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Seventh Annual President's Fulfilling the Dream Awards
The University of Georgia will present the Seventh Annual President's Fulfilling the Dream Awards at the Freedom Breakfast on Friday, January 15, 2010 at the Tate Student center in Grand Hall. Awards will be presented to individuals from throughout Athens-Clarke County and surrounding areas who have made significant efforts to build bridges of unity and understanding. Help us to reward individuals who have made these wonderful contributions to our community. Nominate someone for the President's fulling the Dream Award Today!! The deadline for your submission is* December 4th.* You can find the form here. Please feel free to call the Office of Institutional Diversity at 706-583-8195 or 706 425-3099.
College of Agriculture Embraces Diversity - Article on the Red and Black
We would like to say the responses to last Thursday's Red & Black story about diversity in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences caught us by surprise. They did not. Like all topics that test the roots of our culture, diversity evokes polarizing opinions, views and beliefs.
Our economy and society are now truly global. That makes diversity vital to the success of our industries, our security and humanity. We must strive to educate all segments of the population.
As a land-grant institution, our charge is to make the doors to education open and accessible to all who seek it. Even today, there are large segments of society that lag behind through no fault of their own. It's our responsibility to change that.
Students in this state need to know the door to higher education is open to them and the boundless opportunities on the other side if they choose to walk through it. They deserve to know where that door is and how to get to it.
It's equally important that we work to recruit students from a cross-section of Georgia's population, as well as a mix of students from across the nation and the world. Our programs in Griffin and Tifton now provide access to UGA for students in those areas.
As the world's population continues to increase, a well-trained workforce will face a plethora of problems that will challenge our ability to provide the quantity and quality of food, fuel and fiber needed for our survival. Attracting the best minds from a range of backgrounds is the only way forward.
At times in our nation's history certain groups were denied access to education, employment, opportunity and just plain human decency. This is not just a racial issue. Discrimination comes in all shades, sexes, cultures and even regional biases. Some, so thinly veiled, they are often undetectable - unless you are the one being excluded.
After decades of being denied equal pay, women in this country in many cases, still make less than men in similar positions and are less likely to be found in boardrooms. Disabled workers were sometimes denied access to opportunities by being physically incapable of getting to the door. The same is true for too many other segments of our population. Much of the disparity can be linked to unequal access to education.
We cannot expect that those who were for generations denied equal access to quality education - and in some cases any education - be on an equal playing field over night. It takes time and effort to make up lost ground.
We can't change history, but it's our job to help students learn from it and be prepared to do better than their predecessors.
Higher education is the pathway to success in today's society. As the flagship institution in the University System of Georgia, UGA should be equally accessible to all Georgians.
Our CAES diversity enhancement programs seek to encourage outstanding students to pursue careers in applied science, technology, engineering and mathematics. More importantly, we need them to dedicate their creativity and energy to solving the problems that face sustainable and environmentally sound food, fuel and fiber production.
Some perceive that diversity enhancement programs give an unfair advantage to otherwise unqualified or undeserving students. That's wrong. It would be grossly unfair to lure students into programs where they have little or no chance at success, harming their future potential to succeed in higher education. Our goal is to inform qualified students about the myriad opportunities that are available to them.
This is a democratic society that is open to everyone. That must be reflected in our classrooms, our laboratories and our student body.
Agriculture is the only industry whose products are consumed by the entire world population. It is vital to human survival. We cannot begin to serve the world's population without a diversity of opinions and input from a fair representation of those we serve.
We can only get the varied workforce we need and deserve if we make it our duty to recruit those interested in our field and give them access to the best possible education.
As we've said before, one of our greatest challenges is to help all potential students understand the wealth of opportunities and the diversity of career and study choices waiting for them in our college. All students must have fair access to those opportunities.
- J. Scott Angle is dean and director of the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences' students
Ag Scholarships: President of the Clarke County Farm Bureau, Dr. Norman McGlohon, presents recent Clarke Central High School graduates Stephanie Guzman and Natalie Lett with $1,000 Scholarships at the Clarke County Farm Bureau Annual dinner Sept. 29. The purpose of the scholarship is to support students studying agriculture. Both are students at the University of Georgia majoring in agribusiness. Guzman is the daughter of Olga Posada and Ivan Guzman. Lett is the daughter of Benjamin and Natalie Lett.
Athens Banner-Herald | Story updated at 01:39:00 on Sat, 10 Oct 2009
Christine Akoh was Awarded the 2009 BFSO's Scholarship.
On September 22, 2009, the UGA Black Faculty and Staff Organization celebrated their Seventh Annual Founders' Award Scholarship Luncheon. Christine Akoh, a second year student in the Honors Program at UGA majoring in Food Science was awarded the 2009 Undergraduate BFSO Scholarship. Christine, a native of Athens, Georgia and a graduate of Oconee County High School, is a CURO Apprentice, currently conducting research with Dr. Joseph Frank in Food Microbiology. She spends her time serving her peers as a national officer in the Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences (MANRRS) student organization, and she enjoys dancing and participating in Peach State LSAMP.
Christine participated in the Young Scholars Program from 2006 to 2008.
She is very interested in global issues, therefore after graduation, she plans on pursuing a PhD and traveling throughout the world.
HEC Undergraduate Research Internship Announcement
WHAT: The UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) has several paid undergraduate research internships for underrepresented students interested research in Food and Agricultural Sciences. Qualified students will be hired as UGA staff with a salary of $10.00 per hour for 10-15 per week for 1 to 4 semesters. Additionally, students will be given travel funds (as available) to attend and present their research at one national meeting (e.g. the national MANRRS conference). Supervisors will be provided a one time payment of $600.00 for supplies and reagents relevant for the students’ research.
REQUIREMENTS: Undergraduate research internships will be awarded on a competitive basis. To be eligible, students must be enrolled as a full-time student at UGA. Any science-based major is allowable but students in CAES majors will be given priority. All students (regardless of year) can apply; however, students must have a minimum GPA of 2.5
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Events
International Agricultural Internship Program
The International Agricultural Internship Program (IAIP) provides international agricultural trade experience to senior and graduate college and university students that have the background and interest to help our 90 overseas offices promote U.S. agricultural interests abroad.
UPDATE: Online registration - Applications must be submitted online for the International Agricultural Internship Program.
http://www.fas.usda.gov/Admin/student/iaip/index.asp
Please note deadline changes for all semesters.
The deadlines for applications are:
· November 1 for SUMMER program* (May-September)
· March 1 for FALL program* (September-December)
About ten interns will be placed each semester. Although the following list will change, posts that have had interns in the past have included:
· ATO Shanghai
· ATO Taipei
· ATO Beijing
· OAA Beijing
· ATO Tokyo
* Please note: Interns for Moscow are chosen one semester early because of time-consuming housing, visa and travel requirements; e.g., summer intern is selected from spring candidates.
About FAS
We encourage all applicants to spend some time on our Web site and to talk to someone who works with or for FAS to understand our role in international agricultural trade before applying. A good place to start is About FAS and Meet FAS .
· Background: What Is the International Agricultural Internship Program?
· IAIP Qualifications: Eligibility Requirements
· Deadlines for the IAIP Application and Selection Process
· What IAIP Interns Do and Where They Work
· Benefits of the IAIP
· IAIP Participant Responsibilities
· IAIP FAQs
· Other FAS and USDA Student Programs
· Former Participants Comment on the IAIP
· IAIP Contact Information
Thailand Service-Learning Program
http://www.uga.edu/thailand/ Getting ready for Summer Study Abroad, 2010!