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Candidate for provost post visits campus

  The next step in Susan Prager’s career may take her more than 2,500 miles across the country. As the last of the three finalists for the provost position to visit the University, Prager took a whirlwind tour of campus Thursday. Prager has served as the dean of UCLA’s law school for the past 16 [...]

Retiring registrar recognized for quarter century of service

  Students may not know the man responsible for easing registration and computerizing academic records – but Thursday was his day. Bruce Shutt Day was declared by University President Michael Adams to honor the University Registrar, who will retire at the end of June. With more than 23 years of service to the University, Shutt [...]

Admission to be based only on formula

  Diane Cerqueda said she thinks having goals and a personal commitment to education determine collegiate success more than grade point averages and SAT scores. But the Board of Regents disagrees and is actively implementing a plan, passed in 1996, that requires students to complete more college preparatory courses, do better on their SATs and [...]

Minority services to woo applicants at Yard Party today

  Minority applications to the University are up for fall 1998, and the Office of Admissions is taking advantage of an annual Memorial Day party to encourage more minority students to accept admission offers from the University. Today will mark the second year the Yard Party, sponsored by the Office of Minority Programs, has been [...]

University re-evaluates popular majors

Senior Writer   Capacity problems and restricted access are words no student wants to hear when choosing a major. But limited resources, changes in the popularity of majors and growth at the University are pushing some departments to restrict access to majors through entrance requirements. "Most majors that require apprenticeships, clinical labs or computers already [...]

Filmmakers capture crowds at concert

Senior Writer The physical evidence has disappeared – the stage, people, broken glass and empty beer cans are long gone. But when crowds – estimated as high as 100,000 – descended on downtown Athens last Saturday for Widespread Panic’s free concert, local independent filmmakers caught it all. The filmmakers plan to produce a half-hour documentary [...]

Undergrad education overlooked

Senior Writer   Undergraduates at research universities are being shortchanged on the quality of their education, according to a report released Monday by a national research commission on education. Research institutions often become so preoccupied with their research dimension that the main function of the school – teaching in the undergraduate programs -suffers, according to [...]

UGA Theta Chi chapter suspended

Theta Chi International Fraternity has suspended the University’s chapter pend- ing an investigation of reported underage drinking after a pledge was hospitalized Wednesday night. The University chapter of Theta Chi canceled all planned activities in compli- ance with the suspension. The chapter’s president and pledge pro- gram director resigned their positions Friday, according to the [...]

Auditing division asks that Majetich repay alleged misused funds

The University’s Internal Auditing Division recommended that chemistry professor George Majetich repay $10,626 in federal grant money after it investigated alleged misuse of research funds, according to a report released Wednesday by the Office of Legal Affairs. M a j e t i c h became the subject of a U n i v e [...]

University loses ‘amazing’ lecturer, museum director

A University professor instrumental in the for-mation of the Museum of Natural History, described by students as "brilliant" and an "amaz-ing lecturer" passed away Sunday following com-plications from pancreatitis.   Joshua Laerm, 55, who served as director of the Museum of Natural History since 1978 also was a professor at the Institute of Ecology and [...]

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