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President’s Innovation District Task Force issues recommendations

Mary Frances Early directs the band at Coan Middle School in the early 1970s.

Illustration by Lindsay Robinson

Quiet courage

Mary Frances Early helped to integrate UGA and had an enduring impact on music education

By Heather Skyler

heatherskyler@uga.edu

This story is part of a series, called Georgia Groundbreakers, that celebrates innovative and visionary faculty, students, alumni and leaders throughout the history of the University of Georgia—and their profound, enduring impact on our state, our nation and the world.

Growing up in Atlanta, Mary Frances Early gathered around the radio with her family and listened to classical music. Her father was

an amateur singer—at church and social events—and loved music, but he wasn’t able to go to the symphony because it was segregated.

So the family made do with “The Bell Telephone Hour.”

Early inherited her enthusiasm for music from her father, who died when she was only 12. She went on to pursue degrees in music education—and make history.

Early—who became the first African American to graduate from the University of Georgia in 1962—is being honored by UGA as a courageous trailblazer. But

her influence extends far beyond Athens.

For more than five decades, Early, who is now 82 and living in Decatur, has been a passionate advocate for music education in Georgia and the nation.

The Atlanta Public Schools began desegregating in 1961. After Early earned her master’s degree, she went to work for the school system and was on the front lines of Atlanta’s educational transformation—teaching music at segregated schools before eventually being

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UGA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

Sanford Stadium enhancement unveiled The University of Georgia formally unveiled a major enhancement to the west end zone of Sanford Stadium Aug. 31 as officials from the university and UGA Athletic Association held a ceremony to highlight the updated facilities.

The west end zone enhancement project includes a new locker room, hospitality lounge, larger video board and new upper and lower plazas for fans.

“This extension, renovation and expansion project has made Sanford Stadium, already one of the finest college football environments, even better,” said President Jere W. Morehead. “It is one more step that the University of Georgia is taking to reach new heights of excellence across all our athletic programs, and I want to thank each and every donor who contributed to this important project.”

“We are thrilled to officially dedicate the new west end zone project, which will create a new game-day experience for our

current and future student-athletes, as well as our fans,” said Greg McGarity, the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics. “This facility is unique to Georgia and to Sanford Stadium.

We are especially grateful to the members of the Magill Society who have helped generate the gifts necessary to make this project a success.”

The $63 million project, funded largely by donor support, covers 120,000 total square feet of new and updated space. Part of that space is a 10,500-square-foot hospitality lounge that is used for hosting prospective student-athletes and their guests on game days. The lounge is the first of its kind at Sanford Stadium for the Georgia football program.

“We’re very excited to open our new west end zone facility.

I certainly think it’s a first-class facility, best in the country when it comes to hosting student-athletes and prospective student-athletes on game-day events,” said head

football coach Kirby Smart. “Sanford Stadium is one of our feature showpieces, so to be able to enjoy that environment and have a great place to host them on game day, that’s a great advantage. Downstairs our locker room will give our players a tremendous place to be able to get ready for a game.”

In the past, the football team occupied a dressing room on the east end of Sanford Stadium, but it was only used as a staging room for pre-game, halftime and postgame activities. The new facilities on the west end nearly doubled the amount of square footage for the team and includes fully equipped locker and shower facilities.

The fan experience also received a major boost with the new plaza replacing all existing entrances in the stadium’s west end.

The plaza includes expanded and enhanced concession and restroom facilities as well as a new video board that is 33 percent larger than the previous one.

The University of Georgia’s Innovation District Task Force has delivered its final report to President Jere W. Morehead. The report outlines a strategic vision and corresponding action steps to create a hub—or district—on campus to foster innovation, entrepreneurship, creativity and industry collaboration.

Morehead has endorsed the task force report and assigned a launch team to oversee the initial stages of the innovation district project.

“The future success of this institution—and of all public land-grant universities, for that matter—lies in its ability to find

solutions to pressing challenges; to develop new ways of thinking and doing; and to support the jobs, companies and industries of the 21st century,” said Morehead.

“Those are the top-line objectives of this important university initiative, and I am excited to get the project underway.”

The 15-member task force submitted its final report in July following seven months of intensive study and visioning. The group included faculty, administrators, alumni and business leaders, and the effort was led jointly

by Vice President for Research David Lee and Vice President for See INNOVATION on page 2

COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH

UGA, Emory partner to guide development of norovirus vaccine

By Lauren Baggett lbaggett@uga.edu

Researchers from Emory University and the University of Georgia have received a fiveyear, $1.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to help guide norovirus vaccine decision-making.

Norovirus is the leading cause of foodborne illness in the U.S., and it can spread quickly when people are in close quarters. Three out of four outbreaks occur in long-term care facilities like nursing homes.

Norovirus is the most common culprit for hospitalizing children with vomiting and diarrhea in the U.S. “A norovirus vaccine would be a tremendous asset for public health,” said principal investigator Ben Lopman, a researcher at Emory’s Rollins School of Public

Health. However, it has been historically difficult to develop effective vaccines.

Like influenza, norovirus is genetically diverse and strains evolve rapidly, said Lopman, “and we don’t yet have the richness of data or depth of understanding about norovirus biology or epidemiology.”

The grant will support multiscale, mathematical modeling studies, which aim to understand the dynamics of norovirus at the human host, viral and epidemiological levels. The research team plans to conduct a series of studies to address questions like how many strains of norovirus does a vaccine need to protect against and for how long might protection last.

Specifically, researchers will be monitoring whether the vaccine See VACCINE on page 4

TERRY COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

New Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship now offered

By Ed Morales

eduardo.morales@uga.edu

The University of Georgia will offer a campus-wide graduate certificate program for students to develop skills necessary to launch and grow businesses and social enterprises.

The Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship will be available to all UGA graduate students beginning this fall. The program consists of 12 credit hours with students choosing two entrepreneurship courses from three options—“Introduction to Entrepreneurship,” “Entrepreneurial

Finance” and “Managing the Entrepreneurial Venture”—along with two elective courses tailored to their interests and aspirations.

UGA’s Entrepreneurship Program is housed in the Terry College of Business, supported and taught by five lecturers with decades of entrepreneurial experience, including program director Bob Pinckney.

The graduate certificate builds on the recent success of UGA’s Undergraduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship, established in 2016. More than 80 students have graduated with the certificate since that time, and five times that many

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INNOVATION

OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS

Annual federal staff retreat highlights UGA research

By Emily Pateuk epateuk@uga.edu

Approximately 40 U.S. congressional staff members received an exclusive look at UGA’s research mission through the Office of Government Relations’ annual Federal Staff Retreat. Staff members from 15 of Georgia’s 16-member delegation recently attended the two-day retreat.

After receiving an overview of the university’s growing research enterprise from Vice President for Research David Lee, staffers visited a number of sites across campus that featured innovative and wide-ranging research conducted at UGA. They toured the Regenerative Bioscience Center and learned about associate professor Franklin West’s translational stroke and traumatic brain injury research.

In addition, Jason Locklin, director of the New Materials Institute, demonstrated how his research is creating sustainable products and reducing global waste, such as plastics.

The retreat also took staffers to the Institute for Disaster Management, a state-of-the-art emergency operations center, lab and workspace that supports the training and research of students, faculty and other disaster management practitioners from around the world. The session, led by University Professor Cham Dallas, showed staffers how the institute helps more than 140 hospitals, 100 long-term care facilities and 500 community partners across Georgia develop emergency response plans to disaster risks.

Federal staff members also learned about UGA’s plans for the future of its research enterprise. Kyle Tschepikow, assistant to the president, shared how work by the president’s Innovation Task Force will advance the university’s land-grant mission as well as the community and state’s innovation ecosystem (see story, page 1). Staffers also visited the Indoor Athletic Facility and heard from head football coach Kirby Smart.

The retreat, held annually during the congressional recess in August, allows UGA to showcase the university’s academic and public service initiatives, research advances and institutional priorities to federal staffers. This year’s retreat was held Aug. 16-17.

“These retreats are a great way for folks at the federal level—like me—to see firsthand what our investments can do to not only put Georgia at the forefront for innovative technology but also to advance our nation in that sphere as a whole,” said Nick Scoufaras, a legislative assistant to U.S. Rep. Rob Woodall.

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“The vision of the Task Force,” the report reads, “begins with an imperative: the University of Georgia must strengthen its innovation ecosystem to remain relevant and responsive as a land-grant institution in the 21st century and to continue its rise as a premier national and international research university.”

The report goes on to state that the key to this evolution is the creation of an “energetic innovation district at the interface of North Campus and downtown Athens.”

This district, as imagined by the task force, includes an interconnected set of facilities offering a broad range of spaces and amenities to expand the university’s innovation ecosystem. It would be designed to foster a high level of collaboration of UGA faculty and students with industry and community partners through the development of appropriate facilities and programs.

Incubation and co-working spaces are envisioned to foster a culture of entrepreneurship and to develop the pathways necessary to accelerate commercialization of discoveries and ideas generated at UGA. The district also would include open and flexible space curated to promote “creative collisions” and “blue-sky” thinking as well as event space for hackathons, pitch contests and other large-scale community events.

The 14-person launch team charged by Morehead will be led by Kyle Tschepikow, who assumed the position of special assistant to the president and director for strategy and innovation on Sept. 1. Tschepikow previously served as assistant to the president supporting several strategic university initiatives, including, most recently, the Innovation District Task Force.

The launch team will involve representatives from key units across campus, and its early work will focus on developing a master plan for the district

Innovation District launch team members 1. Paul Brooks, Associate Vice President for Public Service and Outreach 2. Toby Carr, Associate Vice President for Government Relations and Director of State Relations 3. Marshall Chalmers, Associate General Counsel in the Office of Legal Affairs 4. Gwynne Darden, Associate Vice President for Facilities Planning in the Division of Finance and Administration 5. Derek Eberhart, Director for Innovation Gateway in the Office of Research 6. Crystal Leach, Director for Industry Collaborations in the Office of Research 7. David Lee, Vice President for Research 8. Henry Munneke, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs and

that contemplates programming, business operations and governance, and short- and long-term facilities needs.

The University of Georgia is known nationally for its strong innovation ecosystem, ranking in the top five among all U.S. universities in new products reaching the marketplace and in the top 10 for technology licensing productivity. More than 675 products based on UGA research have been

Roy Adams Dorsey Distinguished Chair in Real Estate in the Terry College of Business 9. Bob Pinckney, Director for Entrepreneurship Programs in the Terry College of Business 10. Ramaraja Ramasamy, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Assessment and Associate Professor in the College of Engineering 11. James Shore, Senior Associate Vice President for Finance and Administration and Budget Director 12. Rahul Shrivastav, Vice President for Instruction 13. Kyle Tschepikow, Special Assistant to the President and Director for Strategy and Innovation 14. Jill Walton, Executive Director for Corporate and Foundation Relations in the Division of Development and Alumni Relations

introduced to the marketplace, and more than 160 companies have been started.

The university also offers an entrepreneurship certificate as well as a wide range of entrepreneurship programs to equip students with the tools and resources they need to pursue their own startup ventures.

The task force report can be found at https://president.uga.edu/innovation.

2018 MULTICULTURAL FACULTY AND STAFF RECEPTION

SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK

Governor appoints UGA faculty member to Georgia Commission on Family Violence

By Laurie Anderson laurie@uga.edu

Joon Choi, a longtime advocate for victims of intimate partner violence, has a new role in the state’s efforts to reduce domestic violence.

The School of Social Work associate professor was appointed by Gov. Nathan Deal to serve on the Georgia Commission on Family Violence, which works to reduce abuse within households across the state.

“I am hugely honored to serve on the commission,” said Choi, who has published extensively on intimate partner violence among immigrant and minority women. “The cost of domestic violence constitutes a public health epidemic in Georgia and impacts all walks of life. I look forward to working with my colleagues to improve the mechanisms that increase victim safety and offender accountability and rehabilitation.”

Choi was sworn in by the governor Aug. 15 at a ceremony in the state’s Capitol. Also in attendance were more than a dozen other new appointees to the 38-member commission, which is composed of citizen advocates and representatives from legal, justice system, health and victims’ advocacy organizations, and other stakeholders.

The GCFV was created by the Georgia General Assembly in 1992 to develop and oversee a comprehensive state plan to end family violence in Georgia. As the state’s population has grown, however, so has the number of victims of family violence.

GCFV records show that annual deaths attributable to domestic violence rose over the past decade from 111 in 2008 to 149 last year. That places Georgia 14th in the nation for the rate at which women are killed by men, according to the Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence, an organization that collaborates with the GCFV

on an annual review of domestic violence fatalities.

As a researcher, Choi has explored domestic violence among immigrant families, a population in which women are often reluctant to seek help after violent incidents. Since 2012 she has worked to develop Joon Choi an online intervention training program for Korean-American faith leaders to enable them to better recognize and address domestic violence and its prevention in their congregations.

Korean-Americans comprise less than 3 percent of Georgia’s population, but if successful the virtual case simulation could be adapted to other communities where affiliation with religious organizations are high and religious leaders have a strong influence in the community, said Choi.

For the next three years, Choi will serve on the commission’s Family Violence Intervention Program committee. The committee reviews and recommends changes to the state-certified programs that courts order abusers to attend as part of rehabilitation.

In addition, she’ll provide input on legislation and policies and support the GCFV’s efforts to create local task forces that can coordinate local services and community responses to domestic violence.

At the committee’s Sept. 9 meeting during the GCFV’s annual conference on Jekyll Island, Choi conducted a workshop on engaging faith leaders in immigrant communities to support survivors of domestic abuse.

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MEET AND GREET—Approximately 320 people attended the university’s 2018

Multicultural Faculty and Staff Reception, held Aug. 28 at the Georgia Museum of Art, and heard from President Jere W. Morehead. “I am confident that working together with a sustained effort across this institution, we can continue to show the kind of intellectual climate on this campus that values diversity,” he said. “I want to thank you for the many contributions that we know you will make to the future of this great institution.” Michelle Cook, vice provost for diversity and inclusion and strategic university initiatives, echoed that sentiment. “This event provides an opportunity for us to celebrate the diversity that is UGA and for us to stop and reflect on the value of faculty and staff from various backgrounds,” she said.

CERTIFICATE from page 1 UGA students have applied and been accepted to the program in just the past two years.

“Economic development is central to the university’s mission, and a key component of our commitment to support economic growth is teaching and refining the entrepreneurial mindset in students who have that interest and ambition,” said Terry College Dean Benjamin C. Ayers. “We’re very pleased to offer this university-wide certificate to graduate students who want to join the ranks of innovators and inventors whose ideas will propel growth in Georgia and beyond.”

The UGA Entrepreneurship Program supports a number of curricular and extracurricular programs for students to learn about entrepreneurship, explore common interests and pursue

their own startup ideas. Events and programs include: • live competitions where teams pitch their ideas to a panel of judges, like UGA’s Next Top Entrepreneur and the Collegiate Consensus Great Brands Show (formerly the Collegiate Next Great Consumer Brands Competition); • an eight-week “boot camp” for business development, called the UGA Idea Accelerator Program, held every semester; • the UGA Summer Launch Program for competition-tested teams that are in the imminent stages of startup; and • the Entrepreneurship Speaker Series that brings successful entrepreneurs to campus for students to learn from others.

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EXHIBITIONS

Wrestling Temptation: The Quest to C ­ ontrol Alcohol in Georgia.

Through Sept. 21. Special collections libraries. 706-542-7123. alexis.morgan@uga.edu.

Central to Their Lives: Southern Women Artists in the Johnson Collection.

Through Sept. 23. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. gmoa@uga.edu.

For Home and Country: World War I Posters from the Blum Collection.

Through Nov. 18. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. gmoa@uga.edu.

Vernacular Modernism: The Photography of Doris Ulmann. Through Nov. 18.

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

Poppies: Women, War, Peace. Through Dec. 14. Special collections libraries.

706-542-7123. jclevela@uga.edu.

War of Words: Propaganda of World War I. Through Dec. 14. Special collections libraries. 706-542-7123. jclevela@uga.edu.

One Heart, One Way: The Journey of a Princely Art Collection. Through Jan. 6.

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

Fighting Spirit: Wally Butts and UGA Football, 1939-1950. Through May 10.

Rotunda, special collections libraries.

706-542-8079. jclevela@uga.edu.

MONDAY, SEPT. 10 ROSH HASHANAH Jewish religious observance.

MEN’S TENNIS Southern Intercollegiates. Dan Magill Tennis Complex.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 11 AL-HIJRA Through Oct. 9. Islamic religious observance.

NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH RESOURCE FAIR Join the Office of Emergency Preparedness along with community partners to learn about how to prepare for emergencies. 10 a.m. D.W. Brooks Mall.

706-542-5845. broadnax@uga.edu.

ECOLOGY SEMINAR “Diversity and Evolution of Malaria Parasites,” Susan Perkins, curator of molecular systematics, principal investigator in the Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics; professor, Richard Gilder Graduate School, American Museum of Natural History. Host: Sonia Altizer. Reception follows seminar at 4:30 p.m. in the ecology building lobby.

3:30 p.m. 201 Auditorium, ecology building. 706-542-2968. bethgav@uga.edu.

READING The Creative Writing Program will present author Selah Saterstrom for a reading. Saterstrom is the author of the novels The Meat and Spirit Plan, The

Pink Institution and most recently Slab, which was also produced as an awardwinning play, performed by Square Product Theatre. She is the director of creative writing at the University of Denver. 7 p.m. Cine. 706-542-2659. cwp@uga.edu.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 12 TOUR AT TWO Docent-led tour of highlights from the permanent collection. 2 p.m.

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

ALL-ACCESS PASS SERIES Join the Libraries and WUOG for a screening of Shut Up and Play the Hits. (2012, 1 hour, 48 minutes). On April 2, 2011, LCD Soundsystem played its final show at Madison Square Garden. This documentary shares the once-in-a-lifetime performance and an intimate portrait of James Murphy as he navigates the lead-up to the show, the day after and the personal and professional ramifications of his decision.

7 p.m. Instruction Lab, Main Library.

706-542-1114. amywatts@uga.edu.

CONCERT The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center opens the 2018-2019 Franklin College Chamber Music Series with the Payne Memorial Concert. Co-artistic director and pianist Wu Han, violinist Arnaud Sussmann and cellist David Requiro return to Hodgson Concert Hall with a program of works by Beethoven, Saint-Saens and Mendelssohn.

7:30 p.m. Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center. 706-542-4400. ugaarts@uga.edu.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 13 ECONOMICS SEMINAR SERIES Bumin Yenmez, Boston College. Sponsored by the James C. Bonbright Center for the Study of Regulation. 3:30 p.m.

C115 Benson Hall. roozbeh@uga.edu.

WORLD WAR I FILM SERIES The African Queen is a tale of two companions with mismatched, “opposites attract” personalities who develop an implausible love affair as they travel together downriver in Africa around the start of World War I. Starring Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart, who won the Oscar for best actor for his role. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition For Home and Country: World War I Posters from the Collection of Murray and Ann Blum. Sponsored by UGA Parents Leadership Council. 7 p.m.

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

SOCCER vs. Arkansas. 7 p.m. Turner Soccer Complex.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 14 INTERNATIONAL COFFEE HOUR 11:30 a.m. Memorial Hall ballroom.

706-542-5867. bgcecil@uga.edu.

LECTURE “‘If This Were Important I Would Have Learned about it in IR’:

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Gender-mainstreaming Introduction to International Relations,” Maryann Gallagher, International Affairs. Part of the Women’s Studies Friday Speaker Series.

12:20 p.m. 214 Miller Learning Center.

706-542-0066. tlhat@uga.edu.

FRIDAY FOOTBALL TOUR Join curator Jason Hasty for a closer look at the exhibit Fighting Spirit: Wally Butts and UGA Football, 1939-1950 at 3 p.m. each Friday before UGA home football games. Tours are open to the public; no reservation is required.

Rotunda, special collections libraries.

706-542-8079. jclevela@uga.edu.

BLUE KEY ALUMNI BANQUET The Tucker Dorsey Blue Key Alumni Banquet brings together business and government leaders from across the state and nation for a dinner and awards program hosted by the student members. Blue Key Service Awards and the Blue Key Young Alumnus Award will be presented to individuals who have made significant contributions to the university, the state and the nation.

The newest members of UGA Blue Key, selected in April 2018, will be recognized at the event as well. Reception 6:30-7:15 p.m.; dinner/program begins at 7:15 p.m. $30 per person.

Magnolia Ballroom, Georgia Center.

706-542-0017. jholcomb@uga.edu.

CONCERT Honolulu’s Jake Shimabukuro has elevated the ukulele from a beloved Hawaiian folk instrument to a world-class tool. This solo concert features signature tunes and new compositions. Tickets start at $25. 7:30 p.m.

Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center. 706-542-4400. ugaarts@uga.edu.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 15 27TH ANNUAL INSECT-IVAL Join garden staff and volunteers for this festival, which includes discovery stations, roach and beetle races, an insect cafe, puppet shows and live insects. The annual butterfly release will take place at 11 a.m. Insect-ival is sponsored by the State Botanical Garden of Georgia, the UGA Lund Club, the UGA Department of Entomology and the Georgia Museum of Natural History. $5 per person or $20 per family (children under 2 admitted free). 9:30 a.m.

Visitor Center, State Botanical Garden.

706-542-6136. cscamero@uga.edu.

FOOTBALL vs. Middle Tennessee. 7:15 p.m.

Sanford Stadium.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 16 SOCCER vs. Murray State. 1 p.m. Turner Soccer Complex.

NORTHEAST GEORGIA ORCHID SOCIETY MEETING NGOS member Steve Moorman will take attendees on a “learning journey” of lessons he learned about Dendrobiums. 2 p.m. Visitor Center, Gardenside Room, State Botanical Garden. northeastgaorchidsociety@gmail.com.

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JEAN MARTIN-WILLIAMS KICKS OFF 2018-2019 FACULTY ARTIST SERIES

By Camille Hayes ceh822@uga.edu

This season’s Faculty Artist Series begins with Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor of Horn Jean Martin-Williams, who is also an associate dean in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences.

The concert is set for 7:30 p.m. Sept. 13 in Ramsey Hall. Joining Martin-Williams on stage for the first time in a solo recital will be faculty pianist Damon Denton.

The program will spotlight works originally written for the horn, plus a transcription from a vocal work. Even though the pieces represent music from four different countries, all of Jean Martin-Williams, Josiah Meigs the works have a singing quality Distinguished Teaching Professor of to them.

Horn, will perform works by a variety To open the recital, Martin- of composers at the first Faculty Artist Williams wanted to feature Series concert of the semester. horn colleague James Naigus.

They will be performing one of Naigus’ own compositions, titled “Journey’s Call.” Martin-Williams also wanted to highlight some works by female composers, so she chose pieces by Nyquist and Mourey that would fit with her program.

In addition to these pieces, she and Denton will be playing a piece

by French composer Jean-Michel Damase.

The influence of Damase’s father, who was a harpist, can be heard in his writing.

“Damon and I have particularly enjoyed learning this piece together, due to all of the different tone colors possible from this impressionistic music,” Martin-Williams said.

The evening will end with “Songs of Travel” by Robert Louis Stevenson, which is set to music by British composer Vaughn-Williams.

“There is an extra challenge to communicate the text when words are not actually being sung. People often say the horn is like the human voice, so perhaps this is the test of that theory,” Martin-Williams said.

Speaking to how much is written about the transformative power of music, Martin-Williams said that their intent is not so grandiose.

“We hope that each member of the audience will get whatever he or she needs from the recital,” she said.

Tickets to the concert are $12 for adults and $6 for students and children. They can be purchased online at pac.uga.edu, by calling 706-542-4400 or at the PAC box office. Those unable to attend can watch the concert live on the Hodgson School’s website at music.uga.edu/live-streaming.

COMING UP CONSTITUTION DAY AT UGA Sept. 17. The American Founding Group and the School of Public and International Affairs will host a celebration of Constitution Day. The centerpiece of these festivities is a lecture by Carol Berkin, Presidential Professor of History Emerita at Baruch College & the Graduate Center, City University of New York.

The lecture and moderated questionand-answer session will be followed by a dessert reception in Candler Hall. In addition, historical documents and materials related to the American founding and U.S. Constitution from the Hargrett Rare Book & Manuscript Library will be on display at the Chapel.

1:30 p.m. Chapel. 706-542-6511. lledbetter@uga.edu.

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YOM KIPPUR Sept. 18. Jewish religious observance.

TODDLER TUESDAY Sept. 18. Discover black-and-white photographs of the craftsmen and women of Appalachia and make a creation to take home. This program is designed for families with children ages 18 months to 3 years. Space is limited; email sagekincaid@uga.edu or call 706-542-0448 to reserve a spot.

10 a.m. Georgia Museum of Art. ECOLOGY SEMINAR Sept. 18. “Revisiting Paradigms of C4 Grass Ecophysiology,” Jesse Nippert, associate professor, Department of Biology, Kansas State University.

Reception follows seminar. 3:30 p.m.

201 Auditorium, ecology building.

706-542-2968. bethgav@uga.edu.

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promoted to music director of the entire school system. Early worked with teachers in the system’s 100-plus schools and was in charge of the music curriculum, budget, textbooks and more.

In 1981, Early became the first African American elected president of the Georgia Music Educators Association. In that role, she crisscrossed the state supporting music organizations in other cities and promoting music education to leaders in the state Capitol.

As a panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts, Early determined grants for musical organizations across the country for 11 years. She also helped write the Macmillan/McGraw-Hill music textbook series, leaving a lasting imprint of her ideas in the classroom.

After she retired from working in public schools in 1994, Early taught at Morehouse College and Spelman College and served as chair of the music department at Clark Atlanta University.

“My career was dedicated to music because I felt that all students deserved a first-quality music education experience,” Early said in a recent interview. “Music is not a frill, but a necessary component of a wellrounded education. As a universal language, music will follow students throughout their lifetime because it defines all cultures.”

On Sept. 11, the documentary Mary Frances Early: The Quiet Trailblazer will premiere at a special event in Atlanta. The executive producer and senior researcher of the documentary is Maurice Daniels, dean emeritus and professor emeritus at the UGA School of Social Work. Georgia Public Broadcasting also will air the documentary beginning Sept. 18. The documentary is one of a series of tributes recognizing Early’s life and accomplishments.

In January 2018, Early received one of UGA’s highest honors, the President’s Medal.

At the ceremony, UGA President Jere W. Morehead said, “Ms. Early has lived a full life of service and has made a remarkable impact on the University of Georgia and in the classrooms around the state of Georgia.”

On Oct. 10, the university will unveil a portrait of Early in the Administration Building.

Dale Monson, director of UGA’s Hugh Hodgson School of Music and a close friend of Early, said she “is celebrated frequently as a pioneer crossing racial barriers, but aside from that, her impact on music in Georgia is really quite profound.”

Growing up in Georgia

There were two constants in Early’s young life: music and books.

She started piano lessons at age 9 but stopped when she was 10 because the teacher rapped her on the knuckles when she made

a mistake. She resumed piano in 10th grade and played clarinet in the high school band.

“My band teacher at Washington High wanted me to play the tuba,” recalled Early, “but it was too big. When I was transferred to Turner High, I really liked my teacher. He allowed me to play the clarinet, and I decided I wanted to become a band director. That’s not something women did at that time, but I eventually ended up teaching band, chorus and general music.”

While Early’s father inspired a love of music, her mother instilled in her a passion for books and reading.

“I was a nerd,” Early said with a laugh.

“I loved reading because of my mom. She read newspapers, magazines and books, and we always had those in our home.”

Early’s father owned a restaurant on Auburn Avenue, and after school, Early was sent across the street to the Auburn Branch of the Carnegie Library of Atlanta; at the time it was the only library for black citizens. “I got an allowance to stay out of the way,” she recalled. “Dad didn’t want me around beer, so I did homework and read books.”

From a young age, Early’s intelligence was evident. Her mother, who had been at the top of her high school class, taught in a one-room schoolhouse in Monroe until she met and married Early’s father. Then she taught Mary Frances and her brother. Her work paid off: Mary Frances entered first grade at the age of 5 because she could already read. At age 16, she was the valedictorian at Henry McNeal Turner High School.

She went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in music education from Clark College (now Clark Atlanta University) in 1957, again as valedictorian. She began graduate study in music at the National Music Camp, now known as the Interlochen Center for the Arts, in Interlochen, Michigan.

That was a magical summer,” she recalled.

“I heard and participated in more music than I had at any other time in my life.” The next summer, she continued her studies at the University of Michigan to pursue a master’s degree in music education.

Integrating UGA

Although Early was thriving at the University of Michigan, she decided to transfer to the University of Georgia in 1961 after seeing a disturbing image of two fellow Turner high school alumni on the news.

Charlayne Hunter (now Hunter-Gault) and Hamilton Holmes had graduated from the same high school as Early. One night, while watching the little black-and-white television at her mother’s house, Early saw them caught up in a riot. They had recently been admitted to UGA, and protests had turned ugly.

Although Early was five years ahead of Hunter and Holmes in school, she knew

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• Early has served on the UGA Alumni Association Board of Directors, the Graduate School Advancement Board and the College of Education Board of Visitors.

• In the College of Education, an endowed professorship has been established in her name.

• The Graduate and Professional Scholars, UGA’s Graduate School and the Office of Institutional Diversity sponsor an annual lecture series in her name.

• She served as the speaker for the them both. Charlayne had interviewed Early for the Turner high school newspaper when Early was student teaching, and everyone knew Hamilton because he was a top student and star football player.

Those television images inspired Early to make a major life decision: That night she decided to transfer to UGA and help her friends integrate the university.

“That same week, I applied to UGA,” said Early. “My mom wasn’t very happy about it, but she supported me. I felt I needed to open the doors of the grad school. I wanted to do something instead of just stand on the sidelines. You have to be an activist if you want to see change made. I was a very quiet person—an unlikely person to integrate UGA. But having grown up during a time when everything was separate but not equal—I was tired of that.”

It took some time to be admitted, but Early made it to campus where she faced many obstacles. Students threw lemons at her in the dining hall. Once at the post office some male students threw rocks at her, “And one landed under my eye,” recalled Early, adding, “I threw one back but didn’t hit anyone.”

One night at the library, male students stretched themselves across the steps when they saw her coming and made cruel remarks.

“I wanted to be the Bulldog I was supposed to be,” said Early, “so I kept going. At the last minute, they broke ranks.”

At UGA, Early also found pockets of support and kindness. She said that all of her music education professors were kind and fair and didn’t treat her any differently than the other students. The minister of the Presbyterian Student Center, Hardin “Corky” King, and his wife threw a birthday party for Early. And fellow grad student May March became a friend of Early’s after May volunteered to accompany Early to registration. Despite these bright spots, Early recalled, “The worst thing that first summer was the loneliness. I was the only black student on campus.”

Academically, she displayed her usual brilliance and did well in her classes. When Early took a leave of absence from her teaching job, the state’s black teachers

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university’s spring 2007 graduate Commencement ceremony.

• In 2013, she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by the University of Georgia.

• In 2018, she received the President’s Medal at UGA. • Her portrait, painted by artist Richard Wilson, will be unveiled Oct. 10 in the Administration Building.

• In 2012, the 50-year celebration of Early’s graduation, the Hodgson School of Music established a music scholarship in her name.

association contributed more than $1,000.

Their help, along with contributions from others, allowed her to complete her degree.

Early returned to UGA in 1964 to continue her education, earning a Specialist in Education degree in 1967.

Inspiration to others

Dominique Holloman earned four degrees from UGA and is on UGA’s Board of Visitors as well as the Alumni Association Board of Directors. She recently met Hunter-Gault and has seen and spoken with Early several times.

“Being from Atlanta and having parents who are in the same age range as Mary Frances Early, Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter-Gault, I had heard of their stories generally,” Holloman said. “However, I did not understand the full extent of the desegregation effort, the level of sacrifice of all involved beyond those three, and the sheer will it took to withstand the negative experiences they had on campus. The courage and grace Ms. Early displayed, the barriers she broke, and the legacy she left as the first black graduate of the University of Georgia is more than inspiration. It is everything to me and the 15,000-plus UGA black alumni.”

Daniels—dean emeritus and professor emeritus at UGA’s School of Social Work and executive producer and senior researcher of the Early documentary—remembers meeting her for the first time.

“My impression is that she was quiet, but determined and dignified,” Daniels said.

“Quiet, but courageous. Quiet, but a person with tremendous tenacity. You could see the resolve she had even though she was not someone who was engaged in direct civil rights action and protests in the streets. But in her own way she was a very determined civil rights activist in terms of what she was doing to advance the cause of social justice.

“Also, it was very clear that she is brilliant.”

Early, who is almost finished writing her autobiography, is excited about the upcoming documentary.

“It’s an honor to have something left as a legacy and to inform people what was going on at that time. Our young people don’t know. They don’t understand the price that was paid, and I’m happy to have had a small part to play in it.”

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