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July 2002 News
North Georgia graduates more than 200 for summer semesterDAHLONEGA – North Georgia College & State University will hold graduation and commissioning ceremonies on Aug. 9. The summer commencement ceremony will take place at 7 p.m. in the Memorial Hall Gym. More than 140 students will receive undergraduate degrees, and more than 50 students will receive graduate degrees. Dr. Toni Barnett, associate professor of nursing, will deliver the commencement address. At 4 p.m. that day, 18 cadets will be commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army at a ceremony in the Memorial Hall Gym. The speaker will be NGCSU President Nathaniel Hansford. |
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North Georgia welcomes leadership alliance and new administrator North Georgia is now the home of the Georgia Servant Leadership Alliance. Robert N. “Bob” Thomas, the alliance’s director, also is serving as director of the university’s Leadership Initiative.
President Nathaniel Hansford said that Thomas would play a key role in the development of the university’s Leadership Initiative. "NGCSU is very pleased to have the Georgia Servant Leadership Alliance on campus and we look forward to working with the other Alliance members,” Hansford said. “Bob Thomas, Director of the GSLA, has extensive experience in developing leadership programs that connect with students and he brings new and creative ideas as we strengthen and renew the NGCSU leadership mission." Servant leadership is a style of leadership that defines the role of the leader as one who contributes to the growth and development of those entrusted to the leader’s care. It emphasizes influence over power, attention to the needs of others, and measures success in terms of the development of wisdom, health, freedom and independence in those who are led. Thomas, who attended North Georgia, received his bachelor’s degree from LaGrange College in 1971, his executive MBA degree from Georgia State University in 1983 and completed coursework toward his doctorate at the University of Georgia. Thomas served as the director of the Servant Leadership Initiative at LaGrange College for the past four years. Since 1998, he also has been the project manager for the EastWest Institute, a project helping non-profit organizations in East and Central Europe. In 1996 and 1997, he was director of the U.S.-Carpathian Higher Education Cooperative Project for the Associated Colleges of the South. With the Friendship Force, an international exchange program, in 1995-96, Thomas was an academic advisor. In the early 1990s, he was a program coordinator with the Office of International Development at UGA and was acting executive director of the Regents’ Global Center of the Board of Regents for two years. After serving in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve, Thomas returned to his hometown of Griffin and worked with his family business, Thomas Packing Company. After earning an MBA he moved to Atlanta and held executive positions in three investment-banking firms. Besides North Georgia, the other institutions in the GSLA are: Emory University, LaGrange College, Andrew College, Columbus State University, University of Georgia, and Georgia Tech. |
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North Georgia police chief
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Three North Georgia alumni win awards
Dr. James
A. Crupi of Dallas, Texas, won a 2002 Distinguished Alumni Award from
the North Georgia College & State University Alumni Association in
Dahlonega. The 1970 graduate of North Georgia obtained a Ph.D degree from
the University of Florida. Crupi founded and serves as president of the
International Leadership Center in Dallas. He is married to Faye Ellen
(Cato) Crupi and they have two children.
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Nursing program at NGCSU receives major grant DAHLONEGA - North Georgia College & State University’s Department of Nursing Master of Science in Nursing Family Nurse Practitioner Program has been awarded a second grant to assist with program funding. The $921,832 grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration is for a three-year period from July 2002 to June 2005. A total of $298,753 was awarded for the first year. Previously, a three-year grant was received for the MSN Program from July 1999 to June 2002 in the amount of $796,708. The project will improve access to quality health care for individuals and families of northern Georgia through preparation and distribution of a more diverse and culturally competent health-professionals workforce. “According to the HRSA Grants Management Office, North Georgia’s program was one of 76 approved grant applications in the nation,” said Grant Project Director Toni Barnett, associate professor of nursing. “These grants have funded needed equipment, faculty, and travel, which have allowed the NGCSU MSN FNP Program to be an exemplary program in the state of Georgia,” said Barnett. The north Georgia area, which includes 44 counties, experienced a population explosion in 32 of the 44 counties, according to 2000 Census Data. Population increases began to place burdens on the area that has suffered from a severe shortage of primary care providers. The NGCSU MSN FNP Program is located in this target area. A total of 39 FNP students have graduated with an initial national certification pass rate of 97 percent and 100 percent pass rate by the second attempt at NGCSU. Many of the graduates have improved health-care delivery in northern Georgia by increasing the number of primary health care providers in several public health and private clinics throughout the area. “One of the major reasons these grants have been funded is the support demonstrated by NGCSU through indirect costs and other support,” said Barnett. Barnett added that there will be an improvement of quality health care for individuals through recruiting, admitting, retaining and graduating MSN Certified Family Nurse Practitioners. She also hopes for an improvement in access to health care through a variety of rural establishments, and improved access to a diverse and culturally competent and sensitive health-professionals workforce. The curriculum of the NGCSU MSN Program has been strengthened in areas of cultural competence and sensitivity, including Appalachian and rural culture. In addition to the renewal of the MSN grant, an HRSA grant was awarded to the college for the Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship in the amount of $37,428 for the period of July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003. The NGCSU MSN Program has received a total of $92,979 over three years in traineeship money. “The funds from these grants have provided traineeship money for the MSN FNP students to help alleviate some of the cost of returning to school,” said Barnett. “Introducing additional nurse practitioners in rural and urban underserved areas is crucial to the achievement of the global objective of health promotion and disease prevention for all Americans,” said Barnett. |
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North Georgia students get experience through hospital pharmacy program DAHLONEGA – Two North Georgia College & State University students attended the Hospital Pharmacy Rotation at the Hilton Head Medical Center & Clinics in Hilton Head, S.C. Caylor Young is a pre-pharmacy major at NGCSU and she is in her junior year. Her parents are Calvin and Carolyn Young of Gainesville, Ga. Larry Young is a pre-med student in his junior year. His parents are Ernestine and Larry Williams Sr. from Smyrna, Ga. “The focus of the program is to introduce students to the functional and business aspects of hospital pharmacy services,” said Diane Campbell, coordinator of the university’s Office of Multicultural Services. George Baker, the pharmacy director at Hilton Head Medical Center & Clinics started the Pharmacy Rotation Program to give minority college students interested in pharmacy and pre-med an opportunity to get hands-on experience in the field. The Hilton Head Medical Center & Clinics made it possible for these students to enjoy an all-expense-paid two-week stay on Hilton Head Island in June, while introducing them to the functional and business aspects of hospital pharmacy services. The students performed tasks such as inventory maintenance, temperature monitoring, dose calculations, drug delivery systems, and practiced with automated dispensing units. |
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NGCSU participates in environmental cleanup project DAHLONEGA – The deadline for participants to register for a fall Etowah River cleanup project is July 22. Rivers Alive is an annual river cleanup event that North Georgia College & State University biology students have participated in for two years. This event is run statewide in Georgia and the NGCSU students have participated as part of the Georgia Exotic Pest Plant Council effort. “Our previous cleanup sites were in the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area on the north side of Atlanta,” said Michael Wayne Morris, associate professor of biology at NGCSU. Anyone interested can participate in the cleanup along the Etowah River on campus property this October. Participants in the river cleanup will be given free t-shirts imprinted with the names of participating organizations. So far 28 groups and more that 3,000 individuals have registered for the 2002 event. The deadline to register and receive Rivers Alive t-shirts is July 22. All information needed to organize a cleanup can be found at www.riversalive.org or telephone Harold Harbert with Georgia Adopt-A-Stream at (404) 675-1639 for more information. |
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East European cemetery photos on exhibit at the NGCSU Nix Center
Beldavs is a graduate student at NGCSU, enrolled in the post baccalaureate program in Art Education. Beldavs’ exhibit is a showcase of black and white photographs of the social life in Latvia’s cemeteries in Eastern Europe. Her work was funded by the U.S. State Department under a USIA Fulbright Grant and is exhibited in the Nix Center on campus. The photographer is married to Dr. Jeffrey Sommers, assistant professor of history at NGCSU. |
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INTRO leaders recognized for campus leadership DAHLONEGA – New students at North Georgia College & State University are experiencing campus life for the first time during four INTRO sessions this summer. Around 800 new students are participating in campus activities and registration. During the sessions there are 23 current NGCSU students who are serving as INTRO leaders. The leaders are selected because of their involvement in university organizations and campus life. “The purpose of these sessions is to introduce and familiarize newcomers to the college, rules, facilities and services that NGCSU has to offer,” said Judith Bryant, vice president for Student Affairs. Information sessions and registration for fall classes are mixed with social activities for the new students, such as a picnic with sports, tubing, games and a watermelon-eating contest. Listed below by counties are the INTRO leaders and their hometowns:
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Students receive Aramark Board Scholarships from NGCSU DAHLONEGA - Aramark Board Scholarships have been awarded to two North Georgia College & State University students for the upcoming fall 2002 and spring 2003 semesters. Donna Christenson of Dacula, Ga., and Christopher Seabrook of Lithonia, Ga., were awarded the scholarships, which include free meals in the university’s dining hall. The award is based on the number of hours attained by the students, their academic standing and other criteria. |
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North Georgia awards student honors DAHLONEGA -- The North Georgia College & State University Student Honors Banquet Awards ceremony was held in April. Awards were presented to students in a variety of categories. Dr. Sherri F. Williams, chairman, Student Honors Committee, presided and NGCSU President Nathaniel Hansford spoke to the award winners. Listed below, according to counties of residence, are the Honors Award recipients for 2002. BARTOW
Lyrad
Smallwood - Adairsville
Kelly Anne
Johnson - Cartersville CHATTOOGA
John Pinion
- Summerville COBB
John David
Raper - Marietta
Allison Noel
Gibbs - Marietta
Emily
Flewellyn - Kennesaw COOK
Marcy Swanson
- Adel DAWSON
Karen Roop
- Dawsonville
Katrina
Sanford - Dawsonville DEKALB
Andrea Kwater
- Stone Mountain
Michael McKinnie - Atlanta
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NGCSU hosts Georgia Department of Community Health board meeting in July DAHLONEGA – North Georgia College & State University will host the next Georgia Department of Community Health Board meeting on July 10 at 10 a.m. in the auditorium of the new Natural Health & Sciences Building.In conjunction with July’s meeting, the board will hear public comment on the department’s 2003 and 2004 budgets. “Every year millions of dollars are designated to health care in Georgia,” said Lynda Woodruff, professor at NGCSU. “This meeting allows for public input on the percentage of the budget that is open for discussion.” The event will allow for discussion of items such as transportation for the handicapped and funding for the mentally retarded. People from the nursing and physical therapy departments at NGCSU also serve on campus boards that are seeking funding for projects such as a clinic on the first floor of the new Natural Health & Sciences building at North Georgia. “We encourage the public to take this excellent opportunity to come and be heard,” said Woodruff. “Last year’s meeting in Dahlonega at the Parks and Recreation Department was very well attended.” Woodruff encourages elderly, hospital authorities, parents of the handicapped and mentally retarded and all citizens to come take advantage of the chance to speak about projects for Georgia health care funding. |
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New NGCSU residence hall to be named for John H.
Owen DAHLONEGA—Trustees of
the North Georgia College & State University Foundation voted to name the
newest building at North Georgia College & State University in honor of the
12th president of the university, John H. Owen. The first apartment-style residence hall on campus will be dedicated as the John H. Owen Hall at a formal ceremony this fall. The large construction rising above campus off of the Morrison-Moore Parkway, across from the Dahlonega Post Office and near the NGCSU Alumni Center is the first privately funded building at North Georgia. “The new residence hall is under the control of the NGCSU Foundation, and the Foundation arranged the construction funding and is the leaseholder of the property,” explained NGCSU President Nathaniel Hansford. “The Board of Trustees of the Foundation voted to name the new residence hall in honor of Dr. Owen, who served as president longer than any other president of this institution and who led the University during a period of significant progress.” At age 47, Owen was among the youngest – if not the youngest – of the North Georgia presidents when, in 1970, he began his 22 years as president of what was then North Georgia College. He also was the first North Georgia president to serve with an earned Ph.D. degree. The building that will bear his name is the tallest building on campus, with five stories, covering 118, 454 gross square feet. It will house 314 beds for North Georgia students. The building’s construction time is also a probable record-breaker for the university. The official groundbreaking ceremony took place on Nov. 2, 2001, and the building will be ready for occupancy by mid-August when students return for the fall semester. Owen, who retired in June 1992, saw student enrollment almost triple during his presidency, and the number of faculty members at North Georgia did triple. Other indications of the college’s dramatic growth during his administration were the addition of new departments and programs, including secondary education, nursing, fine arts, physical therapy and a master’s program in education. Several campus buildings underwent renovations while new buildings were constructed. Owen is credited with re-establishing basketball programs at the college in 1971. Among other outstanding achievements, the cadet corps was recognized as “number one” in the nation during his presidency. Along with his wife Margaret, Owen is still involved with the university and the community. They sponsor basketball scholarships for a male and female student each year. They provide cash awards to the highest ranking physical therapy graduate and to the best shooter on the rifle team and help provide a full scholarship to a high school graduate, along with the Dahlonega Women’s Club. Owen, who served as president of the Chamber of Commerce during his first year as president of North Georgia, today serves as chairman of the Board of Directors of the United Community Bank and is active in Rotary, the Lions Club, the Development Authority and his church, among other community service. Because of his dedication to get Highway 400 completed from Cumming to Highway 60, an intersection on Highway 60 near the university is named in Owen’s honor. His bachelor’s degree was from the University of Florida and his master’s and doctorate were from the University of Wisconsin. During World War II, he served as a naval officer and was a member of the U.S. Naval Reserve from 1949 until 1969, when he retired as Lieutenant Commander. He taught at the University of Florida, headed the Plant Pathology Department at the University of Georgia and was director of Georgia Experiment Stations before coming to North Georgia. |
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As
part of his continuing education and training in the administration of law
enforcement, Chief Michael Stapleton of North Georgia College & State
University Public Safety attended the annual Summer Training Conference of
the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police in Savannah, July 21-24.
Janice
Hawkins Van Meter of Columbus won a 2002 Distinguished Alumni Award from
the North Georgia College & State University Alumni Association in
Dahlonega. She graduated Cum Laude with a bachelor’s of science degree in
Home Economics from what was then North Georgia College in 1959. Her award
is presented to alumni who have an extraordinary record of service and
support to the university. Van Meter, the mother of three, is an assistant
vice president of Human Resources for Citizens Mortgage Corporation. She
served as president of the NGCSU Alumni Council in 1999.
DAHLONEGA – The Nix
Center at North Georgia College & State University is presenting a
photography exhibit, “Life in Latvia’s Cemeteries,” by Laura Beldavs from
July 15 to Aug. 28.