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In Focus

The Coweta County Fair supplies a feast for the eyes at this vendor's Dart Throw booth. The photograph was taken by William Crawford Hogan, a student photography assistant at UCM, and submitted by Steven Broome, university photographer. (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.)

Murphy exhibit to open at Neva Lomason Library

The Irvine Sullivan Ingram Library at the University of West Georgia and the Georgia Humanities Council will host an opening reception for a new exhibit, “Speaker Tom Murphy: Steady Leadership in Changing Times,” with guest speaker former Georgia Representative Tracy Stallings on Sunday, May 4, at 2:30 p.m. at the Neva Lomason Library. The event is free and the community is invited to attend. MORE

Doctoral program to be offered in CEP

The University of West Georgia will begin offering a new doctoral degree next year after the Board of Regents granted the request from the UWG Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology this month. MORE

Moorer named Student Employee of the Year

The University of West Georgia awarded Uriel Moorer of Forest Park the Student Employee of the Year award. The Office of Career Services sponsors the annual competition that highlights a student worker who demonstrates outstanding performance in their position. MORE

McRae to attend Bucknell, Davidson offers thoughts on program's success

Dr. Chad Davidson, associate professor of English, and other faculty members in the Department of English and Philosophy, lend whatever support students need when it comes to creativity and darn good writing. After the brief article on Nick McRae, Davidson gives a short summary of what has been happening in the English department at UWG. MORE

Chowns receives Distinguished Scholar Award

Dr. Tim Chowns, professor of geology, received the Distinguished Scholar Award, the highest honor the College of Arts and Sciences bestows upon a faculty member.

The College presented Chowns, who devotes his academic life to research with undergraduate students, an award of $1000, a plaque and a public forum to share his experiences in a lecture presentation. MORE

International Exchange Program heads to Japan

UWG faculty members are on an education mission and packing up for a trip to Japan. One of the many objectives of the delegation is to visit Kagoshima University in Kagoshima, Japan, and continue the university’s International Exchange Program with Kagoshima faculty and students. Dr. Bill Schaniel, professor of economics and director of International Programs, is coordinating the journey. MORE

Bulletins

• Dr. John Ferling, professor emeritus of history, will be the guest on “Cover to Cover” on Sunday, May 11, at 8 p.m. The Georgia Public Broadcasting show will talk about Ferling’s new book, “Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence.” Cover To Cover is a 30-minute program for GPB’s literary coverage and features a collection of distinctive Southern voices interviewing Georgia writers, southern writers and writers dealing with the south. GPB is broadcast from the WUWG 90.7 FM station on campus.

• The Ingram Library will allow faculty members to bring in books that have been checked out and re-check them out until May 2009, provided that there are no outstanding holds on them. All of the items from the library are due back no later than May 10. GIL Express and ILL items may have different due dates, so faculty should access their accounts online to be sure. For more information, call 678-839-6350.

• To better serve you, the Office of University Communications and Marketing has set up a general e-mail address for the UWG Daily Report. Please e-mail all announcements to report@westga.edu. If you have any questions, please call the UCM office at 678-839-6464.

* 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.