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Julian Stanley Distinguished Lecture Series
February 3, 2006
CARROLLTON, GA - The University of West Georgia will host its Sixth Annual Julian Stanley Distinguished Lecture Series at the Advanced Academy Board of Trustees meeting Feb. 17. The event features guest lecturer Dr. Bob McMath, dean of the Honors College and professor of history at the University of Arkansas.
McMath,
who was a Fulbright Lecturer in Italy, will speak on “Religion and
American Higher Education in an Age of Culture Wars.” McMath has
received numerous awards including the George W. Griffith Award for Outstanding
Teaching, the Dean James E. Dull Administrator of the Year Award and the
Governor’s Award for the Humanities. He served as Vice Provost at
Georgia Institute of Technology before accepting the position at UA.
The Advanced Academy is a UWG on-campus academic program designed to meet the challenges of advanced and gifted high school students. Dr. Julian Stanley, who died in 2005 at the age of 87, was known for his dedicated research on the teaching and the reaching of gifted children. Born in East Point in 1918, Dr. Stanley graduated from West Georgia Junior College, now the University of West Georgia, and Georgia Southern University. After serving in World War II, he entered Harvard University, where he received his doctorate in education on 1950.
The evening begins at 7 p.m. in the Food Services Building on the lower level. For more information on this free event, contact the Advanced Academy at 678-839-6249.
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