3/25/13
UWG Daily Report
Headlines
• UWG Travel Policies Updated
• Marrero Named President
• Geosciences Club Hosting AEG Jahns Distinguished Lecture Today
• Center for Diversity and Inclusion Hosting Motivational Speaker Tonight
• Get Your Tickets Now for Spring Concert
Administrative:
• UWG travel policies have been updated for recent institutional changes affecting travel authorizations, candidate, non-employee and employee travel. The updated versions are available on the Office of the Controller's website under institutional guidelines and procedures.
For travel beginning March 11, if a traveler is unable to participate in a conference meal, the traveler must submit a paid meal receipt(s) and provide an explanation of the circumstances which prevented participation in the meal(s). In the recent review of travel policy, it was noted that UWG was out of compliance with the Board of Regent's BPM 4.4.1. If you have any questions, please contact Rick Sears at 678-839-5353.
Announcements:
• Dr. Kyle Marrero, vice president for University Advancement at the University of West Florida, Pensacola, was named Friday as the seventh president of the University of West Georgia by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
Marrero will assume his new post on July 1, 2013, according to Board of Regents Chair "Dink" NeSmith.
"I am delighted that Dr. Kyle Marrero will be taking over leadership at the University of West Georgia as its new president," NeSmith said. "He inherits a strong institution thanks to the outstanding work over many
years of retiring President Dr. Beheruz Sethna. Dr. Marrero brings a set of unique talents, skills and experience that should build upon the foundation constructed by Dr. Sethna. We look forward to his leadership as he works with the university, the community and the Board of Regents to move West Georgia to a new level of academic excellence."
Read more on UWG's new President.
Events:
• The Geosciences Club is hosting the AEG (Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists) Jahns Distinguished Lecture today at 3 pm, in the Callaway Building, Rm 245. The speaker, Dr. James McCalpin, will talk on “The Mountains are Falling Apart; A Spectrum of Mass Failures from Landslides through Deep-Seated Gravitational Spreading (Sackung), to "Unfolding" of Folds”. Click here for more information.
• Dr. Earl Suttle, Founder and Chairman of Leadership Success International, LLC, will discuss the topic: Enjoying Excellence: Becoming the best you can be! This AAMI program is tonight, in the Campus Center Ballroom at 7 pm. The program is free and open to the public. Click here for more information, or call 678-839-5400.
• Neon Trees, Phillip Phillips, and Twenty One Pilots are coming to UWG Coliseum on Friday, April 19! Get your tickets now at the Townsend Center Box Office, open M-F, 10 am-4 pm. Just $15 for UWG students/faculty/staff. $25 for public. Stop by today! Or call 678-839-4722 or order online.
Sponsored by the Center for Student Involvement