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Career outcomes rate for UGA’s Class of 2016 at 95 percent By Aaron Hale
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UGA undergraduates Amanda El-Kadi, left, and Sydney North, who are both interning in Washington, D.C., through the Washington Semester Program, recently attended a seminar on space policy hosted by Lockheed Martin.
‘Amazing opportunity’ Interns learn more than politics during Washington, D.C., internships
By Krista Richmond krichmond@uga.edu
What Sydney North and Amanda El-Kadi are learning this semester isn’t found within the walls of a classroom. North, a third-year student from Carrollton double-majoring in journalism and political science, and El-Kadi, a fourth-year student from Alpharetta majoring in international affairs and Arabic, are two of 31 students participating in UGA’s Washington Semester Program this spring. North is interning with the American Chemistry Council, and El-Kadi is interning with the Department of State in the Foreign Service Institute. “It’s been a totally different learning experience from anything in Athens or Atlanta that I’ve
had before,” North said. El-Kadi agreed, saying it is “an amazing opportunity.” In addition to seeing the sometimes theoretical points of their classes put into practice, the students also are learning networking skills, often from the 80 Washington Semester Program alumni living in the District of Columbia. “Networking is a really big thing we’re told about all the time,” El-Kadi said. “I’ve been using my time here to talk to all of these amazing people in the State Department who have done so much and gotten to go so many places. They have the job that I want, so learning from them is amazing.” This internship also has helped North narrow down her career path after graduation, saying that she now knows she wants to focus
on policy and legislation. “I use the [lessons] I learned in my UGA classes now every single day in my internship,” North said. “It’s definitely helped my education because now I actually have to use what I’ve learned and remember what I’ve learned, and it’s applicable to me and my career. It’s hard when you are not actually working in it to see how it applies to your life and your job.” North and El-Kadi added that money management and time management skills have become even more important while living in an expensive area and working a minimum of 40 hours per week. “I think [these internships] prepare you more for real life,” El-Kadi said. “It makes you have a lot more responsibility than just See INTERNSHIPS on page 8
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
Three business leaders share advice, discuss experiences at Women’s Leadership Forum By Camie Williams camiew@uga.edu
Three dynamic female business leaders shared their advice and experiences with more than 100 students at UGA’s inaugural Women’s Leadership Forum. Donna Hyland, president and chief executive officer of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta; Allison Moran, chief executive officer of RaceTrac; and Teresa Ostapower, chief digital officer for AT&T, discussed their career paths and answered students’ questions on overcoming barriers, b uilding con-
fidence and leading with conviction. Held Feb. 22, the event was hosted by the Office of the President and the Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost and is part of the campuswide Women’s Leadership Initiative that was launched in 2015. “The growing emphasis on women in leadership roles bodes well for the future,” said Provost Pamela Whitten. “We have made great progress in higher education and in the corporate world, but there is still a lot of room for improvement. Providing thoughtprovoking opportunities like this
for our students is an important step in preparing them for leadership roles in the future.” Hyland advised students to take advantage of opportunities and to be confident in their abilities. “Say yes to as many things as you can and get that experience, and then the sky is the limit as to what you can do,” Hyland said to the students. “It’s a great time for you to be entering the workforce, and I think you are going to be given a lot of advantages because of that. Hopefully some of us helped pave the way so that you can have See LEADERSHIP on page 8
Caroline Moore enrolled at the University of Georgia unsure of what she wanted to become after graduation. Four years later, she came out career ready in the field of public relations and advertising. Moore, who now works for Atlanta PR firm The Wilbert Group, credits UGA faculty and staff for preparing and supporting her while she earned her degree. Through experiential learning opportunities in and out of the classroom, she developed the skills that employers
in her field are seeking. It’s paid off with a job that Moore loves. She is one of many in UGA’s Class of 2016 able to translate a degree into a career opportunity. The UGA Career Center is reporting a 95 percent career outcomes rate for the Class of 2016—13 percent higher than the national average. That rate reflects the percentage of students who are either employed, continuing their education or not seeking employment within an average of six months after graduating. Of those students,
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Disaster management expert named University Professor By Camie Williams camiew@uga.edu
Cham Dallas, professor of health policy and management in the College of Public Health and director of the Institute for Disaster Management, has been named University Professor, an honor bestowed on faculty members who have made a significant impact on the University of Georgia beyond their normal academic responsibilities. Dallas is a world-renowned expert in disaster management. He began his career in the College of Pharmacy in 1985, where he directed the interdisciplinary toxicology program and UGA’s Center for Mass Destruction Defense, which was a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Center for Public Health Preparedness. In 2007, he
founded the Institute for Disaster Management in the College of Public Health. “Our state, nation and world are better prepared to manage a range of disasters thanks to the extraordinary Cham Dallas dedication of Dr. Dallas,” said Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Pamela Whitten. “He is a remarkable exemplar of how the University of Georgia’s teaching, research and service missions complement each other to create a more secure and prosperous future.” Dallas has performed research in emergency preparedness that See PROFESSOR on page 7
BALDWIN HALL EXPANSION PROJECT Remains of individuals discovered during construction being reinterred Following the guidance of the State Archaeologist’s Office, this spring the University of Georgia is reinterring the remains of individuals discovered during the construction of the Baldwin Hall expansion. The reburial is taking place in Oconee Hill Cemetery and will be commemorated with a ceremony on March 20. In total, 105 gravesites were identified. The remains were discovered in November 2015 during work on the expansion of Baldwin Hall, an academic building adjacent to the Old Athens Cemetery, which operated as a public cemetery throughout the 19th century. University
planners did not anticipate discovering remains on the site. Construction was delayed from November 2015 until February 2016, while archaeologists from Southeastern Archaeological Services Inc. and bioarchaeologists with the UGA department of anthropology worked to exhume the remains. Exploration and exhumation continued through the end of January 2017. To clarify, archaeologists did not discover 105 bodies. In fact, only 30 gravesites contained sufficient remains to allow for DNA testing. Some sites were empty,
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PRESIDENT MOREHEAD ATTENDS STAFF COUNCIL MEETING—UGA President Jere W.
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Name: Andre Simmons and Cara Winston Simmons Position: Director of the Student Success and Advising Center in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences (Cara) / Assistant Manager of the Accounts Andre and Cara Simmons Payable Department (Andre) At UGA: 13 years (Cara) / 11 years (Andre) Beneficiary of their gifts to the university: FACS Fund for Excellence, Multicultural Services and Programs Development Fund, College of Veterinary Medicine Support Fund Why they contribute: “We give because of our wonderful memories at UGA. Giving back increases the opportunities and experiences of our students. It’s the least we can do to a university that has given so much to us.”
To make your contribution to the Georgia Fund, please contact the Office of Annual Giving at 706-542-8119 or visit give.uga.edu. Source: Office of Development
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Sign up for new health initiatives
Are you looking for an exciting way to get healthy this spring? UGA is offering faculty and staff two opportunities to participate in a spring health initiative: the University System of Georgia’s HealthTrails Challenge and the UGA Work/ Life Balance “Commit to U” campus walking initiative. HealthTrails is an online tracking program sponsored by the USG well-being program. All benefit-eligible employees are invited to join the UGA HealthTrails team and compete with their co-workers against other USG institutions during a six-week health and well-being challenge. The program includes a fun way to log steps, water consumption and acts of kindness to earn points for the UGA team. Simple, everyday healthy habits produce the greatest benefits, so each person’s contribution affects the team score. HealthTrails is compatible with Fitbit or Jawbone tracking devices so participants can sync their device to the HealthTrails account or app to automatically record progress. Participants who do not already own a wearable tracking device can register now to possibly qualify for a Fitbit subsidy of $44 toward the purchase of a Fitbit. The number of subsidies is limited. Registration is open through April 3 at https://usgwellbeing.healthtrails.com. The challenge will begin March 20 and end April 30. To kick off the event, the UGA Work/Life Balance Program is hosting the “Commit to U” group walk March 20 at noon. Employees are encouraged to join their co-workers and campus celebrities for a half-mile walk on one of five different campus walking routes. Employees wanting to join the UGA “Commit to U” walk should register at http://bit.ly/ committohealth. The first 100 registrants will receive a free T-shirt the day of the event. After the kick-off walk, campus walking groups will be formed to continue the “Commit to U” walking initiative. “Everyone needs to take a break during the day, get out from behind their computer and get outside on our beautiful campus,” said Kiz Adams, UGA’s work/life balance coordinator. “I feel sure when employees see how easy it is to walk, how lovely the campus is and how much better they feel after getting outside and walking—more focused and less stressed—they will begin to incorporate a daily walk in their schedules.” For more information, visit www.hr.uga.edu/ work-life-balance or contact worklifebalance@uga. edu. Source: UGA Office of Work/Life Balance
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Morehead spoke to the Staff Council during its March 1 meeting and announced plans for a third Staff Appreciation Day, which will be held May 11 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the intramural fields. In addition, Morehead reiterated the importance of and discussed work on the three main issues he outlined during his State of the University address: increasing scholarship support for students, enhancing learning environments and solving grand challenges. About the Georgia Commitment Scholarship Program, he said, “This kind of program speaks volumes to me. I was a first-generation college student myself, and I want to see us open additional avenues for students to be able to come to Georgia who could not otherwise attend this institution.” Morehead also spoke about the Women’s Staff Leadership Institute, a continuation of efforts to seek out ways to support women’s leadership initiatives in conjunction with the Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost and Human Resources, saying the goal is to “encourage women to develop their leadership skills and careers at the University of Georgia” and be “one more positive step related to recruitment, hiring, career development, work/life balance and developing the future leaders of our staff.” Morehead also took questions from council members on a number of topics including salaries, parking, issues facing higher education, experiential learning and communications issues.
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Duke University professor to discuss ‘unequal colleges’ at McBee Lecture By Sharron Hannon shannon@uga.edu
The 28th Annual Louise McBee Lecture will be delivered March 17 by Charles Clotfelter, the Z. Smith Reynolds Professor of Public Policy Studies and professor of economics and law at Duke University. Clotfelter will speak on “Unequal Colleges in the Age of Disparity” at 10 a.m. in the auditorium of the Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries. A reception in the atrium will immediately follow his talk. In addition to his faculty position at Duke, Clotfelter is a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. His major research interests are in the economics of education, the nonprofit sector and public finance.
He is the author or co-author of numerous books pertaining to education and the nonprofit sector including Big-Time Sports in American Universities (Cambridge University Press, 2011) and After Brown: The Rise and Retreat of School Desegregation (Princeton University Press, 2004), for which he was co-winner of the Gladys M. Kammerer Prize, awarded by the American Political Science Association for the best political science publication in the field of U.S. national policy. While at Duke, Clotfelter has served as vice provost for academic policy and planning, vice chancellor and vice provost for academic programs. He also has served as president of the Southern Economic Association, and during the 2005-06 year
was a visiting scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation. Clotfelter grew up in Atlanta, received a bachelor’s degree from Duke University and a doctorate in economics from Harvard University. The McBee Lecture honors Louise McBee, who held leadership positions for more than 25 years at UGA before serving for more than a decade as a champion for higher education in the Georgia General Assembly. Launched in 1989 under the auspices of the Institute of Higher Education, the annual lecture brings to campus a distinguished leader in higher education to deliver a public talk. A video archive of lectures from the past several years can be found on the IHE website at http://ihe.uga.edu/news-and-events/ louise-mcbee-lectures/.
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Author Colm Toibin visits March 15-17 as Delta Chair
By Dave Marr
davemarr@uga.edu
The Jane and Harry Willson Center for Humanities and Arts will welcome the internationally acclaimed Irish writer Colm Toibin to UGA as the second annual Delta Visiting Chair for Global Understanding March 15-17. Toibin is a prize-winning novelist, short-story writer, dramatist and critic whose works have been translated into more than 30 languages. He is the author of the acclaimed novels The Master and Brooklyn, a regular contributor to the New York Review of Books and a contributing editor at the London Review of Books. The first public event of Toibin’s visit will be a March 15 screening of the Academy Award-nominated 2015 film adaptation of his 2009 novel Brooklyn at Cine, 234 W. Hancock Ave. in downtown Athens. A public reception and book signing event with Avid Bookshop will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the CineLab, followed by the screening at 7:30 p.m., which is open free to the public but with extremely limited seating available. Toibin will take part in an
audience Q&A session after the film. On March 16 at 3:30 p.m., Toibin will give a reading and talk in the Chapel titled “Staying Home, Leaving Home: Ireland and America,” followed by a book signing event at Avid Bookshop on Prince Avenue at 6 p.m. On March 17 at 7 p.m., Toibin will have a public conversation in the SeneyStovall Chapel with Irish writer and editor Fintan O’Toole, followed by a special St. Patrick’s Day performance by singer Iarla O Lionaird. O’Toole is a columnist, literary editor and drama critic for the Irish Times and one of Ireland’s leading public intellectuals. O Lionaird is one of Ireland’s most renowned singers. He is a member of The Gloaming and performed “Casadh an tSugain (Twisting the Rope)” in Brooklyn. From March 15-25 in the Barrow Hall Gallery, the College of Family and Consumer Sciences will host 1950s Fashion Inspired by Colm Toibin’s Brooklyn, an exhibit from the college’s Historic Clothing and Textile Collection curated by Monica Sklar, assistant professor of textiles, merchandising
and interiors. The Delta Visiting Chair, established by the Willson Center through the support of The Delta Air Lines Foundation, hosts outstanding global scholars, leading creative thinkers, artists and intellectuals who teach and perform research at UGA. Its first honoree was Alice Walker in 2015.
Correction
The article in the Feb. 27 issue of Columns about the 2017 Betty Jean Craige Lecture should have stated that the Feb. 13 lecture, and not the Feb. 14 public conversation, was organized by the comparative literature department with support from the units named in the article. Betty Jean Craige was head of the comparative literature department from 1997-199 and director of the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts from 1993-2011. We regret the error.
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Digest UGA School of Social Work hosts events to observe National Social Work Month
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Madison Bannister, left, and Ella Millsap take part in a cooking competition as part of the Seed Life Skills Symposium.
‘Something from scratch’ Seed Life Skills Symposium includes cooking competition, panel discussion
By Krista Richmond krichmond@uga.edu
Reading and mathematics are important parts of education, but for chef Hugh Acheson, so are culinary arts, applied design, economics and other areas of family and consumer sciences. “It’s about empowering kids with common sense and good skills. What they learn is the idea of how to live simply, smartly, economically and how to make good choices,” he said. “Life is really changed when you know things like how to cook an egg. It made me a better human in a lot of ways.” In 2015, Acheson worked with Athens-Clarke County school officials and others to start Seed Life Skills, a nonprofit organization that helps develop curricula around family and consumer sciences that teachers can integrate into their classrooms. The goal is to increase access to family and consumer sciences education, which helps enrich communities, according to director Almeta Tulloss. Seed Life Skills worked with UGA’s College of Family and Consumer Sciences on that curriculum, the College of Environment and Design helped Skills Life Skills host a charette in March 2016, and the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts helped organize and sponsored the Seed Life Skills Symposium on Feb. 22 that included a cooking competition, panel discussion and fundraising dinner that raised $6,500 before expenses. Nine students from Athens Community Career Academy and Clarke Middle School competed in three teams of two and one team of three for the best dish. The winner was a grilled kale and cabbage salad with vinaigrette prepared by Clarke Middle School students Don Bannister and Tomas Dougan. Acheson moderated the panel discussion “Food, Culture and Community,” which was held at the Chapel. Panelists included Tulloss; Helen Rosner, executive editor of Eater; Rashid Nuri, president and CEO of the Truly Eating Well Center for Natural Urban Agriculture; chef Tom Colicchio, author, restaurateur and head judge on the reality TV cooking competition Top Chef; and chef Michel Nischan, author,
In support of National Social Work Month, the UGA School of Social Work will hold several events with a focus on this year’s theme, “Social Workers Stand Up!” On March 13 at 7 p.m., the Center for Social Justice, Human and Civil Rights and the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences religion department will present the lecture “Mobilizing the Constructive Moral Power of Faith” in the Chapel. The speaker, David Gushee, is the Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics and founder and director of the Center for Theology and Public Life at Mercer University. On March 18, the UGA chapter of the Phi Alpha Honor Society will induct new members in a ceremony in the Reading Room of the Miller Learning Center. The society recognizes outstanding scholarship, leadership, service, impact and commitment to social work ideals. On March 20 from 5:30-7:30 p.m., the International Social Work Student Association will celebrate global social work practice with presentations, guest speakers, cultural demonstrations and an international potluck. “Self-Care Day,” an annual student-run event held throughout the Social Work building featuring activities that share ways to avoid and reduce stress, will be held March 21. The continuing education workshop, “Self-Care for Workers in Helping Professions: from Ways of Living to Ways of Being,” will be held March 25 on the UGA Gwinnett campus. More information about Social Work Month is at ssw.uga.edu/events.html.
Lipitor inventor to be featured speaker at College of Pharmacy’s Chu Lectureship
Jason Thrasher
Jason Thrasher
Tom Colicchio addresses a question during a panel discussion on food and community.
Hugh Acheson moderated the Seed Life Skills Symposium panel discussion.
food equity advocate, and founder and CEO of Wholesome Wave. The group took questions from the audience and discussed a variety of topics, including whether or not food is political and what the government’s role in it should be, issues around food in schools and how to intertwine the various threads of people interested in improving the food industry to create change. Panelists also shared advice they would give to families fighting food insecurity. Nuri and Nischan suggested families grow as much of their own food as possible.Tulloss agreed, adding that it helps to can, freeze or preserve that food. “It’s not going to change overnight,” Nuri said. “It’s not going to change in my lifetime, but we have started. We’ve made a beginning.” Colicchio’s advice was to seek out existing programs and organizations. “Whether it’s a federal program or a local program, there are resources out there,” he said. Food and nutrition is just one of the areas on which the Seed Life Skills curriculum focuses, along with sustainable design and conservation and economics. “When students don’t have access to family and consumer sciences classes, they don’t get a chance to apply their learning to everyday life,” Tulloss said. “Family and consumer sciences is the application of STEM to our everyday lives. It’s where we learn to budget our money. It’s where we learn to prepare food. It’s where we learn how to
problem-solve.” Still in a pilot phase, the program is being taught by four teachers, one at each of Clarke County School District’s four middle schools. They integrate lessons from Seed Life Skills into their own curriculum. Students can earn up to 20 badges for learning those skills. “When there is proper family and consumer sciences education in the classroom, you have students whose passions get a chance to grow and be nourished,” Tulloss said. “You know that feeling when you make something or you do something? They’re proud of themselves in a way you don’t necessarily feel when you take a quiz or test. When you make something from scratch, it is truly empowering.” That impact lasts into adulthood by encouraging them to make better choices later on, according to Acheson. Tulloss agreed, saying they aim to help students become resourceful and resilient problem-solvers. “I hope students take away from it that they are powerful,” she said. “They have the power to change the world and to change themselves.” That’s already the case for one student Tulloss mentioned. Alana, a sixthgrade student at Burney-Harris-Lyons Middle School, became so inspired by what she learned in the pilot program that she started her own business, Alana’s Blessed Creations, and now sells her handmade wreaths and decorative home goods at the West Broad Farmers Market.
Bruce D. Roth, the inventor of the cholesterollowering medication Lipitor, will be the featured speaker at the UGA College of Pharmacy’s annual Chu Lectureship. Open to the public, the lecture will be held March 29 at 11 a.m. in the college’s Pharmacy South auditorium (Room 101). Roth, the senior vice president of Small Molecule Drug Discovery at Genentech Research and Early Development, will discuss “The Discovery and Development of Lipitor: Would Anyone Make this Molecule Today?” A reception will precede the event at 10:30 a.m. Hosted by the College of Pharmacy’s pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences department, the Chu Lectureship brings internationally recognized leaders in drug discovery to UGA. It honors the accomplishments and contributions of David C.K. Chu, a Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus in the College of Pharmacy, who joined the faculty in 1982. Chu was named UGA’s “Inventor of the Year” in 2002 for the discovery of clevudine, a treatment for hepatitis B.
Environmental health scientist to give 2017 Woodroof Lecture March 30
Jo Anne Shatkin, an environmental health scientist and president of Vireo Advisors LLC, will deliver the 2017 J.G. Woodroof Lecture. Her talk, “Establishing the Safety of Novel Materials for Food Related Applications,” will be given March 30 at 12:30 p.m. in Mahler Hall of the Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Shatkin is a recognized expert in environmental science and policy, human health risk assessment, emerging contaminants policy, and environmental aspects of nanotechnology. As president of Vireo Advisors, she works with entrepreneurs to guide responsible, safe and sustainable product development and commercialization. The Woodroof Lecture is co-sponsored by the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences food science and technology department, the UGA Food Science Club and the UGA chapter of Phi Tau Sigma.
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School of Music hosts ‘Considering Matthew Shepard’ By Clarke Schwabe ccschwabe@uga.edu
The Hugh Hodgson School of Music will host composer and conductor Craig Hella Johnson as student vocalists and instrumentalists, including the University of Georgia Hodgson Singers and Glee Clubs, become the third ensemble ever to perform the Grammynominated “Considering Matthew Shepard” March 17 at 8 p.m. The Hodgson School’s connection to the work began with J.D. Burnett, assistant director of choral activities, who was called in to sub for another singer in Johnson’s profesCraig Hella Johnson sional choir Conspirare. The performance would be the premiere of “Considering Matthew Shepard.” “I was so taken with the piece, which we presented in Austin and Los Angeles and then recorded for [independent record label] Harmonia Mundi, that I broached the subject of a possible performance at UGA,” said Burnett. Burnett’s enthusiasm quickly convinced Dan Bara, director of choral activities at the School of Music, and Johnson, too, came on board with the idea of bringing the work and its composer to the Classic City. The passion/oratorio-like work, written in 2016, chronicles the story of Matthew Shepard, a University of Wyoming student who, in 1998, died after being attacked, tortured, tied to a fence and left for dead. “Matt Shepard and his story have led me on an inspiring, challenging and deeply meaningful journey that I continue to this day,” Johnson wrote of the work. “In composing ‘Considering Matthew Shepard,’ I wanted to create, within a musical framework, a space for reflection, consideration and unity around his life and legacy.” “Considering Matthew Shepard” employs a variety of musical styles, including chant, folk tunes, country and western, classical sacred choral, and gospel to tell the story. Tickets to the concert are $20 each or $6 with a UGA student ID and can be purchased at pac.uga.edu or the PAC box office.
EXHIBITIONS Artists of the New York School. Through March 19. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. hazbrown@uga.edu Driving Forces: Sculpture by Lin Emery. Through April 2. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. hazbrown@uga.edu To Spin a Yarn: Distaffs, Folk Art and Material Culture. Through April 16. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. hazbrown@uga.edu Advanced and Irascible. Through April 30. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. hazbrown@uga.edu Expanding Tradition: Selections from the Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Collection. Through May 7. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. hazbrown@uga.edu Equality Under the Law: History of the Equal Rights Amendment. Through May 12. Hargrett Library Gallery, special collections libraries. 706-542-8079. jclevela@uga.edu Necessary Words & Images: 70 Years of The Georgia Review. Through May 12. Hargrett Library Gallery, special collections libraries. 706-542-8079. jclevela@uga.edu Michael Ellison: Urban Impressions. Through May 21. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. hazbrown@uga.edu The NCAA Tennis Tournament in Athens. Through May 30. Rotunda, special collections libraries. 706-542-5788. hasty@uga.edu On the Stump—What Does it Take to Get Elected in Georgia? Through Aug. 18. Special collections libraries. 706-542-5788. jhebbard@uga.edu
MONDAY, MARCH 13 HOLI Hindu religious observance. LARS G. LJUNGDAHL LECTURE “The Importance of Growing Slowly: Roles for Redox-Active ‘Antibiotics’ in Microbial Survival and Development,” Dianne Newman, California Institute of Technology. There will be a small reception in the foyer of C127 Life Sciences Building at 3 p.m.
3:30 p.m. C127 Life Sciences Building. 706-542-4259. jtaylor@bmb.uga.edu
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH FILM SCREENING Screening of Maggie Growls, a documentary about the charming and unstoppable Maggie Kuhn (1905-1995), who founded the Gray Panthers in 1970 after being forced to retire from a job she loved. 6:30 p.m. 271 special collections libraries. 706-542-2846. tlhat@uga.edu
TUESDAY, MARCH 14 ECOLOGY SEMINAR “Predicting the Effects of Anthropocene Defaunation on Community Structure and Function in Changing Environments,” Hillary Young, University of California, Santa Barbara. A reception follows the seminar at 4:30 p.m. in the Odum School lobby hosted by the Odum School Graduate Student Association. 3:30 p.m. Auditorium, ecology building. 706-542-7247. bethgav@uga.edu FIRST BOOK UGA MEETING Join First Book UGA in raising the literacy level of low-income students in Athens. First Book UGA raises funds throughout the year to buy books for those in need and volunteers with the students and at libraries. At this meeting, the group kick off its fundraising campaign. 7:15 p.m. 143 Tate Student Center. 678-764-6269. ajc05842@uga.edu CONCERT Hugh Hodgson School of Music Professor Emeritus Richard Zimdars will perform with long-time collaborator Larry Bakst, tenor. 8 p.m. Ramsey Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center. 706-542-4752. ccschwabe@uga.edu
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15 SUSETTE M. TALARICO LECTURE “Criminal Records, Spillovers and the Growing Stickiness of Public Labels,” Christopher Uggen, University of Minnesota. The lecture is presented by the Criminal Justice Studies Program and the Criminal Justice Society. 11 a.m. Larry Walker Room, Law School. 706-542-2987. cmshaire@uga.edu WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH LECTURE “Joy as a Form of Activism’” by Nikki Giovanni, poet and University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech. 4 p.m. Mahler Hall, Georgia Center. zoe@uga.edu BASEBALL vs. Presbyterian. $5-$8. 6 p.m. Foley Field. 706-542-1231.
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The UGA Performing Arts enter will present the Ten Tenors C March 19 at 3 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall. Based in Australia, the Ten Tenors have become one of their country’s most successful touring groups, performing more than 2,500 live shows to a worldwide audience of more than 90 million. The 2017 world tour celebrates the 20th anniversary of the group’s creation. Since their founding, “The Ten” have released six platinum and gold records. They have shared the stage with Andrea Bocelli, John Travolta, Nicole Kidman, Geoffrey Rush, Keith Urban, Rod Stewart, Alanis Morissette, Willie Nelson and Christina Aguilera. “The best part of being in this group is being able to sing whatever we want to sing from all music genres, be it classical, rock or even diva pop,” said Paul Gelsumini, longtime member of the Ten Tenors. Tickets for the concert are $31 to $52 and can be purchased at the Performing Arts Center, online at pac.uga.edu or by calling the box office at 706-542-4400. UGA students can purchase tickets for $6 with a valid UGA ID, limit one ticket per student.
The Ten Tenors will perform March 19 at 3 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall.
University Theatre portrays a woman seeking liberation in Sophie Treadwell’s ‘Machinal’
SIGNATURE LECTURE “Staying Home, Leaving Home: Ireland and America,” Colm Toibin, Irish author, essayist and journalist. Delta Visiting Chair Lecture. Sponsored by the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts. 3:30 p.m. Chapel. (See story, page 2). FACULTY/STAFF GOLF CLINIC 5:30 p.m. UGA Golf Course. 706-369-5739. cudell96@uga.edu (See Bulletin Board, page 8).
FRIDAY, MARCH 17 LOUISE McBEE LECTURE “Unequal Colleges in the Age of Disparity,” Charles Clotfelter, Duke University. A reception in the atrium will immediately follow his talk. 10 a.m. Auditorium, special collections libraries. 706-542-0570. sheffiel@uga.edu (See story, page 2). PERFORMANCE Composer and conductor Craig Hella Johnson will lead student vocalists and instrumentalists, including the Hodgson Singers, in a performance of Considering Matthew Shepard. $20; $6 for UGA students with ID. 8 p.m. Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall. 706-542-4752. ccschwabe@uga.edu (See story, left.)
SATURDAY, MARCH 18 FAMILY DAY: TO SPIN A YARN View more than 40 wooden spinning implements from different countries throughout Europe in the exhibition To Spin a Yarn: Distaffs, Folk Art and Material Culture and learn how wool is processed from “sheep to shawl.” Then, try your own hand at weaving with yarn in the Michael and Mary Erlanger Studio Classroom. 10 a.m. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. PARTY OUT OF BOUNDS EVENT Q&A with host David Barbe and Rodger Brown, author of Party Out of Bounds: The B-52’s, R.E.M., and the Kids Who Rocked Athens, Georgia. 6:30 p.m. Prince Avenue Firehall #2, 489 Prince Ave. 706-542-47145. asharp@uga.edu (See Cybersights, page 7).
SUNDAY, MARCH 19 CONCERT With more than 90 million people worldwide witnessing their unmistakable charm, camaraderie and vocal power, The Ten Tenors have cemented their place as Australia’s premier crossover vocal group. $31-$52; $6 for UGA students with ID. 3 p.m. Hodgson Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center. 706-542-4400. ugaarts@uga.edu (See story, top right.)
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THURSDAY, MARCH 16
PERFORMANCE Sophie Treadwell’s episodic play depicts a young woman’s disastrous efforts to conform to society’s rigid expectations for women. Loosely based on the notorious Ruth Snyder case of 1927, Machinal starkly details the murderous consequences of denying your identity for the sake of others. Runs at 8 p.m. March 16-18 and 21-25 and 2:30 p.m. March 26. $12; $7 students. 8 p.m. Cellar Theatre, Fine Arts Building. 706-542-4400. (See story, right).
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University Theatre presents Machinal, the story of a voiceless young woman trapped by a cold society, in the Cellar Theatre March 16-26.
By Scout Storey
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University Theatre will present Machinal by Sophie Treadwell, directed by Marla Carlson in the Cellar Theatre March 16-18, 21-25 at 8 p.m. and March 26 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $12, $7 for students, and can be purchased at drama.uga.edu/ box-office, by phone at 706-542-4400, or in person at the Performing Arts Center or Tate Center box office. Treadwell’s Machinal tells the story of a young woman (played by theatre and psychology major Eva Ramirez) who is trapped in a restrictive life with no way to express herself or experience a larger world. Confined first by a repetitive job then a loveless marriage to her boss (played by theatre major John Buisman), she struggles not only to cling to a sense of self but also to make herself heard. When she meets a charming lover (played by theatre and psychology major Jordan Richards) who has lived the sorts of adventures she craves, she learns to strive for the life
she desires by any means necessary. An examination of the shifting social structures of 1920s America, Machinal places the plight of the voiceless in stark relief against the backdrop of everyday routine. “It’s one of the most important plays of the 20th century but has been neglected and often unrecognized,” said David Saltz, head of the theatre and film studies department. “Marla Carlson has an extraordinary and unique approach to making theater that comes out of her background of intense dance training and cutting edge performance theory.” In addition to Expressionist dance and its legacies, Carlson’s production focuses upon a media backdrop created by Anna Corbould and vocal arrangements by Elise Robinson. “We’re treating the text as a musical score, exploring the musicality of the language as the accompaniment for the dance,” Carlson said. Carlson also explores both the play’s feminist and expressionistic foundations and its roots in theatre history. “The connection to the medieval morality play is very interesting, because this female protagonist is a type of ‘everywoman.’ The difference from a morality play is that she doesn’t have a spiritual guide to lead her to make the right choices, and instead she makes the wrong choices every single time,” Carlson said. “The importance is that it’s not as hopeless for us.” The play is loosely inspired by Ruth Snyder, the first woman to die in the electric chair. “Snyder was considered this horrid monster, and people were fascinated. It was a kind of gruesome celebrity culture,” Carlson said. “Treadwell turned to the theater to humanize the person who was being turned into a media spectacle.” Carlson emphasizes the mixed themes of societal influence and self-determination when discussing individual choices. “There is a kind of reaction against the mechanization of life. But there are no machines in this production except for the people, who form an assemblage,” she said. “Society’s a machine, and we’re all part of it.”
MONDAY, MARCH 20
COMING UP
WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE For spring semester. INTEGRATIVE RESEARCH AND IDEAS SYMPOSIUM Integrative Research and Ideas Symposium (IRIS) is an interdisciplinary research conference. The keynote address will be given by author and podcast host “Science Mike” McHargue. $15; $25 with all-day parking. 9 a.m. Tate Student Center. 706-542-6396. snell91@uga.edu
SIGNATURE LECTURE March 21. “The War Against AIDS, 35 Years and Counting: Are We There Yet?,” Deborah L. Birx, ambassador-at-large, U.S. global AIDS coordinator and U.S. special representative for global health diplomacy, U.S. Department of State. Global Diseases: Voices from the Vanguard series. Part of the Signature Lecture series. Sponsored by the Knight Chair in Health and Medical Journalism and the Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases. 5:30 p.m. Chapel.
EMPLOYEE WALKING INITIATIVE The UGA Office of Work/Life Balance is hosting a walking initiative called “Commit to U.” Join co-workers and campus celebrities for a half-mile walk on one of the campus walking routes. Register at http://bit.ly/committohealth. 11:30 a.m. 706-542-7319. worklifebalance@uga.edu (See News to Use, page 2).
CONCERT March 21. The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center presents a program titled French Virtuosity that includes works by Jean-Marie Leclair, Jean Francaix, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel and Ernest Chausson. $42; $6 for UGA students with ID. 8 p.m. Hodgson Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center. 706-542-4400. ugaarts@uga.edu
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Circle Gallery to show Panico’s work through April 28 By Melissa Tufts mtufts@uga.edu
The Circle Gallery at the UGA College of Environment and Design will feature recent paintings by Rich Panico in the exhibition Landscape, Remembrance and Healing from March 16 through April 28. The opening reception will take place March 16 from 4:30-6 p.m. Panico will give an open lecture on the topic on March 23 at 5 p.m. in lecture hall 123 of the Jackson Street Building. As a medical practitioner, yogi and artist, Panico has a deep and multi-faceted Rich Panico understanding of the human condition. His current interest in art and medicine addresses the propensity of our species to turn the inevitable human experiences of pain and loss into suffering, which, if not understood and engaged in wisely, leads to the acquisition of co-morbid (the simultaneous presence of two chronic diseases or conditions in a patient) psychiatric syndromes and complex encounters with our challenging medical system. He has created more than 70 paintings for this exhibition. Panico has successfully engaged in a complex career in Athens form more than 40 years. He is currently practicing mind-body medicine part time, teaching integrative medicine to physicians and is a nondegree graduate student of UGA’s Lamar Dodd School of Art. He is a board certified psychiatrist, the founder and former director of the Mind-Body Institute at Piedmont Athens Regional, former medical director of Advantage Behavioral Health Systems and was division chief of psychiatry at Piedmont Athens Regional for many years. He is a longtime student and practitioner of classical yoga and its therapeutic applications and has taught this older interior form of yoga and meditation for three decades. His training in art was through an apprenticeship in oriental high fire ceramics, and he has worked for more than 30 years with indigenous clays and glaze materials, ultimately creating a large body of work inspired by Neolithic animal effigy vessels. In 2003, he taught himself to draw and paint with pastels, developing an avid interest in landscape and figurative work that complement his work in ceramics. The Circle Gallery is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and by appointment.
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Victor K. Wilson, vice president for student affairs, received the 2017 Giving Back Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity and inclusion publication in higher education. The award honors college and university administrators who go above and beyond their everyday leadership duties and “give back” to their campuses and communities. Wilson will be featured, along with 38 other recipients, in the April 2017 Leadership Support and Giving Back issue of INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine. Giving Back Award recipients were nominated by their colleagues and selected by INSIGHT Into Diversity based on their outstanding demonstration of social responsibility; involvement with students, faculty, staff and the community; and commitment to serving underrepresented populations. Dr. Eric Mueller, a faculty member in the College of Veterinary Medicine, is president-elect of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons. A chief medical officer for the UGA Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Mueller will become president of ACVS in October.
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Lance Haynie, associate director of programs in the recreational sports department, became president of the Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education Jan. 1. He has served on the AORE board since 2014, including as president-elect last year. In his new role, Haynie provides leadership to the board, executive committee and the more than 700 members of AORE across the country. Kellie Gerbers, assistant director of outdoor recreation in the department of recreational sports, was elected to serve as secretary of AORE. Her term will last through 2018. Last year, she was selected to serve on AORE’s board of directors.
Yiping Zhao, Distinguished Research Professor of Physics in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, has been elected as a Fellow in SPIE. Founded in 1955, the international society for optics and photonics advances an interdisciplinary approach to the science and application of light. Zhao is one of 71 new Fellows of the Society elected in 2017, recognized as members of distinction who have made significant scientific and technical contributions in the multidisciplinary fields of optics, photonics and imaging. They are honored for their technical achievement, for their service to the general optics community and to SPIE in particular. Zhao was recognized by SPIE for achievements in nanobiophotonics and optical biosensors, optical nanomaterials, plasmonics. Dr. Doris Miller, a faculty member in the College of Veterinary Medicine, received the 2016 Dobbins Mahaffey Advocacy Award from the Georgia Veterinary Medical Association. A professor of anatomic pathology in the pathology department, Miller is based in the Athens Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. Since 2007, she has served as the associate director of state government relations for the veterinary medicine college and works closely with the college’s leadership and state officials on matters involving state government. She also serves as a liaison with the Georgia Department of Agriculture and the GVMA where she serves on the organization’s advocacy committee. Kudos recognizes special contributions of staff, faculty and administrators in teaching, research and service. News items are limited to election into office of state, regional, national and international societies; major awards and prizes; and similarly notable accomplishments.
CAMPUS CLOSEUP
Dorothy Kozlowski
Jenna Bell, an information technology associate in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, has a passion for hiking.
Technology runs in the family for Franklin College staff member By Leigh Beeson lbeeson@uga.edu
Working at UGA is a family affair for Jenna Bell, an information technology associate in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. Her mother, Beth Hamilton, worked in Enterprise Information Technology Services, her stepfather, Don Hamilton, was the director of IT in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, and one of his employees—who ultimately became her husband, Joshua Bell—now works as a systems administrator assistant in the same college. Bell didn’t originally want to follow in her parents’ footsteps, choosing instead to study archaeology for a time as an undergraduate student at UGA. The self-described “terrible student” didn’t finish that degree, but it helped her decide to make the switch to a technology-focused career. “Living by myself after UGA, I was tired of working in restaurants and wanted a more stable job,” Bell said. “My mom taught me IT, so I always had that knowledge in the back of my mind.”
She decided it made sense to pursue a career in computer support and rededicated herself to her studies, ultimately graduating with honors from Athens Technical College in 2010. After earning her computer support degree, Bell worked at an Athens IT company for three years before landing her current job at the university. The daily trouble shooting of computer issues keeps her occupation interesting. “Every single day, you fix things over and over again,” Bell said. “That’s what keeps me here, that and the clients. I like solving people’s problems and making them happy.” But Bell’s interest in fixing problems doesn’t end when the clock strikes 5 p.m. When she found a stray, malnourished dog stranded at a lake on a trip back from north Georgia, she didn’t hesitate to pop the dog in her car and head home with him. “Skin and bones, he was trying to eat out of wildlife-proof trashcans in the pouring rain,” Bell said. “The pads on his feet were all messed up. We’ve had him for about three years now, and he’s turned into a pretty relaxed dog.”
FACTS Jenna Bell
IT Professional Associate Franklin College of Arts and Sciences A.A., Computer Support, Athens Technical College, 2010 At UGA: 3 years
Named for the lake where Bell found him, Russell used to be pretty frenetic from trying to survive on his own in the wild for weeks, but now the dog is Bell and her husband’s constant companion on hikes, one of Bell’s passions. “I love walking up mountains,” she said. “I want to get as high up as possible because I think that’s just the most interesting view—being able to see everything from above. For example, in Athens, if you go to the top of a building and look around, it’s like a completely different perspective of the entire city. I just love heights.”
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University mourns passing of Darl Snyder, longtime faculty member and administrator Darl Everett Snyder, longtime UGA professor and administrator with a passion for international programs, passed away Feb. 25. Snyder first became affiliated with the University of Georgia in July 1969 as a program specialist at the Rural Development Center in Tifton. He became director in July 1972 and remained at RDC until 1974. In September 1975, Snyder was appointed director of international programs in agriculture on campus at UGA in Athens. In 1977, he was appointed the university’s director of international development. He became director of the Office of International Development at UGA in 1989. With credit for 27 years of service with UGA, he retired in June 1992. Snyder’s accomplishments during his years at UGA include: • Initiating the development of a proposal that led USAID to award UGA a contract to implement a Collaborative Research Support Program on peanuts
(Peanut CRSP) in 1980. To date, this program has brought UGA more than $35 million. • Playing an instrumental role in having UGA selected to team with Tuskegee University in Darl Snyder the implementation of a USAID-funded agricultural human resource development project in Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso); then serving as technical director. • Encouraging and supporting faculty in the development of an African Studies Program at UGA, which was approved and implemented in 1987. The program gained institute status in 2001. After his retirement, Snyder and his wife, Florence, remained actively involved with the African Studies Institute and various international offices. The Darl Snyder Lecture series was
established in 1992 in honor of Snyder for his dedication, research and service learning programs in Africa. Snyder is survived by his daughter, Cher Snyder of Diamond Bar, California; his brother , Clair Snyder of Phoenix, Arizona, sisters-in-law Philliss Snyder of Anaheim, California, and Jackie Schneidewind of Lake Havasu, Arizona, as well as several nieces and nephews and their children. A celebration of Snyder’s life was held March 5—on what would have been his 95th birthday—in the Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Tax-deductible contributions to honor and sustain Snyder’s dedication to educational projects in Africa may be sent by check to the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, 124 Old College,Athens GA 30602 (attention: Suzi Wong, director of principal gifts). Please make checks payable to the UGA Foundation; in the memo line, write “Darl Snyder Legacy Fund for Studies in Africa.”
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2017 PRESIDENT’S FULFILLING THE DREAM AWARD
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PROFESSOR
Dorothy Kozlowski
Barbara McCaskill helps English major Laura Essex with a project during her literary magazine editing class.
‘Keep doors open’
Franklin College professor promotes importance of diversity in academia By Leigh Beeson lbeeson@uga.edu
Barbara McCaskill’s parents grew up in the segregated South under Jim Crow laws. They knew the value of an education and wanted their children to take advantage of the opportunities they were afforded as a result of the civil rights movement, so they instilled the value of history, literature and education in their children, something McCaskill credits for her 25-year career at UGA. “I wanted to pursue a career interest that aligns with my love of history, literature and culture but also gave me an opportunity to make a real difference in terms of opportunities for people of color and to be transformative in what I do,” said McCaskill, a professor of English in UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and one of the key forces behind developing the department’s multicultural American literature curriculum. “I’m very keen on being able to keep doors open for others to come behind me, and I’ve found that I’ve been able to do much mentoring so that we can have more diversity in academia.” When she was named a tenured full professor in 2016, a relative sent her an article showing that only 2.2 percent of all tenured professors in American institutions were AfricanAmerican women, a figure that was shocking but not incredibly surprising. As part of her research, McCaskill helped create the Civil Rights Digital Library Initiative, an archival online database of film, manuscripts, correspondence, speeches, photographs, posters and movement buttons from the civil rights era. She worked with CURO Program undergraduates and graduate students to create Freedom on Film, a teaching and research resource linked to the site that tells the story of civil rights in
nine Georgia cities and towns. The project also gave her the opportunity to work oneon-one with more undergraduate students. McCaskill has a longstanding relationship with the Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities and believes undergraduate research helps teach students the value of collaborative learning and teamwork. Growing up in a military family, McCaskill moved about every two and a half years, something that made her parents worry that she and her siblings wouldn’t get a “worldly and cosmopolitan” education. So they took matters into their own hands, creating a “shelf of black books,” stories written by African-American authors, from which the children were expected to read. McCaskill has authored books, journal essays and book chapters on African-American literature. But her 2017 President’s Fulfilling the Dream Award holds a special place in her heart because it recognizes the service and mentoring she does “behind the scenes.” The annual award recognizes individuals who help realize Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream of equality and racial justice through community work and engagement. “Many students and community members only see the work that we do in the classroom or the research that we publish,” McCaskill said, “but my days are filled with a variety of other interactions that may be small in scope but added together are meaningful because they help the students and the colleagues that I serve grow and thrive in their careers and fulfill their dreams.” Those tasks, like writing letters of recommendation for students and helping colleagues prepare for presentations, may be “largely invisible,” but they are some of the most meaningful to McCaskill.
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has been funded by the CDC, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Health Resources Service Administration, among others, and he worked with the CDC and the American Medical Association to develop the National Disaster Life Support family of courses, which are used for mass casualty training in all 50 states and in 17 countries. Dallas has garnered an average of more than $1 million per year in external research funding over the past 18 years, including $14 million in grants as principal investigator and $5 million as co-principal investigator. His scholarship is among the most heralded in his field. For example, an article on the vulnerability of the U.S. health care system to nuclear detonations ranked No. 1 in the world for downloads in its first month at biomedcentral. com, an online database of 250 biomedical journals, and the paper remains among the top 100 papers of all time at the site. Other articles have attained similar success, including a report on the 70th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb detonations that had 250,000 downloads in 2015. In addition, Dallas has presented his work to the National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. House and Senate Homeland Security committees. Dallas, who was among the first international scientists to visit Chernobyl following its nuclear disaster in 1986 and led 12 expeditions into the most highly radioactive contaminated areas to study its impact, has participated in national and international programming on CNN, CBS and FOX and co-hosted Public Health Impact, a statewide educational television series. He also has spoken at the United Nations three times on the lessons learned from the Chernobyl disaster that are relevant to nuclear war medical response. “While attaining an exceptional and documented national/international reputation in public health, (Dallas) also has been a key influence in the development of well-funded research and instructional programs at the University of Georgia,” Phillip L. Williams, dean of the College of Public Health, wrote in a nomination statement. “He has produced truly innovative research and learning opportunities for UGA students in the Institute for Disaster Management.” In the building that houses the Institute for Disaster Management on UGA’s Health Sciences Campus, Dallas configured the chief lecture room as an Emergency Operations Center, which allows his students to simulate real-life disaster management activities like those at the CDC and Georgia Emergency Management Agency. In addition, Dallas worked to develop the concentration in disaster management for Master of Public Health students and the Graduate Certificate Program in Disaster Management, which is open to graduate students in programs across campus, as well as the proposed new undergraduate program in disaster management involving a minor or undergraduate certificate. Dallas, who also serves as a clinical professor in the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University and as an adjunct professor in the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, is a 2016 recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the American Academy of Disaster Medicine and several additional honors, including the university’s Richard B. Russell Undergraduate Teaching Award.
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Startled at the Big Sound: Essays Personal, Literary, and Cultural By Stephen Corey Mercer University Press Hardcover: $25
Startled at the Big Sound: Essays Personal, Literary, and Cultural is the first prose collection by Stephen Corey. A widely published poet (with 10 collections in all) and one of the country’s most highly regarded literary editors, Corey co-founded The Devil’s Millhopper in 1977 and has worked with The Georgia Review, UGA’s quarterly journal of arts and letters, since 1983. Written across three decades, the essays in Startled at the Big Sound variously describe, analyze and meditate upon Corey’s concurrent lives as family member, publishing writer, editor for a major literary journal and cultural-political observer of the broader world within which he has lived while experiencing his smaller realms. In these essays, Corey finds himself unwilling and/or unable to write about a family member without alluding to poetry or other arts, about his editing work without reference to his own writing practice and philosophy or about his own writing without connecting it to history and society.
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‘Georgia Reads’ launched for book lovers
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The University of Georgia Press and Georgia Public Broadcasting, with support from Georgia Humanities, have partnered to launch “Georgia Reads,” a virtual book club. Each year, the partners will select two UGA Press titles, and “Georgia Reads” content will include GPB radio interviews with the authors and a blog that highlights each title, live events with the authors and ways to interact via social media.
The first selection is Rodger Lyle Brown’s Party Out of Bounds: The B-52’s, R.E.M., and the Kids Who Rocked Athens, Georgia. On March 18, the UGA Press will host a 6:30 p.m. event at Prince Avenue Firehall #2 with Avid Bookshop. David Barbe, producer/engineer, musician and director of the music business certificate program at Terry College of Business, will interview the author and a panel of local musicians.
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indicating that individuals could have been moved previously. In addition, more than a century has passed, so most of the graves contained only fragments of skeletal remains. In some instances, only “human essence” was found—soil that is presumed to have biological material from the naturally decomposed remains of these individuals. All of the exhumed materials have been meticulously catalogued and placed in individual funeral boxes. The site selected for their reinterment at Oconee Hill Cemetery will be marked by a stately granite marker that provides an account of their discovery and reinterment. Oconee Hill will provide for perpetual care of the site. While early onsite examination led archaeologists initially to think that the individuals were most likely of European descent, the DNA results revealed that the vast majority of the remains sufficient for analysis were of African-Americans. Dr. Laurie Reitsema, an assistant professor in the university’s anthropology department, led a team of faculty, graduate students and undergraduates in conducting research of the remains discovered at the site to learn basic aspects of these people’s lives, including documenting their age, sex, health, development and other characteristics. She will share her findings with the public in a research presentation later this spring. Throughout this entire process, the university has strictly followed the guidance of the State Archaeologist’s Office to reinter
the remains individually, in a location close to the original burial site. Oconee Hill is the closest location. The university has been informed by the State Archaeologist’s Office that this is the most appropriate approach, a fact confirmed in a March 6, 2017, letter to University of Georgia President Jere W. Morehead from State Archaeologist Dr. Bryan Tucker. Tucker states: • “We … recommended reinterment in separate containers as a group and arranged as closely as possible to the original burial configuration so as to not inadvertently separate potential family members.” • “Additionally (the State Archaeologist’s Office) always suggests reinterment as close to the original burial location as possible. Oconee Hills (sic) Cemetery fulfills these two conditions as it is in geographic proximity to the original burial location and has space in which to reinter as a group.” • “Throughout the investigation process, the University of Georgia … has fully complied with the requirements” (for reinterment). Oconee Hill Cemetery is the successor to Old Athens Cemetery. These remains are therefore being reinterred in a cemetery historically and geographically as close as possible to their original resting place. Based on historical accounts, both Old Athens Cemetery and Oconee Hill Cemetery were bi-racial from their inception. Oconee Hill Cemetery continues to inter individuals of all races and faiths. The ceremony will be held at 3 p.m. on
INTERNSHIPS from page 1 sitting in class, and it’s teaching me a lot about what my actual day-to-day life may be like when I graduate in a couple of months.” The Washington Semester Program started in January 2008, and more than 370 students have interned in the nation’s capital since then through the program, according to director Don DeMaria. Sophomores with a GPA of 3.0 or higher may apply and then go through an interview process. DeMaria works with students during this process to find the right internship for them. “We want to provide opportunities where students can apply their learning outside of the university and demonstrate the quality of the classroom instruction within the workplace,” DeMaria said. Students in the program are required to take two classes, or six hours of classwork, in addition to their internship. The first is a seminar, and students choose between one of two other classes. Classes are held at Delta Hall, UGA’s privately funded $12 million residential learning community. The building houses up to 32 students and has two classrooms, a kitchen, dining area and several common areas. It opened in January 2015 and also hosts Honors in Washington, Congressional Agricultural Fellows, Grady@DC, and other programs and events. Delta Hall’s close proximity to Capitol Hill makes it a
About the Baldwin Hall project
The Baldwin Hall project will provide technology-enabled active learning classrooms; space for graduate teaching assistants to hold office hours with undergraduate students; and common areas for faculty, staff, students and alumni to convene for academic discussions, presentations and events. The project also will improve accessibility for individuals with disabilities. Baldwin Hall houses the School of Public and International Affairs as well as the departments of sociology and anthropology in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. Dedication of the expanded Baldwin Hall is planned for June 13.
CAREER from page 1 convenient location for students interning in congressional offices and for members of Congress visiting the facility to speak to students. “Now we have this place that I think is uniquely the university. It puts our institution at a level in Washington, D.C., that is very different than most other institutions,” DeMaria said. “It enables us, as a program, to do a lot more than what we could in the past. Now, we can not only meet as a class, but we can have lunches, and we can invite other institutions and their students to come join us and put together a panel.” In fact, students from UGA and Ohio State’s John Glenn School of Public Affairs will team up for a public service panel at Delta Hall later this semester. “The community that is built among the students because of the intentional design of the living area in particular is incredible,” DeMaria said. “Probably the biggest advantage that comes from this is the informal interactions that happen now because they share space.” North and El-Kadi agreed. “It’s nice to be in a house with people who are in the same boat as you,” North said. “If we didn’t have the big house and weren’t living together, I don’t think I would enjoy Washington, D.C., nearly as much. A big part of being up here for me is the people I’ve gotten to know in the house.”
LEADERSHIP from page 1 every opportunity.” One student who is considering joining her father’s company asked Moran about her experiences in her family business. “For me to be successful didn’t mean I had to do it like my father,” said Moran, who took over the family business from her father, Carl Bolch, in 2013. “For me to be successful, I have to be my true, authentic self and lead in my way, and I have been able to have the freedom to do that and influence this organization in such a different way—in a way that is very, very deeply rewarding for me. You can find your own path.” Ostapower discussed how she grew professionally during her nearly 30-year career with AT&T. “Early in my career, I always had great ideas, but I didn’t always communicate them, and I didn’t always lean in to express my ideas and have people follow me,” she
March 20. Speakers include the following community leaders: the Honorable Judge Steve C. Jones of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia; the Rev. Dr. Winfred M. Hope of Ebenezer Baptist Church, West; and UGA President Jere W. Morehead. Dr. Gregory S. Broughton of the UGA School of Music will provide a vocal tribute. “We are taking the necessary steps to ensure that these men, women and children are reinterred with the dignity and respect that they deserve,” said Greg Trevor, UGA executive director of media communications. “This has been our primary concern and commitment from the very first discovery at the Baldwin construction site, and we have never wavered in our resolve.”
said. “It was a development opportunity for me to have that self-confidence, to be bold and get out there. You have to build up that confidence where you can make a difference, and your career and everything in life will take off.” UGA’s ongoing Women’s Leadership Initiative is fostering the use of best practices in areas such as recruitment, hiring and work-life balance on campus. It also has resulted in new leadership development programming for faculty, staff and students. Schools and colleges have created women’s leadership events and programs such as the Southern Region Women’s Agricultural Leadership Summit and the Terry Women’s Initiative, which recently received recognition as an Innovation that Inspires by AACSB International, the world’s largest business education network and accrediting organization.
65 percent were employed full time, 20 percent were attending graduate school and roughly 10 percent were either employed part time, working a full-time internship or were self-employed. “Our university is very outcomes focused. We want our students to succeed after they graduate,” said Scott Williams, director of the UGA Career Center. Whether it’s through resume workshops and career fairs, visits to the classroom from successful UGA alumni or mentoring from UGA faculty and staff, the university offers many opportunities for students to prepare for their career objectives. And UGA is taking this commitment even further. Beginning in 2016, every incoming student is required to participate in an experiential learning opportunity, including study abroad, facultymentored research, internships and servicelearning. While UGA graduates go on to careers across the country and around the world, about 70 percent of employed graduates choose to join the Georgia workforce. That’s no surprise, said Jill Walton, UGA’s executive director of corporate and foundation relations, given the career opportunities in this state—including 18 Fortune 500 companies. “We are very lucky in the state of Georgia to have so many successful companies— companies that want to hire our students,” Walton said. Whether it’s private companies large or small, local school districts or nonprofits, UGA graduates are finding opportunities to contribute and even lead in the workforce. So far, career outcomes appear bright for the Class of 2017—some soon-to-be graduates already have accepted full-time positions and others are getting multiple job offers. “We have exceptionally bright students,” Williams said. “And we have a lot of individual faculty and staff who care about their students and what happens after graduation.” For a more detailed account of UGA’s Class of 2016 career outcomes, visit http://career.uga.edu/outcomes. Editor’s note: The UGA Career Center has moved temporarily to University Printing (also referred to as Bulldog Print & Design) while Clark Howell Hall undergoes renovation. For more information, visit career.uga.edu.
UGA Night at Six Flags
The 14th annual UGA Night at Six Flags Over Georgia is March 31. UGA students, faculty, staff, alumni and their families will have exclusive access to the theme park from 6 p.m. until midnight. Tickets purchased by 11:59 p.m. on March 19 will cost $27.50, $22.50 for UGA students with valid UGACards who pay activity fees on the Athens campus. Tickets purchased March 20-31 will be $32.50, or $27.50 for UGA students. Tickets purchased at the gate on the day of the event will be $37.50. All ticket purchasers will receive a voucher for a free return visit on June 4, 11 or 18. Parking is free, and children age 2 and younger will be admitted without charge. Tickets may be purchased at the Tate Student Center’s cashier window, open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., online at http://tate.uga.edu/sixflags or by calling 706-542-8074. Student ticket prices are honored at the cashier window only. Tickets ordered online or by phone are subject to the nonstudent rate. Bus transportation is available at a cost of $15 for students and $27 for nonstudents. Bus passes are available for purchase at the cashier window only. UGA Night at Six Flags is sponsored by the Center for Student Activities and Organizations within the Tate Student Center, a department of UGA Student Affairs. Call 706-542-8074 or see http://tate.uga.edu/sixflags for details.
Alumni nominations
The University of Georgia Alumni Association is accepting nominations for the 40 Under 40 Class of 2017 and the 2018 Bulldog 100. The 40 Under 40 program recognizes UGA graduates younger than age 40 who are making a difference in their professions and communities. The Bulldog 100 celebrates the fastest-growing businesses owned or operated by UGA alumni. Submit nominations for 40 Under 40 at alumni.uga.edu/40u40 and for Bulldog 100 at alumni.uga.edu/b100.
Free golf clinics
Staff at the University of Georgia Golf Course will host free golf clinics for UGA staff and faculty March 16 and 23 from 5:30-6:45 p.m. Players from all skill levels are welcome to participate. Each session will include long and short game instruction. To reserve a space, email Clint Udell, PGA golf instructor, at cudell96@uga.edu. Also let him know if you would like to borrow golf clubs for the clinic.
TEDxUGA 2017 registration
Registration for TEDxUGA 2017 is now open. The fifth annual celebration of “ideas worth spreading” will be held March 24 at the Classic Center. Individuals may register for up to two seats by providing a name and email address for each registrant. The registration fee, which is nontransferable and nonrefundable, is $15 per seat. Organizers note that at TED events, there is no audience—only participants. For this reason, it is required that all individuals plan to attend the entire event, which will run from 1-5 p.m. For more information, visit TEDxUGA.com. Additional details will be shared with registrants via email. Bulletin Board is limited to information that may pertain to a majority of faculty and staff members.