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10th Annual River Cleanup a Success

river clean up

The Upper Tallapoosa Watershed Group, the Department of Geosciences and Rivers Alive conducted their 10th annual River Cleanup on the Little Tallapoosa River that runs through the campus and Indian Creek. More than 60 volunteers waded through the muck to haul 86 bags of trash, 26 tires, a smashed microwave oven and VCR, a pool table and a train car wheel. Faculty and staff who spent their Saturday picking up trash were Dr. Curtis Hollabaugh, chair and professor of Geosciences, Randa Harris, instructor in Geosciences, Dr. Ben DeMayo, professor emeritus of physics, Jason Kessler, English instructor, and Dr. Walter Todd, assistant professor of physical education and associate director of Campus Center Intramurals. UWG students majoring in geosciences, freshmen, Todd’s UWG First Year class and community members were on the scene, too.

Kudos

Dr. Brad Yates, acting director of the Mass Communications Program and associate professor of Mass Communications presented a paper, “Mass communication and journalism faculty’s perceptions of the effectiveness of e-mail communication with college students: A nationwide study,” Yates, B. L., Adams, J. W., & Brunner, B. R. (2008), at the annual meeting of the Association of Journalism and Mass Communication in Chicago. Yates was also elected the head of the Entertainment Studies Interest Group at the meeting.

Yates also co-authored the article, “Social-structural factors and their impact on electronic journalism and mass communication faculty: A national study of journalism and mass communication faculty,” which was published in the International Journal of Instructional Media 37(3).

Kudos features UWG faculty and staff articles and book publications, conference attendance and presentations, grants, organizational leadership and awards. E-mail your news to the Campus Chronicle editor.

Campus Talk

The following employees have been hired at UWG this summer. Welcome them the next time you see them around campus:

- Bobbi Jo Murray, Contract Specialist with Purchasing
- Adam Wilkinson, Academy Residential Coordinator with the Advanced Academy
- Amy Shoemaker, Admissions Counselor with Admissions
- Amanda Sansbury, Softball Graduate Assistant Coach
- Corey Hindman, Patient Advocate with Health Services
- Laquala Coleman, Residence Life and Judicial Coordinator with Residence Life
- Dr. Ebenezer Kolajo, Director of Institutional Research and Planning
- Shelly Rogers, Sr. Cataloging Librarian with the Ingram Library
- Ronald King, Health Educator with Health Services
- Sandy Boyd, Custodian with Custodial Services
- Jeremy Britt, Inventory Management Specialist with Budget Service & Asset Management
- Sandra Robinson, Accounting Clerk with the Controller’s Office
- David White, Custodian with Custodial Services
- Josefina Rodriguez, Custodian with Custodial Services
- Michelle Obermeyer, Secretary with Student Development
- Deanne Richards, Administrative Coordinator with the Graduate School
- Molly Shilling, Teacher Assistant with UWG Pre-Kindergarten
- Marcus Griffin, Custodian with Custodial Services

Campus Talk features UWG faculty and staff announcements of marriages, births, new hires, promotions, transfers, retirements, trips and volunteer work. E-mail your news for publication consideration to the Campus Chronicle special sections editor.