Athens, GA (May 14, 2007) — Two University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center and Hotel employees — Kimberly Cook and Marti Brick — received the Session of the Year Award from the Association of Collegiate Conference and Events Directors-International (ACCED-I) at the ACCED-I 27th Annual Conference on March 26, 2007 in Baltimore, MD.

Cook, an event designer, and Brick, pubic service faculty, received the award for presenting a session titled “Make Them Say WOW!” at the ACCED-I 26th Annual Conference in Dallas, TX in March 2006. Nominees are determined based on the rating of sessions by conference attendee evaluations.

ACCED-I is the only independent educational association dedicated to professional growth and development in the collegiate conference and events profession. ACCED-I has a membership of more than 1,500 professionals at educational institutions in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.

The Georgia Center, celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2007, is a unit of the University of Georgia’s Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach. The Center provides innovative lifelong learning opportunities through its continuing education programs. On UGA’s campus, the Georgia Center includes a full-service hotel with 200 rooms and suites, restaurants, banquet areas, conference rooms, auditoriums, a fitness center, and a computer lab — all under one roof. For more information go to www.georgiacenter.uga.edu.

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