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‘The Skin of Our Teeth’ features timeless, timetraveling family Vol. 44, No. 10
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Graduate student Abha Rai, left, and Dean Anna Scheyett talk in the lounge of the School of Social Work.
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‘Move the needle’ New School of Social Work dean focuses on excellence and impact
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Anna Scheyett is no stranger to change. The new dean of the School of Social Work began her academic journey with degrees in biology and human genetics, fields not usually associated with social work. She spent time in pharmaceutical research and development but wanted to do more. It wasn’t until Scheyett encountered a pregnant, poverty-stricken woman while working as a counselor at a women’s health clinic in Boston that she found her true calling. “She was expecting her fourth child. Her husband forbade birth
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control, and for religious reasons she was opposed to abortion but felt that she had no other options,” Scheyett said. “She said that she’d rather go to hell than not be able to feed another baby. I was so outraged that she had to make that kind of choice. That’s when I decided to become a social worker.” Scheyett returned to school, earned master’s and doctoral degrees in social work and became a licensed clinical social worker. She advanced to the position of dean of the University of South Carolina College of Social Work. Under her leadership, the college exceeded a $4 million fundraising goal. The college’s scholarly productivity, interdisciplinary research and
partnerships with other institutions also more than doubled, and it jumped 17 places in the U.S. News & World Report ranking of graduate social work programs. Then tragedy struck. Historic flooding in South Carolina, the shooting of black parishioners at a church in Charleston and a murdersuicide on the USC campus made Scheyett reassess her priorities. “I realized that life is simply too short, and it is important to be doing exactly the most valuable, inspired work that you can,” she said. Imbued with a new sense of urgency, Scheyett was attracted to UGA’s drive to “move the needle” in terms of impact, she said. The See DEAN on page 8
SEC ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Funding for a program that has helped triple minority enrollment in STEM fields at UGA has been renewed for the second time by the National Science Foundation. UGA initially received funding to implement the Peach State Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation program a decade ago, and the program will continue for another five years thanks to a new $4 million NSF grant. The program, led by UGA’s Office of Institutional Diversity, funds undergraduates in STEM majors at UGA as well as at Fort Valley State University, Georgia State University, Perimeter College, the Georgia Institute of Technology, Kennesaw State University and
Savannah State University. “The renewal of Peach State LSAMP funding is evidence of the University of Georgia’s success over the last decade, as well as our ongoing efforts, in supporting minority students in the STEM disciplines,” said President Jere W. Morehead. “We are excited to extend the reach of this important program as we prepare our students for the next stage of their academic careers.” According to the NSF, AfricanAmericans are 12 percent of the U.S. population but received less than 9 percent of science and engineering bachelor degrees in 2014. Hispanics received 12 percent of the degrees but comprise 14 percent of the population. Since the Peach State LSAMP
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FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
UGA to implement mandated changes to staff classifications By Jan Gleason
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UGA will implement federallymandated changes to staff classifications Nov. 17, moving approximately 3,000 staff members from exempt to non-exempt status. UGA has held two campuswide forums to communicate to staff members the impact of the new U.S. Department of Labor regulations and will hold two more sessions at the Georgia Center today at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Under the new Fair Labor Standards Act provisions, certain UGA staff whose duties and responsibilities do not meet the FLSA exemption tests or who make less
than $913 per week ($47,476 fulltime annually) must be classified as non-exempt and become eligible for overtime pay or compensatory time. With this change, these staff members must report their hours worked on a weekly basis and are eligible for overtime pay or compensatory time if they exceed 40 worked hours in a week. The change is required due to state law in Georgia and the payroll policy of the University of Georgia, as well as the entire University System of Georgia, that requires nonexempt employees (i.e., those eligible for overtime) to be paid biweekly.Standard benefit and other
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Four UGA professors named 2016-17 Fellows in TERRY COLLEGE OF BUSINESS SEC Academic Leadership Development Program Bonbright Center relaunched By Camie Williams with an eye toward regulation camiew@uga.edu Four UGA faculty members— Chris Garvin, Janice Hume, Marisa Anne Pagnattaro and J. Marshall Shepherd—have been selected as the university’s 2016-2017 SEC Academic Leadership Development Program Fellows. The fellowship program, which was created by the Southeastern Peter Frey Conference in 2008, includes SEC Academic Leadership Development Program Fellows from UGA are, from training, mentoring and networkleft, Chris Garvin, Marisa Pagnattaro, Marshall Shepherd and Janice Hume. ing to advance academic leaders. Participants will engage with senior “This program allows the SEC Meg Amstutz, associate provost administrators at UGA and attend ALDP Fellows to engage in frank for academic programs and UGA’s two SEC-wide workshops with conversations with senior admin- SEC ALDP liaison. “Through the representatives from throughout istrators about the variety of issues two workshops, participants are the conference. they face as academic leaders,” said See FELLOWS on page 3
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A research center devoted to the study of economic regulation has been relaunched by UGA’s Terry College of Business. The James C. Bonbright Center for the Study of Regulation, founded in 1990 to study regulation of public utilities, is broadening its scope to address regulation across a range of market sectors. The center’s expansion will include funding support for faculty and graduate student research and travel, graduate assistantships, visiting lectures,
undergraduate internships and other activities. “ S u p ported by an endowment of nearly $2 million, the new Bonbright David Mustard Center will fund research across many topics to advance our understanding of the role that regulatory economics plays in shaping public policy, controlling prices and influencing
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2 Sept. 26, 2016 columns.uga.edu New York med schools to stop using unclaimed cadavers for education
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New York City medical schools are ending the centuries-old practice of using unclaimed bodies for educational purposes, The New York Times reported. Despite this decision, medical schools in the state continue to oppose a pending bill that requires spousal or familial consent of any bodies that weren’t registered organ donors, citing the need for cadavers to fill donation gaps at less well known schools.
Report shows military students more likely to attend for-profit schools
More than 1 million current, former and reserve members of the military attended some form of postsecondary education during the 2011-2012 academic year, but they were more likely to attend for-profit institutions than nonmilitary students, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Education. Almost a quarter of them attended for-profit institutions of two or more years compared to only 4 percent of traditional college students younger than age 24.
Alumni in business, engineering more likely to give than other majors
Almost one in four alumni donate money to their alma mater, and those who graduated with a business or engineering degree are more likely to give than peers in other majors, according to the American Student Assistance’s Report on Student Debt and Alumni Giving. Alumni who worked through their college years are less likely to contribute, as are recent graduates, current full-time graduate students and alumni who are divorced or separated.
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Be cautious of winter ticks, carriers of Lyme disease, in coming months
According to Nancy Hinkle, a professor of entomology in UGA’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, you cannot get Lyme disease from a tick in the summer or fall in the Southeast. The carrier is a winter tick, or deer tick. All species of ticks carry a pathogen. Most ticks are not infected, but they have the potential to transmit diseases. “We don’t need to fear them. Ticks are everywhere,” Hinkle said. “They’re part of the ecology. They’re a natural part of our world.” We just need to be cautious. Hinkle suggests three things to do when you go hiking or out in the woods: • Don’t sit down on the grass if you can avoid it. • Before you go, treat your body with DEET and your clothing with Permethrin. • When you get home from being in the woods, strip down and do a tick check. Source: College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
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Name: Barbara McCaskill Position: Professor of English in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences At UGA: 24 years Barbara McCaskill
Beneficiary of her gift to the university: The Georgia Fund
Why she contributes: “In my classrooms, I see firsthand on a daily basis how financial support and resources for study, travel and cultural enrichment benefit students and make a lasting and beneficial impact on their lives.”
To make your contribution to the Georgia Fund, please contact the Office of Annual Giving at 706-542-8119 or visit give.uga.edu. Source: Office of Development
OFFICE OF INSTITUTIONAL DIVERSITY
Employees earn certificate at annual Embracing Diversity event By Aaron Hale
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Listening to diverse points of view in the UGA community is a way for faculty, staff and students to enhance their learning experience, said Arthur Tripp, assistant to UGA President Jere W. Morehead, at UGA’s annual Embracing Diversity event Sept. 13 in the Chapel. “We celebrate diversity of thought, diversity of origin and diversity of our experiences,” said Tripp, who received a bachelor’s degree in political science from UGA in 2009. “It is the diversity of thought on this campus that challenged me to think deeper, to think harder, to explore my sense of curiosity on how to make our nation and our community a better place.” The Embracing Diversity event is an annual celebration of the value of diversity and inclusion, said Michelle Garfield Cook, associate provost of the Office of Institutional Diversity and UGA’s chief diversity officer. This year’s event featured Tripp as the keynote speaker; the event also recognized employees who completed requirements for the Diversity and Inclusion Certificate, and scholarships were presented to students who had promoted diversity in their communities. During his remarks, Tripp, who served as a senior adviser for U.S. Rep. David Scott, recalled visiting regions across the U.S. and sharing conversations with other congressional staff
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Sixty-six Diversity and Inclusion program certificate recipients, including those pictured above, were recognized at the annual Embracing Diversity event held Sept. 13.
members with a variety of points of view. He said he came away from the experience knowing that there are more things that unite people than divide people, and listening to diverse points of view is a key to highlighting these commonalities. During the event, UGA President Jere W. Morehead commended the efforts of faculty, staff and students for promoting a more diverse environment on campus. He said there are statistics that indicate that UGA is making progress in promoting diversity. “We can also recognize that there is much still to be done at the University of Georgia,” Morehead said. “All of us
working together will be critical to our future success at making this campus a more diverse, welcoming and inclusive place to work and to study.” During the event, the Black Alumni Association Scholarship, sponsored by the UGA Alumni Association, was presented to Oroboso Idehen and JaKari Goss. The Diversity Scholarship, sponsored by the UGA Athletic Association, was presented to Jamie Rodriguez Ramirez and Sydney Pressley. Because of space limitations, the list of employees who earned the Diversity and Inclusion Certificate could not be included. The list is online at columns.uga.edu.
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FALL 2016 SIGNATURE LECTURE SERIES
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In the world of Facebook news feeds and Twitter timelines, holding people’s attention is the “currency” of an artist’s work, said UGA alumnus Brandon Stanton, a best-selling author, photographer and founder of the popular blog Humans of New York. Stanton, who received a bachelor’s degree in history in 2008, spoke to a sold-out audience at the Tate Student Center during a Sept. 15 talk hosted by University Union. Stanton told those in attendance that his success came from pursuing his interests, working hard and creating something distinctive in a field where it’s hard to get noticed. Stanton’s Humans of New York is a photography project featuring simple portraits and stories in the subject’s own words. While Stanton has interviewed President Barack Obama and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, he picks most of his subjects from everyday strangers on the streets of New York City. To open his talk, Stanton fondly recalled his time as a UGA undergraduate—including his daily greetings at the old Bolton Dining Commons from cashier Donika Harallambi, whom he pointed out in the audience. He shared that his first experience interviewing people was as a student, when he began an unfinished documentary project that featured characters across UGA’s campus. After graduating as a history major from UGA in 2008, Stanton got a job trading bonds in Chicago. He described the job as fascinating but also all-consuming. He’d spend his weekends stressing about how to do his job better. And then, two years into his career, he was fired. Stanton resolved to structure his life so that he made just enough money to control how he spent his time. “I never knew the value of time as a resource until I lost two years of it,” he said. Stanton had been tinkering with photography—snapping shots around Chicago. He decided to move to New York and begin an art project that featured portraits of strangers. The idea evolved. It was when Stanton featured intimate conversations with his portrait subjects that Humans of New York really took off. Stanton’s lesson here was: “don’t wait for perfect,” explaining that perfect ideas evolve over time. People should work on what they love, and the details will work out eventually.
The U.S. Constitution, with its blueprint for selfgovernance, changed the direction of world history, said Akhil Reed Amar, the Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University, during the Constitution Day lecture at the Chapel Sept. 16. In the world before the U.S. Constitution, most governments were undemocratic, led by force and inherited power; now, many of the great powers in the world are democracies, said Amar, a constitutional law scholar and author of several books, including The Constitution Today: Timeless Lessons for the Issue of Our Era. “The world changes because of the legal, military, political, economic and social success of this project called the United States Constitution, the last best hope of Earth,” Amar said. The Constitution Day lecture, sponsored by the American Founding Group, the School of Public and International Affairs and the School of Law with support from the Charles Koch Foundation, was held in honor of the signing of the Constitution on Sept. 17, 1787. Part of what was remarkable about the Constitution, said Amar, is that it was ratified across all of the states with free speech to debate its merits and the opponents of the Constitution were not ostracized. In fact, some of the Constitution’s initial opponents would go on to propose the Bill of Rights and become presidents, vice presidents and Supreme Court justices. The power of the Constitution lives on today, said Amar, but commitment to its strengths should not be taken for granted. “There is an arch to this project that’s still unfolding in America and around the world,” he said, and currently the U.S. is at a “crossroads” with its commitment to the letter and spirit of the Constitution. Global terrorists and thuggish world leaders are threatening peace and stability at home and abroad, and Amar said that the way the U.S. reacts to these threats will have a worldwide impact. He called for a commitment to the Constitutional values of religious tolerance and engagement with democracies across the world. “We are a light unto the world if we stay true to our values,” Amar said.
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Digest UGA Press holding online book sale
The University of Georgia Press is holding an online book sale until Oct. 3. The “Vantastic Lemonade Sale” features savings on more than 100 titles in a range of subjects. The sale applies to web and phone orders only. For web orders, enter promotional code 08DBF16 during checkout. Call 800-848-6224 with phone orders and mention promotional code 08DBF16. For more information, including a full list of the book titles on sale, visit http://tinyurl.com/ z2ovtq9.
‘Georgia Review’ to kick off anniversary celebration with two-day literary event Joe McHugh, curator of arthropods at the Georgia Museum of Natural History, received an NSF grant to set up a online database of all of the Lepidoptera specimens in North America.
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UGA entomology helps lead effort to digitize North America’s butterfly and moth collections By J. Merritt Melancon jmerritt@uga.edu
This fall, researchers at the Georgia Museum of Natural History at UGA will help lead an effort to digitize around 2.1 million specimens from the order Lepidoptera—moths and butterflies—and to make that data available to scientists studying climate, natural habitats and agricultural pests. They hope the insect specimens will tell the story of the world’s climatic shifts, animals on the move and changing fauna. Joe McHugh, curator of the arthropod collection at the museum and professor of entomology at the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, will help lead the National Science Foundation-funded effort. When LepNet, as the project is being called, is complete, it will be one of the largest databases of insect data to date, opening centuries of scientific inquiry to the new world of data analytics. This project also could set a framework for other museums to follow. “People don’t really want to spend five years going around the world visiting collections in museums and transcribing data from tiny little labels
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just to understand the biology and distribution of a species,” said McHugh. “Researchers want to be able to address serious questions by going to some web-based resource and pulling down all the relevant information in some standard format for analysis.” Scientists have been collecting and organizing insect specimens since before the Enlightenment, and museums across the world have solid collections dating back 300 years. Museums in North America alone house around 250 million insect specimens from around the world. Most specimens are stored with details of their capture: the date and the time of day they were found, climatic data, the geographic location, the plants that were being used as food, the condition of the insect and whether there were other insects around. Each entry represents a datapoint that can now be used to construct a clearer understanding of the biology of that species and of how populations move and change, and why. “You can ask, ‘Where does this species occur right now?’ ‘Where was it 10 years ago?’ and then, ‘Where did it used to occur in the distant past?’” McHugh said. “We can use this in-
formation to look at questions about climate change or human impact on environments by seeing how, over time, the ranges of insect species have changed.” Researchers also can build models to project when and where problem insects, like crop-devouring caterpillars, will appear, allowing farmers to prepare for the arrival of a species, McHugh said. These kinds of models are almost impossible to generate today because only a very small portion of the collections in museums across the globe has been digitized, and what has been done has been in fits and starts. There’s a digitized collection of parasitoid wasps here, the beginnings of a great beetle database there, but for many years there has been nothing comprehensive and little agreement in the scientific community about the format that these electronic records should take. In recent years, however, great progress has been made to develop universal standards for digitizing museum specimens, McHugh said. With LepNet being the largest undertaking of its kind to date, McHugh and his colleagues are hoping to further refine the process.
College of Journalism and Mass Communication, was a 2013 Fellow in the Scripps Howard Leadership Academy. Her research focuses on the history of American journalism, particularly as it relates to public memory and the social construction of death. Pagnattaro, the associate dean for research and graduate programs and the I.W. Cousins Professor of Business Ethics in the Terry College of Business, has received numerous teaching awards, including being named a Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor. She serves as the college’s director of international programs, is the former editor in chief of the American Business Law Journal and currently serves on the executive committee of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business. Her scholarship focuses on legal and ethical issues affecting workers in the context of international trade and in the protection of trade secrets in China. Shepherd, director of the atmospheric sciences program and the
Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and Geography in the Franklin College, is a leading international expert in weather and climate. A former president of the American Meteorological Society, Shepherd is host of The Weather Channel’s Sunday talk show Weather Geeks and a contributor to Forbes magazine. Since its inception in 2008, the SEC ALDP has graduated more than 325 faculty and academic administrators. The SEC Academic Leadership Development Program is part of SECU, the academic initiative of the SEC. SECU serves as the primary mechanism through which the collaborative academic endeavors and achievements of SEC universities are promoted and advanced. The application deadline for next year’s SEC Academic Leadership Development Program is April 7. More information is at http://t.uga. edu/109.
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able to network with colleagues across the SEC and discuss the ways in which their campus leaders respond to challenges that arise.” The fall SEC ALDP workshop will be held Oct. 17-19 at the University of Alabama, and the spring workshop will be held Feb. 22-24 at Mississippi State University. Garvin, a professor of art and design, is the director of the Lamar Dodd School of Art in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. He joined UGA’s faculty in 2014 after serving as dean of the College of Media and Communication at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Garvin, who participated in Harvard Business School’s Creative Leaders Program, focuses his research on the intersection of design and business. Hume, head of the journalism department and holder of the Carter Chair in Journalism Excellence in the Grady
As a kick off to the celebration of its 70th anniversary, The Georgia Review, in partnership with UGA Creative Writing, UGA Press, Avid Bookshop and other participants, will host a literary weekend at the Foundry, 295 E. Dougherty St., Oct. 7 from 7-9 p.m., and on Oct. 8 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. The lineup for the program includes a variety of readings, workshops, panel discussions, activities for children and a book fair featuring Avid Bookshop and a host of small presses and journals. Among the highlights will be a storytelling workshop by Rabbit Box, music by songwriter Claire Cronin, appearances by poets Stacy Szymaszek and Simone White of New York’s St. Mark’s Poetry Project and a show-closing reading by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Sharon Olds, whose work appears in the fall 2016 issue of The Georgia Review. The Fall Lit Ball is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. All events are open free to the public. For a full program schedule and to learn more about The Georgia Review, visit www.thegeorgiareview.com.
UGA to host informatics symposium
UGA will host a daylong informatics symposium Oct. 11 that will advance interdisciplinary collaboration and bring nationally recognized speakers to campus. John Leslie King, the William Warner Bishop Collegiate Professor of Information at the University of Michigan, will deliver a keynote address on cyberinfrastructure at 9:30 a.m. in Masters Hall of the Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Carter T. Butts, a professor of sociology at the University of California, Irvine, will provide a second keynote address on social and biological network analysis at 1:30 p.m., also in Masters Hall. The Georgia Informatics Symposium also includes a poster session and a collaborationbuilding event known as “InfoMashup” that will allow participants to meet others with shared interests in areas such as mind and body; language and communication; security, cooperation and conflict; and world and economy. The symposium also includes a panel discussion featuring faculty members hired through the recently completed Presidential Informatics Hiring Initiative, as well as a closing reception. Open free to the public, the symposium is sponsored by the College of Engineering and the Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost. Registration is required for breakfast and lunch. Kyle Johnsen, an associate professor in the College of Engineering and one of nearly a dozen symposium organizers from multiple units on campus, said the principal goal of the Georgia Informatics Symposium is to facilitate networking and interdisciplinary team building among scholars engaged in informatics research and education. More information, including the registration form, is online at http://gii.uga.edu/symposium/.
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Keep Your Seats, memorabilia celebrating the 110-year history of the UGA Redcoat Marching Band. Through Dec. 23. Special collections libraries. 706-542-8079.
Gifts and Prayers: The Romanovs and Their Subjects. Through Dec. 31. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. hazbrown@uga.edu Icon of Modernism: Representing the Brooklyn Bridge, 1883-1950. Through Dec. 11. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. hazbrown@uga.edu (See story, bottom right). Living Color: Gary Hudson on the 1970s. Through Jan. 8. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. hazbrown@uga.edu On the Stump—What Does it Take to Get Elected in Georgia? Through Aug. 18. Special collections libraries. 706-542-5788. jhebbard@uga.edu
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 OPEN FORUM: FLSA A panel of UGA FLSA experts will assist affected staff with questions. The 9 a.m. forum will be available on the web via Collaborate at https://us.bbcollab.com/guest/C2C7DF94755AB6580A1DCEE898C2DA9D. The 2 p.m. session will be available on the web via Collaborate at https://us.bbcollab. com/guest/847C209E9CF1D947C02716C3AD7B67BB. Mahler Auditorium, Georgia Center. (See story, page 1). MOBILE FLU SHOT CLINIC $45 or $65 without insurance. 2:30 p.m. Coke Lounge, Sanford Hall. 706-542-9979. contact@uhs.uga.edu (See Bulletin Board, page 8). SEMINAR “Sustaining Georgia’s Seafood Industry: Past, Present and Future,” Bryan Fluech and Tori Stivers, Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant. This monthly seminar series, sponsored by the Sustainable Food Systems Initiative, is designed for UGA faculty to share their research and activities. 3:30 p.m. 103 Conner Hall. 706-542-8084. sustainag@uga.edu COMEDY PERFORMANCE Capitol Steps, political satirists. 7 p.m. $47-$52; $6 students. Hodgson Concert Hall. pac.uga.edu PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE WATCH 2016 Doors will open at 8 p.m., followed by discussion led by UGA political science professor Paul Gurian at 8:30 p.m., and the debate at 9 p.m. This event is part of Ready, Steady, Vote!, a series of events hosted by the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies spotlighting all things presidential. Auditorium, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies. 706-542-5788. jhebbard@uga.edu
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 WORKSHOP “Student-Centered Teaching and Social Media.” 2 p.m. Reading Room, Miller Learning Center. 706-583-0067. MOBILE FLU SHOT CLINIC $45 or $65 without insurance. 3 p.m. Lobby, R. C. Wilson Pharmacy Building. 706-542-9979. contact@uhs.uga.edu (See Bulletin Board, page 8). SEMINAR
“The Evolving Science of Environmental Flows: From Planning to Operational Decision Making,” Nick Bond, Murray-Darling Basin Freshwater Research Centre at the La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. 4 p.m. Auditorium, ecology building. 706-542-7247. bethgav@uga.edu
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 LECTURE “The Georgia Coastal Research Council: Linking Science with Management,” Merryl Alber, professor and lead principal investigator of Georgia Coastal LTER at the UGA marine sciences department. 1:25 p.m. 201 ecology building. cpringle@uga.edu ARTFUL CONVERSATION Join Carissa DiCindio, curator of education, for an in-depth discussion of Jonas Lie’s painting “Bridge and Tugs” (ca. 1911-1915). 2 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. hazbrown@uga.edu MOBILE FLU SHOT CLINIC $45 or $65 without insurance. 3 p.m. 310 Memorial Hall. 706-542-9979. contact@uhs.uga.edu (See Bulletin Board, page 8). SIGNATURE LECTURE “Strengthening International Alliances in a World That Wants to Tear Them Apart,” Sir Ivor Roberts, president of Trinity College at the University of Oxford. Sponsored by the University of Georgia Press, the School of Public and International Affairs and UGA at Oxford. 4 p.m. Chapel.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 OPENING RECEPTION Opening reception for the exhibit Foxfire: 50 Years of Cultural Journalism Documenting Folk Life in the North Georgia Mountains. 6 p.m. Second floor gallery hallway, special collections libraries. 706-542-8079. jclevela@uga.edu SECOND AMENDMENT DEBATE Join the Phi Kappa Literary Society for a debate about whether or not the Second Amendment is obsolete in this day and age. 7 p.m. Second floor, Phi Kappa Hall. CONCERT ARCO Chamber Orchestra. $20; $6 with a UGACard. 8 p.m. Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall. 706-542-4752. ccschwabe@uga.edu (See story, bottom left).
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 STATE OF EDUCATION IN GEORGIA CONFERENCE A one-day conference that includes keynotes, breakout sessions and discussions on several timely topics related to the state of education in Georgia. $95. 8 a.m. Georgia Center. bmassey@uga.edu PRIVACY CONFERENCE Bob Sullivan, Peabody Award-winning consumer journalist, and Adam Levin, consumer advocate and author of Swiped: How to Protect Yourself in a World Full of Scammers, Phishers and Identity Thieves, will be speaking in FHCE classes that are open to the public beginning at 9:05 a.m. 104 Conner Hall. 706-542-4655. Miller.J@uga.edu LECTURE “Just Women: Examining The Role of Female Prosecutors in International Courts,” Maryann Gallagher. Part of the Women’s Studies Friday Speaker Series. 12:20 p.m. 214 Miller Learn-
WESLEY FOUNDATION SNACK & CHAT Wesley’s International Student Ministry is hosting its monthly Snack & Chat event. This month will be a Tailgate Party. 6:30 p.m. UGA Wesley Foundation, 1196 S. Lumpkin St.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1 FOOTBALL vs. Tennessee. Sanford Stadium. 3:30 p.m. on CBS-TV. Call 706-542-1231 for ticket information.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2 108 SUN SALUTATION FESTIVAL Celebrate the Autumn Equinox, nature, the change of season and National Yoga Month. Bring a yoga mat, water and towel. Plan to arrive by 5:15 p.m. to set up. Free; suggested donation of $10. 5:30 p.m. Flower Garden Lawn, State Botanical Garden. 706-542-6156. garden@uga.edu
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The ARCO Chamber Orchestra’s first concert of the season in Hodgson Concert Hall on Sept. 29 at 8 p.m. celebrates the 200th anniversary of the Argentine Republic’s Declaration of Independence. Tickets are $20 or $6 with a UGACard. The orchestra will be joined by Alejandro Drago, a U.S.-based Argentine violinist, composer and conductor, who will serve as both co-conductor and soloist. Jose A. Flores Velasco, the consul general of Argentina, will attend the program, which spans the history of Argentinian music. From little-known music by some of the forefathers of the Argentine nations, such as Juan Bautista Alberdi, to pieces by the founders of Argentine
music nationalism, Alberto Williams and Alberto Ginastera—whose 100th birthday is this year—the concert program explores not just the origin of Argentinian music, but Argentina itself. The performance also tracks the progression of styles in Argentinian music. “The concert includes a collection by a contemporary Argentine composer of Armenian descent, Alicia Terzian, celebrating the national diversity of the Argentine people,” said ARCO director Levon Ambartsumian, Regents Professor and Franklin Professor of Violin at the UGA Hugh Hodgson School of Music. The UGA Hugh Hodgson School of Music sponsors more than 350 performances each year. To view the performance calendar, subscribe to the email concert listing or learn more, go to music.uga.edu.
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University Theatre’s ‘The Skin of Our Teeth’ features timeless, time-traveling family
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ROSH HASHANAH Jewish religious observance.
University Theatre is presenting The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder, a studio series production directed by George Contini, professor of acting in Franklin College’s theatre and film studies department. Performances will be held in the Cellar Theatre Oct. 7-8, 11-14 at 8 p.m. and Oct. 9 and 16 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $12, $7 for students, and can be purchased at drama.uga.edu/box-office, by phone at 706-542-4400 or at the Performing Arts Center or Tate Center box office. An unconventional comedy about the end of the world and the Antrobus family, who live only to end it all over again, The Skin of Our Teeth is a play encompassing all eras and ages. Since the dawn of mankind, the Antrobuses have been a typical, Homo sapien, nuclear family. George Antrobus, played by second-year MFA acting student Marlon Burnley, provides for his family by inventing the alphabet and the wheel, and despite the occasional affair and feral rage, he cares for his wife, children (Russell Scott, senior risk management and insurance major, as Henry Antrobus and Crystal Le, senior theatre and advertising major, as Gladys Antrobus) and species with staunch dedication. Maggie Antrobus, played by second-year MFA acting student Taylor Wood, holds the family, the house and the world together. The housemaid Sabina, played by secondyear MFA acting student Anna Pieri, works for her living, aspires to greater things and constantly breaks character to comment on the absurdity of the play in which she lives. Through natural disasters, climate changes, extinctions
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University Theatre’s production of The Skin of Our Teeth runs from Oct. 7 through Oct. 16.
AL-HIJRA Islamic religious observance.
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ARCO Chamber Orchestra concert Sept. 29 celebrates Argentinian independence
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Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center to perform
The ARCO Chamber Orchestra concert on Sept. 29 celebrates the 200th anniversary of Argentina's independence.
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The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center will perform the Payne Memorial Concert Oct. 2 at 3 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall. The concert honors the late William Jackson Payne, a former dean of the arts and sciences college who established the Franklin College Chamber Music Series. Admission to the concert is free. The UGA Performing Arts Center is presenting the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in six concerts on the Franklin College Chamber Music Series during the 2016-2017 season, establishing the greatest presence in one location for CMSLC outside of New York City. The Oct. 2 concert will feature the Chamber Music Society’s Calidore String Quartet in a program titled "Folk Inspirations." The quartet will explore the influence of folk music in three works by master composers Sergei Prokofiev, Bela Bartok and Antonin Dvorak. The concert will be recorded for broadcast on American Public Media’s Performance Today, heard by 1.4 million listeners across the country. Patrick Castillo from CMSLC will give a pre-concert lecture at 2:15 p.m. in Ramsey Concert Hall. For additional information, visit the Performing Arts Center online at pac.uga.edu or call the box office at 706-542-4400.
Art of Brooklyn Bridge on display at museum By Morgan Tickerhoof mt03295@uga.edu
The exhibition Icon of Modernism: Representing the Brooklyn Bridge, 1883-1950 is on display at the Georgia Museum of Art through Dec. 11. Icon of Modernism includes 40 paintings, watercolors, works on paper and photographs that all take the Brooklyn Bridge as a subject. Sarah Kate Gillespie, the museum’s curator of American art, chose works of art created between the completion of the bridge in 1883 and the mid-20th century to show how artistic representations of it changed over time, even as it symbolized modernity for different generations. From American impressionism to abstract expressionism, the details of how artists presented the bridge changed, but its ability to stand for the modern era remained. “When it opened, the Brooklyn Bridge was a phenomenon, and many commemorative objects featuring the bridge were produced,” said Gillespie, who was tasked with organizing the exhibition when the museum hired her in 2014. “Other museums have shown the wide variety of these objects, but we decided to focus on the aesthetic portion alone.” Although it may seem strange for Athens to host an exhibition on a structure so tied to New York City, descendants of John A. Roebling, who designed the bridge, lived in Athens for many years. Portraits of Margaret Joseph Stella’s “Study for New York Interpreted: The Bridge, Allison and Ferdinand William Roebling have been on 1917-22” is part of Icon of Modernism. view in the museum’s permanent collection galleries. In addition, the museum’s collection overlaps strongly with film series beginning Oct. 6; a public tour with Gillespie on the span of time the exhibition covers; an exhibition of Oct. 12 at 2 p.m.; a gallery talk by Gillespie and Stephan related works from that collection will be on view through Durham, an associate professor in the UGA College of Dec. 31 in an adjoining gallery. Engineering, on Oct. 13 at 5:30 p.m.; the museum’s bienArtists with work in Icon of Modernism include painters nial Emerging Scholars Symposium, co-organized with Joseph Stella, John Marin, Yun Gee, Georgia O’Keeffe UGA’s Association of Graduate Art Students, Oct. 21 and and Reginald Marsh and photographers Edward Steichen, 22, with Richard Haw as the keynote speaker on Oct. 21; Walker Evans, Weegee and Consuelo Kanaga. Four and Family Day Nov. 5 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. as part of works in the exhibition come from the museum’s own UGA’s Spotlight on the Arts festival. Events are open free collection, but the remainder are on loan from museums, to the public unless otherwise indicated. corporate collections and private collections across the Icon of Modernism is supported in part by an award from country. An illustrated catalog published by the museum the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support will accompany Icon of Modernism, with scholarly essays by is provided by Shannon and Peter Candler, the Irwin Gillespie; Janice Simon, Meigs Associate Professor of Art and Hannah Harvey Family Fund, Teddy Johnson, the History in UGA’s Lamar Dodd School of Art; Meredith Piedmont Charitable Foundation, Margaret A. Rolando, Ward and Kimberly Orcutt. the W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation and the Related events include Student Night on Sept. 29; a Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art.
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and wars, the Antrobuses persevere and rebuild. “I love the absurdity, the wackiness and the theatricality of the play,” said Contini. “This play was written so that audiences living in any time period could still relate to it.” The Skin of Our Teeth was written in response to World War II, but it addresses human crisis as an ongoing epidemic, a repeating cycle faced by every generation, Contini said. “The Skin of Our Teeth was a play ahead its time,” he said. “This show laid the groundwork for the archetypes that we’ve come to love in shows like The Simpsons and Modern Family. No one had ever done that before.” The off-the-wall comedy and commentary dances wryly between dark themes and domesticated dinosaurs, Contini added. “This is a play that allows us to embrace our anxieties and still laugh at them,” he said. According to David Saltz, head of the theatre and film studies department, “the stripped-down spirit of the studio series is ideal for this play,” allowing for a flexibility with both the material and the conventions of theater. “George Contini, who is one of the most inventive directors I’ve ever seen, is the ideal director for this wildly radical play,” Saltz said. “He explores ways of dissolving the fourth wall, experiments with breaking out of the theater space and resists the urge to get stuck in specific roles as he creates an immersive experience where there is—literally and figuratively—no wall between the audience and the actors.” “Like the actual experience of crisis, the show becomes about human connection—we’re all in this together,” Contini said.
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OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS AND PROVOST
UGA welcomes new faculty
Below is a list of new tenured and tenure-track faculty who have joined the university since the list was in Columns one year ago. This information was provided by the Office of Faculty Affairs, which acts as a liaison between the university and the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia on matters related to faculty appointments, promotion and tenure. College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Todd Applegate, professor, poultry science; Andrew P. Benson, assistant professor, poultry science; Brett Blaauw, assistant professor, entomology; Benjamin Campbell, assistant professor, agricultural and applied economics; George A. Cavender, assistant professor, food science and technology; Derek R. Dee, assistant professor, food science and technology; Francisco Diez-Gonzalez, professor, food science and technology; Nelissa Jamora, assistant professor, agricultural and applied economics; David Jespersen, assistant professor, crop and soil sciences; Daniela Lino Lourenco, assistant professor, animal and dairy science; Mark A. McCann, professor, animal science; Ellen McCullough, assistant professor, agricultural and applied economics; Samuel L. Pardue, professor, poultry science and dean and director; Adam N. Rabinowitz, assistant professor, agricultural and applied economics; Levi Russell, assistant professor, agricultural and applied economics; Jennifer Johnson Tucker, assistant professor, animal science; and Jared Ross Whitaker, assistant professor, crop and soil sciences.
College of Education
Usree Bhattacharya, assistant professor, language and literacy education; Amy B. Ellis, associate professor, mathematics and science education; Tisha Y. Ellison, assistant professor, language and literacy education; Christopher Logan Fiorella, assistant professor, educational psychology; Seung H. Han, assistant professor, lifelong education, administration and policy; Robert C. Lynall, assistant professor, kinesiology; Georgianna L. Martin, assistant professor, counseling and human development services; Kathryn H. O’Brien, assistant professor, communication sciences and special education; and Shiyu Wang, assistant professor, educational psychology.
College of Engineering
Rodney Averett, assistant professor; Brian Bledsoe, professor; Sung Hee Kim, associate professor; Rawad A. Saleh, assistant professor, Wenzhan Song, professor; and Zhong Ru Xie, assistant professor.
College of Family and Consumer Sciences
Gajanan S. Bhat, professor, textiles, merchandising and interiors; Margaret O. Caughy, professor, human development and family science; Ginnefer O. Cox, assistant professor, foods and nutrition; Carla J. Moore, assistant professor, foods and nutrition; Monica Sklar, assistant professor, textiles, merchandising and interiors; and Kenneth J. White, assistant professor, financial planning, housing and
consumer economics.
College of Journalism and Mass Communication Kate Fortmueller, assistant professor, entertainment and media studies.
College of Pharmacy
May Xiong, associate professor, pharmacology and biomedical sciences.
College of Public Health
Steven E. Bellan, assistant professor, epidemiology and biostatistics; Sarah Deyoung, assistant professor, health policy and management; Charles A. Easley, assistant professor, environmental health science; Dale E. Green, associate professor, health policy and management; Carolyn Lauckner, assistant professor, health promotion and behavior; Changwei Li, assistant professor, epidemiology and biostatistics; Juliet Nabbuye Sekandi, assistant professor, epidemiology and biostatistics; Andrea Swartzendruber, assistant professor, epidemiology and biostatistics; and Donglan Zhang, assistant professor, health policy and management.
College of Veterinary Medicine
Renee Barber, assistant professor, small animal medicine and surgery; Joseph W. Bartges, professor, animal medicine and surgery; Fiona Louise Bateman, assistant professor, small animal medicine and surgery; Karen Jl Burg, professor, small animal medicine and surgery; Timothy Burg, professor, veterinary biosciences and diagnostic imaging; Janet Anne Grimes, assistant professor, small animal medicine and surgery; Eric T. Harvill, professor, infectious diseases; Tracy L. Hill, assistant professor, small animal medicine and surgery; Travis Laver, assistant professor, small animal medicine and surgery; Clare Ryan, assistant professor, large animal medicine; Mandy L. Wallace, assistant professor, small animal medicine and surgery; and Lois A. Zitzow, associate professor, population health.
Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
Rebecca L. Atkins, assistant professor, music; Shuyang Bai, assistant professor, statistics; Benjamin Bakker, assistant professor, mathematics; Douda Bensasson, assistant professor, plant biology; Casey Maury Bergman, associate professor, genetics; Alexander K. Bucksch, assistant professor, plant biology; Michael J. Calway-Fagen, assistant professor, art; Maria B. Cassera, associate professor, biochemistry and molecular biology; Julia M. Diaz, assistant professor, marine programs; Erin L. Dolan, professor, biochemistry and molecular biology; Katherine B. Ehrlich, assistant professor, psychology; Ronald D.
Etheridge Jr., assistant professor, cellular biology; Naomi Graber, assistant professor, music; Diana B. Graizbord, assistant professor, sociology; Jonathan Haddad, assistant professor, Romance languages; Cindy Hahamovitch, professor, history; Yi Hong, assistant professor, computer science; Daichi Kamiyama, assistant professor, cellular biology; Jaewoo Lee, assistant professor, computer science; Eric Morales Franceschi, assistant professor, English; Scott R. Nelson, professor, history; Georgios Petridis, assistant professor, mathematics; Melanie Ann Roberts Reber, assistant professor, chemistry; Laura Rider, assistant professor, mathematics; Roberta Salmi, assistant professor, anthropology; Gerald Shannon, assistant professor, geography; Kristen Shockley, assistant professor, psychology; Christine Szymanski, professor, microbiology; Demitra Thomloudis, assistant professor, art; and Weiwei Wu, assistant professor, mathematics.
School of Ecology
Ricardo M. Holdo, associate professor; and Benjamin Barrow Parrott, assistant professor.
School of Law
Gregg D. Polsky, professor.
School of Public and International Affairs
Lefteris J. Anastasopoulos, assistant professor, public administration and policy; Alexa Bankert, assistant professor, political science; Kristin Garrett, assistant professor, political science; Amanda Murdie, professor, international affairs; and Kathleen E. Powers, assistant professor, international affairs.
School of Social Work
Anna Scheyett, dean and professor, social work.
Terry College of Business
John R. Busenbark, assistant professor, management; Hua Chen, assistant professor, marketing; Frank L. Heflin, professor, accounting; Roozbeh Hosseini, assistant professor, economics; Joshua Alan Lee, assistant professor, accounting; Justin Leiby, assistant professor, accounting; Ugur Lel, associate professor, finance; Fadel Matta, assistant professor, management; David McCarthy, assistant professor, insurance; Marc Andrew Ragin, assistant professor, insurance; Cesare Robotti, associate professor, finance; and Pengyuan Wang, assistant professor, marketing.
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources Jon Paul Caulfield, professor; Joseph Locke Conrad, assistant professor; Caterina Villari, assistant professor; and Kyle Woosnam, associate professor.
Source: Faculty Information Database, Sept. 8, 2016-OIR
11 join university as clinical faculty
In addition to the new tenured and tenure-track faculty, UGA welcomes 11 new clinical faculty, who are educators as well as practitioners in health and other professions. Clinical faculty are involved in the supervision and training of students, interns or residents in professional settings. Like their tenure-track colleagues, they typically hold terminal degrees. Their scholarship varies but often is focused on advancing professional practice or enhancing education in clinical settings. New clinical faculty members for the 2016-2017 academic year are Sumona De Graaf, College of Arts and Sciences, parttime clinical assistant professor, psychology; Amy C. Dixon Jimenez, College of Veterinary Medicine, clinical assistant professor, small animal medicine and surgery; Morgan Faison, College of Education, clinical assistant professor, educational theory and practice; Keith L. Herndon, College of Journalism and Mass Communication, clinical professor, journalism; Selena L. Lane, College of Veterinary Medicine, clinical assistant professor, small animal medicine and surgery; Anne Marie Dvorak Misher, College of Pharmacy, clinical assistant professor, clinical and administrative pharmacy; John R. Norris, Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, clinical assistant professor, AU/UGA Medical Partnership; Sharmon P. Osae, College of Pharmacy, clinical assistant professor, clinical and administrative pharmacy; Petros Panaou, College of Education, clinical assistant professor, language and literacy education; Rachel Reed, College of Veterinary Medicine, clinical assistant professor, large animal medicine; Rebecca Stone, College of Pharmacy, clinical assistant professor, clinical and administrative pharmacy; and Duncan Williams, College of Family and Consumer Sciences, clinical assistant professor, financial planning, housing and consumer economics. Source: Faculty Information Database, Sept. 8, 2016-OIR
COLLEGE OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION Media industry scholar joins Grady By Stephanie Moreno s.moreno@uga.edu
As a media industry scholar who studies labor issues, Kate Fortmueller brings a unique perspective to the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. Fortmueller joined the entertainment and media studies department this fall as an assistant professor after previously teaching at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts and Fairfield University. Her work centers on media industry labor with an emphasis on actors and belowthe-line workers—people who are essential to the production but not visible on screen. “Dr. Fortmueller’s research in motion-picture production studies with an emphasis on labor issues provides the department and college much-needed depth in key areas,” said Jay Hamilton, EMST department head. “In the current times of increasingly contractor and project-based employment in media industries, her blend of historical and contemporary research helps make better sense of why this kind of employment is so pervasive, how it shapes the kinds of entertainment media made today and how it
will shape the media work and products of tomorrow.” “Given the growth in media production Kate Fortmueller in Georgia, UGA was a particularly exciting place for me to study some of the key changes in the contemporary media industries,” said Fortmueller, whose work appears in Television & New Media and is forthcoming in The Journal of Film and Video and Film History. “My research is not strictly contemporary, so access to the Peabody Archives and UGA’s Special Collections was tremendously appealing.” In addition to research, Fortmueller is enjoying her time in the classroom. Though classes began only weeks ago, she said she already is impressed with the caliber of student work. Fortmueller looks forward to teaching the Business of Media Entertainment course this spring, a class related to her research that “will also help give students a much clearer understanding of the complicated industry that they plan on entering after graduation.”
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Journalism students credit sports media program with preparing them for demands of Olympics’ coverage By Stephanie Moreno s.moreno@uga.edu
As Grady Sports Media students, Nicole Chrzanowski and Jaylon Thompson have learned to withstand pressure, stress and other challenges that come with reporting on tight deadlines. But those skills were put to the ultimate test this summer when they covered the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The students were selected by the U.S. Olympic Committee to report on the Games for the USOC’s various information channels, including its website, TeamUSA.org. Over three weeks, each produced more than a dozen stories in addition to breaking news alerts and short features on athletes’ press conferences. It was a fast-paced, heartracing experience that both describe as one of the most thrilling of their young lives. “To be able to cover different sports on [the] highest level is something that so many journalists aspire to do, and I was able to do that as only a student,” said Chrzanowski. Vicki Michaelis, who holds the John Huland Carmical Chair in Sports Journalism and Society and is director of Grady Sports, arranged for the opportunity with the USOC and supervised the students in Rio. Michaelis was the lead Olympics reporter for USA Today from 2000-2012. The Rio Games were the ninth Olympics she has covered. “To see the Olympics through the students’ eyes was to see it as if for the first time again,” Michaelis said. “I’m extremely proud of them because they both handled themselves as true professionals and just embraced it,” she also said. “Every day at the Olympics is a totally new learning experience—having to deal with all the various obstacles that might be thrown at you, having to get through them and get the story done.” Throughout his experience, Thompson said he relied on skills he’s acquired through Grady Sports. “Deadline writing was the biggest help as I wasn’t fazed by the pressure of turning a story in at the last possible minute,” he said. “An example of this was at track and field. I had to write two stories at one time and relied on my time management to get both done before my (midnight) deadline. It was a challenge, but I felt my professors helped me be prepared for the role.”
“I would not have been able to withstand the pressure or deadlines had it not been for taking [Grady Sports] classes, as it is important to [the professors] that we have real-life and applicable experience, in class,” said Chrzanowski. One of the biggest challenges Chrzanowski faced was having to quickly become familiar with certain sports. “I learned equestrian in about 30 minutes because we had a surprise medal come up,” she said. “In those situations, I just had to tell myself, ‘You don’t have to be the expert on the information; you just have to have a basic understanding and know what your resources are.’ I also read bios to get a background on the athletes I was writing about, but the biggest challenge was the sport as a whole.” Chrzanowski said she most enjoyed watching and covering sports she wouldn’t have otherwise. “I don’t know that I would ever be able to experience a BMX race or fencing had I not been at the Olympics,” she said. “My other favorite part was watching Michael Phelps’ final race,” Chrzanowski added. “I grew up watching him and following swimming year round, so to see the conclusion of his illustrious career was really special. It was one of those moments where you knew you were watching history.” Michaelis, who has been on the scene for all of Phelps’ Olympic medal races, couldn’t resist donning her reporter hat once again, writing two stories for TeamUSA.org: one when Phelps broke an ancient Olympic record and another after he clinched his 23rd gold medal. “When you can say that you saw the greatest Olympian of all time win every single one of those medals—and it’s a lot of them—that’s a special thing that journalism gave me,” Michaelis said. “It was very fulfilling to be able to put that all in words, what I was feeling.” Aside from being close to the athletes, the students were elbow-to-elbow with seasoned journalists as members of the press corps. “I was able to network with so many contemporaries in the journalism field,” Thompson said. “I met people who I grew up watching on television or reading as a kid. To meet them and get advice from them was great for my confidence. I truly feel that wherever I end up, this experience will help me on my journey.”
WEEKLY READER
Doctoral candidate pens novel set in Spain
The Sleeping World By Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes Touchstone $24
Spain, 1977. Military rule is over. Bootleg punk music oozes out of illegal basement bars, uprisings spread across towns, fascists fight anarchists for political control and students perform protest art in the city center. Mosca is an intelligent, disillusioned university student whose younger brother is among the disappeared, taken by the police two years ago, now presumed dead. Spurred by the turmoil around them, Mosca and her friends commit an act that carries their rebellion too far and sends them spiraling out of their provincial hometown. But the further they go, the more Mosca believes her brother is alive and the more she is willing to do to find him. The Sleeping World, by UGA English literature and creative writing doctoral candidate Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes, is a novel about youth, freedom and doing whatever it takes to keep a family together.
Nicole Chrzanowski, center, covered the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, writing stories and features for the U.S. Olympic Committee’s information channels, including TeamUSA.org.
Vicki Michaelis
Nicole Chrzanowski and Jaylon Thompson have their photo taken in front of the Olympic rings in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Warnell School launches new website
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UGA’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources has launched a newly redesigned website that boasts a clean, updated look, offering visitors easier access to information about the oldest forestry school in the South. Visitors to the new, mobilefriendly site can easily find information about enrollment, classes,
alumni involvement, outreach and research initiatives, and facts about Warnell’s long history as a leader in natural resources management, teaching and research. A new, robust directory also quickly guides visitors to contact information for faculty, staff and graduate students.
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DEAN from page 1 UGA School of Social Work’s a ttention to diversity and strengths in the areas of social justice, health disparities, well-being and poverty held particularly strong appeal. “They are all areas of passion for me,” she said. Another solid draw was UGA’s commitment to the success of students struggling with hardship, through programs such as Let All the Big Dawgs Eat and Embark UGA, an outreach program based in the J.W. Fanning Institute of Leadership Development that strives to make college more accessible for students at risk for not considering college as an option or who have difficulty staying in college because of challenges meeting basic daily needs. Scheyett not only brings to UGA a familiarity with “hard science” research and an eagerness to help vulnerable populations but delivers her message in an engaging way. Besides a host of academic papers, her résumé boasts general interest articles and presentations such as her TedX talk, “Social Workers as Superheroes.” A video recording of the latter has garnered more than 85,000 views since it was posted on YouTube in January 2015. Her fluency in Spanish—thanks to her Puerto Rican mother—is helping to connect the school with Latino organizations and to identify ways to attract bilingual students to
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the social work profession. Scheyett’s priorities include developing social work and nonprofit management professionals who can assist communities in tackling challenges such as poverty, abuse, mental illness and addictions, to name a few. Her first move as new dean has been to assess the school’s proficiencies and needs. She’s also intent on identifying big-budget research opportunities and strengthening community relationships. In addition, she is looking at how the school can move new discoveries into the field more quickly. “I want us to think about ways to disseminate our research to practitioners,” she said. “As social work researchers, we’re not necessarily as good at rapidly communicating our findings so practitioners can effect community-level change.” Scheyett’s long-term goal is to see the school become a national leader. She is particularly focused on graduating students who can translate their training and research into measurable improvement in communities. “The two underlying themes are excellence and impact,” Scheyett said. “We want the strongest possible graduates informed by the best research so that they make a real difference in Georgia and around the world.” No stranger to change, Scheyett looks forward to making a difference at UGA.
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deductions will be split evenly among the two paychecks each month. Twice a year, when non-exempt staff receive three paychecks in a month, the third paycheck will only have taxes withheld. UGA staff members who are moved to non-exempt classifications will follow the Kronos timekeeping procedures established by their units to monitor time. This may include clocking in, if necessary, or reporting their time by the established deadline for their pay period. These staff members will join the more than 3,400 UGA staff already on biweekly payroll.
Financial options
“While we have been working on the implementation of this FLSA transition, we have never forgotten the human factor and how this change affects our staff members and their families,” said Juan Jarrett, associate vice president for human resources. “Although we must comply with federal and state laws, we explored many options and continue exploring possible processes that might lessen the financial impact, including the recently approved annual leave cash-out option.” The November monthly paycheck of affected staff members will be lower because it will only cover a pay period of Nov. 1-16. Their first biweekly paycheck on Dec. 9 will cover the Nov. 17-30 pay period. To minimize the financial impact caused by this transition and gap in pay, UGA has been authorized to offer a one‐time, voluntary opportunity for staff to “cash out” and be paid for up to 56 hours of their unused annual leave. For those who may not have sufficient leave accrued to cash out the full 56 hours, staff will be given until June 2017 to accrue a sufficient balance to receive the cash-out amount they desire. Details about the annual leave cash-out process can be found on the FLSA website at http:// hrdocs.uga.edu/flsa-annual-leave-cash-out.pdf. The university also is working with the Georgia United Credit Union to develop short-term, low-interest loan options designed specifically for UGA staff affected by this transition and will communicate additional details as soon as possible. In addition, the university is offering personal budget management training to those who desire assistance. Supervisors who are unfamiliar with Kronos will have the opportunity to attend training in October and November. Individual units will be holding Kronos training sessions for affected employees to teach those staff members the proper policies and
procedures for their areas. Today’s forums for affected staff members will be held from 9-10:30 a.m. and from 2-3:30 p.m. in Mahler Auditorium at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education. These sessions also will be streamed online for staff who cannot attend and will be archived for later viewing.
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Human Resources also has developed an FLSA website (flsa.uga.edu) with information about the regulations as well as UGA’s strategy, timeline for implementation and resources for staff and managers. The website contains a paycheck calculator and payroll information to help affected staff better plan for the transition. Human Resources has been working diligently to ensure a successful implementation of the changes announced in May. HR has notified UGA staff members who are potentially affected by the new FLSA rule to allow those staff members to begin planning for moving to biweekly pay. Human Resources is working with campus HR partners or the unit chief financial officers of divisions, schools and colleges to: (1) provide an official list of classifications and their statuses under the new FLSA regulations; (2) provide a listing of impacted positions and affected staff for each unit to review; and (3) schedule meetings with unit management to review their lists of affected employees. Human Resources is meeting with units through October to finalize their lists of impacted positions and staff. These ongoing meetings are to address individual job duties and responsibilities that may fall outside the job classification and instruct units on the logistics of completing the implementation, including personnel documents required for processing. After unit-level meetings have been completed, departments will submit personnel reports for their affected staff. Human Resources also will work with divisions, schools and colleges to communicate a final decision to those staff members who will change from exempt to non-exempt status. Questions about this implementation may be directed to 706-542-2222. More information about FLSA at UGA can be found at flsa.uga.edu.
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began in 2006, minority enrollment in STEM fields at UGA has increased from 399 in 2006 to 1,143 in 2015. The number of bachelor of science degrees earned by underrepresented minorities in STEM has quadrupled from 56 in 2006 to 214 in 2015. In addition, the overall number of STEM degrees conferred by UGA has risen in recent years from nearly 16 percent of all bachelor’s degrees in 2011 to 21 percent in 2015. “The Peach State LSAMP program has had incredible success in supporting and engaging our students in research and faculty mentoring in the STEM disciplines,” said Michelle Garfield Cook, associate provost for institutional diversity, whose office administers the program. “We look forward to building upon this success over the next five years.” In its first phase, the Peach State LSAMP concentrated on increasing STEM
programming and mentorship for undergraduate students. The second phase, which began in 2011, focused on the success of students during their undergraduate years and engaging them in research. The most recent grant, “Extending the STEM Pipeline in the Peach State: Mentorship, Research and Graduate School,” will focus on mentorship, research and preparation for graduate school. Nettie Brown, a third-year biochemical engineering student, participated in a Peach State LSAMP summer program prior to the start of her freshman year and credits it with helping her find faculty mentors and build connections with fellow students. “It definitely helped me get started,” said Brown, who now serves as a student member of the executive board. “A lot of the people in my cohort were in my physics class that fall, so it was like you have a family with you.”
BONBRIGHT from page 1 markets,” said Terry College Dean Benjamin C. Ayers. Since its founding, the center has been funded by two gifts from James C. and Martha Bonbright. James Bonbright was a finance professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business and a former trustee and chairman of the New York State Power Authority. He wrote several books, including Valuation of Property, which won the Harvard Law School’s Ames Prize in 1938. He retired from Columbia in 1960, and the Bonbrights moved to Athens. At UGA, Bonbright worked with economics professors Al Danielsen and David Kamerschen to organize an annual public utilities conference, which started in 1980 and was named in honor of Bonbright. After he passed away in 1985 at age 93, Martha Bonbright established the research center in his memory. Martha Bonbright was a native of Athens and the daughter of UGA education professor David Lewis Earnest. She graduated from
Athens High School, UGA and Columbia University, and passed away in 2006. Her second gift, in the form of a trust, enables the economics department to continue the legacy of her late husband. “A wider focus means that the center’s work can branch out from utilities to research concerning pharmaceutical markets, intellectual property, health care, education and crime that are all important parts of American public policy discussions,” said David B. Mustard, a Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor who will serve as the Bonbright Center’s new director. The center’s broader focus will be highlighted by a fall guest lecture from Jonathan Gruber, the Ford Professor of Economics at MIT. Gruber, who is a renowned scholar and expert on health policy, was the principal architect of Massachusetts’ ambitious health care reform effort and the Affordable Care Act. Gruber’s lecture, “Health Care Reform: Where to Now?,” is open to the public. It will be held Sept. 30 at 11:30 a.m. in the Chapel.
Bulletin Board Flu shots
As part of its Flu I.Q. campaign, the University Health Center is partnering with UHC pharmacy and the UGA College of Pharmacy to make flu shots more accessible to the UGA community with mobile clinics. Locations and details are at www.uhs.uga.edu. Faculty or staff members who would rather make an appointment for a flu shot can call the UHC Allergy Travel Clinic at 706-542-5575. Appointments can be scheduled from Tuesday-Friday. Additionally, UGA students can make an appointment for a flu shot in their Primary Care Medical Clinic or receive a shot during a routine visit. Bring a valid UGA ID and a current insurance card. Flu shots are $45 or $65 for the uninsured. Paperwork will be filed for everyone else—except for those on the Kaiser plan— who gets a flu shot at the University Health Center or the mobile clinics. The University Health Center accepts payment by cash, credit card, Payflex or Bulldog Bucks. A valid UGA ID card is required. Dependents must be accompanied by a parent or spouse/partner.
Free golf clinics
Free golf clinics for UGA faculty and staff will be held next month at the UGA driving range. Also open to spouses of UGA employees, the clinics will take place Oct. 6 and 20 from 5:30-6:30 p.m.; a make-up date has been set for
Oct. 27 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Each session will include long and short game instruction. To reserve a space in one of the clinics, email Clint Udell at cudell96@uga.edu. Also let him know if you would like to borrow golf clubs for the clinic.
Libraries survey
UGA undergraduates, graduate students, faculty and staff will be surveyed using LibQUAL+, a web-based tool offered by the Association of Research Libraries, to gauge satisfaction with the libraries’ services, collections and facilities. This year’s survey will end Sept. 30. Those who complete the survey will have the chance to win one of 10 Walmart gift certificates worth $25. For more information, contact Diana Hartle by email at dhartle@uga.edu or by phone at 706-524-6399.
TEDxUGA presenters
Do you have an idea worth spreading? Since 2013, TEDxUGA has been engaging the campus community in an exploration of ideas worth spreading and is currently seeking faculty and staff presenters to take the stage. Visit tedxuga.com/nominate to submit a nomination for a faculty or staff member by Sept. 30. Email tedxuga@uga.edu with any questions. Bulletin Board is limited to information that may pertain to a majority of faculty and staff members.