25th Annual Run UWG

The recent crisp, cool weather is perfect for runners and they have an opportunity to participate in the University of West Georgia’s 25th Annual Run for UWG next Thursday evening, Oct. 7, on the Carrollton campus. The event, sponsored by Community and Southern Bank, includes a 5K race, a one-mile fun run/walk, and a tot trot for small children.

Race day registration starts at 4 p.m. in front of the University Community Center. The Tot Trot (ages 2-6) starts at 5:15, with the one-mile Fun Run at 5:45. The 5K gets underway at 6:15 p.m. Awards for the 5K runners with best times in 14 age divisions, as well as overall winners, will be held in the Campus Center Ballroom following the race.

“This is an annual tradition that draws runners from around the region and into Atlanta, including a number of high school cross country teams” says Frank Pritchett, associate executive director of alumni relations and annual giving. “All proceeds directly support student scholarships at West Georgia.”

This winner of this year’s t-shirt design contest was Teresa Pyron and features runners in a fall setting.

Registration forms are available online. For more information, contact the UWG Alumni House at 678-839-6582.

CELEBRATE HOMECOMING

The University of West Georgia and Carrollton Main Street are proud to present Homecoming On The Square on Friday, Oct. 1 from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. at Adamson Square in downtown Carrollton.

This family friendly community celebration will feature food, games, music and more.

The event kicks off at 6 p.m. with a pep rally with UWG Wolves football players and cheerleaders getting the crowd pumped up for the next day’s homecoming game against Southern Arkansas.

Then at 7 p.m., enjoy even more Wolves-mania with the Spirit on the Square event, which will offer fun for the whole family.

At 8 p.m. it will be time to jam, with musical performances by local bands.

The square will be closed to traffic, but parking will be available in the surrounding lots and the city parking decks.

For more information, contact Carrollton Main Street at 770-832-6901 or visit www.carrolltonmainstreet.com.

ZING

University of West Georgia has an anonymous
spirited group of students called Zing. This group
made its debut last year, and hopes to raise
school spirit among their peers.
Zing member are anonymous and wear mask to all the events they attend, they get the crowd going and hand out gum to those they meet. Two of the senior members identity will be revealed in the spring the surprise of their family and friends.
Zing will be at several of this weeks homecoming events, including the Pep Rally on the Square, and the Tailgate before Saturday’s game.

Recording Star Bryan to Fund Scholarship at UWG

Country music star Luke Bryan has announced that a portion of the proceeds from his concert on Thursday, Sept. 30 in Carrollton will fund an annual scholarship for a University of West Georgia student who comes from a farming family in Georgia.

Bryan is on a Farm Tour of concerts in his home state of Georgia that aims to give back to local farming communities by celebrating and uplifting the American farmer. The tour’s stop in Carrollton on Sept. 30 will be at the VFW Post on Bankhead Highway at 7:30 p.m.

“I come from an area just like those we have chosen to perform in,” said Bryan, a Capitol Records Nashville artist. “I grew up working on my father’s peanut farm and know how hard these farmers work. We hope to give them a chance to take a break and enjoy themselves with a night of music.”

Bryan’s latest album, “Doin’ My Thing,” has enjoyed success with hits such as “Do I,” and “Rain is a Good Thing.” He was recently named the Academy of Country Music’s top new artist and top new solo vocalist, as voted by fans.

Farm tour tickets are available at www.lukebryan.com and through local retail outlets.

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Allison, former CEO of BB&T, to Open UWG Lecture Series

John Allison, former CEO of BB&T Corp., will be the inaugural guest speaker at the BB&T Lectures in Free Enterprise Series, a program established by the bank and the University of West Georgia’s Richards College of Business.

Allison’s lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be in the UWG Coliseum on Sept. 28 at 6:30 p.m. There will be an invitation-only reception at 5:30 p.m. that is open to the media and at which Allison will be available for interviews.

A donation by BB&T, the largest in the history of the Richards College, helped create the lecture series and the Center for Ethics and Free Enterprise, which fosters a comprehensive and ongoing discussion of the foundations of capitalism and free enterprise.

“BB&T has been and continues to be a wonderful benefactor and friend to the university,” said Dr. Beheruz N. Sethna, president of UWG. “BB&T’s generosity has enabled us to accomplish much good work over the years. This tremendous gift is yet another example of BB&T’s continuing support and interest.”

Atlanta Asian Film Festival Comes to UWG

The University of West Georgia is hosting the 6th annual Atlanta Asian Film Festival on Oct. 12 and 19.

The AAFF is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating various communities about the rich diversity of Asian Pacific culture through films and movies. This is UWG’s first time sponsoring the festival, joining other universities in the region to host the AAFF.

The two films that have been selected to screen at UWG are “Artemisia” from China and “Cow” from Taiwan. “Artemisia” is the story of a Chinese mother who struggles to deal with her children’s contemporary problems and the pressures from her traditionally conservative and judgmental relatives. “Cow”, set during WWII, follows the story of a peasant who was charged with the task of looking after a special cow, even at the risk of his own life.

“Artemisia” will be shown on Tuesday, Oct. 12 at 7 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom. “Cow” will be shown the following week on Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. in the TLC Room 1305.

The film screenings are free for UWG students, faculty and staff, but all of the community is invited and encouraged to attend. Tickets are $8 and can be purchased at the AAFF website at www.atlaff.org.

For more information, please call 678-839-5400.

Thurmond, Saunders to Speak at UWG

The UWG College Democrats will be sponsoring an address by Georgia Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond, candidate for the US Senate, and Frank Saunders, candidate for the US House of Representatives on Monday, Sept. 27th at 3 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom.

The public is invited.

For more information contact Dr. Robert Sanders,bsanders@westga.edu, 678-839-4995.

Disability Awareness Day

UWG 4TH Annual Disability Awareness Day

October 19, 2010

9 AM - 4 PM

Campus Center & TLC

Disability Awareness Day, or D-day as it is fondly known on campus, is the special day reserved each year to educate the campus, the community, and people from various parts of the state, about disabilities and the importance for increased awareness. There is a role and a need for each of us as members of our community to promote disability awareness in the classrooms, on campus, and in our daily lives. This year we invite everyone at West Georgia to participate in the celebration and many activities. For the 4th year we will have a wheelchair rally – an experience that allows you to team up with friends from class, your office, or from across campus as you accept the challenge to tour our beautiful campus by wheelchair. Each year the event is held to increase awareness and have fun on what promises to be a lovely fall afternoon. The wheelchair rally is sponsored by the Leadership and Applied Instruction Department and members from Physical Education and Wellness are the campus leaders, who pair off and plan the event with members of the Achievers Organization, UWG students with physical disabilities. In addition to the rally Blaze Sports will be visiting and playing a variety of adaptive sports. All UWG family members are encouraged to come out and play with Blaze – we promise a workout that you will long remember. Throughout D-day there will be fun, music, games, workshops, extra credit opportunities, and free food. Vendors will feature adaptive technologies. Experiential stations will give participants an idea of what it would be like to have various disabilities. Special speakers will inspire students and staff.

D-day is a very important day for the University of West Georgia, and we need your help to make it happen. D-day is a powerfully life changing event. If you have questions, get to know a member of the Achievers Organization, a campus organization for students with physical disabilities and ask them about their event. You may also contact the Co Chairs, Sharon Nunnally, Assistant Coordinator, Disability Services Student Development Center, at 678.839.6428, snunnall@westga.edu ; or Liz Butt, Instructor in Health & Wellness Department of Leadership & Applied Instruction University of West Georgia 678-839-6182 ebutts@westga.edu

An Evening of Music Theatre

The University of West Georgia’s Opera Workshop will present “An Evening of Music Theatre” on Thursday, Oct. 7 and Tuesday, Oct. 12, at 8:15 p.m. in Kathy Cashen Recital Hall on the UWG campus. Admission is free.

The full ensemble numbers include, “Another Op’nin’, Another Show”, from Kiss Me, Kate, by Cole Porter, arranged by Teena Chinn; “Lullaby of Broadway”, from 42^nd Street, by Harry Warren with lyrics by Al Dubin, arranged by Mac Huff; and “One”, from A Chorus Line, by Marvin Hamlisch with lyrics by Edward Kleban, arranged by Anita Kerr.

Dr. Larry Frazier, professor of music and director of the UWG opera workshop, guides this student-led production. Guest artists include accompanist Audria Smith Clark and Broadway veteran performer Bobbie Emmons.

For more information on this and other music events, call 678-839-6516 or visit www.westga.edu/~musicdpt.

UWG Chapter is Honored

University of West Georgia’s chapter of The National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS) chapter has achieved the gold award.

The University of West Georgia chapter was awarded gold STAR status at the NSCS Leadership Summit.

The National Society of Collegiate Scholars is an honors organization for high-achieving freshmen and sophomores with more than 270 student-run chapters at universities across the country. The University of West Georgia NSCS chapter was founded in 2002.

For Sherice Evans, the NSCS national staff representative who works with University of West Georgia’s chapter officers, the award comes as no surprise.

“The members of University of West Georgia’s chapter are amazing,” said Sherice Evans. “They have gone above and beyond by creating innovative programs and expanding and improving existing programs and have provided an exceptional experience for their members. They have truly embraced the ideals of NSCS.”

The chapter’s officers accepted the award on behalf of the officers, chapter advisor and members. The chapter will also receive a $250 Chapter Scholarship and letter to the President of University of West Georgia to commemorate attaining gold status.

For the NSCS chapter on University of West Georgia’s campus, the reward of attaining gold status is second only to the impact it has had on the community and the bonds it has strengthened between chapter members.

To attain gold status, chapters are required to hold an induction ceremony for new members, create a student mentoring program, hold campus–wide events to support NSCS’ integrity initiative, create an on-campus membership recruitment campaign and engage a campus office in a chapter event.

NSCS chapters can attain one of four STAR status levels; bronze, silver, gold and platinum. Each level is determined based on the quantity and quality of events a chapter held the previous year.

Former Marine, Author, Business Owner to Speak at UWG

Former U.S. Marine, author and businessman Tchicaya Missamou will speak and sign copies of his memoir, “In the Shadow of Freedom: A Heroic Journey to Liberation, Manhood and America,” at the Campus Center at the University of West Georgia on Oct. 11 from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Missamou was born in Brazzaville, Congo, where civil war disrupted his childhood. He became a child soldier and later used his military connections to ferry white diplomats out of the country, an enterprise that earned him great wealth but left his family brutalized.

Missamou fled the country in 1997 and eventually made it to the United States. He joined the U.S. Marine Corps, where his military deployments included Iraq.

After becoming a U.S. citizen, Missamou returned to Congo to rescue his family. He ended up captured, beaten, shot and jailed. Missamou was able to escape and returned to the United States.

He founded Warrior Fitness, a high-end personal training facility in Valencia, Calif. He lives in Santa Clarita, Calif., with is wife and three children.

The International Student Club is sponsoring the event, which will be in the Campus Center Ballroom 108.1 & 2.

The event is free and open to the public.

Dr. Mark Mathabane New York Times Bestselling Author to Speak at UWG

CARROLTON, GA—Dr. Mark Mathabane, a New York

Times bestselling author and South African native, will be

coming to the University of West Georgia's Campus Center Ballroom on Wednesday, Oct. 6 at 7:30 p.m. to discuss his life

story.

Mathabane, who grew up in South Africa during apartheid, has written several books, including his autobiography, which ranked No. 3 on the New York Times bestsellers list. He has also made appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Larry King Live and many other television programs.

His story of triumph against all odds has inspired people worldwide. His novels have been translated into several languages, and his journey to America has touched the hearts of readers.

Author to Speak at UWG

Dr. Frances Smith Foster, a Charles Howard Candler Professor of English and Women’s Studies at Emory University, will discuss: “Love, Lies, History and Happiness” on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010 at 3:30pm in TLC 1200.

Foster has edited or written more than a dozen books, including Love and Marriage in early African America, Written By Herself: Production by African American Women, 1746-1892 and Witnessing Slavery: The Development of the Ante-Bellum Slave Narrative.

This event is sponsored by the UWG Dept. of English & Philosophy, Sigma tau Delta, The College of Arts & Sciences, The Africana Studies Program & the Office of Institutional Diversity.

For additional information, please contact Dr. Patrick Erben (English Dept.) at 678-939- 6144 or perben@westga.edu.

This event is FREE and open to the public.

Flu Shots for UWG Students, Faculty and Staff

One vaccine provides protection from H1N1, H3N2, and Type B influenzas

COST: $15.00 for Staff and Faculty
FREE for Students

WHEN: September 22, 2010
from 8:30 A.M. until 2:00 P.M.
WHERE: The Coliseum at UWG (Main Lobby)

*Must have Student or Staff ID!*
*Cash or Check ONLY and Correct Change ONLY*
*Do not take the flu vaccine while sick.*

A Year After Floods

The rain began falling overnight, and many residents awoke the morning of Sept. 21, 2009, to find yards and basements flooded. Some Carroll County residents lost their homes.

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Ingram Library to Initiate Phase Two of Renovation

The University of West Georgia’s Ingram Library will initiate Phase Two of its $8 million renovation in late September as the main floor closes for its demolition and construction. As part of the initiation of this phase, the Library will be closed to the public on Thursday, September 23, and Friday, September 24, with research assistance continuously provided through the Library’s new 24/7 online chat reference service available from the Library’s home page (click Get Help Now on http://www.westga.edu/library).

During Phase Two, which will extend through the end of the 2010-11 academic year, the public will enter on the ground level at the corner nearest the Pafford Building. The second and third floors will be accessed via the Library’s two new elevators. In addition, the construction zone will widen around the Library, creating additional foot traffic detours.

In preparation for Phase Two, the Library has already begun moving some of its operations to other parts of the building. DVDs, new books, newspapers, and vending machines have already moved to the second floor. The majority of the computers are now located on the third floor with others on the second floor and laptops available for checkout. The value transfer station will also be moved to the third floor.

Other moves to be initiated in late September include the temporary relocation of Circulation, Interlibrary Loan, and Technical Services to the ground floor. Special Collections and the periodical collection will permanently relocate there. Government Documents will move to a temporary location on the third floor.

In March 2010, Ingram Library initiated the construction project to renovate its main and ground floors, and re-create the state capitol office of Georgia House Speaker Thomas B. Murphy. The funding was appropriated during the 2008 Georgia state legislative session as a tribute to the late Speaker. This renovation, and additional upgrades to the second and third floors, will result in a more flexible study environment with furniture that allows students to design the space to fit their needs and to work more collaboratively. In response to student feedback, there will be an increased number of computer stations, the addition of a café, and an additional library entrance that faces the Campus Center.

For further information about Ingram Library’s renovation see http://www.westga.edu/libraryrenovation.

UWG, Carrollton Main Street to Celebrate Homecoming On The Square

The University of West Georgia and Carrollton Main Street are proud to present Homecoming On The Square on Friday, Oct. 1 from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. at Adamson Square in downtown Carrollton.

This family friendly community celebration will feature food, games, music and more.

The event kicks off at 6 p.m. with a pep rally with UWG Wolves football players and cheerleaders getting the crowd pumped up for the next day’s homecoming game against Southern Arkansas.

Then at 7 p.m., enjoy even more Wolves-mania with the Spirit on the Square event, which will offer fun for the whole family.

At 8 p.m. it will be time to jam, with musical performances by local bands.

The square will be closed to traffic, but parking will be available in the surrounding lots and the city parking decks.

For more information, contact Carrollton Main Street at 770-832-6901 or visit www.carrolltonmainstreet.com.

Author Alvarez Coming to UWG

Julia Alvarez, a prize-winning poet, essayist, and novelist, will give a public reading at the University of West Georgia’s Coliseum on Wednesday, Sept. 22, at 8 p.m.

Alvarez’s multi-award-winning novel, In the Time of the Butterflies, has been chosen as a National Endowment for the Arts “Big Read” selection for this year. The novel is designed to inspire, as it celebrates the human spirit, as people struggle, sometimes fatally, with oppression and malevolence.

This event is free and open to the public.

Prior to the reading, Alvarez will be present at other open events during the day, including: a continental breakfast from 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom; a discussion from 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. at Kathy Cashen Hall followed by a second discussion from 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Alvarez writes books both in Spanish and English and for audiences from elementary-age to adults. She is a poet, an essayist, and a novelist. She is working on a collection of essays about the situation in Haiti (she is a Dominican-American), as well as at least one new children’s book in her Tia Lola series.

For more information about Alvarez, please visit www.juliaalvarez.com. For further information regarding the event, please contact Emily Hipchen, Associate Professor, English, at 678-839-4746 or ehipchen@westga.edu.

Army Band to Kick Off Performing Arts Season at UWG

The Townsend Center for the Performing Arts at the University of West Georgia kicks off its 2010-2011 season on Thursday, Sept. 16 with one of the nation's premier service ensembles, the Army Ground Forces Band, based at Fort McPherson, Ga.

The band will perform at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free, but reserved seating is available by calling 678-839-4722.

The only Army band with a combat distinction from the president, the Army Ground Forces Band serves as the musical ambassador of the American combat soldier. The Jazz Guardians, a 21-member big band, tours the country from coast to coast showcasing a rich musical heritage.

Paying tribute to the big bands of yesteryear, the Jazz Guardians incorporates the work of artists such as Louis Bellson, Cab Calloway, Bill Watrous, and Jamey Abersold. In addition to performing standards by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Glenn Miller, and Woody Herman, the ensemble presents innovative works by today's most popular composers.

For more information call 678-839-4722 or visit ww.townsendcenter.org.

Season sponsors of the Townsend Center programs are: Live Art At the Townsend Center; Carroll Symphony Orchestra Foundation; Community Foundation of West Georgia; the family of Dr. Richard L. Dangle; Dr. Chester & Mrs. Faye Gibson; the Georgia Council for the Arts; the National Endowment for the Arts and South Arts

Constitution Day at UWG

Dr. Thomas Hunter, professor of political science at the University of West Georgia, will present “A Few Things You May Not Know About the Constitution,” on Friday, Sept. 17 at 12 p.m. in Bonner Lecture Hall on the UWG campus. The program is being presented as part of the national observance of Constitution Day and is free and open to the public.

Hunter teaches a two-semester sequence in constitutional law and serves as the university's pre-law advisor.

Constitution Day, created by federal legislation in 2004, commemorates Sept. 17, 1787, the date that the 39 delegates to the Constitution Convention signed the newly created United States Constitution. The delegates hoped that this new framework for a national government would provide a permanent guarantee of the political liberties achieved in the Revolution.

This event is sponsored by the UWG Department of Political Science and Planning, the American Democracy Project, and Ingram Library. For further information email chendric@westga.edu or call (678) 839-5337.

UWG to Present Broadway Hit "Rent"

Rent, the modern Broadway tour de force, is coming to the University of West Georgia.

Performances will run from Sept. 29 – Oct. 2 at 7:30 p.m., with matinee performances Oct. 2 and Oct. 3 at 2:30 p.m. in UWG’s Townsend Center Mainstage Theatre. Tickets are $10 for adults, $7 for seniors, and free with a UWG Student ID.

Rent, written by the ever-inspiring Jonathan Larson, is the story of 20-something artists living the bohemian lifestyle in the lower east side of Manhattan in the early 1990s. Artists, filmmakers, and musicians, along with many other colorful characters, live in the throes of young love, passion and ambition with the unifying belief that “it’s better to burn out than fade away.” Larson was living proof to such a bold claim. Just before the debut of his masterpiece, Larson died at the age of 35, during the final rehearsal of Rent. Almost two decades later, this Pulitzer Prize winning musical is world-renowned, rendering Larson immortal through his art.

The UWG production will pay particular homage to the street artists of New York City in the late 1980s. In accordance, a graffiti workshop will be held with the art department on Sept. 11. The graffiti will be featured on stage as well as in the Townsend Center lobby during the run of Rent. For more information call (678) 839- 4722.

Allison, former CEO of BB&T, to Open UWG Lecture Series

John Allison, former CEO of BB&T Corp., will be the inaugural guest speaker at the BB&T Lectures in Free Enterprise Series, a program established by the bank and the University of West Georgia’s Richards College of Business.

Allison’s lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be in the UWG Coliseum on Sept. 28 at 6:30 p.m. There will be an invitation-only reception at 5:30 p.m. that is open to the media and at which Allison will be available for interviews.

A donation by BB&T, the largest in the history of the Richards College, helped create the lecture series and the Center for Ethics and Free Enterprise, which fosters a comprehensive and ongoing discussion of the foundations of capitalism and free enterprise.

“BB&T has been and continues to be a wonderful benefactor and friend to the university,” said Dr. Beheruz N. Sethna, president of UWG. “BB&T’s generosity has enabled us to accomplish much good work over the years. This tremendous gift is yet another example of BB&T’s continuing support and interest.”

Scholarship Honors Former Professor

The University of West Georgia Foundation announces the creation of the Dr. Corliss Hines Edwards Jr. Memorial Scholarship, established by his wife, Nina W. Edwards, and sons Hines Martin Edwards and Keith White Edwards, to honor his memory as a professor.

The scholarship will be awarded annually to a graduate student or students to be chosen by a committee from the Department of English and Philosophy. The student must be an English major, have a GPA of 3.5 or better and preferably have a concentration in American and/or Southern literature.

Edwards, a Macon, Ga., native, began teaching at West Georgia College (now UWG) in 1966. He also published many articles about American authors such as Robert Frost, Mark Twain, James Dickey and William Faulkner. He retired in 1993, but continued teaching part-time until 1996. He was awarded the title of professor emeritus of English in 1994.

UWG Forms RISE Program to Aid Small Businesses

The University of West Georgia, along with the Carroll County Economic Development Foundation and the UWG Small Business Development Center, is creating the Resource for Innovation, Small business and Entrepreneurship (RISE) Program.

The RISE program will create an online “incubator village” to assist entrepreneurs in Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Haralson, Heard and Polk counties. The goal of the program is to offer counseling, resource information exchange, distance learning opportunities and other information for local business owners on the program’s website.

RISE will host three small business forums throughout the year, as well as provide online training. An estimated 2,500 small businesses in the West Georgia region will benefit from the RISE program’s virtual village.

A celebration of the official announcement of the RISE program will take place at an Entrepreneur Excellence Banquet on Sept. 13 at 6 p.m. in the Z-6 Food Services Building on the UWG campus. It will feature a panel discussion with Allen Nance, founder and president of the Mansell Group; W. Cliff Oxford, founder and CEO of Entrepreneur Advisors; Christa Pitts, COO of Creatively Classic Activities and Books and Bob Stone, founder and chairman of Systems & Methods Inc. The banquet is for invited members of the business community and is also open to the media.

For more information call 678-839-5031.

Lester to Lead Humanities at Arizona State

Neal Lester has been appointed the dean of humanities at Arizona State University. Lester graduated from the University of West Georgia in 1981 with a degree in English.

Lester has been serving as the English department chair at ASU since 2004, and specializes in African-American literary and cultural studies. He has published on and taught courses in children's literature, drama, folklore, American cinematic images and interracial intimacies in American culture

In 2010 he came back to his alma mater to give a presentation titled, “Nappy Edges and Goldy Locks: African Americans and the Politics of Hair.”

Nobel Peace Prize winner promotes social change

Muhammad Yunus is in the business of not making money. Instead, his business model promotes social changes.

Yunus, the Bangladeshi banker and economist who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006, spoke to about 200 people at the University of West Georgia Friday.


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Inaugural expo event a hit with teens

Designed to encourage dreams and educate youth, Saturday’s first Youth Expo was attended by about 100 area teenagers.

Representatives from several local colleges, the Barbizon Modeling and Acting Center and Patchwerk Recording Studios were on hand at the Assembly of the Saints Deliverance Church in Villa Rica to answer questions for students during the eight-hour event. Several speakers were lined up to discuss the entertainment business, college athletics and the application process required by many colleges before staging a concert.

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