback regarding the patentability and market value of inventions made by our researchers here at UGA,” said Widener, senior licensing manager for Innovation Gateway.

“I’ve learned about the many

steps and people involved in establishing an academic-corporate partnership, the general process of technology transfer and establishing start-ups, and how research projects can translate into tangible, real-world products,” said Shotwell, who is interning with the Office of Industry Collaborations.

She hopes to one day serve as a liaison between scientists and other stakeholders to help translate research into practice and products in a way that ultimately benefits the public.

These interns and offices they serve are not the only ones who have seen the benefits of the xPD program.

“Many of the companies we’ve worked with this summer have been impressed by the internship program and the fact that UGA is working to provide these opportunities for experiential learning for our graduate students,” said Crystal Leach, director of industry collaborations.

Both Krach and Shotwell strongly recommend the xPD See INTERNS on page 4

Individuals in recovery from addiction or mental illness often struggle with managing wellness and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

Without any assistance, many cycle back into hospitals, jails or homelessness. Georgia’s peer support program helps people achieve well-being and independence and will soon benefit from work conducted by University of Georgia researchers.

Over the next 16 months, researchers at the UGA School

of Social Work will develop an assessment tool, or measurement standard, that the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities can use to gauge peer support settings across the state. The project will help state policymakers identify and address service inequalities.

“This will be the first statewide assessment to look at all the different ways peer support is provided throughout the state,” said Orion Mowbray, associate professor of social work and principal investigator for the project.“We’re collecting data on the current system and will provide advice on how to better

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DEVELOPMENT & ALUMNI RELATIONS

New giving society recognizes faculty, staff, retiree donors

By Zach Armstrong

zach.armstrong@uga.edu

The Philanthropy at Work ­ ociety, UGA’s first giving sociS ety for faculty, staff and retirees, launched on July 1.

Created by the Office of Donor Relations and Stewardship, this annual society will recognize those who commit to the university beyond their job description by making a gift to the university. Faculty, staff and retirees who give at any level each year are now stewarded through the annual PAW Society.

The reception honoring these donors, formerly called the Faculty, Staff and Retiree Donor Appreciation Reception, is now the Philanthropy at Work Society Reception.

The event continues to be held in

August of the following fiscal year in which they made the gift. Previous stewardship efforts of these donors continue and are updating to reflect their role in the new giving society, including a thank-you email with a message from the Student Government Association president and a special thank-you card sent to the donor.

“It is my hope that the PAW Society will bring recognition to the generosity of UGA’s faculty and staff donors,” said Tony Stringer, senior director of donor relations and stewardship. “It is a testament

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UGA STAFF COUNCIL

New networking program helps staff connect with colleagues

By Krista Richmond krichmond@uga.edu

The more people you know, the better off you are as a community.

That’s the premise behind the UGA Staff Networking Program, and the goal is to provide UGA staff members a chance to collaborate with colleagues, share information and ultimately support each other.

“We’re such a large community, but we know so few people, and this is a way to expand your campus network,” said Anjali Dougherty, associate director of the Internal Auditing Division and chair of the programming committee. “It’s an opportunity for people to connect with other people.”

Dougherty said the idea for the program began as a way to overcome two hurdles: fear of networking and lack of opportunity.

People are often intimidated to attempt networking on their own, and this program provides a loosely structured way to get to know other staff members. It also provides a regularly-scheduled chance to get together with a variety of staff members.

The program, which was piloted from January 2018 through June 2018, will run twice a year— September through February and March through August. The committee assigns participants to a group, and committee members

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2 July 29, 2019 columns.uga.edu Forbes ranks UGA among the state’s best employers The University of Georgia has been ranked the state’s 13th best employer in a new national survey of worker satisfaction recently released by Forbes magazine.

Forbes partnered with the market research company Statista to identify the institutions liked best by employees in its first-ever ranking of America’s best employers by state.

Other top Georgia employers ranked highly by employees include Google, Marriott International and Lockheed Martin. Georgia Tech ranked 20th.

Digest UGA Presents to offer pre-sale, discount tickets for faculty, staff from Aug. 8-14

UGA Presents is offering UGA faculty and staff the opportunity to purchase tickets one week before events go on sale to the general public. During the pre-sale week, faculty and staff can save 10% off regular ticket prices.

The faculty/staff pre-sale begins Aug. 8 and runs through Aug. 14. Tickets go on sale to the public beginning Aug. 15. When purchasing tickets, faculty/staff must use the promo code UGAP10 to take advantage of the discount.

The UGA Presents 2019-20 season opens Sept. 6 with a concert by jazz pianist Aaron Diehl and the Aaron Diehl Trio. The season features a range of performers from around the world including London’s The Kingdom Choir, the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Argentina’s Che Malambo, Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Broadway legend Patti LuPone, Australia’s Circa, Ireland’s Danú performing “An Emerald Isle Christmas” and much more.

Tickets can be purchased online at pac.uga.edu or by calling 706-542-4400. Tickets also can be purchased in person at the Performing Arts Center office, located at 230 River Rd. The box office is open weekdays from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.

Museum book receives national award

The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia has received national recognition for its book Vernacular Modernism: The Photography of Doris Ulmann. The book was given an honorable mention in the art category for the Eric Hoffer Book Awards and was a finalist in the art category for the Foreword INDIES Awards.

Vernacular Modernism brought attention to a relatively unknown documentary photographer.

This book, which accompanied the museum’s exhibition of the same name in 2018, highlights Ulmann’s achievements and techniques and her photographic perspective on 20th-century life.

The Eric Hoffer Book Award for short prose and books started in the early 21st century to recognize excellence in writing. This award remembers the eponymous champion of literature and stresses the importance of publishers of every size. The Hoffer has become a leading international book awards for small, academic and independent presses.

The Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards discover, review and share the best books from university and independent publishers.

PUBLIC SERVICE AND OUTREACH

PSO Faculty Fellow uses high-tech help to plan for road improvements

By Aaron Cox

aaron.cox@uga.edu

The ability to predict problems with roads and bridges could help local and state governments make needed improvements before accidents occur, using technology being developed by a UGA engineering professor working in partnership with the Carl Vinson Institute of Government.

As a Public Service and Outreach Faculty Fellow, Sung-Hee “Sonny” Kim, in the School of Environmental, Civil, Agriculture and Mechanical Engineering at UGA’s College of Engineering, is using Ground Penetrating Radar to look beneath the surface of roadways in a non-invasive manner and assess their condition beyond what the naked eye can see. Once the GPR has scanned the road, Kim uses that information to predict how the roadways will deteriorate in the future and when government agencies should plan on repairing them.

“This is a really great tool for local and state governments,” said Kim. “[They can use] that information to predict how much budget should be spent this year or next year or upcoming years depending on the [road conditions]. They can manage the funds to maintain the roadway systems.

“Other technologies just look at the pavement surface condition only,” he added. “But our technology uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to predict future conditions based on continuously monitored

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PSO Faculty Fellow Sung-Hee “Sonny” Kim demonstrates lab techniques to students.

GPR test data.”

Using funding provided by PSO to the Faculty Fellow’s academic department, Kim was able to upgrade his GPR and install it on a truck, effectively increasing the speed at which he can measure roadways from 3 MPH to 65 MPH. He and his team then spent the past year monitoring 10 different one-mile sections of highway in Athens-Clarke County.

Through his collaboration with the Vinson Institute, Kim was able to input his roadway data into the institute’s Geographic Information System, creating an interactive map that allows users to select a section of road and see its current and predicted future state.

“What Sonny’s technology and

DEVELOPMENT & ALUMNI RELATIONS

UNIVERSITY ARCHITECTS, STUDENT AFFAIRS

By Elizabeth Elmore

Two University of Georgia projects recently won preservation awards from the Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation. The university’s Historic Preservation Master Plan was named Outstanding Achievement, and the renovations at the Russell Hall residence hall earned Outstanding Rehabilitation honors.

The Outstanding Achievement award recognizes exemplary activities in the field of historic preservation. UGA submitted its plan to document and maintain UGA buildings 50 years old and older on all campuses and across the state.

The plan was launched by President Jere W. Morehead, who charged a steering committee chaired by Dan Nadenicek, former dean of the College of Environment and Design.

Scott Messer, director of historic preservation in the Office of University Architects for Facilities Planning, provided support to the steering committee and managed the overall development of the plan.

“The Historic Preservation Master Plan is an innovative and powerful tool that integrates historic preservation and archaeology into the early facilities planning stages.

Receiving this award is a tribute to the quality and future impact of this wide-reaching plan,” said Gwynne Darden, associate vice president for facilities planning. “I’m proud of everyone who was involved and am grateful to the AthensClarke Heritage Foundation for its recognition and shared dedication to historic preservation.”

The process started in 2014 with a student-driven historic resource inventory with oversight from CED faculty and consultant teams. Nine graduate assistantships and a number of internships were established in the college’s Master of Historic Preservation Program to create the inventory.

With help from the FindIT Program in CED’s Center for Community Design and Preservation, experiential learning opportunities were established.

Those students traveled across the state to document each historic UGA building and cultural landscape and created an inventory of the more than 730 buildings and 55 landscapes. This information was studied and enhanced by the consultant team led by Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates Inc. serving as external consultant. The new electronic database inventory includes a history, context, significance, condition and integrity of each historic building. Now that the inventory is in place, the university can follow the detailed process on upkeep of all historic buildings.

“It is very gratifying that the efforts of our students,

Alumni Association elects president, board members eelmore@uga.edu

The University of Georgia Alumni Association Board of Directors has elected a new president, Brian Dill, and approved seven new board members. Their terms began July 1.

Dill has served on the UGA Alumni Association Board of Directors since 2007 and will serve as president for two years. He succeeds Bonney Shuman, whose term concluded June 30.

Dill is the vice president of external affairs for Tanner Health System and the executive director of the Tanner Foundation in Carrollton. He has spent 17 years in corporate and industrial business development and recruitment as an economic development executive in several Georgia communities as well as the COO for the Georgia Department of Community Affairs. Prior to that, he served as a federal and state lobbyist for the Georgia Farm Bureau.

“Brian has been an especially valued member of our board for a number of years,” said Meredith Gurley Johnson, executive director of alumni relations. “He has been a strong servant leader among this group of passionate alumni, helping to guide our strategic direction and offering to lend a hand whenever he can. A truly loyal Bulldog—with the passion to match.”

Dill is a native of Irwin County, Georgia. He graduated Circle of Honor to add four members from the University of Georgia in 1994 with a bachelor’s Two-time NCAA champion gymnast Jenni degree in political science and was a member of the Redcoat Beathard, record-setting placekicker Kevin Butler, Band. This year, he earned a Master of Business AdminisAll-American golfer Nick Cassini and basketball tration degree from the Terry College of Business. Dill’s great Jarvis Hayes will comprise the Class of 2019 wife, Carmen, is a 1995 UGA graduate and a teacher at for induction into UGA’s Circle of Honor.

Carrollton High School. The couple resides in Carrollton Beathard, Butler, Cassini and Hayes will be with their son, Mason. inducted formally during the Circle of Honor Gala The alumni who joined Dill on the board on July 1 include on Feb. 7 in the West End Zone area of Sanford Anne Beckwith, community volunteer in Atlanta; Travis Stadium. The class of 2019 also will be introduced Bryant, president/CEO of Coastal Plywood Company in on Dooley Field at a 2019 home football game to Tallahassee, Florida; J. Callaway, founder and CEO of Onbe determined. ward Reserve in Atlanta; Cathy Fish, associate veterinarian at Georgia Veterinary Associates in Flowery Branch; Kevin A. Gooch, partner-finance group at DLA Piper LLP (US) in Atlanta; Camille Kesler, executive director of RebuildColumns (USPS 020-024) is published weekly during the academic year and ing Together Atlanta and owner of Smallcakes Cupcakery biweekly during the summer for the faculty and staff of the University of in North Druid Hills; and Mark Mohoney, co-founder of Georgia by the Division of Marketing & Communications. Periodicals postage Jackrabbit Technologies in Cornelius, North Carolina. is paid in Athens, Georgia. Postmaster: Send off-campus address changes to To view the full list of UGA Alumni Association Board Columns, UGA Marketing & Communications, 286 Oconee Street, Suite 200 of Directors, visit alumni.uga.edu/board-of-directors.

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expertise allows is for brilliant imaging of those assets and to be able to use that information in a way that they can then determine where they need to invest their money,” said Stephan Durham, associate professor and assistant dean for Student Success & Outreach at the College of Engineering.

Kim already has been in contact with the Georgia Department of Transportation, which wants him to use his research to begin scanning major highway systems in the state this year.

If successful, Kim hopes to eventually develop a map for the entire state.

“We’re very lucky to have [Kim] as a faculty member,” said Durham.

“He’s great for us, but also great for the university as a whole, especially with the work he’s doing now with PSO.”

UGA earns Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation awards

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columns.uga.edu July 29, 2019

For a complete listing of events, check the Master Calendar on the Web (calendar.uga.edu/­).

The following events are open to the public, unless otherwise specified. Dates, times and locations may change without advance notice.

EXHIBITIONS

Our Town and Beyond: Works by Early Members of the Athens Art Association.

Through Aug. 11. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. gmoa@uga.edu.

Larger Than Life: New Deal Mural Studies. Through Sept. 8. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. gmoa@uga.edu.

(See story, right.)

Women of the WPA. Through Sept. 8.

Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. gmoa@uga.edu. (See story, right.)

Celebrating Heroes: American Mural Studies of the 1930s and 1940s from the Steven and Susan Hirsch Collection.

Through Sept. 15. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. gmoa@uga.edu.

(See story, right.)

Color, Form and Light. Through Oct. 13.

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

Out of the Darkness: Light in the Depths of the Sea of Cortez. Through Oct. 27.

Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-1817. hazbrown@uga.edu.

Moon Rocks! Through Dec. 24. Russell Gallery, special collections libraries.

706-542-5788. washnock@uga.edu.

Now and Then: 1979. Through Dec. 24. Russell Gallery, special collections libraries. 706-542-5788. washnock@uga.edu.

Storytelling in Renaissance Maiolica.

Through Jan. 5. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. gmoa@uga.edu.

MONDAY, JULY 29 RESEARCH ACCOUNT DISCUSSION GROUP MEETING The Research Account Discussion Group meets to discuss relevant issues and disseminate information regarding sponsored projects and their financial administration. 3:30 p.m. 127C Davison Life Sciences Complex. 706-542-9441. cathya15@uga.edu.

TUESDAY, JULY 30 TOUR AT TWO Annelies Mondi, deputy director and in-house curator of Celebrating Heroes, will give a special tour of the exhibition.

2 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. (See story, right.)

FACULTY/STAFF GOLF LEAGUE Also Aug. 6. All UGA faculty and staff of every skill level are welcome to join 9-hole events in individual or team formats. Weekly and season-long winners will receive golf shop credits.

Entries into weekly events are on a first-come, first-served basis. Weekly event entry fee is $5 per player. League 9-hole green fee is $11.85 including tax. 9-hole cart fee is $10.17 including tax. 5 p.m. UGA Golf Course. john.crumbley@uga.edu.

SEAT IN THE SHADE POETRY SERIES FINALE Final event in the poetry series featuring Melisa Cahnmann and teacher poets in

her class, including Sydney Clifton, Ming Sun, Traci Snipes, Susan Lane, Bekah List, Matthew Robinson, Meredith White and Ashley Brown-Lemley. This event marks the close of the seventh Seat in the Shade Poetry Series, an event sponsored in part by the Georgia Writers Association, the UGA College of Education and many other poetry champions.

5:30 p.m. Hendershots. 706-714-6474. cahnmann@gmail.com.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 31 CLASSES END For Thru Term and Extended Summer Session.

THURSDAY, AUG. 1 FINAL EXAMS Through Aug. 2. For Thru Term and Extended Summer Session.

CLASSES END For Short Session II. FILM SCREENING­­­ The screening of Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is part of the Deep Blue Sea Film Series. 2013, NR, 57 min. 7 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art.

FRIDAY, AUG. 2 FINAL EXAMS For Short Session II.

SATURDAY, AUG. 3 KIDS FILM PROGRAM The Adventures of Zack and Molly is a new, three-part video series about an unlikely duo exploring the deep ocean.

Produced by Samantha Joye, UGA Athletic Association Professor of Arts and Sciences and professor of marine sciences, and cartoonist and filmmaker Jim Toomey, the series follows the story of a young man who is more interested in the small world of his smartphone than the larger world around him.

Zack’s online request for a roommate is answered by Molly, a tech-savvy Dumbo Octopus on a mission to tell the world about the importance of the deep ocean. Stick around after the film for a short Q&A with Joye, gallery activities and an ocean-inspired art project.

2 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art.

Calendar items are taken from Columns files and from the university’s Master Calendar, maintained by Marketing & Communications. Notices are published as space permits, with priority given to items of multidisciplinary interest. The Master Calendar is available at calendar.uga.edu/.

MONDAY, AUG. 5

GRADES DUE For Extended Summer Session, Thru Term and Short Session II. Noon.

TUESDAY, AUG. 6 ARTFUL CONVERSATION Emily Hogrefe-Ribeiro, assistant curator of education, will lead a conversation on Amalia Amaki’s “Blue Lady.” 2 p.m.

Georgia Museum of Art. SWING NIGHT IN THE GARDEN Learn new dance steps, dance under the palms or watch dancers from seating beside the dance floor. Choose between an East Coast Swing or Lindy Hop lesson from 7-8 p.m., then everyone is welcome for an open dance from 8-10 p.m. No previous experience or partner necessary. $6, general admission; $4, students. 7 p.m. State Botanical Garden.

Work by Anton Refregier, including “Raising of the Bear Flag,” will be on display as part of Celebrating Heroes: American Mural Studies of the 1930s and 1940s from the Steven and Susan Hirsch Collection at the Georgia Museum of Art through Sept. 15.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 7

GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART FEATURES WPA ART IN THREE EXHIBITIONS

UGA STAFF COUNCIL MEETING 2:30 p.m. 250 Miller Learning Center.

SATURDAY, AUG. 10 SOCCER Red & Black Scrimmage. 6 p.m. Turner Soccer Complex.

MONDAY, AUG. 12

FRIENDS FIRST FRIDAY Join author Joe Cook for a journey down the Oconee River and other Georgia rivers and answers to several questions. Cook will discuss the recently published Oconee River User’s Guide, the fifth book in Georgia River Network and the University of Georgia Press’ guidebook series. Cook also has authored guides to the Chattahoochee, Etowah, Broad and Flint rivers and is currently working on the Ocmulgee River User’s Guide. He will be selling books that day—cash and checks only. Includes a full breakfast. To make reservations for the program, visit botgarden.uga.edu or call 706-542-6138. Sponsored by Friends of the Garden. $12. 9 a.m. Visitor Center, Gardenside Room, State Botanical Garden.

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ADVISEMENT For fall semester.

EID AL-ADHA Islamic religious observance.

ORIENTATION For fall semester.

NEW FACULTY ORIENTATION 8 a.m. Georgia Center.

706-542-0383. kcfite@uga.edu.

COMING UP REGISTRATION Aug. 13. For fall semester.

TA ORIENTATION Aug. 13. An orientation for all new graduate students with instructional responsibilities during the 2019-2020 academic year. Provides an overview of policies and procedures pertinent to the TA role and an introduction to effective t­eaching strategies and practices. As per TA policy, all graduate teaching and ­laboratory assistants are required to attend TA orientation at least once. 8:30 a.m. First floor, Miller L­ earning Center. 706-542-1355. gradteach@uga.edu.

TOUR AT TWO Aug. 13. Tour of highlights from the permanent collection led by docents.

2 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. DROP/ADD Aug. 14-20. For fall semester undergraduate- and graduate-level courses.

CLASSES BEGIN Aug. 14. For fall semester.

By Andi Clements

aec66760@uga.edu

During the Great Depression, the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration served as a jobs program, hiring artists to produce work. The result not only created new inspiration for the public, but also allowed artists to feel as though the importance and relevance of their work was equal to the work of others. President Franklin Roosevelt’s jobs programs for artists produced an immense number of murals that were created for various locations around the nation.

The Georgia Museum of Art is showcasing three exhibitions that focus on art from this era this summer: Celebrating Heroes: American Mural Studies of the 1930s and 1940s from the Steven and Susan Hirsch Collection, organized by the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, and on view through Sept. 15; Larger Than Life: New Deal Mural Studies on view through Sept. 8; and Women of the WPA on view through Sept. 8.

“We are fortunate to host this finely curated exhibition of mural studies created during the 1930s and 1940s,” said Annelies Mondi, deputy director of the museum. “The Hirsch collection represents many of the important artists working at the Woodstock Art Colony and nicely complements works in the permanent collection of the Georgia Museum of Art. Several of these artists competed for the same commissions, and it is compelling to be able to view and compare the various submissions.”

Mondi served as in-house curator for Celebrating Heroes, which was put together by Patricia Phagan, former curator of prints and drawings at the museum. She also organized the latter two exhibitions, drawn mostly from the museum’s permanent collection.

Inspired by Mexican muralists, most of the featured artists in Celebrating Heroes are associated with the art colony of Woodstock, New York, and depict conventional and commonplace scenes. They intended —through the large scale of their works—to elevate the ordinary to heroic proportions, celebrating everyday workers.

Larger Than Life features more than just New Deal mural studies. By including images of the finished works on its labels, it shows the process by which artists create large-scale work and make revisions.

Women of the WPA focuses on prints and on the many contributions women made to the New Deal art programs.

Related events include a tour of Celebrating Heroes by Mondi on July 30 at 2 p.m.; a Toddler Tuesday on Aug. 13 at 10 a.m. (email sagekincaid@uga.edu or call 706-542-0448 to reserve a spot); a tour of Women of the WPA by Mondi on Aug. 20 at 2 p.m.; a Family Day focusing on Women of the WPA on Aug. 24 from 10 a.m. to noon; a discussion about the exhibition led by Akela Reason, UGA associate professor of history, on Aug. 27 at 2 p.m.; a film series including Enough to Live on: The Arts of the WPA on Aug. 29 at 7 p.m., The Grapes of Wrath on Sept. 5 at 7 p.m. and Paper Moon on Sept. 12 at 7 p.m.; and a walking tour of campus murals led by Mondi on Sept. 5 at 11 a.m.

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Any additional information about the event may be sent directly to Columns. Email is preferred (columns@uga. edu), but materials can be mailed to Columns, Marketing & Communications, 286 Oconee Street, Suite 200 North, Campus Mail 1999.

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evaluate the peer support program.”

Peer specialists are persons in recovery who are trained and certified by the state to assist others who face similar problems. The support, say consumers who have used the service, can mean the difference between failure and success. Emerging research also indicates that individuals who receive help from certified peer specialists function better in society and have a better quality of life.

Mowbray and his team will assess both service providers and recipients and will examine the impact of peer support on individual improvements, the various ways peer support is used, the efficacy of forensic peer support—i.e. support for persons involved with the criminal justice system—and the experiences of certified peer specialists in the workplace.

“To date we’ve been able to collect mostly qualitative data as it relates to peer support service,” said Tony Sanchez, director of DBHDD’s Office of Recovery Transformation.“This opportunity to partner

with UGA will add the quantitative data that will complement the existing information and truly show the impact of peer support service in Georgia.”

Each year DBHDD supports mental health and substance abuse prevention and intervention services, which include more than a thousand certified peer specialists, for nearly 160,000 individuals. Georgia was the first state in the country to implement statewide peer support in 1999, and since that time the service has been recognized by multiple federal health and human s­ ervice agencies as a standard practice, and 42 other states have followed Georgia’s lead in ­ implementing the service.

“In terms of the delivery of peer support service, Georgia tends to be at the forefront nationally,” said Mowbray. “There are not a lot of other states that I can think of that have peer support service integrated into multiple forms of public mental health services. That’s very forward thinking.”

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to their belief in our mission and their desire to make a difference in the lives of our students. We hope that the stewardship that we offer this group of donors recognizes the integral role they play in the UGA community.”

Faculty and staff interested in joining the PAW Society can make an annual gift online or establish a payroll deduction at give.uga.edu/faculty-staff.

Campus Internship program to any curious graduate students looking to further their career development.

“I’m a huge advocate for pursuing your interests and curiosities, and the xPD internship program provides a platform to do so,” Shotwell said. “Not only have I learned a lot about the world of industry-academic partnerships, but I’ve also made beneficial connections with people that I would not have otherwise.”

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faculty and staff were recognized for significant contributions to an award­ winning plan,” said Sonia Hirt, current dean of the College of Environment and Design and Hughes Professor in Landscape Architecture and Planning.

The Outstanding Rehabilitation award honors excellence in the wholesale rehabilitation of a structure, defined as the act of returning a dilapidated, neglected and/ or damaged property to a state of utility through repair or alteration. The projects give the structures an efficient, contemporary use while preserving those portions or features that are significant to its historical, architectural and cultural integrity.

University Housing’s Russell Hall, which is the residence to about a thousand students, went through a 15-month renovation and reopened in August 2018. The project also won an award earlier this year for Excellence in Sustainable Preservation from the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation. In addition, the project earned “Two Peaches” from the Georgia Peach Green Building Certification, recognizing building systems efficiency gains as well as the inclusion of 10% Georgia-based materials, and the Construction Management Association of America Project Achievement Award in the category of Public Building Renovation, constructed value less than $50 million.

The updated rooms include individual,

modernized temperature control and flexible room furnishings, and there is increased bathroom privacy and lounge spaces to encourage group interaction.

At more than 230,000 square feet, Russell Hall is the largest comprehensive historic building renovation at the University of Georgia and serves as a model of sustainable historic preservation. All of the worn building systems were replaced with new, modern, efficient ones, new highperformance windows were installed, the roof was replaced and various exterior repairs were performed including reworking brick sills and lintels—horizontal supports across the top of a door or window.

The building’s renovated interior preserves a unique mid-century aesthetic, such as the original terrazzo floors in the lobby.

Juneau Construction served as the construction manager for the project. Menefee Architecture, with CannonDesign, designed the project, and Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates Inc. served as the Historic Preservation Master Plan consultant.

“More than 60,000 UGA students have lived in Russell Hall since it was built in 1967,” said Linda Kasper, executive director of University Housing. “The decision to renovate Russell Hall honors our history and ensures future generations of Bulldogs continue to start their UGA experience calling Russell Hall home.”

Bulletin Board BFSO luncheon tickets

The Black Faculty & Staff Organization at UGA will host its 17th annual ­Founders’ Scholarship ­Luncheon on Sept. 25 from noon-1:30 p.m. in Grand Hall of the Tate Student Center.

This year’s luncheon will be an intimate conversation with Mary Frances Early, who in 1962 became the first African American to graduate from UGA. Until Aug. 2, tickets are $45 for individuals and $360 for a table. After that date, tickets for individuals are $55 and $440 per table. For more

information, email Susan M. Williams, BFSO president, at smwillia@uga.edu.

Vehicle insurance ID card

The General Liability Insurance Identification Card for fiscal year 2019-2020 is now available at https://bit.ly/2xOfui2. Print and place a copy of the Auto Liability Insurance Card in each state vehicle. The card also may be provided to employees who drive personally owned or rental vehicles while on o ­ fficial state business.

For more information, contact

Dorothy Kozlowski

Students walk between classes near Park Hall in the University of Georgia’s central campus.

The contributions that got us to that point are already helping students, creating new educational opportunities and enhancing research and scholarship.”

Because of private giving, UGA has made considerable progress in the Commit to Georgia Campaign’s three priorities: increasing scholarship support, enhancing the learning environment and solving grand challenges through research and service.

In 2016, the university announced its intention to create at least 400 Georgia Commitment Scholarships—endowed scholarships for students with unmet financial need—by the end of the campaign.

Currently, 451 scholarships have been established, with 191 created in FY19. The more than 300 contributors to the Georgia Commitment Scholarship program have given nearly $30 million in total, which has been matched dollar-for-dollar by the UGA Foundation. In addition, this year saw the completion of several significant facilities projects funded, in part, by donors, including M. Douglas Ivester Hall and Sanford and Barbara Orkin Hall in the Business Learning Community, the West End Zone

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project in Sanford Stadium, the Alice H. Richards Children’s Garden at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia, the UGA Entrepreneurship Program’s Studio 225 on West Broad Street and the Charles Schwab Financial Planning Center.

Private giving also created 17 new endowed faculty positions in FY19. These positions strengthen UGA’s ability to recruit and retain the brightest, most innovative educators and researchers. Since the start of the Commit to Georgia Campaign, UGA has added 87 endowed faculty positions.

The giving that has enabled all of these achievements has come from faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends of UGA, both near and far. In some cases, very near: 3,615 dedicated current and former UGA employees gave a total of $9.4 million in FY19. Current and former employee giving has accounted for $53.3 million over the course of the campaign.

Over 71,000 donors contributed to UGA in FY19, of which 39,658 were alumni. Thus far, more than 158,000 donors have given to the campaign, which was announced to the public in November 2016.

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check in with their assigned groups and are available as a resource for participants throughout the session. All participants are introduced to the program at a kick-off event and have the opportunity to interact again at a midpoint social.

For the rest of the session, they meet regularly in their groups.That can be gathering for coffee or lunch or even, as one group did, meeting at each other’s office to get a better sense of different jobs at the university.

The committee provides resources such as sample agendas or suggestions on where to meet or what activities to do.

“You might have a lot of thoughts in your head about where you need to go or what you need to do professionally, but rarely do we have time to sit down and discuss it or bounce ideas off other people,” Dougherty said. “What I think this group will do is provide that opportunity.”

Applications for the next session are open through Aug. 15. To apply, visit https://bit.ly/307aCR1. It is a Staff Council

program that is supported by the Office of the President and Human Resources’ Training & Development department.

“In meeting new people, you find out more about the university and more about what resources are out there,” said Marie Mize, the Law Library’s circulation manager and president of UGA’s Staff Council.

That information, in turn, helps make staff members more efficient because they know where to turn to find answers to their questions. And that’s just one of the benefits of the program, according to Mize and Dougherty. Networking can also help staff members build confidence, create a support system and stretch beyond their comfort zone.

“It builds a camaraderie,” Mize said. “You get what you want out of it, and you’re able to direct your own journey.”

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Diabetes prevention

UGA Well-being, in partnership with UGA Extension, will be offering a free diabetes prevention program, Prevent T2, on campus this fall. To learn more, contact UGA Well-being at w ­ ellbeing@uga.edu or ­706-542-7319.

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