2008 Woodie Awards
Study abroad scholarship honors Emerson
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Issue date: 1/28/08 Section: News
Meredith Emerson was, her professors and friends remember, an outstanding student of French language, literature and culture during her years as a student at the University. Now, following her tragic death and the arrest of her alleged murderer, a fund is being established in her memory to support students studying abroad in French-speaking countries.
When fully endowed, the Meredith Hope Emerson Memorial Fund for Study Abroad will be given to a University student each year for study in a French-speaking country, with preference given to current and former residents of the French Language Community.
"Meredith really loved her study-abroad experience while she was at UGA," her parents, Susan and Dave Emerson, wrote, supporting the new fund. "It made a wonderfully positive impression on her and changed her life.
Setting up a scholarship to allow others to have such an experience is a very appropriate way of celebrating how her life was enriched through her time in France."
Tax-deductible gifts to the Meredith Hope Emerson Memorial Award for Study Abroad can be made by check or credit card. Visit http://www.rom.uga.edu/emersonaward.html.
The idea for putting an advising office in Jittery Joe's was part of the Franklin College's plans to bring advising to students instead of requiring students to visit New College on North Campus.
Franklin has satellite advising offices in Brumby, Creswell and Russell residence halls, in addition to the main base in New College. There was need for an office closer to students during the day, according to Michelle Garfield, the associate dean of Franklin College who works most closely with students.
"What we really wanted was a place where students could drop by without an appointment to ask questions about core curriculum classes," she said. "And by students we didn't mean just students in the Franklin College. In fact, we talk to students from other units on campus at Jittery Joe's all the time."
Advisers from the college rotate to staff the site, and during last fall, 20 to 25 students a week would stop by for advice, a number that has now grown to around 40.
Eighty-three percent said a college education is very important, and 15 percent said it is somewhat important.
When considering the importance of higher education, quality is the most important concern. Fifty-five percent of Georgians said they would not compromise quality for wider access to Georgia's colleges and universities.
But, Georgians have a high opinion of the institutions of higher education in the state. Twenty-one percent of the public rate Georgia's colleges and universities as excellent, and another 57 percent rate them as good.
A regular user of the Map Library, Hudgens encouraged his friends, artist Rena Divine and her husband, William T. Divine Jr., a former member of the University System of Georgia Board of Regents, to donate four artist's proofs from Rena's series, "Plantations of Southwest Georgia."
Primarily a wildlife watercolorist, Rena painted quail, dove and ducks in the Southeast. In the early 1980s, former Georgia Gov. George Busbee presented Rena's print of brown thrashers, Georgia's state bird, to dignitaries.
Joanne Eicher, considered to be the leading researcher in dress study, will provide the keynote speech at the Costume Society of America's Southeastern mini-meeting on Saturday, Feb. 2, at the Georgia Museum of Art at 9:30 a.m.
Dress study is an interdisciplinary field focused on how what individuals wear or display on their bodies, such as tattoos, is influenced by cultural ideas, standards and beliefs. Eicher, Regents' Professor Emeritus at the University of Minnesota, will discuss how fashion is a form of non-verbal communication.
- University News Services
When fully endowed, the Meredith Hope Emerson Memorial Fund for Study Abroad will be given to a University student each year for study in a French-speaking country, with preference given to current and former residents of the French Language Community.
"Meredith really loved her study-abroad experience while she was at UGA," her parents, Susan and Dave Emerson, wrote, supporting the new fund. "It made a wonderfully positive impression on her and changed her life.
Setting up a scholarship to allow others to have such an experience is a very appropriate way of celebrating how her life was enriched through her time in France."
Tax-deductible gifts to the Meredith Hope Emerson Memorial Award for Study Abroad can be made by check or credit card. Visit http://www.rom.uga.edu/emersonaward.html.
Advising available at Jittery Joe's
The Franklin College of Arts and Sciences established an advising center on the second floor of the Student Learning Center.The idea for putting an advising office in Jittery Joe's was part of the Franklin College's plans to bring advising to students instead of requiring students to visit New College on North Campus.
Franklin has satellite advising offices in Brumby, Creswell and Russell residence halls, in addition to the main base in New College. There was need for an office closer to students during the day, according to Michelle Garfield, the associate dean of Franklin College who works most closely with students.
"What we really wanted was a place where students could drop by without an appointment to ask questions about core curriculum classes," she said. "And by students we didn't mean just students in the Franklin College. In fact, we talk to students from other units on campus at Jittery Joe's all the time."
Advisers from the college rotate to staff the site, and during last fall, 20 to 25 students a week would stop by for advice, a number that has now grown to around 40.
Poll: College key to success in life
About 98 percent of Georgia residents say a college education is important for an individual to succeed in life today, according to a Peach State Poll.Eighty-three percent said a college education is very important, and 15 percent said it is somewhat important.
When considering the importance of higher education, quality is the most important concern. Fifty-five percent of Georgians said they would not compromise quality for wider access to Georgia's colleges and universities.
But, Georgians have a high opinion of the institutions of higher education in the state. Twenty-one percent of the public rate Georgia's colleges and universities as excellent, and another 57 percent rate them as good.
Alum encourages library donations
Harold R. Hudgens Jr., an Albany resident and University alumnus, encouraged friends to donate to the University's Map Library.A regular user of the Map Library, Hudgens encouraged his friends, artist Rena Divine and her husband, William T. Divine Jr., a former member of the University System of Georgia Board of Regents, to donate four artist's proofs from Rena's series, "Plantations of Southwest Georgia."
Primarily a wildlife watercolorist, Rena painted quail, dove and ducks in the Southeast. In the early 1980s, former Georgia Gov. George Busbee presented Rena's print of brown thrashers, Georgia's state bird, to dignitaries.
Dress researcher to speak Saturday
Joanne Eicher, considered to be the leading researcher in dress study, will provide the keynote speech at the Costume Society of America's Southeastern mini-meeting on Saturday, Feb. 2, at the Georgia Museum of Art at 9:30 a.m.
Dress study is an interdisciplinary field focused on how what individuals wear or display on their bodies, such as tattoos, is influenced by cultural ideas, standards and beliefs. Eicher, Regents' Professor Emeritus at the University of Minnesota, will discuss how fashion is a form of non-verbal communication.
- University News Services
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