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By Matt Weeks
mweeks@uga.edu
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High school students are working at internships thanks to planning between the Cherokee Workforce Collaborative and UGA’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government.
‘Win talent goals’
Institute of Government strategic planning boosts workforce development in Georgia By Scott Michaux columns@uga.edu
Just northwest of Atlanta, Cherokee County boasts a welleducated population. More than 90% of its residents 25 and older graduated from high school. More than a third have a bachelor’s degree or higher. Yet 78% of the employed residents commute outside Cherokee County—some as far as Hall and Clayton counties. That commute to areas outside of Cherokee County causes multiple problems. Residents find themselves sacrificing quality of life for hours in traffic while the county faces an influx of new residents but a daily drain in talent. If the workforce in Cherokee County didn’t match the jobs local industries were looking to fill—or
the jobs they hope to draw in—the local economy would be in trouble. “They recognized that if they were going to achieve their economic development goals, they were going to have to win at their talent goals,” said Greg Wilson, a public service assistant at UGA’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government. “Keeping jobs and attracting new jobs in years to come.” In 2016, the Cherokee Office of Economic Development formed the Cherokee Workforce Collaborative and partnered with the Institute of Government to develop a strategic plan for workforce development.The collaboration brought together community members representing industry, education and other critical partners from economic and workforce development to evaluate labor market and education data to address the talent
gaps and workforce challenges. Guided by Wilson and supported by David Tanner and Mercy Montgomery from the Institute of Government, the CWC began creating a road map to identify workforce needs and strengthen its ability to recruit and retain jobs. The plan that evolved identified four priorities for improving its workforce pipeline: internships, innovative career preparation, business and education alliances, and sustaining momentum. Within two years, Cherokee has already started hitting all the marks by using the plan that the Institute of Government helped the CWC create as “a strategic blueprint.” Workforce development is not just an issue for Cherokee County, but for communities throughout the state. Workforce quality and
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GRADUATE SCHOOL
A new emphasis in social innovation will position Georgia MBA students to apply their acumen to the interconnected worlds of business and society. Beginning this fall, students in the Terry College’s Full-Time MBA Program can add the social innovation emphasis through 15 credit hours of dedicated coursework, including an applied learning experience in the social innovation space. “Increasingly, Terry students want to balance profits with purpose —as do many companies that hire
our students. The new area of emphasis in social innovation speaks to that,” said Terry College Dean Benjamin C. Ayers. “By giving our students the skills necessary to do good while doing well, the Terry College is evolving with the marketplace and the job-ready skills that can be put into practice immediately.” Through the emphasis, Georgia MBA students will have opportunities to work with a variety of businesses seeking to benefit their communities. “Corporations will continue to play a key role in influencing both society and government. This area
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COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Governor appoints CAES faculty member state’s fiscal economist By Merritt Melancon jmerritt@uga.edu
For three decades, University of Georgia students have relied on Jeffrey Dorfman to help them apply sound economic reasoning to the world outside their classroom. As of Aug. 1, Dorfman is applying that economic reasoning to real-world problems and situations in the policy arena as the state fiscal economist of Georgia. In this role, Dorfman will develop forecasts based on Georgia’s tax revenue, work closely with bond rating agencies to identify revenue and economic trends and manage the development of fiscal impact estimates on tax-related legislative proposals. “I am excited to serve in this new role, and I look forward to providing the state of Georgia and
Gov. Kemp’s administration the most accurate and timely economic input that I can,” said Dorfman, a longtime proJeffrey Dorfman fessor in the agricultural and applied economics department of UGA’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. His research at the university ranges from the economics of landuse policy to disaster recovery and methods of calculating economic impact. He is a prolific writer and a sought-after source in the popular media. “Given Jeffrey Dorfman’s extensive background and expertise in See ECONOMIST on page 8
BLACK FACULTY AND STAFF ORGANIZATION
Initiative helps grad students prepare for careers Mary Frances Early will speak By Camie Williams career-oriented experiences that of my time.” camiew@uga.edu
Much of Marcus Dumas’ time these days is spent completing his doctoral work. But his commencement day will come next May, and the health promotion and behavior graduate student has life after his hooding in his sights. Despite his busy schedule, Dumas has taken advantage of a number of career-readiness workshops and events hosted by the Graduate School to gain additional skills to help him be successful in the next phase of his career. The Graduate School’s Experiential Professional Development, or xPD, initiative launched last fall with the goal of providing
prepare master’s and doctoral students for entering the workforce. Since November, about 500 students, including Dumas, have participated in events and symposia on topics such as job search planning, networking, personal branding and careers in consulting. “I truly believe the program is preparing me for my career. Also, it has helped me to understand how to work well with colleagues who have different strengths,” said Dumas, who dreams of opening a nonprofit community health center. “The program has made me become more intentional about learning how to use my strengths in my personal and professional life. As a whole, this was a great investment
The xPD initiative expands on the University of Georgia’s commitment to providing meaningful learning opportunities that enhance classroom learning. In 2016, UGA became one of the largest public universities to ensure all of its undergraduates participate in a purposeful academic experience such as an internship, servicelearning course or study abroad program prior to graduation. The xPD program expands experiential resources to graduate students. “Through the xPD initiative, the University of Georgia is taking a leadership role in enhancing graduate education to meet the needs of our students as well as the economy See INITIATIVE on page 8
at BFSO Founders’ Luncheon
The Black Faculty and Staff Organization at the University of Georgia will host its 17th annual Founders’ Luncheon on Sept. 25 from noon-1:30 p.m. in Grand Hall of the Tate Student Center. This year’s luncheon will be an intimate conversation with Mary Frances Early, who in 1962 became the first African American to graduate from UGA. Individual tickets are $55. Tables, which seat eight people, are available for sponsors starting at $500. Proceeds from the luncheon will be used for BFSO activities and the scholarship program, which awards scholarships to outstanding
undergraduate, graduate and professional students at UGA. If interested in purchasing tickets or sponsorship Mary Frances Early o p p o r t u n i ties, contact Deborah Elder, BFSO treasurer, at dlstrong@uga.edu. BFSO is honored to have Early as the speaker for this year’s luncheon, according to Susan M. Williams, BFSO president.
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Beneficiaries of his gift to the university: Language and Literacy Education Fund, JoLLE Journal and Conference Support Fund Why he contributes: “I’m the faculty advisor to the journal, a UGA student organization, and am happy to support the outstanding work our students do.” Source: Office of Development
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.
DIVISION OF DEVELOPMENT & ALUMNI RELATIONS
Board adds members By Laura Bayne lbayne@uga.edu
The University of Georgia Board of Visitors welcomed 25 new members this summer. Established in 2010 by the UGA Foundation Board of Trustees, the Board of Visitors includes business, government and community leaders who serve as advocates for UGA. “I am grateful to our loyal alumni and friends on the Board of Visitors for their service to the university,” said President Jere W.Morehead.“Through their involvement,they are expanding the reach of UGA and helping our faculty, staff and students make an even greater impact on the world.” The new board members for 2019-2021, their locations and job titles are: • Kelley M. Balkcom, Brookhaven, regulatory affairs manager, Georgia Power. • Thomas G. Boynton, Alpharetta, chief financial officer, Kakona. • Joel R. Bulger, Athens, chief marketing officer, Zaxby’s. • Kevin S. Carmichael, Dacula, director of corporate university relations, North America, NCR Corp. • Brian Crow, Atlanta, chief software officer, Xylem Inc. • Brian M. Dykes,Atlanta, vice president, global head of merger and acquisitions, United Parcel Service. • Holli Hines Easton, Atlanta, managing director, BFG Marketing, LLC. • Roy E. Hadley Jr., Atlanta, business lawyer and trusted advisor, Adams and Reese, LLP. • Madden Hatcher III, Columbus, senior vice president, J. Smith Lanier and Co.,A Marsh and McLeennan Agency, LLC. • William J. Mathews, Atlanta, multi-family investment sales managing director/platform leader, Colliers International. • Byrd P. “Rusty” McGahee, Augusta, retired director of compliance and controls, Textron Inc. • Lynn Morgan, Alpharetta, chief executive officer, Tour of America. • Stephen J. Moroski, Roswell, entrepreneurial sales leader. • Edward Perkins, Watkinsville, retired international vice president, Johnson & Johnson. •AnthonyT.Powers,Decatur,co-owner,IntownAce Hardware and mayor pro-tem, city of Decatur. • Carolyn J. Roddy, Marietta, Georgia/Alexandria, Virginia, senior advisor, USDA Rural Utilities Service. • Pamela F. Roper, Marietta, executive vice president and general counsel, Cousins Properties. • Deep J. Shah, Lawrenceville, primary care physician, Gwinnett Clinic. • Scott H. Sikes, Smyrna, principal and partner, Columns Fundraising. • GeorgeW.Simmons,Tallahassee,Florida,doctor of veterinary medicine, North Florida Animal Hospital. • William H. Thomas Jr., Dunwoody, managing attorney, The W.H. Thomas Firm. • Will Thorburn, Marietta, director of cleantech strategy and investments, Cox Enterprises. • Lindsey D. Thornhill, Milton, vice president and division manager, Integrated Solutions for Systems Inc. • Lauren S. Verdery, Atlanta, brand leader, Americas advisory, EY. • Peter Williams, Atlanta, director and head of community relations, BlackRock Atlanta.
AU/UGA MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP, UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTER
Simulation drill tests Health Center’s clinicians’ response to emergencies By Lindsey Derrick lderrick@uga.edu
A Code Blue sounded in the hallways of the University of Georgia Student Health Center on a recent Friday. Doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, physician assistants and other medical staff members rushed to the patient with equipment ready to go. But this was not any normal Code Blue. This exercise was part of a “Code Blue Drill” during which University Health Center staff members practiced medical emergency situations with simulation-based equipment. The Aug. 9 event was a collaboration between the University of Georgia Health Center, the Augusta University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership and Athens Technical College. It featured simulation mannequins from the Medical Partnership campus. Simulation mannequins—including Laerdal’s SimMan, used in this drill—can perform human-like acts such as talking, blinking and having a heartbeat. They can also be programmed to reenact ailments like a seizure and heart attack. Once the Code Blue was sounded, University Health Center clinicians had to figure out what exactly was wrong and the best way to treat SimMan. The drill featured three different medical emergencies: a cardiac arrhythmia in a 22-year-old, a seizure in a 20-year-old and a severe systemic allergic response in a college-aged student. The team had to assess each
Lindsey Derrick
University Health Center clinicians talk with SimMan to better understand his symptoms during a simulation event on Aug. 9.
situation and figure out how to best work together to help the patient. The biggest goal of the exercise was to build teamwork and perfect individual roles before going into an actual emergency situation. Once the scenarios were completed, Dr. Aimee Martin, campus director of simulation at the Medical Partnership, led a discussion to go over what went well and what could be improved. Dr. Finbar Woitalla, a physician at the Health Center, said the event was a huge success. “The realism of the scenarios and the mannequins helped infuse a true sense of urgency and tension that are needed to help us learn and grow from this kind of training,” said Woitalla. Len DeRamus, instructor of emergency medicine, said this event was the first of its kind for the Health Center. “This opportunity allowed them
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Annual Study Away Fair will be held Sept. 9-10
to practice emergency drills and treatment of certain conditions that the simulator can mimic with a high degree of realism,” said DeRamus. “Additionally, we reviewed team roles and dynamics during the drill as that improves care delivery during a crisis.” “Emergencies are chaotic by nature, and it is critical that the team function above the fray to optimize efficient, accurate care of the patient,” said Woitalla. “This session reminded us all of that important aspect of emergency care and how to quickly establish and maintain this vital team function.” The staff members were so impressed with the practice that they expressed a desire to run the exercise at least twice per year. “The universal sentiment was that we have more of these events as they can only strengthen us more,” said Woitalla.
COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE
By Sofia Rice
spr42100@uga.edu
The University of Georgia will host the 35th annual Study Away Fair Sept. 9-10 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Grand Hall on the fifth floor of the Tate Student Center. Organized by the Office of Global Engagement, the fair will feature nearly 100 exhibitors showcasing programs at international UGA residential centers and those that are led by UGA faculty. Programs run through international partner universities and other UGA partners also will be on display. The fair is open free to the public. In 2018, the fair attracted 1,900 students over two days. Marisa Pagnattaro, vice provost for academic affairs, and Noel Fallows, associate provost for global engagement, will give opening remarks. They also will recognize several study away programs including UGA Cortona and UGA Classics in Rome, both of which will be celebrating their 50th anniversaries this year. UGA’s mascot, Hairy Dawg, will make an appearance on Sept. 9 and 10. There also will be a free photo booth where students can “picture themselves abroad” and share their images on social media. This year, students have an opportunity to see the fair layout and list of exhibitors early. Students can download “The Fairs App” from their preferred app store and select the University of Georgia to see a map of programs and create a list of their favorites. In conjunction with the fair, a workshop will be held for faculty and staff who are interested in starting a new study away program or enhancing an existing program. The workshop will be held Sept. 10 from 8:30-11 a.m. in Room 473 of the Tate Student Center. Faculty and staff are welcome to come for just a portion of the workshop, but registration is required for all attendees. Register online at https://goo.gl/v1fWJH. Students and other fair attendees also may have passport photos taken and complete U.S. applications in the Tate Center’s Passport Services Office in Room 375 MondayThursday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Additional information about application requirements and fees can be found on the Passport Services’ website at https://t.uga.edu/5co. For more information about all UGA Study Away programs, visit https://studyaway.uga.edu/.
The 114 new members of the College of Veterinary Medicine Class of 2023 were welcomed to UGA during a white coat ceremony on Aug. 11.
Class of 2023 welcomed with annual ceremony The University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine welcomed the class of 2023 during its annual white coat ceremony held on Aug. 11. Sponsored by the Georgia Veterinary Medical Association and VCA Animal Hospitals and attended by members of the GVMA and the South Carolina Association of Veterinarians, this event officially recognized 114 members of the incoming class by donning them in lab coats to be worn during their veterinary education. Held at the UGA Performing Arts Center, the ceremony was followed by a reception at the Veterinary Medical Center for the students’ families and members of the veterinary medicine college’s faculty and staff. This class has diverse interests, breaking down as follows: 34 interested in small animal medicine; 40 interested in mixed-animal medicine; 22 interested in public, corporate, and zoo and wildlife medicine; and 18 in equine, food and fiber medicine. “The white coat ceremony is a tradition symbolizing the transition from student to health care professional,” said Dr. Scott Brown, the college’s associate dean for academic affairs. “The recitation of the Veterinarian’s Oath denotes the beginning of this journey and is an affirmation by these individuals that they can be trusted to honor the principled traditions of our profession.”
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Dye-ing to protect
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Anuradhi Liyanapathiranage is working to create a textile dye that reduces wastewater and toxic chemicals.
College of Family and Consumer Sciences researcher is making textile dyeing more sustainable By Cal Powell
jcpowell@uga.edu
Anuradhi Liyanapathiranage is passionate about sustainability and protecting the environment through science. A University of Georgia doctoral student in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences’ department of textiles, merchandising and interiors, the Sri Lanka native is researching and helping develop an environmentally friendly textile dyeing method. Traditional dyeing methods involve a dye bath that requires massive amounts of water, much of it released as toxic wastewater that can damage the environment and be costly to treat. Liyanapathiranage, along with FACS faculty members Sergiy Minko and Suraj Sharma, is researching a better approach using nanocellulose as a carrier of textile dyes that significantly reduces the amount of wastewater and toxic chemicals.
Through a process of homogenization, cellulose, a readily available natural polymer found in the cell wall of green plants, is converted into a hydrogel consisting of nanocellulose fibers. In this method, researchers dye the nanocellulose hydrogel instead of dyeing the fabric. Compared to cotton fibers, nanocellulose fibers have more surface area with high reactivity, allowing for more efficient attachment of dye molecules. “My aspiration in life is to make social transformation through science,” Liyanapathiranage said. “Over the past decades, the development of material science has contributed to advances in electronics, nanotechnology and sustainable technologies. I’ve embraced research that enables advancing sustainable materials and sustainable technologies for industry.” Using this technique, UGA researchers have been able to reduce the water needed to dye 1 kilogram of cotton
from 19 liters to just 1.9 liters. Recent analysis also indicates a 60% reduction of dye discharge. Liyanapathiranage and the FACS team said they’re excited about the potential impact the research can have on the textile industry. They are now looking at ways to upscale the technology to make it applicable to the industrial production process. UGA is the ideal place to make it happen, Liyanapathiranage said, based on its reputation for groundbreaking research bringing new products to market. “With the emerging trends on environmental pollution and population growth, sustainable technologies are the key to accomplishing viable socio-economic development,” she said. “I’m confident that our research projects will have a direct contribution to sustainable development, and that we will able to make a remarkable impact on the world with our innovations and discoveries.”
Study: Facebook groups aid breastfeeding support lbaggett@uga.edu
Facebook could be the key to helping mothers overcome breastfeeding challenges. That’s according to a new study from the University of Georgia. Researchers found that mom-tomom breastfeeding support groups on Facebook were a valued source of support specifically for African American mothers. “Support is an important factor in determining if a mother will meet her breastfeeding goals,” said Ayanna Robinson, who led the study as a doctoral student at UGA’s College of Public Health. “African American mothers more often report lacking community and generational support from mothers or grandmothers to breastfeed, as well as norms that favor formula feeding.” And social inequities that can often affect African American communities also influence whether mothers have access to consistent prenatal and lactation specialists. But Robinson, a mother herself, began noticing one place that painted
Franklin College doctoral candidate selected as ASA Minority Fellow
The American Sociological Association has selected UGA doctoral candidate Malissa Alinor as one of its new Minority Fellows. Alinor also received her master’s degree in sociology from UGA. The Minority Fellows Program provides a stipend, mentoring and a cohort opportunity to predoctoral minority students. The new Fellows will attend the 2019 annual meeting in New York City where they will participate in a full program of professional development and networking activities, as well as financial support to present research at conferences. Alinor’s mixed-method dissertation explores the affective components of racial discrimination. She is also using experimental methods to examine how these racialized emotions lead to action or inaction. In addition, she is a part of an ongoing research collaboration to understand the effects of sexual misconduct policies, of which she is co-author on a paper published in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
UGA’s Katarina Jokic honored by Intercollegiate Tennis Association
COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH By Lauren Baggett
Peabody will host a screening of FX’s Peabody Presents: Stories of the Year, a one-hour telecast featuring Hasan Minhaj and fellow Peabody winners discussing critical social issues, on Sept. 9 at 7:30 p.m. at Ciné on 234 Hancock Ave. Open free to the public, the event will include a question-and-answer session with Monica Kaufman Pearson, current member of the Peabody Board of Jurors, retired anchor for WSB-TV and University of Georgia alumna. The Peabody Awards are based out of UGA’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. Peabody Presents: Stories of the Year focuses on award-winning diverse narratives that tackle pressing social issues. Moderated by Minhaj, the roundtable discussion intertwines conversations with footage from the 78th annual Peabody Awards ceremony in May. In addition to Minhaj, participants includes Steven Canals, co-creator, executive producer and writer of FX’s Pose; Paula Lavigne, ESPN investigative reporter for Spartan Silence: Crisis at Michigan State; Terence Nance, filmmaker and creator of HBO’s Random Acts of Flyness; and Tracy Heather Strain, director and writer of the PBS/WNET documentary Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart.
a different picture about breastfeeding support among African American mothers. “I happened upon a support group on Facebook years ago, and I thought it was really interesting to see the support and encouragement being offered in this space,” she said. Over the last decade, social media as a source of health information has risen in prominence. “It’s no surprise that sites like Facebook are becoming a common source of health information and support,” said Carolyn Lauckner, a researcher at the College of Public Health who studies technology-based health interventions and is one of the study’s co-authors. “These online spaces allow individuals quick and easy access to communities that share similar health concerns or experiences and can meet a ton of different needs. Breastfeeding mothers, for example, can learn how to tell if their child is getting enough milk or find the emotional support they need to confront breastfeeding challenges.” Robinson wanted to know whether Facebook was providing the extra
support African American mothers needed to begin and continue breastfeeding, compared with more traditional forms of breastfeeding support—such as from a health care provider or a family member—and how the support they received on Facebook related to their breastfeeding outcomes. She surveyed 300 mothers who were active in breastfeeding support groups on Facebook and conducted several focus groups to learn about their experience in their Facebook group. “We found that, on average, women in the Facebook group intended to breastfeed for 18 months, which is a much longer than the rates we typically see in the U.S.,” she said. Based on the focus group findings, Robinson believes that exposure to other breastfeeding mothers who looked like them and who encouraged breastfeeding in public or breastfeeding beyond 12 months gave the mothers she surveyed the confidence to extend the length of time they wanted to breastfeed. Robinson’s work was published in recent issues of Digital Health and the Journal of Human Lactation.
University of Georgia All-American Katarina Jokic, who capped a stellar sophomore season by being named the 2019 Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Female Player of the Year, was honored recently in New York as part of the ITA Leadership Weekend. Jokic was recognized along Mississippi State standout and ITA National Male Player of the Year Nuno Borges, 10 ITA Arthur Ashe Jr. Leadership and Sportsmanship Award winners and Duquesne University’s Andrew “Drew” Akins, the recipient of the 2019 ITA Ann Lebedeff Leadership Award endowed by Billie Jean King. Jokic, who hails from Novi Grad, Bosnia, concluded the 2018-2019 season as the topranked player in the season’s final ITA national rankings. She captured the Oracle ITA national fall championship and was the NCAA championships singles runner-up. She was named to the NCAA all-tournament team at No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles. Georgia is scheduled to open the fall tournament season Sept. 13-15 at the Puerto Rico Fall Classic in San Juan.
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Larger Than Life: New Deal Mural Studies. Through Sept. 8. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. gmoa@uga.edu.
Women of the WPA. Through Sept. 8. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. gmoa@uga.edu. Celebrating Heroes: American Mural Studies of the 1930s and 1940s from the Steven and Susan Hirsch Collection. Through Sept. 15. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. gmoa@uga.edu. Color, Form and Light. Through Oct. 13. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. gmoa@uga.edu. Out of the Darkness: Light in the Depths of the Sea of Cortez. Through Oct. 27. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-1817. hazbrown@uga.edu. Before the War: Photographs of Syria by Peter Aaron. Through Dec. 1. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. gmoa@uga.edu. The New South and The New Slavery: Convict Labor in Georgia. Through Dec. 13. Hargrett Library Gallery, special collections libraries. 706-542-6367. kdotson@uga.edu. Moon Rocks! Through Dec. 24. Russell Gallery, special collections libraries. 706-542-5788. washnock@uga.edu. Now and Then: 1979. Through Dec. 24. Russell Gallery, special collections libraries. 706-542-5788. washnock@uga.edu. Storytelling in Renaissance Maiolica. Through Jan. 5. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. gmoa@uga.edu. Beautiful and Brutal: Georgia Bulldogs Football, 2017. Through Feb. 28. Rotunda Gallery, special collections libraries. 706-542-6170. hasty@uga.edu. (See story, bottom right.)
TUESDAY, SEPT. 3 TOUR AT TWO Nelda Damiano, the Pierre Daura curator of European Art and co-curator of the exhibition, will lead a tour of the exhibition Storytelling in Renaissance Maiolica. 2 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. TUESDAY TOUR AT 2 Join a spotlight tour of the exhibit galleries of the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, the
Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library and the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies. Guides will highlight some favorite items on display and provide overview information about the Special Collections Building. 2 p.m. Rotunda, second floor, Special Collections Libraries. 706-583-0213. jhebbard@uga.edu.
FACULTY/STAFF GOLF LEAGUE All UGA faculty and staff of every skill level are welcome to join 9-hole events in individual or team formats. Weekly and seasonlong winners will receive golf shop credits. Entries into weekly events are on a first-come, first-served basis. Weekly event entry fee is $5 per player. League 9-hole green fee is $11.85 including tax. Nine-hole cart fee is $10.17 including tax. 5 p.m. UGA Golf Course. john.crumbley@uga.edu. I-CORPS FREE AGENT COMBINE National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovation Corps (I-Corps) is a public–private partnership that helps develop scientific and engineering discoveries into useful technologies. The program connects academic researchers and students with the technological, entrepreneurial and business communities at the local level. I-Corps Free Agents are undergraduate or graduate students, post-docs, technicians, other university staff or community members who are interested in learning more about commercialization and industry careers. For I-Corps Cohort VII, participants are partnering with faculty who will be attending the classes but need assistance in completing customer discovery research and interviews. Free Agents are needed to pair with the faculty teams. 5 p.m. Jackson Street Building. tim.martin@uga.edu. TUESDAY TUNES This student music series features new groups each month. The Bulldog Bistro and the hotel Market are open during the performances for appetizers, snacks, dinner and beverages. On Sept. 3, the lineup includes Miller May with a jazz sextet and William Ruff with a jazz trio. 5:30 p.m. Atrium/lobby areas, Georgia Center. 706-542-6749. sarah.sorvas@georgiacenter.uga.edu. PEACH STATE LSAMP WORKSHOP Preparing for conferences. 6 p.m. 480 Tate Student Center. 706-542-0058. pslsamp@uga.edu.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 4 TA CAFÉ: EFFECTIVE TEACHING PRESENTATION Join TAs from across campus to discuss the fundamentals of effective teaching presentation, including appropriate preparation, verbal and nonverbal communication and effective use of
CONSERVATION SEMINAR “Where the Wild Things Grow: Urban Refuges for Bees and Other Beneficials,” Kristine Braman, professor and head of the entomology department, UGA. The Conservation Seminar series exposes undergraduate and graduate students to multiple aspects of the field of conservation ecology and sustainable development through speakers from different scientific disciplines and careers. It is designed to provide students with an integrative perspective that transcends interdisciplinary boundaries. Seminars are open free to the public. 1:25 p.m. Auditorium, Ecology Building. 706-542-7247. bethgav@uga.edu. UGA STAFF COUNCIL MEETING 2:30 p.m. 348 Miller Learning Center.
The Hodgson Wind Ensemble kicks off its season with a performance at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 10 in Hodgson Concert Hall.
WORKSHOP “Citation Management for the Social Sciences (Graduate Research Series)” provides an overview of citation management options, tips for citation management workflow in groups and in systematic reviews. Reservations are encouraged but not required. Part of the Graduate Research Workshop Series sponsored by the UGA Libraries. 4 p.m. Also Sept. 5 at 3 p.m. 369 Miller Learning Center. sriggs@uga.edu.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 5 NATURE RAMBLERS Sessions will start with an inspirational reading by a nature writer. This is a ramble, not a hike; ramblers will stop to view interesting plants, insects, butterflies, mushrooms, etc., along the way. Ramblers are encouraged to bring their own nature writings or favorite poems and essays to share with the group. 9 a.m. Visitor Center & Conservatory, Front Fountain, State Botanical Garden. 706-542-6014. connicot@uga.edu. GARDEN EARTH EXPLORERS Also Sept. 7. Join the State Botanical Garden’s education team as it brings a new program, Garden Earth Explorers, to the Alice H. Richards Children’s Garden. Families enjoy a morning of adventure discovering Garden Earth through songs, puppets, stories, hikes, activities or games. The Garden Earth Explorers program is an informal way to give young naturalists a better understanding about the importance of this planet. Thursday mornings will be geared towards ages 3-6, and Saturday mornings will capture the interest of more advanced learners ages 7-10. This event will not take place during inclement weather or a scheduled festival. 10:15 a.m. Alice H. Richards Children’s Garden, State Botanical Garden. 706-542-6156. cscamero@uga.edu.
STARTUP 101 SERIES Join a lunch and learn series focused on key issues facing university startups. UGA Innovation Gateway is hosting a new series of talks to address the varying skills and information entrepreneurs will need on their journey to create a startup company. Anyone interested in launching or growing a startup, or gaining insight into the startup process, is encouraged to attend to learn about how startup companies uniquely function and operate in a university setting. Registration is encouraged. Lunch will be provided to those who register at least 48 hours in advance. 11 a.m. 128 Jackson Street Building. tim.martin@uga.edu.
Aaron Diehl will lead the Aaron Diehl Trio, along with bass player Paul Sikivie and drummer Quincy Davis for a 7:30 p.m. performance on Sept. 6 in Hodgson Concert Hall.
UGA Presents will open its season with Aaron Diehl Trio performance on Sept. 6 By Bobby Tyler btyler@uga.edu
UGA Presents opens the 2019-2020 season Sept. 6 with renowned jazz pianist Aaron Diehl and the Aaron Diehl Trio. Diehl will be joined by bass player Paul Sikivie and drummer Quincy Davis for a 7:30 p.m. performance in Hodgson Concert Hall. Diehl was born in 1985 in Columbus, Ohio, and at age 17 he was a finalist in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Essentially Ellington competition, where he was noticed by Wynton Marsalis, who invited him to tour Europe with the Wynton Marsalis Septet. Marsalis would famously refer to the talented pianist as “The Real Diehl.” Diehl then studied jazz and classical piano at the Juilliard School, and in 2011 he gained wider recognition as winner of the American Pianists Association’s Cole Porter Fellowship, which included a career development grant and a recording contract with Mack Avenue Records. Diehl served as music director for Jazz at Lincoln Center’s New Orleans Songbook series in 20142015, and he performed in the 2014 New York
premiere of Philip Glass’s complete Etudes at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Diehl’s first solo album, Live at Caramoor, was recorded at the Caramoor Music Festival and released in 2008. He won the 2012 Prix du Jazz Classique from the Académie du Jazz for Live at the Players and the 2013 Jazz Journalists Award for Up-AndComing Artist. In 2014, he was named the Monterey Jazz Festival Commission Artist, becoming one of the youngest artists to receive that honor. Tickets for Diehl’s Athens concert start at $30 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 $10 with a valid UGA ID (limit one ticket per student). A pre-performance talk will be given by David D’Angelo, professor in jazz studies at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music. The talk begins at 6:45 p.m. in Ramsey Concert Hall. Hodgson Concert Hall and Ramsey Concert Hall are located in the UGA Performing Arts Center at 230 River Road in Athens.
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visual aids. Lunch provided. Registration is helpful, but drop-ins are welcome. TA Cafés are opportunities to meet other graduate and professional students and get teaching support in a casual environment. These events are hosted monthly in departments across campus and are open free to all graduate students. This event series is supported by the Center for Teaching and Learning and the Graduate School. 12:20 p.m. 204 Boyd Graduate Research Center. 706-542-1355. gradteach@uga.edu.
CAMPUS MURAL WALKING TOUR Join Annelies Mondi, deputy director, for a special guided walking tour of two UGA campus murals at the Fine Arts Building and Brooks Hall. Tour will start at the Fine Arts Building and take about one hour. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Larger Than Life: New Deal Mural Studies. Call 706-583-0111 or email callan@uga.edu for more information. 11 a.m. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662.
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NEUROSCIENCE SEMINAR SERIES “Laminin Maintains Blood-Brain Barrier Integrity,” Yao Yao, UGA College of Pharmacy 3:30 p.m. S175 Coverdell Center. STUDIO WORKSHOP: BOOKBINDING Athens-based artist and Piedmont College professor Brian Hitselberger will lead a series of studio-based courses exploring various bookbinding techniques and approaches. Various book structures will be explored, and participants will leave with an understanding of how to bind their own books and how to bring variation to traditional structures. The cost of the course is a $15 materials fee, which will cover all necessary supplies for the four sessions. Space is limited; call 706-583-0111 or email callan@uga.edu to register. 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Sept. 26. Georgia Museum of Art. FILM SCREENING Part of the 1930s America Film Series. Based on John Steinbeck’s novel of the same name, The Grapes of Wrath tells the story of the Joads, an Oklahoma family who migrate to California after losing their farm during the Great Depression. Widely considered one of the greatest American films of all time, this film won the Academy Award for best director and best actress in a supporting role. Directed by John Ford and starring Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell and John Carradine. 1940, NR, 129 min. 7 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 6 PHASE III DEDICATION Phase III of the Business Learning Community will be dedicated. 11 a.m. Coca-Cola Plaza, Business Learning Community. WOMEN FACULTY RECEPTION Hosted by the Institute for Women’s Studies, the annual Women Faculty Reception welcomes new and honors all women faculty
Dance! at HWE season opener By Brian Chaplow
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Let’s Dance!, the Hodgson Wind Ensemble’s first performance of the 2019-20 season, is a celebration of dance from a variety of cultures and contexts. The audience can stomp its feet to dance tunes from Cajun to Krumping and interact with the music in real time in the “Tweet seats” during the performance at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 10 at Hodgson Concert Hall in the Performing Arts Center. on campus. Libby V. Morris, director and Zell B. Miller Distinguished Professor of Higher Education, will receive the Women’s Studies Faculty Award at this year’s reception. RSVP to tlhat@uga.edu. 11:30 a.m. Reception Hall, first floor, Tate Student Center. 706-542-2846. tlhat@uga.edu. TOUR Join curator Jason Hasty for a closer look at Beautiful and Brutal: Georgia Bulldog Football, 2017 on the Friday before each home football game this season. Visitors will have a chance to share their own memories from 2017 and get handson with a selection of historic materials from the UGA Athletic Association Archives. 3 p.m. Rotunda Gallery, Special Collections Libraries. 706-542-7123. hasty@uga.edu. (See story, bottom right.) CONCERT One of today’s most sought after jazz virtuosos, pianist Aaron Diehl will joined by bass player Paul Sikivie and drummer Quincy Davis. Diehl’s performances, collaborations and compositions spearhead a distinct union of traditional and fresh artistry among his generation of jazz contemporaries. $30-$50; $10 for students. 7:30 p.m. Hodgson Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center. 706-542-4400. ugaarts@uga.edu. (See story, left.) THURSDAY SCHOLARSHIP SERIES The 2019-2020 Thursday Scholarship Series will kick off the season with a performance by the University of Georgia Symphony Orchestra, the Hodgson School’s premier orchestra ensemble. The program will open with the first written “concert waltz” composed by Weber and orchestrated by Berlioz. UGASO will perform Debussy’s “Nocturnes” and will be joined by the women of the Hodgson Singers. To end the concert, director Mark Cedel has chosen Shostakovich’s “Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47.” Live streaming will be available for those unable to make the performance. $20; $3 for students. 7:30 p.m. Hodgson Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center. 706-542-4400. musicpr@uga.edu.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 7 FOOTBALL vs. Murray State. TV: ESPN2. 4 p.m. Sanford Stadium.
MONDAY, SEPT. 9 CTEGD RESEARCH IN PROGRESS: DOCAMPO LAB Moderators: David Cobb and Emma Troth. Advanced students, postdocs, technicians and PIs from CTEGD labs present “in progress” work and discuss preliminary data and ideas for collaboration. Questions and discussion are highly encouraged. Refreshments are provided by CTEGD and the host lab. 8:30 a.m. 175 Coverdell Center. 706-542-9417. donnah@uga.edu. WORKSHOP In “Planning, Presenting and Publishing Classroom Research,” participants will learn about the tools of scholarly instruction and a community of teacher researchers who identify problems worth investigating in their classrooms. Come prepared to discuss ideas and challenges with colleagues, and instructors will help attendees understand the landscape of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. They will share resources and frameworks with and help attendees identify academic conferences and journals suited to this type of work. 1:20 p.m. 372 Miller Learning Center. 706-542-1355. jamie.adair@uga.edu. WORKSHOP “Citation Management for the Sciences” offers an overview of citation management options. Tips for citation management workflow in groups and in systematic reviews. Reservations are encouraged but not required. Part of the Graduate Research Workshop Series sponsored by the UGA Libraries. 4 p.m. Classroom, Science Library. ithomas@uga.edu.
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The Hodgson Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Cynthia Johnston Turner, is the premier performing ensemble of UGA Bands, having garnered an international reputation for its artistry, precision, sensitivity and musicianship. Tickets are $3-$12 and are available at pac.uga.edu or by phone at 706-542-4400. Live streaming is available for those unable to attend at www.music.uga.edu/live-streaming. For more program information or questions, call 706-542-1505.
COMING UP CELLULAR BIOLOGY SEMINAR Sept. 10. “Experimental Evolution of Multicellularity in the Green Alga Chlamydomonas,” Matthew Herron, School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology. 11 a.m. 404A Biological Sciences Building. UGA RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE Sept. 10. Donate blood and save three lives. Free food and prizes. 11 a.m. Reception Hall, Tate Student Center. WORKSHOP Sept. 10. Graduate students can learn how to leverage and use Google Scholar as a gateway to academic articles, including journals subscribed to by the UGA Libraries. Reservations encouraged but not required. Part of the Graduate Research Workshop Series sponsored by the UGA Libraries. Noon. 369 Miller Learning Center. 706-542-6196. kathleen.kern@uga.edu.
Beautiful and Brutal exhibition looks at 2017 UGA football season As players and fans kick off the University of Georgia’s football season, the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library plans to revisit recent program history in the new exhibition Beautiful and Brutal: Georgia Bulldogs Football, 2017. Jason Hasty, Hargrett Library’s UGA athletics history specialist, curates an exhibit each fall exploring the university’s athletics program. For Beautiful and Brutal, he collaborated with John Frierson, a staff writer for the UGA Athletic Association, to create a display celebrating the most storied Georgia football season in recent memory. In 2017, the Bulldogs followed a strong regular season with an SEC title and a win at the Rose Bowl before playing in the College Football Playoff National Championship game in Atlanta. Photographs, uniforms and other artifacts from the UGA Athletic Association Archives and on loan from the UGA athletic department will invite visitors to relive this exciting season. “For me, this was a team I wanted to see succeed, and I reveled in its achievements because it was comprised of people I liked, people that were easy to root for and admire,” Frierson said. Hasty echoed these sentiments, saying that the 2017 season “captured the hearts of Georgia fans.” He added his thoughts on displaying more recent collection items: “History isn’t something that happens only in the distant past. Our studentathletes and coaches add their own chapters to the rich history of athletics at UGA each time they step on to the field.” For fans who long to look further back in football history, Hasty plans to host pop-up exhibits with older items from the collection along with tours of the new exhibition at 3 p.m. on the Friday before each home football game this season. The events will give visitors the chance to see something old and something new from the UGA Athletic Association Archives. Beautiful and Brutal: Georgia Bulldogs Football, 2017 will be on display in the Rotunda Gallery of the Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries through Feb. 28. The exhibit is free and open to the public. For more information, call 706-542-6170 or email hasty@uga.edu.
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CAMPUS CLOSEUP
Sweet potatoes are made of this
David Riley, an entomology professor in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, was quoted in The Washington Post about vegetable farming in America. Farmers are planting sweet potatoes and leafy greens in the place of one-time basics such as sweet corn, green beans, peas and white potatoes. Once every five years, the USDA Census of Agriculture provides a definitive guide to the trends behind the nation’s farms and diets. The cultivation of sweet potatoes increased by 47,257 acres or 37.6% from 2012 to 2017, the biggest jump of any vegetable. Romaine lettuce is up by 22,780 acres, and spinach increased by 23,592 acres. Sweet potatoes have fewer carbs and calories and higher levels of vitamins A and C than in white potatoes. North Carolina leads the nation in sweet potato acreage, and romaine and spinach are concentrated in California. Sweet corn lost 75,972 acres. Green beans and peas suffered most in places where they’re primarily processed for canning or freezing. Black-eyed pea acreage fell across the South, mostly due to pest management. Riley works with vegetable pests like cowpea curculio, which has decimated the state’s black-eyed pea fields. The common name cowpea stems from the vines’ use as cattle feed. Acreage peaked in 1937 and has ebbed and flowed since, this small weevil a near-constant threat. “New World beans have natural resistance to the weevils we have in the Americas, but if you take an Old World bean like cowpeas, they don’t have that natural resistance,” said Riley, who works at the Vegetable Entomology Research Lab. He said that despite the pest there have been recent pendulum swings back the other way: Around 2010, when Southern cuisine became trendy in restaurants, black-eyed pea acreage increased. “The small growers will continue to try. It’s frustrating, because there’s no current commercial solution.”
Sick as a dog
Joseph Bartges, professor of internal medicine and nutrition in the College of Veterinary Medicine, was quoted in The Washington Post about the connection between a dog’s health and its owner’s health. “As veterinarians, we often see pets who have the same health issues as their human companions or who are sentinels for a human health problem,” he said. This might be because pets and owners share the same environment and spend so much time together. Bartges mentioned the increasing numbers of conditions—such as diabetes, heart disease, autoimmune disease and cancer—related to diet and lifestyle in pets as well as humans. Pets also can offer insights into allergies, mental well-being and more. Anxiety, obesity, gastrointestinal infections and even insomnia are all disorders that can exist in pet-owner pairings.
Learning environment
Donald Rubin, emeritus professor in the speech communication and linguistics departments in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and the language and literacy education department in the College of Education, was quoted in The New York Times about the structure of study abroad programs. “The big message is that any length of time has value,” said Rubin, who led a large multiyear study on travel abroad. “Three weeks can make a big difference if they are three weeks that are well executed.” As more students are participating in study abroad opportunities, the programs are becoming more structured, brief and undertaken with a goal in mind. According to the article, lowincome students and those entering college with lower SAT scores had the greatest gains. Study abroad, said Rubin, “may actually be a way of leveling the playing field.”
Wendy Paulsen serves as the office manager for the Odum School of Ecology and the River Basin Center.
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School of Ecology, River Basin Center office manager shares meaning in work By Krista Richmond krichmond@uga.edu
Wendy Paulsen likes that her work means something. As the office manager for the Odum School of Ecology and the River Basin Center, she plays a role in making sure faculty members and researchers have what they need for their work on environmental issues. “You hear and learn about what’s going on, and it makes you a little more passionate about what you’re doing. I find the research fascinating,” she said. “It’s very special to work in a place that has causes and effects on the planet. A lot of what they do here changes the world.” Paulsen splits her time between the two locations—three days at the School of Ecology and two days at the River Basin Center. She’s the office manager at the center, and when she’s at the ecology building, she’s part of the school’s human resources team. “You need an administrative machine behind the work. Faculty and researchers can’t do what they do unless we provide the services they need for that work,” she said. “That’s the satisfying part of my role.” Paulsen and her husband, Peter, moved here from New Jersey to be close to their daughter, son-in-law and two grandchildren. She did human resources recruiting and was a program coordinator for the New Jersey State Library. Prior to that, they lived in Chicago. She
also worked as a substitute art teacher before working as a human resources coordinator. “I’ve always loved working in education,” she said. “At the university level, it is exciting to be a part of an environment where young adults are exploring their educational opportunities and career paths. I work with graduate students, and it is inspiring to hear them talk with their advisors regarding their research and to hear their advisors challenge the students thought processes and ideas. Everyone is still learning, and that inspires me every day to be open to new concepts.” Paulsen has an Associate of Arts degree in graphic design and took classes toward a Bachelor of Arts degree in fine art. Before working in human resources, she was a methods and procedures analyst and owned a desktop publishing company with her husband. She still uses those creative skills to French knit, draw in colored pencils, paint and make jewelry. She has a studio at her home where she creates pieces to give to friends and family and paints with her grandchildren—specifically pieces for a Christmas village. Paulsen was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, a progressive nervous system disorder that affects movement, three years ago after a knee replacement. Her condition was underlying but was triggered by the surgery. In the two years after her diagnosis, she realized that she didn’t know any other women with Parkinson’s disease.
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Wendy Paulsen
Office Manager Odum School of Ecology, River Basin Center A.A., Graphic Design, American Academy of Art, 1976 Coursework towards a Bachelor of Arts, Fine Art, The College of New Jersey, 20022006 At UGA: 4½ years
She decided that rather than staying uninformed about her condition, she would start a closed Facebook group to help others through their diagnosis. It’s called Just Like You—PD Women, and it now has 27 members from various states and countries. “This group opened my horizons,” Paulsen said. “It has changed my life because we’re all at different stages, but the compassion is there.” Once word of the group got out, some of her co-workers in the School of Ecology approached Paulsen to fundraise for research on Parkinson’s disease in women. That became the first Ecology Cares project—a Valentine’s Day bake sale that raised nearly $1,100 in three hours. The tradition continued this summer with a bake sale benefiting the Athens Area Homeless Shelter. Plans are in the works for a bake sale in October.
COLLEGE OF FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES
Swarn Chatterjee named inaugural Redwood Professor By Cal Powell
jcpowell@uga.edu
Swarn Chatterjee, a professor in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences department of financial planning, housing and consumer economics, has been named the first recipient of the Redwood Professorship in Financial Planning, effective Aug. 1. The professorship was established by Raj and Shruti Chokshi to enhance the program’s ability to recruit and retain the brightest faculty and students to the award-winning and growing financial planning program. It is the first endowed professorship intended specifically for the financial planning program. Chatterjee, who was named the college’s Bill and June Flatt Outstanding Teacher of the Year in 2018, has been at UGA since 2007 and has received
multiple awards for both research and teaching. His research focuses on measuring the value of financial advice and determining the association between household financial Swarn Chatterjee decision-making and food insecurity. “Swarn’s impressive body of research has made contributions to the field of financial planning at the theoretical and conceptual level, as well as methodological and applied domains,” FHCE department head Sheri Worthy said. “His research demonstrates he has worked diligently with his colleagues to conduct cutting edge, high-quality research in the field of consumer finance and produced results to inform public
policymakers, industry practitioners and consumer finance researchers. ” Chatterjee is a prolific author with 38 peer-reviewed articles and two book chapters to his credit, and he has secured more than $4.5 million in external funding. “I want to thank Raj and Redwood Wealth Management for this significant investment in our financial planning program,” Chatterjee said. “Establishment of the Redwood Professorship helps us reach another important milestone as we establish the FACS financial planning program as one of the nation’s premier programs. I am honored to become the Redwood Professor in Financial Planning and am also grateful to my colleagues in the financial planning program, Dr. Worthy and Dean Fox for providing me with this wonderful opportunity.”
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
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Christopher Johnson is a mechanical engineering major from Atlanta. He also is involved in UGA’s chapter of the National Society for Black Engineers.
Orientation leader engineers success By Sara Freeland freeland@uga.edu
Christopher Johnson has known since middle school that he wanted to be an orientation leader at the University of Georgia. A mechanical engineering major from Atlanta, Johnson attended Mini Medical School Camp as part of the summer academy held at UGA’s Center for Continuing Education & Hotel in 2012. “I fell in love with UGA when I was in the eighth grade and came for a summer academy,” he said. “I saw orientation live and saw the skits and knew I wanted to be an orientation leader.” And this summer, his dream came true, as he was one of 16 orientation leaders who introduced about 5,550 incoming freshmen to the Georgia Way. In 25 sessions from May through August, orientation leaders guided the students around campus, answered questions about everything from tests to roommates, held breakout sessions with small groups, performed songs and skits and taught incoming freshmen and their families how to call the Dawgs. Johnson led group four at orientation. “If you’re an unforgettable four, you’re fortunately with me,” he told the group at welcome. He had all students in his group sign a Georgia “G” flag. It’s his way to build community among the students. He was actually in group four when he attended orientation in 2016. His orientation leader, Ripken Gorman, was a big reason why he got involved. “He was an awesome orientation leader for me,” Johnson said. “Coming in first year, I struggled my first few months with finding my major, where I wanted to be. He was the person I could go and talk to about everything. I saw the effect he had on a lot of people including myself, and I wanted to be that person.” The point of the job is to be a resource for the students who come into UGA, he said.
Johnson’s mom came to an orientation session. All the orientation leaders’ parents came. “Y’all are like superheroes to these parents,” she said. “These parents are so nervous. I saw them at 10 a.m., and they were sweating. I saw them at 6 p.m., and they were calmed down because of y’all.” Johnson is a person who is always striving to make things better—from the energy at orientation to grades on tests. That drive is part of what led to his major in mechanical engineering. His interest for the field really started in high school, when he had a $1,000 car that he was always working on. “The thing that made me want to major in mechanical engineering was working on that broken-down car my senior year of high school, trying to keep it moving,” he said. Johnson is thinking about law school and working as a patent attorney. He interned at a patent attorney office in high school, and it spurred his interest in engineering. In 2017, he worked on a research project trying to make concrete stronger but with less material. In classes, he built a catapult with 3D printed materials and a standard set of cables. Last summer, he interned with a construction management firm working with Duke Energy on designing a grid fence that can withstand voltage. Johnson is also involved in UGA’s chapter of the National Society for Black Engineers. It’s helped him find friends in his major. Johnson is also a second-generation Bulldog. His dad came to UGA in the 1980s, and Johnson grew up going to and watching UGA football games. “The sea of red, the chants, the alumni, the atmosphere—these people weren’t just coming to school to get a degree, they were friends and networks for life, part of an institution that has a base of 350,000 who love their time at UGA,” he said. “I fell in love with the school pride, the school spirit.” It’s a pride he tried to instill in the Class of 2023 through his work with orientation.
WEEKLY READER
Thirty-six employees retired June 1. Retirees, their job classification, department and years of service are: Joanne Allen, administrative associate I, human development and family science, 15 years, 6 months; Donovan V. Audulewicz, facilities manager II, Georgia Center operating services, 27 years, 2 months; Maureen A. Cahill, associate director, School of Law Library, 22 years, 6 months; Maria B. Cleghorn, IT senior manager, Dean’s Office, College of Public Health, 31 years, 7 months; Alan A. Cook, clinical professor, School of Law, 17 years, 10 months; Bonnie Cramond, professor, educational psychology, 29 years, 9 months; Mark L. Dellinger, maintenance worker, Georgia Center,30 years, 4 months; W illiam M. Dennis, department head and professor, physics and astronomy, 32 years, 11 months; MaryAnn Deom, associate director of sponsored programs, Sponsored Projects Administration Pre Award, 24 years, 4 months; Renee D. Dobbs, student affairs professional II, College of Pharmacy, 14 years, 8 months; Stefan Eberhard, research professional II, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, 33 years, 5 months; Mary W. Eubanks, administrative associate I, pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences, 28 years, 11 months; Sondra W. Fortner, county agent, Cooperative Extension-Southeast District, 12 years, 8 months; James Lee Franklin, associate professor, pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences, 14 years, 9 months; Wayne A. Gardner, professor, entomology, 40 years, 5 months; Julia W. Gaskin, senior public service associate, crop and soil sciences, 20 years, 7 months; Richard J. Glinski, materials handler III, Mail and Receiving Services, 25 years, 7 months; Judy L. Haygood, county secretary, Cooperative Extension-Northwest District, 25 years, 5 months; Thomas D. Hudson, senior lecturer, journalism, 20 years, 11 months; John Inscoe, professor, history, 34 years, 7 months; Teresa D. Kesler, development assistant director, donor relations, 22 years, 7 months; Sheila H. Kriesel, medical technologist, University Health Center, 27 years, 5 months; Susan LeCroy, program specialist II, Hugh Hodgson School of Music, 16 years, 10 months; George F. Majetich, professor, chemistry, 37 years, 11 months; Leonard L. Martin, professor, psychology, 33 years, 8 months; Pamela T. Mize, medical technologist IV, University Health Center, 12 years, 11 months; Johnny Howard Parker, facilities manager II, Cooperative Extension-4-H and Youth, 17 years, 2 months; Marianne D. Roberts, administrative associate II, language and literary education, 18 years, 9 months; Paul Roman, department head, sociology, 32 years, 8 months; Paula Schwanenflugel, professor, educational psychology, 34 years, 8 months; Loretta D. Scott, business manager II, geography,
33 years, 3 months; Michael T. Tiller, maintenance foreman, Georgia Center operating services, 30 years, 5 months; Karim Traore, associate professor, comparative literature, 20 years, 8 months; Thomas Valentine, professor, lifelong education, administration and policy, 30 years; William B. Whitman, Distinguished Research Professor, microbiology, 36 years, 8 months; and William S. York, professor, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, 33 years, 7 months.
July
Twenty-four employees retired July 1. etirees, their job classification, department and R years of service are: Anthony Black, educator, Cooperative Extension-Southwest District, 13 years, 3 months; Tracy Coley, public relations coordinator, Office of Instruction, 28 years, 4 months; Forrest Connelly, senior public service associate, Cooperative Extension-Northeast District, 24 years, 9 months; Ahmad Daftarian, HVAC/refrigeration mechanic, Housing-Facilities-Maintenance, 14 years, 7 months; Harry Dickerson, associate dean, research and graduate affairs, College of Veterinary Medicine, 33 years, 8 months; Loch Johnson, professor, SPIAinternational affairs, 40 years, 4 months; Genet Kibreab, administrative associate II, chemistry department, 29 years, 1 month; Duncan Krause, professor, microbiology, 33 years, 7 months; Debra Meeks, administrative specialist I, Skidaway I nstitute of Oceanography, 14 years; Lawrence Morris, professor, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, 33 years, 7 months; Dorothe Otemann, constituentbased director, DAR-college relations, 24 years; Teresa Perez-Gamboa, senior lecturer, Romance languages, 17 years, 9 months; Marie Scoggins, administrative financial director, Marine Extension Service, 33 years, 8 months; Joan Sheldon, research professional III, School of Marine Programs, 28 years, 8 months; Wade Sheldon, scientific computing professional specialist, School of Marine Programs, 29 years, 8 months; Edward Sheppard, research professional I, microbiology, 32 years, 7 months; Mark W. Slonaker, executive director Georgia Bulldog Club, Athletics, 11 years; Bennie Tillman, food service worker II, Snelling Dining Commons, 12 years, 9 months; Sandra Walker, research technician III, Food Product Innovation & C ommercialization Center, 35 years, 7 months; Cydney Wells, medical technologist IV, University Health Center, 18 years, 8 months; Diana Williams, systems administrator specialist, CAESinformation technology, 14 years, 3 months; Lisa Williamson, associate professor, large animal medicine, 29 years, 9 months; Brenda Willis, IT professional specialist, horticulture, 29 years, 4 months; and Robert Young, grounds foreman I, Athletics-Building Services, 34 years, 8 months. Source: Human Resources
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After reading J.A. Baker’s 50-yearold British nature classic The Peregrine, John Lane, professor of English and environmental studies at Wofford College, found himself an ocean away, stalking resident red-shouldered hawks in his neighborhood in Spartanburg, South Carolina. What he observed was very different from what Baker deduced from a decade of chronicling the lives of those brooding migratory raptors. Baker imagined a species on the brink of extinction because of the use of agricultural chemicals on European farms. A half century later in America, Lane found the red-shouldered hawks to be a stable Anthropocene species adapted to life along the waterways of a suburban nation. Lane watched the hawks for a full year. The almanac that results from this discipline considers many questions any practiced amateur naturalist would ask.
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availability is critical for business recruitment and retention, and Georgia made it a priority through former Gov. Nathan Deal’s High Demand Career Initiative addressing the need to develop skilled workers to meet the growing needs across the state. The Institute of Government has helped guide workforce development and education planning in a number of Georgia communities, including Cobb, Pickens, Gilmer, Forsyth and Hart counties, and Middle Georgia, Southwest Georgia and Southern Georgia. Plans are underway in Gainesville and Albany. When Chart Industries, which had an advanced manufacturing facility located in north Cherokee County for more than 30 years, was looking to relocate its headquarters from Ohio to the Atlanta area, it originally discounted Cherokee as a viable alternative. “We presented data to them, and they moved their headquarters (to Ball Ground in north Cherokee County) in 2017 and had an easy time finding all the upper management that they needed and couldn’t be more happy with it,” Martin said. “We’re having to prove that even though we’re outside Atlanta, it’s still a good location.” CWC Chair Aaron Ingram says communication between the business community and the local schools has greatly improved because they recognize they have the same objective.
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of emphasis will equip Georgia MBA graduates with the right skill set to make a difference in both areas at once,” said Santanu Chatterjee, director of the Full-Time MBA and MS in Business Analytics programs. “It’s a great fit for students who want to use their education to further community-minded initiatives through a business perspective.” Terry MBA students have already completed capstone projects with several certified B Corporations. The certification requires them to consider the impact of their decisions on workers, customers, suppliers, the community and the environment. Recently, a team of Georgia MBA students helped Athens-based home builder Imery Group achieve B Corporation status, the first home builder in Georgia to do so. “I’m truly grateful to the student team from Terry College. … We couldn’t have done it without them,” said Imery Group CEO Luis Imery, who received an MBA from UGA in 2003. “We’ve always tried to be transparent and accountable in the way we do business. The B Corp assessment rewards this approach and challenges us to go even further in creating benefits for the community.” In addition to private-sector businesses, students adding the social innovation emphasis have opportunities to partner with educational and nonprofit organizations, such as Extra Special People, Creature Comforts, Books for Keeps and the Clarke County School District.
“It was sort of obvious that there was a bit of a disconnect between the needs identified by industry in terms of skill sets that were required for their future labor workforce and the understanding by the school system as to what those skill sets might be,” said Ingram, president of NeoMed Inc., a medical device company in Woodstock. “This facilitates a lot better communication and buy-in and understanding of the problems inherent to each one of us.” Martin, Ingram and Shawna Mercer, who was hired to manage CWC programs in 2018, say the internship programs are the biggest success to date. Thirteen rising high school juniors and seniors were offered paid internships this past summer at a variety of industries, including Alma Coffee, a farm-to-cup coffee roasting company with locations in Canton and Woodstock, and Roytec Industries, an electrical wire harness and assembly manufacturer in Woodstock. Etowah High School Senior Kieran Black was hired as an IT intern for Universal Alloy Corp. in Canton, which manufactures aerospace products for companies like Gulfstream, Boeing and Airbus. “When I first signed up for it I didn’t really know what I was getting into,” Black said. “I had never ever worked a corporate job like that before. So it was a really invaluable experience to be able to see that sort of environment and to get that
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economics, I am confident that he is the right choice to serve as the state fiscal economist,” said Gov. Brian Kemp.“Over the years, Jeffrey has earned a stellar reputation in his field, mentored countless students to ensure their academic success and provided critical insight to leaders in the private and public sectors.” Dorfman joined the faculty at UGA in 1989 and teaches classes in the economics of the food industry, microeconomic theory, and macroeconomic theory and policy. His research on economic forecasting, food insecurity, productivity measurement, and the economics of growth and sprawl is often reported in industry, academic and popular media alike. Most recently, Dorfman has been called on to help calculate the impact of trade policy on Georgia farmers and to calculate the economic impact of UGA. In 2013, Dorfman was elected a Fellow by the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association. He has testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, the Georgia legislature and a U.S. Department of Agriculture panel on farmland preservation. He was editor of the American Journal of Agricultural Economics from 2009 to 2012 and has worked as a consultant to a variety of businesses, foundations and local governments, as well as serving as a senior fellow at the Georgia Public Policy Foundation.
Bulletin Board Study participants needed
Participants are being sought for a research study that will help investigate the impact of nut consumption on cholesterol profiles. Subjects who complete the study will earn $70-$145, depending on treatment groups. The foods and nutrition department seeks men and women ages 30-75 years with high cholesterol levels or a “bigger build.” Subjects must not take cholesterol-lowering medications, thyroid medications or exercise more than three hours per week. Subjects also must not have diabetes or food allergies/intolerances to pecans, gluten, dairy or meat. Subjects must not habitually eat tree nuts more than twice per week.
This study requires an eight-week commitment and four testing visits. Four visits require blood draws. In addition to monetary compensation, participants also will learn their body weight, blood pressure, body fat percentage, metabolic rate (estimated calorie needs) and cholesterol levels. Participants may refuse or cease their participation at any time during the study. Those interested in finding out if they qualify for the study or who want to request more information should contact Liana Rodrigues by phone at 423-596-7708 or via email at liana.rodrigues@uga.edu. Bulletin Board is limited to information that may pertain to a majority of faculty and staff members.
hands-on experience.” The company asked Black, who has experience coding, to stay on beyond the six-week internship to work on a project to create a web app that would help UAC run inventory on all its products each month. “I actually got to live test it on Aug. 1 because I was still working there, and it went pretty well,” Black said. “They’re planning on using it in the future, too. So that was really cool.” UAC was so impressed they said they would hire Black “in a heartbeat,” Mercer said. “In the past there was trepidation to hire high school students,” she said. “Programs like this have really changed that narrative. Having a high school student provide instant value and bring something to the table is something special.” The Cherokee Office of Economic Development also is working with high schools in the county, Chattahoochee Technical College, Reinhardt University and Kennesaw State University to enhance career opportunities for high school graduates who don’t pursue a four-year college degree. High School Career, Technical and Agricultural Education programs are being expanded to offer hard-skills training for jobs
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that local employers need to fill. Cherokee County is in the initial stages of launching a mobile training workshop that will feature modules that help young people discover opportunities in skilled professions, including the education required and wage expectations. “What about the 28% going straight into the workforce?” Martin said. “Why can we not have them ready to look into a trade or career instead of just walking into a low-end, no-skill job?” Cherokee also is working to bring back employees who have left the county for jobs elsewhere, or are commuting to other counties for work. Cherokee By Choice highlights job openings available across the county. A career expo, held in March each year, draws in more than 400 job seekers to learn about opportunities in local businesses and industries. Cherokee County’s progress in creating workforce building blocks bodes well for the growing county’s future. “It’s a long game,” Wilson said. “They’re already having some wins now after three years, but if they keep this focus on talent for decades they’re really going to be a shining star in Georgia and even across the Southeast.”
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of our state and nation,” said Ron Walcott, interim dean of the Graduate School. UGA’s more than 7,400 graduate students receive an array of educational opportunities and consider a broad range of career options. Fewer than 40% of graduate students pursue positions in academia, according to the UGA Career Center’s annual Career Outcomes Survey. This means that more than half of them engage in other paths, including joining the private sector (35%) or entering government or nonprofit careers (27%). These findings remain true even for doctoral graduates, with career outcomes data suggesting that around 40% each year pursue a job outside of academia. In a survey conducted by the Graduate School, students said they feel well-supported across campus in terms of research and teaching experiences. But offerings in other professional development aspects vary by school or college. The xPD initiative supplements those efforts with impactful experiences that are open to students in any field and across all graduate levels. Andrew Crain, the director of the xPD initiative, said the programming has been designed to suit a variety of needs as well as to accommodate students with limited free time. In addition to bringing guest speakers to campus, he has organized virtual panels that work easily into a student’s schedule and arranged for on-campus internships and off-campus visits with more than 20 different employers across the U.S. In addition, a monthly newsletter and social media accounts (@UGAGradCareers) provide tips and reminders to students about how to prepare for their careers.
One event, an xPD tour of the St. Louis area designed for agriculture students, has proven to be beneficial for Carolina BallénTaborda, a doctoral candidate studying plant breeding, genetics and genomics. With an expected graduation day in December quickly approaching, her next steps are weighing on her. Ballén-Taborda plans to complete a postdoctoral program on campus to continue her research in the short term, and she is narrowing down her options for her career trajectory after that. “Regardless of the position or sector, my objective is to apply the knowledge I have acquired to keep supporting the improvement of crops,” Ballén-Taborda said. “The trip was a great opportunity to broaden my perspective on career paths outside academia in well-established companies like Bayer, academia/private type institutions like the Danforth Center and new growing companies like Benson Hill. It was a very enriching experience.” Like the students that he serves, Crain is looking ahead to the future, and he is working with a student advisory board to help guide the expansion of programming for the upcoming academic year. “We’ll continue to add new programs and resources,” said Crain, who is a doctoral candidate himself, studying in the Institute of Higher Education, “and I think the sky is really the limit on the scope and scale of impact xPD can have on graduate education at the University of Georgia.” To learn more about the Graduate School’s xPD initiative, see https://grad.uga.edu/index. php/current-students/professional-development/ experiential-professional-development/.
LUNCHEON from page 1 “Mary Frances Early’s legacy as UGA’s first black graduate is a monumental act of determination and perseverance from which the UGA and Athens communities can receive valuable nuggets of courage, social justice and community,” said Williams, who also is a faculty member in the College of Veterinary Medicine. “Her quiet determination in difficult and turbulent times serve as inspirations to the work of BFSO. We are excited and thrilled she has accepted our invitation to inspire our luncheon guests.” A native of Atlanta, Early came to UGA in the summer of 1961. Earlier that year, Charlayne Hunter-Gault and Hamilton Holmes became the first African American students to enroll at UGA. Early had started postgraduate work at the University of Michigan when she transferred to UGA to complete her studies. She became the first African American to earn a degree from the
University of Georgia when she graduated on Aug. 16, 1962, with a master’s degree in music education. She returned in 1964 to continue her education, earning a Specialist in Education degree in 1967. Early, who was class valedictorian at Henry McNeal Turner High School and earned a bachelor’s degree in music education from Clark Atlanta University in 1957, became a music teacher in the Atlanta Public Schools and was eventually promoted to music director of the entire school system. Early worked with teachers in the system’s 100-plus schools and was in charge of the music curriculum, budget, textbooks and more. Early retired in 1994 after working for 37 years in public schools. She has since taught at Morehouse College, Spelman College and Clark Atlanta University as head of the music department.