Wi-fi access spreads to new campus sites
The University will spend $580,000 this year to expand wireless Internet access to all classrooms on campus. The University’s Enterprise Information Technology Services will complete the expansion project over several years, targeting heavily used classrooms first. The Student Technology Fee, which increased from $75 to $100 this semester, will fund the expansion. The project will [...]
Univ. submits plan for site
The University’s proposal to use land at the Navy School site may conflict with a need to help Athens’ homeless. The Local Redevelopment Authority received nine proposals in its public outreach campaign, said Holly Reed, the base reuse coordinator for the authority. Seven of the nine proposals were homeless assistance submissions. Some proposals asked for [...]
Univ. looks to lobbyists to fulfill wishlist of expansion, changes
The elections are over and new lawmakers chosen. Now, lobbyists for the University must persuade Georgia’s new legislators for what it wants and needs. “When new people are elected, it is incumbent upon us to talk with them about the University’s needs and priorities,” said Steve Wrigley, senior vice president for External Affairs. Between now [...]
Univ. to implement heating cuts
As the weather turns cold, the University is cooking up new ways to cut back on heating costs and energy expenditures. The University has allocated almost $400,000 for programs to reduce energy use on campus. Next month, the University will implement its annual holiday heating reductions. And public relations students have joined the effort to [...]
Chi Phi may have not met requirements
Chi Phi fraternity may not have met one of the stipulations in a 46-year-old letter it says would allow them to stay in their Lumpkin Street house. The University has ordered the fraternity to move by June 2008 to make room for academic buildings. The University and the state attorney general’s office provided a copy [...]
Dedication held for new Old College
With fanfare from a 22-piece brass band, the University dedicated the recently renovated Old College building Friday. University officials marked the 200th anniversary of the building with a dedication ceremony celebrating renovations completed in August. Old College now will be used by the dean and senior administration of the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. [...]
Students use Univ. media streams
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a series on new media technologies on campus. YouTube.com – which Google said Monday it will buy for $1.65 billion – hosts 100 million videos a day, including homemade movies of break dancers poppin’ and lockin’ to hip-hop beats. At the University, streaming media servers have hosted videos [...]
$40M pharmacy project fourth on Regents’ list
A $40 million addition to the College of Pharmacy building may be completed in the next three years. But that timeline depends on funding from the state legislature. “I’m optimistic because the need for the project is so great. We’re the only state school with a pharmacy program,” said Danny Sniff, University architect. BOARD OF [...]
One fraternity accepts Univ. offer for move
One fraternity has accepted the University’s offer to move to a new house on River Road, and three others have asked for further negotiations. Alpha Tau Omega, a former River Road fraternity, sent a letter Tuesday to Eric Atkinson, assistant to the vice president of Student Affairs, stating the fraternity intends to lease a University-built [...]
Chi Phi: We have a right to stay put
One fraternity says a 46-year-old letter will allow it to stay on Lumpkin Street despite the University telling them they have to move. “It is very unlikely that Chi Phi will be moving to River Road,” said Jim Wimberly, attorney for the fraternity and member of its alumni board. The University has offered to build [...]
