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In Focus

We're not in Kansas anymore. On March 15, a rare EF-2 tornado tore through downtown Atlanta, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. One of Centennial Olympic Park's towering torches toppled in a stark reminder that manmade objects and engineering feats are no match for Mother Nature. Photograph by Dan Lineback. Submitted by Julie Lineback, Web Content Manager. (In Focus features a photograph submitted by a UWG faculty or staff member. E-mail your photo and caption information to the Campus Chronicle photographer.)

Advanced Academy Sponsors Blood Drive

The Advanced Academy of Georgia at the University of West Georgia is sponsoring an American Red Cross Blood Drive on Saturday, April 12, from 1 – 6 p.m. at the Honors College on Maple Street. The Academy has pledged a minimum of 55 participants and coordinators of the event ask that donors register in advance. MORE

Commencement Tickets are Numbered

Spring commencement at UWG will be an all day affair on Saturday, May 10, beginning with a 9 a.m. ceremony and ending with a 6 p.m. ceremony in the Campus Center Gymnasium. MORE

Kiwanis Gives to Stadium Project

University of West Georgia head football coach, Daryl Dickey, had lunch at the Kiwanis Club of Carrollton and received a check for $5,000 toward the new UWG stadium project. MORE

Symposium Features Saxophone, Percussion Talent

A Saxophone and Percussion Symposium will bring sweet melodic rhythm to campus on Friday, April 4, and Saturday, April 5, with two free concerts open to the community. MORE

Townsend Center to End Season on High Note

After an exciting sellout season, fiddle and mandolin melodies will fill the Townsend Center for the Performing Arts for its last show of the academic year on Friday, April 11, and Saturday, April 12. Internationally acclaimed music duo Jay Ungar and Molly Mason will delight audiences with their songs and legends on stage and at a free workshop for fans of the fiddle. MORE

Get Lost

The International Student Club is sponsoring a guest of note on Tuesday, April 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Campus Center. National Geographic and NPR journalist and author Doug Lansky is coming to Carrollton to share his stories of adventure and world travel. The event is free and the community is invited to attend. MORE

Bulletins

• Frank Pritchett, associate director for Alumni Relations and Annual Giving, announced the leadership for the 2008 A DAY for West Georgia faculty and staff campaign. UWG Police Chief Tom Mackel will chair the fundraiser and Dr. Mary Hooper, assistant professor of Educational Leadership and Professional Studies, will assist as co-chair.

Linda Picklesimer, who plans to retire in two years, will continue as chair of the FNBG Run for A DAY, but will coordinate the event with Frank Butts, who will train for the position. Picklesimer is director of the Campus Center and Butts is the cross country coach.

Coordinating the community A DAY drive is A DAY Chair Jay Gill, president of River City Bank, and co-chair Leonard Woolsey, publisher of the Times-Georgian.

The fundraising campaign is in its 26th year and begins in August.

• April is a month of recognition of a job well done for students with awards, certificates and scholarships presented to the most deserving.

The Spring Semester Award Ceremony roster as of April 4 is:

Thursday
April 10 – Juried Student Art Exhibit Awards – 5 p.m. – Humanities Building

Friday
April 11 – Art Honors Banquet – 11:30 a.m. – Z-6

Tuesday
April 15 – Golden Pack Awards
– 8 p.m. – Campus Center Ballroom

Thursday
April 17 – Anthropology Awards – 5:30 p.m. – Executive Dining Hall, Z-6
April 17 – Education Convocation – 7 p.m. – Education Center

Tuesday
April 22 – Campus Activities Awards – 7:30 p.m. –
Campus Center Ballroom

Thursday
April 24 – Beta Gamma Sigma Ceremony – 7 p.m. –
Sunset Hills Country Club

Friday
April 25 – Biology Awards –
2 p.m. - Biology Building

* Bulletins features such UWG news as announcements of meetings, policy changes, campaigns, competitions, office moves, and deadlines for grant applications, budget requests and award nominations. E-mail your news for publication consideration to the Campus Chronicle editor.