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UGA climbs to 13th in U.S. News & World Report rankings

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The first class of women were older students who enrolled as part of the Junior Class, transferring credits from other colleges. Chancellor David C. Barrow described them as “women citizens” brought in to test the water before the school admitted “less mature” students.

Opening a door

By Aaron Hale

UGA marks a century of coeducation

aahale@uga.edu

One hundred years ago, the first class of undergraduate women enrolled at the University of Georgia. Today, it’s hard to imagine a University of Georgia without women. In the past century, female students have become part of the essential fabric of UGA—leading student organizations, spearheading community outreach efforts, offering diverse perspectives to the learning environment and teaching and leading university research.

But the path to coeducation was long and hard fought. Mary Creswell, the first woman to earn a UGA bachelor’s degree, described it as “prying open the doors of the university to undergraduate women.” It took a 25-year effort from dedicated advocates of coeducation in Georgia to break through.

The origins

In 1889, a proposal backed

by Georgia women’s groups the Daughters of the American Revolution and Colonial Dames appealed to the university’s board of trustees for the admission of women to UGA. No action was taken on the proposal and wouldn’t be for years to come. But supporters of coeducation continued their push. A proposal to admit women to UGA finally came to a vote in 1897, but the motion lost 8-5.

Again and again, advocates for coeducation, including some members of the board of trustees, brought the issue up, but it was repeatedly denied.

The opposition

Opponents to coeducation argued that allowing women to study serious subjects alongside men would bring a loss of morality and

the end of wholesome womanly qualities. While advocates were arguing that coeducation would give women more confidence and allow them to be less shy, traditionalists were decrying these outcomes. In a News Herald (of Lawrenceville) editorial, one writer noted that teaching women alongside men at the university would bring “the destruction of that modesty and real refinement, which makes them so attractive to men.”

A thread to this argument went that women should not have to face the hard truths that one confronts in higher learning. As UGA Chancellor David C. Barrow, who oversaw the university during the transition of coeducation, explained, “The gentlemen who opposed coeducation did so under the impression that women were too good for the university, rather than that the university was See COEDUCATION on page 8

ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

Four faculty members named SEC Academic Leadership Development Program Fellows

By Abbey Miner

abbeym36@uga.edu

Four UGA faculty members—Scott Ardoin, Thomas Mote, Amanda Murdie and Usha Rodrigues—have been selected as the university’s 2018-2019 SEC Academic Leadership Development Program Fellows.

The SEC Academic Leadership Development Program, which celebrated its 10th anniversary last year, focuses on developing academic leaders within the Southeastern Conference through workshops, networking and campus activities. Fellows will meet

with campus leaders throughout the year as well as attend two SECwide workshops that help develop leadership skills and an awareness of challenges and opportunities in higher education.

The SEC ALDP fall workshop will be held at the University of Kentucky, and the spring workshop will be held at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

“The SEC ALDP Fellows will spend the year examining leadership, both at UGA and at our fellow SEC institutions,” said Meg Amstutz, associate provost for academic programs and UGA’s SEC ALDP liaison. “By

networking with colleagues and discussing various approaches to issues, the Fellows will grow professionally and broaden their perspectives on higher education.”

Ardoin, head of the department of educational psychology in the College of Education and co-director of the UGA Center for Autism and Behavioral Education Research, currently serves as education division chair for the Association for Behavior Analysis International and president-elect of the Society for the Study of School Psychology. Ardoin researches applied behavior analysis See FELLOWS on page 8

The University of Georgia jumped three spots to No. 13 in the U.S. News & World Report 2019 ranking of best public national universities, the highest ranking in UGA’s history.

“The University of Georgia is reaching new heights of excellence in virtually every measure, and I am pleased that national recognition of the quality of our academic programs is on the rise,” said UGA President Jere W. Morehead. “I want to commend our faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends for their hard work and dedication in making the University of Georgia, the birthplace of public higher education in America, one

of the very best public universities in the nation.”

This is the third consecutive year the university has risen in the U.S. News ranking. A key factor in the improvement was UGA’s lower student-faculty ratio, which dropped from 18:1 to 17:1. An improvement in the subjective category of reputation, as assessed by college presidents, provosts and admissions directors, also factored into the new ranking, as well as the quality and performance of its students.

Record-setting students

The university consistently

See RANKING on page 8

GRADUATE SCHOOL

NSF grant to cultivate a diverse, inclusive STEM faculty at UGA The University of Georgia is one of six partner organizations that will receive a total of $10 million over five years from the National Science Foundation to develop bold, new educational models that broaden participation in STEM programs and fields. Awarded under the NSF INCLUDES program, the new initiative will be called the National Alliance for Inclusive and Diverse STEM Faculty, or NAIDSF. NAIDSF is co-led by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities and the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning, based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Joining the lead institutions and UGA in the new alliance are Iowa State University; the University of California, Los Angeles; and the University of Texas at El Paso.

These universities are partnering

with dozens of other universities, two-year colleges and organizations across the country to scale practices aimed at diversifying the nation’s science, technology, engineering and mathematics college educators and grounding them in inclusive teaching practices.

“We are excited and honored to be among the first NSF INCLUDES Alliance awardees,” said UGA Graduate School Dean Suzanne Barbour, who is the UGA principal investigator for the project. “Our project focuses on leadership training for underrepresented STEM faculty, using LEAD 21—an APLU-sponsored leadership and professional development program for faculty—as the model. Through this mechanism, we will train the next generation of diverse academic leaders who will be well-positioned See GRANT on page 8

SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

American historian and author to give Constitution Day Lecture On Sept. 17, UGA’s School of Public and the International Affairs American Founding Group will host a celebration of Constitution Day. The centerpiece of the observance is a lecture by Carol Berkin, Presidential Professor of History Emerita at Baruch College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. The Constitution Day Lecture is part of the provost’s Signature Lecture Series.

Berkin’s lecture, “Born in Crisis: The Emergence in the 1790s of an American Identity,” and a moderated question-and-answer session will take place at 1:30 p.m. in the

Chapel. It will be followed by a dessert reception in Candler Hall.

Prior to the lecture, historical documents and materiCarol Berkin als related to the American founding and U.S. Constitution from the Hargrett Rare Book & Manuscript Library will be on display at 1 p.m. in the Chapel.

Berkin is an American historian

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Commit to Georgia 2018

Why I Give

Name: Jamie Monogan Position: Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, School of Public and International Affairs At UGA: 7 years

Beneficiary of his gift to the university: Reed Graduate Fellowship in the department of political science.

Jamie Monogan

Why he contributes: “Graduate education is one of this university’s most important endeavors, and it is important to ensure that there is sufficient funding for our graduate students. By funding top-ups and endowed fellowships like this, we can recruit the best graduate students possible and make sure that they are well taken care of while they are here.”

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

OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION

Six research projects receive seed funding through grant program Six collaborative, international research projects have received seed funding under UGA’s Global Research Collaboration Grant program.

The program supports a range of early-stage projects with significant global impact, with each initiative receiving up to $8,000 to cover initial costs.

Funding is provided twice a year by the Office of International Education and the Office of Research, matched by academic departments. Researchers across campus may submit their proposals for the next round of funding through Oct. 12. Application guidelines can be found on the Office of Research website at https://bit.ly/2M7GwFV. The six projects funded through the most recent GRCG round include: • Keith Langston (Germanic and Slavic studies, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences) is collaborating with colleagues at the University of Rijeka to study endangered languages in Istria, Croatia. With GRCG funding, they will create permanent, web-based language resources that can be used by researchers as well as by members of local communities.

• Zhuo Chen (health policy and management, College of Public Health) is working with Zhanchun Feng at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology to assess the impact of mobile health technologies among elderly populations in China. Their work is intended to provide evidence for improving world-wide prevention and treatment strategies for people with noncommunicable diseases.

• Ralph Tripp (infectious diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine) is collaborating with colleagues from Deakin University in Australia to develop novel recombinant influenza viruses to aid downstream vaccine production.

Their collaborative research targets the development of a vaccine that provides safe, robust and long-lasting immunity against a broad spectrum of influenza viruses.

• Daniel Markewitz’s team from the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, the Odum School of Ecology and the anthropology department in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences will work with colleagues at the National Institute of Amazonian Research in Brazil to develop an Amazonian Conservation Education program that builds upon the Integrative Conservation Ph.D. Program at UGA’s Center for Integrative Conservation Research.

• Fausto Sarmiento (geography, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences) and his team will collaborate with colleagues at the University of Cuenca, the University of San Francisco de Quito and others in Ecuador to investigate participatory, community-based development and biodiversity conservation, focusing on factors influencing sustainability of Andean communities.

• Fred Quinn and Hind Yahyaoui Azami (infectious diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine) along with colleagues at the Morocco Ministry of Agriculture, the Morocco Ministry of Health and the USDA National Veterinary Services Laboratories will investigate the burden of bovine tuberculosis among humans along with drug resistance and its correlation with zoonotic TB cases.

OFFICE OF RESEARCH

UGA Marine Institute expands undergraduate residential program

By Michael Terrazas

michael.terrazas@uga.edu

Responding to strong interest in its 4-year-old “Coastal Summer Semester,” the UGA Marine Institute on Sapelo Island will offer a spring residential program (https://bit.ly/2CAyoxY) for 14 undergraduates interested in studying marine biology. Enrolled students will earn a total of 17 credit hours, broken up as five “mini-courses” to be taken sequentially throughout the spring.

Participating students in the fieldintensive program will live in UGAMI’s student dormitory, located just a few meters away from the institute’s research labs and the estuarine waters of Doboy Sound. The spring program’s fee covers housing and dinner each evening. Each dormitory room has a full kitchen for breakfast and lunch preparation, as the students will spend the majority of their days in the field.

“It’s an immersive experience and a real opportunity to do actual science,” said Damon Gannon, UGAMI’s assistant director for academics. “Students will get to know professionals in the field, as our faculty eat and spend time with them outside of class. It’s not your typical classroom experience, and it’s a good introduction to researchers from across the country and the work they do at Sapelo.”

UGAMI provides research and

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The UGA Marine Institute now offers residential programs for undergraduates in the spring and summer. Students live on Sapelo Island and spend their days—and even nights, like these students watching tiger-striped hermit crabs—in the field, working with and learning from marine biologists, ecologists and other researchers from UGA and across the country.

educational opportunities for scientists not just from UGA but from around the Southeast and the nation. The facility, which has been rebuilt after extensive flooding during Hurricane Irma in 2017, offers ready access to a range of coastal ecosystems, including the nearshore ocean, estuarine sounds, salt marshes, tidal creeks, beaches, dunes, maritime forests and freshwater wetlands.

Sapelo Island itself is a 16,500-acre barrier island located about 50 miles south of Savannah. Its historic Hog Hammock area is one of the last remaining Gullah/Geechee communities in

the country. UGAMI is located at the island’s southern tip, accessible only by ferry from the mainland.

“My time on Sapelo was incredible,” said Hakon Jones, a senior ecology and biology major who spent his summer on the island. “Living on a protected island that so few get to see, with the wildlife and the atmosphere of the salt marsh all around you, is something every ecology or biology major who’s interested in being outdoors would find breathtaking.”

For more, visit https://ugami.uga. edu/education/undergraduate-programs/.

STAFF COUNCIL

PRESIDENT MOREHEAD ATTENDS STAFF COUNCIL MEETING—UGA President

Dorothy Kozlowski

Jere W. Morehead spoke to the Staff Council during its Sept. 5 meeting and thanked members for their time and commitment.

“Let me begin by thanking all of you for your continued service to the University of Georgia, particularly in this role,” he said. Morehead added that “the year has started on a very good note” and took questions from council members on a number of topics including the Comprehensive Administrative Review and the search to fill the position of senior vice president for academic affairs and provost.

Discussion points also included traffic and parking, the Georgia Museum of Natural History and Staff Appreciation Day.

FRANKLIN COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

U. of Washington professor will give AIR lecture

By Alan Flurry

aflurry@uga.edu

Chadwick Allen, renowned scholar in American Indian literary studies, is the featured speaker for the fourth annual American Indian Returnings lecture. Allen’s talk, “Across and Through These Lands: Earthworks, Indigenous Identity and Return,” suggests that indigenous mounds are America’s first literatures. This year’s lecture is Sept. 20 at 4:15 p.m. in the M. Smith Griffith Auditorium of the Georgia Museum of Art. The event is free and open to the public.

The American Indian Returnings, or AIR, series celebrates Native American scholars and authors and their “return” from exile to the Southeast.

“Each year on the autumnal equinox, a scholar focuses on Southeastern American Indian communities that were removed from their homelands

in the 1830s—and their ‘return’ to the Southeast,” said LeAnne Howe, the Eidson Distinguished Professor in American Literature in the UGA English department. “We celebrate the return of Natives to the Southeast through the work of artists, writers and scholars who lecture for the AIR series.”

Allen’s work centers on studies of contemporary Native American and global indigenous literatures, other expressive arts and lifeways, such as mound or earthworks. He is the author of the books Blood Narrative: Indigenous Identity in American Indian and Maori Literary and Activist Texts and TransIndigenous: Methodologies for Global Native Literary Studies. He also is coeditor, with Beth Piatote, of The Society of American Indians and Its Legacies, a special combined issue of the journals Studies in American Indian Literatures and American Indian Quarterly that was published 2013.

Allen was editor for the journal SAIL: Studies in American Indian Literatures from 2012-2017, and he served as the 2013-2014 president of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association. In addition to his primary work on indigenous selfrepresentation, Allen has a strong secondary interest in U.S. frontier literature and the popular western, and he has written extensively on the Lone Ranger and Tonto.

Allen is currently associate vice provost for faculty advancement and the Russell F. Stark University Professor at the University of Washington.

The American Indian Returnings event is sponsored by the Eidson Foundational Fund in the English department, the creative writing program, associate professor Channette Romero and professor Jace Weaver, director of the UGA Institute of Native American Studies.

RESEARCH NEWS

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Digest Pulitzer Prize winner to give keynote address at Lillian Smith Book Awards

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Joachim Walther, associate professor of engineering education, is working with the School of Social Work on a research collaboration to help teach engineering students empathy as a learned skill they can then use in professional practice.

Changing the world with empathy Rethinking engineering to create more effective problem-solvers

The global challenges of the 21st century are becoming more complex and involved.

Whether it’s sustaining adequate food and water supplies or solving social and technical problems, these issues have a staggering impact across many countries. At the forefront of pursuing solutions is the University of Georgia, which is working to bring valuable insights and effective problem-solving to the table starting with empathetic engineers.

In an industry typified by technical competencies and trade skills, Georgia requires a course on empathy as part of every mechanical engineering degree.

This focus on instilling compassion in students for their future clients and the impact their projects may have on others is part of a National Science Foundation-funded research collaboration between Georgia’s College of Engineering and its School of Social Work. The goal of the project is to teach students empathy as a learned skill in the hope that it will influence their approach to professional practice.

According to Joachim Walther, associate professor of engineering education, this emphasis on empathy is a first not only for the university but also among programs of its kind around the world. And while Georgia’s

comprehensive program is one of the youngest in the nation, the university is seizing an opportunity to be a national leader in engineering education, changing the way the discipline is usually perceived: impersonal and emotionless.

“As an engineer, if you can approach these messy social and technical problems by interacting with people with authenticity and genuineness, you can get a fuller picture of what the challenge is and how engineering can play a role,” Walther said.

As these global issues increase in complexity, so do their solutions. With this in mind, Georgia is committed to training engineers who can understand and value contributions from other disciplines and who can comprehend a problem’s cultural and social aspects.

This shift in thinking has major implications for how engineers interact within the workplace and society.

Walther frames it this way: “Without exception, these challenges require us to work with different kinds of people, and we need engineers to be able to navigate these spaces. Thinking this way could change the face of how engineering works in practice, creating a different type of engineer who works with and for the people.”

Developing this innovative approach to educating engineers is

part of a broader effort in the College of Engineering to create a culture around educational innovation and scholarship. With this goal in mind, the Engineering Education Transformations Institute was established in 2017 to serve as a home for the excitement around engineering education and fuse cutting-edge, fundamental engineering education research with teaching innovations and curriculum transformations.

This distinctive teaching method can prepare future engineers to navigate complex social and cultural spaces and could open the doors to a more diverse industry, not only in gender, race and ethnicity but also in ways of thinking about the world.

“More diverse groups could participate in and enrich this discipline, transforming the role engineering plays in addressing 21st-century challenges,” Walther said. “When I ask students early on in their degree why they want to be an engineer, they say they want to save the world. Hopefully, my work will prepare them to do just that.”

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

FRANKLIN COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

New theory of aging looks at stored energy levels

By Alan Flurry

aflurry@uga.edu

A high-energy molecule present in every cell, adenosine triphosphate, is the form of stored energy used to accomplish much of a cell’s activities.A new theory of aging published in the journal BioEssays addresses the link between ATP levels and aging, based on broad research showing that stored energy levels decrease substantially as animals age.

In the BioEssays article, Snehal Chaudhari and Edward Kipreos of the University of Georgia propose the “Energy Maintenance Theory of Aging,” which posits that the survival of older animals requires the maintenance of adequate energy levels. The initial insights for this theory came from their research published in 2017 in Nature Communications.

The 2017 study used the roundworm C. elegans to study the impact of mitochondrial size on lifespan.

Mitochondria, which generate the majority of ATP in the cell, can fuse together to become larger or fragment to become smaller. Fragmented mitochondria are less efficient at generating ATP, while larger mitochondria generate ATP more efficiently.

C. elegans has many pathways by which animal lifespan can be lengthened through mutations in specific genes.

These pathways affect different cell processes and are largely independent of each other. The researchers discovered that nine of 10 longevity pathways had increased levels of mitochondrial fusion.

Inhibiting mitochondrial fusion reduced the extended lifespans of animals for all nine of the long-lived pathways.

“Our paper makes the striking discovery that diverse longevity pathways show increased mitochondrial fusion,” said Kipreos, professor of cellular biology in UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. “What was of interest to us was the exception—the one longevity

pathway that had long lifespan even if we inhibited mitochondrial fusion—we thought this could provide key insights into the link between mitochondrial fusion and longevity.”

The single exception that did not require mitochondrial fusion for lifespan extension, a mutation in the VHL tumor suppressor protein, has been shown to increase ATP levels independently of mitochondria.

“We realized that the common denominator between the fused mitochondria and the VHL mutant was increased ATP production. That led us to review the broader literature on ATP levels and aging in diverse animals, including humans,” said Chaudhari, formerly a graduate student at UGA and currently a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard Medical School. “Recognizing the role of maintaining energy levels during aging would have significant implications for regimens to delay the negative aspects of aging.”

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Hank Klibanoff will be the featured speaker at the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Lillian Smith Book Awards.

The University of Georgia Libraries sponsors the book awards, in partnership with the Southern Regional Council, Piedmont College and the Georgia Center for the Book, to honor the late author of the 1944 novel Strange Fruit.

This year’s program, open free to the public, will be held Sept. 25 at 6:30 p.m. at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta.

Klibanoff will speak on “Courage, Cowardice and, Now, Contrition.” His talk will draw from his book, The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle and the Awakening of a Nation, which received the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in history.

Klibanoff is currently a professor in the creative writing/non-fiction program at Emory University.

Athens-Clarke County Library partners with UGA School of Social Work

The Athens-Clarke County Library has received a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to partner with the UGA School of Social Work to become a traumainformed library.

The Library Community Catalyst Grant is part of the IMLS’s National Leadership Grant program. IMLS has awarded the library $150,000 through the grant, one of only 12 awarded nationwide this year out of 51 applications.

The library and social work school will establish a program to place social work student interns at the library to identify specific needs of at-risk community members and to share information about social services while advocating for those who have difficulties accessing services. The internships begin in October.

The partnership aims to address issues of societal disenfranchisement and female childhood trauma, by establishing a two-pronged project that will empower young girls, while moving the library toward a trauma-informed environment.

The project also will include an after-school program that teaches leadership skills to teen girls.

UGA programs, faculty recognized by state water conservation group

UGA’s Warnell School of Forestry and ­ atural Resources, the C.M. Stripling ­Irrigation N Research Park and faculty member Jenna ­Jambeck are included in the Georgia Water Coalition’s 2018 Clean 13 Report.

The Warnell School was recognized for its recent White Dam modification project, which breached the obsolete, century-old dam to reconnect 22 miles of the Middle Oconee River and improve the habitat for numerous fish species.

The Stripling Irrigation Research Park works with farmers to encourage them to adopt water efficient irrigation practices that keep more water in Georgia’s rivers for wildlife, recreation and downstream communities. Located on Georgia Highway 37 between Camilla and Newton, the research park is a branch station of the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.

Jambeck, an associate professor in the College of Engineering, was recognized for her research on plastic pollution in oceans, which is informing waste management worldwide.

The Georgia Water Coalition is a group of organizations and entities within the state that are committed to protecting and caring for Georgia’s water sources. The annual Clean 13 Report highlights entities that are accomplishing extraordinary work toward protecting water resources.

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EXHIBITIONS

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Wrestling Temptation: The Quest to ­Control 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. (See story, below.)

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. 17 CONSTITUTION DAY AT UGA The American Founding Group and the School of Public and International Affairs will host a celebration of U.S. Constitution Day. The centerpiece of these festivities is a lecture by Carol Berkin, Presidential Professor of History Emerita at Baruch College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. The lecture and moderated question-and-answer session will be followed by a dessert reception in Candler Hall. 1:30 p.m. Chapel.

706-542-6511. lledbetter@uga.edu. (See story, page 1.)

TUESDAY, SEPT. 18 YOM KIPPUR Jewish religious observance.

TODDLER TUESDAY Enjoy a tour, story time in the galleries and an art activity just for the little ones. Discover black-and-white photographs of the craftsmen and women of Appalachia and make a creation to take home. This free, 40-minute 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. Sponsored by Heyward Allen Motor Co., Inc., Heyward Allen Toyota and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art. 10 a.m. Georgia Museum of Art. ECOLOGY SEMINAR “Revisiting Paradigms of C4 Grass Ecophysiology,” Jesse Nippert, Kansas State University. Host: Rico Holdo. 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.

JOHNSTONE LECTURE “Familiar Creatures Communicate Big Messages in North American Schools.” Estela Romero has coordinated the symbolic migration program in her hometown of Angangueo, Michoacan, for 15 years. This program mimics the migration of monarchs, carrying thousands of paper butterflies from Canadian and U.S. students to Mexico to overwinter at schools near the real monarchs and then returning the paper butterflies. Also, Cora Keber, director of education for the State Botanical Garden of Georgia, will give a short summary of similar programs and collaborations at the garden. RSVP at www.botgarden.uga.edu.

The Johnstone Lecture, sponsored by FRIENDS of the State Botanical Garden of Georgia, was named in honor of Francis E. Johnstone Jr., the botanical garden’s first director. 7 p.m.

Visitor Center, State Botanical Garden. 706-542-6138. lpbryant@uga.edu.

SOBER STRETCH YOGA CLASS Enjoy yoga on Herty Field. UGA’s Collegiate Recovery Community and M3Yoga are partnering for a free yoga class, guest speaker and refreshments. This event is part the CRC’s celebration of National Recovery Month. 7 p.m. Herty Field.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 19 CLASS In “Fall Wildflowers of the Georgia Piedmont,” students will learn to recognize the most common fall-blooming wildflowers in the Georgia Piedmont and be introduced to the basic botanical terminology used in identifying and describing fall-flowering plants, with an emphasis on plants in the Aster

Georgia Museum of Art exhibition highlights work of pioneering woman photographer

By Ashlyn Davis

ashlyn.davis25@uga.edu

Photographer Doris Ulmann documented rural Southern people, and a new exhibition attempts to cast light on this lesser-known artist.

Vernacular Modernism: The Photography of Doris Ulmann is on display at the Georgia Museum of Art through Nov. 18. Organized by the museum’s curator of American art, Sarah Kate Gillespie, it is the first complete retrospective of Ulmann’s work.

Ulmann self-identified with the pictorialist movement, though her work does not adhere to many of the principles associated with that style. In addition, she was labeled both as amateur and professional, as she did not rely on photography to make her living but was a recognized photographer in the 1920s and 1930s.

Her images have elements of pictorialism (fine art photography that often blurred its subjects to emphasize atmosphere) and documentary photography, two strains not usually linked. At the same time, it has some overlap with the concerns of modernism: a priority on form and sharp tonal contrast and quality of line. Like the American regionalist artists, Ulmann also maintained a strong interest in the idea of a “usable past,” a shared American culture that continued to shape the present.

In some ways, her body of work can be divided in half: those portraits done of sitters in her Upper East Side apartment-turned-studio, and those created on the road and on location in rural areas such as Appalachia, Louisiana and South Carolina. Ulmann liked to create multiple exposures of her sitters in different poses or environments in an attempt to showcase their true nature, whether they were New York writers, Appalachian weavers or medical faculty.

One common thread in Ulmann’s work is her desire to portray the personality and experience of each sitter. In the foreword for her second book of portraits, A Book of Portraits of the Faculty of the Medical Department of the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Ulmann wrote that her idea was to make portraits that “grasp enough of the dominant character and outstanding personality of the individual to make verbal delineation superfluous. ...In these portraits the aim has been to express as much as possible of the individuality and character of each member of the faculty.” She also made special efforts to photograph professional women and African Americans throughout her career, an unusual tendency at the time.

The exhibition will consist of approximately 100 photographs by Ulmann as well as related books, crafts and works of art by some of her contemporaries.

Additionally, the museum will publish a 200-page hardcover book by Gillespie that includes an analysis of Ulmann’s photography from her early work up until

By Amy Cole

amy.cole25@uga.edu

UGA Theatre begins its season with a production of Meg Miroshnik’s The Tall Girls.

Directed by UGA alumna Anna Pieri, performances will be held in Cellar Theatre of the Fine Arts Building Sept. 21-22 and 25-28 at 8 p.m. and Sept. 23 and 30 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $16 and $12 for UGA students. Tickets are available at ugatheatre.com/tallgirls, by phone at 706-542-4400 or in person at the Performing Arts Center or Tate Center box offices.

Set in the fictional Midwestern town of Poor Prairie, The Tall Girls tells the story of a Depression-era girls’ basketball team cobbled together by a mysterious man with a murky past. The girls of Poor Prairie have their sights set beyond the scorched horizon of their meager little town, and basketball serves as a welcome relief to the harsh realities of their Dust Bowl existence. The girls struggle to escape the perception that their love of basketball is little more than a novelty.

Pieri, who graduated from UGA with her MFA in acting in May 2018, brings a personal connection to the production.

“When I read The Tall Girls, I was reminded of my time as a center, grabbing a rebound off the backboard and immediately taking a defensive stance,” said Pieri, who also grew up in a setting not too far removed from the events that inspired the playwright’s work. “Miroshnik’s grandfather actually coached an undefeated girls’ basketball team in the 1930s 10 minutes from where I grew up.”

In a production centered around basketball, Pieri felt it was crucial for the actresses to display their athletic prowess during the audition process.

“I wanted the girls to have a sense of confidence when they handle the ball, which serves two functions,” Pieri said. “The first is that it conveys realism while you’re watching the show, and the second is the audience doesn’t have to worry that an errant basketball is going to fly into the crowd at any point.”

Scenic and lighting designer Melanie The University Theatre season opens with The Tall Girls, which tells the story of a Stevens similarly grew up with a love for Depression-era girls’ basketball team cobbled together by a mysterious man with a basketball. She took inspiration for her murky past. designs from the contrast between the wanted to juxtapose that sense of levity College of Arts and Sciences, is excited to girls’ harsh realities and their ambitious against the stark circumstances in which bring Miroshnik’s show back to Georgia. they live.”

“Many of our alumni are making a aspirations.

The Tall Girls premiered in 2014 splash in the Atlanta theatre scene, so “These girls feel liberated when they’re playing basketball and all of the at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta and it’s exhilarating to see our current stutroubles associated with their everyday David Saltz, head of the theatre and dents putting on a show that was born lives seem to fade away,” she said. “I film studies department in the Franklin on Atlanta stages,” he said.

(composite) family. Attendees will then apply that knowledge to plants, learning to recognize families, genera and species based on characteristics readily observable in the field. $50, general admission; $45, Friends of the Garden. 9 a.m. Mimsie Lanier Center, State Botanical Garden. 706-542-6136. cscamero@uga.edu.

left a legacy of compositions that are considered among the best of the 20th century. The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra celebrates Rachmaninov with Piano Concerto No. 2. The program is rounded out by Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5. Tickets start at $20. 8 p.m. Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center. 706-542-4400. ugaarts@uga.edu. (See story, right.)

ARTFUL CONVERSATION Join Sage Kincaid, assistant curator of education, for a conversation and closer look at Eugenie McEvoy’s painting “Taxi!, Taxi!” 2 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. gmoa@uga.edu.

UGA THEATRE: THE TALL GIRLS 1930s America: 15 year-old Jean moves to the rural town of Poor Prairie to look after her volatile younger cousin, Almeda.

When a teacher with a mysterious past arrives at their high school, he enlists the girls of Poor Prairie to put together a basketball team. The game becomes a means for the girls to escape the dreary realities of Depression-era America. The Tall Girls examines the struggles of the team to be taken seriously in a time where women’s sports were looked at as a novelty rather than a true athletic endeavor. By Meg Miroshnik; directed by Anna Pieri. $16, $12 for students. Performances run at 8 p.m. on Sept. 21-22, 25-28 and at 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 23 and Sept. 30. Cellar Theatre (Room 55), Fine Arts Building.

706-542–4400. (See story, above.)

ALL-ACCESS PASS SERIES Join the UGA Libraries and WUOG for a screening of What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015, 1 hour, 41 minutes). The documentary chronicles the life of American singer Nina Simone, who became a civil rights activist and moved to Liberia following the turbulence of the 1960s. What Happened, Miss Simone? combines previously unreleased archival footage and interviews with Simone’s daughter and friends. Nominated for Academy Award for best documentary, feature. 7 p.m. Instruction Lab, Main Library. 706-542-1114. amywatts@uga.edu.

ONEUSG CONNECT HR PRACTITIONER FORUM In December 2018, UGA will begin using a new HR/payroll system: OneUSG Connect. OneSource invites the campus community to OneUSG Connect forums in September. The HR practitioner forum is on Sept. 20. Session 1 is from 9-11 a.m.

Session 2 is from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Mahler Hall, Georgia Center.

ECONOMICS SEMINAR SERIES Liran Einav, Stanford University. Sponsored by the James C. Bonbright Center for the Study of Regulation. 12:30 p.m.

Benson Hall C014. roozbeh@uga.edu.

MLC BIRTHDAY PARTY The Miller Learning Center turns 15 this fall. Cupcakes will be served on the Colonnade. 2 p.m. 706-542-6196. kathleen.kern@uga.edu.

her premature death. It will be available for purchase in the Museum Shop, from Avid Bookshop or online from amazon.com.

Related events include a Toddler Tuesday on Sept. 18 at 10 a.m. (register via sagekincaid@uga.edu or 706-542-0448); public tours with Gillespie on Sept. 26 and Oct. 17 at 2 p.m.; a screening of the film A Lasting Thing for the World: The Photography of Doris Ulmann on Oct. 4 at 7 p.m.; a screening of O Brother, Where Art Thou? on Oct. 11 at 7 p.m.; a talk by Ellen Handy, associate professor of art history at City College of New York and specialist in 19th- and 20th-century photography, on Oct. 12 at 3 p.m.; 90 Carlton: Autumn, the museum’s quarterly reception ($5, free for museum members) on Oct.19 at 5:30 p.m.; a program of choral and instrumental pieces from Appalachia by Athens Chamber Singers on Nov. 4 at 2 p.m.; a lecture by writer and public historian Elizabeth Catte on Nov. 8 at 5:30 p.m.; and a Teen Studio on Nov. 8 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. (email sagekincaid@uga.edu or call 706-542-8863 to reserve a spot).

All programs are open free to the public unless otherwise indicated.

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

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THURSDAY, SEPT. 20

“Cheever Meaders and Daughters, Meaders Pottery, Cleveland, GA,” is one of approximately 100 photographs on display in Vernacular Modernism: The Photography of Doris Ulmann.

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AMERICAN INDIAN RETURNINGS TALK LeAnne Howe, Eidson Distinguished Professor in American Literature in UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, presents scholar and author Chadwick Allen for her annual American Indian Returnings Talk. Allen is the Russell F. Stark University Professor in the English department at the University of Washington. 4:15 p.m. M. Smith Griffith Auditorium, Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-2659. cwp@uga.edu. (See story, page 2.)

FACULTY/STAFF GOLF CLINIC The University of Georgia Golf Course will host free golf clinics for UGA staff and faculty. Players from all skill levels are welcome to participate. Sessions include topics such as driving and pitching. To reserve a space, email PGA Golf Instructor Clint Udell at cudell96@uga.edu and indicate if you would like to borrow golf clubs for the clinic. 6 p.m. Driving range, UGA Golf Course. 706-369-5739. (See Bulletin Board, page 8.)

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

FRIDAY, SEPT. 21 INTERNATIONAL COFFEE HOUR 11:30 a.m. Memorial Hall ballroom. 706-542-5867. bgcecil@uga.edu.

SCHOLARLY SYMPOSIUM Through Sept. 22. One Heart, One Way: The Journey of a Princely Art Collection. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. gmoa@uga.edu.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 22 YOGAFIT LEVEL ONE: FOUNDATIONS INSTRUCTOR TRAINING Through Sept. 23. Level One provides the tools to create inspiring vinyasa yoga classes grounded in proper alignment and the safety of exercise science. $450, early bird; $480, regular; $510, last minute. 8 a.m. Mind/Body Studio, Ramsey Student Center. 706-542-5060. lisawilliamson@uga.edu.

WORKSHOP “Olympic Lifting” will cover the basics and will be taught by a USA-weightlifting Level One sport performance coach. $20.

10 a.m. Functional Training Room, Ramsey Student Center.

706-542-5060. dustin90@uga.edu.

ATHENS JAZZ FESTIVAL WUGA FM and Jazz Athens (JAGA) present a live, seven-hour concert featuring a range of musical performers in a festival environment. This event is free, family-friendly and open to the public. 11 a.m. Bishop Park. 706-542-9842. wuga@wuga.edu.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 23 CLASS “Insect Pollinators in Our Garden” is designed to allow participants to evaluate plant-insect interactions in gardens from an ecological perspective. Among the factors that will be discussed are the role of disease and pesticides on pollinators’ survival and how these factors could interact with plant species and produce certain outcomes. By the end of this four-hour course, participants will be able to provide a rationale as to why species richness and diversity are important to gardens, evaluate the effects of human interventions on pollinators, communicate scientific ideas regarding some of the challenges insect pollinators face in the gardens and design a garden using an ecological perspective to maximize pollinator species richness and diversity. $50, general admission; $45, Friends of the Garden.

2 p.m. Visitor Center, Classroom 2, State Botanical Garden.

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

COMING UP

VOLLEYBALL vs. LSU. 7 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum.

CONCERT Russian-American pianist and composer Sergei Rachmaninov

FULL MOON HIKE: HARVEST MOON Sept. 24. Be prepared to hike up to 2 miles on wooded trails and in the garden. A backpack carrier is suggested for young children and infants. Registration is required. $5 per person or $15 per family. 7 p.m. Visitor Center Fountain, State Botanical

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Pianist Kirill Gerstein joins the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for “Rach 2” at 8 p.m. Sept. 21 in Hodgson Concert Hall.

Gerstein joins Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for ‘Rach 2’ program Sept. 21

By Bobby Tyler btyler@uga.edu

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra returns to the UGA Performing Arts Center Sept. 21 for a concert featuring one of classical music’s most popular masterworks, Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2.

Music director Robert Spano will conduct as pianist Kirill Gerstein joins the ASO for “Rach 2.” The program, which also includes Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5, begins at 8 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall.

Gerstein is the sixth recipient of the Gilmore Artist Award, presented every four years to an exceptional pianist who, regardless of age or nationality, possesses profound musicianship and charisma and who can sustain a career as a major international concert artist. He has appeared with the world’s leading orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, the Toronto Symphony, the London Philharmonic, Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw, Tonkunstler Orchestra Vienna and the NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo. Born in 1979 in Voronezh in southwestern Russia, Gerstein became an American citizen in 2003.

A pre-performance talk will be given by Ken Meltzer, author of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s program notes and host of the weekly radio show Meet the Classics on Atlanta’s AM-1690. The talk begins at 7:15 p.m. in Ramsey Concert Hall in the Performing Arts Center.

Tickets for the concert start at $20 and can be purchased at the Performing Arts Center box office, online at pac.uga.edu or by calling 706-542-4400. A limited number of discounted tickets are available to current UGA students for $6 to $10 with a valid UGA ID (limit one ticket per student).

The Performing Arts Center is located at 230 River Road in Athens.

Garden. 706-542-6136. bwboone@uga.edu.

ECOLOGY SEMINAR Sept. 25. “Ecology and Evolution of Influenza A Viruses Infecting Humans and Animals,” Justin Bahl, UGA infectious diseases and epidemiology departments. Host: Pej Rohani. 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.

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FACULTY PROFILE

Bike riding apps

Keith Campbell, a professor in the psychology department of the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, was quoted in Bicycling about the psychology of bike-riding apps.

Cycling’s digital revolution combines social media and self-tracking, two of the most popular trends in consumer culture. Like all other technologies, these apps are made to feel indispensable to the user, but they’re also useful for those who are training and can even make cycling more satisfying. The apps can help you share your experiences with other cyclists, which can challenge you to push harder. But the competitive pressure doesn’t necessarily mean you’re having more fun. Rides can become about the experience or content you’re creating for others to enjoy or to make you feel important.

“For some folks, the numbers and the images become the experience,” said Campbell, who is part of the industrial-organizational program/brain and behavioral sciences program. “In the old days, you would become a local legend by word of mouth or by doing something legendary that people saw. Today, to be a legend, you need video.”

Lung cancer screening

Mark Ebell, a professor of epidemiology and biostatistics in the College of Public Health, was quoted in The Epoch Times about the possibility that doctors don’t explain the pros and cons of a lung cancer screening.

Two new studies suggest that U.S. doctors don’t discuss the harms of lung cancer screening or the potential for over-diagnosis in conversations with current and former smokers. While screening may reduce the chance of dying from lung cancer by catching tumors sooner, most people don’t benefit because hundreds of patients need to be tested over many years just to prevent one death. Most of the time, CT scans detect abnormal tissues that aren’t cancerous. The study found that on average, doctors devoted only one minute to discussing lung cancer screening during conversations that lasted 13 minutes. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force currently recommends that people aged 55 to 80 with a history of smoking the equivalent of a pack a day for 30 years get screened yearly with a low-dose CT scan.

“I primarily encourage patients from 55 to 70 who are current smokers, since they have the greatest benefit,” said Ebell, whose area of expertise includes screening and prevention. “Older patients in good health can also consider screening, although it’s uncommon to find a current smoker over 70 years that doesn’t have other serious medical problems that limit the benefit from screening for lung cancer.”

Earnings inflation

Megan Ford, a doctoral student in financial planning, housing and consumer economics in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, was quoted in U.S. News &World Report about gender dynamics and financial health.

According to research from the U.S. Census Bureau, when a woman makes more than her husband, both spouses fix the numbers in favor of the man when they report to the U.S. Census. On average, husbands report earnings 2.9 percent higher than what appears on their tax filings, and wives undercut their wages by 1.5 percent. The report attributed these earnings reports to Americans’ desire to be considered normal by society’s standards.

A 2015 University of Chicago study found that in relationships where the wife earns more than the husband, the couple is more likely to have discord and end up divorcing.

“A wife who earns more may feel pressured to protect her partner’s feelings about his own position in the household by inflating his monetary contributions since this would be the typical means through which a man might provide for a family from a historical view,” said Ford, who works at UGA’s ASPIRE Clinic. “It doesn’t mean it’s wrong or right. It’s just a remnant of changing couples and families and a changing society.”

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Daniel Capps, left, an associate professor in the College of Education’s mathematics and science education department, works with Jemellah Coes, a doctoral student in educational theory and practice.

Associate professor uses scientific modeling as a principle for learning

By Kathryn Kao kath1@uga.edu

With an overwhelming amount of information to learn, process and teach, science educators are faced with the challenge of creating engaging learning experiences for students who often struggle to learn complex scientific concepts.

This is where associate professor Daniel Capps hopes to make a difference.

“It’s hard for students to learn challenging science concepts, like cellular respiration. There’s so much information that sometimes it’s hard for teachers to know what is important to teach,” said Capps, who works in the mathematics and science education department.

“A central focus of my research is figuring out how to develop successful learning environments by structuring science learning with the support of modeling.”

With a background in geology, learning and teaching, Capps conducts studies on how students and teachers learn science. Recently, his interest in teacher instruction has evolved to include model-based inquiry, which can be used to teach challenging science concepts.

As the principal investigator of a $449,849 grant from the National Science Foundation, Capps and co-principal investigator Jonathan Shemwell at the University of Alabama are working with several schools to advance students’ understanding of science concepts using models, while also enhancing the instruction of science educators.

“The three-year project will directly

impact at least 1,000 students from Georgia and Alabama, including a high proportion of students from underrepresented populations,” said Capps.

At the end of the day, creating an effective learning environment often starts with effective instruction.

“There are lots of ways that complex science topics can be taught, but we are looking for instructional methods that help structure learning in a way that students can actively make sense of new information instead of becoming overwhelmed by it,” he said. “We think that modeling can help provide this structure.”

This past summer, Capps and his colleagues conducted their first modeling institute with dozens of high school biology teachers. Together, they created models that simulate the energy processes of cellular respiration to use in their own classrooms this fall.

During this time, Capps will support these teachers while studying the effects of modeling activities on student learning. After splitting each class into a modeling and control group, his team will conduct classroom observations and analyze pre- and post-tests of student knowledge to assess their understanding of models and the impact these constructions have on students’ science knowledge.

Through modeling, Capps and his team are not only helping biology teachers implement new techniques in the classroom, but they also are building a close community of educators who can exchange ideas, receive professional development and ultimately become leaders of an innovative approach to modeling in science education.

He is also working closely with

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Management Division-Services-Building Services-South Campus, 20 years, 4 months; Vicki Jo Ellis, lab animal technician/containment, Animal Health Research Center, 17 years, 11 months; Betty Alice Fowler, grants coordinator II, Georgia Museum of Art, 21 years; James M. Higgins, marine resource specialist III, Marine Extension Service, 33 years, 5 months; Sharon L. Macaluso, public service associate, Small Business Development Center, 24 years, 1 month; Morgan Brynn Nolan, IT manager, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, 22 years, 11 months; Dot

Osley, administrative associate I, University Health Center, 10 years; Brenda M. Rodgers, IT manager, technology services, 20 years, 3 months; Carmen Rodriguez, laboratory manager II, genetics, 22 years, 6 months; David LynnTabor, director, University Health Center, 15 years, 1 month; Maryellen Timmons, public service associate, Marine Extension Service, 22 years, 11 months; and Charles C. Waldrup, equipment operator III, Facilities Management Division-Services-Sanitation Services, 29 years, 5 months.

Daniel K. Capps Associate Professor Mathematics and Science Education College of Education Ph.D., Learning, Teaching and Social Policy, Cornell University, 2011 M.S., Education, Indiana University, 2008 M.S., Geology, Indiana University, 2002 B.S., Geology, Hope College, 1998 At UGA: Three years

several graduate students during this three-year study. Under his mentorship, they will gain firsthand experience collecting and analyzing data and preparing research manuscripts for conferences and journal publications. In fact, many of his students plan to use their knowledge on the job to conduct their own studies in the future.

“Research is really hard,” said Capps. “And I’m eager and excited to involve graduate students in the learning process as both a mentor and a researcher.”

Since joining the College of Education in 2015, Capps has taught several methods courses in education and a course on how to use technology in science classrooms. As many graduates of the education college go on to work in area schools, Capps has maintained close connections with alumni who are eager to continue working with him on developing innovative approaches to teaching science.

“Our work helps fill a vacancy by putting forth an approach to modeling that supports students in learning,” said Capps.

RETIREES September

Fifteen UGA employees retired Aug. 31.

Retirees, their job classification, department and years of service are: Barbara Jean Artelt, laboratory technician III, small animal medicine/ surgery, 19 years; Mary Sue Brewer, research technician III, textiles, merchandising and interiors, 29 years, 5 months; Lavonia Daniels, building services worker II, Facilities Management Division-Services-Building Services-Health Sciences Campus, 25 years, 6 months; Elizabeth Ann Dean, building services worker II, Facilities

Source: Human Resources

OFFICE OF SERVICE-LEARNING

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UGA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION

Extension Academy trains future leaders

Photo courtesy of Office of Service-Learning

UGA’s 2018-2019 Service-Learning Fellows are (front row, from left) Jessica Holt, Cari Goetcheus, Brittany Bramlett, Jennifer George, Megan Ward, Kristina Jaskyte Bahr and (back row, from left) Kevin Burke, Sonia Janis, Lynn Sanders-Bustle, Callan Steinmann and Gary Green. Not pictured is Anandam “Andy” Kavoori.

Twelve faculty members are named 2018-2019 Service-Learning Fellows The Office of Service-Learning has selected 12 faculty members for participation in its yearlong Service-Learning Fellows program. Fellows meet regularly throughout the academic year and receive an award of up to $2,500 to develop a proposed service-learning project. The 2018-2019 Service-Learning Fellows are: • Brittany Bramlett, a lecturer in the School of Public and International Affairs, who plans to incorporate voter education and civic engagement activities for students in an introductory political science course.

• Kevin Burke, an associate professor in the College of Education, who plans to develop service-learning coursework that supports youth-based programming for the new Parkview Community Center partnership with the Athens Housing Authority.

• Jennifer George, a lecturer in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, and Sonia Janis, a clinical associate professor in the College of Education, who are collaborating to create a new, interdisciplinary studyabroad program focused on community and school engagement of refugee children and families in several European countries.

• Cari Goetcheus, an associate professor in the College of Environment & Design, who is developing partnerships with the Athens-Clarke County Planning Department to integrate multiple service-learning projects on cultural resource assessment and preservation planning into courses in the Master of Historic Preservation program.

• Gary T. Green, a professor in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, who will integrate project-based servicelearning opportunities in collaboration with local and state governmental agencies for students in the school’s new parks, recreation and tourism management program.

• Jessica Holt, an assistant professor in the

College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, who is developing a new “study away” capstone course in agricultural communication that allows students to develop marketing and communication materials with organizations, communities and agencies around the state on issues such as stormwater management.

• Kristina Jaskyte Bahr, an associate professor in the School of Social Work, who is creating a new service-learning course, “Design Thinking for Social Innovation,” in which students will apply design thinking skills as consultants on problems identified by local nonprofit organizations.

• Anandam “Andy” Kavoori, a professor in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, who is developing a new study-abroad journalism course in Costa Rica that is focused on integrating environmental communication with service-learning to benefit partner agencies near the UGA Costa Rica campus.

• Lynn Sanders-Bustle, an associate professor in the Lamar Dodd School of Art, who will engage undergraduate and graduate pre-service art education students with local high school students and teachers to create and reflect upon socially engaged public art projects.

• Callan Steinmann, curator of education at the Georgia Museum of Art, who is developing student-led, community-oriented programming for the museum through a split-level service-learning course, “Introduction to Museum Studies.”

• Megan Ward, director of Grady College’s New Media Institute, who is developing service-learning opportunities for graduate students in the emerging media master’s program by partnering with nonprofits to identify and solve problems that can be addressed by employing emerging technologies.

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UGA Cooperative Extension employees chosen for the 2018-2019 UGA Extension Academy for Professional Excellence attended the first of three leadership institutes Sept. 4-6 in Athens.

By Sharon Dowdy sharono@uga.edu

A select group of University of Georgia Cooperative Extension employees has been chosen for the 2018-19 UGA Extension Academy for Professional Excellence, an internal program aimed at developing the next generation of leadership.

The program is designed to teach leadership skills to early- and mid-career UGA county Extension agents, state specialists and UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and College of Family and Consumer Sciences personnel.

Ultimately, the training is an effort toward fulfilling UGA Extension’s mission of helping Georgians become healthier, more productive, financially independent and environmentally responsible individuals.

“Programs such as Extension Academy allow us to prepare for the next generation of leadership within our organization,” said Lauren Griffeth, UGA Extension leadership specialist and organizer of the academy. “We hope that participants graduate from this experience feeling engaged, empowered and equipped to better serve UGA Extension.”

In September, Extension Academy participants gathered in Athens for the first of three leadership institutes. Each threeday institute will offer intensive personal and professional development training facilitated by the CAES Office of Learning and Organizational Development. Kevin Livingston, the UGA Extension agricultural and natural resources agent in Douglasville wasn’t sure what to expect when he attended the academy. Now a graduate of the ­program, he highly recommends it.

“I heard from other Extension staff that it was a great experience, and it proved to be exactly that. The program was well done and offered opportunities for networking with

others outside of my normal work area,” he said. “The program stimulated many thoughts and generated a new awareness of both self and others.”

This year’s Extension Academy participants are: • Leigh Anne Aaron, family and consumer sciences agent, Oconee and Morgan counties; • Kelle Ashley, 4-H agent, Oconee County; • Stephanie Benton, 4-H agent, Early County; • Pam Bloch, 4-H agent, Gwinnett County; • Kasey Bozeman, county Extension coordinator and 4-H agent, Liberty and Long counties; • Paul Coote, director, Burton 4-H Center; • Tim Davis, county Extension coordinator and agriculture and natural resources agent, Chatham County; • Clark MacAllister, county Extension coordinator and agriculture and natural resources agent, Dawson and Lumpkin counties; • Merritt Melancon, public relations coordinator, UGA Extension, Office of Communications and Creative Services; • Susan Moore, family and consumer sciences agent, Laurens County; • Justin Shealey, county Extension coordinator and agriculture and natural resources agent, Echols County; • Heather Shultz, 4-H livestock programs coordinator, UGA Extension; • Joe Slusher, county Extension coordinator and agriculture and natural resources agent, Ware County; • Cindee Sweda, family and consumer sciences agent, Spalding County; • Trish West, county Extension coordinator and 4-H agent, Bryan County; and • Tripp Williams, county Extension coordinator and agriculture and natural ­ resources agent, Columbia County.

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UGA Press book explores US garden writing

Gardenland: Nature, Fantasy, and Everyday Practice

By Jennifer Wren Atkinson University of Georgia Press Hardcover: $59.95

Garden writing is not just a place to find advice about roses and rutabagas. It also contains hidden histories of desire, hope and frustration and tells a story about how Americans have invested grand fantasies in the common soil of everyday life.

Published in August by the University of Georgia Press, Gardenland: Nature, Fantasy, and Everyday Practice chronicles the development of this genre across key moments in American literature and history, from 19th-century industrialization and urbanization to the 20th-century rise of factory farming and environmental advocacy to contemporary debates about public space and justice—even to the consideration of the future of humanity’s place on Earth.

In exploring the hidden landscape of desire in American gardens, Gardenland examines literary fiction, horticultural publications and environmental writing.

It includes works by Charles Dudley Warner, Henry David Thoreau, Willa Cather, Jamaica Kincaid, John McPhee and Leslie Marmon Silko.

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UGA’s commitment to rural Georgia promoted

https://itstartswith.uga.edu/rural/

Units across campus collaborated to launch a new page on the It Starts With Georgia website focused on the university’s commitment to supporting rural communities and creating statewide connections.

The site is a compilation of resources and information designed to benefit rural communities by promoting economic development, providing training and encourag-

ing research partnerships. The site also features stories detailing successful partnerships from across Georgia.

The It Starts With Georgia website was created to promote UGA resources and partnerships available to all Georgians. These programs and resources helped contribute to the $5.7 billion impact the university had on the state in 2017.

Communications Coordinator Krista Richmond Art Director Jackie Baxter Roberts Photo Editor Dorothy Kozlowski Writers Kellyn Amodeo Leigh Beeson The University of Georgia is committed to principles of equal opportunity and affirmative action.

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

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COEDUCATION from page 1 too good for women.”

For his part, Barrow admitted that he too was once resistant to the idea before he realized its value. “Since women are needed in solving the problems of society,” he said, “we must let them have a chance to learn these problems.”

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within school settings and is currently employing eye-tracking technology to study students’ reading comprehension and test taking behavior.

Mote, the associate dean for the physical and mathematical sciences in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and a Distinguished Research Professor of Geography, previously served as head of the department of geography and founding director for the Atmospheric Sciences Program at UGA. Mote has worked on numerous projects with NASA, NOAA, the National Science Foundation and Department of Energy. He was named a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society in 2017 and a Fulbright scholar to Brazil in 2008.

Murdie, head of the department of international affairs in the School of Public and International Affairs, is editor-in-chief of International Studies Review and co-editor of the Studies in Security and International Affairs book series from the University of Georgia Press. Murdie researches international relations, specializing in international non-governmental organizations. She has worked with the military, policy and nongovernmental organization communities

Bulletin Board Golf clinics, fees

The UGA Golf Course will host free golf clinics for UGA staff and faculty on Sept. 20 and Oct. 11 from 6-7 p.m. at the UGA driving range. To reserve a space, email PGA golf instructor Clint Udell at cudell96@uga.edu and indicate if you would like to borrow golf clubs for the clinic.

The UGA Golf Course is also offering 50 percent off green fees, cart and pull cart fees Sept. 24-30 to celebrate its 50th anniversary.

To receive the reduced rate, reservations for the week of Sept. 24 must made no earlier than seven days prior to requested tee time and can be made online at https://golfcourse.uga.edu/.

TEDxUGA presenters

TEDxUGA is seeking faculty and staff presenters with dynamic ideas to take the stage in March 2019.

Visit tedxuga.com/nominate to submit a faculty or staff nomination by Sept. 30. Self-nominations are welcome and encouraged.

Email tedxuga@uga.edu with any questions.

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and was the 2018 recipient of the Quincy Wright Distinguished Scholar Award from the International Studies Association.

Rodrigues, professor of law and university parliamentarian, was named holder of the M.E. Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law in 2014. A member of the American Law Institute, she has held leadership roles in the American Association of Law Schools and the Law and Entrepreneurship Association.

Rodrigues completed a three-year term as the associate dean for faculty development in the UGA School of Law in 2018 and currently leads courses in contracts, business ethics, business associations and securities regulation.

Since its inception in 2008, the SEC ALDP has graduated almost 400 participants across the 14 member universities.

The SEC Academic Leadership Development Program is part of the SEC Academic Relations department, which serves as the primary mechanism through which the collaborative academic endeavors and achievements of SEC universities are promoted and advanced.

To learn more, visit http://t.uga.edu/109.

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and author specializing in the role of women in American Colonial history. She has worked as a consultant on several PBS and History Channel documentaries, including Scottsboro Boys, which was nominated for a best documentary Academy Award in 2000.

Berkin is also the author of several books, including First Generations: Women in Colonial America; A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution; Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America’s Independence; Civil War Wives: the Life and Times of Angelina Grimke Weld, Varina Howell Davis and Julia Dent Grant; Wondrous Beauty: The Life and Adventures of Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte; The Bill of Rights: The Fight to Secure America’s Liberties; and most recently, A Sovereign People: The Crises of the 1790s and the Birth of American Nationalism.

In addition, Berkin serves on the scholarly boards of several professional organizations including The National Museum of Women’s History, The New York Academy of History and the New-York Historical Society’s Center for American Women’s History.

Constitution Day is the annual celebration of the day the Constitutional Convention completed and signed the U.S. Constitution in 1787. The observance of this day began as “I am an American Day” in 1940 and later as Citizenship Day in 1952 when the celebration was moved to Sept. 17 to commemorate the signing of the original document. Constitution Day as it is observed today was recognized as a federal holiday in 2004, when U.S. Sen. Robert Byrd passed a bill designating Sept. 17 as the day for citizens to commemorate the signing of the U.S. Constitution and to thoughtfully engage with the nation’s founding document.

The opening

While proposals before the trustees were getting nowhere, some women were finding ways to study at the university anyway.

In 1899, Chancellor Walter B. Hill was in favor of the admission of women and even began the process to scout locations to build facilities for women to study, but Hill died before his plans could be realized. However, under Hill’s watch, women did gain access to UGA’s Summer School sessions, which did not require official admission to the university but were taught by UGA faculty.

Hill’s successor, Barrow, also opened the door for professors to direct the studies of women between summer sessions. Through these means, Mary Dorothy Lyndon became the first woman to earn a degree from UGA

Necessity gave the advocates of coeducation the leverage to finally pry the door open.

With America’s entry into World War I approaching, a shortage of trained qualified nutritionists, extension workers and secondary teachers in the state compelled a majority of the board of trustees to finally allow coeducation at the University of Georgia. College of Agriculture President Andrew M. Soule paved the way with the creation of the Division of Home Economics. In 1918, 12 women enrolled at UGA, all in the home economics program, which eventually became the College of Family and Consumer Sciences.

More enrolled the following year as the Peabody School of Education, now the College of Education, accepted female students. And, soon, all programs were open to women.

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Summer sidesteps

The 2018-2019 SEC ALDP Fellows are, from left, Thomas Mote, Usha Rodrigues, Amanda Murdie and Scott Ardoin.

in 1914, receiving her Master of Arts degree from the Graduate School without ever officially enrolling at the university. Three other women earned UGA graduate degrees like this before 1918.

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fares well in the quality of its student body, which has been on a steady ascent. This fall marked the sixth consecutive year that the entering first-year class set a record for academic excellence, as the Class of 2022 enrolled with an average high school GPA of 4.04, an average ACT score of 30 and an average SAT score of 1365. Over the past five years, the number of applications for undergraduate admissions has increased nearly 30 percent as demand for a UGA degree has grown.

“The quality of the instruction and mentorship that our faculty members provide sets the University of Georgia apart,” said Interim Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Libby V. Morris. “We continue to enhance the learning environment for our students by providing more individualized attention, making classes smaller, promoting active learning and supporting hands-on, experiential learning opportunities.”

UGA is one of two institutions from the state of Georgia—along with the Georgia Institute of Technology—to be ranked among the top 15 public universities in the nation. Georgia is one of only three states (including California and Virginia) to have more than one institution in the top 15. In addition, UGA and the University of Florida are the only two public institutions from the Southeastern Conference listed in the top 20.

“Our students are succeeding in the classroom and the job market at record levels, our research productivity is booming with expenditures up by 30 percent over the last five years, and our economic impact on the state of Georgia is climbing every year, now reaching $5.7 billion,” said Morehead.

“Indeed, it is an exciting time to be at the University of Georgia.”

Business rankings

Among undergraduate business programs, UGA claimed the top spot for insurance and risk management, and it was ranked as the third best public university for real estate. Overall, UGA’s Terry College of Business moved up three positions to No. 21 in public undergraduate business programs and climbed three spots to No. 11 among public business schools.

UGA was ranked 10th in terms of best public colleges for veterans, and it tied for 15th in the best public colleges rankings by high school counselors.

National rankings are only one of many measures of academic quality in higher education. While rankings tend to fluctuate up and down from year to year, a more precise measure of performance can be found in academic outcomes such as retention, completion and career placement rates.

UGA continues to excel in these areas with 96 percent of first-year students returning for their sophomore year and 85 percent of students graduating within six years. In addition, 96 percent of UGA students are employed or enrolled in graduate school within six months of graduation.

to effect the changes in institutional culture that are necessary to achieve NSF’s goal ‘to create opportunities in STEM for all U.S. residents, ensuring that no matter who they are or where they come from, they have access to education and employment.’ ” Rochelle Sapp, leadership development specialist for UGA Cooperative Extension, and Judy Milton, assistant dean of the Graduate School, are UGA’s co-principal investigators on the project.

NAIDSF seeks to attract more underrepresented students—women, members of minority racial and ethnic groups, persons with disabilities and those from low socioeconomic backgrounds—into STEM college programs, assist them to stay in these programs and help them graduate and succeed in a modern STEM workforce.

The alliance’s three goals are to: • deepen the preparation of all future, earlycareer and current STEM faculty to be inclusive and effective in their undergraduate teaching, research mentoring and advising; • diversify the national faculty through effective recruitment, hiring and retention of URG STEM faculty via institutional transformation in practices, policies and resources; and • foster postsecondary institutional cultures that recognize and value inclusivity and diversity broadly, and in the context of STEM faculty work specifically.

The NSF INCLUDES program focuses on the development of a national network to enhance U.S. leadership in STEM by broadening participation in those disciplines. Its approach builds on a body of scientific research suggesting that complex problems are best addressed through structured collaborative partnerships focused on finding solutions through common goals and shared metrics.

The awards will support the first five NSF INCLUDES alliances and the NSF INCLUDES coordination hub. These new entities will develop partnerships among stakeholders across the public, private and academic sectors, share promising practices for broadening participation and other useful data and establish a “backbone” framework for supporting communications and networking among partners.

NAIDSF builds on NSF INCLUDES pilot projects by APLU, CIRTL and UGA awarded in 2016. The UGA project leveraged a student exchange program to learn about the impact of institutional culture on underrepresented STEM students through collaborative inquiry. APLU examined many of its member institutions’ and expert partner organizations’ institutional efforts and practices to recruit, hire and retain diverse STEM faculty. The association also worked to identify and begin a series of transformative institutional activities aimed at increasing participation along the STEM pathways toward a doctorate. CIRTL focused on creating an alliance to prepare future STEM faculty to use teaching practices that increase the learning, persistence and degree completion of underrepresented students in STEM fields.