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Great grant news! The Department of Chemistry at the University of West Georgia recently received a grant from the Alice H. Richards Fund of the Community Foundation of West Georgia to offer a free program for middle and high school students attending schools in Bremen City, Carrollton City, Carroll, Haralson and Heard counties. The 2012-13 “Care to Collaborate for (C2C4) Science Fair” project is modeled after our very successful pilot 2011-12 program entitled “Research Experience via Active Collaboration with High Schools (REACH).” A short presentation on the REACH program is attached to showcase the nature of the program and highlights student achievement and success.

Thumbs up to our outstanding ITS staff. ITS presented their annual Employee Recognition and Awards this month. Congratulations to Joseph Bradley - High Potential Leadership Award, Tim North - Exemplary Customer Service Award, Blake Presnal - Technology Innovations and Wizard Award, and Jake Spain - Exemplary Customer Service by a Student Assistant Award. Each of these individuals was recognized by their peers and customers for their outstanding work and contributions to the university.

UWG awarded its first Ph.D. on July 28, 2012. Amazing Milestone: True to its progressive spirit, the University of West Georgia (UWG) continued to blaze trails, awarding its first doctorate of philosophy (Ph.D.) degree on Saturday, July 28.

“I am delighted that the University of West Georgia was the first institution in USG history to award a Ph.D. outside of the four research universities,” said Dr. Beheruz N. Sethna, president of UWG. “We knew when we began this journey it was uncharted territory. But we also knew that when opportunity is combined with hard work and unwavering commitment, the possibilities are endless.”

The prestigious honor went to the now Dr. John Roberts of Birmingham. Roberts was already an accomplished scholar, holding four other degrees including a law degree before earning both a master’s and a Ph.D. in psychology from UWG.

“Congratulations to Dr. John Roberts and to his advisor, Dr. Kareen Malone, his dissertation committee, and Department Chair Dr. Don Rice,” said Dr. Sethna. “This is truly a momentous occasion.”

Kudos features UWG faculty and staff articles and book publications, conference attendance and presentations, grants, organizational leadership and awards. Email your news to chronicl@westga.edu.

Campus Talk

Jeanna Lambert joins the Office of Purchasing Services as a Procurement Agent. Jeanna will be the PCard Administrator for UWG (pending certification from DOAS) and will eventually manage all campus leased copiers and the fuel card program. For now, please continue to contact Tamara Lane with copier concerns and Connie Smith with fuel card concerns. Jeanna can be reached at 678-839-5536 to help with any PCard related issues.

Email scams have skyrocketed. Their goal is to steal your identity or use your account to spam others. In an effort to prevent your account from being used to send spam, we have started using a spam filter on outgoing mail as well; we implemented this control in January of 2012 but over the summer work-from-home employees began noticing the change. It uses automated tools to see if an email looks suspicious. If the message is caught you will get a message in return saying the message “cannot send because of a high score on the spam scale.” The solution is to include a numeric code in your email notifying the system of the messages’ authenticity. We can’t publish this number in the Daily Report or on our website for security reasons, but if you contact the service desk via email or at 9-6587, we will be happy to provide you with the code.

UWG introduces the connectWest wireless network for Fall semester. The connectWest wireless network allows faculty/staff/students to sign-in once to the wireless network and never have to sign-in again. It also allows for automatically connecting to the wireless network when in range. The AccessUWG wireless network will remain up and functional until early September to allow existing faculty/staff to migrate their devices to the connectWest wireless network. Learn more about the connectWest wireless network and how to connect your devices here.

* Campus Talk features UWG faculty and staff announcements. Email your news for publication consideration to chronicl@westga.edu.