The Red and Black

Issue date: 1/17/08 Section: News

ADAMS

Students and faculty can expect to hear about this year's University goals during the State of the University given by University President Michael Adams at 2 p.m. today in the Chapel.

Besides upcoming plans, Adams will address the past year's highlights and big announcements, said Chuck Toney, a speechwriter, in a telephone interview Wednesday.

"[Adams] will address issues of concern - areas we need to continue to focus on and the University needs to continue to put resources toward," Toney said.

Here's a recap of Adam's key points from last year's State of the University address and what has happened since.

- JoAnn Anderson

Increase Salaries

• HE SAID: Adams focused on increasing faculty salaries in his 2007 address.

• WHAT HAPPENED: The University budget allocated a 3 percent increase in salary for faculty and staff effective Jan. 1, according to the 2006-2007 Annual Report of Institutional Progress. The salaries of the lowest paid University employees were increased to $20,000, an increase from $12,790 in 2002, according to the report.

Increase Enrollment

• HE SAID: Adams called for more graduate enrollment in his 2007 speech.

• WHAT HAPPENED: According to the University's Office of Institutional Research, there were 6,699 graduate students enrolled at the University in the spring semester of 2007 and 6,214 in the fall semester of 2007. The numbers are similar to the enrollments of 6,679 and 6,918 in the spring and fall 2006 semesters.

University Expansion

• HE SAID: Adams expressed a need for building expansion for the art museum and the pharmacy school.

• WHAT HAPPENED: The art museum reached its fundraising goal of $20 million towards a 30,000 sq. ft. extension to the Georgia Museum of Art. The pharmacy school's expansion will be completed in summer 2009.

• HE SAID: Adams called for future University expansion, which included proposed changes for the Navy school site.

• WHAT HAPPENED: In partnership with the Medical College of Georgia, the University proposed to turn the Navy school property in Athens into a medical school by 2012 or 2013, according to a Tuesday news conference.

The University submitted its proposal for the Navy school property, and the Board of Regents approved a plan for the site.

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