Spring 2015

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Spring 2015

Spring 2015
FINDING FOCUS
UNG’s newest degree program produces
CAREER-READY GRADUATES
HEALTHCARE EDUCATION
EXPANDS TO SUPPORT
REGIONAL NEEDS
COTTRELL MBA
EXPANDS TO
GAINESVILLE
Prepared
to lead.
UNG TURNS PERSONAL POTENTIAL
INTO SUCCESS, AND SUCCESSFUL
PEOPLE INTO LEADERS.
The Corps of Cadets at the University of North Georgia has
existed since the institution was founded in 1873. UNG is one
of only six senior military colleges in the nation and is designated as The Military College of Georgia.
UNG has produced 50 general officers, including 10 currently
serving around the world. This year, UNG will commission a
record-setting 83 cadets – a group that includes the top-ranked
cadet in the nation.
UNG offers many scholarships opportunities for cadets,
including the Georgia Military Scholarship. The university also
offers many federally-funded language and study abroad opportunities for cadets, including the Chinese Language Flagship
Program and Project Global Officer.
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Spring 2015
Healthcare programs expand to
support regional needs
D E PA R T M E N T S
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Finding Focus: UNG’s newest
degree program produces
career-ready graduates
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Cottrell MBA expands to
Gainesville this fall
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President’s Message
32 UNG Foundation
32 Class Notes
39 In Memoriam
40 Around UNG
48 UNG Calendar
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Our students are the best
measure of our success
Bonita C. Jacobs, Ph.D.
President
I opened our Faculty-Staff Convocation this year by sharing a comment Henry Ford
once made. He said, “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress;
working together is success.”
Of course, our success at UNG is not measured by the production of cars or widgets.
The best evidence of our success is found in our students, who are mentored by worldclass faculty and staff to ensure they are regionally and globally competitive. Through
student-focused experiences both in and out of the classroom, we turn personal
potential into success, and successful people into leaders.
Throughout this publication, you will find stories about our amazing students and
the opportunities they have at UNG to prepare for fulfilling careers or advanced education programs. We are fortunate that our alumni and community partners understand
the value of higher education and its impact on our students. With your generous
support, we increased fundraising for scholarships by 35 percent this year, and those
gifts will have a profound impact on the lives of our students.
As I write this, we are preparing for six commencement ceremonies to celebrate the
graduation of more than 1,300 students. Upon graduation, they will join generations
of alumni who comprise a network of civic, professional and military leadership across
this region and throughout the global community.
This spring, our new UNG Alumni Association held its first meeting, becoming the
first of Georgia’s consolidated universities to merge its alumni associations. This is a
significant milestone, but, most importantly, it is an indication of the strong alumni
leadership we have and their commitment to supporting UNG.
I hope you will take a moment to reflect on your college experience, on the mentors
who helped you succeed, and what that foundation means to you today. If you’d like to
share your story, write to us at [email protected].
Sincerely,
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Members of the Board of Directors of the new
UNG Alumni Association are, front row, from
left, Matt McCree, Chris Stenander, Dr. Bonita
Jacobs, Brad Barton and Jackie Wallace;
center row, from left, Andrea Strickland, Dr.
Patricia Donat, Elizabeth Rhodes, Dr. Janet
Marling, Dr. Al Panu, Semuel Maysonet, Anne
Davis, and Amy Coffee; and back row, from
left, Jeff Brown, Mac McConnell, Jason Cox,
Rob Reid, James Wright, Phil Collins, Jeff
Barclay, retired Col. Tom Palmer, and Bruce
Howerton.
UNG creates new, unified alumni association
Thanks to the efforts by its two former
alumni associations, the University of North
Georgia is the first of the recently consolidated schools in the University System of
Georgia to create a new, unified alumni
association.
The Board of Directors of the new UNG
Alumni Association submitted bylaws to
create the association on Jan. 10. Comprising 30 members, the board will steer the
new association in its mission to engage
UNG alumni, encourage financial support,
and serve as a conduit between alumni and
the university.
“The creation of the UNG Alumni
Association is a very positive step toward
strengthening the university’s legacy and
establishing a support base for current and
future UNG students,” said Phil Collins,
associate vice president for alumni relations
and annual giving. “Of the recently consolidated institutions in the University System
of Georgia, UNG is the first to create a new
alumni association, which is a testament to
the hardworking individuals of both former
associations who are dedicated to forming
a strong, united association to support
UNG.”
The new association represents recent
alumni from UNG, as well as alumni from
Gainesville State College and North Georgia College & State University, which consolidated in January 2013 to form UNG.
The inaugural board includes members
from the former alumni associations and
will seek new board members.
“Our primary focus this year will be
engaging alumni by educating everyone
about the UNG Alumni Association and
encouraging active participation,” said Chris
Stenander, association president. “This will
ensure that we have strong representation
from across the university, putting in place a
firm foundation for the association’s future,
which has already been started by the
Alumni Council Steering Committee’s hard
work. I am confident we have a great start
in all these areas based on the leadership in
our executive committee, board members,
ex-officio members and the committees we
are putting in place to get the work done.”
The association’s executive committee
includes: Chris Stenander, president; Brad
Barton, vice president; Jackie Wallace,
secretary; and Matt McCree, treasurer.
Board members include Bob Babich, Jeff
Barkley, Jeff Brown, Haley Carter, Nancy
Clark, Ben Clark, Bob Clark, Amy Coffee,
Lesley Congdon, Jason Cox, Anne Davis,
Cindy Densmore, Semuel Maysonet, Rob
Reid, Elizabeth Rhodes, Andrea Strickland,
and James Wright.
Ex-officio members of the board include
several UNG administrators: Dr. Bonita
Jacobs, president; Dr. Patricia Donat, provost and senior vice president of academic
affairs; Dr. Al Panu, senior vice president of
university affairs; Mac McConnell, senior
vice president of business and finance;
Bruce Howerton, interim vice president for
university advancement; Dr. Janet Marling,
vice president of student affairs; COL (retired) Tom Palmer, commandant of cadets;
Lindsay Reeves, director of athletics; and
Phil Collins, executive director of the UNG
Alumni Association.
Following this transitional year, board
members will serve two-year terms. After
serving their first term, board members are
eligible for re-election for one additional
term; after serving two consecutive terms,
a board member must wait one year before
becoming eligible for election to the board
for another term.
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“Access to quality, affordable higher
education is vital to creating jobs in
today’s economy,” said Speaker of the
House David Ralston, who represents
Fannin and Gilmer counties and a
portion of Dawson County. “Having
a permanent, first-rate institution of
higher learning in our community has
long been a goal of mine. This campus
will mean great things for generations
to come in our part of Georgia.”
UNG to open Blue Ridge Campus
The University of North Georgia will
open a campus this fall in Blue Ridge,
Georgia, to increase college opportunities
for students in northeast Georgia. Funding
for the new facility was approved by the
University System of Georgia (USG) Board
of Regents in April.
“Access to quality, affordable higher
education is vital to creating jobs in today’s
economy,” said Speaker of the House David
Ralston, who represents Fannin and Gilmer
counties and a portion of Dawson County.
“Having a permanent, first-rate institution
of higher learning in our community has
long been a goal of mine. This campus will
mean great things for generations to come in
our part of Georgia.”
The state’s Complete College Georgia goals are based upon a 2011 study by
Georgetown University that indicates Georgia needs to add 250,000 postsecondary
graduates to the state’s workforce by 2025.
Census data indicate that individuals with
a college degree may earn $1 million more
over their lifetime than those with only a
high school diploma, and nearly half of the
counties in the UNG’s immediate service
area have a college completion rate of less
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than 20 percent.
“The health of the U.S. and Georgia
economies depends upon citizens obtaining
meaningful degrees at a higher rate than
they do today,” said USG Chancellor Hank
Huckaby. “This new instructional site, with
funding from the state legislature, supports
our mission to graduate more students to
meet workforce demands, which, in turn,
supports economic recovery and development.”
Though the location of the instructional
site has not been finalized, the university will
begin offering courses in fall 2015. Initially,
the program will build upon the university’s
existing dual-enrollment courses that are
offered in collaboration with the Union
and Fannin County school systems and
allow students to earn both college and high
school credit at the same time. One benefit
of dual-enrollment is that college tuition is
funded by the state’s Accel program.
“We know that, particularly in the
northernmost counties in our service area,
there is need for expanded higher education opportunities that emphasize access,
convenience and affordability,” said UNG
President Bonita C. Jacobs. “This new
instructional site will meet those needs
and create the foundation for more robust
opportunities in the future.”
Initial dual-enrollment courses would focus in the social sciences and humanities to
complement existing advanced coursework
opportunities available in the local schools.
Classes may be facilitated or enhanced by
real-time technology that is made possible
through UNG’s participation in the North
Georgia Network and Educational Exchange
in the region.
By spring 2016, the university expects
to enroll a cohort of approximately 100
students. Courses will be designed to lead
to the completion of a baccalaureate degree,
including a transfer pathway, as well as
associate programs in regional high-demand
disciplines.
“Blue Ridge provides an opportunity to
create a unique campus that serves a broad
spectrum of students and meets regional
needs,” Jacobs said. “There will be a strong
consideration of the needs of first-generation students, as well as high-achieving high
school and college students, former students
who have dropped out, and working professionals.”
UNG cadet
earns top
ROTC honors
Newly commissioned 2nd Lt. Jonathan
Chase Strickland was the nation’s top-ranked
ROTC cadet on this year’s national Order
of Merit List and U.S. Army Cadet Command’s Cadet of the Year, and he was honored by Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal and both
chambers of the state legislature in March.
The national Order of Merit List ranks
all Army ROTC seniors across the country
based on academic performance, physical
fitness, demonstrated leadership, and their
performance at the Army’s annual Leader
Development and Assessment Course. Out
of 5,617 ROTC cadets scheduled to graduate and commission during the 2014-15
academic year, five UNG cadets, including
Strickland, ranked in the top 10 percent.
A native of Gainesville, Georgia,
Strickland, graduated summa cum laude
with a 4.0 GPA this spring with a degree in
international relations with a Middle East
concentration. Strickland commissioned as
a military intelligence officer and plans to
attend Infantry Basic Officer Leader School
in Fort Benning, Georgia.
“We’re here today to pay tribute to an
exceptionally outstanding young cadet –
Jonathan Chase Strickland,” Deal said in
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal honored then-Cadet Capt. Jonathan Chase Strickland as this year’s top cadet in the nation.
a ceremony to honor Strickland. “Chase,
you bring great credit to your family, to the
University of North Georgia, to the state
of Georgia and to our nation as a whole. I
want you to know that you have the well
wishes and best regards of the people of our
state and we all will watch with pride as your
career progresses.”
Strickland received a the commendation
at a ceremony hosted by Gov. and Mrs. Deal
in the North Wing of the Georgia Capitol.
Resolutions also were presented by Sen.
Steve Gooch, a UNG alumnus, in the Senate and by Rep. Carl Rogers of Gainesville in
the House of Representatives.
“This has been a special opportunity. I’m
honored to be here and to have the chance
to speak to the Senate and the House and
recognize my family, the University of North
Georgia, the Army and the National Guard,”
Cadet Strickland said. “It’s been a proud
moment in my life and a big stepping stone
in my career.”
One of only six Senior Military Colleges
in the United States, UNG is designated
as The Military College of Georgia and as
a University System of Georgia leadership
institution. UNG’s Corps of Cadets has more
than 800 students and commissioned 83
officers in the 2014-2015 academic year, a
record-high number. Nearly a third of those
cadets are ranked in the top 20 percent of
their class, nationally, and earned the status
of Distinguished Military Graduate.
Ranger Challenge team excels at Sandhurst competition
The University of North Georgia’s Ranger Challenge
team earned an impressive second-place finish among
ROTC teams at the prestigious Sandhurst Military Skills
Competition held in April at the U.S. Military Academy
at West Point.
“I saw numerous competing teams shout motivation and encouragement for UNG, and I heard from
many instructors and cadets that they were impressed
with UNG’s professionalism, tactical and technical
knowledge, motivation, and overall conduct,” said Capt.
Donovan Duke, an instructor from UNG’s Department
of Military Science who helped the team prepare and
accompanied them to the competition.
The team earned a Sandhurst invitation in October
by defeating other military teams at the Bold Leader
Challenge at Fort Knox, Kentucky. The Sandhurst competition included 59 teams, including 36 from West Point,
one from each of the other U.S. service academies, nine
ROTC teams, and teams from Great Britain, Germany,
Canada, Chile, Japan, South Korea, and Qatar.
Cadet 1st Lt. Ryan Deits, the officer in charge of
UNG’s Ranger Challenge team, was pleased with his
team’s performance.
“Every member of the team utilized everything
they had learned throughout the year and were able
to react to the many challenges that the competition
presented,” he said. “Every single member of the team
really surprised me with their incredible endurance
throughout the competition.”
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An artist’s rendering of the new Annex on UNG’s Oconee Campus.
Construction projects to add residence hall, classroom space
Through two new construction projects,
the University of North Georgia will add a
residence hall on the Dahlonega Campus
and instructional space on the Oconee
Campus.
Construction is expected to begin in early
summer on a new, four-story residence hall
with approximately 536 beds at the intersection of West Main Street and Walker
Drive in Dahlonega – across the street from
UNG’s Dining Hall. The new residence hall
will be open for students in fall 2016.
Dr. Janet Marling, vice president for student affairs at UNG, said the unique architecture and landscaping of the two-building
residence hall will complement the west side
of campus.
“The showstopper will be a rooftop programming space with amazing mountain
views,” Marling said. “More important to
the students, the buildings are designed to
foster community and will include creative
meeting and study spaces. I am excited
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about the opportunities to enhance our
residential campus experience which this
new residence hall provides.”
On the Oconee Campus, work began in
March on a $2.5 million annex that provides much-needed classroom and laboratory space.
“The addition will provide greatly needed
relief in terms of classroom, tutoring and
study space,” said Dr. Eric Skipper, CEO
of the Oconee Campus. “It will also give
us some breathing room in terms of faculty
and office space.”
Enrollment at UNG’s Oconee Campus
has been at capacity for the past few years
and space has been at a premium. Though
enrollment has previously been as high as
2,400 students a semester, enrollment was
limited to 2,300 a semester this year to help
alleviate issues with space and give students
more flexibility for scheduling classes, Skipper said.
The University System of Georgia rec-
ommends space utilization – a measure of
how frequently a space is used and whether
it is at full occupancy – at its 30 universities
range from 50 percent to 70 percent; the
Oconee Campus has been operating at 90
percent.
Most of the nearly 13,000 square feet
in the annex will provide additional
instructional space for students, including
three classrooms, a language lab, a multiuse science lab, a learning commons for
tutoring and supplemental instruction, and
two study rooms. Other spaces include a
restroom, break room, and offices. The floor
plan includes 10 new offices for full-time
faculty and additional cubicle work space
for part-time faculty.
The annex, which is expected to be completed in fall semester 2015, will not mean
enrollment will be raised on the Oconee
Campus, Skipper said, but could mean
increased course offerings.
UNG e-texts
projected to save
students nearly
$1 million
UNG’s Cumming Campus shows steady growth
UNG’s Cumming Campus opened in
2012 just off Georgia Highway 400 and has
shown steady growth ever since, highlighting the demand for higher education
programs in that community. UNG offers
both undergraduate and graduate courses, as
well as a range of continuing education and
professional development programs on the
Cumming Campus.
“Our Cumming Campus is a tremendous example of collaboration between the
University System of Georgia, government
officials and community leaders to expand
opportunities for higher education in this
region,” UNG President Bonita C. Jacobs
said. “The combination of price, functionality, attractiveness and partner collaboration
has established a new template for how to
provide higher education in areas that are
underserved.”
Most of the undergraduate courses offered in Cumming are the general education
or core curriculum courses required of all
students, regardless of their chosen field of
study. Two UNG graduate programs also
are offered on the Cumming Campus: the
Cottrell MBA program and the Master of
Arts in Teaching.
The number of dual-enrolled high school
students taking classes at the Cumming
Campus has tripled since 2012, and accounts for nearly 120 students from 17 area
high schools. Dual enrollment allows high
school students to earn high school and college credit simultaneously by taking college
courses. Tuition is usually paid by Georgia’s
Accel program and does not count against
potential HOPE Scholarship awards. A high
school student who begins taking courses in
his or her junior year could enter college as a
sophomore, saving a year of time and college
tuition.
Jason Pruitt, executive director for
UNG’s Cumming Campus, expects the dual
enrollment program to grow to 150 students
in fall 2015.
To support the growing student body,
a pavilion and casual indoor and outdoor
seating have been added recently to give
students places to relax and study between
classes. As the campus continues to grow,
long-term plans include adding a second
classroom building.
Pruitt added that he’s been pleased
with the lasting relationships the faculty
and administrators have forged as UNG
has been welcomed into the area. This year,
he’s working on establishing a community
council involving members of the Cumming
and Forsyth County community.
“A big thing for us is the involvement
with the community and the partnerships
that we are developing and have developed
in the community, and not only the high
schools,” Pruitt said.
Three UNG faculty teams have earned state
grants totaling nearly $62,000 to create no-cost
digital textbooks that are projected to save
UNG students more than $988,000 in the 2016
academic year.
The grants to create digital texts for a
combined 10 courses in education, mathematics
and chemistry were awarded by Affordable
Learning Georgia, a University System of Georgia
(USG) initiative to promote student success by
providing affordable textbook alternatives. The
biggest benefit would be felt by students using all
three math texts, with an estimated $605 savings
per student. Students using all three education
texts would save an estimated $224. Students
using the chemistry text would save an estimated
$280. Overall, an estimated 2,800 students would
benefit during the 2016 academic year.
Receiving the grants were:
• College of Education: $30,000 to Drs. Sheri
Hardee, Kelly McFaden and Linda Reece, and
Lauren Johnson and Pat Nodine
• Department of Mathematics: $21,100 to
Michael Goodroe, John Williams and Drs.
Berhanu Kidane and Julian Allagan
• Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry:
$10,800 to Drs. Jim Konzelman and Greta
Giles
The projects are the three newest to join
several other successful digital textbook projects
at UNG, which were recognized by USG Chancellor
Hank Huckaby during his budget presentation to
state lawmakers in 2014. UNG has also produced
a digital world literature textbook and is working
on another 10 digital texts for online core
curriculum classes for use by students throughout
the USG.
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UNG Athletic Director Lindsay Reeves, left,
and baseball coach Tom Cantrell congratulate Cailen Rundles for signing a one-day
contract with the team. Rundles was treated
to a special day, called “A Field of Dreams,”
planned by UNG and the Make-A-Wish
Foundation.
UNG grants wish through“Field of Dreams”
A wild throw to second base skipped into
center field, and Cailen Rundles sprinted
home to win the game for the UNG baseball
team. The fourth-grader’s rare, walk-off win
was celebrated at home plate by a cheering crowd of his fellow UNG Nighthawks
during an April 7 Make-A-Wish event at the
university.
The game-winning run was part of a
special day, “A Field of Dreams,” planned by
UNG and the Make-A-Wish Foundation, to
reveal a wish for a critically ill child. Through
a joint collaboration between the national
Make-A-Wish office and the NCAA, five
Division II schools nationally are part of a
wish reveal each year.
Cailen, a student at Mount Vernon
Elementary School in Gainesville, received
a police escort to UNG’s Bob Stein Stadium and signed a one-day contract to play
for the Nighthawks. Cailen and his family
also travelled to the Atlantis Resort in the
Bahamas to fulfill his wish, which was made
possible by the Make-A-Wish foundation
and thousands of student-athletes across the
nation.
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“Our program is all about adversity;
we pride ourselves on having fighters and
competitors, and Cailen fits that mold
perfectly,” Tom Cantrell, head coach for
UNG’s baseball team, said during a news
conference announcing Cailen’s signing to
the team. “Character is the most important
thing to us. What a person stands for makes
all the difference in the world.”
UNG’s Athletic Department raised more
than $21,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation during the 2013-14 year, marking
the highest total ever from a single institution in the history of the NCAA Division II
initiative. UNG has donated more money
to the Make-A-Wish Foundation than any
other institution in three of the past four
years.
“It’s such an honor to have Cailen here,”
Brandon Agar, starting pitcher for the
Nighthawks, said. “The athletic department believes in Make-A-Wish, and to see
firsthand where the support is going and
the joy it brings to Cailen and his family is
amazing.”
Before the evening’s official match-up
between the Nighthawks and the University
of West Florida Argonauts, the teams staged
a special “halted” game, a continuation from
a game in the previous season that was rained
out. As Cailen crossed the plate to score the
winning run, his teammates enveloped him
in a shower of high-fives, hugs and spray from
water bottles as the crowd roared.
“That was a rush,” Cailen said. “Coach kept
telling me to watch the pitcher, and when he
told me to run, I just felt adrenaline.”
During the pre-game ceremony for the evening’s regular match-up, Cailen was presented
with a commemorative bat to honor his winning run and a football signed by his favorite
athlete, quarterback Matt Ryan of the Atlanta
Falcons. An audio message recorded by Ryan
for Cailen was also played over the stadium
speakers.
Cailen and his family, including parents
Emily Burnett and Royce Rundles, had a
catered meal next to the Nighthawks dugout
during the evening’s game. Coincidentally,
the Nighthawks also won that game in walkoff fashion at 6-5 in the bottom of the 10th
inning.
Members of UNG’s chapter of Delta Phi Epsilon were inducted into the sorority in April.
UNG adds sixth sorority
University of North Georgia student
Kayla Farmer is honored to lead Delta Phi
Epsilon – the first new social sorority at the
university in a decade. The addition brings
the total number of Greek organizations at
UNG to six sororities and nine fraternities.
“It feels incredible to be a part of founding an organization at UNG. Delta Phi
Epsilon has given me a home and a place to
better myself outside of academics,” Farmer
said.
“I loved this semester and being able to
serve my sisters and grow alongside them.
Being a leader isn’t always about being the
face of the organization, but being a servant
to those around you.”
The search for a new sorority began
during the fall 2014 semester when UNG’s
existing sororities expressed the need to add
a group, said Jessica Brown, Panhellenic
extension and recruitment coordinator. She
and Dustin Cheek, UNG’s interim Greek
advisor, helped guide the process.
“The growth of the University of North
Georgia in recent years also has fed the
growth of the Panhellenic Council and
membership was getting quite large,” Brown
said. “It was really important to the groups
to keep the close-knit feel of their organizations because it reflects the atmosphere of
UNG as a whole.”
Inquiries were sent out nationally, and
when several groups expressed interest, an
extension committee was formed of members representing UNG’s existing groups.
The committee invited three finalists for
campus visits, which included campus
tours, presentations, and meetings with
Greek organizations and UNG administrators. After the campus visits in September,
Delta Phi Epsilon overwhelmingly was
selected.
The sorority’s international headquarters
sent two collegiate development consultants, sorority members Merynda Rensimer
and Ashley Kerbel, to spend spring semester
helping “colonize” the new sorority.
“Being at the University of North Georgia was a great experience. I could really see
the closeness between students and between
students and faculty,” Rensimer said. “The
school is so rich with history … I have
never been to a military school, so I was
astounded at the traditions that date so far
back. UNG is an impressive university and I
am so happy to say that Delta Phi Epsilon is
now part of their Greek community.”
Eighty-one women were initiated in April
to form the new chapter. UNG is the fourth
school in Georgia to have a Delta Phi Epsilon chapter; the organization, founded in
1917 at New York University Law School,
plans to add a fifth chapter at the University
of Georgia this fall.
“Our Panhellenic community was
incredibly encouraging and inviting and
welcomed this new organization with open
arms,” Brown said. “They helped make the
transition for this new group very smooth.”
UNG’s current Panhellenic Council
includes the sororities Alpha Gamma Delta,
Delta Phi Epsilon, Delta Zeta, Kappa Delta,
Phi Mu, and Sigma Kappa. The university’s
current Intrafraternity Council includes the
fraternities Alpha Phi Alpha, Delta Chi,
Kappa Sigma, Pi Kappa Alpha, Pi Kappa
Phi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Chi,
Sigma Nu, and Sigma Omega.
Greek Life at UNG is located at the
Dahlonega Campus, but any student enrolled full-time in a baccalaureate program
who meets the minimum criteria can seek
membership.
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Dr. Joe Jones, associate professor of physics, uses the new DigiStar 5 Full Dome Digital Planetarium Projector in the George E. Coleman Sr. Planetarium. The new projector can depict the sky from planets thousands of
light years from earth.
UNG acquires rare
Bayeaux Tapestry
In 2014, the University of North Georgia acquired the only hand-painted,
full-size replica of the 224-foot-long Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts historic
events leading up to the Norman conquest of England. Created in the 1070s,
the original, embroidered Bayeux Tapestry is considered a masterpiece of medieval art.
The painted-canvas replica was commissioned in the 1980s by Dr. E. D.
Wheeler, a retired judge and former dean at Oglethorpe University.
Only 25 yards shorter than a football field, the tapestry is one of only a
few full-size replicas in existence. Two full-size, stitched versions have been
completed, one in England and one in Canada; since 2000, a Danish group
has been working on a third. A half-scale, mosaic version on display in New
Zealand took 20 years and 1.5 million pieces of steel to complete. Various
modern artists have replicated panels of the Bayeux Tapestry.
Dr. Tim May, professor of history and associate dean of the College of Arts
& Letters, said the accuracy of the replica makes it useful for studying the era’s
historical events and everyday life.
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High-def projector reveals new worlds at planetarium
FREE WEEKLY PROGRAMS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Thanks to a new DigiStar 5 Full Dome Digital Planetarium
Projector, visitors to the University of North Georgia George E.
Coleman Sr. Planetarium can see how the night skies appear from
planets millions of miles away.
“The Digistar 5 is a single projector system that uses a ‘fisheye’
type lens to project an extremely high resolution image onto our
30-foot diameter dome,” said Dr. Joe Jones, associate professor of
physics. “The old system depicted the sky only as seen from Earth,
although using special effects we could make it seem like we were
somewhere else. The new system can accurately depict the sky from
a planet orbiting a star thousands of light years away. We can fly
to other planets in the solar system, land and look around, or fly
through the Milky Way Galaxy and even out to the edge of the
observable universe. We can also play full dome immersive videos,
which are like iMax movies, on the dome.”
Jones said the new projector also benefits students who are
studying subjects other than astronomy and physics.
“The new system has capabilities far beyond the old opto-mechanical Spitz system, and may be used for educational purposes for
a wide variety of disciplines,” Jones said. “Video projection combined with a multi-media computer and access to the Internet enable the planetarium presentations to incorporate the latest imagery
and video from the astronomical community, NASA, and UNG’s
own observatory, but there are also many potential videos available
for disciplines such as biology, paleontology, archaeology and even
other non-science disciplines including history and art.”
The planetarium holds regular Observatory-Planetarium Public
Education Night (OPEN) shows using the system; these free
public shows are presented every Friday evening at 8 p.m. when the
university is in session. Housed on the second floor of the Health
& Natural Sciences Building at UNG’s Dahlonega Campus, the
planetarium seats 46 people.
“The new projection system enhances the amount and quality of
content that we can show our guests,” said Dr. Richard Prior, head
of UNG’s Department of Physics. “The planetarium is an important link between our university and the community. It offers an
accurate, enjoyable means for people to learn about our planet and
the universe surrounding us.”
“The Bayeux Tapestry reveals the biases and perspectives of the
creators and their audience, so in order to fully understand events,
we need to compare it with other sources that can fill in gaps,”
May said. “It also provides us with an illustrated history of the era
– clothing, daily life, weapons and armor. This gives us insight into
what life was like and what kind of events, no matter how mundane,
were considered important enough to be committed to the tapestry.”
UNG’s facilities staff and art faculty built a wooden box with a
big wooden spool that the piece winds around for storage. JoMarie
Karst, who teaches weaving and textile art at UNG and was tasked
with cleaning the replica, has been creative, but careful, in handling
it. She and her students spooled it from the wooden box, across 10foot tables and onto a gigantic loom, then used a vacuum to clean
away the dust.
Laura Beth Tuttle, a senior majoring in art marketing at UNG,
spent hours helping clean and photograph the replica.
“I feel like I’ve learned a lot about preservation of fine arts,”
Tuttle said. “Also, I’ve done samples of embroidery and I know how
tedious and time-consuming it is and the patience you have to have.
When I think of the process the original artists used to create an embroidered piece that’s 225 feet long, it just amazes me.”
Dr. Chris Jespersen, dean of UNG’s College of Arts & Letters,
said he would like to take UNG’s replica to schools and other loca-
tions, but the length means it requires a lot of space. A one-day-only
unveiling in March drew dozens of curious on-lookers and a visit
to a metro-Atlanta school is scheduled, but no other displays are
planned at this time. The university plans to put the Bayeux replica
on permanent display, but has not yet finalized a location due to
funding constraints.
Students and faculty from UNG’s College of Arts & Letters worked to clean, document and
display the Bayeux Tapestry.
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Nathan Toburen, president of the Student Government
Association at the Oconee Campus, talks with fellow
students. Hank Huckaby, chancellor of the University
System of Georgia, spoke at the OconeeFest fundraiser.
UNG partners with Oconee
community to support students
At the University of North Georgia’s
Oconee Campus, a strong partnership with
the local community is helping to enrich
the educational experience for students and
widen opportunities for members of the
community.
In October, UNG raised nearly $18,000
in the first OconeeFest, a fundraiser to
support scholarships for Oconee County
students attending any of UNG’s four campuses.
“This semester we have about 350 Oconee
County residents as students at our campus,
and there are nearly 500 UNG students total
who list Oconee County as their county of
origin,” said Dr. Eric Skipper, CEO of the
Oconee Campus.
Scholarships may be used for tuition,
study abroad opportunities, undergraduate
research, and other expenses and scholarly
opportunities.
Nathan Toburen, president of the Student
Government Association at UNG’s Oconee
Campus, said the scholarships benefit the
community and students, as local businesses and philanthropists can see a very real
impact they are making in students’ lives.
“Being a scholarship recipient myself, I
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can attest to just how beneficial these donations can be,” Toburen said. “These kinds of
scholarships very much lift weight off of a
student’s shoulders.”
Skipper said the increased funds will
also help the Oconee Campus keep more
students at UNG.
In January, UNG and the Oconee
Cultural Arts Foundation (OCAF) opened
renovated classroom facilities at the OCAF
art complex, marking a continuation of
the partnership between the university and
Oconee County’s vibrant arts community. OCAF was founded in 1994 and is a
non-profit art center run entirely by volunteers. OCAF provides art exhibits, classes,
festivals and performances to educate the
community and increase the interest in the
arts.
UNG President Bonita C. Jacobs told
OCAF members, “We are very thankful to
you for being such a valuable partner as we
seek to serve the needs of students. You have
embraced our students, faculty and staff by
giving them a place to pursue and exhibit
their work and also an opportunity to interact with the community.”
Stacy Koffman, an art professor on the
Oconee Campus and OCAF member, is
excited about the new facilities, which were
officially opened on Jan. 23.
“Students on the Oconee Campus benefit
from the partnership between OCAF and
UNG by gaining access to state-of-the-art
studio spaces and getting opportunities to
work with OCAF members and the local
community,” Koffman said.
UNG and the UNG Foundation Inc.,
which raises private funds to support student
scholarships and university needs above and
beyond state funding, contributed $50,000
to OCAF for the facility renovations to
support art education. Due to lack of facility
space on UNG’s Oconee Campus, OCAF
has provided classroom space for UNG
students in their art education facilities for
several years.
“The support OCAF has received from
UNG is remarkable,” said OCAF Executive
Director Cindy Farley. “Our new ADA
accessible classroom, made possible through
a substantial gift from UNG, offers a bright
and creative learning environment. With the
addition of this space, we will reach a broader student audience and enrich many lives
on a much deeper level through the arts.”
Jim Mathis, Lynn Jackson and Grace Fricks were honored at the
Celebrating Inspirational Leaders event held April 2. Sponsored by
the Center for the Future of North Georgia in UNG’s Mike Cottrell
College of Business, the event celebrated the inspirational efforts of
regional leaders.
“It is an honor to recognize these outstanding individuals in our
community,” said Dr. Donna Mayo, dean of the Mike Cottrell
College of Business. “Each of the 2015 recipients is an excellent role
model, and they will inspire our graduates to develop their careers
and live in ways to make our regional businesses and communities
stronger.”
During the event, Mathis, CEO of the North Georgia Community Foundation (NGCF), was honored as the first recipient of the
Mike Banks Lifetime Achievement Award, named in memory of a
UNG development officer and community volunteer. Mathis joined
the NGCF after a 25-year career in banking. During his tenure,
NGCF has grown from $3 million to $50 million in charitable
assets and $200 million in total invested assets. Mathis has served
as a trustee of Brenau University and a founding board member of
the Georgia Mountain Food Bank. He also led Gainesville-Hall ‘96,
the local organizing group responsible for the 1996 Olympic rowing
and canoe/kayak competitions held on Lake Lanier.
Lynn Jackson, administrator of Northside Hospital-Forsyth,
received the Inspiration in Business Award. During Jackson’s tenure
as administrator, Northside has grown from 600 to 1,500 employ-
Photo credit to Adam Pendleton Photography
Regional leaders honored
at Celebrating Inspirational
Leaders event
(Left to right) Dean Donna Mayo with award recipients—Grace Fricks, Jim Mathis and Lynn Jackson.
ees and added a women’s center, surgery center, two medical office
buildings, and two new floors to an existing building. She is a former trustee of the UNG Foundation and is a current board member
for Lanier Technical College and the Georgia Hospital Alliance.
Grace Fricks, president and CEO of Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs Inc. (ACE), received the Inspiration in Community
Award. Fricks, who founded ACE in 1997, was recently named
one of the “100 Most Influential Georgians” by Georgia Trend
Magazine, and the Small Business Administration Georgia District’s
Financial Services Champion of the Year. She serves on several nationally-recognized boards for entrepreneurship and UNG’s BB&T
Center for Ethical Business Leadership Advisory Board.
Elana Meyers-Taylor, 2015 World Champion and two-time women’s bobsled Olympic medalist, served as the event’s keynote speaker.
A former college softball player, Meyers-Taylor is the first woman
ever to win a World Championship in bobsledding for the United
States and one of the first women in the world to lead a mixed-gender bobsled team.
Corps, college to sponsor Honor2Lead, featuring John Maxwell
This fall, the Corps of Cadets and the BB&T Center for Ethical Business Leadership in the Mike Cottrell College of Business will team
up to sponsor Honor2Lead: Military Values in Business – an event that will be simulcast around the world.
The first global military leadership and business simulcast of its kind, the event will feature Dr. John Maxwell, best-selling author
and worldwide leadership expert, and UNG alumnus Lt. Gen. James Terry, who is leading the U.S. response against ISIS.
The simulcast will offer a unique approach and proven strategies for building ethics, trust and core leadership skills into the culture
of modern-day business. In addition to Maxwell and Terry, other business innovators will examine why we lead and how to improve the
way we lead.
Honor2Lead will be presented as a live simulcast around the world to more than 700 military bases, 1,100 ROTC college campuses,
and thousands of veteran-owned businesses, Department of Defense contractors and Fortune 1000 companies.
The event is planned for Sept. 25 on UNG’s Dahlonega Campus. For more information, visit www.Honor2Lead.com.
Author John Maxwell
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A new tool created by UNG’s Lewis F. Rogers Institute for Environmental and Spatial Analysis helps the City of Gainesville better market available space in the downtown area.
IESA creates economic
development tool for city
Faculty and students in UNG’s Lewis
F. Rogers Institute for Environmental &
Spatial Analysis (IESA) have created a webbased map that enables the City of Gainesville to promote downtown business space
and support the community’s economic
development efforts.
“This map is an invaluable tool as it
helps us visually communicate with and
market to prospective downtown business
owners, which is very important to economic development,” said Regina Mansfield,
manager of Main Street Gainesville, an
organization charged with promoting the
downtown area. “We could never have done
this without the help of the UNG instructors and students — their help has made this
aspect of our job so much simpler.”
Three UNG faculty and two students
collaborated with Main Street Gainesville to
build the map using geographic information
systems (GIS). Mansfield said the map is
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superior to using spreadsheets and similar
tools.
“Most managers have a downtown map
and inventory so that when a potential
business is interested in opening, they know
what’s available, including building specs,”
Mansfield said. “We wanted something
more interactive, and we came up with the
idea for a virtual tour. However, we didn’t
know how to relay this information through
an interactive program, so we reached out to
UNG personnel for their expertise and GIS
knowledge to see if they could help us tie
everything together.”
Dr. J.B. Sharma, professor and assistant
head of UNG’s Department of Physics, collaborated with Mansfield initially to develop
the idea of the map and its features, but
students created it.
“This project was really a continuation
of the knowledge and experiences that I
gained through my classes,” said Will Cox,
one of two UNG students who worked on
the project. “There were a few things that
were different, such as writing a user guide
for someone who doesn’t know the software.
Also, finding open-source software that
could be used in the long term to edit or
make a new map was a bit of a challenge.”
Cox and fellow student Laura Conner
collaborated with IESA faculty members
Chris Strother, geospatial technology researcher, and Zac Miller, GIS lecturer.
“The students who participated in this
project garnered valuable knowledge regarding working with a ‘real-world’ client with
specific goals and expected deliverables,”
Strother said. “We are hopeful that this
will lead to future projects involving IESA
students and the city.”
Main Street Gainesville received assistance from UNG graduate Jeremy Rylee,
who is now GIS manager for Gainesville
Public Utilities.
UNG language
education efforts
honored
Three UNG faculty—Dr. B.J. Robinson (4th from left), Dr. Sungshin Kim and Dr. Chris Jespersen of the College of Arts & Letters—
along with Dr. Bob Michael, former dean of the College of Education, visited Liaocheng to develop a new partnership.
University Press builds partnership
with Liaocheng University
A new agreement between the University
of North Georgia Press (UNGP) and Liaocheng University in China creates an exchange
of publications between the two universities
that will include marketing of UNG publications in China. The agreement, which also
includes an opportunity for UNG students to
work as interns at Liaocheng, further strengthens a partnership that began in 2009.
“What began as a student exchange has
grown into something remarkable insofar as
how many students, faculty, and administrators have met, visited each other’s campuses,
and grown both professionally and personally,”
said Dr. Chris Jespersen, dean of UNG’s College of Arts & Letters. “Everyone benefits from
this latest agreement. UNG students benefit
through spending time working with Liaocheng faculty in China and Liaocheng students
benefit from working with an American
university press. The faculty at both institutions benefit through the scholarly collaboration that will result in new and path-breaking
research reaching a wider audience.”
UNGP will publish an annual collection
of peer-reviewed articles selected from the
Journal of Lioacheng University, a monthly
academic journal. UNGP will approve the
translated articles and publish them to make
them available to UNG students, faculty
and staff, said Dr. B.J. Robinson, director of
UNGP and professor of English.
“We will help select articles based on
interest in America,” Robinson said. “We
will select areas of interest such as economics,
literature and translations of contemporary
fiction.”
Liaocheng faculty have requested books
from UNG, such as “Basics of American
Government” written by UNG faculty, and
offered to translate them into Chinese.
For four weeks, two UNG students will
work as interns with Liaocheng’s College of
Foreign Languages to edit translations of Chinese works into English. Also, Liaocheng will
send two graduate students and an instructor
to UNG to work with the press.
“The more specialized a subject is, the
more difficult the language is,” Robinson
said. “Having the students on hand to do the
editing with the people doing the translations
will be a huge help because they will be able
to ask questions and figure out what is really
intended, as there are many English words
that have no conceptual equivalents in Chinese.”
While the interns will pay regular UNG
tuition for the course, their travel will be paid
by the College of Arts & Letters and accommodations will be supported by a UNGP
stipend.
Two UNG administrators were honored by the
Foreign Language Association of Georgia (FLAG)
for dedication and leadership in foreign language
education.
Dr. Billy Wells, UNG’s vice president for
executive affairs, was presented with FLAG’s
Leadership in Foreign Languages (Post-Secondary)
Award, which recognizes those who have taken an
active role in promoting foreign language through
professional or academic endeavors.
“Our reputation for innovative language
learning both at the state and national levels is a
reflection of the dedication and teamwork of all
our faculty and staff over the years,” Wells said.
“Any award to an individual should be considered
a tribute to the efforts of all.”
Dr. John Wilson, associate vice president of
international programs and director of UNG’s
Center for Global Engagement, was presented with
FLAG’s President’s Award. The award recognizes
the FLAG member who has had the greatest
impact on foreign language learning during the
year through efforts to promote language study,
cultural understanding and a general advocacy for
languages.
“With the expansion of our language
programs and international opportunities, student
achievement remains our focus at UNG,” Wilson
said. “A 21st-century education requires language
competencies and cultural understanding, and
UNG is constantly working to ensure our students
have these skills.”
FLAG is an association of instructors, administrators, and others involved in foreign language
teaching and the promotion of cultural understanding. The awards were presented in March at
the 50th anniversary conference of the Southern
Conference on Language Teaching in Atlanta.
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Ayres named dean
of College of
Education
Dr. Susan Brandenburg-Ayres, a faculty
member at the University of North Georgia
since 1994, is the new dean for the university’s College of Education.
“My goals include focusing on student
learning through ongoing data-informed
program improvement at the undergraduate and graduate levels, supporting faculty,
serving our region, and expanding internationalization through both curriculum
and exchange experiences for students and
faculty,” Ayres said.
Ayres served as interim dean of the
college since July 2014; she previously had
been an associate dean. UNG’s College of
Education has been at the forefront of innovative program creation, while maintaining
an awareness of the college’s responsibility to
the communities it serves.
“The College of Education has a social
responsibility for improving the lives of the
children and families who will be served by
the teachers and health and physical education professionals that we prepare,” Ayres
said. “The commitment to advocacy and
service is a key tenet in the newly developed
conceptual framework of UNG’s College of
Education.”
Ayres helped develop the highly successful professional development communities
model to increase the length and intensity
of field experience for student teachers. Student-teachers in the program take their college courses at the public school, providing
a more integrated experience that includes
pre-planning activities and parent-teacher
conferences.
UNG’s teacher preparation program was
commended in 2012, when the College of
Education earned full accreditation from
the National Council for Accreditation of
Teacher Education for its undergraduateand graduate-level programs. The national
accreditation includes a seven-year review of
its programs and effectiveness measures.
Ayres also helped develop UNG’s undergraduate program with dual certification in
early childhood and special education – the
first in the state. The program was designed
to prepare teachers to support student
achievement in a diverse classroom.
The College of Education recently added
a master’s concentration in instruction and
curriculum, and Ayres plans to increase
international partnerships to develop new
study abroad and exchange opportunities.
Ayres earned bachelor’s and master’s
degrees in education from the University of
Florida and earned a doctoral degree from
the University of Northern Colorado. She
has published and presented extensively on
education topics such as special education,
collaborative teaching of general and special
education students and teacher education
methods and programs.
New master’s concentration provides flexibility for k-12 educators
UNG’s College of Education has added a
concentration in curriculum and instruction to its
Master’s of Education program that offers current
teachers location flexibility, making it ideal for
working professionals.
The curriculum and instruction concentration
is designed for a k-12 certified teacher with an
undergraduate degree in education. The degree
represents a unique opportunity for educators to
bridge educational theory and classroom practices,
said Charles Burrage, assistant dean and coordinator for graduate programs in UNG’s College of
Education.
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“There is a close connection between what we
teach and what actually happens in the classrooms
and schools.” Burrage said. “We have partnerships
with schools in many counties across the region, so we
are practitioner-friendly and can offer extensive field
experiences. Students in these courses will experience
high-quality instruction and involvement in educational
research.”
The flexibility of time, location and modes of
delivery will allow teachers to more easily balance
their education with their personal and professional
commitments. Classes may be offered on UNG campuses
in Cumming, Dahlonega or Gainesville, online, or in a
hybrid program that combines the two. Courses will be
offered in the late afternoon, evening and during the
summer.
Burrage added that the program was developed
specifically to conform to the expectations of the
Georgia Professional Standards Commission.
Additionally, students can add an endorsement to
their teaching license by choosing a focus area of study,
including English to speakers of other languages, gifted
education, international teaching, reading, or special
education.
For more information about UNG’s College of
Education and admission requirements, visit ung.edu/
college-of-education
“In more than 20 years
as a faculty member,
I have never seen
someone come in and
establish themselves as a
leader – and a respected
one – as quickly as
Rachel has.”
Glazer recognized as Newman Civic Fellow
Rachel Glazer, a junior majoring in psychology at the University of North Georgia,
has been selected as a 2015 Newman Civic
Fellow, a national award that recognizes
individuals who demonstrate leadership
and problem-solving abilities within their
community. This is the third year in a row
that a UNG student has been recognized as
a Newman Civic Fellow.
“In more than 20 years as a faculty
member, I have never seen someone come
in and establish themselves as a leader – and
a respected one – as quickly as Rachel has,”
said Dr. Stephen Smith, who nominated
Glazer for the award and directs UNG’s
Honors Program. “She founded the Interfaith Alliance and the Improvable Odds
performance group, served on the Women’s
History Month committee and the Honors
Council, directed ‘The Vagina Monologues,’
presented and won at the MLK Day Oratorical Contest, and served as emcee for the
first UNG Spelling Bee. She did all this in
her first two years on campus.”
Glazer, who is from Gainesville, Georgia,
works with Rape Response, a community
group that helps rape victims, as a victims’
advocate, and applies her training to educate
peers about consent, Title IX, and safe sex.
Her goal in founding the Interfaith Alliance
was to unite religious minority students to
create mutual understanding and encourage
open discussion and dialogue.
“My passion for women’s rights led me
to serve on the Women’s History Month
committee and host UNG’s first Who Needs
Feminism booth, opening up conversations
about the importance of gender equality,”
Glazer said. “I hope to continue applying
the leadership lessons I have learned in a way
that will establish a legacy of positive change
in my community. The skills and opportunities I have been afforded can be used to help
and empower others.”
Glazer is one of only 21 students selected worldwide to be a Nachshon Fellow and
is studying at Hebrew University of Jerusalem during spring semester. She’s taking
classes in her minor of gender studies and is
travelling throughout Israel to learn about
the nation’s politics and culture.
“The goal of the Nachshon Fellow
program is to help young Jewish adults
strengthen their understanding of the greater
Jewish community and their skills as educators, advocates and leaders so that they may
step up and stand out in their fields,” Glazer
said.
UNG is designated by the University
System of Georgia as a state leadership institution and fosters students’ leadership development through academic and co-curricular
opportunities. The Newman Civic Fellow
Award is in memory of Dr. Frank Newman,
a leader in higher education who dedicated
his life to positive change through education
reform in a career spanning more than 50
years.
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Dr. Carly Redding and Anjana Freeman, UNG faculty, led a group of students to India to study and combat human trafficking.
Presidential grants support scholarship, student success
Through an expanded internal grants
program created in 2013 to encourage
innovation and the pursuit of scholarly and
creative activities, University of North Georgia President Bonita C. Jacobs awarded more
than $300,000 to fund 32 faculty and staff
proposals for professional development and
research projects in the 2014-15 academic
year.
“This past year’s projects resulted in significant professional development experiences
around the globe, research, authored books
and presentations to professional organizations,” Jacobs said. “The impact on our faculty and staff, and, in turn, on our students,
has been incredibly meaningful and has
moved us forward in a number of ways.”
Grants totaling $500,000 in the past two
years have supported professional engagement, summer scholarship and academic
innovation.
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FACULTY AND STUDENTS
COMBAT HUMAN
TRAFFICKING IN INDIA
using toys the students had previously
researched to gauge their value in increasing
neural connections.
“The Indian government doesn’t pay for
education unless a child reaches fourth grade
Aided by a Presidential Academic Innovaand can demonstrate some ability to speak
tion Award, Dr. Carly Redding and Anjana
English,” Redding said. “Also, children are
Freeman took students to a community in
not as encouraged to play, so our students
Goa, India, that is plagued by human trafdemonstrated to parents how play can beneficking. For five weeks in summer 2014 and
fit children down the road.”
two weeks in December, the groups conduct The students also worked with mothers
ed research and provided services as part of
and infants in community play groups,
a five-year cooperative agreement between
educated community members and children
UNG and a local, non-governmental organiabout human trafficking, and conducted rezation.
search with Freeman and Redding by filming
“For most of the generationally impoverfamily interactions and household activities.
ished children in India, the only chance to
Freeman and Redding also are assessavoid becoming victims of human trafficking
ing the educational outcomes of students
is to increase the length of time in school.
participating in a study abroad program by
Therefore, our research has the primary obanalyzing the impact of their experiences.
jective of increasing the potential of children
“Between our research and our work in
from this community to stay in school bethe preschools, the things we are starting this
yond the average dropout age of 7,” Redding
month could set many children on track for
said.
a better life than they would likely be able
Students worked actively with children,
to achieve on their own,” UNG student
taught them English, and played with them
Ben Darnell wrote in a blog post while in
India for the project. “Some of these kids are
smart, outgoing, inventive, and beautiful;
here, these traits are trouble and children
are punished for it. This scares me, and all
I can do is take the bus to work and hope
that what we accomplish will be enough to
change the courses of these lives.”
STUDENTS CONNECT
WITH OLDER
GENERATIONS THROUGH
GAMING
UNG students engaged with older adults
under the guidance of Drs. Valerie Havill
and Diane Cook during a project designed
to measure students’ perceptions of senior
citizens at the beginning and end of a semester. Supported by a Presidential Academic
Innovation Award, the service-learning
project enabled students to spend time with
the older adults in interactive gaming.
“We have now completed three semesters
of data collection that includes students
enrolled in our human growth and development program on all four UNG campuses,
and will soon produce statistical analyses
from the data,” Havill said.
Havill said that most students find the experience to be quite impactful and lose some
of their ageist stereotypes and fears, and find
themselves much more comfortable interacting with older adults.
“The Presidential Academic Innovation
Award also helped us build reciprocal
relationships with our community partners, and we are moving beyond playing
games to developing more programs that
are mutually beneficial,” Havill said.
“For example, the Senior Life Center
indicated a need for monthly nutrition
presentations, exercise programs, and
arts and crafts activities. Students
enrolled in psychology of aging courses
developed some lessons and activities
using evidence-based practices and
their own skills and shared them with the
center.”
STUDENTS CONNECT
TO LITERATURE
THROUGH MAPS
Dr. Anastasia Lin, assistant dean of student
research and scholarship, is collaborating
with students of the Lewis F. Rogers Institute
for Environmental and Spatial Analysis to
build maps of novels that she uses in the
classroom. Lin, also an assistant professor
of English, said the maps allow students to
read novels spatially, and they can see it as a
social argument, not just a literary work of
art. Supported by one of UNG’s Presidential
Professional Engagement Awards, Lin traveled to the American Comparative Literature
Association Conference in New York City to
present a paper on this pedagogical strategy.
PROFESSOR WEAVES EAST
ASIAN STUDIES INTO
LITERATURE COURSES
As part of a research opportunity in Gao, India, UNG students
taught young children.
Students in several of Dr. Shannon Gilstrap’s literature courses are studying content
enriched by the Infusing Institute, a threeweek intensive course that Gilstrap attended
during the East-West Center’s Asian Studies
Development Program in Hawaii. The
program is designed to provide teachers with
broad-based knowledge needed to help them
incorporate East Asian studies into their
respective disciplines. Gilstrap was supported
Dr. Shannon Gilstrap’s literature students will benefit from
his participaation in the East-West Center’s Asian Studies
Development Program.
by a Presidential Professional Engagement
Award.
LITERARY FESTIVAL DRAWS
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More than 100 students and faculty
advisers from approximately 20 southern
colleges and universities attended the 2015
Southern Literary Festival, hosted by UNG
March 26-28. The event, which is an undergraduate writing conference that includes
writing workshops in fiction, poetry, creative
nonfiction and playwriting, was supported
by a Presidential Innovation Award.
The festival was founded in 1937 by an
organization of southern colleges and schools
to promote southern literature, and features
competitions in each area and readings by
well-known authors.
English faculty Gloria Bennett and Drs.
B.J. Robinson and Leigh Dillard spent two
years organizing the event. Bennett, who
is the 2014-15 president of the Southern
Literary Festival executive council, said the
festival also featured a student and faculty
panel on the Bayeux Tapestry, workshops
by local authors that included UNG faculty,
and an open mic night hosted by the staff
of UNG’s award-winning literary magazine,
The Chestatee Review.
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Q: How can formal scholarship be beneficial for faculty and students – even at an
institution, like UNG, that is not classified
as a research-intensive school?
A: UNG’s commitment to scholarship, both
undergraduate and graduate, is an investment in our students’ futures. First, students
learn to work with a mentor to grow their
knowledge and experience beyond what is
required in a classroom to what their natural
curiosity compels them to understand. This
experience places them well on the path to
becoming a life-long learner. Second, the experience itself, while focused on scholarship,
Dr. Andy Novobilski (right) talks with a student at UNG’s Annual Research Conference
by its very nature requires students to reach
out and communicate their ideas to others.
In a world that is increasingly in need of
“soft skills,” UNG is providing students
The University of North Georgia has hired Q: As the first to fill this new position at
with an opportunity to practice what their
Dr. Andy Novobilski as associate provost for UNG, you have an opportunity to shape it. future employers have clearly articulated as
research and engagement and chief research What’s your vision for the position?
a pressing need. For faculty, the opportunity
officer.
to engage with students in developing their
A: UNG, as an engaged university, seeks
UNG President Bonita Jacobs announced
area of scholarship becomes a moment of
to better the lives of both the students that
the new position in the fall as part of an
reaffirmation as they continue to advance
attend and the communities it resides in.
overarching effort to encourage and facilitate
knowledge in their area of study.
As a first-generation college graduate, I
scholarship and academic engagement
know first-hand the tremendous impact an
opportunities for students and faculty that
Q:You’ve spent many years conducting
institution such as UNG can have on the
support and enhance the educational experiyour own research in the fields of technolfuture success of its students, and I want
ence.
ogy and higher education. What are your
to be of service to that mission. Serving as
Novobilski previously served as deresearch interests?
UNG’s associate provost for research and
partment head of computer science and
engagement will allow me to contribute to
A: My research interests focus on methods
engineering, assistant provost for research
the manner in which our students, staff, and for improving the way we interact with
and engagement and chief research officer
faculty engage, support, and learn with the
each other through the use of data analytics.
at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga;
community at-large.
Many interesting questions related to effecdean of the College of Sciences and Mathetive organization can be answered by looking
matics and interim associate vice chancellor
Q: How have you gotten started in this di- at historical data and organizing it in way
for research and technology transfer at Arrection since you joined UNG in January? that turns data into actionable information.
kansas State University; and provost and vice
Whether it’s working with emergency room
president for academic affairs at Gannon
A: My initial priority has been simple,
physicians to quickly identify patients at risk
University in Pennsylvania.
straightforward, and a critical component to
of a heart attack, or looking at trends related
In addition to 15 years in higher educasuccess — to listen to the UNG community.
to student retention, the most interesting
tion, Novobilski used a $3,000 initial invest- As these meetings have unfolded, so has my
questions to me involve how data can benement to start a software design and develop- ability to understand what is currently being
fit our quality of life. One of the great things
ment consulting firm that grew to $900,000 done well, what resources are available to
about being at UNG is finding colleagues
in annual income with clients such as GTE, apply to new opportunities, and to gain a
here who share those interests and will proGeneral Electric, Lockheed-Martin Aerosense of the aspirational goals for increasvide support and encouragement to me as I
space, IBM, and others.
ing engaged scholarship opportunities for
stay active as a scholar.
students, staff and faculty.
UNG selects chief research officer
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Healthcare
education
expands to
support
regional
needs
Dr. Kim Hudson-Gallogly, head of UNG’s Department of Nursing, looks forward to
the addition of a Bachelor of Science in nursing program in Gainesville this fall.
Demand for healthcare professionals is skyrocketing in northeast Georgia due to a growing population, large-scale retirement
communities, and expanding medical facilities and services, and
UNG’s College of Health Sciences & Professions has risen to
meet those needs.
UNG will expand its four-year nursing program to the
Gainesville Campus in spring 2016. Applications already have
exceeded the number of slots available. A national shortage of
registered nurses is projected to continue through 2030, and to
be most intense in the South and West, according to the American Journal of Medical Quality.
“This expansion addresses a continued and significant need
for qualified nurses in the region and state and will have an
immediate and significant impact on health care quality and
access in our communities,” said Dr. Teresa Conner-Kerr, dean
of UNG’s College of Health Sciences & Professions.
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Dr. Jeannie Welsh, associate professor of physical therapy, works with students in the nursing department’s simulation lab.
Dr. Kim Hudson-Gallogly, head of
UNG’s Department of Nursing, said the
expansion means UNG initially will graduate 50 more registered nurses per year, with
the eventual goal of the Gainesville Campus
graduating 120 nurses annually, matching
the current total on the Dahlonega Campus.
Three more full-time nursing faculty will be
added to support the expansion.
“Gainesville is a very medically-oriented
area. This, coupled with projected nursing
shortages nationwide and especially in the
South, makes our Gainesville Campus a
critical location for nursing education,”
Gallogly said. “Also, the presence of so many
medical facilities, including the top-ranked
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, provides
a number of opportunities for partnerships.”
UNG’s Gainesville Campus is about 9
miles from the medical center’s new hospital
in Braselton and 8 miles from the Gainesville hospital.
Currently, students on the Gainesville
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Campus who seek a Bachelor of Science
in nursing must transfer to the Dahlonega
Campus or another institution after their
first two years. The program expansion will
enable students to complete a full, four-year
nursing degree on the Gainesville Campus.
New health facility provides
expanded opportunities
Near the Dahlonega Campus, the College
of Health Sciences & Professions has partnered with Chelsey Park Health & Rehabilitation, a facility with a focus on neurological
rehabilitation patients. The collaboration
will provide hands-on experience for students and skilled interns and workers for the
facility.
Chelsey Park is the first facility of its
kind in Georgia, and only the fourth in
the nation, to offer neurological care using
a cutting-edge technological system based
in a residential environment, rather than a
chronic-care facility. Lynne King, vice president of community relations and fundraising for Community Health Foundation —
an organization that raises funds in support
of the center — said they are excited about
having UNG students as interns and hiring
UNG graduates as nurses and certified nursing assistants.
“The opportunity for our college to
partner with Chelsey Park is invaluable,”
Conner-Kerr said. “This partnership will
be an asset to our community and students
in so many ways, and will likely involve
students from each department: nursing,
physical therapy, and clinical mental health
counseling.”
The technology used in the facility, which
is set to open in late May, is customizable to
each patient and will grant patients greater
independence in caring for themselves. For
example, patients who have little to no abili-
Physical therapy students watch a demonstration
of adaptive tricycles.
(Below) UNG students are inducted into the
Sigma Theta Tau International nursing honor
society.
Counseling center open
to public
ty to move themselves will be able to control
room features — such as blinds, doors and
electronics — by moving their eyes.
and the groups will examine several real
scenarios of patients with varied difficulties in movement. The students will work
together to create a prototype device to
assist each of the patients by the end of the
week. The prototypes will be created with
computer models or fabricated in the Department of Visual Arts shop. During the
next two weeks, the engineering students
Later this summer, 14 students from
will finalize all of the products, which will
UNG’s Department of Physical Therapy will
be given to the patient at no cost. The
partner with engineering students from the
event will also feature business professionGeorgia Institute of Technology for cREATe,
als who will discussing the patent process
a week-long collaboration aimed at producand steps for taking a product to market.
ing new assistive devices for people with
physical disabilities.
During the week, Georgia Tech students
will stay on UNG’s Dahlonega Campus,
Collaboration with Georgia
Tech will benefit real patients
In April, the Department of Clinical
Mental Health Counseling in the College
of Health Sciences & Professions opened
the UNG Clinical Mental Health Counseling Clinic, which provides free services
to clientele in the Lumpkin County area.
Dr. Susan Hurley, assistant professor and
director for the clinic, said that they have
received a steady stream of inquiries and
requests for service since taking the first
client on April 7. For more information,
contact Hurley at [email protected].
For appointments, call the clinic at
706-867-2588.
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UNG’S NEWEST DEGREE PROGRAM
PRODUCES CAREER-READY GRADUATES
By Pamela A. Keene
Over the past 30 years, Pete Smith
has cut his teeth in the television industry
with a combination of formal studies and
on-the-job training. Currently working as a
photojournalist for a major Atlanta television station, he’s seen the transition of the
industry from film in the early 1980s, to
videotape, and then to the world of digital.
Today, the 60-year-old is enrolled as a
student in the Department of Communication, Media and Journalism at the University
of North Georgia. He’s balancing a full-time
job, college and family responsibilities.
“I feel like I’ve been working on my
degree since the early ´80s, so I’m on the
30-year plan,” Smith said. “Because my
work schedule is never predictable, it’s been
a challenge to complete my degree straight
through. When I learned that the University of North Georgia’s Gainesville Campus
established a communication program, I
decided it was time to go back and finish.”
His decision, while based in part on his
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desire to earn his bachelor’s degree, was further influenced by the quality of the degree
program at UNG and the proximity of the
campus to his home in Flowery Branch.
“I’m now working nights from 3 to
midnight, so I can take classes in the morning then go to the station. I’d been kicking
myself for years for not doing this right out
of high school, but now because of the new
department, earning my degree became very
do-able.”
Smith is pursuing his degree in communication with an emphasis on film and
digital media, and he said the educational
experience at UNG is a big change from his
previous academic experiences.
“At UNG, we have a number of faculty
members with real-world experience, and
they’re able to relate what we learn from our
textbooks in class to what we run into in the
workplace,” he said. “I have immense respect
for them.”
David Smith, center, an associate professor of media studies at UNG, talks with students Ben Olagoke, left, and Clay Brandon, right, about footage shot with the department’s RED Scarlet
high-definition camera. (Bottom left) Students from the Department of Communication, Media & Journalism: Front row, from left, Frank Guest, John Amofah and Austin Oller; second row,
from left, Angelica Beltran, Brett Fowler, Colin Ochs, Holly Jones and Audrey Williams; and third row, from left, Chase Thomas, Elise Perkins, Katie Keiger, Amanda Kennedy, David Chandler, Mary Hamilton Wall, Nicole Bader, Matt Hobbs, Alex Morris, and Steve Shields, communication instructor at UNG. (Bottom right) Students, from right, Holly Jones, Audrey Williams,
Austin Oller, and Mary Hamilton Wall discuss a project.
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The Department of Communication, Media and Journalism, located in the Martha T. Nesbitt Academic Building,
also has top-of-the-line equipment, state-of-the-art labs with
production and editing facilities, and the latest technology for
its students to use. For instance, the department’s RED Scarlet,
a high-end digital cinema camera that shoots images four times
more detailed than high definition, is used by cinematographers
around the world to shoot feature-length movies and documentaries. “It’s incredible that we’re getting to work with the latest
equipment, equipment that’s the industry standard,” he said.
“Because of this, we’re already up to speed, so it gives us a leg up
on making our next career move.”
Also, getting hired after graduation is a driving objective for
students, especially with the growing film industry in Georgia.
“The film industry is a powerful economic generator and is
creating jobs for Georgians as well as new opportunities for a
highly skilled workforce,” said Chris Carr, commissioner of the
Georgia Department of Economic Development. “Since 2008,
more than 90 companies have located in Georgia to support the
industry. These new businesses are generating jobs and ensuring
the industry’s sustainability in Georgia well into the future.”
According to a report published by the Motion Picture
Association of America, the movie and television business in
Georgia, either directly or indirectly, results in nearly 78,000
jobs and $3.8 billion in wages. Of that number, more than onethird are working directly in the industry in the state.
“Our goal is to develop students who can meet the needs of
the growing communication labor market, especially Georgia’s
film, television and media production industry,” said Dr. Jeff
Marker, head of UNG’s Department of Communication, Media
and Journalism. “It is obvious that there is a demand for these
programs, and in some ways, we underestimated what the need
would be, because less than two years into it, our enrollment is
nearly double what we had predicted.”
Marker explained that the department’s mission is to expose
students to all aspects of communication. “In today’s world, all
of these disciplines have converged, and the students who will
land the jobs and do them better are those who have an understanding of all aspects of the industry. We set the department
Students Frank Guest and Chase Thomas, seated, and John Amofah and Audrey Williams, standing, watch footage in UNG’s state-of-the art studio. Students, from left, Will Pitt, Angelica Beltran and Ben Olagoke
listen to critique from David Smith, associate professor of media studies at UNG.
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up to mirror the converged nature of the industry, because all
of these disciplines – communication, cinematography, screenwriting, journalism, special effects, and public relations – are so
intricately intertwined.”
The department offers a Bachelor of Arts degree with
three areas of concentration: film & digital media production,
multimedia journalism and organizational leadership. Within those disciplines, students learn about print and broadcast
journalism, audio production and recording, public relations and
the business side of media, communication, and filmmaking.
A student-run streaming radio station, Vanguard student news
publication, recording studios, production and editing labs, offsite assignments using the university’s equipment, and clubs for
debate, forensics and mediation allow all-out immersion in the
disciplines.
“Our goal is to develop students
who can meet the needs
of the growing communication
labor market, especially
Georgia’s film,
Students, from left, Will Pitt, Angelica Beltran and Ben Olagoke listen to critique from David Smith,
associate professor of media studies at UNG.
television and media
established and successful, so I’ve gone into music production,”
Molina said. “Right now, there’s only one major Native American recording studio in the U.S., so I want to offer more options
for developing Native American musicians and to help them get
good quality recordings.”
Molina spends his spare time between classes and assignments in Decibel Radio, the university’s streaming radio station.
He and several other students at Decibel have also formed a
band called “State of Law,” a diverse folk pop band. A professional Native American flute player, Molina plays drums for the
group. Band members are currently laying down tracks – and
using what they’re learning at UNG – for a five-song CD.
“That’s one thing that’s really important to me in my education,” he said. “When I can see how what I’m learning fits into
the real world, then I get excited. And I enjoy what I’m doing a
lot more when I’m able to use what I’m learning immediately.”
Molina also speaks about the sense of camaraderie and mutual support among the students and faculty in the department.
“First we’re all part of this big community, but through
our similar interests we also become sub-communities – not
cliques – and truly support each other,” he said. “Since enrolling
at UNG, I’ve developed a great network of people who support
me and show me what I can do. It has given me confidence and
helped me focus on what I want to do with the rest of my life.”
production industry”
“Our program is one of the most comprehensive in the
state,” Marker said. “And when our students graduate, they have
at least three to five short films, video projects or other tangible
accomplishments to show to prospective employers. We’re proud
of the fact that our students get to create things. That’s not true
of all undergraduate programs. It’s very much a learn-by-doing
atmosphere, and I’m always impressed by what our students are
able to accomplish.”
Award-winning Native American musician Ryan Molina, 23,
found his educational niche in this department.
“I started college as a pre-veterinary student, but then
switched to music,” he said. “But with music there were basically
two ways to go in a career: become a performer or teach. I wanted more than that, to be challenged, stretch my creativity and
broaden my knowledge in music production.”
Molina, a champion debate-team member at UNG, decided
to study film and media production with a focus on audio.
“My goal is to help Native American artists become more
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Students in the Cottrell MBA program have diverse professional backgrounds and, on average, seven years of experience.
Cottrell MBA expands to Gainesville
The Mike Cottrell College of Business at the University of North
Georgia will expand its Cottrell Master of Business Administration
(MBA) program to Gainesville – an area that continues to experience economic growth – this fall, offering the business community
and professionals a new educational opportunity with a leadership
focus.
“The University of North Georgia’s expansion of the MBA
program to the Gainesville Campus will certainly be an asset that
we can offer to businesses and industries in Gainesville and Hall
County,” said Kit Dunlap, president and CEO of the Greater Hall
Chamber of Commerce. “There are many that would find this location convenient to attend an MBA program.”
According to the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce, the
Gainesville-Hall County Metropolitan Statistical Area is among the
50 fastest-growing metro areas in the U.S. Total population is nearly
200,000, and the community is a hub of regional business, healthcare and educational services. The area is home to 47 Fortune 500
firms, more than 300 manufacturing and processing concerns, and
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42 international companies representing 18 countries. From 201014, more than 98 industry locations generated 4,100 new jobs and
produced $548 million in capital investments.
With the university’s
MBA expansion, classes will “The Gainesville-Hall
be offered two nights each
week on the Gainesville and County Metropolitan
Cumming campuses.
Statistical Area is among
“There has been a great
deal of discussion and inter- the 50 fastest-growing
est regarding an MBA degree
program on the Gainesville
metro areas in the U.S.”
Campus,” said Dr. Donna
Mayo, dean of the Mike
Cottrell College of Business. “We see this expansion as an opportunity to meet the needs of our region and execute the vision of our
college in developing strong graduates and strong communities. The
Cottrell MBA, like our undergraduate degree programs, is accred-
ited by the AACSB, an honor less than
5 percent of the world’s 13,000 business
programs have earned.”
According to the Graduate Management
Admission Council (GMAC) 2014 Corporate Recruiters Survey, 80 percent of companies planned to hire an MBA graduate in
2014, up from 50 percent in 2009 and 73
percent in 2013. GMAC also stated that
employers are seeking graduates with communication and leadership skills, strategic
focus and business acumen.
“New technology makes it possible for us
to expand the MBA program,” Mayo said.
“With this format, Cottrell MBA students
will have direct, in-person access to faculty
on a weekly basis. Personal attention and
peer support have been a hallmark of the
Cottrell MBA since its inception, and we
will maintain this focus and quality of delivery on the Gainesville Campus.”
Instruction on each campus will alternate
between in-person and a live video feed from
the alternate campus.
Jordan Hester, operations manager for
Fan Creations in Cumming, is entering his
second year of the Cottrell MBA program
and is excited about the prospect of working
with students from a new location.
“We will be doing joint work between
cohorts, which means a greater collection
of experience and broader business networks,” Hester said. “We’ll also be on the
cutting-edge with collaborative equipment,
and there will be new opportunities for our
capstone projects. This is really going to
enrich the program for all of us.”
The two-year, part-time Cottrell MBA
program began in 2008 and is based on a
cohort structure, which means that a group
of students is accepted into the program
each fall and progresses through the program as a group. During their second year,
Cottrell MBA students complete a capstone
consulting project in which student teams
consult with regional organizations on a strategic business need. Each team is provided a
professional mentor as a coach to help them
apply their learning to real-world situations.
“Students bring at least two full years of
professional experience into the classroom,
and on average, our students have seven
years of experience,” said Kelli Crickey,
director of the Cottrell MBA. “The diversity
in professional backgrounds and daily experiences add value to the learning experience,
and classmates also hear firsthand the common challenges and opportunities in leading
organizations across different industries and
environments.”
The Cottrell MBA is the second graduate degree offered on UNG’s Gainesville
Campus, following the Master of Education
degree in early childhood education. Since
January 2013, the number of bachelor’s
degree programs available on the Gainesville
Campus has more than doubled.
Before applying for the Cottrell MBA,
prospective students must attend an information session and have a minimum of
two years of work experience. Applicants
must provide their résumé, two professional
recommendations, official transcripts, and
either GMAT or GRE scores. Applications
are due by June 15 to be accepted for this
fall. Individuals may register for an information session at www.ung.edu/mba or call
470-239-3030.
Cottrell MBA students work on an
assignment during the program’s
annual retreat.
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Alumni Weekend 2015
A time of celebration
and remembrance
Hundreds of alumni returned to their alma mater to share memories with friends and honor fellow alumni during reunions and
other special events at the 2015 Alumni Weekend at the Dahlonega
Campus of the University of North Georgia.
“Our goal for Alumni Weekend is to attract alumni back to UNG
and to make them and their families feel welcome and connected
while enjoying a broad assortment of events,” said Phil Collins, associate vice president of alumni relations and annual giving. “These
events serve as a catalyst for rediscovering the university and the
friendships alumni made here. One consistent thread I have heard is
that, upon return, alumni are very pleased with the quality of their
alma mater, and leave with a renewed sense of pride.”
Among the reunions held during the weekend were several events
to mark the 50-year reunion for members of the class of 1965, who
were inducted into UNG’s Golden Alumni Society and presented
the society’s golden medallion by UNG President Bonita Jacobs.
The society is exclusively for UNG classes marking 50-plus years
since graduation.
Tony Faiia (right) receives the distinguished Alumnus Award from Ben Clark.
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“Events like this are such a great way to catch up,” said Paul Armstrong (‘65), one of many who kicked off the class’s golden weekend
at a drop-in social on Friday afternoon. “It’s been five years since our
last time on the Dahlonega Campus, and it’s grown so much since
then.”
The classes of 1975, 1985, 1990, and 1995 also held reunions.
As part of the weekend activities, the North Georgia Dahlonega
Alumni Shared Interest Group (SIG) held an Awards Luncheon
to recognize outstanding students and alumni for dedication and
service to the university and the community. The awards included:
Dr. Brian Mann, professor of modern languages and head
of the Division of World Languages and Cultures, received
the Distinguished Professor Award, in recognition of “total
service” to the university. Mann has taught at UNG since
1999. Under his leadership, the university has expanded its
language offerings to 10, including adding majors in Arabic
and Chinese.
The Paul M. Hutcherson Outstanding Student
Award recognizes a male and female student who have
demonstrated the highest ideals of citizenship, and this
year’s recipients are Elle Cornett, a senior psychology
major from Alpharetta, Georgia, and Cadet Col. Lane
Hodnett, a senior business management major from
Buford, Georgia. Cornett has held numerous student
leadership positions at UNG, worked four summers
as an orientation leader, and was chosen Miss UNG in fall 2014.
Hodnett, 2014-2015 commander of UNG’s Boar’s Head Brigade
and an Eagle Scout, has been recognized as a Distinguished Military
Graduate by U.S. Army Cadet Command. In May, he will
commission into the U.S. Army as a second lieutenant in aviation.
Dr. Mark Causey (‘06) of Cumming, Georgia, received
the Young Alumnus Award in recognition of his outstanding
professional career and community service. Causey graduated
magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology.
He is president of the Georgia Orthodontists Foundation, and
his practice was voted Best of Forsyth in 2015.
Tony Faiia (‘68) of Dahlonega, Georgia, received the Distinguished Alumnus Award for his extraordinary record of service
and support to UNG. Faiia earned a Bachelor of Business
Administration degree and commissioned into the U.S. Army’s
armor branch. A Vietnam veteran, Faiia has received numerous
awards and recognition for his service. He worked 43 years in
aviation claims and is a licensed pilot.
The recipients of the Alumni Hall of Fame Award are Dr.
Sandra Pryor Clarkson (‘65) and retired Maj. Gen. James
Guest (‘60). Clarkson of New York, New York, is a professor
of mathematics and statistics for Hunter College, where she
has held several leadership positions. Nationally, she has served
as co-chair of the Joint Committee on Women in the Mathematical Sciences. Guest, who is from Toccoa, Georgia, served
33 years in the U.S. Army and held a variety of assignments,
including with Special Forces, and earned a number of military
awards and recognition. He holds a master’s degree in personnel
management.
Dr. Melissa Durand of Cumming, Georgia, received the
Ralph Colley Spirit of North Georgia Award, which is
given to an individual who has experienced adverse
circumstances to live an exemplary life. Durand
attended the university from 1993-95 and received
early acceptance to then-Medical College of Georgia’s
School of Dentistry in 1995. After sustaining serious
injuries in a car wreck in 2008 that required a five-week
stay at Shepherd Catastrophic Care Center, Durand
spent six months in physical therapy before returning to
practicing dentistry and raising her family.
Lt. Col. Jeffery Bragg (‘98), who spoke during the
32nd Annual Memorial Retreat Ceremony, reminded
current students to cherish their years at UNG.
“This site gives me a sense of pride that cannot be
explained and only alumni can understand,” Bragg said.
“I challenge each of you to truly embrace your experience
here. Make this experience yours and trust me when I tell
you, you will call on these four years in the back of your
mind often and refer to them as the best year of your lives.”
Lt. Col. Jeffrey Bragg (‘98) was the featured speaker at the Corps of
Cadets’ Memorial Retreat Ceremony.
Elizabeth Rhodes (left) presents an Alumni Hall of Fame Award to Dr. Sandra Pryor Clarkson.
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CLASS NOTES
1960s
1970s
Jim Wooten, ‘74, recently joined the Mexico Ledger as a staff reporter in Mexico, Missouri, to begin a new career in journalism.
Prior to joining the staff, Mr. Wooten retired
from Independent Presbyterian Church in
Judge Raymond George
Birmingham, Alabama.
Dr. John House, ‘63, has had a passion for
writing since he was a child. After returning
from deployment in Vietnam, he began a
36-year career practicing family medicine in
Winder, Georgia. After retirement in 2007,
he began networking with other writers
and has written three books to date, the
first titled “So Shall You Reap,” a fictional
story exploring the relationship between
college athletes and drugs. The second was
“Choices,” a locally-set, fictional account of
an emergency room physician who becomes
involved in a botched robbery-hostage situation. House’s latest book, “Trail of Deceit,”
was inspired by his love of nature and uses
his knowledge of the Appalachian Trail.
Robert S. Davis, ‘76, has received the
national Lloyd Dewitt Bockstruck Award for
work in genealogy and the Lifetime Achievement Award for Scholarship in the American
Revolution by the Southern Campaigns of
the American Revolution. He appeared this
spring in a four-hour documentary on the
Civil War on The History Channel. Davis
currently teaches history at Wallace State
College in Hanceville, Alabama.
1980s
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal appointed Brig.
Gen. Joe Jarrard, ‘88, to become the new
head of the state’s Department of Defense.
Jarrard has served as deputy adjutant general
since 2011, and became the adjutant general, replacing Maj. Gen. Jim Butterworth, in
January.
Enotah Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Judge Raymond George, ‘77, has been
sworn into his position for a full four-year
term. Following his appointment to the
position in 2012 and serving the remainder
of an unexpired term, George was elected to
a full term in November.
The heroic actions of alumnus Michael J. Williams, ‘67, who
received the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism during
the Vietnam War are recognized in a new statue on UNG’s
Dahlonega Campus. A top student and cadet, Williams was
one of the first three cadets to receive a full scholarship from
the U.S. Army. He deployed to Vietnam with the 101st
Airborne Division and in 1968, he was leading a platoon near
Cu Chi, Vietnam, when his unit came under fire. Williams,
who had been promoted to first lieutenant, used a grenade to
destroy two enemy machine gun nests. His action, which is
depicted in the statue, earned him four medals, including the
Distinguished Service Cross. The Capt. Michael J. Williams
Trophy is permanently displayed in the atrium of the Brooks
Pennington Jr. Military Leadership Center.
Dr. Bonita Jacobs and Michael J. Williams
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Derrick Case (‘08) and his wife Danielle founded Dress Up Boutique, a successful business with 10 stores across the region.
Cases’ business acumen helps grow clothing store chain
Derrick Case graduated from the University of North Georgia in
2008 with a bachelor’s degree in marketing and a notebook full of
ideas, but one of those was not opening a clothing store.
“Obviously, I didn’t dream of selling dresses when I was in college,” Case said.
He and wife Danielle, who attended UNG for 2 1/2 years, own
Dress Up Boutique, which has 10 stores across the region. The
couple’s first store opened in Dahlonega in August 2009, about five
weeks after the pair grew weary of driving 45 minutes to an hour
from their home to shop. Less than a year later, the second store
opened in Gainesville, Georgia, and the business grew quickly after
that, including corporate headquarters and distribution center in
Gainesville. Both now work full-time in their clothing business;
Danielle Case is the visionary, Derrick Case said, and he manages
the business side.
“So much of starting your own business from the ground up
without funding or support is kind of learning as you go, but from
a marketing perspective, I learned plenty in school that has helped,”
Derrick Case said. “Dr. Powell, who I had for a lot of classes, was
big on having a lot of open discussions and very good at getting
your brain working instead of just reading out of the textbook.”
Both are Dahlonega natives and knowing their market was key to
getting the business started, Derrick Case said.
“With our familiarity with north Georgia and Dahlonega, knowing our market helped us start that first store,” he said. “The plan all
stemmed from confidence more than anything else. A business has
to be started based off of a need and we were confident there was a
need.”
While at UNG, Case worked full time at a local gym, working his
way up to being part owner and learning how to run a business in
the process. After graduation, he worked at a corporate sales job for
a year and a half, even after the couple opened their first store. His
advice for business majors? Take your education seriously.
“Take full advantage of your time in college. I think many college
students unfortunately take that time to sow their wild oats instead
of studying and working hard,” Derrick Case said. “I worked fulltime and went to school full-time and still graduated in four years.
When I got out of school, people were able to see my work ethic,
which helped me get the corporate job. They could see that I didn’t
just coast through school.”
Derrick and Danielle have a young son, Hudson, born in 2013
when their business started taking off. The couple plans to open new
stores in Cumming and Athens soon, and they are working on their
first two out-of-state locations, which they hope to announce before
the end of the year.
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Capt. Thomas Scott Levely (‘10) serves in the Joint Forces Headquarters Cyber Command Center at Fort Gordon.
Levely leads as military intelligence officer
The leadership skills Capt. Thomas Scott Levely learned as a cadet
at the University of North Georgia provided a solid foundation
for the role he serves today as a military intelligence officer helping
protect the nation from cyber attacks.
“The university prepared me by grounding me first in the fundamentals of being a leader. The university closely mimics the Army in
so many ways that any opportunity to participate in corps functions
and operations translates very well into the regular Army,” he said.
“Those foundations enabled me to become a military intelligence
professional.”
Levely is a deputy battle captain in the Joint Force Headquarters
Cyber Command Center at Fort Gordon, Georgia, which is led by
Maj. Gen. Stephen G. Fogarty, a 1983 UNG graduate.
A native of Burke, Virginia, Levely graduated from UNG in 2010
with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history. He previously had earned a
bachelor’s degree in English from West Virginia University in 2002.
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While learning the complex hierarchies of his job environment is
one of the biggest challenges in his job, Levely said one of things he
enjoys most is the people.
“I work with a very dedicated group of people working on a
mission that relates to the many geo-political issues our country currently faces,” he said. “I get to be part of a mission that is very new,
relevant, persistent, and challenging.”
Levely’s advices current students and cadets to take advantage of
the multitude of leadership opportunities offered at UNG.
“Those experiences will pay off in so many ways that you will
forever be glad you had that opportunity. Enable yourself to achieve
success by studying hard and achieving good grades,” he said. “Begin
to try and understand the Army’s capabilities from the team level on
up and how they are used in the contemporary operating environment.”
Retired Lt. Col. Jon Segars, ‘88, was recently named as one of the “Sweet 16” finalists for the 2015-2016 Alabama Teacher of
the Year award. Segars oversees the JROTC
program at Auburn High School. “You don’t
care about the awards and stuff — no teacher cares about that stuff,” Segars said. “The
biggest reward is watching students exit this
high school and go be productive citizens.”
1990s
he didn’t start out particularly enthusiastic
about the military, recalling how his first
year at North Georgia was “pretty tough.”
But then, in his second year with the Corps
of Cadets, Marc earned several responsibilities and decided a career as an Army officer
was right for him. Looking back, Marc believes he was influenced by his dad’s service.
He recently retired from the Army and is
now deputy chief of external affairs for the
Corporation for National and Community
Service in Washington, D.C.
2000s
Mandy Briscoe, ‘01, married Matthew
Cormier on Oct. 10, 2014.
Tabitha Jones, ‘02, has been promoted to
the role of principal at Novogradac & Company LLP, a San Francisco-based accounting
and consulting firm that specializes in affordable housing, community development,
historic preservation and renewable energy
tax credits.
Riverview Middle School Principal Bill
Zadernak, ‘95, has been selected for an
Exemplary Leadership Award from the
Georgia Association of Middle School Principals. Zadernak has worked in the Dawson
County School System since 1998. He has
served as principal at Riverview Middle
School for the past six years.
Elisha Holtzclaw, ‘02, has earned the presMaj. Gale Higginbotham, ‘96, an 18-year
tigious 2014 Continuing Education Award
veteran of the Gwinnett County Police
from Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.
Department, recently graduated from a
Holtzclaw has spent her entire 13-year career
prestigious law enforcement academy offered with Children’s at Scottish Rite Pediatric
by the FBI. The 11-week course, held in
Hospital, beginning as a nurse in the Aflac
Quantico, Virginia, included law enforceCancer and Blood Disorders Center in-pament personnel from 49 states, 26 countries, tient unit and later transferring to work prithree military organizations and four federal marily with patients who have solid tumors.
civilian organizations.
Merritt Ainslie, ‘04, was named Morgan
County High School head baseball coach for
2015-16. Ainslie played baseball at MCHS
and at the University of North Georgia.
Randi Hill, ‘91, was named one of six finalists for the Gwinnett County Public Schools
Teacher of the Year award. Hill credits
colleagues for this honor and principals like
Buck Buchanan at Archer High for helping
her design a way to create a new culture and
community via Gwinnett Online Campus.
Marc Young, ‘94, and his father Robert
Young share Army careers spanning nearly
60 years. Marc, originally from Gainesville, Georgia, never considered joining
the military until he received a scholarship
from then-North Georgia College. He said
Lt. Col. Jeffery Bragg, ‘98, recently
received Master Aviator Wings. Bragg was
pinned by Maj. Gen. Bill Gaylor, ‘88, at
Fort Campbell, Kentucky. During UNG’s
annual Alumni Weekend Memorial Retreat
Ceremony, Bragg was the guest speaker.
Capt. Rob Morris,
‘05, and Capt. Jamie
Bush Morris, ‘04, met
at the University of
North Georgia and
married in 2009. On
Jan. 24, 2014, their
daughter, Vivian,
was born. Jamie is
currently stationed at West Point and Rob is
a member of the Georgia National Guard.
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Jason Broc, ‘07 (MEd) will become principal of City Park School in Dalton, Georgia,
effective July 1. Broc most recently served
as assistant principal at middle schools in
Whitfield and Gordon counties. Before
that he taught English and reading at the
secondary level. He is currently pursuing a
doctorate with research focus on distributive
leadership and school culture.
Kenneth Mantle, ‘08, was promoted to
manager of the Georgia Department of
Corrections’ Offender Administration Unit
in December. Mantle is responsible for the
supervision of sentence processing, court
production, information services, offender
classification and releases, interstate detainers, and probation center referrals. Mantle is
pursuing a master’s degree in criminal justice
at UNG.
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2010’s
Brittany Bauschka, ‘11, has been selected
by the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta
as the digital marketing associate. She is
an avid traveler and studied abroad in the
United Kingdom at the University of Bristol
in London, where she earned a Master of
Science degree, and in St. Petersburg, Russia,
during the summer of 2010.
Ryan Cooke, ‘14, and Evan Head, ‘14,
purchased one-way tickets to Thailand and
have been backpacking the “Banana Pancake Trail,” which goes through Thailand,
Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos, since January
2015. You can follow their inspiring journey
on their blog, http://www.doyoutravelbro.
com/, and Facebook Page.
Katie Barton, ‘11, has been named director
of research for Colliers International in
Nashville, Tennessee. As director of research,
Barton will be responsible for conducting inWill Lazenby, ‘14, and Ashlyn Hollingdepth market analysis, research and reportsworth are engaged to be married. Hollinging for Colliers Nashville.
sworth is currently attending the University
of North Georgia, where she plans to earn
Caroline Abraham, ‘13, joined Harry
a degree in secondary English education.
Norman Realtors as a sales associate in the
Lazenby is currently employed with Carr,
Forsyth County/Lake Lanier office.
Riggs and Ingram as an auditor.
UNG Alumnus and retired Secret Service agent with then-President Bill Clinton.
Emmett details service ‘Within Arm’s Length’
of U.S. presidents
Thanks to values strengthened in him
at the University of North Georgia, Dan
Emmett (‘78), was able to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming one of the select
few Secret Service agents who protects the
president.
“I think it was the same for
me as it was for hundreds, if not
thousands, of people who have
passed through the school since
its inception – North Georgia
epitomizes a place where you learn
the values of leadership, discipline,
honor, and commitment,” he said.
As he details in a book about
his 21-year career, “Within Arm’s
Length: A Secret Service Agent’s Definitive
Inside Account of Protecting the President,”
Emmett became fascinated with the people
protecting the president at age 8 when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
“As a child I wanted to be a Secret Service
agent and I wanted to be a military officer.
North Georgia just seemed the most logical
starting point. It was an environment that
encouraged people to be their best and really
re-emphasized what I had been taught by my
parents: honor, discipline, service
to one’s country, and trying to
do your best at everything you
attempt,” Emmett said.
A native of Gainesville,
Georgia, Emmett earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice
from UNG and commissioned
into the Marine Corps. He served
from 1977 to 1981 and rose to
the rank of captain.
After being accepted into the Secret Service training program in 1983, Emmett rose
through the ranks of service to the Presidential Protection Detail (PPD). He spent
six years on PPD, and protected presidents
George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and
George W. Bush.
In his book, Emmett describes some of
his more high-profile assignments. He also
shares firsthand details about the daily duties
and challenges of conducting presidential
advances, dealing with the media, driving
the president in a bullet-proof limousine,
jogging alongside him through the streets
of Washington, and flying with him on Air
Force One.
Following the September 11 attacks, the
Central Intelligence Agency offered Emmett
a job in the counterterrorism center, where
he remained for six years. He retired from
the Secret Service in 2004, and then worked
as an instructor at the U.S. Secret Service
Academy.
Emmett, who also has a master’s degree in
education is an adjunct professor of criminal
justice at Auburn University.
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Mr. Bobby D. Bagby ‘82 – February 12, 2015
LTC (Ret.) Thomas S. Luckey ‘66 – February 25, 2015
Ms. Precious T. Bass ‘14 – November 28, 2014
Mr. William S. Marshall ‘65 – January 23, 2015
Mr. John E. Bogle ‘43 – November 18, 2014
Mr. Ricky L. Martin ‘04 – March 21, 2015
Mr. David H. Boulware ‘78 – December 3, 2014
Mrs. Susan M. Mills ‘71 – October 5, 2015
Mr. Robert W. Bowman ‘62 – November 14, 2014
COL Thomas E. Minix ‘53 – March 19, 2015
Mr. James E. Braden ‘45 – February 18, 2015
Mr. John E. Padget ‘79 – November 20, 2015
Mrs. Bee W. Broadrick ‘38 – November 24, 2014
Mr. Jesse M. Reeves ‘72 – December 13, 2014
Mr. Jesse W. Brown ‘67 – Nobember 7, 2014
Mrs. Bettie Y. Rogers ‘03 – January 20, 2015
Ms. Dorian E. David ‘95 – January 25, 2015
Mr. Oliver H. Rogers ‘49 – November 30, 2014
Mr. Roy E. Day ‘40 – October 30, 2014
Mrs. Nancy J. Sadler ‘79 – March 6, 2015
Mr. David L. Decker ‘76 – April 6, 2015
Ms. Marilyn W. Sharpley ‘73 – November 17, 2014
Judge Whitfield R. Forrester ‘44 – January 7, 2015
Mr. Donald H. Shomake ‘59 – October 6, 2014
Ms. Tami J. Gabriel ‘98 – December 13, 2014
Mrs. Frankie K. Stringer ‘72 – November 3, 2014
Mrs. Thelma F. Gay ‘40 – November 14, 2014
Mr. Quinton W. Weldon ‘93 – March 19, 2015
Mrs. Mildred B. Hacke ‘76 – December 22, 2014
Mr. Carlson T. West ‘61 – March 15, 2015
Mr. Robert L. Hadden ‘73 – January 30, 2015
Mrs. Carolyn L. Williams ‘53 – February 13, 2015
Mr. James E. Hayes ‘65 – February 2, 2015
Mrs. Debra K. Witt ‘77 – October 5, 2014
COL Sam L. Hinson ‘40 – April 11, 2015
Mrs. Martha M. Holbrook ‘40 – January 12, 2015
Mr. Gordon W. Jones ‘71 – February 3, 2015
Former Staff
CW5 Jeffrey K. King ‘71 – March 4, 2015
Ms. Ila Mae Duff –January 31, 2015
Mrs. Jessilynn M. Knight-Rock ‘77 – March 1, 2015
Ms. Cona B. Grizzle – November 8, 2014
Miss Rita S. Long ‘64 – March 8, 2015
Ms. Esther L. Walden – February 11, 2015
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Five alumni were inducted into the Athletics Hall of Fame in 2015, including from left, Jimmy Williams, Courtney Hester Dwyer, Beth Willis Burke, Irina Watkins and Jason Elkins.
UNG Athletics inducts 2015 Hall of Fame class
The University of North Georgia Department of Athletics inducted five alumni into the Athletics Hall of Fame in February. The
honorees included Jason Elkins (‘02), Courtney Hester Dwyer (‘02),
Irina Watkins (‘06), Jimmy Williams (‘89) and Beth Willis Burke
(‘05).
“Our fifth annual class brings great honor and pride to the
university with their distinguished achievements, and we are pleased
to be able to recognize these five former student-athletes who have
contributed so greatly to the lasting legacy of UNG Athletics,” Athletic Director Lindsay Reeves said.
Elkins led the university’s baseball program to success in the early
2000s, and was named a National Association of Intercollegiate
Athletics (NAIA) All-American in 2002. He holds numerous school
records, including 17 single-season saves, 40 career saves, 95 game
appearances, 1.32 season ERA, and 1.58 career ERA. Elkins lives in
Cumming, Georgia, and works as a voice actor.
Dwyer was a three-time All-American in women’s basketball and
was named a Kodak All-American twice. She was named All-Conference three times, including Freshman of the Year in 2000. Dwyer
is a member of the 1,000-point club and holds the university record
for career scoring average (23.4 points per game). She is a special
education teacher and cross country coach at Johnson High School
in Gainesville, Georgia.
Watkins is the only person in Peach Belt Conference history to
earn a championship at two different universities — UNG and
Kennesaw State University. She was a two-time NAIA Region XIII
cross country champion and represented the university at the 2004
NAIA National Championship. She has a master’s degree in sports
psychology and is working on a doctorate.
Williams led the men’s basketball team to four consecutive postseason conference tournaments from 1986 to 1989 and scored 561
points his senior season. He averaged in the double digits in points
and rebounds (called a double-double in basketball) throughout his
four-year career. He is the assistant principal and head boy’s basketball coach at East Laurens High School in Dublin, Georgia.
Willis Burke was named to the NAIA All-American second team
in 2004 and 2005 and is a three-time All-Conference and All-Region NAIA selection. She was voted Pitcher of the Year in 2004 and
2005 and holds school records for 20 combined shutouts and a .139
single-season opponent batting average record. She is a lead business
analyst at Connecture, Inc.
The UNG Athletics Hall of Fame honors individuals who have
earned outstanding athletic achievements or made substantial contributions to the university. A nine-member Board of Directors is
responsible for operations of the Athletics Hall of Fame and selects
honorees, based upon nominations.
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UNG
honors
Mixon with
Presidential
Leadership
Award
Retired Army Lt. Gen. Benjamin "Randy" Mixon, an alumnus of
the University of North Georgia who served nearly 36 years in the
military, is this year's recipient of the UNG Presidential Leadership
Award. President Bonita Jacobs presented Mixon with the award on
March 21 during the university's 2015 Scholarship Ball.
"Gen. Mixon embodies the UNG values of excellence, integrity
and service," Jacobs said. "During his 36-year military career, he
commanded infantry soldiers at every level in locations around the
world, and his units often were called upon to provide humanitarian
services in the countries
“My leadership development where they deployed. For
his outstanding service
was forged right here at the
to our country and for
his steadfast support of
University of North Georgia.” the University of North
Georgia and our students, it my extreme and great honor to present
the 2015 Presidential Leadership Award to Gen. Randy Mixon."
Mixon earned a degree in political science and commissioned as
a U.S. Army Infantry officer upon his graduation in 1975. Mixon
served in combat three times and helped establish a new unit, the
3rd Ranger battalion. He retired in 2011 as a three-star general and
commanding general of the U.S. Army, Pacific and holds master's
degrees in public administration and military art and science. Today,
Mixon is a vice president at General Dynamics Information Technology, a subsidiary of General Dynamics, where he supports U.S.
Army training.
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"I'm honored and humbled to accept this award and frankly I do
so on behalf of all the mentors who invested time and guidance in
my development as a leader. Like many of you in this room, it all
started at this great institution and continued throughout my military career," Mixon said in accepting the award. "My leadership development was forged right here at the University of North Georgia.
When it comes to leadership development, the laboratory within the
Corps of Cadets at the University of North Georgia is one of if not
the best places in the world to develop leaders for the military or the
corporate world."
Mixon encouraged his classmates and all alumni to support the
university.
"UNG not only provides a world-class educational experience
for citizens in the north Georgia region, but I would say that it is
the premier military college in the state and in the nation," he said.
"The future is bright for the University of North Georgia, and I
would encourage all alumni to get active in supporting the university and assist in any way they can in ensuring that the standards of
the university are upheld and provide support through other means
to ensure the longevity of the university."
The Presidential Leadership Award is the university's highest honor to recognize individuals who demonstrate extraordinary leadership in their personal and professional endeavors and who exemplify
the university's core values of excellence, student-focus, integrity,
engagement, and service. Previous recipients of the Presidential
Leadership Award are Mike Cottrell, Paul Stringer, George Coleman
and Cumming Mayor H. Ford Gravitt.
UNG Foundation Chairman Rich White, President Bonita Jacobs and Bruce Howerton, interim vice president of advancement, reveal this year’s fundraising total for the university’s scholarship funds.
UNG increases fundraising by 35 percent
The University of North Georgia increased the amount raised for student scholarships by 35 percent this year and again
eclipsed the $1 million mark for student
scholarships. This year’s total of $1,350,000
was announced at the university’s third
annual Scholarship Ball, held March 21 in
Dahlonega.
UNG President Bonita Jacobs has made
increasing scholarship support for students
one of her top priorities and has watched the
total grow steadily in recent years.
“This is an event that is very near and dear
to my heart because it is our scholarship
event. Nothing is more important in what
we do than making sure our students graduate,” she said. “Every year, we see students
who drop out of college because of financial
difficulties. Providing need-based scholarships will keep students in school and help
them graduate on time.”
The first Scholarship Ball, held at UNG’s
Gainesville Campus as Jacobs’ inauguration
in 2013, raised more than $212,000. The
2014 Scholarship Ball, held in Cumming,
Georgia, raised $340,498. During the 20132014 academic year, UNG raised more than
$1 million for student scholarships, marking
a 56 percent increase over the previous year.
This year’s ball was attended by more than
400 community members, business leaders,
and UNG faculty and staff.
With college enrollment increasing and
many families struggling to pay for college,
more students across the nation are seeking
financial assistance to pursue higher education. Most UNG students receive some
type of financial aid, including the HOPE
Scholarship, private scholarships and grants,
and student loans.
“We are here tonight to reaffirm a promise
we have all made to the students of the
University of North Georgia by supporting
their efforts to receive the highest quality
education and become productive leaders in
society,” said Rich White, chairman of the
Board of Trustees of the University of North
Georgia Foundation Inc. “This is accomplished by receiving world-class instruction
provided by the UNG faculty and a supportive learning environment sustained by
a dedicated staff. Through the extraordinary
work of our trustees, we keep this promise
by raising funds from generous donors and
alumni to lessen the financial burden of
attending college.”
With more than 16,000 students and four
campuses, UNG is one of Georgia’s largest
public universities, and holds the distinction
of being The Military College of Georgia
and a state leadership institution.
“UNG is stronger than ever and we’re
producing valuable graduates who serve as
civic, professional and military leaders across
the region and throughout the global community,” Jacobs said.
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UNG names Tarnowski
as VP for Advancement
The University of North Georgia has selected Jeff Tarnowski to become vice president for
university advancement, effective June 1. Tarnowski has served as vice president for institutional advancement at Georgia Perimeter College since January 2005.
“Jeff is an experienced and respected advancement professional who will capably lead our
advancement team in increasing support for UNG’s mission and scholarship needs,” said President Bonita C. Jacobs. “He has a tremendous record of success and leadership in generating
private support at Georgia Perimeter, and I look forward to working with him at UNG.”
At Georgia Perimeter College, Tarnowski managed the GPC Foundation, Alumni Association, and the offices of alumni relations, community relations, development, grants and sponsored programs, and marketing and communications. With his leadership, Georgia Perimeter
increased the assets of the GPC Foundation to more than $87 million, including the addition
of GPC’s campus in Newton County, and grew GPC’s endowed scholarship program by more
than 300 percent.
“I am grateful and excited to join the University of North Georgia,” Tarnowski said. “I look forward to working with the advancement
division, other colleagues and community members to increase external support for the university’s students and programs.”
Tarnowski began working with Georgia Perimeter College in 1999 as director of alumni affairs and was director of institutional advancement from January 2000 through December 2004. He earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Bradley University, in
Peoria, Illinois, in 1989 and his MBA at Bradley in 1991.
Bruce Howerton served as interim vice president for advancement after Dr. Andrew Leavitt became chancellor of the University of
Wisconsin – Oshkosh in December 2014.
Alumni commit to ‘75 Challenge
The Class of 1975, led by Jim Solomon, class president,
and Randy Mixon, reunion coordinator, has created a
class scholarship to honor the university and support
students. With the theme, ‘75 Challenge, their goal is for
the scholarship to establish an endowed fund that will
provide annual monetary assistance for one civilian and
one cadet student.
The class reunion committee completed a Memorandum of Agreement with the UNG Foundation, Inc. in
time for Alumni Weekend 2015 and has begun raising
funds for this purpose. During the 40th reunion weekend
in April, the class contributed more than $30,000 toward
the fund. The group’s ultimate goal is for the permanent
endowment to have reached $250,000 in cash, pledges
and planned giving when the class reconvenes to celebrate its 50 year reunion in 2025.
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Jim Soloman (left) and Randy Mixon (right) met with President Bonita Jacobs during
Alumni Weekend to establish the ‘75 Challenge Fund.
University of North Georgia Giving Report
The University of North Georgia has been recognized nationally for academic excellence, affordability and the quality of its
graduates, and the generous support of our donors ensures that UNG’s outstanding academic and co-curricular programs are
among the best in the country.
Your gifts are significant because they provide resources above and beyond public support and tuition that sustain and shape
UNG as a leading university. Most importantly, your gifts to the UNG Foundation enable the university to provide students with
scholarships that, in many cases, open the door to higher education and life-changing opportunities.
We recognize that our donors, as much as our faculty and staff, share in our commitment to student success. The entire UNG
community is grateful for your loyal support.
Gifts acknowledged in this report were received during the 2014 fiscal year (July 1, 2013-June 30, 2014). Every attempt has
been made to accurately recognize these donors. If we have made an error inadvertently, please contact Pamela Stoffel in the Office
of Advancement at 706-867-2873 or [email protected].
Regents Circle
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Maney
The Olin B. King Foundation
MAJ (Ret.) and Mrs. Luis Carreras
($100,000 or more)
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Global
Mall of GA Chrysler Dodge Jeep
Mrs. Mary Cleveland
Impact Funding Trust, Inc.
Maner and Michi Thorpe Family
Revocable Trust
Coca-Cola Company
ARAMARK
Dr. Jim and Peggie Morrow
BB&T
Mr. H. G. Pattillo
Mr. Mike Cottrell and
Mrs. Lynn Cottrell
Mr. John W. Roberts
Dr. and Mrs. John P. McGruder
Northeast Georgia, Inc.
Cumming Pediatric Group, P.C.
Deloitte Foundation
Mr. JP O’Connor
Georgia Mountain Chapter of
MOAA Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. John I. Orrison
Georgia Power Foundation, Inc.
Mrs. Phyllis F. Parsons
Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Grimes
Mrs. Mary Jane Fincher Peterson
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Higley
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred W. Powell, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. David A. Jordan
Foundation Circle
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. Frank S. Reece
LeRoy, Cole and Stephens, LLC
Mr. and Mrs. Sonny Roshan
Liberty Mutual Insurance Group
($10,000 — $24,999)
Rotary Intl. Club of Dahlonega, Inc.
Mansfield Oil Company
The AEON Foundation Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Scanlin
Mar-Jac Poultry, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. William N. Cannon
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Anderson
Mrs. Pam Strickland
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Mathews
Mrs. Kathy Hoard
Cabaniss Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Swoszowski
Mrs. Virginia Mathews
Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation, Inc.
Mr. John M. Cabaniss
Dr. and Mrs. Virgle W. McEver, III
Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. Sheuerman
MAJ William H. Cabaniss
The Community Foundation Serving
Richmond and Central Virginia
Estate of Donnie Chandler McDavid
North Georgia Community
Foundation
The Community Foundation for
Greater Atlanta, Inc.
The Ginn Group, Inc.
Mrs. Alice Ray-Overstreet
Chancellor’s Circle
($50,000 — $99,999)
Mr. and Mrs. Wm M. Choate
Scholarship Circle
Mr. George E. Coleman, Jr.
($25,000 — $49,999)
Mr. and Mrs. Julian W. Eidson
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. Gene Copeland
Conditioned Air Systems, Inc.
Estate of Florrie E. Palmer
Ms. Linda A. Conrads
ExxonMobil Foundation
Mrs. Eleanor Dunlap
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Faulkner
Estate of Alice Roberta Ayliffe
Fincher-Loughridge Foundation, Inc.
Forsyth County Arts Alliance
Georgia Foundation for Public
Education
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. James P. Ginn
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. Jerry W. Ginn
LTC David S. Goodwin
Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Head
Mr. and Mrs. James D. Magnus
Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Hansford
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. Haines Hill
Mr. and Mrs. Scott R. Jacobs
Jones Lang Lasalle
Track Seven Events, LLC
LTG (Ret.) and Mrs. Benjamin R.
Mixon
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Walters
National Christian Foundation
Walters Management Company
Northern Trust
Mrs. Arrie Mae Wiley
Pennington Foundation, Inc.
Mr. Bill W. Pope
Trustees Circle
($5,000 — $9,999)
Dr. and Mrs. Amos Amerson
Anonymous
Mr. and Mrs. Benny Bagwell
Mr. and Mrs. Warren D. Prehmus
Ralph and Mary Cleveland
Foundation
Dr. and Mrs. Ronald P. Roper
Rushton and Company
Kelly Family/Signs By Tomorrow
Mr. Perry Barnett
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory R. Smith, Sr.
Mr. J. R. Bracewell, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Jon C. Stone
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. Joseph C. Barto, Jr. Mrs. Lessie Smithgall
Mr. and Mrs. Paul T. Stallings
Bates, Carter and Co., LLP
43
Mr. E. Paul Stringer
Drs. Charles and Donna Mayo
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey A. Brown
T & T Produce
Mr. and Mrs. Mac McConnell
BSN Sports
United Way of Hall County, Inc.
Merchant Capital Investments, Inc.
Dr. and Mrs. Max Burns
Wells Fargo Advisors
Midway USA Foundation, Inc.
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. Jerry L. Burt
Western Colorado Community
Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh M. Mills, III
Mrs. Elizabeth P. Byrd
Ms. Polly Neal
C. V. Starr & Co., Inc
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. Edward J. Nix
Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Campbell
Dr. John F. Pearce
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. Alan Chandler
Mrs. Rachael D. Sanders
Mr. Harry R. Chapman, Jr.
Sawnee Electric Membership Corp.
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. William S.
Chapman, Sr.
Dr. Jack T. Wynn
University Circle
($2,500 — $4,999)
Mrs. Gordon L. Alexander, Jr.
American Proteins, Inc.
Anonymous
Atlanta Arms and Ammo, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. George D. Schneickert
MG (Ret.) and Mrs. Edison E. Scholes
Edwin L. and Elizabeth L. Skelton
Foundation
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. Ben L. Clark
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. Boggan
Mr. and Mrs. Warren D. Stribling, IV
Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Branch, Jr.
TIAA-CREF
Mr. and Mrs. Craig P. Cappy
Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Trice
Mr. and Mrs. David B. Chester
Vanguard Charitable
Mr. Jason D. Chester
Wells Fargo
Choate Construction Company
MG (Ret.) and Mrs. Jack C. Wheeler
COL and Mrs. Howard W. Clayton, Jr.
X-trem Printgraphics
President’s Circle
Rev. and Mrs. William E. Dickens
($1,000 — $2,499)
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. Wayne Dill
Dr. Donna A. Gessell
Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Glowatch
Goldleaf Farms
LTC and Mrs. Ray F. Gore
BG (Ret.) and Mrs. David L. Grange
Mayor H. F. Gravitt
LTC (Ret.) Ford and Mrs. Susie
G’Segner
City of Cumming
Specialty Clinics of Georgia,
PC-Orthopaedics
Dr. Sherman Day
Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Gay
Mrs. Christine M. Church
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin J. Black
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Davis
Mr. Jimmy A. Garner
Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. Grubb
Mr. Jonathan Clapp
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Cole
Gainesville Commerce Club
Mr. and Mrs. Alton J. Cheek
Mr. Harry V. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Bagwell
Fox Chandler Holmans Hicks
McKinnon
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. Robert H. Clark
Dr. Sandra Pryor Clarkson
Community Business Bank
Mr. and Mrs. Counte Cooley
Mrs. Aligene S. Costello
Mr. and Mrs. William Couch
CoZzzy Comfy, LLC
Hall County Soil and Water
Conservation District
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Hall
Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Hamil
LTC Eugene L. Harbuck
Hardie Family Foundation
Hargray Communications
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony D. Harris
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Hatfield
Crown Electric, Inc.
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. Maurice W.
Healy
Mr. and Mrs. Graham F. Daniel, III
Dr. and Mrs. John L. Hemmer, Jr.
Davis and Langford PC
COL and Mrs. Edward H.
Hightower, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford A. Davis, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick T. Devine
Mr. Buford Hill
Mr. Bill Holt
Abbott Laboratories
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Douglas, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew A. Ainslie, III
Dr. and Mrs. Harry S. Downs
MG (Ret.) and Mrs. Jere H. Akin
Mr. and Mrs. Max L. Dufeny
Allgood Pest Solutions
Mr. and Mrs. Randy J. Dunn
Alpha Delta Kappa/GA Beta Beta
Dr. and Mrs. Conrad H. Easley
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy E. Anderson, Jr.
Mrs. Darla J. Eden
Andrews Business Services
Dr. Christopher Jespersen and
Dr. Anita Nucci
Dr. Pamela H. Elfenbein
Anonymous
Mrs. Mary Jo Jester
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Emma
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Anthony, Jr.
Johnson & Johnson
Enactus
AT&T Higher Education
Mr. Michael R. Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Ensley, Sr.
Dean and Mrs. H. Michael Hyams, Jr.
Dr. Alan Atwood and
Dr. Nancy Stead Atwood
Dr. and Mrs. Slade H. Exley, Jr.
MG (Ret.) and Mrs. William H.
Johnson
IBM Corporation
The Ayco Charitable Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony R. Faiia
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher H. Kitchens
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Barnett
Fidelity Brokerage Services, LLC
Kiwanis Club of Gainesville
Dr. Bonita C. Jacobs and
Mr. Glenn Jacobs
Mr. and Mrs. Jack C. Bell
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Lanier Color Co., Inc.
Mr. Douglass Fiero
Dr. Andrew J. Leavitt and
Mrs. Karen Leavitt
Dr. Patricia Donat and
Dr. Gil Katzenstein
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar B. Fears, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Rob L. Fowler, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Branson Gayler
Gordon State College
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Haley
LTC and Mrs. John W. Ham, III
Mrs. Linda H. Hardie
Dr. and Mrs. Speck Hughes
Mrs. Martha R. Jacobs
Mr. and Mrs. David Bennett
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Jinks, III
Dr. Jane Benson and CDR (Ret.)
Kenneth Bothwell
Jinks Private Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Steve K. Bramlett
COL (Ret.) Ben S. Malcom
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Brannon
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas W. Massengill
Dr. and Mrs. David B. Broad
44
Mr. and Mrs. James F. Fleming
Forsyth County Chamber of
Commerce
Forsyth County Government
Mr. Tom Fowler
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce L. Howerton
Dr. and Mrs. Richard L. Ingram
Mr. and Mrs. J. Russell Ivie, Sr.
Mr. John W. Jacobs, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Steven K. Leibel
Mr. and Mrs. Donald T. Liles
Lipscomb, Johnson, Sleister, Dailey &
Smith, LLP
Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick J. Livingston
Dr. John E. Raber
COL and Mrs. Jack K. Tippens
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Burch
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. Gerald Lord
Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Rayner
Ms. Mary D. Transue
Martin Marietta Materials
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie C. Redwine
Turner, Wood, & Smith Insurance
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. James M.
Burdette, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Martin, Jr.
Regions Bank
United Community Bank
Mr. and Mrs. Casey Masters
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Rhodes
Mr. and Mrs. James C. May, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Rikard
Upper Chattahoochee Det.
#665, Inc. MCL
Mrs. Dorothy A. McClure
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Rivers
McClure Family Foundation
Mr. Rope Roberts
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. McClure
Dr. Linda Roberts-Betsch and
Mr. Jeff Betsch
The Longstreet Clinic, P.C.
Mr. and Mrs. John C. McCollum
Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. McCunniff
Mr. George Mooney and
Mrs. Dianne McDaniel
Mr. and Mrs. George T. McFarlin
Mellette Forestry Group, LLC
Mr. and Mrs. C. Dale Melton
Miles Hansford & Tallant, LLC
Mr. and Mrs. Gary M. Miller
Dr. Hugh M. Mills, Jr.
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. Charles F. Moore
Moreland Altobelli Associates, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Morgan
Ms. Jenny Muller
Dr. Martha Nesbitt and
Mr. Pete Nesbitt
John L. and Sarah H. Nix Foundation
Mrs. Sarah H. Nix
Dr. and Mrs. Charles S. Noble
Dr. and Mrs. Richard Oates
MAJ and CPT Kitefre K. Oboho, II
Mr. Wayne Michael Orr
Mr. and Mrs. John Oster
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Otzmann
Owen-Exley, LLC
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin C. Owens
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. José M.
Rodriguez
Dr. and Mrs. Mac A. Callaham
Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt E. Cannon, Jr.
Ms. Sarah A. Vance
Dr. Holly E. Carpenter Desai
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse V. Varnedoe
Carr, Riggs and Ingram, LLC
Dr. J. Foster Watkins and Mrs.
Janice P. Watkins
Mr. and Mrs. Abelardo Casillas
Mrs. Cheryl L. Weinmeister
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. Billy E. Wells
Roll-Off Systems, Inc.
Regent and Mrs. Philip A. Wilheit
Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Rowland
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Williams, Jr.
Roy C. Moore Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. John Williams
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Satterfield
Senator and Mrs. Michael Williams
LTC and Mrs. John O. Scott
Mr. Thomas W. Williams
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. O. Gates Scoville
Mr. John T. Williamson
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. William P. Sewell
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. Paul W. Wingo
Sheer Imagination, LLC
Winter Construction Company
Mr. Adam Shepherd
Mr. and Mrs. Warner L. Wish
Mrs. Jane A. Shockley
Mr. and Mrs. Joe T Wood, Jr.
Dr. Mark Shoemaker and
Dr. Joyce Neal Shoemaker
Mr. and Mrs. William J. York, Jr.
Dr. Kathy Sisk
Dr. Eric Skipper
South Hall Kiwanis Club, Inc.
State Farm Companies Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Stein
MAJ (Ret.) and Mrs. Allen T. Storey
Mr. Jerold Cohen and
Mrs. Andrea Strickland
CDR (Ret.) and Mrs. William
Studdard
CDR (Ret.) James Studdard and
Mrs. Susan Studdard
Mr. Paul M. Byrd
CBI Group, Inc.
Ms. Jennifer L. Chadwick
Mr. and Mrs. Randy Chester
Mr. and Mrs. Clay Clickner
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Clowe, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Cody
Mr. and Mrs. Paul V. Coleman
Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Coleman
Mr. Jonathan M. Collins
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Collins
Dr. and Mrs. L. Eugene Conyers
MAJ (Ret.) and Mrs. Dennis B. Cook
Prof. Winslow G. Crannell
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. Thornton W.
Cutler
College Circle
CWT Farms, Inc.
($500 — $999)
Dr. Susan J. Daniell
Dahlonega Chiropractic Life Center
Daniel’s Charters
Anonymous
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. Keith P. Antonia
Archer High School Dugout Club, Inc.
Dr. and Mrs. J. Michael Ash
Mr. and Mrs. James D. Asher, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. James D. Badger
Mr. and Mrs. Greg Bagwell
MAJ (Ret.) and Mrs. Barry A. Barr
Mr. and Mrs. Tony F. DaSilva
COL (Ret.) Harry Q. Davis, Jr.
Mrs. Marion Eloise Cogburn Davis
Drs. Jean and David de Schweinitz
Dr. Barbara Burian Dismukes and
Dr. R. Key Dismukes
Mr. and Mrs. Jay E. Dmeza
Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Pacini
SunTrust Foundation Matching Gift
Program
Mr. Joseph E. Padgett
Mr. and Mrs. D. Stewart Swanson
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. James T. Palmer
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Bava
Dow Corning Corporation Matching
Gifts
Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Tate
Mr. Howard R. Park, Jr.
Dr. Sidney E. Benton
Dr. Anne Duke
Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Teplis
Dr. and Mrs. Bryson R. Payne
Mr. and Mrs. James D. Berry
Dr. Melissa T. Durand
The Greenroom Resource
COL (Ret.) Jack Peevy
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Beusse
e4sciences/Earthworks, LLC
The Old Guard of the Gate City Guard
Mr. and Mrs. Brooks M. Pennington, III
Mr. Delmar L. Bigelow
Biggers Studios
Dr. Allen Ellington and
Dr. Billie Ellington
Pilot Club of Oconee County
The Thomas T. and Bernice F. Irvin
Foundation, Inc.
Mr. Arthur Pittman
Mr. Wesley L. Thomas, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Poitevint
Dr. and Mrs. Jack Thompson
Precision Forestry and Landscape
Clearing
Mr. and Mrs. Robert I. Thompson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Pryor
Mr. Charles Tindol
COL (Ret.) George E. Thurmond
Mr. and Mrs. Bradley L. Barton
Mrs. Lindsay L. Donald
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Faulkner
Mrs. Marilyn J. Blaschke
Dr. and Mr. William P. Findley
Mrs. Josiah Blasingame, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Karl L. Fink
Mr. and Mrs. Spencer S. Boyd
First Clearing, LLC
1LT Henry P. Brady
Dr. and Mrs. Robert R. Bruner
Mr. and Mrs. W. Keith Fleming
45
Attending
UNG is
lifelong
goal
for Dills
For Maddie Dills, 2015 winner of the Dot Strother Scholarship,
the University of North Georgia is a family affair; both parents and
an older sister attended UNG and an aunt is a UNG staff member.
Dills, a senior at Jefferson High School who plans
to pursue a degree in nursing at UNG, didn’t consider any other school when applying to college.
“When I received word that I was accepted, I
was so excited. It has always been a personal goal
to attend UNG,” Dills said. “Honestly, I didn’t
have a plan ‘B’ because in my heart I knew it was
the only school I wanted to go to. I have heard
my whole life about the wonderful memories my parents and sister
cherished while attending North Georgia.”
During her high school career, Dills has been a member of the
Beta Club, Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Total Person Program. Dills also played varsity basketball and ran on the track team.
Her community service has included volunteering at a nursing
home and gathering supplies for a local homeless shelter.
Dills also is the recipient of Georgia’s HOPE Scholarship, but
plans to use the Dot Strother Scholarship to pay expenses not cov-
ered by the state-funded scholarship.
“My mom is an educator who has modeled that hard work can
pay off. She has worked two jobs at times to make sure all of my
siblings were able to participate in extracurricular
activities and attend college. This year, my mom
will have three of her four children in college
at the same time,” Dills said. “Without these
scholarships, it would be difficult for me to attend
college.”
Funded in memory of former alumni association
member and president Dot Strother, the scholarship is awarded annually to one male and one female dependent of
a member of the North Georgia Dahlonega Alumni special interest
group (SIG) who exhibits a good record of citizenship and leadership potential.
For more information about the Dot Strother Scholarship and
other scholarships awarded by the UNG Foundation Inc., or to
learn how to contribute to student scholarships, visit unggive.org.
“It has always been
a personal goal to
attend UNG,”
46
Mr. Roman G. Gaddis
SGT S. Diane Kimmel
Mr. and Mrs. William S. Prince
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wheeler
Gainesville-Hall Co. Retired Educators
Association
Dr. Donald E. Kinkaid
Mr. and Mrs. Jason K. Pruitt
Mr. and Mrs. Norman D. Whitfield
Mr. Peter Kobylarz
Mrs. Eleanor A. Purcell
Mr. and Mrs. Marty Wilder
Mr. Jeffrey E. Kryder
Mr. and Mrs. Keith S. Rainwater
Mrs. Amanda M. Wilkson
Mr. Michael Gearhart
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. Donald W.
Lamb
Mrs. Mary Leatherwood Ratcliffe
Genesis Elevator Company
Lanier Corvettes Unlimited
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. Justin M.
Reese, III
SMSgt (Ret.) and Mrs. Charles E.
Williams
Mr. Heyward Gnann
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald G. Larson
Mr. and Mrs. David H. Reeves
LT and Mrs. Richard A. Wilson
Greater Atlanta Chapter Assoc. of the
United States Army
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Leuer
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Robbins
Mr. and Mrs. John Wintersgill
Levi Strauss Foundation
Dr. Martha Roberts and
Mr. Andrew Rhodes
Mr. and Mrs. Henley P. Woods, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Steve Ross
Dr. Denise and Mr. Roger Young
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Garside
Katherine Kaissling Gaston
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas L. Grindle, Sr.
MG (Ret.) James A. Guest
Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Guthrie
LTC and Mrs. William H. Hackett
Haley’s Flooring and Interiors
Ms. Beverly Long
Mr. and Mrs. Don L. Long
Dr. Judith L. Long
LPL Financial Matching Gift Program
LTC and Mrs. Jason T. Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Chip Woods, Jr.
Rotary Club of South Hall County
Mr. and Mrs. George F. Routon
Mr. and Mrs. Grant R. Schmeelk
Dean’s Circle
Ms. Gretchen P. Hall
Lumpkin County Retired Educators
Association
School House Holdings, LLC
($250 — $499)
Hallco Community Credit Union
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. Joseph A.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Schuetze
Mr. and Mrs. Charles V. Abbott
Mr. Jeff Hardesty
Malcom
Ms. Sheila Shanahan
Advantage Training Solutions, Inc.
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. Bobby J. Harris
Marty Wilder Agency
Mr. and Mrs. William T. Shiver
Aetna Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Hecht, III
Mr. Steve Matonak
Shubert and Company, P.C.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Agar
Mrs. Nancy M. Helmbold
Mauldin and Jenkins, LLC
Mr. Donald S. Shubert
Mr. and Mrs. Mark T. Agerton
Mr. and Mrs. Joel D. Hodge
Mr. Thomas A. McCoy
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. Gregory P. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Akin
SGT and Mrs. Martin B. Hoffman
The Honorable and Mrs. Gary
McCullough
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. James G.
Solomon
Ms. Maria Albo and Mr. Jared Goodall
Mr. and Mrs. Charles McKay
Southstar Energy Services, LLC
Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. McKenney
Dr. and Mrs. Broadus F. Sowell
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. Kenneth F.
Melton, Jr.
COL and Mrs. Ronald T. Stephens
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew E. Holmes
LTC and Mrs. Charlie P. Holt, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. G. Todd Holubitsky
Mr. and Mrs. Terry B. Horton
Dr. and Mrs. John C. House
Mr. and Mrs. Byron Howard
Mr. Charles R. Milam
Mr. and Mrs. Jason A. Hughes
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. B. Parker
Miller, III
Ms. Wendi D. Huguley
Mr. and Mrs. James G. Minter, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Victor H. Hutchison
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Mistr
CAPT (Ret.) Janeen Igou
Mrs. Doris H. Mohr
Innovative Educators
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Montgomery
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Ivy
Mr. and Mrs. Major Nelson, Jr.
BG and Mrs. Joseph F. Jarrard
LTC and Mrs. Eric W. Norris, Esquire
JEL Consulting, LLC
Mrs. Jane H. Oliver
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. Albert W.
Jenrette
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew M. Otani
Dr. and Mrs. Peter A. Jensen, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Oxford
Stewart Melvin & Frost, LLP
Mr. T. Carlton Allen
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Allen
Dr. Jerry Allison
Always Faithful Properties, LLC
Mr. Ralph J. Amos
Ms. Anne L. Styles
Mr. and Mrs. Derek J. Suranie
Anonymous
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew C. Tanner
Army Aviation Association of
America, Great Atlanta Chapter
Mr. Gordon Telford, Jr.
Mr. Jonathan Wood Baird
Ms. Lindsay E. Thompson
Banister Funeral Home
Ms. Jayne M. Thraen
Mr. Larry F. Banister
MG (Ret.) and Mrs. Alan W. Thrasher
Ms. Deborah R. Barbone
Dr. Evangeline G. Timmerman
COL (Ret.) John I. Barnes, III
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. Roger W. Todd
Ms. Loretta M. Barrett
Mr. and Mrs. George E. Transom, III
Mr. Will A. Barron, III
Verizon Foundation
Dr. Lee G. Barrow
Dr. Tom G. Walter
MAJ (Ret.) Michael T. Barto
Walters Income Properties LP
Mr. and Mrs. E. Roger Beauchamp
Mr. and Mrs. William T. Walton
LTC and Mrs. Gregory B. Beaudoin
Chief and Mrs. John H. Patterson
Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow W. Ware, Jr.
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. Carl H. Bell, III
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. John E.
Pendergrass
Mr. Tommy Washburn
Dr. Toni Bellon and Mr. John Jupin
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Webb
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip D. Benefield
Mr. Vance Chase and
Mrs. Terri Kellum-Chase
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. William S. Perrin
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Webber, III
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Bennett, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher D. Kemp
Mr. and Mrs. Zachary R. Poole
Dr. Tanya L. Bennett
Mr. Jeffrey K. Potts
Wells Fargo Foundation Educational
Matching Gift Program
Dr. Bob W. Jerrolds
Dr. and Mrs. Guy W. Jordan
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kanaday, Jr.
KC Fuller & Associates, LLC
Miss India Kee
Mr. and Mrs. Lamar T. Oxford, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Painter
Mr. J. Douglas Parks
47
Ms. Doris C. Croom
Ms. Ellen Ginn
Mr. Kris J. Knoebel
Dahlonega/Lumpkin County
Community Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Glover
Mrs. Virginia S. Krueger
Mr. and Mrs. Randolph A. Gordon
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin R. Krupp
Mr. and Mrs. William S. Gordon
LTG (Ret.) and Mrs. Guy A. LaBoa
Mr. and Mrs. David R. Gorman
Lander University
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy B. Griggs
Mr. Brian C. Lauderdale
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Davenport
Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn Grizzle
Mr. and Mrs. Alan C. Lee
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. H. Quigg
Davis, III
Mr. and Mrs. Brandon Haag
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Lewis
LTC and Mrs. Joseph R. Hale
Mr. and Mrs. Steven M. Liddle
Mr. Jerry Alva Davis, III
Mrs. Amanda Joiner Hall
Mrs. Mary Ann Lisenbee
Ms. Katherine P. Deavers
Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Hamilton
Dr. Bill Livesay
Dr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Dennis
Mr. James B. Hammond
Mr. and Mrs. Doug Livesay
Mr. and Mrs. John Dickerson
Mrs. Selwyn T. Hartley, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Leopold M. Llonch
Dr. Nicola H. Dovey
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Hartley
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lockard, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Drexler
Mr. and Mrs. Craig A. Hauger
Dr. Alex Lowrey
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. Billy A. Duncan
Hawkinsville-Pulaski County
Duplicating Products, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Haynes
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. Floyd (Buddy)
K. Maertens
Mr. and Mrs. Steve D. Dupree
Dr. Beata Hebda and Dr. Piotr Hebda
Mr. Christopher B. Durham
Mr. and Mrs. Jon W. Heddleson
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher B. Durham
Ms. Cathie M. Helmbold
Mr. and Mrs. William B. Edmonds
Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Helvey
Mr. and Mrs. Larry W. Ellis
Dr. Stephen A. Henderson
Mr. and Mrs. David R. Elmore, Jr.
Mr. Thomas Heyer
Mr. Algernon B. Cannon
Mr. and Mrs. Danny Elrod
Hickman’s Family Farms
Mr. and Mrs. Steven W. Cape
Mrs. Gayle R. Evans
Mr. Michael Proulx and Ms. Higbee
Ms. Wendy Capstick
MAJ and Mrs. John D. Evans, III
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher R. Higgins
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Caraway, Jr.
F. H. Vollbeer Financial Services
Mr. and Mrs. Dave B. Hinderliter
Mr. and Mrs. David L. Castleberry
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Finch
Homeowners Association of Big Canoe
Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Cates
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. James P. Flowers
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Hoopaugh
Mr. and Mrs. William Chambers, III
Fool’s Gold of Dahlonega
COL (Ret.) Clarence E. Hopkins
Mr. Michael W. Chaney
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. Allan T. Ford
MAJ and Mrs. Brian C. Howard
Mr. and Mrs. Jack F. Chapman
MAJ Charles Fowler
Mr. and Mrs. Jan Hrabovsky
Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Chick
Dr. Barry D. Friedman
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry C. Ivester
Mr. Ellis C. Childers
Mr. David Fulcher and
Mrs. Laura Padgett
J. Howe and Associates, Inc.
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. Charles S.
Bernstein
Mr. Todd Blake
Dr. and Mrs. Alan P. Boehm, Jr.
Boling Rice, LLC
Mr. and Mrs. David E. Boozer, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Boozer
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. Robert L.
Bowers
Mr. and Mrs. Roger O. Bowman, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Braddy
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Briggs
CAPT (Ret.) Allan Harbison Bright
Mr. C. Mark Britt
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene A. Brown
Dr. Michelle and Mr. Randall Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Victor A. Brown
Ms. Patricia A. Bunker
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Bunnell
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel M. Burkett
Ms. Stephanie B. Burson
Mr. and Mrs. David Butler
MAJ (Ret.) and Mrs. Rudolph E.
Butler, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe M. Clement
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Clotfelter
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. Vince Collier
CAPT (Ret.) and Mrs. Gary A. Collier
Mr. and Mrs. George B. Collins, III
Committee to Elect Carlton W. Rogers
Dr. Diane Cook
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Cooley, III
Mrs. Eleanor J. Cooper
Dr. Maryellen Cosgrove
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Coulombe
COL and Mrs. Lawrence F. Cousins
Mr. and Mrs. Leland P. Cox
48
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. James P.
Daniel, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Daniel
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Darden, III
Dr. and Mrs. Robert C. Fuller
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny A. Gaddis
Gainesville Lions Club
Gainesville Phoenix Woman’s Club
Gainesville Theatre Alliance
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. William E.
Garner
Mr. Damon Gaubert
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. Paul T. Gerard, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Gerspacher
Mr. and Mrs. William M. Gibson
Ms. Vicki Gilchrist
Dr. Chaudron Gille
Ms. James N. Jackson
Mr. and Mrs. E. Scott Johnson, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Maine
CPT Brandon J. Majerus
Dr. and Mrs. D. Brian Mann
Mrs. Samantha C. Maqueo
Mr. and Mrs. Terry Marlette
Ms. Caroline W. Mauldin
LTC Frank F. Maxwell, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. J. Daniel McAvoy, Sr.
COL and Mrs. Theodore McDonald
Mrs. Amelia E. McEver
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. William R.
McFarlin
Mr. and Mrs. Garry K. McGlaun
Dr. Kim Melton
Mr. and Mrs. Tripp H. Melton, III
Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Metzger, III
Mr. Reid M. Miegel
Judge and Mrs. Ben J. Miller, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Miller, III
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Johnston
BG (Ret.) and Mrs. Marvin E.
Mitchiner, Jr.
Ms. Bobby Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Moody
Mr. Joseph L. Jones
Ms. Kathy Moody
Dr. Stanley Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Moore, Jr.
LCDR Thomas D. Jones and
Dr. Robin Jones
Mr. Eric Morante
Mrs. Nisbet S. Kendrick, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Joshua Morris
Mr. Larry David Kenimer
Ms. Rosann Kent
Mr. and Mrs. Pat T. Killimett
Mrs. Marilyn Taylor Kilpatrick
Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Morris
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Morris
Mr. James Murphy
Murray Barnes Finister, LLP
(Left) Dr. Karen Frost (‘74) with President Bonita Jacobs.
(Above) Frost with members of the new Women of UNG shared interest group.
Frost supports UNG with formation of alumni group
Dr. Karen Frost (‘74), an educational
leadership consultant in the metro Atlanta
area, was eager to help start one of the University of North Georgia’s first shared interest
groups (SIG), Women of UNG, as a way
to support the institution that had a major
impact on her life.
“I feel that one of the ways I can show my
gratitude is to give back and hopefully touch
the lives of those currently attending, as well
as support the goals of the university,” Frost
said. “There are so many wonderful things
going on at UNG, and it is such a blessing
to be able to participate by giving of my time
and money to ensure that those great things
continue and grow.”
SIGs are communities of alumni who
share a common affinity or bond based on
shared experience, identity, background,
academic affiliation, profession or other
UNG-related interest.
Women of UNG is open to alumnae as
well as faculty, staff, current students, and
friends of UNG, and the group’s stated
mission is to engage, empower and enrich
the women of the university. Frost, who
serves as the group’s chairwoman, said she
was approached by Phil Collins, UNG’s
associate vice president of alumni relations
and annual giving, about starting the group.
“This idea intrigued me, and the more I
thought about celebrating the many women
who have attended or graduated from this
great university, the more excited I became,”
she said. “When I found out that our school
had the first female graduate in the state of
Georgia, Willie B. Lewis, I knew we had to
form this group.”
In addition to supporting UNG through
the Women of UNG, Frost also donates
to the UNG Foundation to support the
institution that provided the foundation for
her successful career in education.
“I had a great group of professors who
worked to prepare me for my career in
education. They encouraged me as I devel-
oped my teaching skills and gave me many
opportunities to discuss my ideas of how
the field of education could improve and
impact students,” Frost said. “My time at
UNG gave me confidence to launch my
career.”
Frost earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education at UNG, and followed
both of her parents into the educational
field. Her father, the late Robert L. Ash Sr.
(‘41), earned an associate degree at UNG.
Frost also has master’s, specialist and doctoral degrees in education.
She was an assistant principal in Cobb
County Schools for three years before
becoming principal of Tritt Elementary in
June 2010. She retired in June 2014 after 29
years in the Cobb County School District.
For more information about the university’s SIG program, visit ungalumni.org/sigs.
To find out how to give to UNG and where
your support is needed, visit unggive.org.
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COL (Ret.) and Mrs. Graves T.
Myers, IV
Mr. Clark E. Neal
Mr. and Mrs. Greg Neidigh
MAJ (Ret.) and Mrs. Richard A.
Neikirk
Century Circle
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Sams, III
Mr. Richard Thomason and
Dr. Vinita Sangtani
Ms. Heidi Goldstein
LT and Mrs. Ryan M. Sasscer
Ms. Hilda Annette Thompson
($100 — $249)
Dr. and Mrs. Jamison J. Satterfield
TimeWarner, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. David A. Abby
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Sauret
BG (Ret.) and Mrs. Henry E.
Tinley, Sr.
COL and Mrs. Edward L.
Abercrombie
Tommy Barber Sports
Miss Anna L. Adams
Troutman Sanders Strategies
ADP National Account Services
Mr. William D. Tucker
MAJ (Ret.) Denise and Mr. Joachim
Ahlgren
COL and Mrs. James L. Newborn
Ms. Gayle Scarborough
Mr. Thomas K. Norsworthy
Mr. and Mrs. Russell S. Schaper, Jr.
Mrs. Jane W. O’Gorman
Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Schell
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. Michael T.
O’Halpin
Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Schuetze
Outdoor Aluminum, Inc.
Mr. Frank G. Sherwood
Dr. and Mrs. Al Mukendi Panu
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Shirley
1SGT (Ret.) and Mrs. Dean A. Papka
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. Peter S. Shockley
Mr. Aaron D. Paul
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen T. Shultz
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew D. Paul
Sigma Chi Fraternity
Mr. James D. Paulk, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Simmons
LTC and Mrs. John Lee Pence
Mrs. Patricia C. Simmons
Mr. and Mrs. Dylan Peppers
LTC (Ret.) Jackie Dale Sims
Mr. J. Paul Pierce
1LT Aaron W. Smith
Mr. Jason B. Pierce
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. Greg Smith
Mr. Bryan Pike
Mr. and Mrs. Rickey W. Poole
Mr. Michael Stapleton and
Ms. Debbie Smith
COL (Ret.) William T. Poor
2LT Michael J. Smolucha
COL and Mrs. Peter F. Porcelli
Mr. Troy M. Snitker
Dr. and Mrs. Edward M. Powers
Southern Company Services Matching
Gift Program
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Scott
Mr. and Mrs. John Turlington
Mr. Lee Turner
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. Robert W. Turner
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy W. Aldridge
Mr. Andrew Alexander
Ms. Naomi Alexander
Mr. Mitch Turnipseed
Alexander, Almand & Bangs, LLP
Dr. and Mrs. John C. Upchurch
Mr. and Mrs. Shirez Alikhan
US Army Corps of Engineers
All Brite Carpet & Upholstery
CPT and Mrs. Christopher S. Wagnon
Mrs. Ruth Allison
War Eagle Dugout Club
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. Frank L.
Alverson, Jr.
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. Charles M. Webb
Mrs. Francis Webb
CPT William Webb
Ms. Donna Webber
Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Wehunt
Andean Chevrolet
LTC and Mrs. Thomas W. Anderson
Ms. Maria Bairaktaris Anderson
LTC Thomas W. Anderson
Mrs. Lynn Welborn
MG (Ret.) and Mrs. Thurman E.
Anderson
Mr. Warren J. Welch
Anonymous
MAJ and Mrs. Charles W. Wells
Ms. Suzanne Anthony
Mr. and Mrs. Randy L. Spivey
Mr. James B. Whitford, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Earnest R. Archer
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Stafford
Mr. and Mrs. Tim B. Whitmire
The Architecture Group
Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Stancil
Mr. Patrick D. Whitworth
Mrs. Monica Arrendale
Mr. Edward Standera
LT and Mrs. Matthew D. Wilder
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Artley
Colonel and Mrs. Walter M. Stanish
Mr. Jason R. Willard
Dr. and Mrs. William J. Atha, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael F. Stapleton
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Williams
Atlanta Chapter of MOAA, Inc.
Mr. Ron Raper
Captain William James Stathakis
Mr. Terry E. Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Aune
Mr. Michael Ray
Dr. Joyce E. Stavick
Mr. Thomas R. Williams, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Tarver Averett, Jr.
Mr. Daniel A. Rea
MAJ (Ret.) and Mr. Deborah A.
Stephens-Munoz
Mr. Al Wilson
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Avery
Coach and Mrs. Ben Wolfe
Mr. and Mrs. Jamie D. Ayers
Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Wood
Mrs. Sharon G. Bacek
Mr. Darren Wood
Dr. and Mrs. William G. Bacon, Jr.
Ms. Alicia M. Woodard
Ms. Brenda Bahel
Captain and Mrs. Robert M. Worrall
Mr. John C. Bahl
Dr. and Mrs. Kong S. Yi
Mr. and Mrs. Jon C. Bahnsen
Mr. and Mrs. Levy Youmans
Bailey Family Foundation
PR Threadworks, Inc
Precision Turf, LLC
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Prescott
Dr. Richard M. Prior
Proctor and Gamble
Judge Mardi Pyott Spangler and
Dr. Harold Spangler
Regions Financial Corporation
Ms. Kimberly Renz
Mr. Lamar W. Reynolds Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin E. Rice
Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie D. Rickett
Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie L. Rider
Rochester and Associates, Inc.
Ms. Judith S. Rogers
ROI Strategies, LLC
Ms. Mary Anne Russell
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Sams
COL and Mrs. Frank J. Stone
Mr. and Mrs. J. Larry Stover
Mrs. Linda Appling Sumpter
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Surdykowski, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Steven J. Taylor
Dr. Clayton L. Teem, II
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Temples
Mr. and Mrs. Brian H. Terrell
The Honorable and Mrs. A. Quillian
Baldwin, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Joshua D. Teteak
Dr. and Mrs. Larry T. Ball
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. Allen R. Thayer
Mr. and Mrs. Lawson H. Ballard
The Ugly Cousins
Dr. and Mr. Michael Bamber
Mrs. Constance Banks
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Mr. Lance Bardsley
Mr. Kent Brings
Mr. J. Randall Carroll
Mr. and Mrs. Cameron V. Coody
Dr. Christopher Barnes
1LT Joseph C. Brinson
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Cartledge
BG and Mrs. James M. Cook, Jr.
CAPT (Ret.) Clifford P. Barnes
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. Walker C.
Broadhurst
MAJ (Ret.) and Mrs. James C.
Cartwright
Mr. Larry E. Cook Jr.
Dr. Dorothy L. Brock
Dr. and Mrs. Troy Catterson
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. John D.
Broderick, II
Ms. Ruth H. Caudell
Dr. Toni O. Barnett
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred K. Barr
Dr. and Mrs. B. David Barrett
Mr. and Mrs. James Barrow, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. John S. Batchelder
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. George W.
Brookshire
Mr. James E. Bates Jr.
Ms. Frances L. Brown
Ms. Frances E. Baudhuin
Dr. Michelle Brown and Mr. Randall
Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Baugh, Jr.
BBC Financial Group, LLC.
Mrs. Leslie A. Beaman
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. William Beck, Jr.
Pastor and Mrs. Michael F. Bell
Mrs. Grace H. Bellamy
Ms. Gretchen M. Bennett
Ms. Heather D. Bennett
Mr. and Mrs. David K. Bennington
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Benson
The Honorable Charlie Bethel
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Beyers
Mr. Donald C. Blackmon
CPT and Mrs. Scott Blair
Dr. and Dr. Nicholas N. Bland
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Brown
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Brown
Mr. and Mrs. James S. Browne
Mr. Michael Browne
MAJ and Mrs. Christopher M. Buck
Dr. and Mrs. Phillip G. Buckhiester
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Buffington
COL (Ret.) Robert J. Buice
Bull & Bull CPAs
Mrs. Amy L. Burger
Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Burgess
Burke Realty, LLC
Mr. Bryan Burkhead
Mr. Gregory H. Burnette
Mrs. Lisa B. Burns
Mr. Stephen E. Cook
Dr. John E. Cooke
Ms. Erika M. Cooper
Mr. and Mrs. David Caughell
Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Copeland
Causey Orthodonics, LLC
Dr. and Mrs. Ed L. Cavenaugh
Mr. Thomas Daugharty and
COL Rebecca Corbitt-Daugharty
LTC and Mrs. Leonard D. Chafin
Mr. and Mrs. Jack W. Corn
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. Edward M.
Chamberlain, III
Ms. Elizabeth H. Cornelius
Ms. Carol A. Chandler
Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Chapman
Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Chastain
Mrs. Janet Chastain
Dr. and Mrs. Brian J. Corrigan
Ms. Marcia M. Coursey
Mr. and Mrs. Darryl W. Cox
Ms. Hilary A. Cox
Ms. Mary Jane Chester
MAJ (Ret.) and Mrs. Marvin B.
Cox, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark K. Clark
Mr. Jesse Coxwell
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. Douglas W.
Clegg
Mr. Richard K. Crain
Mr. and Mrs. George Clegg
Ms. Lyn Crawford
Mr. Albert L. Crittenden, Jr.
Mr. Lee Roy Clendenning, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Douglas E. Cleveland
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. James M.
Crittenden
Mr. and Mrs. James N. Cline
Dr. and Mrs. Michael C. Cronen
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Cline
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. Larry Crossan
Dr. and Mrs. John S. Clower
CAPT (Ret.) and Mrs. Carlton T.
Crowe, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt J. Burns, Jr.
Clyde Thomason Detachment #1325
Marine Corps League, Inc.
Mr. Pat Burrows
Mr. Jere N. Cochran
Ms. Kelly G. Dahlin
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Burson
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald K. Cochran
Dahlonega Electric
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Burt, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. William T. Cockerham
Dahlonega Pharmacy, Inc.
1LT and Mrs. Gary D. Butler
Mr. and Mrs. Jason Coffee
Mr. and Mrs. David L. Dail
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Butler
Mr. and Mrs. Chris K. Coffey
Mr. Thomas W. Dalton, III
Mrs. Sandy B. Butterworth
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Coker
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Daniel
Dr. Richard W. Byers
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest A. Cole
Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Bowers, Jr.
Mrs. Paula S. Callicutt
Mr. and Mrs. J. Larry Coleman
Dr. Donna Danns and
Dr. George Danns
COL and Mrs. Clinton B. Boyd
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard N. Camp, III
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Coleman
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald E. Bozeman
Mr. and Mrs. R. Henry Camp, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Coles
Mr. and Mrs. Kyle T. Branch
Mrs. Kate A. Campbell
Mr. and Mrs. Tony E. Collins
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. Mark A. Brannen
Ms. Kimberly A. Campbell
Mrs. Virginia L. Collins
Ms. Beverly Lewis Breckenridge
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher B. Canon
Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Combes
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Breedlove
Mr. Thomas H. Cantrell
Mr. and Mrs. D. Stephen Combs
Dr. Steven K. Brehe
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin T. Capps
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence E. Conkin, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles C.
Breithaupt, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel M. Carey
Mr. James Edward Conley
Ms. Kimberly K. Brett
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas A. Carey
Mr. and Mrs. Wade C. Connell
Ms. Lisa Carlisle
Mr. and Mrs. David Conner
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Carlton
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Connor
LT and Mrs. Laurence M. Blocker
Mr. Gregory R. Bobbs
Mr. Donald S. Boney
2LT David J. Bonham
Mr. and Mrs. Frederich Bonim
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. James W. Booth
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Booth, Jr.
MAJ (Ret.) and Mrs. Charles D.
Bowdoin, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Bright
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin M. Culpepper
Dr. Royce Dansby-Sparks
Mr. and Mrs. Harold W. Darden, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Darsey
Mr. and Mrs. Jason Davis
MAJ and Mrs. Myron D. Davis
Mr. Richard P. Davis
Ms. Sabine Davis
Ms. Shirley L. Davis
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore H. Davis
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Davis
COL (Ret.) Willys E. Davis
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Dr. Bryan L. Dawson
Dr. Joy D. Evans
General Dentistry
H. Richard Lee, Jr., LLC
Mr. Roy E. Day
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph L. Evans
Mrs. Anne George
Mr. and Mrs. David M. Haisten
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert J. Deaton, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. James M. Ewing, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Garry D. George
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Decker
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. Scott D. Fabozzi
Georgia Mountains Auburn Club
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. Benjamin N.
Hamilton
Dr. James W. Dees and
Mrs. Joyce Wood Dees
Ms. Karrie A. Fadroski
Georgia State University Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Keith R. Faler
Dr. Ahmad Ghafarian
Mrs. DeWayne Farrar
Ms. Emily J. Gibb
Dr. and Mrs. Donald M. Felker
LTC and Mrs. James L. Gibson
Mr. Hugh R. Ferretti
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Gieler
Mrs. Marianne Fickling
Dr. Marc J. Gilbert
Mr. Scott Firestine
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. Gillam, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy L. Fishel
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas A. Gilleland
Mr. Fred M. Fister, III
Mr. Alexander Girrbach
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Fleming
Mr. James L. Gleeson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Fletcher
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. Jim Glen, Jr.
Fletcher-Day Funeral Home, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll S. Glenn
Florida Gift Fruit Shippers Association
LTG (Ret.) and Mrs. Henry T.
Glisson
Mr. and Mrs. John R. deJarnette
Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow W.
Denney, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Gavin Densmore
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Dent
Dr. and Mrs. John R. deTreville
Mr. and Mrs. W. Blaise Dismer
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Dix
Ms. Rosemary W. Dodd
Dr. Kathleen Dolan
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. David P. Dolph
Donna Minnich, Inc.
Ms. Ingrid Dow
Dr. and Mrs. Leo C. Downing, Jr.
Ms. Jackie Downs
DPB Capital, Inc.
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. Howard J. Floyd
Mr. George Flynn
MG and Mrs. Stephen G. Fogarty
Mrs. Doris Corbin Folger
Dr. Don Robbins
Foot & Ankle Clinic of Oakwood
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence W.
Drinkard, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew C. Ford
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Fort, III
Mr. and Mrs. Hans J. Dukes
Dr. and Mrs. W. Davis Fort
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph J. Dunagan
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas C. Fortenberry
Mr. and Mrs. Harold A. Dunaway
Mr. Ronnie Fortner
Ms. Sarah A. Dunn
Ms. N. Lynn Foster
Mr. Cuyler Trussell Dupree
Mr. and Mrs. Claude C. Fox
Mr. and Mrs. Brian J. Duquette
Mr. and Mrs. A. Richard Franklin
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. Donald C.
DuRant
Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey W. Frankovich
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Dyar
Mr. and Mrs. Travis Dyer
Mr. Roger A. Dyer
Mr. Timothy D. Easterling
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Freeman
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Frey, III
Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Fry
Mr. and Mrs. Archie C. Gaddis
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice J. Ebert
Mr. Joe Meyer and Ms. Elsa Ann
Gaines
Eli Lilly and Company
Mr. and Mrs. Don L. Gantt
Ms. Ann Elliott
Dr. and Mrs. Pickens A. Gantt
Mr. J. S. Ellison
Mr. Steve Garland
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen B. Elphick
Mr. and Mrs. David N. Garrett
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. Gary O. Engen
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Garrett
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey E. Erisman
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Gay Sr.
Ms. Evangelina Escalante
Mrs. Lee Geer
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. William E.
Ethington
Mr. and Mrs. Lawson A. Geiger, Jr.
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Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Gelderman
Mrs. Jimmie F. Glosson
Mr. Joe Alfred Glosson, Jr.
LTC and Mrs. Michael K. Glowaski
Mr. James P. Goins, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Goodwin, III
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. Terry L. Gordy
Dr. George David Gowder, Jr.
1LT and Mrs. Jason G. Goza
Mr. and Mrs. Claude L. Goza, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Brian H. Gracey
Dr. Jennifer and MAJ (Ret.) Todd
Graham
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin W. Granade
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis E. Gravitt
Dr. Delbert Greear
Dr. and Mrs. Edward L. Green
Mr. and Mrs. Lovic P. Greer, Jr.
COL (Ret.) Robert J. Grider
Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Grimshaw
Ms. Beth Watson Grindle
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Grisham
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Grizzle
LTC and Mrs. Ed Gross, Jr.
LTC and Mrs. Robert M. Gudger
Mrs. Ashley B. Gurley
Mr. Christopher R. Gurley
Mrs. Ruth Gurley
Dr. Robert F. Guyette
Dr. John Hamilton
Mr. Richard Hammill
Mr. and Mrs. Lyman L. Hammond
Rebecca L. Haney
COL and Mrs. W. Brevard Hankins, III
Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Hardy
Coach Lucas Hargrove
Mr. and Mrs. James L. Harper
Dr. Kathleen M. Harper
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Harper, Jr.
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. Edwin C. Harris
Mr. John L. Harris
MAJ Eric S. Harrison
MAJ (Ret.) and Mrs. Michael D.
Harvey
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore C. Havlik, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Hayes
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Hayes
Mr. and Mrs. David J. Head
Healan Law Offices, P.C.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth B. Heard
Ms. Elizabeth Shawn Hearn
Mr. and Mrs. Barry L. Hearne
Mr. and Mrs. Wyman C. Heeth
Mr. and Mrs. George B. Hemingway
LTC Berry H. Henderson
Mr. and Mrs. Jerre Mitchell
Henderson, Sr.
Professor Nancy B. Henderson
Hendessi and Associates, LLC
Mr. Bryan Hendley
Mr. Joseph A. Hensley
Mr. Douglas C. Henson, III
Ms. Barbara Hermann
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick H. Hickok
Mr. and Mrs. Kelies Hicks
Mrs. Mary Miller Hickson
CAPT (Ret.) Maria Higgins
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. Barry Higgs
Mr. and Mrs. Terry N. Hilderbrand
Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin A. Hill, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Keith H. Hill
Mr. Robert M. Hill
Mrs. Joslyn Dianne Hilliard
Mr. Gerald A. Hitchcock
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip C. Hoag
Mr. and Mrs. George G. Hoard
Mrs. Bobbie Holcombe
Holiday Inn Gainesville
Mr. Tony Dean Hollingsworth
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Holman
Mrs. Marie Derden Holt
Mr. and Mrs. David W. Holty
Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Holtzsclaw
Mr. Barnard Y. Holwell
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Hoover, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Horan
Mr. and Mrs. Sean M. Horan
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Horton
MAJ and Mrs. Mark A. Housand
LTC and Mrs. Jerry L. House
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. Joseph W. House
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Howington
Mr. and Mrs. Jack V. Hoye
Mr. and Mrs. Frank M.
Huchingson, Jr.
Ms. Deborah C. Hudson
Mr. and Mrs. Corey Hulsey
Mr. and Mrs. Michael O. Hulsey
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen B. Hulsey
Mr. Ronald Wayne Hunnicutt, Jr.
Dr. Katheryn Hunt and
Mr. Donald Hunt
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. Robert L.
Johnson, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Johnson
Mr. David C. Johnston
COL and Mrs. Fredrick W.
Johnston, III
Mr. and Mrs. R. Harvey Johnston, III
Mr. and Mrs. Carl P. Jones, Jr.
Mr. James D. Jones
Mr. Joseph T. Jones
Ms. Sloan W. Jones
JR Crider’s, LLC
JTHP, LLC
LTC (Ret.) Lucien F. Keller, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Kelley
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald C. Kelley
Dr. Kristin Kelly
Ms. Elizabeth R. Kendall
Ms. Carolyn Kettering
Mr. and Mrs. Rod C. Kicklighter
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred J. Kiekbusch
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kilpatrick
Dr. H. Y. Joanna Kim
1LT and Mrs. Daniel P. King
Mr. and Mrs. Ladd M. King
Mr. and Mrs. William H. King, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson D. Kirby
Ms. Kristie M. Kiser
Koyo Bearings USA, LLC
Mr. Neil P. Krock
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Ice
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. Kurtz
Mr. Mark Ihlenburg
Dr. Evan Lampert
Mr. and Mrs. L. Elwyn Ireland, Jr.
Ms. Amy L. Lancaster
Mr. Jason W. Isgrigg
Ms. Fran M. Lancaster
Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Ivey, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. James G. Lancaster
J. L. Thompson Properties, Inc.
CPT and Mrs. Douglas K. Lang
Dr. J. M. Clagett
Mr. and Mrs. Larry K. Langford
Mr. Dan Jackson
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Larsen
Ms. Natalie C. Jackson
Dr. Debra and Mr. Harry Lasher
Jake Martin and Son Contractors, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Laws, Jr.
Mrs. Nancy Johnson Jarrard
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lawson
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Jenkins
Mr. Mark Layne and
Mrs. Vanessa Wallace
Johnny B’s, Inc.
MAJ (Ret.) and Mrs. Berner R.
Johnson, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Andre Le Gras Boutte
Mr. William M. Leard
Mr. and Mrs. Blair S. Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Ryan G. Ledden
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Johnson
Ms. Nancy E. Leizear
Mr. and Mrs. Bob J. Lewis
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. McConnell
Mr. and Mrs. William D. Lewis
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. Thomas G.
McCunniff
Lilburn Motor Sales, Inc.
Ms. Karen J. McCusker
Mr. Richard Limehouse
Dr. Michallene McDaniel
Mr. and Mrs. Russ P. Lipari
Mr. and Mrs. Terry McFarland
Dr. Steven A. Lloyd
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas D. McFarland
Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt M. Lock
Ms. Eva W. McGahee McGarity’s
Mr. David M. Loder
Mr. William C. McGraw
Ms. Rachel London
COL and Mrs. Wendel L. Long
Lord, Aeck & Sargent, Inc.
Architecture
Mr. and Mrs. Brandon D. Lowe
Ms. Diana M. Lumpkin
Mr. Craig R. McKee
Mr. Joseph R. McKenzie
CPO (Ret.) and Mrs. Steven F.
McLeod
Dr. and Mrs. Terry M. McLeod
Mr. and Mrs. William H. McManus
Dr. Lawrence Lykins
Mr. and Mrs. Sammy C. Lyles
Mr. Steven Lyman
McMillan Smith and Partners
Architects, PLLC.
Mr. and Mrs. William H. McMullen
Mrs. Deborah Mack
Ms. Harriett D. McNeal
Mr. Ashraf N. Mady
Dr. Gordon E. McNeer
LTC David W. Maffett
Mr. and Mrs. Marlon C. McPherson
Mrs. Sheila L. Maggette
Mrs. Glenna Mahaffey
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. Julian H.
McWhirter, Jr.
Dr. Ruth M. Maher
Mr. Mark Meade
Dr. Kelly S. Manley
Dean Augustine Meaher
Mr. and Mrs. Eric D. Marble
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mecum
Mrs. Debby Marsell
Ms. Angela Megaw
Mrs. Glenda F. Marshall
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Melesky
Lt Col and Mrs. Kris J. Marshall
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Mercer, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. William S. Marshall
Mr. Garry K. Merritt
Dr. and Mrs. David M. Martin
Dr. and Mrs. Tim Merritt
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Martin, Jr.
Ms. Katie Metrock
Ms. Kayla B. Martin
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis E. Miazga
Ms. Maureen S. Martin
The Honorable and Mrs. Guy
Middleton
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin L. Martin
Mr. R. Denson Martin
Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Midkiff
LTC (Ret.) Allen P. Miegel, Jr.
Ms. Nancy Duncan Mason
LTC and Mrs. Joseph G. Matthews
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Maxwell, Jr.
Mr. William N. Maxwell
The Honorable and Mrs. Butch Miller
Ms. Elizabeth A. Miller
Mrs. Joy H. Miller
Ms. Susan Carter Miller
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. May
Dr. David Mills
Dr. Timothy M. May
MAJ Dana Wayne Milner
Ms. Hala Mayes
Ms. Lillian G. Mincey
Dr. Mary Mayhew
LTC and Mrs. Paul D. Mazure
Mr. Robert A. McCann
Mr. and Mrs. Steve L. McClure
Dr. Jonathan S. Miner
CDR and Mrs. Ed E. Mitchell
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander C.
Mohammad
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LTC and Mrs. John P. Mohor
Mr. Tom Oliver
Mr. George Polhemus, IV
Dr. Scott Roberts
Dr. Judith Monsaas
Optimist Club of Jasper
Mr. Russell F. Pool
Dr. Brian H. Robertson
Mr. and Mrs. Waymon G. Moore
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald M. Orr
Mr. Clinton D. Porter
Dr. and Mrs. Chuck L. Robertson
Mr. and Mrs. Annis R. Morgan, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry P. Ostaszewski
Mr. and Mrs. Alec Pouengue
Mr. and Mrs. David W. Morgan
Dr. John O’Sullivan
Mr. and Mrs. James N. Powell, Jr.
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. William I.
Robertson
Mrs. Betty H. Morris
Mr. James A. Otwell
Mr. William O. Prescott
Dr. Celestial R. Morris
Mr. David M. Owen
Dr. Charles T. Preston, Jr.
Mr. J. G. Morris
Mr. and Mrs. Tom H. Owensby
Dr. Samuel Prestridge
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry L. Morris
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Oxford
Ms. Carlita K. Price
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Morris
Mr. and Mrs. Regulo Pacheco
LTC (Ret.) Henry A. Pridgen
Mr. Gerard E. Morrison
Mr. Kevin Page
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Prince
Mr. and Mrs. James F. Morrison
Mr. John M. Paget, Jr.
Mr. Edward D. Prine
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. Douglas C.
Morrow
Ms. Leslie R. Pallon
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Prosch, Jr.
Dr. Stefanie D. Palma
Dr. Deborah I. Prosser
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Palmer
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Proulx and
Mrs. Julie Higbee
Ms. Andrea D. Moss
MAJ and Mrs. Richard P. Moultrie
Mt. Sinai Baptist Church
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Mullis, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Murphy
Mr. Arthur H. Murphy, CPA
Ms. Leora Myers
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Myers
Dr. and Mrs. William T. Naff
Mr. and Mrs. Bhaugpattie Naraine
Ms. Jeannie A. Nash
National League of American Pen
Women
Dr. and Mrs. William R. Neal, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Neergaard
LTC and Mrs. Judson P. Nelson, Jr.
Mr. James E. Newberry, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Alan G. Nichols
Mr. and Mrs. Carl R. Nichols
COL and Mrs. David L. Nichols
Mr. Charles S. Nix
Nix Construction Services, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Nix
Mr. Roger R. Nixon, II
Ms. Patricia Nodine
Mr. James M. Norman
Mr. Ronald C. Norris
North Georgia Corps of Cadets
Association, Inc.
North Georgia Eye Clinic
North Georgia Toastmasters
Mr. Robert L. Norton
Mr. and Mrs. Luten U. Nunnally
Dr. Rita A. Oberle
Ocean Grill, Inc
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Mr. Davis Palmour
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Palmour
Dr. Jeffrey Pardue
Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Parker
Parks Curtis Properties, LLC
Mr. Edward T. Parks, III
Dr. June W. Parks
Loretta E. Parris
Mr. Patrice Parris
LTC and Mrs. Chester E. Pasko
LTG (Ret.) and Mrs. Burton D.
Patrick
Mrs. Carol V. Patterson
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Paulauskas
Mrs. Lorraine C. Payne
LTC and Mrs. J. Lee Pence
Mr. and Mrs. Louis E. Perkins
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Perreault
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Peters
MAJ Roland L. Pettit
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Phillips
Ms. Kristen E. Phillips
CAPT Michael C. Phillips
Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Phillips
Dr. S. Elaine Rogers
Mr. Louis Rognoni
Ms. Jayne Roper
MG (Ret.) and Mrs. Rip Roper
Dahlonega Sunrise Rotary Club
Mrs. Stacie M. Rowley
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. Wallace N.
Quintrell
Ryder System, Inc.
Mr. Jack D. Ragsdale, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Sale
Mr. and Mrs. Ben P. Ragusa
Mr. and Mrs. Brian J. Rahilly
LTC and Mrs. Charles A. Raines
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Rambin
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Raptoplous
Dr. Sam D. Rauch, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas W. Ray
Re/Max Mountain Properties
Mr. and Mrs. Darren D. Record
Mrs. Karen P. Redding
Dr. and Mrs. Lee C. Redding
Dr. Linda K. Reece
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Reed
Mr. and Mrs. Fidel Reyes
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton N. Rhoads
MAJ (Ret.) and Mrs. Harold D.
Richards
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Richards
Mr. and Mrs. David Pickle
Mr. and Mrs. Robley S. Rigdon, Jr.
Lt Col (Ret.) and Mrs. James Pierce
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. Walter L.
Roark, III
Ms. Dawn Marie Rogers
CAPT (Ret.) and Mrs. James A. Ruska
Ambassador and Mrs. Robert H.
Ridgway, III
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen B. Podsen
Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Roebuck
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert W. Quinn
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. Shepperd H.
Phillips, Jr.
Mrs. Juli D. Pirkle
MAJ (Ret.) and Mrs. P. J. Rodgers
Mr. and Mrs. Fred G. Ruppel
Dr. Frances Ridgeway-Gillis and
Mr. Joseph Gillis
Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Pilcher
Robyn’s Nest Grill
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip D. Pyron
Ms. Sarah C. Phillips
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas I. Pierce
Mrs. Mary Ann F. Robinson
Robert Penn Warren Circle
Ms. Barbara Roberts
Mrs. Judy S. Roberts
Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Saine
COL and Mrs. William C. Sanders, II
Dr. Andrew M. Santander
Mr. Austin A. Sapp, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond H. Sapp
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Satterfield
MAJ (Ret.) John C. Sawyer, II
Dr. and Mrs. Brad A. Schafer
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. Richard Scheff
Mr. and Mrs. Greg Schrader
Schwab Charitable
Mr. and Mrs. William Scogin
Ms. Barbara C. Seaton
Mr. and Mrs. Dale P. Seckinger
Mr. and Mrs. Donald F. Segars
Dr. Miriam Segura-Totten
Dr. and Mrs. William H. Sell
LTC and Mrs. John M. Sexton
Dr. Pamela Sezgin
Mr. Douglas A. Shankwiler
Dr. Jitendra Bal Sharma
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Sharpe
Mrs. Holly R. Sheats
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas T. Sheldon
Shelley Palmour State Farm
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. Frank S. Shier
LCDR (Ret.) and Mrs. Fred E.
Shirley, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale M. Stone, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Tippens
LTC and Mrs. Sammy D. West
Sigma Theta Alimni
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry B. Stover, II
Ms. Juanita E. Tipton
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Whalen
Dr. and Mrs. Hollis D. Sigman
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stowe
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Tomlinson
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Simmons
Stringer Insurance Agency
Mr. Gairy Toorie
Dr. Shirley Whitaker and
SFC Joe Whitaker
Mr. and Mrs. Gary J. Simons
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. Thurman O.
Sturdivant, III
MG and Mrs. Stephen J. Townsend
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Shugart
Mr. and Mrs. Crawford Skelton
Mr. Roger Slaton
Mrs. Judy C. Sloman
Mr. W. Earl Smart
Ms. Brenda Sue Smith
Mr. Don Smith
Dr. and Mrs. E. Phillip Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith
Ms. Gail M. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Greg Smith
The Smith House
Dr. Stephen and Dr. Jennifer Smith
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Smith
COL and Mrs. John L. Smith
Mr. Philip E. Smith
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. Robert E. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Roland Smith
Dr. and Dr. Stephen M. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas K. Smith
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Smith
Ms. Treva L. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Snelling
Mr. William Robert Souther
Southern Health Corp. of
Dahlonega, Inc.
LTC (Ret.) Rick Spearman
Dr. Tamara Spike
LTC and Mrs. James G. Spivey
Dr. and Mrs. Chris C. Stacy
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Stafford
Ms. Linda V. Stahlberg
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Stanaway
Stancil and Associates, Inc.
CAPT and Mrs. Charles P. Steele
Mr. Christopher D. Stenander
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Sudlow
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley W. Summers
Mr. and Mrs. Stan W. Summers
SunTrust Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore J. Suranie, Jr.
Mrs. Cassandra M. Sviridovsky
Mrs. Carolyn Swindle
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Taliaferro
COL (Ret.) Caryl T. Tallon
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Tanner
Mr. Jeffery S. Tanner
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel C. Tanner
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tate
Ms. Angela E. Taylor
Technical Pediatric - Sleep
Consulting, LLC
Mr. and Mrs. Alan P. Templeton
LTG and Mrs. James L. Terry
Mr. Mark F. Terry
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. Harvey A. Teston
Textron Matching Gift Program
The Benevity Community
Impact Fund
The Brack Group (GA), Inc.
The Delta Air Lines Foundation
The National Bank of Georgia
The Rhoads Group, LLC.
The Wren Group, Inc.
Dr. Wendy Thellman
Dr. Andrew Thomas
Ms. Bilinda D. Thomas
MAJ (Ret.) and Mrs. Tommy
Thomas, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim L. Thompson
COL and Mrs. John W. Thompson
Dr. and Mrs. M. D. Thompson
Ms. Renee E. Thompson
Trammell Service Center
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Whitehead
Mr. and Mrs. Cleve J. Whitley, Jr.
1LT John L. Whitmire
Ms. Leesa Truesdell
Mrs. Faynelle H. Whitworth
Mr. and Mrs. Vergil F. Tudor
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Wierson
Mr. Harold J. Turk
Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Wilbanks
Mr. Jeffrey C. Turner
Mrs. Betty Causey Wilder
Mr. John Turner
Mrs. Christina Williams
Ms. Margaret A. Turner
MAJ (Ret.) and Mrs. Richard L. Turner
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Turner
LTC and Mrs. Lennie R. Upshaw
Mr. and Mrs. Chester B. Utz, Jr.
VAA, Inc. dba Comfort Suites
Mr. and Mrs. Richard VanDerNoord
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Vandeventer
Ms. Kathleen Varadi
MAJ (Ret.) and Mrs. Donald B. Vickery
LTC and Mrs. Dale H. Williams
Mr. and Mrs. F. Williams
Mr. Joseph F. Williams
Mr. Michael T. Williams
Dr. Ronald E. Williams
Ms. Vikki Williamson
Mr. and Mrs. Allen V. Wilson
Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Wilson
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Wilson
Ms. Naquea E. Wilson
CDR and Mrs. John W. Vinyard, III
Mr. Paul R. Wilson
W. W. Norton and Company
Ms. Emily E. Winship
Mr. Jared Wade
Mr. and Mrs. Larry T. Womack
Wagon Wheel Restaurant
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Wood
Mr. Douglas P. Wainwright
Mr. Jack Woodard
Mr. Benjamin P. Wallace
Mr. Philip F. Woodlock
Ms. Diane Patrice Wallace
Mr. Carl Woodruff
Dr. Alfred G. Walters, III
MAJ (Ret.) and Mrs. Thomas V. Woods
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Walters
Worldwide Insurance Specialists
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Ward, II
Dr. Patricia Worrall
CAPT (Ret.) and Mrs. Alan F. Ware
Dr. Michael M Worth
Mr. and Mrs. Kenny D. Warren
Mrs. Terri P. Worthey
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Waters
Mr. and Mrs. Earl G. Wright
Mr. and Mrs. William M. Watts
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Wright
Mrs. Catherine G. Weaver
Mr. Payne B. Wright
Dr. Malynde B. Weaver
Dr. Benjamin Wynne
Mr. Royal F. Weaver, Jr.
Dr. Carlise W. Wynne
Mr. Danny S. Webb
Mr. Wan L. Yang
Dr. Shane Webb
Mr. and Mrs. Clark A. Yarbrough
LTC (Ret.) and Mrs. Richard S. Welch
Dr. and Mrs. John C. Yeoman
COL (Ret.) and Mrs. Joseph A.
Thornton, Jr.
Wellbeing Hygiene, Inc.
Zaxby’s of Dahlonega
Mr. H. Eugene Stevens
Mr. William Wells
Ms. Sharon Zealey
Mr. Mike Stevens
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey L. Thurmond, Jr.
West Carpet Sales
Mr. Peter Zelyk, Jr.
Dr. Kerry R Stewart
Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Tinley, Jr.
West Cleaners
Mr. Michael D. Stieb
Mr. and Mrs. J. Lewis Tinley, Jr.
LTC Jimmy T. West
Ms. Pamela S. Stoffel
Tinley’s Pro Shop
Mr. Paul H. West, Jr.
Mr. Harry C. Stephens, III
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2015 CALENDAR
Below is a small selection of events at UNG; Continuing Education courses require registration and fees. For more details and a full list, please visit
und.edu/calendars/events.
MAY
Product Photography Workshop
May 23, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Cumming Campus
Memorial Day
May 25
All UNG campuses closed
JUNE
Driver’s Education
June 1-5, 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
June 22-26, 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Gainesville Campus
Starlight Concert & Fireworks
June 5, music 6-9 p.m.,
fireworks 9 p.m.
Gainesville Campus
Arts & Animals Camp
Volleyball Camp
Digital Photography Camp
Wrestling Camp
June 15-18, various times
Gainesville Campus
Black & White Photography
June 20, 9 a.m. to noon
Gainesville Campus
Summer Honors Program
June 21 – July 2
Dahlonega Campus
Summer Accel Language Program
June 21 – July 30
Dahlonega Campus
Federal Service Language Academy
June 7-26
Dahlonega Campus
Pottery Camp
Basketball Camp
Digital Photo Editing Camp
June 22-25, 9 a.m. to noon
Gainesville Campus
Fencing Camp
Pottery Camp
June 8-11, 9 a.m. to noon
Gainesville Campus
Summer Bridge Program
June 26 – July 23
Gainesville Campus
Red Cross Blood Drive
June 9, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Gainesville Campus, Robinson Ballroom
12 Secrets of Highly Effective Leadership
June 11, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Gainesville Campus
Jenny Melton Race
June 13
Gainesville Campus
Camp Appalachia for Gifted Students
June 15-19, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Dahlonega Campus
ActorQuest
June 15-26, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Gainesville Campus
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JULY
Federal Service Language Academy
July 12-31
Dahlonega Campus
Driver’s Education
July 20-24, 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Gainesville Campus
Music Superheroes Camp
July 6-9, 1-4 p.m.
July 13-16, various
Gainesville Campus
Creative Writing Camp
July 13-16, 9 a.m. to noon
Gainesville Campus
Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED
July 18, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Gainesville Campus
Paint & Glaze Pottery Camp
Tennis Camp
July 20-23, various
Gainesville Campus
Honor 2 Lead
Sept. 25
Dahlonega Campus
www.Honor3Lead.com
AUGUST
UNG Cross Country Invitational
Sept. 26, 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Gainesville Campus
Summer Commencement
Aug. 1, 2 p.m.
Dahlonega Campus
Weeks of Welcome
Aug. 14-29
All UNG campuses
OCTOBER
Admissions Open House
Oct. 10, 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Oconee Campus
Photographing Kids’ Sports
Aug. 15, 9 a.m. to noon
Gainesville Campus
UNG Day at Zoo Atlanta
Oct. 10, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Zoo Atlanta
Student Convocation
Aug. 16, 7 p.m.
Dahlonega Campus, Memorial Gym
Admissions Open House
Oct. 24, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Gainesville Campus
First day of classes
Aug. 17
All UNG campuses
Family Weekend
Oct. 3
Dahlonega Campus
Downtown Dahlonega
Aug. 20, 4 p.m.
Dahlonega Campus
Gold Rush
Oct. 17-18
Dahlonega Campus
SEPTEMBER
NOVEMBER
Leading Your Team Through Times of
Change
Sept. 3, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Cumming Campus
Labor Day
Sept. 7
UNG Cross Country Meet
Sept. 19, 7:45 a.m. to noon
Gainesville Campus
Take Back the Night
Sept. 24, 7-9:30 p.m.
Dahlonega Campus
Thanksgiving Break
Nov. 26-27
DECEMBER
Fall Commencement
Dec. 11, 7 p.m.
Gainesville
Dec. 12, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Dahlonega Campus
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specifically for current students:
• View courses
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• Find student events by campus
• Inner-app messages and notifications
For all users:
Learn more at ung.edu/app
• Maps of all four campuses
• UNG news and public events
• Look up faculty and staff
• Access UNG social media
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Congratulations to the
UNG Nighthawks!
This spring UNG’s baseball team
claimed the university’s first
conference championship in
baseball, and the softball team
garned its fifth conference title.
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