UWG News Archive

Upcoming events at UWG

October 15, 2004

CARROLLTON, GA - Caning Class Set
The University of West Georgia Department of Continuing Education will have a class on the art of caning from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 4. The chair caning classes will meet in the Continuing Education classroom in Adamson Hall. The fee is $44 and a supply fee of $35 payable to the instructor on the day of the course. For more information on this and other classes from the UWG Department of Continuing Education, call Lauri Thompson at 678-839-6611.

Yoga Classes
The University of West Georgia Department of Continuing Education is offering a Yoga class beginning Thursday, Nov. 6 and meeting on subsequent Thursdays from 6 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. The cost is $79 per person. For more information or to register call the UWG Department of Continuing Education at 678-839-6611.

UWG Waring lecture
The Anthropology Department and the Antonio J. Waring Anthropology Endowment of the University of West Georgia will play host to Dr. Kathleen Deagan, Distinguished Research Curator of Archeology at the Florida Museum of Natural History. Deagan will present a public lecture entitled, “Archaeology at Columbus’ First American Town: La Isabela 1493-1498” at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29, in Kathy Cashen Hall on the first floor of the Humanities Building. Deagan will also present a classroom lecture at 9 a.m. in room 1-303 of the TLC building discussing 30 years of archaeology in St. Augustine. After this lecture, she will meet with anthropology students at a noon reception in room 304 of the Pafford Building. For more information contact the anthropology department at 770-836-6405 or Dr. Karl Steinen, professor of anthropology, at 770-836-4365.

Fall 2004 Colloquium
The University of West Georgia History Department is sponsoring a 2004 Colloquium on Monday, Oct. 25. In attendance will be Dr. David Gleeson author of “The Famine Irish in the South.” This event will be located at the TLC building in room 1203, from 9-10 a.m. An informal discussion will also be held titled “An Irish Student in the Most Southern Place on Earth.” The discussion will be located in the Pafford Building, room 202 from 10:30 a.m. –noon. For more information contact the History Department at 678-839-6508.

Education forum
The University of West Georgia College of Education will sponsor at ‘Soul in Education” forum from 9 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. on the UWG campus. The event is $10 and lunch is included and registration is required. The forum will include lectures from Dr. Nel Noddings, a professor of philosophy and education at Teachers College, Columbia University and Dr. Lee L. Jacks, professor of child education at Stanford University. The forum will especially help K-12 teachers, higher education faculty, school administrators, and counselors. For information on registration contact the UWG College of Education at 678-839-6128.

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