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Faculty, staff, retiree donors celebrated at first PAWS reception By Zach Armstrong
zach.armstrong@uga.edu
Andrew Davis Tucker
UGA student client Helyne Soleyn talks with Andy Okala, founder and CEO of UZO student staffing business and a UGA alumnus, during an onboarding meeting in the UZO offices in Athens. Okala started the business when he was a student, and he uses the legal services from the Business Law Clinic to grow his operation.
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School of Law clinic provides free legal help to Athens-area entrepreneurs By Aaron Hale
aahale@uga.edu
The life of a budding entrepreneur can be thrilling and inspiring, but it also can be overwhelming. Finding reliable counsel— especially the free variety—is almost always welcome. Just ask Andy Okala, winner of the 2017 UGA Idea Accelerator and the co-founder of the Athensbased startup UZO. UZO is an on-demand student staffing service. It connects students looking to earn cash in their free time with local employers looking to staff short- and longterm gigs. Okala came up with the
idea as a UGA student looking to earn spending money with random jobs, like helping people move. He and his partners developed the idea and won the fall 2017 UGA Idea Accelerator competition. Now, Okala has graduated from broke college student to cashstrapped entrepreneur. “It’s definitely not easy, especially when it comes to having a steady income while building a business,” he said. One area where Okala has found invaluable help is legal services. UZO is a repeat customer to UGA’s Business Law Clinic. Run out of the School of Law and staffed by law students who are supervised
by licensed attorneys, the clinic gives free legal services to small local businesses and entrepreneurs. The clinic focuses on helping businesses make transactions. “We keep business projects from becoming legal problems,” said clinic director Willow Tracy. That means helping business owners form entities like LLCs and corporations, draft and review contracts, write bylaws and protect intellectual property. The clinic serves all sorts of clients—from musicians and artists to food distributors, restaurants and tech startups like UZO. Okala has come to the legal See LAW on page 4
PUBLIC SERVICE AND OUTREACH, OFFICE OF RESEARCH
More than 250 UGA faculty, staff and retirees gathered in Grand Hall of the Tate Student Center on Aug. 23 for the first Philanthropy at Work Society Reception. The event was organized by the Office of Donor Relations and Stewardship in the Division of Development & Alumni Relations. Formerly the “Faculty, Staff and Retiree Donor Appreciation Event,” this annual gathering recognizes individuals who support the university as both employees and donors. President Jere W. Morehead
spoke during the reception, congratulating the attendees on their membership in the PAW Society, noting that it is the first giving society dedicated to faculty, staff and retiree donors at the University of Georgia. “If we would all help, it wouldn’t be a big burden on anyone,” said Cecil Hammond, a 1962 alumnus who worked as a faculty member at UGA for 26 years and attended the reception.“The motivation and the loyalty that the Dawgs have is unbeatable for most universities. I would think there’s a lot of universities that would like to be
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PUBLIC SERVICE AND OUTREACH
Botanical Garden projects to increase opportunities By Kelly Simmons
simmonsk@uga.edu
The University of Georgia broke ground on a trio of projects Aug. 23 at the State Botanical Garden. The projects—the Center for Art and Nature Porcelain and Decorative Arts Museum, the Discovery and Inspiration Garden and a new entrance—will allow visitors to explore the relationship between art and nature and increase accessibility to garden exhibits and facilities. They will be constructed simultaneously, with completion anticipated in 2020. “None of this would have been possible without the generosity of many people,” UGA President Jere W. Morehead said during
the groundbreaking ceremony. “I would like to express my sincere appreciation to all of the donors whose gifts are bringing these projects to life—those who are with us today and those who are celebrating with us from afar.” The Center for Art and Nature Porcelain and Decorative Arts Museum will house significant holdings from the Deen Day Sanders collection, with an extensive concentration in porcelain. This state-of-the-art facility will be the first of its kind to integrate decorative art within a garden setting and nature through the quality, diversity and evolution of porcelain and other decorative artifacts. The center will have permanent galleries, visiting exhibitions
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SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
UGA finalist for national economic development awards Pulitzer Prize-winning author to By Kelly Simmons
simmonsk@uga.edu
For the third year, three University of Georgia programs have been selected as finalists for national awards recognizing innovation in economic development. UGA is the only university that has had three finalists for three consecutive years. The Carl Vinson Institute of Government and the J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development, both units of UGA Public Service and Outreach, and the New Materials Institute, a component of the UGA Office of Research with roots in the College of Engineering, are among the 24 finalists for the University Economic Development Association 2019 Awards of Excel-
lence. UGA’s finalists are in different categories and will not compete against one another. UEDA represents higher education, private sector and community economic development stakeholders across North America. Entries were judged by a panel of university and economic development professionals based on the alignment of their institution’s core mission activities with regional economic development goals. Categories include innovation, talent and place, as well as the intersections of those three categories. Criteria for judging included originality, scalability, sustainability, impact and the feasibility of other organizations replicating the initiatives in their communities.
Programs selected as finalists are: • A revitalization/visioning program for downtown Clarkesville developed by the Carl Vinson Institute of Government. Through the Georgia Downtown Renaissance Partnership, a community revitalization initiative with the Georgia Municipal Association, the Georgia Cities Foundation and the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, city and business leaders and Clarkesville citizens came together to create a master plan for their downtown after a fire in 2014 gutted three buildings and destroyed four businesses. New apartments, restaurants and retail outlets in the renovated business district have revitalized the
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deliver Constitution Day Lecture
By Caroline Paczkowski cparis@uga.edu
University of Virginia historian Alan Taylor will deliver the annual Constitution Day Lecture hosted by the American Founding Group and the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia. The lecture, “Competing Constitutions: North America, 1783-1795,” will be presented on Sept. 16 at 1:30 p.m. in the University of Georgia Chapel. “Alan Taylor is a ‘historian’s historian’: He compiles, curates and extracts information from multiple, minor sources to write masterpieces,” said Matt Auer, dean of the School of Public and
International Affairs. “His prizewinning work spans the early political life of this nation. Professor Taylor has been particularly effective at adding nuance to the simplified and sanitized history lessons we typically learned as children and young adults. We are excited to hear him discuss the contest of ideas and interests at play in the formation of the U.S. Constitution.” Taylor holds the Thomas Jefferson Chair in American History at the University of Virginia and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is the author of several books about the Colonial history of the U.S., the American Revolution and the
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UGAAlert test will be held on Sept. 19
A full test of UGAAlert, the university’s emergency notification system, will be conducted Sept. 19 at 10:45 a.m. Prior to the test, students, faculty and staff should review their contact information (phone numbers and email addresses) in the UGAAlert system to ensure that their personal contact information and their specific preferences for being notified are accurate. Contact information may be checked at www.ugaalert.uga.edu. In the event of severe weather on Sept. 19, the drill will be rescheduled to a day when more favorable weather conditions exist.
Division of Student Affairs will host regional 2019 Engage! Conference
The Division of Student Affairs will host the 2019 Engage! Conference on Sept. 27 at the Tate Student Center. The one-day conference will run from 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. It is designed for academic and student affairs professionals, support staff and campus partners from institutions across the Southeast to gather for a day of learning and professional development. The 2019 Engage! Conference will feature more than 30 sessions in a day of professional development, innovative thinking and networking. The keynote speaker for the conference is Karen Reivich, director of training programs for the Penn Positive Psychology Center and the lead instructor and curriculum developer for the Penn Resilience Programs. Her keynote address, “Cultivating Resilience and Optimism,” will focus on her research in the University of Pennsylvania Resilience and Well-Being Program and highlight the major findings along with exploring ways to foster resilience among students. Registration includes conference attendance, materials, lunch and refreshments. Registration fees are nonrefundable. Members of the UGA community who register but are unable to attend the conference can transfer their registration to another UGA colleague. The general registration fee is $85. The registration fee for UGA affiliates and alumni is $60. Registration for UGA student affairs staff, current UGA students, CSAA faculty and selected presenters is complimentary. For more information, visit https://bit.ly/2kfbIuZ.
SCHOOL OF LAW
Robinson Scholars Program aims to increase diversity in legal education By Lona Panter lonap@uga.edu
The University of Georgia School of Law has created the Robinson Scholars Program, which will benefit underrepresented student populations with ties to Georgia. The program is named in memory of 1974 alumnus Robert E. “Robbie” Robinson, a civil and human rights attorney who was tragically killed in 1989 by politically motivated mail bombs that were sent to his Savannah office. “Robbie Robinson represented many individuals who could not afford an attorney, was active in the NAACP and served as an alderman for the city of Savannah before his death,” School of Law Dean Peter B. “Bo” Rutledge said. “The Robinson Scholars Program is a way the School of Law can honor this legal leader by assisting students—in particular those with a desire to pursue public interest work—as they follow their dreams to work in and benefit their communities.” The Robinson Scholars Program is funded by UGA’s New Approaches in Diversity and Inclusion initiative. Private donations received from the Office of the President will be matched by private law school funding to sup-
The first Robinson Scholars—Luis G. Chavez, Kayla Hope and Ashleigh Rasheed-Britt— began their legal studies last month.
port the program, which will focus on several key areas: recruitment, preparation for law school, advancing diversity in the legal profession and increasing access to justice in legally underserved communities. “The UGA School of Law strives to ensure that our student body—and consequently new lawyers beginning their careers—is representative of today’s society,” Rutledge said. “Programs such as this will break down some of the barriers that exist to entering law school, not only through financial support but also by creating an environment where support is more readily available for these students as they begin law school as well
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WARNELL SCHOOL OF FORESTRY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Researchers will use $1.4M grant to combat opioid crisis
New degree program connects forestry, community
By Kathryn Kao
By Kristen Morales
kath1@uga.edu
In 2017, with about 2.1 million people in the U.S. suffering from substance use disorders, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services declared a public health emergency to address the nation’s growing opioid epidemic. As part of a new initiative called the Five-Point Strategy, the U.S. Health Resources & Services Administration recently awarded nearly $400 million to combat the opioid Nominations are being accepted for crisis, including a $1.4 million grant to University of Georgia President’s Fulfilling the Dream Award researchers who will work to enhance community-based Nominations are being accepted for the Presitraining for students preparing to become behavioral health dent’s Fulfilling the Dream Award, which recogprofessionals focused on opioid and substance use disorders. nizes individuals in the UGA and Athens-Clarke UGA’s award will bring an interdisciplinary team of County communities who have worked to make researchers together from the College of Education, the Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream of equality and School of Social Work and the College of Public Health to justice a reality. Nominations are due Sept. 27. grow the state’s opioid-related behavioral health workforce Recipients of the President’s Fulfilling as part of HRSA’s Opioid Workforce Expansion Program. the Dream Award will be recognized at the Over the course of three years, the team will train about 17th annual MLK Freedom Breakfast, which will 100 graduate students to help increase mental and behavioral be held on Jan. 17 at 8 a.m. in the Grand Hall of the health services in Georgia and beyond. Tate Student Center. Award winners demonstrate “What excites me is that we’ll be able to support and commitment to volunteerism and civic engagement strengthen our training in evidence-based treatments for in addressing critical community issues; utilize opioid and substance use disorders for our graduate students, King’s philosophy to reduce tensions, resolve conwhile also providing prevention education to the community,” flict and foster goodwill; and apply King’s teachings said Bernadette Heckman, principal investigator of the grant to build bridges of understanding and unity. and professor in the College of Education’s department of Nominations can be made at https://bit.ly/ counseling and human development services. 2R3FXAk. Contact UGA’s Office of Institutional Funds from the award will provide a yearlong stipend Diversity at 706-583-8195 or diverse@uga.edu with of $10,000 to students pursuing master’s degrees in social questions. work and mental health counseling and $28,000 to doctoral The MLK Freedom Breakfast, which is sponstudents in counseling psychology. In addition to receiving sored by UGA, the Athens-Clarke County Uniprofessional training across multiple disciplines, students fied Government and the Clarke County School will learn a variety of integrated treatment approaches to District, commemorates King’s life and legacy. prevent and treat opioid and substance use disorders, includTickets are $25 each or $200 for a table of ing medication-assisted treatments that combine behavioral eight. They may be purchased online at https:// therapy with medication, as well as cognitive processing bit.ly/2QbcH9S. Tickets will not be sold the day of therapy, interpersonal therapy, motivational enhancement the event, and initial ticket sales are limited to one and more. table. To request more than one table, email Sonya Orion Mowbray, associate professor in the School of Sinkfield-Dixon at diverse@uga.edu. Social Work and co-principal investigator of the grant, will teach and train HRSA awardees along with Heckman to address the growing number of fatalities related to opioids and increase the number of professionals in the area who can provide effective substance use treatments. Other researchers on the grant include College of Columns (USPS 020-024) is published weekly during the academic year and biweekly during the summer for the faculty and staff of the University of Education professor Georgia Calhoun in the department of Georgia by the Division of Marketing & Communications. Periodicals postage counseling and human development services and College of is paid in Athens, Georgia. Postmaster: Send off-campus address changes to Public Health senior associate dean for research and faculty Columns, UGA Marketing & Communications, 286 Oconee Street, Suite 200 affairs Timothy Heckman. North, Athens, GA 30602-1999.
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as throughout their legal educations.” The first Robinson Scholars—Luis G. Chavez, Kayla Hope and Ashleigh Rasheed-Britt—began their legal studies in August. In addition to the Robinson Scholars, the law school in 2018 created the Benham Scholars Program through the New Approaches in Diversity and Inclusion initiative. Named in honor of the second African American to graduate from the School of Law— Georgia Supreme Court Justice Robert Benham—this program serves individuals who hail from or show a demonstrated intent to practice in legally underserved communities.
kmorales@uga.edu
Caring for trees in communities is both an art and a science, and a new degree program at the University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources will help teach students to master both. Community forestry and arboriculture, an emphasis available through the natural resource management and sustainability major, focuses on the management of individual trees, groups of trees and small forests in communities. This growing field addresses social and environmental changes taking place in urban, suburban and rural areas. The new degree program trains professionals to work as natural resource specialists, community foresters and arborists in utility, commercial, municipal and education sectors, as well as in advocacy or as consultants. As the eighth most populated state in the country—and the 10th fastest growing—Georgia is a prime example of the need for community foresters, said Jason Gordon, assistant professor of community forestry at the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. As more people move into urban and suburban areas, the need for professional tree care and management grows more vital. “This is a field that is expanding rapidly in pace with growing metropolitan areas,” said Gordon. “Whether in the utility services industry, municipal ecosystem management or commercial tree care, there are many opportunities to apply science to improving landscapes and community wellbeing while also making a comfortable living.” As an art form, trees add beauty and depth to the landscape. Community benefits associated with trees, said Holly Campbell, assistant professor of community forestry, include lower temperatures, cleaner air, lower crime and increased property values. But the community forestry and arboriculture program also tackles the science behind tree health and management, with a focus on topics such as growth regulators, genetics, soil engineering, using drones and investigating how people interact with their landscapes. As a result, she said, graduates of the program are prepared to move into a variety of careers as part of an expanding field. “The world is changing. We are becoming more addicted to our concentrated infrastructures and hardscapes for survival,” said Kim Coder, professor and Hill Fellow for Distinguished Public Service and Outreach. “But, it is greenscapes and trees that generate our quality of life beyond mere survival. Within the Warnell Community Forestry and Arboriculture program are the educational tools of change—for trees, communities and tree professionals. Trees are hope in a changing world.”
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For a complete listing of events, check the Master Calendar on the Web (calendar.uga.edu/). The following events are open to the public, unless otherwise specified. Dates, times and locations may change without advance notice.
EXHIBITIONS
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.
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.
Fountain: Melissa Brown & Jaime Bull. Through Sept. 16. Lamar Dodd School of Art. 706-542-0069. kgeha@uga.edu.
Now and Then: 1979. Through Dec. 24. Russell Gallery, Special Collections Libraries. 706-542-5788. washnock@uga.edu.
Color, Form and Light. Through Oct. 13. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. gmoa@uga.edu.
Storytelling in Renaissance Maiolica. Through Jan. 5. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. gmoa@uga.edu.
The Fool-ectomy. Through Oct. 4. Suite Gallery, Lamar Dodd School of Art. 706-542-0069. kgeha@uga.edu.
Beautiful and Brutal: Georgia Bulldogs Football, 2017. Through Feb. 28. Rotunda Gallery, Special Collections Libraries. 706-542-6170. hasty@uga.edu.
Turbulent Femme || toward a radical future. Through Oct. 4. Margie E. West Gallery, Lamar Dodd School of Art. 706-542-0069. kgeha@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,
MONDAY, SEPT. 9 WORKSHOP “Planning, Presenting and Publishing Classroom Research.” 1:20 p.m. 372 Miller Learning Center. 706-542-1355. jamie.adair@uga.edu.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 10 CELLULAR BIOLOGY SEMINAR “Experimental Evolution of Multicellularity in the Green Alga Chlamydomonas,” Matthew Herron, Georgia Institute of Technology. 11 a.m. 404A Biological Sciences Building.
BASSOON AND MARIMBA DUO TO OPEN 2019-2020 FACULTY ARTIST SERIES By Camille Hayes ceh822@uga.edu
The Hugh Hodgson School of Music is excited for the new Faculty Artist Series season opener featuring husband and wife team, Col Legno Duo. The duo is made up of University of Georgia’s associate professor of bassoon Amy Pollard and her husband, Scott Pollard, the artist affiliate in percussion at Emory University. This new season will kick off on Sept. 16 at 7:30 p.m. in Ramsey Hall. The Col Legno Duo takes its name from the Italian musical term meaning “with the wood.” The program will present a series of original Amy and Scott Pollard will pieces and transcriptions for bassoon perform at the Faculty Artist and marimba. Audiences will hear Series’ season opener Sept. 16 a variety of styles and sounds from at 7:30 p.m. in Ramsey Hall. the unusual instrumental combination. With an eye toward expanding the repertoire of this unique instrumental combination, the duo has arranged and commissioned numerous works and recently hosted an international composition contest that featured more than 100 submissions from 20 countries. This concert consists of mostly American composers, with one transcription of a piece by Erik Satie. The style of music varies, including elements of jazz, Broadway and rock music blended with more traditional harmonies and forms. The Faculty Artist Series is one of the Hodgson School’s premier series, with all ticket proceeds directly benefiting student scholarships. Tickets to the concert are $12 for adults or $3 with a UGA student ID and can be purchased at pac.uga.edu or by calling the PAC box office at 706-542-4400. Those unable to attend can watch the concert live at music.uga.edu/live-streaming. The UGA Hugh Hodgson School of Music sponsors more than 350 performances each year. To learn more, go to music.uga.edu. Calendar items are taken from Columns files and from the university’s Master Calendar, maintained by Marketing & Communications. Notices are published as space permits, with priority given to items of multidisciplinary interest. The Master Calendar is available at calendar.uga.edu/.
WORKSHOP 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.
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KRONOS QUARTET WITH SPECIAL GUEST MAHSA VAHDAT COMING TO UGA
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 11 CONSERVATION SEMINAR “Capturing Fuel Heterogeneity in Four Dimensions: An Essential Step for Mechanistically Understanding Wildland Fire Behavior and Effects,” Louise Loudermilk, USDA Forest Service. 1:25 p.m. Auditorium, Ecology Building. 706-542-7247. bethgav@uga.edu. MIDDLE EAST FILM SERIES Nasser 56. 7 p.m. 101 LeConte Hall. 706-372-1682. kevjones@uga.edu.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 12 ECONOMICS SEMINAR SERIES Speaker: Alex Monge, St. Louis Federal Reserve. 3:30 p.m. C006 Benson Hall. roozbeh@uga.edu. AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE CLASS $199. 5:30 p.m. Thursdays through Nov. 14. See the plasma screens for room, Georgia Center. 706-542-3537. questions@georgiacenter.uga.edu. CELEBRATING CLARA SCHUMANN’S 200TH BIRTHDAY Students and faculty from the Hugh Hodgson School of Music at UGA will present “Clara Schumann: A Portrait,” in commemoration of her 200th birthday (1819-1896). The concert of art songs, piano and chamber works will be accompanied by presentations on her life, education, poets and friends, marriage to Robert Schumann and her musical legacy. $10. 6:30 p.m. Cecil B. Day Chapel, State Botanical Garden. 706-542-9353. FILM SCREENING Part of the 1930s America Film Series. Real-life father and daughter Ryan and Tatum O’Neal team up in Paper Moon as con-artists Moses Pray and Addie Loggins in 1930s Kansas. 1973, PG, 105 min. 7 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 13 STATE OF EDUCATION IN GEORGIA CONFERENCE $95 (includes conference sessions, handouts, lunch and refreshment breaks). 8 a.m. Georgia Center. 706-542-4556. mbaer@uga.edu. A CONVERSATION WITH GRADY’S UGA 40 UNDER 40 HONOREES Join Grady College alumni Brooke Beach, CEO and founder, Marketwake; Ashley Callahan, senior director, integrated creative marketing for Chick-fil-A, Inc; and Robbie York, owner, American Whiskey; as they reflect on lessons learned in the early years of their careers. Will Carr, ABC News correspondent, is also a 40 Under 40
UGA Presents is bringing the award-winning Kronos Quartet to Athens on Sept. 15 for a 7 p.m. performance in Hodgson Concert Hall. The quartet will be joined by Iranian vocalist Mahsa Vahdat for a genre-blending concert featuring music from around the world inspired by artists such as John Coltrane, Mahalia Jackson and the Persian poet Rumi. Tickets for the Kronos Quartet 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). honoree, but will not be in attendance for this discussion. Grace Ahn, associate professor of advertising, will moderate. Breakfast will be served 9:30-10 a.m., discussion begins at 10 a.m. Studio 100, Journalism Building. LECTURE “Queerness is a Particular Liability: Feeling Rules in LGBTQ+ Centers,” Chad Mandala, UGA LGBT Resource Center. Part of the Women’s Studies Friday Speaker Series.12:20 p.m. 213 Miller Learning Center. 706-542-2846. tlhat@uga.edu. TOUR Join curator Jason Hasty for a closer look at the exhibit Beautiful and Brutal: Georgia Bulldog Football, 2017 on the Friday before each home football game this season. 3 p.m. Rotunda Gallery, Special Collections Libraries. 706-542-7123. hasty@uga.edu. SOCCER vs. Georgia Southern. 7 p.m. Turner Soccer Complex.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 14 FOOTBALL vs. Arkansas State. TV: ESPN or ESPN2. Noon. Sanford Stadium. FULL MOON HIKE: CORN MOON Be prepared to hike up to 2 miles. A backpack carrier is suggested for young children or infants. Pre-registration is required. $5 per person or $15 per family. 7 p.m. Visitor Center Fountain, State Botanical Garden. 706-542-6014. connicot@uga.edu.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 15 SUNDAY SPOTLIGHT TOUR Tour of highlights from the permanent collection led by docents. 3 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. hazbrown@uga.edu.
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MONDAY, SEPT. 16 LECTURE “Was It Justice? Convict Labor and the Practice of Punishment In America,” Mary Ellen Curtin, American University. 5:30 p.m. Auditorium, Special Collections Libraries. 706-542-6367. kdotson@uga.edu. CONCERT Performance by violinist Levon Ambartsumian and guitarist Daniel Bolshoy. $15. 7 p.m. Day Chapel, State Botanical Garden. 706-542-9353.
COMING UP TODDLER TUESDAY: PAINT AND PAINTBRUSHES Sept. 17. Enjoy a tour, story time in the galleries and an art activity just for the little ones. Discover beautiful works of art from the Terry Collection and then experiment with different kinds of paint and paintbrushes. This 40-minute program is designed for families with children ages 18 months to 3 years. Space is limited; email sagekincaid@uga.edu or call 706-542-0448 to reserve a spot. 10 a.m. Georgia Museum of Art. CELLULAR BIOLOGY SEMINAR Sept. 17. “Mechanosensory Feedback Drives Homeostatic Modulation of a Model Serotonin Motor Circuit in C. elegans,” Kevin Collins, University of Miami. 11 a.m. 404A Biological Sciences Building. TOUR AT TWO Sept. 17. Tour of highlights from the permanent collection led by docents. 2 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. TOUR Sept. 17. Tour The New South and the New Slavery: Convict Labor in Georgia. Reservations are required. For more information, email jhebbard@uga.edu or call 706-583-0213. 2 p.m. Special Collections Libraries. NEXT COLUMNS DEADLINES Sept. 11 (for Sept. 23 issue) Sept. 18 (for Sept. 30 issue) Sept. 25 (for Oct. 7 issue)
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Athens Photo Booths
From left to right: Jan Blaine, Kelley Saussy, Courtney Ayers, and Kim Brown celebrate at the luauthemed Philanthropy at Work Society Reception on Aug. 23.
able to do the things that go on around this place.” In the third year of fundraising exceeding $200 million, and with strong growth in the five-year rolling fundraising average, the UGA community enters the last year of the record-breaking Commit to Georgia Campaign. During this effort, private donations have created 87 new endowed chair and professorship positions and more than 450 Georgia Commitment Scholarships.
Since the campaign began, faculty, staff and retiree donors have played an integral role in its success, donating more than $6 million in fiscal year 2019. That support has advanced all areas of campus and has helped surpass the initial campaign goal of $1.2 billion. Faculty and staff interested in joining the Philanthropy at Work Society can make an annual gift online or establish a payroll deduction at give.uga.edu/faculty-staff.
LAW from page 1 clinic to create adviser agreements, ask about equity compensation and explore funding models. “We know legal services are expensive,” he said, “so, to have a service like this has been vital for the growth of my business.” In addition to providing services to local businesses and entrepreneurs, the clinic offers an invaluable experiential learning opportunity to law students. Robert Daily was a student in the law clinic in the spring before he graduated. For Daily, the clinic gave him a chance to meet face-to-face with clients, including Okala. “All of the entrepreneurs who we met were driven by a sense of autonomy and a passion for what they do,” said Daily, who is
now an incoming associate at Ivins, Phillips & Barker in Washington, D.C. As Daily moves on to start his law career, Okala is still plugging away building UZO in Athens. The company is still relatively small, with about 60 students in the system to be hired by a handful of organizations—but Okala says there are signs of progress. And he hopes to keep it going. “We have a long way to go,” he said. “We want to grow as fast as possible, and we want to reach every campus across the nation.” When that dream becomes reality, Okala can hire his own team of lawyers. Until then, he’s grateful to Tracy and the UGA law students who have provided a critical service to his business.
The Center for Art and Nature Porcelain and Decorative Arts Museum, seen above in a rendering, is scheduled to be completed in 2020.
and classroom space. “We want to make it an educational, unique experience. I can’t think of another garden where they use ceramics and porcelain in this way,” said Sanders, a longtime supporter of the garden. “The University of Georgia has a decorative arch, landscape design, and it has many, many ways to draw the information that you need to put together these displays. I think it will all work together.” Surrounding the Center for Art and Nature will be the Discovery and Inspiration Garden with narrow plant beds at eye level for every age so that visitors can get an up-close look at native plants for pollinators. A pond will support the life cycles of frogs and dragonflies, along with other creatures. Classes will be held on a great lawn, which also will serve as a venue for special events. The entrance and accessibility project will be the main gateway to the garden from the parking lots above. The C. Burke Day Jr. Memorial Walkway, funded in part by members of the Garden Club of Georgia
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from page 1 early American Republic. Taylor has won two Pulitzer Prizes and the Bancroft Prize. “We are delighted to have someone of Taylor’s stature join us for Constitution Day,” said Keith Dougherty, SPIA professor
AWARDS from page 1 downtown, and the master plan continues to drive development. (Place category.) • A youth leadership program incorporated into a Loganville high school, developed by the J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development. The Youth in Action program empowers students to facilitate their own goals and establish themselves as leaders in the school community, serving on steering committees that help school administrators develop ideas for school improvement. Since the curriculum was introduced in 2015, high school graduation rates have increased from 78.3% (2013-14) to 86.2% (2016-17) and are well above the state average of 81.6%. (Talent category.) “It is a validation of our work throughout the state of Georgia as the land- and sea-grant
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Inc., will lead to an overlook that provides a glimpse of the new Center for Art and Nature, the Alice Hand Callaway Visitor Center & Conservatory and the Alice H. Richards Children’s Garden. Visitors will travel across an elevated walkway to an elevator or to stairs descending to the visitor center plaza. Chuck and Suzanne Murphy provided funding for the Discovery and Inspiration Garden. Deen Day Sanders, the Callaway Foundation, Mike and Betty DeVore, Tom Wight, Jim Miller and the Garden Club of Georgia Inc. contributed to the entrance and accessibility project. “Together, we are continuing the legacy of those who first envisioned this garden, and we are weaving new, innovative ideas into our mission,” said Jenny Cruse-Sanders, director of the State Botanical Garden, a unit of UGA Public Service and Outreach. “Building these projects together allows us to be conscientious stewards of the site and donated funds, and reduce disruption during construction.” of political science. “Taylor is one of the most widely recognized names in the study of early American history. He is an absolute expert on the American founding and a truly engaging speaker.” Constitution Day is the annual celebration of the day that representatives to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia completed and signed the U.S. Constitution in 1787. Constitution Day as observed today was recognized as a federal holiday in 2004, when U.S. Sen. Robert Byrd championed a bill designating Sept. 17 as the day for citizens to commemorate the signing of the U.S. Constitution and to thoughtfully engage with the nation’s founding document. In addition to the lecture, historical documents and materials related to the American founding and U.S. Constitution will be on display at the Chapel from the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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