Feature Stories

June 2010

From the President: President Michael F. Adams on UGA’s most prestigious scholarship programs
Cover Story: The essential Kim Bearden
Feature Stories: The gift; Teaching the teachers
Closeups: The real world; Lending a hand
Around the Arch: Tourney brings in the green; Men’s golf team wins SEC title; Study shows black athletes are neglected acadmically; Equestrian team wins fifth national championship; Happy Anniversary, Arch Foundation; Gift will support Civil War studies; Professorship named after African American; The end of an era; Pizza gardens; Odum School of Ecology teams with Rainforest Alliance; Earth Week celebrates 40; UGA makes list of green colleges and universities; UGA third in technology commercialization; A premium on hiring; Child care to benefit all; Turning lemons into lemonaid; Advise and ascend; Best in Show; On with the show; Welcome to the Bulldog Nation; Peace out; JUST THE FAC(T)S; The olive state?; Prestigious honors for Honors students; Going green…at home; Wet paint
Alumni News & Events: Alumni calendar; Letter from the UGA Alumni Assciation president; 2010 Alumni Association Awards
Alumni Profiles: All the president’s kids; He’s number one; Preserving lives; R-E-S-P-E-C-T; Ahead of the game; Making wishes come true; Against the odds
Class Notes: Class Notes; Grad Notes; Obituaries
Class Notes Extras: Regents’ Award for Morehead; Not since you; The Tumornator; UGA grad is first female Israeli Arab associate prof; Why I give; What money means
Back Page: Carolina Acosta-Alzuru
Web Exclusives: Vet School holds open house; Car free day

Teaching the teachers

The bustling second-graders line up at their classroom doors and wait impatiently to go into the hallway. At 10 a.m. sharp, their teachers count off six students at a time and guide them to one of the nine half-moon-shaped …

The gift

Morgann Lyles got more than a few funny looks when she arrived at Westminster High School on college day her senior year wearing a UGA shirt. A standout student at the private Atlanta school, Lyles had applied to such elite private …