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MILLER
Miller to
join the
Institute
of Higher
Education
By TARA McCORMICK
The Red . Black
Don't be
surprised if
you're sit
ting in
class some
day and
Zell Miller
shows up.
Miller,
who just
ended his
reign as
Georgia’s
most popu
lar gover
nor, will join the faculty next
fall as a distinguished profes
sor of higher education.
He will do so as a member
of the University's Institute of
Higher Education.
"I’ve often jokingly said
that we're one of the
University of Georgia’s best-
kept secrets," said Cameron
Fincher, director of the insti
tute.
“If people called upon us
for what we could provide in
the way of services, we
wouldn’t be able to provide
the services because the
demand would be so high,"
said Fincher.
The institute is a unit of the
University involved in a wide
variety of activities — includ
ing research, service and
instruction — related to col
lege-level education, said
Libby Morris, associate pro
fessor of higher education.
One of the institute’s ser
vice activities is the Faculty
Development in Georgia pro
gram, which provides faculty
members of public and private
colleges in Georgia with an
opportunity to pursue doctor
al studies. It has assisted the
development of college faculty
throughout the state, Morris
said.
“As they upgrade their
knowledge base and skills in
their disciplinary areas, they
are also upgrading their
knowledge and skill base con
cerning teaching," Morris said.
Fincher credits the pro
gram with influencing Miller's
decision to teach at the
University in the fall.
The choice “really goes
back to the fact that he was
here as one of our first partici
pants in the Faculty
Development in Georgia pro
gram," Fincher said.
In addition to teaching,
Miller is expected to take part
in other programs sponsored
by the institute, such as the
Faculty Development in
Georgia program and the
Governor’s Teaching Fellows
program, in which Miller has
also been involved.
Fincher said he also hopes
to arrange some informal con
tact between Miller and
University students.
“You could use him up very
quickly if you tried to put him
in the classroom eight hours a
day," Fincher said.
Don't skip dinner to work out at Ramsey
By CHAD TOWLER
For The Red a Black
If you go to the Ramsey
Center around dinner time, offi
cials say you’re probably looking
at a wait before you dribble down
the court, dive in the pool or hit
the weights.
With a state-of-the art work
out room, two pools, a diving
well, 10 racquetball courts and
eight basketball courts, some
students say the 360,000 square-
foot sports complex is still not
RAMSEY FACTS
FACTS IN FOCUS:
► Last year, 77 percent ot University
students used the Ramsey Center.
► The center averages 6,000
patrons on weekdays and 3,000 on week-
ends.
► Ramsey was built in 1995 to
replace the old Stegeman Hall, a 100,000-
square-foot facility on Lumpkin Street.
big enough.
"The track is way too small —
It’s like a Roller Derby rink, and
there is usually a waiting line for
the weight room,” said Patricia
Huback, a senior from Duluth. “I
mean, I’m glad that they have a
variety of sports, but bad
minton?"
Although the Ramsey Center
is open 17 hours a day — 6 a m. to
11 p.m. during the week — there
is usually a rush around dinner
time, said Jane Russell, director
of recreational sports.
"The peak is definitely
between 3:30 and 9 (p.m.),”
Russell said, adding that the
crowd is now beginning to thin
as students realize they can come
during the morning or between
classes.
“I just think that since we pay
a lot of money in activity fees for
the usage of (Ramsey), then we
shouldn’t have to wait to swim or
use the basketball courts,” said
Max Cooper, a junior from
Duluth.
Russell said a common mis
conception is that students start
ed paying as soon as Ramsey
was proposed, and that they pay
too much.
Through activity fees, Ramsey
costs students $50 a semester
and $32 for the summer session,
or $132 for 12 months, Russell
said.
But students didn’t begin pay
ing "until the doors were open,"
which was Oct. 16,1995, she said.
As part of a student referen
dum established during the plan
ning phase of Ramsey, as long as
the building is open there must
be at least part of the building
open to students, Russell said.
This, Russell said, has always
been maintained. For Instance,
she said, if there is a weight-
training class in the weight room,
it won’t be held during peak
times, and there wouldn't be
more than one class in session
simultaneously.
If the swim and diving teams
are practicing at the main pools,
the third pool is kept open for the
students, Russell said.
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a Peak hours for the Ramsey Center are between 3:30
and 9 p.m, according to the director of recreational sports.
JobTrak offers students numerous job opportunities
Students can put their resume on the Internet at Career Planning and Placement
By KELLY DEADWYLER
For The Red a Black
The thought of searching for a
job may make some students
cringe.
Students, however, have
access to a program called
JobTrak through the University’s
Career Planning and Placement
Center at Clark Howell Hall that
allows students to enter their
resume on the Internet.
Donna Crouch, associate
director of student affairs at
Career Planning and Placement,
said once a student enters a
resume, the office will sift
through job vacancies to see if
the student meets criteria for a
Job.
Career Planning then will e-
mail the student information on
where the resume has been sent.
At this point, Crouch said, the
student must take the initiative
to find out more information
about the job.
“Each job has a corresponding
number, so students can view
information about it and find out
how to contact the employer,"
she said.
The program helps students
uncover hidden opportunities
and learn how to perfect their
resumes.
“Having your resume on the
Internet increases visibility,"
a
“It helps you make your
resume clear and concise,
since it can only be one
page long."
NICOLE GETHERS
Career Development Intern
Crouch said. “You catch jobs you
may not know about otherwise.”
Once in the JobTrak system,
students have access to Internet
Jobsearch 101, a list of locations
on the Internet that lead to
research on employers.
Also available is a list of career
resources by interest or major so
students can quickly search for
specialized information.
Nicole Gethers, a junior from
Charleston, S.C., and a career
development intern, has used
JobTrak, and said the program is
very helpful.
“It helps you make your
resume clear and concise, since it
can only be one page long,”
Gethers said.
Although juniors and seniors
are the most frequent users of
JobTrak, it’s never too early to
prepare, Crouch said.
“You can begin when you first
start school," Crouch said. “We
can help students find summer
jobs, part-time jobs, or co-op
education.”
Gethers agreed that an early
start is good.
“Absolutely. Come in as a
freshman,” Gethers advised.
“There are seminars targeted
toward freshmen and sopho
mores that teach them about
internships and resume skills,"
she said.
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