Mystery quiz
Can you guess what and where this is?
Correct guesses will be entered into a drawing for a free prize. Send your guesses to twilliams@aug.edu or to Public Relations, Rains Hall-Box #51. (Prizes can be picked up in the public relations office.)
Staff Council members
The following staff members were elected (or re-elected) by their peers to serve on the 2009-11 Staff Council: Division I-Raymond Wood, Jim Smith, and Alice McCann; Division II-Marcia Faglier and Adam Ward; Division III-Laura Nichols; Division IV-Margie Russ and Damon Armour; and Division V-Susie Ennis and Michelle DeLoach.
The following staff members are serving the second year of their terms: Division I-Richard Anderson; Division II-Patricia Harris; Division III-Dane Scarff and Lynda Lotz; Division IV-Maggie Witherington; and Division V-Scott Argo.
Campus closing
The campus will be closed Friday, Jan. 1, and will reopen on Monday, Jan. 4. The campus also will be closed on Monday, Jan. 18, in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr., Day.
Classes begin
Spring semester classes will begin on Wednesday, Jan. 6.
Art exhibition
Tom Nakashim
a, Morris Eminent Scholar in Art, will present his exhibit The Last Seven Years at ASU opening with a gallery reception at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 14, in the New Space Gallery in Washington Hall. The exhibition will close on Feb. 11. For more information, call the art department at 706-667-4888.
Business Office reorganization
The Business Office has reorganized its office staff to provide a high level of ongoing support to the campus. Corrina Warner will be promoted to the position of Director of Financial Services and Controller, effective April 1, 2010. Ms. Warner will be replacing Angela Prettelt, assistant vice president and controller, who has announced her plans to retire.
The student accounts and the accounts receivable teams will be combined under the direction of Beth Schwenzfeier, who is promoted, effective immediately, to the new position of Student Accounts and Accounts Receivable Manager. Additionally, the search process for an assistant controller will soon begin. In addition to Ms. Prettelt’s retirement, Vera Boyll, assistant controller, and Barbara Stewart, accounts receivable manager, also recently retired after many years of service to ASU.
Physical Plant Employee of the Fourth Quarter
James Kirkland, Carpenter I, has been a member of the Augusta State family since June 1995. Mr. Kirkland is responsible for the construction of special order bookshelves, counters, and other specialty furniture. The Appling resident is married to Mary Edith and they have two children, Forest 13, and Hannah 11. In his spare time, he enjoys hunting and fishing with his children. Mr. Kirkland was chosen for the award from more than 90 Physical Plant employees.
Faculty receive travel grants
Four faculty members received travel grants from Augusta State’s Center for Teaching and Learning to attend teaching conferences in Georgia. Pam Gray, nursing, and Buffie Schmidt, Hull College of Business, will attend the 17th Georgia Conference on College and University Teaching in Kennesaw in February. Pamela Hayward, communications and professional writing, and Jeanette Meriwether, nursing, will attend the SoTL Commons conference in Statesboro in March.
“Each of these individuals wrote a convincing essay about how attendance at the conference will contribute to their professional development. In each case, it seems clear to me that their attendance will clearly benefit ASU student learning,” says Deborah Richardson, psychology.
Dec 22, 2009
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