2 Aug. 11, 2014 columns.uga.edu Former UGA associate dean named president of Oakland University
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The Oakland University board of trustees appointed George W. Hynd, who was the associate dean of research and external affairs at UGA from 1997-2003, the president of Oakland University on July 9. Hynd previously served as provost and executive vice president of academic affairs for the College of Charleston.
Lottery Corp. announces record fiscal year returns to education
In July, Georgia Lottery Corp. officials announced its fiscal year returns to education with record-breaking results. Fiscal year 2014 transfers to the state treasury’s Lottery for Education Account will amount to more than $945 million, surpassing last year’s record transfer by more than $17.6 million. This brings the total raised for education in the state of Georgia to more than $15.5 billion since the lottery’s inception in 1993. All Georgia Lottery profits go to pay for specific educational programs, including Georgia’s HOPE Scholarship Program and Georgia’s Pre-K Program. More than 1.6 million students have received HOPE, and more than 1.3 million 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary pre-kindergarten program.
Maintain a healthy family weight
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While parents have a goal weight that they feel is right for them, they also have to make sure their children maintain a healthy weight by eating a moderate portion of healthful food and staying physically active most days of the week. To help families achieve a healthy weight, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends following these strategies: • Consume nine servings of fruits and vegetables per day. The serving size will vary by age. For a 1-year-old, it is 1 tablespoon per serving of fruit or vegetable, while for an adult, it is half a cup. • Limit the intake of sweet beverages. • Limit screen time to two hours or less per day for children older than 2, and no screen time for those younger than 2. • Be moderately to vigorously active a total of 60 minutes daily. • Eat breakfast every day. • Limit eating out, especially at fast food restaurants. • Eat meals together as a family. • Control portion sizes and pay attention to the number of servings in snack foods. • Consume higher calcium foods. Milk and other dairy foods seem to curb appetite. • Eat a higher fiber diet. Besides eating the nine vegetables and fruits, choose mainly whole grains. • Limit energy dense foods, especially those high in sugar and fat and low in protein, vitamins and minerals. Source: UGA Extension
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Sports UGA finished second in the 2014 SEC all-sports championship after posting consistently high finishes in most of its men’s and women’s sports programs. The top 10 schools that made the list are:
1. Florida 2. UGA 3. Texas A&M 4. Alabama 5. Kentucky 6. Louisiana State 7. Auburn 8. South Carolina 9. Arkansas 10. Missouri Source: UGA Athletic Association
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Campers learn healthy eating habits By Amy Ware
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Spinach artichoke dip with multigrain bread, corn salad with lime vinaigrette, taco roll ups and fruit kabobs are not teenagers’ usual lunch fare. But thanks to a new summer day camp called Health Matters,Athens-Clarke County teens and their parents now have a taste for healthy and nutritious foods. As part of the ongoing effort to encourage healthier lifestyles among local residents, UGA Extension partnered with Athens-Clarke County Leisure Services and Athens Regional Health System to coordinate the camp this summer. The program, which ran for six weeks, addressed a host of health and nutrition topics facing teens and adults alike. The camp promoted different types of healthful food options and physical activities to children 11 to 14 to help them take responsibility for their own nutrition and fitness. “We wanted to show campers you can incorporate physical activity and good eating habits into your routine in ways that are fun,” said Leslie Trier, program specialist with Athens-Clarke County Leisure Services. “An active lifestyle doesn’t necessarily mean that you play a competitive sport or that you follow a strict diet, although it can include those things.”
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From left, Orlando Garfias, Tenisha Harper and Clarissa Cowans prepare vegetables on the last day of the new Health Matters summer day camp.
The UGA Obesity Initiative pledged five tuition scholarships to attend the Health Matters Camp. “These funds made it possible to recruit at-risk youth who could not afford the registration fees and otherwise would not have benefited from the program,” said Judy Hibbs, UGA Obesity Initiative member and Extension coordinator. Athens Regional Health System matched the UGA Obesity Initiative’s contribution, totaling 10 scholarships. Physical activities included different
Public Service and Outreach, Office of Institutional Diversity
Pulaski County students experience UGA campus life By Michelle Wilder
types of team and individual sports ranging from volleyball and tennis to yoga and swimming. In the classroom, campers learned about portion size, food safety and how to read food labels among other things. The group took field trips to local eateries, where they learned how to make sensible menu choices. Education extended to parents who attended weekly classes addressing topics such as cost-effective meal preparation and quick and easy nutritional foods.
Academic Affairs
National search underway for VP for instruction
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By Sam Fahmy
More than 40 minority students from middle Georgia spent a day at UGA July 16 touring the campus, talking with admissions advisers, eating in a dining hall, meeting athletes and playing basketball. The 2014 Hawkinsville/Pulaski County LIFE League championship game day at UGA was hosted by the UGA Archway Partnership and the Office of Institutional Diversity. The trip was the culmination of the LIFE League program, which teaches life skills and encourages excellence through basketball and other programs for at-risk youth in Pulaski County. The group’s organizers wanted to expose the students to future opportunities in higher education by bringing them to the state’s flagship university. “We want you to think of yourself as a University of Georgia student,” said Michelle Garfield Cook, associate provost for institutional diversity, in welcoming the students to campus. While on campus, the students played their championship and thirdplace basketball games at the Ramsey Student Center for Physical Activities. They toured the recreation facility and Butts-Mehre Athletic Heritage Hall. They also met UGA athletes Nasheema Oliver, Kenny Gaines, Marcus Thornton and Chris Conley. They had lunch at the Village Summit dining commons and participated in an interactive session with the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. LIFE Leaguers ended their day with pictures in front of Sanford Stadium before heading back to Hawkinsville. Formerly known as the Hoops League, LIFE League was founded in 2012 by three Pulaski Tomorrow graduates—Tyler Jenkins, Jeff Tarver and Nevin Shennett—who wanted to make an impact in their community. Pulaski Tomorrow is the local leadership program developed through the Pulaski County Archway Partnership.
Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Pamela Whitten has appointed a search committee to begin a national search to fill the position of vice president for instruction. Jennifer Frum, vice president for public service and outreach, will chair the search committee, which includes recipients of the university’s highest teaching honor, representatives of units that report to the vice president for instruction as well as a staff member and an Honors student. Additional search committee members are Keith Bailey, director of the Office of Online Learning; K. Paige Carmichael, Meigs Professor of Veterinary Pathology in the College of Veterinary Medicine; T.W. Cauthen, assistant vice president for academic, campus and community partnerships in the Division of Student Affairs; Charles N. Davis, dean of the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication; Mugdha Joshi, a 2014 CURO Summer Fellow and a biology and anthropology major in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences; Jerome Legge, associate provost for academic planning and professor of public administration and policy in the School of Public and International Affairs; John Maltese, Albert Berry Saye and Meigs Professor and head of the political science department in the School of Public and International Affairs; Nancy McDuff, associate vice president for admissions and enrollment management; Marisa Pagnattaro, Meigs Professor of Legal Studies in the Terry College of Business; and Toni Rogers, director of instruction fiscal affairs. Laura Jolly, who has served as vice president for instruction since 2010, recently announced that she will return to the faculty of the College of Family and Consumer Sciences on Dec. 15.
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UGA basketball player Marcus Thornton hands out medals to Hawkinsville/Pulaski County LIFE League participants who visited campus July 16.
“We’ve just taken the lessons we learned in our Pulaski Tomorrow classes and put them into action,” Jenkins said. “Isn’t that what it’s all about? We should take our resources and use them to better our community.” As part of the LIFE League, students spend their Saturdays learning life lessons in areas such as financial responsibility, personal accountability, job interviewing and preparing for college. As a primary focus this year, Tarver asked the students to promote discretion on social media. He awarded students who had improved their social media profiles with tickets to an Atlanta Dream basketball game or an Atlanta Falcons football game. Jumani Stephens, a rising senior, was awarded a $500 scholarship for college expenses. “The Archway Partnership was created to connect communities with higher education resources,” said Mel Garber, director of the Archway Partnership. “The LIFE League and this type of event is a perfect example of how those two entities can work together to enhance Georgia’s future workforce. Hopefully this event will help to establish a connection for (under-represented) Pulaski County students to one day arrive at UGA.”