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In Focus

"El buzón verde – the green letterbox." A small home in the mountain village of Matapala, Nicaragua, provided a setting for this photo. It stood out from the nearby homes because of the impatiens and placement of the letterbox. "Accion contra el Hambre," or Action Against the Hunger, is an organization founded to help eradicate hunger, malnutrition and disease spread through dirty water. The photograph was taken by Steven Broome, university photographer, while on a humanitarian group effort in Nicaragua. (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.)

Math Department Hosts National Research Experience

The Department of Mathematics at the University of West Georgia hosted its second national Research Experience for Undergraduates program this summer for eight math majors chosen from universities and colleges throughout the country. MORE

Professors Receive Fulbright Scholarships

Dr. John Bleuel, associate professor of music, received a Fulbright Scholarship to teach at the National Chengchi University in Taipei for the fall semester. MORE

Summer Commencement is August 1

The University of West Georgia summer commencement will be held in the Campus Center Gymnasium at 9 a.m., noon and 3 p.m. Undergraduates from the College of Arts and Sciences will be awarded degrees at the 9 a.m. ceremony. The noon ceremony will feature undergraduates receiving their degrees from the Richards College of Business. At 3 p.m., students earning their degrees from the College of Education and the Graduate School will receive their diploma. MORE

UWG Excels in Water Conservation

UWG has exceeded the state’s mandate for reduction of water consumption despite record enrollment numbers and a continuing drought. The 10-month state mandate on water conservation continues and so does the University of West Georgia’s highly successful water conservation program. MORE

Trip to Bayeux Adds Depth to Studies

During the summer months, most UWG students are content to take a well- deserved break before starting school again in the fall. Others take advantage of the time by studying abroad, like the 10 art students who traveled to Bayeux, France in July. The trip, spearheaded by Dr. Anne Gaquere, lecturer and Art Study Abroad program director, and Kevin Shunn, chair of the Art Department, was a unique opportunity for students to witness firsthand what they typically only see in textbooks. MORE

Laughing for a Good Cause

If you’re in need of a good laugh and want to support the A DAY for West Georgia campaign, make plans to attend the Jim Gill Roast for Student Scholarships, in honor of Jim Gill, a longtime university friend and local banker. MORE

Bulletins

• The sixth season of the “History Detectives” began this summer on PBS networks and will feature UWG Professor Emeritus of History John Ferling on Monday, August 18. Ferling was filmed for a segment titled “John Adams’ Book,” which tells the story of a recently discovered book that Adams, who was president at the time, gave to his son Charles, a lawyer in New York City. Ferling is considered a leading authority on American Revolutionary history and on John Adams. The historian taught early American history and U.S. military history at UWG for 33 years until his retirement in 2004. He was drawn to graduate school and a college teaching career by a desire to write history and published his first book, “The Loyalist Mind,” six years after he joined the UWG faculty. Since then, he has written numerous other books on American history, American wars and American presidents. In the early 1980s, Ferling wrote a book on early American wars titled “A Wilderness of Misery: War and Warriors in Early America,” which contained a chapter on John Adams. “That was the first time I had ever thought much of Adams,” Ferling explained. “And I soon realized that no one had written a one-volume biography of him in nearly 50 years. So I decided to be the one to do it.” The biography, “John Adams: A Life” was published in 1992 and began Ferling’s reputation as a John Adams biographer and expert.

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