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Project to transform STEM education is taking shape at UGA
By Abbey Miner
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Dorothy Kozlowski
Hundreds of donors have committed more than $77 million for need-based aid for Georgia residents who attend UGA.
$77 million in 3 years GCS Program creates more than 500 need-based scholarships
By Clarke Schwabe ccschwabe@uga.edu
Thanks to the generosity of hundreds of donors, the University of Georgia has established more than 500 endowed, need-based scholarships, creating new, permanent pathways to higher education for Georgia residents from low-income backgrounds. “This achievement is a testament to the desire of so many individuals, families and organizations to make a positive difference in the lives of our students,” said President Jere W. Morehead. “I am deeply grateful to our donors for their incredible generosity and their commitment to our great university.” Announced in January 2017 and catalyzed by a $30 million gift from the Robert W. Woodruff
Foundation, the Georgia Commitment Scholarship Program doubles donors’ impact with a match from the UGA Foundation.To date, more than 320 donors have committed their resources to the program. In addition, several donors, inspired by the GCS Program, have committed more than the maximum $500,000 match, creating 32 endowed scholarships outside of the program as well as additional programming support for students. The result is more than $77 million committed to needbased aid at the University of Georgia in just three years. By providing support to UGA undergraduates with the greatest financial need, the GCS Program is a powerful tool for removing barriers and opening doors to education, a priority of the university’s
Commit to Georgia Campaign. And by providing that support to students across Georgia, the program creates a richer community on campus and stronger communities all over the state. “This scholarship has impacted not only me but also my family. Having the financial burden of education lifted from our shoulders has given me the ability to focus on what matters most at UGA,” said Kiarra Freeman, a nutritional sciences major. “I am beyond grateful for the resources, assistance and aid that the Georgia Commitment Scholarship Program has provided for me while I have been at UGA.” GCS donors run the gamut from young alumni councils to corporate partners to UGA Foundation Trustees. The Division of Academic
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ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
Two University of Georgia faculty members named Regents’ Professors for research efforts By Carolyn Payton
carolyn.payton@uga.edu
Two University of Georgia professors have been named Regents’ Professors for research that is recognized both nationally and internationally as innovative and pace-setting. The university’s newest Regents’ Professors are Pejman Rohani, University of Georgia Athletic Association Professor in Ecology and Infectious Diseases in the Odum School of Ecology and the College of Veterinary Medicine; and Ronald L. Simons, Distinguished Research Professor in the department of sociology in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. The appointments were recently approved by the board of regents, and this academic year marks the first time the university
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has recommended two faculty members for the award. “As the University of Georgia continues to increase the volume and impact of our research, we seek to recognize the exemplary faculty members whose work contributes innovative solutions to pressing challenges in health, security and community vitality and brings recognition to the university,” said S. Jack Hu, the university’s senior vice president for academic affairs and provost.
Rohani conducts research that focuses on the introduction of the ecological perspectives to infectious disease biology. His work investigates the importance of spatial synchrony in the outbreak of measles and pertussis for predicting the extinction and eradication of these major childhood infectious diseases. He has published 132 peerreviewed papers and co-authored influential books with the Princeton University Press and the Oxford University Press. Rohani has been principal investigator or co-investigator for nearly $32 million in external grant funding, including awards from the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Rohani’s work has implemented a genetic algorithm See PROFESSORS on page 8
Just one year after its inception, a University of Georgia project to transform STEM education is fostering collaborations on campus as well as nationally. Funded by a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation, the Department and Leadership Teams for Action program, or DeLTA, will engage more than 100 University of Georgia faculty across multiple departments to transform STEM education at institutions of higher education nationwide. Principal investigator Paula Lemons, an associate professor in
the department of biochemistry and molecular biology, explained that she and her colleagues have initiated a plan to organize action teams and train faculty participants. “We’re taking a distributed leadership approach to planning,” said Lemons, who leads an interdisciplinary center on campus known as Scientists Engaged in Education Research, or SEER. “We first had to come up with a training method for facilitators geared toward answering the question ‘How do you lead change?’ From there, our leadership team can work to provide tools and guidance needed for our facilitators to succeed.”
See STEM on page 8
GRADY COLLEGE
Peabody Awards ceremony moving to Los Angeles in June By Margaret Blanchard mblanch@uga.edu
Peabody announced on Jan. 14 that its annual ceremony, the Peabody Awards, will be held for the first time in Los Angeles at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on June 18. Peabody Awards honor the most intelligent, powerful and moving stories told in broadcasting and digital media. These stories— from entertainment to documentary to news programming—shape our thinking and understanding of the world in which we live. Peabody celebrates unique and
diverse voices, from notable filmmakers and intrepid journalists to fearless comedians and innovative creators. The program is based at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia. “As the country struggles to find its footing in challenging times, the power of media narratives becomes paramount. Peabody provides a much-needed role as curator of the best stories that should be watched and heard, especially as the media landscape continues to evolve and becomes even more crowded with content and
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COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH
UGA students contribute to area’s first school-based health center By Rebecca Ayer alea@uga.edu
This past fall, the Clarke County School District opened northeast Georgia’s first school-based health center on Athens’ east side. The new clinic will provide comprehensive medical, dental and health care services to students at Gaines Elementary and Hilsman Middle schools, improving health care access for more than 1,200 children in Athens-Clarke County. It’s a monumental community health effort that four graduate students from the University of Georgia’s College of Public Health were able to be a part of through the support of a student-focused mini-grant program, launched in fall 2018 by the college faculty’s Diversity Committee.
The program, called Community Mini-Grants for Inclusion, Research and Engagement, awards funding to student-led community outreach projects that focus on addressing health disparities in Athens-Clarke County. Graduate students Shellie Bardgett, Michael Bien, Valerie Kimbrough and Nicholas Mallis, who all graduated with a Master of Public Health degree last year, received funding through the program in January 2019 for a research proposal exploring the potential need and impact of a school-based health center in Athens. “School-based health centers can play a big part in improving the health and academic success of students. The aim of our project was to talk to teachers, school nurses See HEALTH on page 8
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Name: Sarah Covert Position: Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs At UGA: 27 years
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Beneficiaries of her gift to the university: Warnell Faculty Sponsored Graduate Support Fund, University Libraries Excellence Fund
Why she contributes: “I value UGA’s mission and the quality of its impact on our world.”
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.
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SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK
New evaluation tool aids Day Reporting Centers By Laurie Anderson laurie @uga.edu
The road to recovery can be full of detours. Sometimes people need extra guidance to find their pathway to success. That’s the idea behind Georgia’s Day Reporting Centers. Since 2002, these centers have provided intensive, communitybased counseling and rehabilitative services for nonviolent probationers and parolees with substance use and mental health problems.Those who complete programs at the centers have a better chance of staying out of jail and reintegrating back into society. The Georgia Department of Community Supervision, which manages the state’s 35 centers, wants to enhance the opportunities for positive outcomes but needs to know the right metrics to measure. That has been difficult because evaluation methods typically used for DRCs are outdated and rely on tools primarily adapted from more custodial settings such as prisons, jails and detention centers. As a consequence, administrators have been uncertain of where improvements are needed. Until now. Recently, DCS partnered with the University of Georgia School of Social Work to develop a better way to assess program quality and participant outcomes. Led by associate professor Orion Mowbray, researchers from the school developed and implemented a comprehensive process to evaluate operations of centers that serve both urban and rural areas in the state. From the evaluation, the researchers established an authoritative assessment tool and demonstrated that better assessment scores were associated with better outcomes for DRC participants, including fewer positive drug tests, fewer felony charges and fewer probation revocations. “Day Reporting Centers have the ability to reunite families and restore hope in a participant’s life,” said Nicholas Powell, director of strategic planning and research for the DCS. “I am grateful to professor Mowbray and the entire research team. This evaluation tool will be a mechanism for meaningful change.” Throughout the state, DRCs consistently scored well in areas of leadership, staff characteristics, program resources, program support, substance use programming, cognitive behavioral programming, mental health services, workforce services and aftercare services. Areas needing improvement included DRC participant assessment, case management and the delivery of family services. In addition, the researchers found no differences in the outcomes of positive drug tests, felony charges and probation revocations between persons who attended the rural grantfunded reporting centers—GDRCs—and the urban-based DRCs. “There was concern that many of the services DRCs provide in rural areas are heavily dependent on existing community resources in these areas, and the data show that, despite the differences in levels of community resources in urban and rural areas, most DRCs are making the best of the available services,” said Mowbray. “Our study shows that the DRC Program Assessment Tool we developed should provide valid, reliable scores with little risk of error and be much easier for internal administration and staff to use in the future.” The Georgia Department of Community Supervision plans to use the new assessment tool to evaluate program services regularly across the state—and that should help everyone find the best route forward.
UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
Exhibition hall at UGA Libraries to be named for Ted Turner By Camie Williams camiew@uga.edu
The exhibition hall in the University of Georgia’s Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries will be named in honor of CNN founder, environmentalist and longtime Atlantan Ted Turner, subject to UGA Cabinet approval, thanks in part to a $550,000 donation made by WarnerMedia (formerly Time Warner), an entertainment and media conglomerate that merged with Turner Broadcasting in 1996. Announcement of the donation was made on Dec. 6 at a ceremony in Atlanta at WarnerMedia’s Techwood campus, which was dedicated to Ted Turner. The gift amount includes $50,000 to establish the Ted Turner Scholarship Fund, which will be matched by the UGA Foundation to endow need-based scholarships to incoming students in the university’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. “As the home of the third largest media archive in the country and the first school of ecology in the United States, the University of Georgia is an ideal location to preserve the Turner legacy, and we thank WarnerMedia for this gift to help create the Ted Turner Exhibition Hall and Gallery,” said P. Toby Graham, university librarian and associate provost. “Ted Turner’s contributions to society have altered the landscape of television, the environment, activism and so much more, and his legacy will continue to change lives
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Shown, from left, are Kelly Kerner, UGA vice president for development and alumni relations; Ted Turner; Toby Graham, university librarian and associate provost; Dennis Williams, senior vice president of corporate social responsibility for WarnerMedia; and John Stankey, president and chief operating officer of AT&T and CEO of WarnerMedia.
through the research, instruction and outreach activities in the UGA Special Collections Libraries.” The Ted Turner Exhibition Hall and Gallery will denote the entry space for the museum level of the Russell Building, which is home to the special collections units of the UGA Libraries, including the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies and the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection. As part of the donation, two large marquee gallery spaces will be dedicated to showcase Turner’s life and legacy through artifacts, photographs and other items. An interactive kiosk will be located at the entrance to the gallery that will focus on Turner’s
environmental and conservation activism and his contributions to the media, entertainment and sports industries. “Ted Turner has made an indelible effect on our world, and it is impossible to truly quantify the impact, or fully express our gratitude to him,” said Dennis Williams, senior vice president of corporate social responsibility for WarnerMedia. “It is our great pleasure to help establish the permanent Ted Turner Exhibition Hall and Gallery at the University of Georgia Libraries’ Russell Special Collections Building.” In addition to the scholarship, WarnerMedia is establishing the Ted Turner Maverick Internship position at its newly dedicated Techwood campus in Atlanta to provide experiential learning opportunities to Grady College students.
OFFICE OF RESEARCH
$1 million NSF grant funds new electron microscope By Allyson Mann tiny@uga.edu
A grant of nearly $1 million from the National Science Foundation, with additional funding provided by the Office of Research and the Georgia Research Alliance, will bring a new electron microscope—the only one of its kind in Georgia—to the UGA campus. The project is a collaboration between Georgia Electron Microscopy, one of UGA’s research core facilities, and several long-time GEM users. Tina Salguero, associate professor of chemistry and director of GEM, serves as principal investigator for the project, which received $997,499 in NSF funding. “Our proposal identified 29 major users of the new microscope across 14 departments,” she said. “The diversity of research interests represented highlights the broad demand for this microscope at UGA.” Salguero investigates twodimensional nanomaterials for electronics and energy storage applications.The team also includes co-PIs Sergiy Minko, professor of chemistry, who develops organic/inorganic hybrid fibers for nextgeneration textiles; Aaron Thompson, associate professor of environmental soil chemistry, who studies the complexities of soil chemistry; Ralph Tripp, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar of Vaccine and Therapeutic Studies, who is a leading expert in respiratory viruses and related diseases; and Jin Xie, associate professor of chemistry, who studies nanomaterials for bioimaging and drug delivery. “Finding the funds to keep expensive, high-end core facility equipment state of the art is a constant challenge,” said David Lee, vice presi-
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The Georgia Electron Microscopy team includes, from left, lab coordinator Mary Ard, lab manager Eric Formo, staff member Beth Richardson, and co-directors Tina Salguero and John Shields.
dent for research. “It helps enormously when faculty are successful in attracting grants that cover at least a major portion of the cost, as in this case. I look forward to seeing what the team is able to accomplish with this remarkable equipment.” The microscope, a Hitachi SU9000EA, can image and analyze samples using a low-energy, “gentle” electron beam, unlike most transmission electron microscopes that use high-energy electron beams. “The main advantage is that the ‘gentle’ beam causes much less damage to samples, especially organic and biological samples,” Salguero said.“This instrument will also allow us to collect elemental information with a technique called electron energy loss spectroscopy, which previously has not been available at UGA.”
In addition to its applications in research, the microscope will also be used for class demonstrations and workshops, as well as to generate images and data to help develop unique, open-access curricular materials for K-12 STEM education. The new microscope will be installed in March and housed temporarily in Barrow Hall, at GEM’s current facility, until construction of the I-STEM Research Building is completed. Expected to open in summer 2021, the I-STEM facility is specially designed for equipment that is sensitive to vibrations and noise, like the new microscope. Placing the microscope in this location is expected to foster additional collaboration on campus, as well as enhancing joint projects with Hitachi and other industrial partners.
WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE
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Digest Coffee and Connections networking events with Provost Hu announced Lisa Bayer
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‘Investing in professional growth’ Nine faculty members, administrators named 2019-2020 Women’s Leadership Fellows
By Carolyn Payton
carolyn.payton@uga.edu
Nine University of Georgia faculty and administrators have been named to the 2019-2020 class of the university’s Women’s Leadership Fellows Program. The new cohort includes representatives from six schools and colleges as well as the Office of Research, Office of Instruction and UGA Libraries. Throughout the yearlong program, the participants will attend monthly meetings to learn from senior administrators on campus as well as visiting speakers from academia, business and other fields. The program, which was created in 2015 as part of the university’s Women’s Leadership Initiative, also features a concluding weekend retreat for more in-depth learning. “By investing in the professional growth of faculty and administrators, the Women’s Leadership Fellows Program enhances the capacity of the University of Georgia to fulfill its vital teaching, research and service missions,” said S. Jack Hu, the university’s senior vice president for academic affairs and provost. The 2019-2020 Women’s Leadership Fellows are: • Lisa Bayer, director of the UGA Press. Bayer leads the state’s largest and oldest university press in publishing 60 new scholarly books annually. She is the principal investigator for the Georgia Open History Library funded by the NEH Humanities Open Book program and serves on the executive committee for the New Georgia Encyclopedia. Bayer is current co-chair of the UGA Libraries Committee on Diversity and Inclusion, an affiliate faculty member with the Institute for Women’s Studies and a past member of the board of directors of the Association of University Presses. • Jamie Cooper, associate professor, director of the UGA Obesity Initiative and director of the sports nutrition area of emphasis graduate program in the department of foods and nutrition in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences. Cooper’s research focuses on how nutrients, diets, supplements and/ or exercise impact human health and chronic disease. She is a Fellow of The Obesity Society and a recipient of the university’s 2018 First-Year Odyssey Seminar Program Teaching Award and the FACS Undergraduate Research Mentor Award.
• Laura Crawley, assistant vice president for academic affairs and director of the UGA Gwinnett campus. Crawley manages all campus operations for UGA’s graduate professional campus. While in her current role, she also served as interim director of the Center for Teaching and Learning. Crawley holds courtesy appointments in the psychology department and the School of Social Work. Along with serving on numerous university committees, she serves as one of UGA’s deputy Title IX coordinators. • Vivia Hill-Silcott, director of diversity programs and academic support for the College of Pharmacy. In this role, she has spearheaded the development of a comprehensive student success program for professional Pharm.D. students. Hill-Silcott is a Center for Social Justice, Human and Civil Rights Fellow in the School of Social Work. Her main research interests are in mentoring, social justice and advocacy for ethnic and sexual minority college students and students living with disabilities. • Crystal Leach, founding director of industry collaborations in the Office of Research and professor of practice in the College of Engineering. Leach works with faculty and administrators to build industry partnerships that align with UGA’s research capabilities and strategic priorities. She is an Association for the Innovation of Medical and Biological Engineering Fellow, and she holds four U.S. and European patents. Leach is a champion for diversity and mentoring through associations such as the Society for Women Engineers and Women in Engineering. • Juan Meng, associate professor of public relations and founding director of ADPR Choose China study abroad program in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. Meng also founded the UGA and Shanghai Normal University 3+1+1 consecutive degree program. Meng serves on the national board of advisors for The Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations and has led signature national and international public relations leadership research projects funded by the center. She was a 2015-2016 UGA Service-Learning Fellow and a 2013-2014 Teaching Academy Fellow. • Jessica Orbock, senior legal advisor to the Office of Research and general counsel to the UGA Research Foundation. Orbock has managed
important projects in sponsored projects administration and across the research enterprise. Her legal responsibilities include providing counsel on the UGA Research Foundation’s diverse intellectual property portfolio and licensing programs, as well as research contracting and compliance. She works directly with faculty of all disciplines to facilitate research collaborations with U.S. and international partners in industry and academia. • Catherine Pringle, Distinguished Research Professor and chair of the conservation ecology and sustainable development program in the Odum School of Ecology. Pringle is an internationally recognized leader in stream ecology and conservation. Her current research focuses on the effects of climate change and human activities on stream ecosystems. An overarching theme of her lab is the application of ecological research to resource management. She is a Fellow and council member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Pringle has chaired and served on numerous international scientific committees. • Amy Reschly, professor in the department of educational psychology and coordinator of the School Psychology Program in the College of Education. Reschly’s research focuses on student engagement, school completion and school-family partnerships. She received 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2018 recognitions from the UGA Career Center for having a significant impact as a mentor of graduate students. Reschly is a journal editor and a National Certified School Psychologist. Her service has included Faculty Senate and Faculty Senate Steering Committee positions in the College of Education. “The Women’s Leadership Fellows Program is an important conduit for participants to gain additional skills and experiences that will benefit their careers and our institution,” said President Jere W. Morehead. “I congratulate the members of the cohort, and I look forward to their additional contributions to our campus.” The Women’s Leadership Fellows were chosen from nominations from deans and other senior administrators as well as from self-nominations. The program is administered by Meg Amstutz, associate provost for academic programs and chief of staff in the Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost.
Provost S. Jack Hu invites faculty to participate in Coffee and Connections networking events, which will be held this semester on Jan. 24, Feb. 26 and March 27. A Coffee and Connections event exclusively for staff is scheduled for May 15. Vice presidents, deans and other administrators from across campus are invited to attend as well. These informal networking events are a chance for faculty and staff to build connections with members of the university’s leadership team and among each other. All Coffee and Connections events are held at Studio 225 at 225 W. Broad St. Registration is limited to 25 faculty or staff per session. To register, visit https://provost.uga.edu/ news-events/events/coffee_connections/.
Winter 2019 issue of The Georgia Review now available for purchase
The latest issue of The Georgia Review, winter 2019, is now available for purchase. Featuring 250 pages of original poetry, fiction, essays and book reviews, some of the issue’s highlights include a tribute to the late Toni Morrison, an innovative poetry project presenting the words of Hong Kong protesters, a new story by novelist Tiphanie Yanique, an essay by conservationist Susan Cerulean and an art folio of work by Atlanta-based artist Michi Meko. The winter issue also presents previously unpublished work by esteemed poet Stanley Plumly, who passed away in 2019 of multiple myeloma. The issue also includes a folio titled “ ‘Our Plainsong’: Voices from the Asian American Literature Festival,” which collects work by poets Kazim Ali, Rajiv Mohabir and Cynthia Arrieu-King as well as novelist Monique Truong. On Jan. 30, Ali will be the featured guest at The Georgia Review’s winter issue release celebration, a collaboration with the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens and the Willson Center for the Humanities and Arts’ working group on Religion and the Common Good. The Georgia Review is currently offering a gift subscription rate of $30 (a 25% discount), available until Jan. 31. The offer is valid for all renewals and new orders. Gift recipients will receive four issues: winter of 2019, followed by spring, summer and fall 2020. Student subscriptions are available year-round for $25 by emailing garev@uga.edu. Subscriptions may be purchased at thegeorgiareview.com or by calling 1-800-542-3481.
UGA Libraries to host book reading for Colleen Oakley, Grady College graduate
Author Colleen Oakley will return to her alma mater to read from her latest novel. The book event will be held at 3:30 p.m. on Jan. 23 at the University of Georgia’s Miller Learning Center. Sponsored by UGA Libraries, the event is free and open to the public, and a light reception will follow. Oakley’s latest novel, You Were There Too, is one of O Magazine’s top 22 romance books of 2020, a Publisher’s Weekly Starred Review and a Library Reads January 2020 pick. Oakley will read from the book and sign copies afterward. Oakley is a 2002 graduate of the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at UGA. The event will be held in the Thomas Reading Room, located on the third floor of the Miller Learning Center. Parking is available in the Tate Center Parking Deck.
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EXHIBITIONS
Beautiful and Brutal: Georgia Bulldogs Football, 2017. Through Feb. 28. Rotunda Gallery, Special Collections Libraries. 706-542-6170. hasty@uga.edu. Master, Pupil, Follower: 16th- to 18th-Century Italian Works on Paper. Through March 8. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. hazbrown@uga.edu. (See story, below.) Rachel Whiteread. Through March 8. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. hazbrown@uga.edu.
Hye Kyung Han. Through March 8. Visitor Center, Great Room, State Botanical Garden of Georgia. 706-542-6014. connicot@uga.edu. Material Georgia 1733-1900: Two Decades of Scholarship. Through March 15. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. gmoa@uga.edu. The Monsters Are Due on Broad Street: Patrick Dean. Through March 29. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. hazbrown@uga.edu.
Kevin Cole: Soul Ties. Through April 19. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. hazbrown@uga.edu.
Italian Renaissance drawings on display at Georgia Museum of Art
Experiencing Cortona: Celebrating 50 Years of UGA Study Abroad. Through May 29. Hargrett Library Gallery, Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries. 706-583-0213. jhebbard@uga.edu. Drama and Devotion in Baroque Rome. Through Aug. 23. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. hazbrown@uga.edu.
TUESDAY, JAN. 21
Works from the Georgia Museum of Art’s permanent collection and from the private collections of Giuliano Ceseri (Louisiana) and Jeffrey E. Horvitz (Massachusetts) will be featured in Master, Pupil, Follower: 16th- to 18th-Century Italian Works on Paper.
By Aramide Amusat
Aramide.Amusat@uga.edu
Drawing was at the core of Renaissance art, and from the 16th century on, Italian artists focused on drawing just as much if not more so than painting. Giorgio Vasari, an influential Italian painter, architect and historian, regarded disegno (which means “drawing” or “design”) as the foundation of visual art. Disegno was considered the basis of an artist’s training and an essential tool for capturing nature and the beauty of life. Drawing was at the core of all workshop practices and teaching academies, used to develop an artist’s skill through the diligent copying of antiquities and masters’ works. Drawing and printmaking also became the most inventive forms of expression and experimentation. The exhibition Master, Pupil, Follower: 16th- to 18th-Century Italian Works on Paper, on view at the Georgia Museum of Art through March 8, features drawings and prints from this prolific period. Artists include Giulio Benso, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Stefano della Bella, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Salvatore Rosa and Guercino as well as followers of Veronese, Tintoretto and other prominent artists. The works come from the museum’s permanent collection and from the private collections of Giuliano Ceseri (Louisiana) and Jeffrey E. Horvitz (Massachusetts). With 28 drawings and four prints, the result is a well-rounded selection of works by artists who trained in or traveled to Italy, establishing, upholding and transmitting a long-lasting tradition of excellence in the graphic arts. These works depict a variety of subjects, from landscapes to mythological and classical episodes and religious scenes. Organized by region, the exhibition and catalog illustrate how each area of Italy—from the Veneto to Tuscany—developed its own artistic style, encouraged by a flourishing system of workshops where teachers imparted their approaches and methods to their students. Organized by Robert Randolf Coleman, professor emeritus of Renaissance and Baroque art history at the University of Notre Dame; Nelda Damiano, the Pierre Daura Curator of European Art at the Georgia Museum of Art; and Benedetta Spadaccini from Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milano, the exhibition highlights varying drawing techniques and materials, such as pen, ink, chalk, gouache, charcoal and colored paper. Coleman, Damiano and Spadaccini also collaborated on the accompanying exhibition catalog that the museum will publish, with independent curator Sonia Couturier contributing an entry as well. The catalog publishes many drawings for the first time, reattributing some of the works and presenting new scholarship. “The exhibition is a welcome opportunity to underscore the contribution and support of important donors and patrons of the museum, showcase wonderful examples of Italian drawing and advance scholarship,” Damiano said. Events connected with the exhibition include 90 Carlton: Winter, the museum’s quarterly reception, on Jan. 30 at 5:30 p.m. ($15, $10 for Friends of the Museum and Supporters, free for current members); Art Cart (After Class), a drop-in after-school program with hands-on activities on Feb. 5 from 3 to 4:30 p.m.; and a talk by Ben Ehlers, associate professor of history at UGA, on Feb. 25 at 2 p.m. as part of the museum’s Faculty Perspectives series. All programs are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
PROJECT STATUS REPORT TRAINING This in-person training on the new Project Status Report is targeted at faculty and staff, particularly those who need help determining the balance on a sponsored project. This is interactive training held in a computer lab with time for questions as well as demonstrations using projects familiar to the class attendees. The class also will cover subscribing to and customizing reports. Sign up through https://pep.uga.edu/. 2 p.m. Room K, Training and Development Center.
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center returns for ‘French Enchantment’ By Bobby Tyler btyler@uga.edu
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center will return to Athens on Jan. 21 to perform “French Enchantment,” a program showcasing works by French composers Maurice Ravel, Camille SaintSaëns and Gabriel Fauré. The 7:30 p.m. Hodgson Hall concert will feature pianist and Chamber Music Society co-artistic director Wu Han, violinist Paul Huang, violist Matthew Lipman and cellist Clive Greensmith. Han was a recipient of Musical America’s Musician of the Year Award and has risen to international prominence through her wide-ranging activities as a concert performer, recording artist, educator and cultural entrepreneur. Together with cellist David Finckel, she co-founded ArtistLed, classical music’s first musician-directed and Internet-based recording company. Huang is the recipient of a prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2015 and a 2017 Lincoln Center Award for Emerging Artists. He has recently performed with the Mariinsky Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony, the Houston Symphony, the Taipei Symphony and the National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan. Winner of the 2011 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, Huang earned both bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the Juilliard School. He plays on the 1742 exWieniawski Guarneri del Gesù on loan through the Stradivari Society of Chicago. Lipman has appeared with the Minnesota Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, Juilliard Orchestra and at Chicago’s Symphony Center. The Strad praised his “most impressive” debut album, Ascent, released in 2019, and his recording of Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante with violinist Rachel Barton Pine and Sir Neville Marriner topped the Billboard charts. A native of Chicago, Lipman is on the faculty at Stony Brook University and performs on a 1700 Matteo Goffriller viola on loan from the RBP Foundation. Greensmith was a member of the worldrenowned Tokyo String Quartet from 1999 until 2013, giving more than 100 performances each year in venues that included Carnegie Hall, Sydney Opera House, London’s Southbank Centre, Paris Châtelet, Berlin Philharmonie, Vienna Musikverein and Suntory Hall in Tokyo. In 2019, he became the artistic director of the Nevada Chamber Music Festival and was appointed director of chamber music master classes at the Chigiana International Summer Academy in Siena, Italy. The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Athens concert will be recorded for broadcast on American Public Media’s Performance Today. A pre-performance talk will be given by Theresa Chafin, a graduate of UGA’s Hugh Hodgson School of Music. The talk begins at 6:45 p.m. in Ramsey Concert Hall. Tickets for the concert start at $35 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). Hodgson Concert Hall and Ramsey Concert Hall are located in the Performing Arts Center at 230 River Road in Athens.
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SEMINAR “Running a Crossing Route: Anabolic and Catabolic Roles for the Enolysosomal System of the Pervasive Brain Parasite Toxoplasma gondii,” Vernon Carruthers. 11 a.m. S175 Coverdell Center. TOUR AT TWO Tour, led by docents, of highlights from the permanent collection. 2 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. hazbrown@uga.edu.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 22 WORKSHOP Use the R.I.S.E model of mentoring, which stands for Respecting, Influencing, Supporting and Empowering, to mitigate socio-cultural differences, identify the impact of actual or perceived power in mentoring relationships and employ culturally responsive practices to help mentees identify personal values and beliefs, set organizational goals, and navigate obstacles that limit goal attainment. This faculty development workshop requires registration via the T&D Professional Education Portal. Facilitator: James Anderson. 1 p.m. Room AB, Training and Development Center. mary.carney@uga.edu.
This year’s Concerto Competition will feature performances by six Hugh Hodgson School of Music students.
Concerto Competition Concert brings cultures together By Camille Hayes
THURSDAY, JAN. 23
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FILM SERIES: ALFRED HITCHCOCK IN COLOR This series features three films in which Hitchcock uses color to further the meaning and ideas of his films. Each screening will be introduced by Janice Simon, Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor of Art History at the Lamar Dodd School of Art. Rope is one of Hitchcock’s greatest technical achievements, using innovative recording and editing techniques. 1948, 81 min. 7 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. hazbrown@uga.edu.
FRIDAY, JAN. 24 COFFEE AND CONNECTIONS Provost S. Jack Hu invites faculty and staff to participate in Coffee and Connections networking events. Vice presidents, deans and other administrators from across campus are invited to attend, as well. These informal networking events are a chance for faculty and staff to build connections with members of the university’s leadership team and among each other. Information and sign-up at https://provost.uga.edu/news-events/events/ coffee_connections/. 10 a.m. Studio 225. 706-583-0506. willr@uga.edu. (See Digest, page 3.) INTERNATIONAL COFFEE HOUR 11 a.m. Ballroom, Memorial Hall. 706-542-5867. isl@uga.edu. LIFELONG LEARNING FAIR Come and see what OLLI@UGA has to offer for Lifelong Learners age 50 and older including more than 250 classes, travel opportunities, social events and more. 1 p.m. Georgia Square Mall. 706-542-7715. olli@uga.edu. SOCIOLOGY COLLOQUIUM SERIES “Sexual Harassment Training and Men’s Motivation to Work with Women,” Justine Tinkler and Jody Clay-Warner, sociology, UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. 3:30 p.m. 214 Miller Learning Center. PERFORMANCE Ten acrobats from one of Australia’s most in-demand ensembles take the audience on a journey through what it means to be human. With incredible strength and agility, they connect each moment seamlessly with the next in a thrilling and heartstopping performance. $35-$45; $10 for students. 7:30 p.m. Also Jan. 25 at 2 p.m. Fine Arts Theatre, Fine Arts Building. 706-542-4400. ugaarts@uga.edu. (See story, below.)
SATURDAY, JAN. 25 SOCIAL JUSTICE SYMPOSIUM This annual student-organized event fosters dialogue and interaction between Athens-area residents and organizations that are working toward sustainable social change on a local level.
The annual Concerto Competition Concert will be held on Jan. 23 at 7:30 p.m. in Hodgson Hall. The concert is a part of the Thursday Scholarship Series. Six Hugh Hodgson School of Music students will perform solos alongside the University of Georgia Symphony Orchestra. The Concerto Competition is a longstanding tradition of the Hodgson School, where music students from all areas are selected choose, learn and perform a concerto for a faculty judging panel. “What makes [the program] a challenge is you never know what the winning selections are going to be. It can make for some very challenging programming,” said Mark Cedel, director of the UGA Symphony Orchestra and one of the conductors of the Concerto Competition Program. Three of the pieces will be conducted by Jean Góme, conducting assistant. The winners of the Concerto Competition have come to study music at UGA from three different continents and six different countries: Yidan Zhang, violin; Seung Hyun “Sonny” Yoo, piano; Valentina Ignjic, cello; Magdalena Wór, mezzo-soprano; Kelly Mozeik, oboe; and Tsai-Wei Li, piano. Zhang has performed on the violin throughout China and the U.S. and will be performing “Concerto for Violin, opus 47, D minor” by Jean Sibelius. Zhang is a graduate of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and Schwob School of Music at Columbus State and now is working towards her DMA with Levon Ambartsumian, Franklin Professor of Violin. Yoo was born in Gumi, South Korea. He holds a bachelor’s degree in music composition and two master’s degrees in composition and piano from Kent State University. Yoo has performed as a soloist with the Stow Symphony Orchestra, at the 2018 American Liszt Society festival and in Steinway Hall in New York City. He will be performing Brahms’ “Piano Concerto No 2, opus 83, B-flat major.” Topics include access to health and financial services, food, housing, transportation and effective communication. More than a dozen nonprofit organizations will be represented. The event also includes the presentation of the June Gary Hopps Bridge Award, which recognizes the efforts of a local individual or group in support of human rights. The symposium is sponsored by the Center for Social Justice, Human and Civil Rights, the UGA School of Social Work, UGA Office of Sustainability, UGA’s Office of Multicultural Services and Programs and the Georgia United Credit Union. 8 a.m. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of
Circa Contemporary Circus sets performances By Bobby Tyler btyler@uga.edu
UGA Presents is bringing Australia’s Circa Contemporary Circus to the Fine Arts Theatre for two performances of Humans on Jan. 24 at 7:30 p.m. and Jan. 25 at 2 p.m. Humans features 10 acrobats in a stirring journey of what it means to be human, and how our bodies, connections and aspirations all form part of who we are. Based in Brisbane, Circa was founded in 2004 and has toured throughout the world, performing to more than a million people in 40 countries. The company is at the forefront of the new wave of contemporary Australian circus, pioneering how extreme physicality can create powerful and moving performances. Under the direction of circus visionary Yaron Lifschitz, Circa features an ensemble of multi-skilled circus artists who perform regularly at leading festivals and venues in New York, London, Berlin and Montreal with seasons at Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Barbican Centre, Les Nuits de Fourvière, Chamäleon Theatre as well as major Australian festivals. Humans, created by Lifschitz and the Circa Ensemble, premiered January 2017 at the Sydney Festival. A reviewer for The Stage called Humans a “dazzling circus show celebrating the poetic potential of the human body…it’s awe-inspiring, wondrous stuff.” Tickets for the family-friendly show start at $35 for adults and $20 for children. Tickets can be
Athens. 706-207-5168. sailing@uga.edu. SWIMMING & DIVING vs Tennessee. 11 a.m. Gabrielsen Natatorium. WOMEN’S TENNIS vs Michigan State University. 2 p.m. Dan Magill Tennis Complex. MEN’S BASKETBALL vs Ole Miss. 5:30 p.m. $15. Stegeman Coliseum.
SUNDAY, JAN. 26 HEARTFULNESS MEDITATION SESSION Heartfulness is a simple and subtle practice of meditation that connects each person with the light in their hearts. Through a network of meditators and a useful smartphone app, take part in a daily practice that awakens the potential for simple, mindful existence. 3 p.m. 471 Tate Student Center. anjalisindhuvalli@gmail.com. WOMEN’S BASKETBALL vs South Carolina. 3 p.m. $5. Stegeman Coliseum.
MONDAY, JAN. 27 WORKSHOP Being an instructor requires an intentional thoughtfulness in reflecting on teaching practices in ways that move everyone productively forward. In “Becoming a Critically Reflective Practitioner,” learn more about the tools and strategies for becoming a truly reflective practitioner. This event is open to all UGA instructors and faculty. 2:25 p.m. 372 Miller Learning Center. 706-542-1355. jamie.adair@uga.edu.
COMING UP Australia’s Circa Contemporary Circus comes to Athens for two performances of Humans.
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Originally from Belgrade, Serbia, Ignjic has degrees from Novi Sad, Columbus State and Roosevelt University. Her competition success includes first place in the Belgrade State Contest 2000, first place in the 2005 Mokranjcev Memorial Festival and first place in the Academy of Arts competition. She will be performing “Cello Concerto No 1, opus 33, A minor” composed by Camille Saint-Saëns. Also performing a piece by Saint-Saëns, “Mon Coeur s’ouvre à ta voix” from Samson et Dalila, is Polish-born Wór. She has worked with The Metropolitan Opera, the National Symphony Orchestra and the National Philharmonic in Washington, D.C., the Washington National Opera, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Baltic Opera, among others. Mozeik, currently earning her DMA in oboe performance under the mentorship of associate professor Reid Messich, is the second oboist in the Greenville Symphony Orchestra. Originally from Pittsburgh, Mozeik received her Bachelor of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music and her Master of Music degree from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. For her concerto, she will perform “Concerto for Oboe, D major” by Strauss. Li is a top prize winner of the University of Taipei Concerto Competition as well as the Taipei and Keelung National Music Competitions in her native Taiwan. In the U.S., she has won the Lee University Concerto Competition and most recently received top prizes in the 2019 Atlanta Music Club, Georgia Music Teacher Association and Osaka International competitions and will be performing “Piano Concerto No 3, opus 22, C major” by Prokofiev with the UGA Symphony Orchestra. Tickets for the event are $20 for adults and $3 for students, and can be found online at pac.uga.edu. All proceeds directly benefit student scholarships. For more information, visit music.uga.edu. For more up to date information about concerts and other events at the School of Music, subscribe to the weekly email list. Those unable to make it to the concert can watch the live stream at music.uga.edu/live-streaming.
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J.W. FANNING LECTURE Jan. 28. Robert Johansson, chief economist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, will be the guest speaker at the 35th annual J.W. Fanning Lecture. 10 a.m. Holiday Inn, downtown Athens. 706-542-3705. eclance@uga.edu. 2020 STATE OF THE UNIVERSITY Jan. 29. President Jere W. Morehead will deliver the 2020 State of the University address to the campus community. 3:30 p.m. Chapel.
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Making a mess
Kristy Archuleta, associate professor in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, was recently quoted in a CNBC article about financial health. The article discussed how messy finances prevent people from achieving their financial goals. Archuleta said that one indicator of a “financial junk drawer” is making a purchase and lying about it. “Hiding income, large credit card debt and having a secret bank account are bigger common financial secrets,” Archuleta said. She follows up her statement by acknowledging that most people’s lack of financial knowledge makes managing money feel overwhelming. “If you have credit card debt, start paying off one credit card at a time by paying more than the minimum balance,” Archuleta said. She also advised that people change their habits in order to put more money toward paying off credit card debt.
Tracking turtles
Whit Gibbons, herpetologist and professor emeritus of ecology, was quoted in the Inside Science article “How Hunters Might Help Protect the World’s Rarest Turtle.” The Swinhoe’s softshell turtle (also called the Yangtze giant softshell turtle) is said to be the rarest turtle in the world, with just one captive male and another of unknown sex living in the Vietnam wild. This species of turtle is nearing extinction due to habitat loss, poaching and capture for illegal trade. However, the species’ outlook doesn’t appear to be as grim as scientists once thought. Because scientific knowledge is “far from sufficient in Vietnam” and Vietnam is a country scientists know little about, there is hope for the rediscovery of the turtles. A study conducted by interviewing and surveying local hunters showed promise and led researchers to search for trap locations, but some scientists feel the results could be misleading. “People can forget, they can lie or they can remember wrong,” said Gibbons. “Someone is going to find them, but it might not make a difference [to their survival] without changes in cultural attitudes and habitat degradation.”
Fighting the flu
Ted M. Ross, the director of the Center for Vaccines and Immunology in UGA’s College of Veterinary Medicine, was recently quoted by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The article discusses the concerns about the 20192020 flu season. After getting off to a rough start, the number of cases, hospitalizations and deaths dramatically increased over the holidays and will likely continue to spread. “It’s always unique and hard to predict,” said Ross, who also is a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar and professor of infectious diseases. “It could fade away after the holiday break. Odds are, it will continue to increase, and when kids return to school, we will see large increases in flu cases.” The article reports that Georgia is one of 25 states reporting high flu activity and that influenza B is the predominant strain.
Bundled up
Taylor Cole Miller, assistant professor of media studies and academic director of Grady College’s Peabody Media Center, was quoted in an article about Verizon’s decision to unbundle its television and internet services. Although a representative of Verizon told Marketplace that it was a matter of transparency, the article says that it’s a revenue play. “I think getting rid of bundling is actually only ostensibly better for the consumer,” Miller said. “Bundling actually helps a lot of niche channels, especially channels for marginalized communities, to actually have channels that are related to them.”
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Ben Cecil’s own study abroad experience as a student at UGA was a transformative experience. He is now the assistant director of the international student life department in the Division of Student Affairs.
ISL assistant director shares influence from his own study abroad experience By Victoria Vanhuss
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For Ben Cecil, assistant director of the international student life department in the Division of Student Affairs, the responsibilities of his position perfectly blend his passions—international education, community building and travel. Cecil, who studied international affairs at the University of Georgia, said his undergraduate experience as a resident advisor with University Housing as well as his time studying abroad with UGA at Oxford were transformative experiences that set him on his current career path. “I went on this program and realized—wait a minute—there are people who do this student affairs work in a study abroad/international affairs context,” he said. “I had an ‘a-ha’ moment and realized that it was what I wanted to do.” Cecil arrived back in the states and began a graduate program in higher education at Florida State University. Keeping his new career path in mind, he held several student affairs positions before breaking into the competitive area of international education. During his post-graduation job hunt, Cecil came across a “serendipitous” position located in his old stomping grounds of Athens. Athens has surpassed Cecil’s expectations the second time around. He said that the city feels more like home now
than it ever did before. “It’s startling, in a good way, that I enjoy Athens far more as an adult than as a student,” Cecil said. “ I loved it then, but I’ve been able to form a community on campus as a working professional and off campus, too. It’s been a completely different experience.” One place that Cecil built relationships was at a local gym. Since losing nearly 150 pounds a few years back, he tries to maintain a healthy lifestyle by getting up early to exercise at CrossFit Liberate. “I do a lot in terms of being active, outdoors but also at the gym, so I spend a lot of time with the people I work out with,” he said. “I also do yoga at a local studio, so exercising is where I’ve found so much of this community.” Community support is something that he not only values for himself but also aims to provide for UGA’s (sometimes homesick) international students, as well. The first time Cecil meets a new group of international students is usually at orientation. In addition to providing support with tasks like setting up bank accounts and finding grocery stores, his office works hard to provide outlets that help students feel less alone on the university’s large campus. “We do a lot of small group activities, a lot of team building and a lot of social events in the evening,” he said. “We do a good job of providing content in conjunction with many campus partners, but we realize that information
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needs to be balanced with the chance to connect with others. We want these students to build community early on so that they don’t feel so alone in their completely new environments.” The importance of community is often a recurring theme at the international program’s graduation, where every student is given a chance to speak about their accomplishments. Hearing about how these students overcame the challenges of a new country to realize their educational goal is one Cecil’s favorite parts of the job. “Hearing these students speak is a really good reminder of our impact,” he said. “I’ll recognize them from orientation, and it’s like seeing two different people because they’ve grown in their independence and self-confidence. It’s a really humbling reminder of how brave these students are.”
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
Brooks, Lawler receive UGA Athletic Association promotions University of Georgia Deputy Director of Athletics Josh Brooks has been promoted to senior deputy director, and Executive Associate Director of Athletics Will Lawler has been promoted to deputy director for compliance, according to an announcement on Jan. 9 by Greg McGarity, the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics. Lawler joins other deputy directors Darrice Griffin, Magdi El Shahawy, Stephanie Ransom and Matt Borman on the athletic leadership team. “Greg McGarity has assembled, in my view, the finest senior athletic staff anywhere,” President Jere W. Morehead said. “He has created quality and depth everywhere in the Georgia Athletic Association. I have particularly relied on the leadership and expertise of Josh Brooks in advancing our many capital facility projects and envisioning the future growth and positioning of
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Georgia athletics in a rapidly changing athletic environment. “Will Lawler has been a tremendous addition to our leadership team, particularly with respect to our work with the NCAA and the SEC,” Morehead also said. “We are very fortunate he left the SEC to join UGA two years ago and provide us with his expertise and guidance on a variety of key matters.” Morehead serves as chair of the Georgia Athletic Association Board
of Directors and vice president of the Southeastern Conference. Brooks oversees internal operations and external operations and leads the athletic department’s planning for facility expansion and construction, including the recent $63 million improvement to the West End Zone of Stanford Stadium and the current $80 million expansion and renovation of Butts-Mehre Heritage Hall. Brooks directly oversees the game-day operations for football and continually integrates data and research to help improve the game-day experience. Administratively, Brooks serves as the sports supervisor for football, track and field and cross country. Lawler oversees all areas of SEC, NCAA and UGA compliance and serves as an athletic liaison with the University of Georgia General Counsel’s Office.
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Teaching Academy marks 20 years at UGA Nine charter members of the University of Georgia Teaching Academy and its first inductee, Ron Simpson, professor emeritus of higher education and science education, gathered recently to commemorate the program’s 20th anniversary of engaging the larger university community to embrace the joy, passions and rewards of teaching and learning. “[The impetus for the academy] wasn’t about one pendulum swinging between teaching and research,” said Peter J. Shedd, one of the Teaching Academy’s charter members and a professor emeritus at the Terry College of Business.“It was the recognition that there are several pendulums [for teaching, research and service] and all needed to be swinging toward excellence.” In spring 1999, a small group of faculty met with Tom Dyer, then-vice president for instruction, to discuss a Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching initiative to support institutional teaching academies. From this initial inquiry, an advisory committee formed, and on Oct. 27, 1999, the UGA Teaching Academy was established with 13 signatories of a preamble that remains the guiding vision of the academy’s work. In addition to Shedd, the Teaching Academy’s charter members are Robert L. Anderson, physics; Jeanne A. Barsanti, veterinary medicine; Josef M. Broder, agricultural and applied economics; Ronald L. Carlson, law; Joe W. Crim, cellular biology; Sylvia M. Hutchinson, Institute of Higher Education; William K. Jackson, instructional support and development; Patricia L. Kalivoda, instructional support and development; Jeremy Kilpatrick, math education; Patricia Bell-Scott, child and family development and women’s studies; Frederick J. Stephenson, marketing; and Susette M. Talarico, political science. The original group intentionally had representation across the university. For members like Crim, it was especially rewarding to find kindred spirits who valued the effort needed to be better educators in addition to productive researchers. “It was a way for us to connect the university quite literally,” he said. “We interacted with people beyond our departments and created a community that led to more interdisciplinary work.” Libby V. Morris, the Zell B. Miller Distinguished Professor of Higher Education and director of the Institute of Higher Education, is a 2004 inductee of the Teaching Academy. She said what the group had started in 1999 has had ripple effects throughout the university today. Hutchinson, who is now a professor emerita of higher education, agreed.
RETIREES November Twelve UGA employees retired Nov. 1. Retirees, their job classification, department and years of service are:
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The University of Georgia Teaching Academy marked its 20th anniversary on Oct. 27 with a reunion luncheon of its charter members and first inductee.
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From left: Josef Broder welcomes the Teaching Academy’s Class of 2019 members David F. Jackson, Melissa Landers-Potts, Stephanie Tingler, Anne Shaffer, Silvia Giraudo, John Mativo, Kelly Dyer, Khaled Rasheed and Robert Dove.
“We could see people all over campus with an interest in teaching,” she said. From the original 13 members, the Teaching Academy now has nearly 200 members still actively engaged throughout the university. Under the leadership of Broder, an associate dean in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences who currently chairs the Teaching Academy executive board, the Teaching Academy continues to promote excellence in teaching through workshops, symposia and assistance with the university’s instructional awards. The Teaching Academy was instrumental
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in elevating the Meigs Teaching Award to bestow the title of Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor to the recipients. It has produced books of teaching tips titled Chalk Talks, and in 2011, it expanded to develop a fellowship program for junior faculty known as the Teaching Academy Fellows. Nine faculty members were inducted as the Class of 2019 into the Teaching Academy on Nov. 25. They are C. Robert Dove, animal and dairy science; Kelly A. Dyer, genetics; Silvia Q. Giraudo, foods and nutrition; David F. Jackson, mathematics and science education; Melissa A. Landers-Potts, microbiology; John M. Mativo, career and information
Cathy A. Brown, professor, College of Veterinary Medicine-Athens Diagnostic Lab, 29 years, 2 months; Emily Coffee, administrative assistant II, geography department, 14 years, 5 months; Inez Finch, accountant, University Housing-administrative services and communications, 24 years, 5 months; Michael L. Gibbs, electronics technician III, crop and sciences department, 29 years, 9 months; Pierce M. Golden, emergency operations coordinator, Emergency Preparedness Office, 11 years, 11 months; James Hollibaugh, professor, School of Marine Programs, 22 years, 2 months; Kristie G. Huff, business manager III, chemistry department, 29 years, 2 months; John Jett, senior security guard, Griffin Academic Programs, 10 years, 2 months; Vivian A. Lovern, administrative specialist I, UGA Libraries-Special Collections, 41 years, 4 months; Willard O. Mittelman, library assistant II, UGA Libraries-general operations, 20 years; Mona D. Powell, administrative specialist II, UGA Cooperative Extension-Southwest District, 18 years, 1 month; and Karan A. Rawlins, Extension educator, entomology department, 10 years, 2 months. Source: Human Resources
studies; Khaled Rasheed, computer science; Anne E. Shaffer, psychology; and Stephanie Tingler, music. As an instructor, Landers-Potts said it is most important to her to encourage and excite students about learning. “I believe that a curious person—one who is genuinely interested in new ideas and new perspectives—is going to inherently be a better citizen,” she said. “I am grateful for a career in which I can be energized by people who are in such an exciting time in their development.” More information on the membership and activities of the Teaching Academy is at http://teachingacademy.uga.edu/.
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Book looks at fantastic elements of Caribbean
Working Juju: Representations of the Caribbean Fantastic Andrea Shaw Nevins University of Georgia Press Hardback: $44.95
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Working Juju examines how fantastical and unreal modes are deployed in portrayals of the Caribbean in popular and literary culture as well as in the visual arts. The Caribbean has historically been constructed as a region mantled by the fantastic. Andrea Shaw Nevins analyzes such imaginings of the Caribbean and interrogates the freighting of Caribbeaninfused spaces with characteristics that register as fantastical. These fantastical traits may be described as magical, supernatural, uncanny, paranormal, mystical and speculative. The book asks throughout, “What are the discursive threads that run through texts featuring the Caribbean fantastic?” In Working Juju, Nevins teases out the multi-layered and often obscured connections among texts such as the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, planter and historian Edward Long’s History of Jamaica and Grenadian sci-fi writer Tobias Buckell’s Xenowealth series set in the future Caribbean.
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Research and Education Centers get new sites
www.caes.uga.edu/research/places/experiment-stations-rec.html The University of Georgia’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Research and Education Centers recently increased their digital presence on the CAES website through new, updated webpages depicting each center’s unique research focus, outreach and impact. On the websites, visitors can find information about the centers,
research resources and learn more about the role research plays in the college. To give visitors a virtual peak into the centers themselves, each website features an overview video about the work of the research and education centers. These websites help knit together the local, state and global network and impact CAES research continues to provide.
Associate Editor Krista Richmond Art Director Jackie Baxter Roberts Photo Editor Dorothy Kozlowski Writers Leigh Beeson Hayley Major The University of Georgia is committed to principles of equal opportunity and affirmative action. The University of Georgia is a unit of the University System of Georgia.
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PROFESSORS from page 1 to identify effective and less costly booster vaccination schedules, and his models are helping to inform health agencies worldwide on pandemic preparedness and forecasting infectious disease threats. Rohani has received numerous honors from UGA, including the Creative Research Medal. His national honors include a 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship to pursue his work on modeling childhood diseases. Rohani has served as a top expert on the World Health Organization’s panel on vaccination strategies for measles and dengue and is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. “Dr. Rohani is truly one of the world’s leaders in the scientific development and application of modeling and statistics in infectious diseases,” said Betz Halloran, professor of biostatistics at the University of Washington and a researcher at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. Simons studies the processes by which social experiences become biologically embedded and influence mental and physical health outcomes. His research suggests that social factors, such as marital, work, financial and social status variables, impact biological aging and the development of chronic illness more so than the effects of diet, exercise, body mass index, smoking and other known health-risk factors. Simons has published more than 240 peer-reviewed articles, and his research is supported by grants totaling more than $45 million, including awards from the
National Institute on Aging, the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, and the CDC. His research articles have generated more than 33,000 citations. Simons is a Fellow of the university’s Owens Institute for Behavioral Research and co-directs the institute’s Center on Biological Embedding of Social Events and Relationships. He received the 2019 Southeastern Conference Faculty Achievement Award and is a Fellow of the American Society of Criminology. His publication awards include Best Article of the Year from three professional organizations for three different articles published in flagship journals. He also serves regularly on National Institutes of Health review committees. “Dr. Simons is an unusually prolific scholar, with dozens of published papers to his credit that attest to his unstinting commitment to understanding a host of complex questions about families, child well-being and the circumstances in which families develop and change,” said Thomas N. Bradbury, Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles. “There is really no way forward in our field without this kind of sustained, scholarly focus on topics of great social significance like these.” The Regents’ Professorship includes a $10,000 salary increase and is granted for an initial period of three years, which may be renewed. Awardees also receive a yearly academic support account of $5,000 as long as the Regents’ Professorship is held.
UNIVERSITY WOMAN’S CLUB REISSUES CHILDREN’S BOOK—
Mary Adams (right), former UGA first lady, recently was presented a copy of The Little Bulldog by Tommie Mullis (left), the scholarship chair of the University Woman’s Club. A recent second printing of the children’s book, created and published by the UWC, has sold out. Proceeds from the sale of the book benefit the UWC First Ladies Undergraduate Scholarship. Awards from this endowed scholarship with the UGA Foundation have been issued yearly since 1985. For more information about the scholarship, www.womansclub.uga.edu. Submitted photo
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The UGA Ballroom Performance Group will present the 29th annual Ballroom Magic! Jan. 23-25 at the dance department. Tickets are on sale at pac.uga.edu.
Staff Networking Program
Staff Council is accepting applications until Feb. 20 for the next cohort of the UGA Staff Networking Program. This program will run from March-August. The program connects groups of staff members across disciplines and divisions for six months of personal enrichment and professional growth opportunities. There is no charge to participate in the program. This initiative of the Staff Council is supported by the Office of the President and Human Resources’ Training & Development Department and is administered by a volunteer program committee. Employees selected to participate in the program will by notified by March 12 of their assigned networking groups. The application is online at https://bit.ly/36IjPTM. Contact Anjali Dougherty, program committee chair, at
adougher@uga.edu for more details.
Student employee awards
Nominations for the Student Employee of the Year Award are being accepted until Feb. 6. Sponsored by the UGA Career Center and UGA Student Affairs, the award is an opportunity for faculty and staff to honor an outstanding student employee who has helped make an impact within their department. In addition to the individual award, one team of students who go above and beyond in their service to others will be recognized. One nominator will be able to nominate two to 10 students for the team award. The winning team will be invited and recognized during the awards lunch. The top 100 student employees will be invited, along with their nominating faculty/staff member, to an awards luncheon on April 15 at the Tate Student Center. The nomination form is online at http://career.uga.edu/hireuga/seoty. Bulletin Board is limited to information that may pertain to a majority of faculty and staff members.
Every two years, DeLTA will incorporate and train a new cohort of facilitators. The multi-disciplinary faculty members will spearhead new initiatives in their respective departments to gradually expand the reach of DeLTA’s efforts. Facilitators are then broken up into three different action teams— instructional, leadership and strategic—to tackle different goals in the planning and implementation processes. “This project is designed to allow STEM faculty an opportunity to collaborate with other faculty to address challenges that they are finding in their teaching,” said Peggy Brickman, Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor in the department of plant biology and leader of the project’s instructional action team. “In addition to their own perspectives, they have the opportunity to examine student work on assignments and tests to examine where students are having difficulties.” DeLTA kicked off the academic year with a talk from David Asai, a renowned scientist and senior director of science education at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Asai’s talk, titled “Opportunities…Missed,” explored current and future efforts to transform STEM higher education. “In science, I think instead of asking our students ‘what do you think?,’ we ask them ‘what do you know?’ ” Asai said. “It takes away the sense that students are there to learn something and feels more like they are just there to memorize.”
Asai encouraged STEM leadership to promote exploration through hands-on experiences. “The difference between thinking and knowing and discovering and getting the right answer is what I think we, the people in this room who care about this, need to think about.” DeLTA leadership are also seeking opportunities to collaborate and expand nationally. In the fall, Lemons attended the Transforming the Evaluation of Teaching conference at the National Academies of Science in Washington D.C., where she collaborated with more than a dozen faculty from across the country. Participants presented their current initiatives to transform the teaching evaluation process to build consensus on the approach to gathering effective student feedback. Throughout the year, DeLTA facilitators will continue to explore methods to inspire change in how STEM is taught and supported by departments and institutions. Actions such as increasing hands-on learning and improving transparency in course evaluations are expected to take place in UGA STEM departments within the next year as beginning steps to a larger STEM education transformation. “DeLTA and projects like it are thinking especially about how we teach, how the pedagogy works, how we make our classrooms and laboratories more inclusive for our students,” Asai said.
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distribution platforms,” said Jeffrey Jones, executive director of Peabody. “Moving the ceremony to Los Angeles reflects the evolution of Peabody’s commitment to celebrating the meaningful and significant narratives about pressing social issues, right in the world’s capital of content creation.” For 80 years, Peabody has been a beacon for shining a light on emerging voices, diversity and social issues across broadcast and digital media. Independent of marketing or lobbying, of celebrity sway or public popularity, Peabody Award winners and nominees are an exclusive group who transcend commerce and rise to the level of art, creating compelling narratives that tackle today’s issues with depth, complexity and empathy. Nominees for Peabody Awards will be announced in April, with the winners revealed in May. All nominees must receive a unanimous vote by the jurors; 60 nominees are selected, 30 of which will be honored with a Peabody Award in June in Los Angeles.
Enhancement, a partner in the GCS Program, offers tutoring, workshops, academic coaching and other support, including seminars for first- and third-year students geared toward introducing them to campus resources and preparing them for career and internship searches, respectively. These resources contributed to the 98% retention rate the program recorded between fall 2018 and fall 2019. “With this scholarship program, the opportunities are endless,” said Eli Owens, an exercise and sport science major. “The GCS program has enriched my college life greatly by providing me with financial aid, introducing me to new amazing friends, providing me with an awesome support group and so much more.” The students supported by the GCS Program make up a unique and diverse segment of UGA’s student body. The top majors among GCS recipients are biology, psychology, finance, political science and computer science.
HEALTH from page 1 and school community leaders and survey them on the needs of their students and how a community-based clinic might fit in,” said Bien. The student team’s first assignment was to assist the CCSD task force in the analysis of needs assessment surveys delivered to parents and students at Hilsman and Gaines during March 2019. A total of 125 parents and 427 students completed the surveys.The public health students provided their analysis findings to the SBHC task force in April 2019. Survey results solidly confirmed a need for an SBHC in Clarke County, said Bien. Nearly one-quarter of the parents surveyed had trouble getting medical, dental or mental health services for their children, and 18% reported no regular source of health care. Parents also identified the inability to take time off from work and lack of transportation as their most significant barriers to accessing care for their children. “For low-income families, it’s really difficult for parents to leave work to pick up their kid and take them to a doctor,” said Bien. “The new school-based clinic will be able to help parents by providing the care their children need on site and in real time.” Results from the student surveys confirmed parent survey findings that certain student health care needs are not being met, particularly mental health and dental care. Mallis, who led the CPH team’s analysis efforts, was surprised to see the need for mental health services rank so highly with both parents and students. “I was particularly taken aback by the fact
that half of the students reported at least one mental health concern. It surprised me that these students, some as young as fourth grade, were saying, ‘Yes, I need mental health services, and I can’t get them,’ ” said Mallis. “Luckily, one of the main goals of this clinic is to meet this need.” To help educate Hilsman and Gaines faculty and staff about the benefits provided by the new SBHC and engage their help in getting students enrolled in the clinic, the team developed an outreach plan, including materials that teachers could use to answer questions from students or parents. “The teachers will be responsible for interacting with parents and obtaining the consent forms required for each child to be able to access the SBHC’s health care services,” said Bien. “So, it was important for us to provide a way to answer questions, show appreciation and build excitement about the new clinic.” The school district is now making plans to adopt the students’ outreach model for its engagement efforts in the upcoming year. In December, the team’s efforts were recognized by the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, which named Kimbrough and Mallis among the Students Who Rocked Public Health in 2019. “This is an amazing collection of emerging professionals,” said Justin Moore, journal associate editor of the winning field of students. “The passion, commitment and creativity of our honorees is remarkable. I cannot wait to see how they will contribute to the profession in the future.”