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University dedicates buildings named for Ivester, Orkins

By Matt Weeks

mweeks@uga.edu

The $4.4 million Spring Street Building, funded through the support of private donations, is expected to be completed

by January 2021.

Innovation hub Regents approve project to create hub for innovation and entrepreneurship

By Aaron Hale

aahale@uga.edu

The next phase of the University of Georgia’s Innovation District is advancing.

The University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents approved the renovation of the Spring Street Building, which will be transformed into a creative and dynamic space to foster innovation, entrepreneurship and industry engagement at UGA. The $4.4 million project is expected to be completed by January 2021 through the support of private donations.

“First and foremost, we are grateful to the chancellor and the board of regents for supporting this critical next step in the development of UGA’s Innovation District,” said President Jere W.

Morehead. “This exciting project will provide a unique space at the heart of North Campus and downtown Athens, where faculty, students, industry partners and community members can collaborate, innovate and develop solutions to real-world problems.”

Located at the corner of Spring and South streets, a block off Broad Street in downtown Athens, the building will provide flexible workspace, conference rooms and presentation areas to support UGA’s growing pipeline of faculty startup companies. The renovated facility also will offer space and programming to enable students and industry partners to collaborate on company-based research and development projects.

Last year, UGA ranked first among 193 U.S. institutions for the number of commercial products

reaching the market, according to a survey released by the nonprofit AUTM, which tracks technology transfer. In the same survey, UGA ranked fourth for the number of new intellectual property licenses executed to industry.

“By almost any measure, the innovation ecosystem of the University of Georgia is booming,” said Kyle Tschepikow, special assistant to the president and director for strategy and innovation.

“The Spring Street Building, as the next phase of the Innovation District initiative, will enable the institution to accelerate research commercialization, expand industry engagement and provide rich experiential learning opportunities that prepare our graduates to be successful in the Innovation Age.” This project follows the

See INNOVATION on page 8

TERRY COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

The University of Georgia dedicated the final two buildings of the Business Learning Community in a ceremony on the Coca-Cola Plaza Sept. 6.

The new buildings, Sanford and Barbara Orkin Hall and M. Douglas Ivester Hall, complete the nearly 300,000-square-foot home of the Terry College of Business. Totaling $140 million, the Business Learning Community represents one of the largest capital projects in the history of the University System of Georgia.

Construction of the six-building

complex—built in three phases over six years—was funded through a 50-50 split of state and private support.

“This project is a great example of how a public-private partnership can invest in the future of our state,” said Gov. Brian Kemp. “Terry College alumni and graduates of the University of Georgia make a positive impact on communities across our state and nation. Our state is better today because of students who have chosen this college and university as the place to start their careers.”

T he B u s i nes s Lea rni ng Community provides the highly

See DEDICATION on page 8

ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

Fall Signature Lectures series will bring notable figures to campus

By Sam Fahmy

sfahmy@uga.edu

Nationally and internationally recognized leaders in fields ranging from the arts and humanities to politics and business will visit the University of Georgia this fall as part of the Signature Lecture Series.

UGA Signature Lectures feature speakers noted for their broad, multidisciplinary appeal and compelling bodies of work. Many of the lectures are supported by endowments, while others honor notable figures and milestones in the university’s history.

“Signature Lectures provide an opportunity for students, faculty, staff and members of the community to come together and hear a diversity of speakers and ­perspectives,” said Meg ­Amstutz,

­a s s o c i a t e provost for academic programs and chief of staff.

“Events such as these enrich the campus community by promoting the Alan Taylor open exchange of ideas that distinguishes major research universities.”

All Signature Lectures are open free to students, faculty and staff, as well as members of the general public. Upcoming Signature Lectures are listed below, and additions to the lecture series will be posted to the Provost’s Office website at https://provost.uga.edu/news-events/ events/signature-lectures/.

• Alan Taylor, Thomas Jefferson See LECTURES on page 7

BEST PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES

Entrepreneurship certificate helps solve problems University of Georgia ranked 16th

By Ed Morales Clutch Creations, a company certificate helped me take my idea eduardo.morales@uga.edu

What problem do you want to solve? It was a question Kristi Frank heard often during her Certificate in Entrepreneurship classes. And then during her sophomore year she attended a music festival. Not wanting to worry about her phone, she attached it to a vintage camera strap and wore it around her neck.

“I didn’t have to worry about where I was putting my phone, didn’t have to worry about where it was or if it was going to get stolen,” said Frank, a 2016 Terry College graduate. “That’s when I realized it solved a problem for me.”

Solving problems, and as it turns out, starting a business.

selling products offering convenience for adventurous people on the go, was founded in 2017 and is finding customers nationwide. Frank recently received a $10,000 grant from Cobb County’s Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Program, allowing the startup to increase operations, marketing and advertising. Her original idea, called the Clutch Strap, was developed through lessons learned in her certificate classes.

“They helped me understand starting a business isn’t as intimidating as it seems to be,” said Frank, who was student president of the Society of Entrepreneurs during her time at UGA. “I was educated on how I wanted to start my business, and the

and know how to navigate it. It was cool that like-minded people could collaborate and bring in perspectives on someone else’s business.”

The popularity of the universitywide certificate has grown exponentially since its start in 2016 when the first class of students numbered 33. In the spring 2019 semester, the program had 580 students, with 116 graduating in May, giving them 464 starting this fall. The program runs from October to September each year but enrolls new students each fall and spring and expects to add between 120 to 150 students in September.

“Being a certificate program, we can offer that to anyone on campus,” See CERTIFICATE on page 8

by U.S. News & World Report

The University of Georgia continues to rank among the nation’s top universities, according to U.S. News & World Report, which placed UGA at No. 16 in its latest list of Best Public Universities. UGA has ranked in the top 20 for four years in a row.

National rankings are only one of many measures of academic quality in higher education. While rankings fluctuate from year to year, a more precise measure of performance can be found in academic outcomes such as retention, degree completion and career placement rates. In these, the university continues to excel. UGA’s six-year

graduation rate increased by one percentage point to 86%, while the retention rate held steady at 95%.

The first-year retention rate and graduation rate account for 22% of the university’s overall score in USNWR’s ranking criteria.

Academic quality of the student body comprises 10% of the overall university score. The Class of 2023 brought an average high school GPA above 4.0, an average SAT score of 1359 and an average ACT score at a new record of 31. The percentage of freshmen in the top 10% of their graduating classes increased from 54% to 60%.

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ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

Four outstanding faculty members chosen for SEC Academic Leadership program

By Camie Williams camiew@uga.edu

College of Engineering Student Ambassadors Brian Szoch and Madison Smith recently met with Provost Hu. Students, faculty and staff from across campus can sign up online at provost.uga.edu to meet with Hu.

Provost Hu invites students, faculty, staff to informal meeting opportunities

By Sam Fahmy

sfahmy@uga.edu

Informal encounters that bring faculty and staff from different fields together can not only create new connections, but also spark innovation and new research opportunities.

To build connections among faculty, staff, students and academic leaders, Provost S. Jack Hu is launching a series of regular, informal meeting opportunities.

Faculty and staff are invited to Coffee and Connections at Studio 255, and students are invited to Office Hours with Provost Hu in the Administration Building.

These informal meetings are not intended to circumvent established decision-making and appeals processes on campus. Rather, they’re a chance for people to share their experiences, ask questions and build connections.

“The meetings with faculty and staff are a way for me to get to know them, but also for them to network with each other and to possibly lay the groundwork for collaborations in teaching, research or service,” Hu said.

Coffee and Connections for faculty will be held from 7:30-9 a.m. at 255 West Broad Street on Sept. 27, Oct. 4 and 25, and Nov. 1 and 15. A separate Coffee and Connections on Dec. 6 is exclusively for staff members. Registration is available at provost.uga.edu and limited to 30 faculty or staff per session. Vice presidents, deans and other administrators from across campus are invited to participate, as well.

Students who are interested in sharing their experiences and ideas, or simply learning more about higher education administration, are invited to register for a 30-minute meeting with the provost. Up to four students may participate in each session, and they will be held in Hu’s office in the Administration Building.

“As provost, it’s important for me to hear directly from students and to understand their aspirations for themselves and for the university,” Hu said. “The quality of the university’s student body has helped make it a national leader in public higher education, and I’m looking forward to getting to know our students better.”

To register for Coffee and Connections, visit https://provost.uga.edu/news-events/events/coffee_connections/.

To register for Provost Hu’s Office Hours for students, visit https://provost.uga.edu/news-events/events/office_hours/.

RANKING from page 1 Of the record 29,300 students who applied for admission this fall, fewer than half were accepted.

Alumni giving, which accounts for 5% of the university’s score, remained steady at 13.4%.

The student to faculty ratio remained constant at 17:1.

Among undergraduate business programs, UGA’s insurance program ranked second in the nation. UGA’s Terry College of Business was ranked as the No. 12 undergraduate business school among public universities and 22nd among all U.S. institutions.

UGA is one of only two universities in the Southeastern Conference to be listed among the top 20 publics. UGA and the Georgia Institute of Technology are the only Georgia schools to rank in the top 20.

Correction

The article in the Aug. 26 Columns about David Crich’s appointment as a GRA Eminent Scholar did not contain the complete title of his professorship.

He is the Georgia Research Alliance and David Chu Eminent Scholar in Drug Design.

Four outstanding faculty members who have been identified as emerging leaders in higher education will represent the University of Georgia in this year’s Southeastern Conference Academic Leadership Development Program.

The 2019-2020 SEC ALDP Fellows are Santanu Chatterjee, John Drake, Jean Martin-Williams and Kaori Sakamoto.

The leadership program provides an opportunity for academic administrators to enhance their leadership skills in a series of workshops, networking opportunities and campus activities.

At workshops scheduled to be held at Vanderbilt University and the University of Florida, Fellows will meet with colleagues from the 14 SEC institutions to gain a better understanding of challenges and opportunities in higher education.

“This program has been an excellent way to broaden faculty members’ understanding of the inner workings of higher education administration,” said Meg Amstutz, associate provost for academic program and chief of staff, who serves as UGA’s SEC ALDP liaison. “In addition to receiving an in-depth look at two institutions through three-day, on-site workshops at SEC schools, the Fellows have the opportunity to speak directly with senior administrators at UGA each month, ask questions and reflect on their own career aspirations.”

UGA’s SEC ALDP Fellows represent a range of disciplines from across campus.

Chatterjee, Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Terry College of Business, serves as the director of the full-time master’s in business administration and master’s in business analytics programs. His research centers on economic growth and development, with particular interest in foreign aid, the provision and financing of public goods, income inequality and the external adjustment of

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From left, faculty members Jean Martin-Williams, Santanu Chatterjee, Kaori Sakamoto and John Drake have been selected to be in the 2019-2020 class of the SEC Academic Leadership Development Program.

developing countries.

Drake, Distinguished Research Professor and associate dean of academic affairs in the Odum School of Ecology, is the founding director of the Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases.

His research informs strategies and policies to avoid epidemics of infectious diseases among humans and wildlife. He is a senior editor of the journal Ecology Letters and editor of an Oxford University Press book series Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases.

Martin-Williams, Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Hugh Hodgson School of Music, serves as an associate dean in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and is former director of the Lilly Teaching Fellows Program. Her research focus is the performance and pedagogy of the horn.

Her discography includes the New York Chamber Symphony, the New York Pops and the Atlanta Symphony, and she has performed concerts across the globe. She currently serves on the board of advisers

of the International Horn Competition of the Americas.

Sakamoto, associate professor of pathology in the College of Veterinary Medicine, is the director of the Comparative Biomedical Sciences Program and coordinates several well-being initiatives in her college. In her laboratory, she studies the interaction between the cause of tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and its host cell, the macrophage. Sakamoto is a member of the Phi Zeta Veterinary Honor Society.

The SEC ALDP was launched in 2007, and past SEC ALDP Fellows at UGA have gone to leadership roles that include dean, vice provost, associate provost and associate vice president.The program is part of the SEC’s academic relations department, which serves as the primary mechanism through which the collaborative academic endeavors and achievements of SEC universities are promoted and advanced.

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TERRY COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

Father who founded a biotech company to save his children’s lives to deliver Mason Lecture on Sept. 20

By Matt Weeks

mweeks@uga.edu

John F. Crowley, a biotech executive and patient advocate, will deliver the 2019 Mason Public Leadership Lecture at 10:10 a.m. Sept. 20 in the Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries.

As chairman and CEO of Amicus Therapeutics, Crowley oversees a $3 billion, 600-person biopharmaceutical company that works to develop drugs to treat a range of genetic diseases. His involvement in the industry dates back to 1998, when his youngest children, Megan and Patrick, were diagnosed with Pompe disease, a rare and potentially fatal neuromuscular disorder. After the diagnoses, Crowley embarked on an entrepreneurial journey to find a treatment to save the lives of his children and thousands of others.

The Mason Public Leadership Lecture is supported by a gift from Keith Mason, an alumnus of UGA’s Terry College of Business and School of Law who serves as principal for KWM Capital Management in Atlanta. The lecture features prominent business leaders who have contributed significantly to their communities or spent time in a public service role.

“I want to thank Keith Mason for his continued support of this outstanding lecture series,” said UGA President Jere W. Morehead. “His generosity enables the university to create rich learning

experiences for our campus community. We are excited to welcome John Crowley to UGA and look forward to hearing his insights on leadership and entrepreneurial innovation.”

John Crowley After learning that his children had just months to live, Crowley walked away from his job as a marketing director at Bristol-Myers Squibb and sought to change the course of his children’s prognosis. He fought against time as well as the business, medical and scientific establishments that were wary of his hard-charging determination. In 2000, he co-founded Novazyme Pharmaceuticals, a company exclusively focused on developing a treatment for Pompe disease. Two years later, Patrick and Meagan began receiving an experimental enzyme therapy that saved their lives.

The Crowley family’s story is the subject of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Cure: How a Father Raised $100 Million—and Bucked the Medical Establishment—In a Quest to Save His Children by Geeta Anand. It also was the subject of the major motion picture Extraordinary Measures starring Brendan Frasier and Harrison Ford, as well as a personal memoir, Chasing Miracles: The Crowley Family Journey of Strength, Hope and Joy, by Crowley

and his wife, Aileen.

“We are honored to hear from John Crowley, whose life demonstrates just how much can be accomplished with determination,” said Terry College Dean Benjamin C. Ayers. “His ability to use entrepreneurship as a force for good is an inspiration, and we are thrilled that our students will have the opportunity to benefit from his advice.”

A commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve for 11 years, Crowley was assigned to the Special Operations Command and served in Afghanistan. He earned a bachelor’s degree in foreign service from Georgetown University, an MBA from Harvard and a law degree from Notre Dame. He serves on the executive committee of the National Board of Directors of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and he is a founding board member of the Global Genes Project. Crowley also is a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute.

The Mason Public Leadership Lecture is part of the Terry Leadership Speaker Series presented by the college’s Institute for Leadership Advancement. The institute was established in 2001 to develop valuesbased, impact-driven leaders who serve their communities and organizations.

Crowley’s lecture also is part of the university’s Signature Lecture Series, which features speakers noted for their broad, multidisciplinary appeal and compelling bodies of work.

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UGA’s William York is partnering with researchers at George Washington University to gather information about glycans.

Reduced learning curve UGA-led informatics portal holds key to unlocking glycoscience

By Allyson Mann tiny@uga.edu

Glycans, or complex sugars, cover the surfaces of our cells and play a key role in biological processes ranging from interacting with other cells to recognizing and fighting pathogens. With cancer, for example, they mediate the mechanisms controlling cell division, growth and mobility that affect tumor development.

Glycans are ubiquitous, but complicated, requiring researchers to understand multiple disciplines in order to explore their roles in health and disease. But a new informatics portal, built by a University of Georgia-led team, is bridging that gap and helping to illuminate the world of glycoscience.

UGA partnered with George Washington University to create GlyGen (glygen.org), a glycoscience informatics portal funded by a $10 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.

GlyGen brings disparate information together in a unified way, reducing the learning curve for those new to glycoscience.

It’s a challenging project, according to UGA’s William York, co-principal investigator.

“We’re integrating different types of multidisciplinary information that’s stored in different places and making it available to scientists in ways that

allow them to understand the relationships that exist,” said York, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center.

The data integration team is led by Raja Mazumder, co-principal investigator and associate professor of biochemistry and molecular medicine at George Washington University’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

Two years into the five-year project, the team has launched GlyGen and is asking users for feedback to guide the next phase of development. There’s still a long way to go, but York is pleased with the team’s progress.

Unlike nucleic acids, proteins and lipids, glycans are not created from a DNA-directed template. They’re the product of a complicated process affected by multiple genetic and environmental factors.

Complicating matters further, glycoscience data currently resides in many places and is not described using consistent language.

GlyGen takes data from different sources and creates a unified language, so that information from one source can be correlated to information from another source.

“We’re figuring out how to homogenize the data in terms of semantics so it can be usable, so researchers can make

correlations to other types of data,” York said. “Up till now, it’s been a bit like the Wild West.”

The goal is to describe things in a way that makes sense to everybody—a difficult proposition when the subject is glycoscience, according to York.

“For example, there’s the English language, and then there’s Shakespeare,” he said. “Having the English language is a wonderful, amazing thing. But Shakespeare is another layer on top, and it gets us to something a little more profound.”

Glycans play central roles in almost every biological process that you can imagine, according to York.

“All organisms have glycans, and if you get rid of them, you have an organism that’s sick or can’t live,” he said. “That indicates they are involved in critical mechanisms that enable life.”

GlyGen will allow scientists to compare data and make connections in an environment that provides context. The most promising areas for breakthroughs based on glycoscience are in understanding cancer, infectious diseases and issues involving development and nutrition, according to York.

“We are not going to solve these problems with GlyGen, but our tools and information resources will help scientists develop specific hypotheses in these areas,” he said. “The potential is incredibly huge, and that’s why we do it.”

COLLEGE OF PHARMACY

Researchers find new drug targets for lung disease

By Jeanne Prine

jprine@rx.uga.edu

Researchers at the University of Georgia have discovered two new drug targets to treat Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, or ARDS, a lifethreatening lung condition that makes breathing difficult or impossible.

Their findings were published in a recent issue of Pharmacological Research.

ARDS is a rapidly progressing disease with mortality rates between 35% and 50%, and it typically occurs in critically ill hospital patients, such as those in intensive care units on ventilators. Fluid accumulates in the lungs of patients, depriving the body of oxygen. There is no cure for ARDS, and current treatments consist of supportive care.

“There are currently no good

treatment options for people with this disease, but the drug targets we have identified could help change that,” said Somanath P.R. Shenoy, professor and director of the Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics Program at the UGA College of Pharmacy’s Augusta campus.

Shenoy and his colleagues found that by controlling the expression of an enzyme and a protein in the lungs, they could reduce the inflammation and fluid accumulation associated with the disease.

They tested the treatment on human lung cells and in a mouse model that mimicked the effects of ARDS. “We were able to completely reverse the accumulation of fluid in the lungs of mice used in our tests,” Shenoy said.

“If we could create drugs that target the accumulation of fluids in human lungs, we may be able to develop a new and

desperately needed treatment for ARDS.” The study also showed a correlation between the levels of the enzyme in blood and the development of ARDS, so the enzyme could be used as a diagnostic marker for the disease.

A recent study conducted by G. Bellani and an international team of collaborators, as part of LUNGSAFE, under the auspices of the ESICM Trial Group, concludes that ARDS is underdiagnosed and undertreated.

Because ARDS is often undiagnosed or diagnosis comes late, a reliable diagnostic marker could help improve the prognosis for ARDS in hospital patients.

Shenoy cautions that further studies in human ARDS patient samples are needed to confirm the effectiveness of the enzyme as a diagnostic marker.

Sarah Deer, professor of women, gender and sexuality studies at the University of Kansas, is the featured speaker for the fifth annual American Indian Returnings, or AIR, Lecture.

Open free to the public, this year’s lecture will be held on Sept. 19 at 4:30 p.m. in the M. Smith Griffith Auditorium of the Georgia Museum of Art. The lecture is supported by the Eidson Foundation Fund, the English department in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, with support by the Institute of Native American Studies at the University of Georgia.

The AIR lecture series celebrates Native American scholars and authors and their “return” from exile to the Southeast.

A 2014 MacArthur Fellow, Deer also is chief justice for the Prairie Island Indian Community Court of Appeals. This year, she confronts the issue of rape among Native women in North America. Her work centers on the intersection of federal Indian law and victims’ rights in her book The Beginning and End of Rape: Confronting Sexual Violence in Native America (University of Minnesota Press 2015).

College of Education doctoral student wins national award from NAGC

Jessa Goudelock, a doctoral student in the College of Education’s department of educational psychology, was recently awarded the Carolyn Callahan Doctoral Student Award from the National Association for Gifted Children.

The NAGC’s mission is to support those who enrich the development and learning of gifted children through areas such as research and community building. The membership organization presents the annual award to doctoral students who have demonstrated exemplary work in research, publications and educational service, as well as their potential for future scholarship.

Goudelock’s research in educational psychology is focused on gifted and creative education, interdisciplinary qualitative studies and education law and policy. She believes that receiving the award is not only indicative of her work as a student, but also of the college’s gifted and creative education program and faculty members as well.

“Winning this award encourages me to continue my passion for working with and advocating for gifted students,” Goudelock said.

She and two other doctoral students will be recognized at NAGC’s 66th annual convention, which will be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, from Nov. 7-10.

Master’s programs at Terry College post record employment rates in 2019

A record percentage of new graduates from master’s programs at the Terry College of Business found full-time jobs within three months of graduation.

A full 100% of graduates of the Master of Accountancy, Master of Marketing Research and Master of Science in Business Analytics programs were employed within three months of graduation, while a record high 95% of Terry’s full-time MBA graduates did the same.

“It’s terrific to see that the marketplace is recognizing the tremendous value of the master’s programs we have at Terry,” said Dean Benjamin C. Ayers. “Our highest priority is to prepare students to contribute to the modern economy, and this is a sign that we’re achieving just that.”

The employment figures mark the fourth year in a row that graduate program employment rates have been at or above 90%.

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Fountain: Melissa Brown & Jaime Bull. Through Sept. 16. Lamar Dodd School of Art. 706-542-0069. kgeha@uga.edu.

Color, Form and Light. Through Oct. 13. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. gmoa@uga.edu.

The Fool-ectomy. Through Oct. 4. Suite Gallery, Lamar Dodd School of Art. 706-542-0069. kgeha@uga.edu.

Turbulent Femme || toward a radical future. Through Oct. 4. Margie E. West Gallery, Lamar Dodd School of Art. 706-542-0069. kgeha@uga.edu.

Out of the Darkness: Light in the Depths of the Sea of Cortez.

Through Oct. 27. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-1817. hazbrown@uga.edu.

Before the War: Photographs of Syria by Peter Aaron. Through Dec. 1. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. gmoa@uga.edu.

The New South and The New Slavery: Convict Labor in Georgia.

Through Dec. 13. Hargrett Library Gallery, Special Collections Libraries. 706-542-6367. kdotson@uga.edu.

Moon Rocks! Through Dec. 24. Russell Gallery, Special Collections Libraries. 706-542-5788. washnock@uga.edu.

Now and Then: 1979. Through Dec. 24. Russell Gallery, Special Collections Libraries. 706-542-5788. washnock@uga.edu.

Storytelling in Renaissance Maiolica. Through Jan. 5. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. gmoa@uga.edu.

Beautiful and Brutal: Georgia Bulldogs Football, 2017.

Through Feb. 28. Rotunda Gallery, Special Collections Libraries.

706-542-6170. hasty@uga.edu.

MONDAY, SEPT. 16 CONSTITUTION DAY LECTURE “Competing Constitutions: North America, 1783-1795,” Alan Taylor, University of Virginia 1:30 p.m. Chapel. 706-542-7849. cparis@uga.edu.

LECTURE “Was It Justice? Convict Labor and the Practice of Punishment in America,” Mary Ellen Curtin, American University.

5:30 p.m. Auditorium, Special Collections Libraries.

706-542-6367. kdotson@uga.edu.

CONCERT Performance by violinist Levon Ambartsumian and guitarist Daniel Bolshoy. $15. 7 p.m. Day Chapel, State Botanical Garden.

706-542-9353.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 17 TODDLER TUESDAY: PAINT AND PAINTBRUSHES Enjoy a tour, story time in the galleries and an art activity just for the little ones. Discover beautiful works of art from the Terry Collection and then experiment with different kinds of paint and paintbrushes. This free, 40-minute program is designed for families with children ages 18 months to 3 years. Space is limited; email sagekincaid@uga.edu or call 706-542-0448 to reserve a spot. 10 a.m. Georgia Museum of Art. CELLULAR BIOLOGY SEMINAR “Mechanosensory Feedback Drives Homeostatic Modulation of a Model Serotonin Motor Circuit in C. elegans,” Kevin Collins, University of Miami. 11 a.m. 404A Biological Sciences Building.

TOUR AT TWO Tour of highlights from the permanent collection led by docents.

2 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. TOUR Get a closer look at The New South and the New Slavery: Convict Labor in Georgia on display in the Hargrett Library

Gallery of the Special Collections Building. Reservations for the tour are required. For more information, email jhebbard@uga.edu or call 706-583-0213. 2 p.m.

ECOLOGY SEMINAR Odum School of Ecology faculty members will give short presentations on the research being done in their labs. A reception will follow the seminar at 4:30 p.m. in the lobby. 3:30 p.m. Auditorium, Ecology Building. 706-542-7247. bethgav@uga.edu.

QGIS WORKSHOP 2: POLYGON DATA Learn to use QGIS to combine tables with available geometry to turn that data into a map. The workshop will cover clipping, filtering and joining data, as well as styling a choropleth map.

Reservations are encouraged but are not required. Part of the Graduate Research Workshop Series sponsored by the UGA Libraries. 4 p.m. Classroom, Science Library. 706-542-0451. duever@uga.edu.

FACULTY/STAFF GOLF LEAGUE All UGA faculty and staff of every skill level are welcome to join 9-hole events in individual or team formats. Weekly and seasonlong winners will receive golf shop credits. Entries into weekly events are on a first-come, first-served basis. Weekly event entry fee is $5 per player. League 9-hole green fee is $11.85 including tax. Nine-hole cart fee is $10.17 including tax. 5 p.m.

UGA Golf Course. john.crumbley@uga.edu.

SUNFLOWER MUSIC SERIES Elf Power performs. Purchase tickets at botgarden.uga.edu or by calling 706-542-9353. Ticket price for this outdoor concert includes beverages and light snacks. Concert moves to conservatory in inclement weather. The Sunflower Music Series is sponsored by Friends of the Garden, Athens Coca-Cola, Northeast Safes and Distributing and Flagpole Magazine. $15. 7 p.m.

Flower Garden Lawn, State Botanical Garden. 706-542-9353.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 18 CLASS In “Fall Wildflowers of the Georgia Piedmont,” students will learn to recognize the most common fall-blooming wildflowers in the Georgia Piedmont and be introduced to the basic botanical terminology used in identifying and describing fall-flowering plants, with an emphasis on plants in the Aster (composite) family. Attendees will then apply that knowledge to plants in the field, learning to recognize families, genera and species based on characteristics readily observable in the field. $50. 9 a.m.

Mimsie Lanier Center, State Botanical Garden. 706-542-6014. connicot@uga.edu.

CONSERVATION SEMINAR “Preventing Species Invasions and Harmful Algal Blooms to Protect Wildlife and Human Health,” Susan Wilde, associate professor of aquatic science in the UGA Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. The Conservation Seminar series exposes undergraduate and graduate students to multiple aspects of the field of conservation ecology and sustainable development through speakers from different scientific disciplines and careers. It is designed to provide students with an integrative perspective that transcends interdisciplinary boundaries. Seminars are open free to the public. 1:25 p.m. Auditorium, Ecology Building. 706-542-7247. bethgav@uga.edu.

LECTURE “Greeks and Romans Bearing Gifts: How the Ancients Inspired the Founding Fathers,” Carl Richard, University of Louisiana at Lafayette. 4:30 p.m. 218 Correll Hall. 706-542-7466. erikat@uga.edu.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 19 NATURE RAMBLERS Sessions will start with an inspirational reading by a nature writer. This is a ramble, not a hike; ramblers will stop to view interesting plants, insects, butterflies, mushrooms, etc., along the way. Ramblers are encouraged to bring their own nature writings or favorite poems and essays to share with the group.

9 a.m. Visitor Center & Conservatory, Front Fountain, State Botanical Garden. 706-542-6014. connicot@uga.edu.

Award-winning violinist Sarah Chang to perform Sept. 19 in Hodgson Concert Hall

By Bobby Tyler btyler@uag.edu

UGA Presents is bringing award-winning violinist Sarah Chang to Athens for a 7:30 p.m. performance Sept. 19 in Hodgson Concert Hall.

Chang will be joined by pianist Julio Elizalde for a program that includes works by Béla Bartók, César Franck, Edward Elgar, Antonín Dvorák and Maurice Ravel.

Chang made her debut with the New York Philharmonic at age 8 and has since forged an international career spanning more than two decades.

She has appeared with all the major North American orchestras, and she regularly travels the world, performing throughout Europe and Asia.

Along with Pete Sampras, Wynton Marsalis and Tom Brady, Chang has been a featured artist in Movado’s global advertising campaign “The Art of Time.” In 2006, she was featured in Newsweek magazine’s “Women and Leadership, 20 Powerful Women Take Charge” issue, and in 2008, she was honored as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum for her professional achievements, commitment to society and potential in shaping the future of the world.

Chang received the Harvard University Leadership Award in 2012, and in 2005, Yale University dedicated a chair in Sprague Hall in her name. In

2004, she was awarded the Internazionale Accademia Musicale Chigiana Prize in Siena, Italy. Other distinctions include the Avery Fisher Career Grant, Gramophone’s Young Artist of the Year Award, Germany’s Echo Schallplattenpreis, Newcomer of the Year honors at the International Classical Music Awards in Sarah Chang London and Korea’s Nanpa Award.

In 2011, Chang was named an official artistic ambassador by the U.S. Department of State.

Tickets for Chang’s concert start at $30 and can be purchased at the Performing Arts Center box office, online at pac.uga.edu or by calling 706-542-4400. A limited number of discounted tickets are available to current UGA students for $10 with a valid UGA ID (limit one ticket per student).

A pre-performance talk will be given by Theresa Chafin, a graduate student in the Hugh Hodgson School of Music. The talk begins at 6:45 p.m. in Ramsey Concert Hall.

Hodgson Concert Hall and Ramsey Concert Hall are located in the UGA Performing Arts Center at 230 River Road in Athens.

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GARDEN EARTH EXPLORERS Also Sept. 21. Join the State Botanical Garden’s education team as it brings a new program, Garden Earth Explorers, to the Alice H. Richards Children’s Garden. Families enjoy a morning of adventure discovering Garden Earth through songs, puppets, stories, hikes, activities or games. The Garden Earth Explorers program is an informal way to give young naturalists a better understanding about the importance of this planet. Thursday mornings will be geared towards ages 3-6, and Saturday mornings will capture the interest of more advanced learners ages 7-10. This event will not take place during inclement weather or a scheduled festival. 10:15 a.m. Alice H. Richards Children’s Garden, State Botanical Garden. 706-542-6156. cscamero@uga.edu.

LUNCHTIME GALLERY TALK Lamar Dodd School of Art MFA candidate Mac Balentine will discuss his exhibition The Fool-ectomy. Noon. Suite Gallery, Lamar Dodd School of Art. 706-542-0069. kgeha@uga.edu.

ECONOMICS SEMINAR SERIES Speaker: John Hatfield, University of Texas-Austin. 3:30 p.m.

C006 Benson Hall. roozbeh@uga.edu.

DIGI COLLOQUIUM Focus on “Henry V” is a peer-reviewed, digital, multimedia book and an Open Educational Resource authored by students and faculty at the University of Georgia and Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3. The trans-Atlantic team will discuss how its collaboration brings high standards of design and readability to the online publication format. 4 p.m. DigiLab, Main Library. digi@uga.edu.

LECTURE International soccer journalist Manuel Veth will give a talk on “The Integration of Soccer and Politics in the 21st Century.”

Veth is the editor-in-chief of the Futbolgrad Network, which focuses on football in the post-Soviet space, the Bundesliga and football in the Americas. 4 p.m. 150 Miller Learning Center.

706-542-2640. davemarr@uga.edu.

FILM SCREENING Join a screening of the documentary film Lillian Smith: Breaking the Silence, followed by a panel discussion with director Hal Jacobs, Patricia Bell-Scott, Brenda Bynum and Matthew Teutsch, director of the Lillian E. Smith Center at Piedmont College. A reception will follow. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library is the home to the Lillian Smith papers. 6 p.m. Auditorium, Special Collections Libraries. 706-542-6367. kdotson@uga.edu.

YOGA IN THE GALLERIES Enjoy a yoga class surrounded by works of art in the galleries.

Led by instructors from Five Points Yoga, this program is open free to both beginner and experienced yogis. Space is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis; tickets are available at the front desk starting at 5:15 p.m. Yoga mats provided. 6 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. VOLLEYBALL vs. North Carolina State. 7 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum.

The Hugh Hodgson School of Music’s next Ensemble Series performance will feature the University of Georgia Symphony Orchestra.

UGA Symphony Orchestra to perform in Ensemble Series

By Camille Hayes ceh822@uga.edu

The Hugh Hodgson School of Music’s Ensemble Series continues on Sept. 26 at 7:30 p.m. with a concert by the University of Georgia Symphony Orchestra in Hodgson Hall.

“This concert celebrates nationalism in music,” said Mark Cedel, director of orchestral activities.

The first part of the concert features favorite works of two American composers. To open the concert, Jaclyn Hartenberger, associate director of bands, will be the guest conductor for Samuel Barber’s hauntingly beautiful Adagio for Strings.

Next, assistant conductor Jean Gómez will lead the orchestra in a performance of Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring Suite. Dancer and choreographer Martha Graham commissioned the piece, which premiered as a ballet in 1944. It was originally composed for 13 instruments because of the limited seating available to musicians at the Library of Congress.

In 1945, Copland made a suite for a full orchestra, preserving the essential features of the original music.

“Suite from Appalachian Spring, Ballet for Martha” has eight sections that have descriptions by the composer, such as, “Introduction of the characters, one by one, in a suffused light…a sentiment both elated and religious gives the keynote…extremes of joy and

CONCERT A performance by violinist Sarah Chang. $35-$65; $10 for students. 7:30 p.m. Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center. 706-542-4400. ugaarts@uga.edu. (See story, left.)

status assessment and conservation efforts. Class time will be spent both indoors and outside in the garden. $50. 9 a.m. Visitor Center, Classroom 2, State Botanical Garden. 706-542-6014. connicot@uga.edu.

MUSEUM MIX The museum’s thrice-annual late-night art party features a live DJ, free refreshments and galleries open until 11 p.m. 8 p.m.

Georgia Museum of Art.

CHILDREN’S GARDEN PERFORMANCE SERIES The State Botanical Garden invites guests to celebrate the opening year of the Alice H. Richards Children’s Garden with family-friendly outdoor performances. Every third Saturday of the month, enjoy a variety of engaging shows taking place on the Theater-in-the-Woods stage. All performances will take place at 9:30 a.m. with a second showing at 11 a.m. In case of rain, performances will be in the Callaway Administration Building Auditorium. 706-542-6156. bwboone@uga.edu.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 20 INTERNATIONAL COFFEE HOUR As a part of Latinx Heritage Month, celebrate culture with food from around the world and conversation with other UGA students. Hosted by Multicultural Services & Programs.

11:30 a.m. Ballroom, Memorial Hall. 706-542-5867. bridget.webster@uga.edu.

LECTURE “Gender Differences in the Dating Experiences of African American Young Adults: The Challenge of Forming Romantic Relationships Within the Context of Power Imbalance,” Leslie Gordon Simons, sociology. Part of the Women’s Studies Friday Speaker Series. 12:20 p.m. 213 Miller Learning Center. 706-542-2846. tlhat@uga.edu.

MRI SAFETY TRAINING Bio-Imaging Research Center provides MRI safety training for individual researchers and their teams who are directly using BIRC resources. Sign up for this course at least 48 hours prior to the preferred time/date. 2:30 p.m. 339 Coverdell Center. kmason@uga.edu.

TOUR Join curator Jason Hasty for a closer look at the exhibit Beautiful and Brutal: Georgia Bulldog Football, 2017 on the Friday before each home football game this season. Visitors will have a chance to share their own memories from 2017 and get handson with a selection of historic materials from the UGA Athletic Association archives. 3 p.m. Rotunda Gallery, Special Collections Libraries. 706-542-7123. hasty@uga.edu.

WORKSHOP A professionalization workshop on ways graduate students can make themselves more Googleable, such as building a personal webpage, utilizing social media and finding where conversations happen online. Registration is encouraged but is not required. Part of the Graduate Research Workshop Series sponsored by the UGA Libraries. 3 p.m. 369 Miller Learning Center. joeystan@uga.edu.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 21 PLANTS & POLLINATORS COURSE This class will take an in-depth look at the biology and ecology of the monarch butterfly in North America, its migration, species

FOOTBALL vs. Notre Dame. TV: CBS. 8 p.m. Sanford Stadium.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 22 SOCCER vs. Furman. 2 p.m. Turner Soccer Complex.

MONDAY, SEPT. 23 CTEGD RESEARCH IN PROGRESS: CHAMPAGNE LAB Moderators: Kerri Miazgowicz and Nathan Chasen. Advanced students, postdocs, technicians and PIs from CTEGD labs present “in progress” work and discuss preliminary data and ideas for collaboration. Refreshments are provided by CTEGD and the host lab. 8:30 a.m. 175 Coverdell Center. 706-542-9417. donnah@uga.edu.

LECTURE “Crusoe’s Absence: Sugar Economies and the Ingenuity of Realism,” Barbara Fuchs, UCLA. The lecture is hosted by the Early Modern Studies Research Group, an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant-funded research project in the Global Georgia Initiative of the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts. Matching funds are provided by Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and the departments of English, history, Romance languages and theatre and film studies and the Bulletin of the Comediantes, a journal devoted to the study of Spanish Golden Age Theater.

5 p.m. Ballroom, Founders Memorial Garden. fernan.gomezmone25@uga.edu.

COMING UP OWENS LIBRARY BOOK SALE Sept. 24. Annual book sale fundraising event. Library entrance, Jackson Street Building.

TOUR AT TWO Sept. 24. Ashlyn Parker Davis, M.A. candidate in art history and curatorial intern, will lead a tour of Before the War: Photographs of Syria by Peter Aaron. 2 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art.

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fear and wonder…muted strings intone a hushed prayer-like chorale passage.”

After the intermission, audiences will hear a piece

by Antonín Dvorák.

“He was one of the great nationalistic composers of the Romantic period, and his Symphony No. 7 is a shining example,” said Cedel.

The Czech composer employs rhythms and folk aspects of Moravia and his native Bohemia. He had the support of Johannes Brahms, who helped him to publish his music, which launched his international reputation. Upon his first visit to London in 1884, his music already was very well known. The London Philharmonic Society elected him as honorary member and commissioned a series of concerts in London.

In response, Dvorák composed his Symphony No. 7, which premiered on April 22, 1885, at St. James’s Hall in London.

Tickets for the performance are $12 for adults and $3 for students and children and are available through the Performing Arts Center. They can be purchased online at pac.uga.edu, by calling 706-542-4400 or in person at the box office. The Ensemble Series includes concerts by the Hodgson School’s premiere large ensembles, with all proceeds from ticket sales directly benefiting its students.

For those unable to attend, live streaming will be available at music.uga.edu/live-streaming.

Tony winner and former Athens resident Sutton Foster to perform at UGA

By Bobby Tyler btyler@uga.edu

UGA Presents is bringing two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster to Athens on Sept. 28 for An Evening with Sutton Foster. The Georgia native and former Athens resident will perform music from Broadway and the American songbook in a 7:30 p.m. Hodgson Hall concert.

Sutton Foster Foster currently stars in the TV Land series Younger, which was recently picked up for a seventh season. She is the winner of two Tony Awards for best performance by a leading actress in a musical for Thoroughly Modern Millie in 2002 and Anything Goes in 2011.

Her other Broadway credits include Violet, Shrek, Young Frankenstein, The Drowsy Chaperone, Little Women, Les Misérables, Annie, The Scarlet Pimpernel and Grease. In addition to Younger, she has appeared on television in Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, Bunheads, Elementary, Psych, Royal Pains, Law & Order: SVU, Flight of the Conchords and Sesame Street.

Her albums include Take Me to the World, Wish and An Evening with Sutton Foster: Live at the Café Carlyle.

Born in Statesboro, Foster attended Carnegie Mellon University before pursuing a theatrical career full time. She holds an honorary doctorate from Ball State University, where she also teaches.

Tickets for An Evening with Sutton Foster start at $55 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 Hall is located in the UGA Performing Arts Center at 230 River Road in Athens.

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Shiyu Wang, an assistant professor in the College of Education’s educational psychology department, recently received the 2019 Early Career Researcher Award from the International Association for Computerized Adaptive Testing.

As an IACAT early career scholar, Wang will receive a $2,500 grant to attend and present her research on computerized adaptive testing at the 2020 IACAT conference. Formed in 2010, IACAT is committed to advancing the science of adaptive testing in all fields of applied psychological and educational Shiyu Wang measurement.

Wang hopes to develop a CAT system, which can be administered at the beginning of a semester to assess students’ knowledge and provide instructors with an understanding of their background. The resulting data can be used by instructors to recommend different materials for students who need to review certain lessons for class or, in some cases, more advanced materials if they already have the prerequisite knowledge.

Eric Elsner is the superintendent of the J. Phil Campbell Sr. Research and Education Center, one of seven research centers in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.

John H. Morrow Jr., a professor of history in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, is the 13th recipient of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing.

The award, which includes a gold medallion, citation and $100,000 honorarium, recognizes and honors the contributions of a living author for a body of work dedicated to enriching the understanding of military history and affairs.

Museum & Library founder John Morrow Jr. and chair Jennifer N. Pritzker, a retired colonel in the Illinois National Guard, will formally present Morrow with the award at the organization’s annual Liberty Gala on Nov. 2 in Chicago.

Author or co-author of eight publications, Morrow is an accomplished military historian and respected professor. His work includes The Great War: An Imperial History, The Great War in the Air, Harlem’s Rattlers and the Great War (co-authored with Jeffrey T. Sammons) and German Airpower in World War I, among others.

Cecil Jennings, the USGS Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Unit leader and adjunct professor in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, has been named to the 2019 Fellows of the American Fisheries Society. The honor recognizes efforts in leadership, research, teaching and mentoring, resource management and/or conservation and outreach or interaction with the public.

Fellows represent the highest level of expertise in the field, and Jennings joins an exclusive group of peers who are leaders in fisheries science. He will accept the honor this fall along with the other members of the 2019 Fellows class.

Jennings’ research spans topics in the areas of fisheries and aquaculture and biology/ecology/ management. Recent research has included forecasting trout distribution in response to climate change in streams in North Georgia, the effects of harbor deepening on the distribution and abundance estuarine-dependent fishes in the Savannah River and evaluating factors affecting walleye production under hatchery conditions.

The American Fisheries Society is the world’s oldest and largest organization dedicated to strengthening the fisheries profession, advancing fisheries science and conserving fisheries resource.

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.

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Superintendent builds upon mission at research and education center

By Krista Richmond krichmond@uga.edu

Yes, Eric Elsner’s office has a desk and a computer. But it also has more than 1,000 acres of land, a few hundred head of beef cattle and a tractor or two.

Elsner is superintendent of the J. Phil Campbell Sr. Research and Education Center in Watkinsville, one of seven research centers in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, and every day is a chance to get his hands dirty.

“I’m an agricultural person at heart,” Elsner said. “This job is an opportunity to do what I love.”

Elsner grew up in an agricultural setting in Oconee County. His father, Earl Elsner, was a faculty member at UGA and farmed as a hobby. Following in his father’s footsteps, Elsner developed a love for farming, too, and studied crop sciences at UGA. “It’s all I’ve ever known,” he said.

Elsner worked at the Campbell Center as a student in the mid-1980s, when it was a U.S. Department of Agriculture facility. Elsner’s first position at UGA was as a student worker in the soybean breeding program. After graduating from UGA, he worked in the agricultural industry for a few years before coming back to the Athens area in 2000, working at the center. By 2010, the facility was on the USDA’s closure

list, so he took a position on campus with the Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics.

During that time, the center closed.

But the legislation closing it included a provision that if a land-grant university was interested in the facility and completed the necessary requirements, the USDA would transfer the facility to the university. The transfer began in 2012, and the deed officially transferring the facility to UGA was recorded in 2013.

Elsner has been with the center since then.

Each of the research and education centers at the agricultural and environmental sciences college represent different geographical areas of the state and their distinctive climates and soils.

The centers are meant to build upon the research mission, the extension mission and the teaching mission of the college.

The Campbell Center’s proximity to UGA’s main campus puts it in a unique position to support the teaching mission, but its main function is to support the college’s research mission. In fact, there are 20 to 25 active projects at the center now.

The center sees a good amount of research on forages, grazing, sustainable row cropping and production of cotton and corn. Because it is predominately dry land, projects involving large-scale irrigation are out, but research on grazing and dry land row crops are ideal.

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Eric Elsner Superintendent, J. Phil Campbell Sr. Research and Education Center College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Office of the Associate Dean for Research B.S.A., Crop Sciences, University of Georgia, 1994 At UGA: 13 years

The center has been in continuous operation since 1937 and has been a staple in Oconee County, nestled along Highway 53. After Sept. 11, 2001, when stricter regulations for visiting federal facilities were put into place, the center became less accessible to local residents.

“First and foremost, my goal is for the center to be a vital part of CAES’ mission by supporting the researchers who are striving to help farmers in the Southeast and across the U.S. and the world,” Elsner said. “It’s important to me that while doing that, we continue to be a contributing member of this community in whatever ways we can.

The center is a part of this community.

I hope we will be a part of the community for years to come, and I want the community to be better because of our presence.”

INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Gordon named Governor’s Teaching Fellows director Leslie Gordon, a faculty member in the Institute of Higher Education, has been named the new director of the institute’s Governor’s Teaching Fellows program.

Gordon has wide-ranging experience in teaching and learning, faculty development, and program direction and assessment. She is the associate director of the Executive Doctoral Program in Higher Education Management and is a frequent contributor to UGA’s Center for Teaching and Learning. Previously, she served as a senior administrator in the Office of the Vice President for Instruction and in the Office of Academic Planning at UGA. She has had central roles in the development and implementation of major campus-wide initiatives, including UGA’s First-Year Odyssey Seminar Program, the 2010 SACS reaffirmation of accreditation, the administration of the National Survey of Student Engagement and related surveys, and

faculty training in best practices for general education and academic program assessment.

Gordon has taught in several contexts at UGA, including undergraduate linguistics Leslie Gordon courses for the department of Romance languages, the First-Year Odyssey Seminar program, Honors Program seminars, and assessment and learning support modules in the executive doctorate program that she directs.

At the Center for Teaching and Learning, she has led faculty learning communities on topics such as outcomes assessment and career-track faculty development for several years. Gordon was a Teaching Academy Fellow in 20122013 and a Service-Learning Fellow in 2015-2016. She has served as associate

editor for the International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and reviewer for the International Journal of ePortfolio.

Gordon earned an A.B. in Romance languages from the University of Georgia, an M.A. in Romance linguistics from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. in applied linguistics from Georgetown University. She was a faculty member at Washington and Lee University prior to her return to UGA. The Institute of Higher Education has coordinated and hosted the GTF program since the program’s founding in 1995 by Gov. Zell Miller. GTF accepts Fellows twice a year into an academic year symposium and into a summer intensive symposium.

Gordon will retain her current responsibilities and activities as associate director of the Executive Doctoral Program in Higher Education Management in addition to directing the GTF program.

LECTURES from page 1 Foundation Chair in the Corcoran Department of History, University of Virginia. Constitution Day Lecture: “Competing Constitutions: North America, 1783-1795.”

Sept. 16, 1:30 p.m., Chapel.

Taylor is the author of several books about the colonial history of the U.S., the American Revolution and the early American Republic.

Two of his books, William Cooper’s Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early Republic and The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832, have won a Pulitzer Prize. His most recent book is American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750-1804.

Sponsored by the department of political science and the School of Public and International Affairs.

• John F. Crowley, chairman and CEO, Amicus Therapeutics.

Mason Public Leadership Lecture.

Sept. 20, 10:10 a.m., Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries Auditorium.

Crowley has led Amicus Therapeutics, a global biotechnology company engaged in the discovery, development and commercialization of novel treatments for persons living with rare and orphan diseases, since 2011. His involvement with biotechnology stems from the diagnosis of two of his children with Pompe disease, a severe and often fatal neuromuscular disorder. To find a cure for them, he left his position at Bristol-Myers Squibb and became an entrepreneur. Crowley is the subject of The Cure: How a Father Raised $100 Million—and Bucked the Medical Establishment—in a Quest to Save His Children, which was later adapted into the film Extraordinary Measures.

Sponsored by a grant from Keith Mason. Part of the Terry Leadership Speaker Series presented by the Institute for Leadership Advancement. (See story, page 2.)

• Steven Hill, legal adviser and director of the Office of Legal Affairs, NATO. “NATO @ 70: The Rule of Law Alliance.” Sept. 26, noon, Hirsch Hall, Room 120.

Hill leads the multinational legal team in the NATO Office of Legal Affairs, which provides timely legal advice on policy issues, develops consensus solutions for compliance with multinational legal requirements and promotes and defends the organization’s legal interests in numerous internal and

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external venues. Prior to joining NATO, Hill was counselor for legal affairs at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations.

Sponsored by the Dean Rusk International Law Center at the School of Law. • Irina Bokova, former director general, UNESCO. “Preserving Global Cultural Heritage in Times of War and Conflict.” Oct. 1, 5 p.m., Chapel.

Bokova served as director general of UNESCO for two full terms, from 2009-2017, and was the first woman to serve in this role.

She has successfully advanced a strong United Nations agenda for the better preservation of humanity’s cultural heritage. In particular, she and UNESCO have been successful in criminalizing the illegal trade in cultural artifacts and in persecuting those who willfully destroy parts of cultural history.

HGOR Endowed Lecture, with support from the School of Public and International Affairs, the Willson Center for Humanities and Art and the School of Law. Part of the College of Environment and Design 50th anniversary celebration.

• David Perdue, U.S. senator from Georgia. Terry Leadership Speaker

WEEKLY READER

Book shares bold tales of Antarctic explorers

Beneath the Shadow: Legacy and Longing in the Antarctic Justin Gardiner University of Georgia Press Paperback: $24.95 Ebook: $24.95

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In February 2010, with the help of a friend who works as a photographer with a National Geographic-sponsored cruise line, Justin Gardiner boarded a ship bound for Antarctica. A stowaway of sorts, Gardiner used his experiences on this voyage as the narrative backdrop for Beneath the Shadow, a compelling firsthand account that breathes new life into the 19th-century journals of Antarctic explorers such as Capt. Robert Falcon Scott, Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton and Capt. Roald Amundsen.

Beneath the Shadow is centered on journal excerpts by eight famous explorers, which Gardiner uses as touchstones for modern-day experiences of harsh seas, chance encounters, rugged terrain and unspeakable beauty. With equal parts levity and lyricism, Gardiner navigates the distance between the historical and the contemporary, the artistic and the scientific, the heroic and the mundane.

The bold and tragic tales of Antarctic explorers have long held our collective imagination, and this book makes those voices come to life as few ever have.

Series. Oct. 9, 11:15 a.m., Chapel.

Perdue was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2014 and is the only Fortune 500 CEO in Congress.

He has more than 40 years of business experience as the former CEO of Reebok athletic brand and Dollar General stores. Perdue is a champion for term limits for politicians, reining in spending, growing the economy and tackling the nation’s debt.

Sponsored by the Institute for Leadership Advancement in the Terry College of Business.

• Chad Smith, former principal chief, Cherokee Nation. “Cherokee Removal and the Trail of Tears: The Unlearned Lessons of Populism Today.” Oct. 10, 4 p.m., Miller Learning Center, Room 248.

A major figure in Indian affairs, Smith has advocated on Native issues nationally and internationally, including at the United Nations.

Smith served as a professor at Dartmouth College teaching Cherokee History and Native American Law. He is an author of books on leadership, art and Native American worldviews, including Leadership Lessons from the Cherokee Nation: Learn From All I Observe.

Sponsored by the Institute of Native American Studies in

the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences.

• David Salyers, entrepreneur and former Chick-fil-a executive.

“START UP…. your future!!”

Oct. 24, 12:30 p.m., Jackson Street Building, Room 125.

Salyers was one of the original two marketing executives at Chickfil-A, where he was instrumental in the growth and development of the iconic “cow campaign” and championed a marketing department that rose to international prominence. His 2016 book, Remarkable!, which he co-wrote with Randy Ross, imparts leadership lessons that can transform one’s workplace culture. An entrepreneur at heart, he is now on the board of three corporations and is involved in nine startups more defined by meaning than money.

Sponsored by Innovation Gateway.

• Ashley Watson, chief compliance officer, Johnson & Johnson.

Ethics Week Lecture. Nov. 4, 1:25 p.m., Chapel.

In addition to serving as chief compliance office for Johnson & Johnson, Watson is vice chair of the Ethics Research Center, which is committed to creating and sustaining high quality ethics and compliance programs. She previously was senior vice president for ethics and compliance at Merck and also served as the senior vice president, deputy general counsel and chief ethics and compliance officer at Hewlett-Packard. She received a Juris Doctor from the UGA School of Law in 1993.

Sponsored by the School of Law and the Terry College of Business.

• Alvia Wardlaw, professor of art history and director of the University Museum at Texas Southern University. Alfred Heber Holbrook Memorial Lecture: “All of One Piece: The Life and Art of Mary Lee Bendolph.” Nov. 7, 5:30 p.m., Georgia Museum of Art, M. Smith Griffith Auditorium.

Wardlaw is a leading expert in African and African American art. She serves on the Scholarly Advisory Committee of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Prior to joining the faculty of TSU, she served as curator of modern and contemporary art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston for 22 years and organized more than 75 exhibitions on African and

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African American art.

• Ertharin Cousin, Payne Distinguished Lecturer, Stanford University. D.W. Brooks Lecture and Awards: “Achieving Food Security and Planetary Health: A Solvable Enigma.” Nov. 12, 3:30 p.m., UGA Center for Continuing Education and Hotel, Mahler Hall.

Prior to joining the faculty of Stanford, Cousin served as executive director of the world’s largest humanitarian organization, the United Nations World Food Programme, with 14,000 staff serving 80 million vulnerable people across 75 countries.

She is a Distinguished Fellow at Stanford’s Center on Food Security and the Environment and its Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law. • A.E. Stallings and John T. Edge, moderated by Virginia Prescott. Georgia Writers Hall of Fame Author Discussion.

Nov. 17, 4 p.m. Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries, Room 271.

A 1990 UGA alumna, Stallings is an American poet who has published three collections of poetry, Archaic Smile, Hapax and Olives, as well as a verse translation of “Lucretius,The Nature of Things.”

She is the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation and was a 2019 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry.

Edge has served as director since the 1999 founding of the Southern Foodways Alliance, an institute of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi. Winner of the M.F.K. Fisher Distinguished Writing Award from the James Beard Foundation, he is author of The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South. Edge is also the host of the television show TrueSouth, which airs on the SEC Network and on ESPN. Prescott is the Gracie Awardwinning host of “On Second Thought” for Georgia Public Broadcasting.

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8 Sept. 16, 2019 columns.uga.edu DEDICATION

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On location at Hendershot’s in Athens, Kristi Frank wears the phone strap that she created during her time as a student at the University of Georgia.

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With the dedication of Sanford and Barbara Orkin Hall, the front left building alongside Hull Street, and Ivester Hall, the front right building alongside Lumpkin Street, the Terry College Business Learning Community is complete, providing a highly collaborative learning environment for the 9,000 students, faculty and staff who now call it home.

collaborative learning environment that the college’s faculty and staff have long envisioned for all business students, featuring modern classrooms, multipurpose team rooms and spacious common areas.

“For more than 100 years, our college of business has served the state and the nation by providing students with a world-class business education. Today, we celebrate the new home of the Terry College and the facilities that will support the teaching, research and service that will produce business leaders and strengthen our economy for the next 100 years,” said UGA President Jere W. Morehead.“Completion of these two final buildings not only extends the Terry College’s state-of-the-art offerings, it also marks the finish of a remarkable transformation of the UGA campus in keeping with the long-standing vision of our university’s master plan.”

Other speakers at the event included Aflac Chairman and CEO Dan Amos, Deer Run Investments President Doug Ivester, Terry College of Business Dean Ben Ayers and UGA undergraduate student Emily Bauer.

The first building in the Business

Learning Community, Correll Hall, opened in 2015. The next phase, which included Amos Hall, Benson Hall and Moore-Rooker Hall, was completed two years later. Ivester Hall and Sanford and Barbara Orkin Hall opened to students this fall.

Alongside Lumpkin Street to the east, Ivester Hall is named for 1969 accounting graduate M. Douglas (Doug) Ivester, the former chairman and CEO of The CocaCola Co. It features a 350-seat auditorium that also bears the Ivester name, three undergraduate classrooms, a seminar room and two conference rooms.

Alongside Hull Street to the west, Sanford and Barbara Orkin Hall honors the couple’s longtime support of UGA, including previous gifts to fund need-based scholarships, research and other initiatives. The four-story building includes two auditoriums, four undergraduate classrooms, a behavioral lab, a computer lab for marketing research and the offices for Terry’s Undergraduate Student Services.

Counting students, faculty and staff, more than 9,000 people work and study in the Terry College’s buildings.

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said Bob Pinckney, the Milton Anthony (Tony) Greene Director of Entrepreneurship. “For us, this diversity and inclusion and getting ideas and points of view from different parts of campus are very important to the success of the program.”

Ben Sankary can attest to that. He graduated in 2018 from the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences with a degree in history, but the certificate appealed to him because of his father’s background.

“My dad started his own business, so I was always interested in small businesses and starting my own, but I didn’t want to do the finance major track, and that’s why I chose history,” Sankary said. “I knew I wanted to do something with business, so I found out about the entrepreneurship certificate and said that’s exactly what I need. It was great.”

Certificate holders come from every undergraduate school and college at UGA, representing almost 100 academic majors.

When certificates are awarded from the Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship, which started in fall 2018, every college and school will be represented.

For Sankary, the combined knowledge of history and entrepreneurship led him to the heart of Silicon Valley, where he works for Roam Analytics, a startup using data and machine learning to produce predictive insights for medical device and pharmaceutical companies. Sankary is an operations and finance associate, and as his company raises capital and begins to grow, the skills he learned from the UGA program will allow him to understand the process.

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Participants are being sought for a research study that will help investigate the impact of nut consumption on cholesterol profiles. Subjects who complete the study will earn $70-$145, depending on treatment groups.

The foods and nutrition department seeks men and women ages 30-75 with high cholesterol levels or a “bigger build.” Subjects must not take cholesterol-lowering medications, thyroid medications or exercise more than three hours per week.

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“We just went through financing dealing with cap tables, dilution, how raising money works, and I learned all about this process in the Entrepreneurship Program,” he said.

“We learned about founder traits and founder relationships—our founders have very complementary types of relationships, but when the company got a little bit bigger they were missing an operational piece. We brought in a COO, and she made such a huge difference.

Learning about founding members and how they work together was something they drilled in on in the certificate program. It was all true to what happens, you can see how it works in the business world.”

His training with a startup now preps him for the time when he’s ready to form his own company. “Starting my own business has been on my list for a long time,” Sankary said. “I just have to find the idea to run with.”

“In our classes, we have students from the law school, pharmacy, SPIA, FACS, Grady, Terry, Warnell—from all across campus,” Pinckney said. “Entrepreneurship happens anywhere.”

Frank, who combined her marketing knowledge with an artistic flourish to create and propel her product, said UGA’s Entrepreneurship Program stays with her. She’s quick to consult the program’s staff for guidance, understanding that entrepreneurship is a skill you keep learning.

“They help you, they challenge your thinking, they are mind teasers,” she said. “The community Bob has created and cultivated is truly the special sauce of the program. The certificate program puts you on a platform to launch whenever you do have the idea. It puts a fire in you to start to question what needs are out there that I can solve.”

INNOVATION from page 1 c­ ompletion of Studio 225—named for its West Broad Street address—which opened in March 2019 as the first phase of the Innovation District initiative. Studio 225, also funded by private donations, supports UGA’s rapidly-growing student-focused entrepreneurship program, which launched with one instructor and 33 undergraduates just a few years ago and has quickly transformed into a campus-wide initiative that reaches more than 1,000 students each year and includes a variety of academic and experiential opportunities.

The Innovation District initiative over time will include an integrated set of facilities, programs and services all designed to inspire innovation, entrepreneurship, industry collaboration and experiential learning, ultimately making the university a more powerful driver of economic development locally and across Georgia.

In September 2018, Morehead charged a 16-person launch team, led by Tschepikow, to implement the initial strategy for the Innovation District initiative, including developing programmatic infrastructure, assessing short- and long-term facility needs and building partnerships with industry and community leaders.

Morehead also assembled an external advisory board this past spring to ensure that the initiative moves forward with input from the private sector and the local business community. The board includes distinguished university alumni and supporters, industry partners and business leaders, and other individuals with expertise and experience related to the initiative.