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Wednesday, March 29, 2006
NEWS
IN A HURRY
Grandson of
Ghandi to
speak
The University of West
Georgia will host Arun
Gandhi as a guest lecturer
on Tuesday, April 4. 7:30 -
8:30 p.m. at the Townsend
Center for the Performing
Arts.
Gandhi is the grandson
of Mahatma Gandhi, the
world-renowned leader of
nonviolent protest. Asa
young teen, Gandhi spent
18 months living under
his grandfather's tutelage
at the time of the Indian
protest against British
rule.
Gandhi will speak
on “Lessons from
Grandfather: In Peace and
Social Justice.”
After living in India
as a social reformist for
several decades, Gandhi
moved to the United
States and founded the
M.K. Gandhi Institute
for Nonviolence in
Tennessee.
Gandhi is a speaker
of international acclaim
and has brought his
grandfather’s message of
nonviolence to thousands.
Mahatma Gandhi’s
life and teachings are
credited with inspiring Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. and
the American civil rights
movement, and Steve Biko
and the freedom struggles
in South Africa.
Sponsors of the event
include the International
Student Club, the Vice
Presidents’ Offices for
Academic Affairs and for
University Advancement,
the College of Arts and
Sciences, the College
of Education, Richards
College of Business,
International Programs
and the Student Peace
Action Network.
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followed by a question
and answer session from
the audience and a book
signing.
The event is free for
students with identification
and $5 for non-students.
Ticket sales will begin
March 28 at the Townsend
Center box office.
Seating is limited, so
students and non-students
alike are advised to pick up
tickets as early as possible.
For information, call
(678)839-4722.
To learn more about
Gandhi and the M.K.
Gandhi Institute for
Nonviolence, go to http://
www.gandhiinstitute.org.
Carrollton
businessman
donates
endowment
The inaugural
awarding of the Robert
J. Stone Endowment for
Entrepreneurial Studies
at the University of West
Georgia has been given to
Dr. Jon Anderson, associate
dean and MBA director in
the Richards College of
Business.
The endowment is a
gift of Robert J. Stone, a
Carrollton businessman,
philanthropist and former
UWG assistant professor
of business. Stone served
as a trustee of West Georgia
Foundation and was named
Citizen of the Year in 2003
by the Carroll County
Chamber of Commerce for
his volunteer
service.
Stone gave the
gift for the Robert J.
Stone Endowment for
Entrepreneurial Studies to
support the research and
teaching efforts of the
RCOB faculty.
Anderson said the
grant he received through
the endowment would help
fund his ongoing project
of interviews with local
entrepreneurs in the West
Georgia region.
He expects to
finish documenting the
interviews of about 15 local
businessmen and women
by next fall and use the final
results as curriculum in the
classroom. The interviews
will be published and also
presented as examples of
local entrepreneurship in
Anderson’s classes.
“By funding this
endowment. Bob Stone
has provided a resource
that will benefit us and
future generations of UWG
faculty and students,” said
Anderson. “His generous
endowment is going
to provide necessary
resources to support quality
research.”
Endowments are
gifts that fund grants and
scholarships year after
year.
For more information
on endowments, call the
Office of Development and
Alumni Relations at (678)
839-6582.
West Georgia's
online MBA
program ranked
top 25
The University of
West Georgia’s online
MBA program, Georgia
WebMBA. which is offered
in collaboration with four
other University
System of Georgia
institutions. has been
ranked as one of the Top 25
best buys in the country b>
Get Educated .com.
Out of 130 graduate
schools offering an online
graduate degree in business
administration, the
WebMBA ranked 16. This
is the second time in three
years the online program
received this recognition.
Dr. Jon Anderson,
associate dean and MBA
director at the Richards
College of Business, said
teamspiritandcollaboration
made the difference.
“This is an exceptional
recognition of an innovative
program,” said Anderson.
“Through collaborating
with other USG institutions
in the state, we are able
to deliver a high quality
MBA at a very reasonable
price. This degree program
and the recognition it has
received are a direct result
of the collaborative spirit
and hard work of our
faculty members. Without
their work, this program
would not be the success
that it is.”
GetEducated.com
ranks institutions with
online degrees in several
areas including quality and
tuition rates.
A GetEducated.com
Best Buy designation
indicates that the program
provides a high quality
distance degree at rates well
below' the national average.
A WebMBA at UWG
costs $15,750 and usually
takes about 18 months to
complete.
For more information,
call (678) 839-5033 or go
to http://www.geteducated.
com.
Student
educators
receive award
for excellence
Three groups of student
health educators at the
University of West Georgia
received the Charter Award
for Program Excellence at
the recent Bacchus Gamma,
Area 9 Conference.
Student educators
from Georgia, Florida and
South Carolina shared
programming information
through presentations at
the conference. UWG’s
presentations included
“Women, Self-Esteem and
Alcohol" presented by the
Women’s Interest Group
(WIG); "Men Stopping
Sexual Violence” presented
by lin 4; and “Responsible
Sexuality and STDs”
presented by the Peer
Educators.
The fourteen student
presenters were: Justin
Young of Cedar Rapids, I A;
Amy Johnson of Eureka,
CA; Clint Cannon of
Leesburg; Tabitha Martin
of Austell; Shaun Myers of
Jamrock, Jamaica; Ebonee
Hicks of Hopkins, SC;
Ricky McClure-Pritchett of
Austell; Robert Collier of
Snellville; Reci Jackson of
Stone Mountain; Jeremiah
Dortch of Lithonia;
Angelica Campos of
Buford; Corey Hindman of
Cedartown; Dexter Jenkins
of Newark, NJ; and Laura
Ebersberger of Atlanta.
According to Debra
Dugan, health educator at
UWG, each group of peer
educators is trained with
specific topics in mind.
The Peer Educators present
information on a variety
of health issues but most
frequently teach classes on
alcohol awareness, sexual
responsibility and sexually
transmitted diseases.
In addition to multiple
campus presentations,
the Peers also provide
programs for the Douglas
County Red Ribbon Week
and local public schools.
“We know that
students learn more readily
from their peers,” Dugan
said. “As students, they are
also able to identify health
issues not already
being addressed.”
A specialized group
of trained male students,
known as lin 4, addresses
sexual assault in a manner
that differs from the norm.
According to Dugan,
instead of teaching women
to avoid sexual assault,
these men encourage males
not to commit assaults.
The programming
includes defining sexual
assault, advising men on
how to become advocates
and providing advice for
individuals who know
someone who has been
assaulted.
The newest campus
group, W.1.G., was
developed in response
to the increased risks
of harm .to women
in conjunction with
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women’s use of alcohol.
Their presentation
explores self-esteem issues;
the physiology of alcohol
digestion in women and
how it differs from men; the
reasons people drink; and
the possible consequences,
like Fetal Alcohol
Syndrome, drinking may
have on themselves and
others.
For more
information on any of
these groups, contact
Dugan at (678) 839-0642
or ddugan@westga.edu.
English prof,
has short
story published
Dr. Allison
Umminger, assistant
professor of English
at the University of
West Georgia, won the
Lawrence Foundation
Award for best short
story writing published
in the Prairie Schooner
magazine.
“Alien Life” is the
first chapter and title
of a novel written by
Umminger. Umminger
said that getting her short
story published was a
long and challenging
process.
“Clearly, I am
elated with this award,”
said Umminger.
The story is about
how a 13-year-old girl
who tries to make sense
of the malevolence she
feels in the world after
discovering her brother
has been molested by
his soccer coach.
Prairie Schooner
is a national literary
quarterly established
in 1927 and supported
by the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln
and the University of
Nebraska Press.
It publishes fiction,
poetry, essays, and
reviews written by
beginning, mid-career
and established writers.