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Holmes-Hunter Lecture
2009 President's Fulfilling the Dream Awards
Holmes-Hunter Lecture
The 2009 Holmes-Hunter Lecture will be presented by Georgia Supreme Court Justice Leah Ward Sears. The annual address honors the University of Georgia's first two African-American students, Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter-Gault. The lecture will take place Thursday, April 9 at 3 pm in the Chapel.
2009 President's Fulfilling the Dream Awards
On Friday, January 16, 2009, the Athens-Clarke County Unified Government, Clarke County School District, and the University of Georgia joined together with the nation to celebrate the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday by sponsoring the Sixth Annual Freedom Breakfast. The President's 2009 Fulfilling the Dream Awards went to four individuals who have made significant efforts to build bridges and understanding within the UGA and Athens-Clarke County community over the past year.
Multicultural Events
International students host coffee hours
The Office of International Student Life arranges weekly campus coffee hours held Fridays from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Memorial Hall Ballroom. Students and other members of the UGA community can meet and mingle over free coffee and samplings of international foods. Depending upon the sponsor of the weekly event, cultural performances and displays are also sometimes offered.
The next Coffee Hour will be held Friday, April 3, sponsored by International Student Life and AIESEC. Enjoy a cultural experience and interact with other members from the UGA community over international cuisine and beverages. 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Memorial Hall Ballroom. Contact: 706-542-5867, aperry14@uga.edu
International students host coffee hours
The Office of International Student Life arranges weekly campus coffee hours held Fridays from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Memorial Hall Ballroom. Students and other members of the UGA community can meet and mingle over free coffee and samplings of international foods. Depending upon the sponsor of the weekly event, cultural performances and displays are also sometimes offered.
The next Coffee Hour will be held Friday, April 3, sponsored by International Student Life and AIESEC. Enjoy a cultural experience and interact with other members from the UGA community over international cuisine and beverages. 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Memorial Hall Ballroom. Contact: 706-542-5867, aperry14@uga.edu
Diversity at UGA
Upcoming Diversity and Multicultural Events
April 6 Film. Sponsored by Liberty in North Korea. Representatives from LiNK show The Crossing, an award-winning film that depicts the hardships faced by the North Korean people. 6:30 P.M. UGA Student Learning Center Room 101. Contact: icuatuga@gmail.com.
April 6 Korean Film Festival. Sponsored by the Korean Student Association at UGA. Festival concludes with screening of Radio Star, a film about a has-been rock musician. With Korean snacks and traditional sweet drinks. 7:30 P.M. Miller Learning Center Room 213. Contact: jongyun@uga.edu.
April 7 Celebration of Children, Books and Cultures. Sponsored by the University Libraries, Language and Literacy Education, and CLASE. A day of books, children, and cultures, in conjunction with the American Library Association's El dÃa de los niños/El dÃa de los libros, Find books from many cultures, make a small craft project, listen to stories and talk with faculty about reading with your children. Open to all ages. 3:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Aderhold Hall Room 207. Contact: 706-542-2996, cbuss@uga.edu.
April 7 Book Club. Sponsored by the Institute for African American Studies. The institute will be hosting the inaugural meeting of their book club. The purpose of the book club is to bring together students, faculty, and staff who are interested in reading popular books in the field of African American Studies. The first book will be Black Power: The Politics of Liberation by Kwame Ture and Charles Hamilton. Come prepared to discuss. 6:00 P.M. Miller Learning Center North Tower. Contact: jmbell@uga.edu.
April 8 APERO Africana Brown Bag Lecture. Sponsored by African American Studies, African Studies, African American Cultural Center. Dr. Ibigbolade Simon Adergigbe, professor of religion and African studies, will speak on Pentecostal dynamics and African religious movements, specifically ‘Ijo Orunmila,' an indigenous faith of Africa. 12:15 P.M. Memorial Hall Room 407. Contact: fsgiles@uga.edu.
April 8 Fireflies Under the Sky. Learn about Cucuyo, an organization that links Athens and Dominican youth in a multicultural theatre and art experience to promote healthy self-development. Featuring music, coffee, drinks and a silent auction. 8 P.M. Sideways, 364 E. Broad St. Contact: 706-540-9725.
April 8 Film. Sponsored by the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute and the Georgia Humanities Council. Athens Jewish Film Festival will screen The Year My Parents... The film will be introduced by Dr. Doris Kadish, LACSI Director, and discussion will be led by Dr. Susan Quinlan, Associate Professor of Portuguese at UGA. 3:30 P.M. Miller Learning Center Room 268. Contact: www.athensjff.org.
April 8 Panel Discussion. Sponsored by the Black Faculty and Staff Organization and Gay, Lesbian or Bisexual Employees and Supporters. Diverse panel members from both groups will discuss, among other topics, stereotypes such as "all the blacks are straight and all the gays are white" and that we may have more in common than we usually think. Questions from the audience will be an important part of the discussion. Please RSVP to Dr. Shannon Miller at shannonm@uga.edu if you would like a lunch (unnecessary if you are just attending). 12:00 P.M. – 1:30 P.M. Georgia Center for Continuing Education Room R. Contact: 706.542.4160, shannonm@uga.edu.
April 9 Annual Holmes-Hunter Lecture. Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court Leah Ward Sears delivers this year's lecture. The Holmes-Hunter Lecture honors Charlayne Hunter-Gault and the late Hamilton Holmes, who in 1961 became the first African-American students to enroll at UGA. Lecture speakers focus on race relations, black history or aspects of higher education with implications for race relations. 3:00 P.M. UGA Chapel. Contact: 706-542-0054, mwinston@uga.edu.
April 9 27th Edith House Lecture. Sponsored by the University of Georgia School of Law's Women Law Students Association. Are We Our Mother's Law Students? - Women's Law School Experiences and an Agenda for Action. Felice Batlan, professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law, is this year's Edith House Lecturer. 3:30 P.M. Dean Rusk Hall, 4th Floor. Contact: marycb@uga.edu.
April 9 Spanish Conversation Group. Sponsored by Cucuyo Center for Creative Exploration in the Dominican Republic. Practice Spanish conversational skills every Thursday. 6:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M. 1000 Faces Coffee, 585 Barber Street
Contact: 706-534-8860.
April 10 Women's Studies Friday Speaker Series. Sponsored by the Institute for Women's Studies. 'Gendered Punishment, Gender Justice- Women Confronting the U.S. Prison Regime. Sarah Haley, graduate Student at Yale University, gives the talk. 12:20 P.M. - 1:10 P.M. Miller Learning Center Room 348. Contact: momolly@uga.edu.
April 10 Coffee Hour. Sponsored by International Student Life and AIESEC. Enjoy a cultural experience and interact with other members from the UGA community over international cuisine and beverages. 11:30 A.M. - 1:30 P.M. Memorial Hall Ballroom. Contact: 706-542-5867, aperry14@uga.edu.
April 11 Didgeridoo Sessions. Sponsored by the Healing Arts Center. Three-week series (3/28, 4/11, & 4/11) that begins with learning how to create a basic drone and culminates in learning upper harmonies and rhythm building. $10 per session. Call to register: 706-613-1142. 12:00 P.M. Sangha Yoga Studio, 834 Prince Avenue. Contact: www.didgeridoohowto.com.
April 11 Tarang - India Night. Sponsored by the Indian Student Association. An evening displaying Indian culture through food, music, and dance. UGA students $10 for (Dinner and Show), $8 (Show Only); General audience $11 (Dinner and Show), $9 (Show Only), Children over 6 $6. Tickets available at the Tate Student Center ticket window. Dinner is from 5:30 P.M. to 7:30 P.M., show from 7:30 P.M. - 9:00 P.M. Clarke Central High School, Mell Auditorium. Contact 706-399-0564, shashmi@uga.edu.
April 14 Lecture. Sponsored by the Franklin College Office of Inclusion & Diversity Leadership. Lecture offered by Franklin Visiting Scholar Dr. Derek R. Avery (Departments of Psychology and Management, University of Houston) exploring the understanding the interface between customer and employee diversity in service organizations. This is the first of four spring 2009 Franklin Visiting Scholar events. 3:30 P.M. Memorial Hall Room 407. Contact: diversity@franklin.uga.edu.
April 14 Book Club. Sponsored by ACC Public Library. Monthly book club focusing on African-American authors. This month: A Story Untold: Black Men and Women in Athens History by Michael Thurmond. Newcomers welcome. 7 P.M. ACC Library Small Conference Room. Contact: 706-613-3650.
April 14 Lecture. Sponsored by Franklin College and the Office of Institutional Diversity. Can Former Slaves Write About Their Own Revolution? Dr. Daniel Desormeaux, associate professor for the department of French and Francophone Literature at the University of Kentucky and newly appointed to the University of Chicago, discusses Toussaint and Isaac Louverture's Memoirs. Desormeaux has served as a role model for minority students and scholars. Supported by a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship, his current work is focused on producing a scholarly edition of the Memoirs of Toussaint Louverture. 4:00 P.M. Miller Learning Center Room 250. Contact: 706-583-0388, schmaltz@uga.edu.
April 14 Film. Sponsored by Department of Romance Languages. A screening of the 2006 Nanni Moretti film, Il caimano. Part of Cinecittà – Italian movies from the 21st century. 7:00 P.M. Miller Learning Center Room 148. Contact: lmioni@uga.edu.
April 14 Global Diseases Lecture Series. Sponsored by the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, Knight Chair in Health and Medical Journalism, and the Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases. Jennifer Friedman, of Lifespan's Center for International Health Research at Brown University, will discuss her work with malaria and schistosomiasis and their effect on pregnant women and children. The lecture series features scientists helping defeat infectious diseases that thrive in poverty and infect millions of people worldwide. A reception follows the lecture. 5:00 P.M. UGA Chapel. Reception at Demosthenian Hall. Contact: 706-542-5038, murrayd@uga.edu.
April 14 Italian Language & Culture Course, Levels 2 & 3. Sponsored by Professional & Personal Development. Non-credit language course especially for those who finish Level 1 in March, and also for those who just want to improve their Italian. Great for Cortona students and travelers. No book to purchase. $159. 6:00 P.M. - 8:30 P.M. Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Contact: 706-542-3537, www.georgiacenter.uga.edu/ppd.
April 15 APERO Africana Brown Bag Lecture. Sponsored by African American Studies, African Studies, and the African American Cultural Center. Dr. Caroline Medine, professor of religion and African American studies, discusses Estella Conwilla Majozo’s memoir. 12:15 P.M. Memorial Hall Room 407. Contact: fsgiles@uga.edu.
April 15 15th Annual James C. Cantrell Lecture Series. Sponsored by the Department of Mathematics. Fields Medalist David Mumford, professor of Applied Mathematics at Brown University, explains how, by looking at the three cultures of China, India and the West, one can 'replay' the history of math from three different starting points. Sometimes one finds that it developed with strong parallels, but sometimes with deep differences. Professor Mumford will use the development of five mathematical ideas in these different cultures to illustrate this. 3:30 P.M. - 4:30 P.M. Student Learning Center Room 102. Contact: lorenzin@uga.edu.
April 15 9th Annual Mary Frances Early Lecture. Sponsored by Graduate and Professional Scholars. Dr. Maurice Daniels, Dean and Professor of UGA School of Social Work, speaks on the Civil Rights Movement in the 21st century. 4:00 P.M. UGA Chapel. Contact: 706-542-5437, gaps@uga.edu.
Ongoing Photography Exhibition. Sponsored by the Office of International Public Service and Outreach and the Office of Institutional Diversity. My India- Personal Reflections and Captured Moments. Photography by UGA alumnus Eric Berg, and UGA professor and director of the Center for Asian Studies Farley Richmond. Reception for the artists held April 3, at 3:30 P.M. in Hill Atrium. Through Thursday, April 30, 2009. Georgia Center for Continuing Education, Hill Atrium. Contact: 706-542-6654, dgonzale@uga.edu.
Upcoming Diversity and Multicultural Events
April 6 Film. Sponsored by Liberty in North Korea. Representatives from LiNK show The Crossing, an award-winning film that depicts the hardships faced by the North Korean people. 6:30 P.M. UGA Student Learning Center Room 101. Contact: icuatuga@gmail.com.
April 6 Korean Film Festival. Sponsored by the Korean Student Association at UGA. Festival concludes with screening of Radio Star, a film about a has-been rock musician. With Korean snacks and traditional sweet drinks. 7:30 P.M. Miller Learning Center Room 213. Contact: jongyun@uga.edu.
April 7 Celebration of Children, Books and Cultures. Sponsored by the University Libraries, Language and Literacy Education, and CLASE. A day of books, children, and cultures, in conjunction with the American Library Association's El dÃa de los niños/El dÃa de los libros, Find books from many cultures, make a small craft project, listen to stories and talk with faculty about reading with your children. Open to all ages. 3:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Aderhold Hall Room 207. Contact: 706-542-2996, cbuss@uga.edu.
April 7 Book Club. Sponsored by the Institute for African American Studies. The institute will be hosting the inaugural meeting of their book club. The purpose of the book club is to bring together students, faculty, and staff who are interested in reading popular books in the field of African American Studies. The first book will be Black Power: The Politics of Liberation by Kwame Ture and Charles Hamilton. Come prepared to discuss. 6:00 P.M. Miller Learning Center North Tower. Contact: jmbell@uga.edu.
April 8 APERO Africana Brown Bag Lecture. Sponsored by African American Studies, African Studies, African American Cultural Center. Dr. Ibigbolade Simon Adergigbe, professor of religion and African studies, will speak on Pentecostal dynamics and African religious movements, specifically ‘Ijo Orunmila,' an indigenous faith of Africa. 12:15 P.M. Memorial Hall Room 407. Contact: fsgiles@uga.edu.
April 8 Fireflies Under the Sky. Learn about Cucuyo, an organization that links Athens and Dominican youth in a multicultural theatre and art experience to promote healthy self-development. Featuring music, coffee, drinks and a silent auction. 8 P.M. Sideways, 364 E. Broad St. Contact: 706-540-9725.
April 8 Film. Sponsored by the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute and the Georgia Humanities Council. Athens Jewish Film Festival will screen The Year My Parents... The film will be introduced by Dr. Doris Kadish, LACSI Director, and discussion will be led by Dr. Susan Quinlan, Associate Professor of Portuguese at UGA. 3:30 P.M. Miller Learning Center Room 268. Contact: www.athensjff.org.
April 8 Panel Discussion. Sponsored by the Black Faculty and Staff Organization and Gay, Lesbian or Bisexual Employees and Supporters. Diverse panel members from both groups will discuss, among other topics, stereotypes such as "all the blacks are straight and all the gays are white" and that we may have more in common than we usually think. Questions from the audience will be an important part of the discussion. Please RSVP to Dr. Shannon Miller at shannonm@uga.edu if you would like a lunch (unnecessary if you are just attending). 12:00 P.M. – 1:30 P.M. Georgia Center for Continuing Education Room R. Contact: 706.542.4160, shannonm@uga.edu.
April 9 Annual Holmes-Hunter Lecture. Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court Leah Ward Sears delivers this year's lecture. The Holmes-Hunter Lecture honors Charlayne Hunter-Gault and the late Hamilton Holmes, who in 1961 became the first African-American students to enroll at UGA. Lecture speakers focus on race relations, black history or aspects of higher education with implications for race relations. 3:00 P.M. UGA Chapel. Contact: 706-542-0054, mwinston@uga.edu.
April 9 27th Edith House Lecture. Sponsored by the University of Georgia School of Law's Women Law Students Association. Are We Our Mother's Law Students? - Women's Law School Experiences and an Agenda for Action. Felice Batlan, professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law, is this year's Edith House Lecturer. 3:30 P.M. Dean Rusk Hall, 4th Floor. Contact: marycb@uga.edu.
April 9 Spanish Conversation Group. Sponsored by Cucuyo Center for Creative Exploration in the Dominican Republic. Practice Spanish conversational skills every Thursday. 6:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M. 1000 Faces Coffee, 585 Barber Street
Contact: 706-534-8860.
April 10 Women's Studies Friday Speaker Series. Sponsored by the Institute for Women's Studies. 'Gendered Punishment, Gender Justice- Women Confronting the U.S. Prison Regime. Sarah Haley, graduate Student at Yale University, gives the talk. 12:20 P.M. - 1:10 P.M. Miller Learning Center Room 348. Contact: momolly@uga.edu.
April 10 Coffee Hour. Sponsored by International Student Life and AIESEC. Enjoy a cultural experience and interact with other members from the UGA community over international cuisine and beverages. 11:30 A.M. - 1:30 P.M. Memorial Hall Ballroom. Contact: 706-542-5867, aperry14@uga.edu.
April 11 Didgeridoo Sessions. Sponsored by the Healing Arts Center. Three-week series (3/28, 4/11, & 4/11) that begins with learning how to create a basic drone and culminates in learning upper harmonies and rhythm building. $10 per session. Call to register: 706-613-1142. 12:00 P.M. Sangha Yoga Studio, 834 Prince Avenue. Contact: www.didgeridoohowto.com.
April 11 Tarang - India Night. Sponsored by the Indian Student Association. An evening displaying Indian culture through food, music, and dance. UGA students $10 for (Dinner and Show), $8 (Show Only); General audience $11 (Dinner and Show), $9 (Show Only), Children over 6 $6. Tickets available at the Tate Student Center ticket window. Dinner is from 5:30 P.M. to 7:30 P.M., show from 7:30 P.M. - 9:00 P.M. Clarke Central High School, Mell Auditorium. Contact 706-399-0564, shashmi@uga.edu.
April 14 Lecture. Sponsored by the Franklin College Office of Inclusion & Diversity Leadership. Lecture offered by Franklin Visiting Scholar Dr. Derek R. Avery (Departments of Psychology and Management, University of Houston) exploring the understanding the interface between customer and employee diversity in service organizations. This is the first of four spring 2009 Franklin Visiting Scholar events. 3:30 P.M. Memorial Hall Room 407. Contact: diversity@franklin.uga.edu.
April 14 Book Club. Sponsored by ACC Public Library. Monthly book club focusing on African-American authors. This month: A Story Untold: Black Men and Women in Athens History by Michael Thurmond. Newcomers welcome. 7 P.M. ACC Library Small Conference Room. Contact: 706-613-3650.
April 14 Lecture. Sponsored by Franklin College and the Office of Institutional Diversity. Can Former Slaves Write About Their Own Revolution? Dr. Daniel Desormeaux, associate professor for the department of French and Francophone Literature at the University of Kentucky and newly appointed to the University of Chicago, discusses Toussaint and Isaac Louverture's Memoirs. Desormeaux has served as a role model for minority students and scholars. Supported by a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship, his current work is focused on producing a scholarly edition of the Memoirs of Toussaint Louverture. 4:00 P.M. Miller Learning Center Room 250. Contact: 706-583-0388, schmaltz@uga.edu.
April 14 Film. Sponsored by Department of Romance Languages. A screening of the 2006 Nanni Moretti film, Il caimano. Part of Cinecittà – Italian movies from the 21st century. 7:00 P.M. Miller Learning Center Room 148. Contact: lmioni@uga.edu.
April 14 Global Diseases Lecture Series. Sponsored by the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, Knight Chair in Health and Medical Journalism, and the Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases. Jennifer Friedman, of Lifespan's Center for International Health Research at Brown University, will discuss her work with malaria and schistosomiasis and their effect on pregnant women and children. The lecture series features scientists helping defeat infectious diseases that thrive in poverty and infect millions of people worldwide. A reception follows the lecture. 5:00 P.M. UGA Chapel. Reception at Demosthenian Hall. Contact: 706-542-5038, murrayd@uga.edu.
April 14 Italian Language & Culture Course, Levels 2 & 3. Sponsored by Professional & Personal Development. Non-credit language course especially for those who finish Level 1 in March, and also for those who just want to improve their Italian. Great for Cortona students and travelers. No book to purchase. $159. 6:00 P.M. - 8:30 P.M. Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Contact: 706-542-3537, www.georgiacenter.uga.edu/ppd.
April 15 APERO Africana Brown Bag Lecture. Sponsored by African American Studies, African Studies, and the African American Cultural Center. Dr. Caroline Medine, professor of religion and African American studies, discusses Estella Conwilla Majozo’s memoir. 12:15 P.M. Memorial Hall Room 407. Contact: fsgiles@uga.edu.
April 15 15th Annual James C. Cantrell Lecture Series. Sponsored by the Department of Mathematics. Fields Medalist David Mumford, professor of Applied Mathematics at Brown University, explains how, by looking at the three cultures of China, India and the West, one can 'replay' the history of math from three different starting points. Sometimes one finds that it developed with strong parallels, but sometimes with deep differences. Professor Mumford will use the development of five mathematical ideas in these different cultures to illustrate this. 3:30 P.M. - 4:30 P.M. Student Learning Center Room 102. Contact: lorenzin@uga.edu.
April 15 9th Annual Mary Frances Early Lecture. Sponsored by Graduate and Professional Scholars. Dr. Maurice Daniels, Dean and Professor of UGA School of Social Work, speaks on the Civil Rights Movement in the 21st century. 4:00 P.M. UGA Chapel. Contact: 706-542-5437, gaps@uga.edu.
Ongoing Photography Exhibition. Sponsored by the Office of International Public Service and Outreach and the Office of Institutional Diversity. My India- Personal Reflections and Captured Moments. Photography by UGA alumnus Eric Berg, and UGA professor and director of the Center for Asian Studies Farley Richmond. Reception for the artists held April 3, at 3:30 P.M. in Hill Atrium. Through Thursday, April 30, 2009. Georgia Center for Continuing Education, Hill Atrium. Contact: 706-542-6654, dgonzale@uga.edu.