UGA NEWS

EDUCATION DEAN NAMED TO NATIONAL BOARD: Louis Castenell Jr., dean of
UGA's College of Education, is one of 15 new members elected to the
National Board for Professional Teaching
Standards. The board operates a national voluntary system to assess
and certify teachers who meet rigorous standards.
http://www.coe.uga.edu/coenews/2000/Castenell-NNBPTS.htm


LATIN AMERICA FOCUS OF SYMPOSIUM: The sixth in a series of annual
international symposia sponsored by UGA's Center for Humanities and
Arts focuses on "Globalization and Cultural Preservation in Latin
America." Poet and novelist Judith Ortiz-Cofer, of UGA's English
department, gives the keynote address at 8 p.m. Feb. 9.
http://www.uga.edu/columns/current/front2.html


PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS: UGA ranks second among colleges and
universities in the Southeast (behind only Florida) in the number of
volunteers currently in the Peace Corps, according to the Southeast
regional office.
http://www.uga.edu/news/news.bureau/releases/releases2K/peacecorps.html


RESEARCH

FORMOSAN TERMITES ARE BIG CONCERN: UGA ecologist Mark Hunter predicts
that the greatest challenge in the man-insect wars in the new
millenium, at least in the U.S., may be  Formosan termites, which
have been gnawing their way north from the Louisiana-Texas coast for
the past 35 years.
http://www.uga.edu/news/news.bureau/releases/releases2K/termites.html


EVENTS

DIE FLEDERMAUS AT CLASSIC CENTER: The second production of the Athena
Grand Opera Company -- a joint venture of UGA's School of Music and
the Athens Classic Center -- will be performed Feb. 12 and 13.  The
operetta will be sung in English.
http://www.uga.edu/columns/current/preview.html


IN THE NEWS

RENAISSANCE OF THE CLASSICS: The current interest in
"multiculturalism" is one of several factors attracting renewed
student interest in classical studies, according to Richard LaFleur,
head of UGA's classics department, who is quoted on the subject in
the Christian Science Monitor.
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2000/02/01/fp20s2-csm.shtml

COLD HELPED PEACH, BLUEBERRY CROPS: UGA extension coordinators told
the Associated Press that back-to-back winter storms in Georgia were
a blessing for the state's peach and blueberry crops, which need
"chill hours" to produce fruit.  Vidalia onions suffered only minor
damage from the weather.  The bad news: the cold had little affect on
insects.
http://news.excite.com:80/news/ap/000201/03/farm-scene

ON THE MOVE

SUE MONTAGNE-PATBERG has been named the new women's soccer coach at
UGA and Christopher Kane is the new assistant coach.  DOUG MARRONE is
the new assistant football coach.
http://www.uga.edu/columns/current/campnews4.html






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