The UWG Debate team finished its season with a tremendous finish at Northwestern University in Illinois. The team of Georgia residents Vince Binder of Gainesville and Jim Schultz of Jupiter placed second out of 137 teams in the finals.
Dr. Michael Hester, director of UWG Debate, tried to put their accomplishment in context.
“Vince and Jim became the first UWG team in at least 25 years to reach the semifinals of both the Wake Forest and Northwestern tournaments, which are the two largest tournaments of the regular season,” said Hester. “They've been a top ten team all season, and their run to the finals at Northwestern is an exclamation point to their season.”
The Binder and Schultz team completed the preliminary rounds with a record of 6-1, trouncing teams from Towson, Michigan State, Wake Forest, John Carroll and Missouri State Universities. Their only loss went to Southern California in round 5.
Next up for UWG Debate is the post-season beginning with the District VI qualifying tournament at Georgia State University at the end of February. For more information on the UWG Debate program, call 678-839-6636.
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Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Sethna Named to Georgia Trend's Most Influential
The annual list of the 100 Most Influential Georgians published each January by Georgia Trend magazine once again included Dr. Beheruz N. Sethna, president of the University of West Georgia.
Sethna, who has been named to the list multiple times, joins other prominent Georgians such as Richard Anderson, CEO of Delta Air Lines; Arthur Blank, owner and CEO of the Atlanta Falcons and Georgia Force; Erroll Davis, Chancellor of the University System of Georgia; John Lewis, U.S. Congressman; and Sonny Perdue, Governor of Georgia.
“I am truly honored to be included in the 2009 list of the 100 Most Influential Georgians,” Sethna said. “It is my pleasure to be among this set of distinguished Georgians. Such an honor is possible only because of the excellent faculty and staff colleagues at the University of West Georgia, its wonderful students, and its great friends and supporters.”
UWG alum Bill Bolling, executive director of the Atlanta Community Food Bank, is also included on this list.
According to Georgia Trend editors, “Georgia’s Power List” spotlights prominent figures in business, politics, government, science and education, and are selected by the editorial staff as “the people who keep Georgia moving in one direction or another: influence can follow diverse paths.”
Sethna is in his 15th year as president of UWG, a leading residential, doctoral comprehensive university that offers a broad undergraduate and graduate curriculum based on a liberal arts foundation. UWG enrolls more than 11,250 students in the College of Arts and Sciences, Richards College of Business, College of Education, Nursing School and Graduate School.
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Sethna, who has been named to the list multiple times, joins other prominent Georgians such as Richard Anderson, CEO of Delta Air Lines; Arthur Blank, owner and CEO of the Atlanta Falcons and Georgia Force; Erroll Davis, Chancellor of the University System of Georgia; John Lewis, U.S. Congressman; and Sonny Perdue, Governor of Georgia.
“I am truly honored to be included in the 2009 list of the 100 Most Influential Georgians,” Sethna said. “It is my pleasure to be among this set of distinguished Georgians. Such an honor is possible only because of the excellent faculty and staff colleagues at the University of West Georgia, its wonderful students, and its great friends and supporters.”
UWG alum Bill Bolling, executive director of the Atlanta Community Food Bank, is also included on this list.
According to Georgia Trend editors, “Georgia’s Power List” spotlights prominent figures in business, politics, government, science and education, and are selected by the editorial staff as “the people who keep Georgia moving in one direction or another: influence can follow diverse paths.”
Sethna is in his 15th year as president of UWG, a leading residential, doctoral comprehensive university that offers a broad undergraduate and graduate curriculum based on a liberal arts foundation. UWG enrolls more than 11,250 students in the College of Arts and Sciences, Richards College of Business, College of Education, Nursing School and Graduate School.
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Young Gardeners Grow Paramount Pumpkins
Matthew Adams made Georgia 4-H history last year when he won the organization’s statewide annual pumpkin contest with a record-setting 580.8-pound pumpkin. He didn’t break his record this year, but he still got first place.
Adams, a 4-H’er from Carroll County, grew a 468-pound pumpkin to win the Georgia 4-H Pumpkin Growing Contest. Second place went to Hannah Brown of Henry County. She grew a 340-pound pumpkin. Terrell County 4-H’er Caroline Daniel won third place with her 323-pound pumpkin.
Knowledge, pride and prizes
For the past two decades, the Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association has sponsored the contest. First place gets $100. Second and third receive $50 and $25 respectively. Each of the 38 4-H’ers who entered the contest received a contest t-shirt.
To enter, a 4-H’er must grow the pumpkin and have it weighed by the local University of Georgia Cooperative Extension agent. Any variety of pumpkin may be used. But to bring in the big numbers, varieties like Atlantic Giant, Big Max, Big Moon, Prizewinner and Connecticut Field are recommended. All of this year’s winners grew the Atlantic Giant.
“The 4-H’er needs at least 120 days to grow the pumpkin to full size,” said Lindsey Fodor, a Georgia 4-H program assistant and the contest’s coordinator. “We also recommend they refer to growing tips provided by UGA Extension horticulturist Terry Kelley.”
The number of entries was down this year due to the state’s drought, she said.
Watermelons, too
The goal of the contest is to get Georgia students interested in agriculture and in growing their own crops, Fodor said.
Due to the heat, it can be tough to grow pumpkins in south Georgia. To give 4-H’ers there a chance to grow competition-size fruit, the Georgia 4-H Watermelon Growing Contest was established three years ago.
Information about the pumpkin and watermelon contests, including photos of the past winners, can be found on the Web at www.georgia4h.org/public/edops/nationalfair/pumpkincontest/.
By Sharon Dowdy
University of Georgia
Sharon Dowdy is a news editor with the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
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Adams, a 4-H’er from Carroll County, grew a 468-pound pumpkin to win the Georgia 4-H Pumpkin Growing Contest. Second place went to Hannah Brown of Henry County. She grew a 340-pound pumpkin. Terrell County 4-H’er Caroline Daniel won third place with her 323-pound pumpkin.
Knowledge, pride and prizes
For the past two decades, the Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association has sponsored the contest. First place gets $100. Second and third receive $50 and $25 respectively. Each of the 38 4-H’ers who entered the contest received a contest t-shirt.
To enter, a 4-H’er must grow the pumpkin and have it weighed by the local University of Georgia Cooperative Extension agent. Any variety of pumpkin may be used. But to bring in the big numbers, varieties like Atlantic Giant, Big Max, Big Moon, Prizewinner and Connecticut Field are recommended. All of this year’s winners grew the Atlantic Giant.
“The 4-H’er needs at least 120 days to grow the pumpkin to full size,” said Lindsey Fodor, a Georgia 4-H program assistant and the contest’s coordinator. “We also recommend they refer to growing tips provided by UGA Extension horticulturist Terry Kelley.”
The number of entries was down this year due to the state’s drought, she said.
Watermelons, too
The goal of the contest is to get Georgia students interested in agriculture and in growing their own crops, Fodor said.
Due to the heat, it can be tough to grow pumpkins in south Georgia. To give 4-H’ers there a chance to grow competition-size fruit, the Georgia 4-H Watermelon Growing Contest was established three years ago.
Information about the pumpkin and watermelon contests, including photos of the past winners, can be found on the Web at www.georgia4h.org/public/edops/nationalfair/pumpkincontest/.
By Sharon Dowdy
University of Georgia
Sharon Dowdy is a news editor with the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
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Monday, September 29, 2008
Rep. Butler Presented with Public Citizen Award
The Murphy Center for Public Service at the University of West Georgia presented the annual Public Citizen Award to Representative Mark Butler. The award is given in recognition of a career dedicated to the public and in appreciation of service to the state of Georgia. Dr. Stanley Caress (l), director of the Murphy Center, made the presentation following Butler’s address to political science students.
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