Barry R. Thompson, teacher development, made a presentation recently titled The Transition from Student-Centered to Teacher-Centered Classrooms: A First Year Experience at the Seventh National Conference on Students in Transition, which was held in Cincinnati.
Bill
Nelson, Reese Library, made several recent presentations. Using
Scholarstat Libaries: A Tool for Benchmarking and Peer Comparison
at the UGA's Annual Computer Conference at Rock Eagle. He also presented Accreditation
Compliance and Library Assessment: SACS Criteria and Practical Use of the
New ACRL Standards at the Louisiana Academic Library Directors
Meeting in New Orleans and Do We Measure Up?
Practical Application of the New ACRL Standards for
College Libraries, at the Delaware Valley ACRL Chapter meeting
in Philadelphia. He also was elected chair of the Interstate Cooperation Committee
for the Southeastern Library Association.
Bill Bompart, academic affairs, made a presentation at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Eastern Regional Conference in Springfield, Mass., titled Have We Been Misleading Our Students?
Lillian Wan, Reese Library, was named Employee of the Year by the Mayor's Committee for the Employment of Persons with Disabilities. She was nominated by the Augusta Focus newspaper, for which she serves as a writer and photographer. She also has a photograph in the recently published book, An Augusta Scrapbook: Twentieth-Century Memories by Vicki H. Greene, Scott W. Loehr, and Erick D. Montgomery. Lillian's photo is of Augusta astronaut, Lt. Cmdr. Susan Still.
Congratulations to Gina and Robert Thurman on the birth of a son, Zachary Robert, who was born November 1 at University Hospital. Young Zachary weighed 8 lbs. 4 oz.
Congratulations to Hillis DeRollier, formerly of the Office of Advancement, on the birth of a granddaughter, Mary Elizabeth Page. The proud parents are Magruder and Whitney Page.
