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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 39U Shitly Geiger amed chai o Poliice Sienc Public Administraton and Urban Studies Department 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 Company, 447th Signal Battalion as an instruc tor/writer. In the past year alone, he has taught over 300 students about the arious tactical and strate ic satellite communica tions terminals. {When he isn’t on the flatform teaching, he dates lessons plans and isures the information is date with current [ @ppaseady, his . when they are 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. ;;;g»§£';z%vws' ‘,.‘ g ] L RSN B B A o s % set ] ; A ; b 40 Y 3 . W, s, T To v S e ” % bk e : 5 S i & satE i s % ‘« ” L 4 v 5 L g Bk T. R e ! ;;»f’;"« i L AR b o - £ SHORERE W P o g Joseph Taylor ever to his wife, Christina and their two children - Christopher and Madison. AUGUSTA FOCUS 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 nesota, the Brookings Institution, the Urban Institute and the Univer sity of Michigan. ' UN, _ ® . £ ° " - o v?MoM \* y \| g% 4 , v"~’2 &3 v 7 STRONG COMMUNITIES ARE BUILT WITH COMMITMENT. 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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. 5A