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50 Attend Annual Day at the Capitol

Erin Henderson, director of governmental relations and special projects at UWG, greets administrators, faculty, staff, alumni and students upon arrival at the capitol in Atlanta. The group traveled together in a bus from Carrollton and stayed the day talking with legislators, meeting Gov. Sonny Perdue and giving West Georgia a presence under the gold dome.

Kudos

Dr. Joy Black, assistant professor of mathematics, presented a "Leaping Frogs and Flying Airplanes" workshop at the Georgia Council of Teachers of Mathematics at Rock Eagle. She also presented "Explorations with the TI-73 Calculator" at the Alabama Council of Teachers of Mathematics in Montgomery.

Abdollah Khodkar, assistant professor of mathematics,published in the following journals:

- D.M. Donovan, N. Cavenagh and A. Khodkar, “Minimal Defining Sets of 1-Factorizations of Complete Graphs,” Utilitas Mathematica 76 (2008), 191--211.

- M. Atapour, S.M. Sheikholeslami, A. Hansberg, L. Volkmann and A. Khodkar, “2-Domination Subdivision Number of Graphs,” AKCE Journal of Graphs and Combinatorics 5 (2008), 169--177.

- A. Khodkar, B.P. Mobaraky and S.M. Sheikholeslami, “Upper Bounds for the Roman Domination Subdivision Number of a Graph,” AKCE Journal of Graphs and Combinatorics 5 (2008), 7--14.

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Campus Talk

The following people have been hired at UWG recently. Welcome them when you see them.

- Charles Sicignano, Electronic Resources Librarian at the Ingram Library

- Maria Hellin-Garcio, Assistant Professor of Spanish

- Christine Rolka, Instructor of Computer Science

- Dr. Sara Molesworth, Assistant Professor of Biology

- Janisa Henry, Instructor of Mathematics

- Marie-Claire Rizk, Limited term Instructor in Accounting and Finance

- Angela Rowell, Accounts Payable Manager in the Controller’s Office

- Melinda Bellemare, Secretary in the Orientation Office

- Lynde Nix, Senior Secretary in Music

- Bobby Patterson, Patrol Officer with the University Police

Kathy McNellis, Secretary to the Dean in the Graduate School, announced the birth of a granddaughter. Laci Aleczandra Swafford was born on January 10, 2009. Congratulations!

* 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.