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Paine College welcomes new students
Paine College President
Dr. Shirley A. R. Lewis
welcomed new students to
the college during the
annual President’s Dinner,
as part of New Student
Orientation activities on
August 10th. New stu
dents gathered in the Can
dler Memorial Library
Conference Center to dine
with and meet college
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SAVANNAH -Shirley
Geiger, professor of
political seiefice at
Savannah State Universi
ty, has been named chair
of the Department of
Political Science, Public
Administration and
Urban Studies at SSU.
The announcement came
this week from Jane
Gates, dean of the Col
lege of Liberal Arts and
Social Sciences.
“ler community
involvement is unparal
leled,” said Gates. “Dr.
Geiger has a proven
record of commitment to
undergraduate and grad
Border Bash to support MCG
Children’s Medical Center
Swingin' entertainment,
cheerleaders and die-hard fans
will fight it out at the 11th
annual University of Geor
gia/University of South Car
olina Border Bash. This year’s
event will be held at down
town’s Augusta Common on
Friday, September 10, at 7
p.m.
Taking place the evening
before the football rivals take
the field in Columbia, S.C.,
the event features entertain
ment by the Swingin' Medal
lions, the UGA and USC
cheerleaders, and mascots
Hairy Dawg and Cocky.
More than 15,000 supporters
are expected to attend the
bash, which benefits various
programs at the Medical Col
lege of Georgia Childrens
Medical Center. Gates open at
5 p.m., and food vendors as
well as USC and UGA appar
el will be available. Admission
The Instructor of the Quarter
The Instructor of the
Quarter is Staff Sgt. Joseph
Taylor, whe assigned to A
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Battalion as an instruc
tor/writer. In the past year
alone, he has taught over
300 students about the
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administrators, faculty,
staff and student leaders.
Additional orientation
activities included learning
the college’s history and
hymn, a Worship Service
and Love Fest, the highly
anticipated Freshman Tal
ent Show and a special ser
enade for President Lewis
at 4 a.m. after which she
treated the class to break
uate education and to
academic excellence.”
Geiger was recently
named the Thurgood
Marshall Scholarship
Fund Women’s Studies
Scholar for 2004-2005.
She will lead a team of
scholars in a Ford Foun
dation-sponsored study
titled “Understanding
Gender at Public
HBCUs.”
Geiger, who joined
Savannah State in 1996
as an associate professor
in the Master of Public
Administration (MPA)
program, was interim
director of the MPA pro
is SB, with entry gates on
Reynolds Street and Broad
Street.
As a precursor to the event,
the UGA and USC cheerlead
ers, as well as the Swingin’
Medallions, will visit and per
form for pediatric patients at
the Children’s Medical Center.
For more information on
the event or to volunteer,
please call 706-721-3957.
MCG Health System is
composed of three separate
organizations — MCG
Health, Inc. and the clinical
services offered by the faculty
employees of the Medical Col
lege of Georgia and the mem
bers of the Physicians Practice
Group. The physicians of
MCG Health System are
community physicians and
faculty employees of the Med
ical College of Georgia and the
Physicians Practice Group, not
employees of MCG Health
asked how big he is, they
answer, “Six, two, 245
pounds.” Hoping to main
tain this status, this past
month, he began preparing
to become a drill sergeant
and looks forward to shap
ing and training new
recruits. Following in his
father’s footsteps, he has
spent almost 12 years in
the Army, with five of
those years here at Fort
Gordon. His plans are to
return here as a first ser
geant and obtain a masters
degree in psychology,
while continuing to be the
best husband and father
fast at Waffle King.
“The week of orientation
activities is designed to
help the students’ transi
tion into life at Paine Col
lege as smoothly as possi
ble,” said Dr. Lewis. “We
understand the challenges
new students have to face
in an unfamiliar environ
ment. Some have left their
families for the first time
gram from 1998 until
2001. During her tenure
at Savannah = State,
Geiger has received over
$450,000 in funded
grants, published in ref
ereed journals and pre
sented scholarly work to
numerous professional
organizations. She has
served as a grant reviewer
for the U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban
Development and is a
member of the executive
councils of the American
Political Science Associa
tion and the Southern
Political Science Associa
tion.
Inc. MCG Health, Inc. is a
not-for-profit corporation
operating the MCG Medical
Center, MCG Children’s
Medical Center, the MCG
Sports Medicine Center,
MCG Ambulatory Care Cen
ter, the Georgia Radiation
Therapy Center and related
clinical facilities and services.
MCG Health, Inc. was
formed to support the research
and education mission of the
Medical College of Georgia
and to build the economic
growth of the CSRA, the state
of Georgia and the Southeast
by providing an environment
for faculty employees of the
Medical College of Georgia
and the Physicians Practice
Group and community physi
cians to deliver the highest
level of primary and specialty
health care. For more infor
mation, please visit
www.MCGHealth.org.
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and need a little help mak
ing friends. Others may
just need to know who to
speak with or where to go
to address a specific con
cern. The week of orienta
tion activities is designed
to assist our students with
all of their concerns.”
Sean Palmer, Director of
Student Affairs and Resi
dence Life, like the new
A native of Columbia,
5.C., Geiger earhed her
bachelor’s degree in Eng
lish from Howard Uni
versity and received both
her master of public
administration degree
and doctor of philosophy
degree in political sci
ence from the University
of South Carolina. She
has completed additional
work at Harvard Univer
sity’s John F. Kennedy
School of Government,
the University of Min
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Institution, the Urban
Institute and the Univer
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students, is a fresh face on
the campus. Judging by
the combined energy and
enthusiasm that both he
and the new students
share, this academic school
year will be one of great
success. “They are a very
energetic and focused class
and [ anticipate ‘them
doing great things in the
future,” said Palmer.
Grassroots Arts
Program funds offered
to 10 CSRA counties
Grassroots Arts Program
(GAP) Grant Applications
for FY2005 are available.
GAP funding supports
community arts projects,
such as Concerts, Art Exhi
bitions, Film Programs,
Dance Performances,
Murals, Folk Art Projects,
Readings, Theater Presen
tations, Storytelling, Public
Art, and other arts pro
grams. To be eligible for
GAP funds, organizations
must be incorporated in
Georgia as not-for-profit,
tax-exempt organizations
(or have such an organiza
tion filing on their behalf)
or be units of government.
GAP applications can be
obtained from the Greater
August 26, 2004
Paine College will offi
cially open the 2004-2005
academic school year with
Fall Convocation on Sep
tember Bth, 10 a.m. in the
Gilbert-Lambuth Memori
al Chapel. President Lewis
will welcome students, fac
ulty, staff, alumni and
friends. The public is cor
dially invited to attend.
Augusta Arts Council,
1301 Greene Street, Augus
ta (Phone: 706-826-4702;
FAX: 706-826-4723) and
will be due back to the
Greater Augusta Arts
Council by September 6
(postmark deadline). Pro
posed projects must take
place between October 1
and June 30, 2005. Grants
for any one organization
cannot exceed $2,000 per
county served. The pro
posed budget must include
a cash match of at least 50
percent.
For additional informa
tion, please contact Erin
Jacobs, Project Director, at
the Greater Augusta Arts
Council.
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