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November 4, 2009
The State Botanical Gardens of Georgia hosted a design charrette on Friday, October 9, 2009 to discuss the future of the upcoming addition of a children’s garden. In conjunction with the University of Georgia, the Botanical Garden held the two-day charrette to begin the planning phase of the construction of the garden. Graduate school students and faculty members of the university’s College of Environment and Design, as well as local professionals combined to formulate several ideas for the future children’s garden.
The college places emphasis on service-learning and community involvement and is constantly looking to create community partnerships. The Botanical Garden is a unit of the University of Georgia Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach, thus the relationship between the two created a unique opportunity for students of the university to extend their experience while cultivating relationships in the community. Alfie Vick, one of the main faculty members involved in the design charrette said, “It allowed us to collaborate with our community partnerships. They had an idea, and we had expertise.” Continue reading »
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November 2, 2009
The Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach hosted the 10th annual National Outreach Scholarship Conference on Sept. 28-30. This year’s theme, “Pathways of Engagement: Connecting Civic Purpose to Learning and Research–Locally and Globally,” served as a forum for discussing the state of public service and civic engagement in higher education. The conference was considered a great success and attendees look forward to the 11th annual National Outreach Scholarship Conference to be held in 2010 at North Carolina State University. Click here to read the full article in Columns.
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October 27, 2009
A 10-year partnership between the University of Georgia and China has created numerous opportunities for the university and the state.
A decade ago this year, UGA’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government reached out to China by offering to partner with Chinese training facilities to provide comprehensive civil servant training to government officials.
Since then almost 900 Chinese officials have participated in government training in the U.S. as well as in Beijing, Tianjin, Jiangxi Province and Qinghai Province.
“For the Chinese and for us, it marks a pretty significant milestone of working with them—two very different public entities working together trying to train civil servants around how you manage a government,” said Steve Wrigley, director of the Carl Vinson Institute of Government. “It’s a unique program. I don’t know that there’s anything else like it in the country.”
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October 26, 2009
The Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center and Hotel (Georgia Center)
In an outreach effort to military personnel, the Georgia Center’s Independent and Distance Learning Department’s coordinator for online course development and marketing has re-established a partnership with DANTES (Defense Activity for Non-traditional Education Support) – www.dantescatalogs.com – and has posted all of the online courses to its web portal. Independent and Distance Learning courses will now be available for all military personnel stationed around the world.
The International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (IMACS) held the 18th IMACS World Congress at the Georgia Center on August 3-7, 2009. Seventy-five scientists and practitioners from around the world attended the conference. IMACS was supported by the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Computer Science Department. Prior to the conference, the National Science Foundation supported a two-day workshop on mathematical biological and numerical analysis attended by 72 academicians and others.
During the month of August, the Georgia Center’s Sales Department booked three conferences with an estimated 405 participants, 375 hotel room nights and 1,240 participant meals for estimated revenue of $71,298. The sales department also booked tactical events for estimated revenue of $36,260. The conference and event planning department coordinated nine conferences with 384 participants and 78 meetings or special events with 3,832 participants.
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October 26, 2009
The Athens Area Community Foundation has awarded grants totaling $25,000 to help 14 local organizations address needs in the areas of youth development, economic and workforce development and access to healthcare and building community.
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October 26, 2009
The founding director of The State Botanical Garden of Georgia, Francis E. Johnstone, Jr., died on Friday, October 13, 2009 in Jacksonville, Florida.
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October 13, 2009
The Fanning Institute hosted a brown bag lunch series on Thursday, Sept. 24, as part of EMBRACE, a statewide network intended to support foster parents, and the Child and Family Policy Initiative’s Fall Brown Bag Series.
Dr. Janet Rechtman, senior public service associate at the University of Georgia Fanning Institute, provided background on EMBRACE, which is intended to prepare Georgia foster families for the specific needs of children who have been placed into state custody.
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September 17, 2009
Join us in September 2009 as we advance the national dialogue about the civic connections made by colleges and universities with their local communities, as well as with communities across the country and around the world. How are these civic connections developed and sustained — by institutions, by faculty members, and by students? How do we assure that learning and research contribute to the well-being of the immediate local community in which an institution resides? How do we do so in an international context? Please join us as we explore the increasingly important topic of the civic purpose of higher education. For more information visit the NOSC homepage.
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September 17, 2009
In an effort to bring service-learning to the UGA campus in Costa Rica, Leigh Askew and Danny Bivins, both faculty members of the Fanning Institute, were awarded two grants: a Service-Learning Fellowship for Askew and an International Scholarship of Engagement Grant for Bivins. They visited Costa Rica in February to meet with farmers in the Finca la Bella community to determine how the students from the College of Environmental Design, the Institute’s partner in this endeavor, can best assist this unique community during their study abroad experience in July. Askew and Bivins returned from their site visit energized by the myriad possibilities and opportunities not only for the upcoming summer term, but for establishing year-round service-learning experiences for all students who study at the campus in Costa Rica.
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August 12, 2009
Click here to download a copy of the August 2009 Points of Pride.
The Carl Vinson Institute of Government (Vinson Institute)
Information Technology Services Wins International Award
The Carl Vinson Institute’s Information Technology Outreach Services Division recently received the 2009 Special Achievement Award from the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), a leader in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology. The unit was selected from more than 300,000 organizations worldwide. It was honored for innovative work in helping government entities and international organizations utilize GIS technology to improve their operations and allow better access to information. For more information visit www.esri.com/sag/index.html.
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