Office of Communications
OC Highlights — January 2009
A Monthly Tip Sheet on
Effective Communication
CAES eGreeting
Thanking donors for support
The 2008 UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences eGreeting was created to thank donors for their continuing support of the college. Emily Pitts, Web developer, worked with the Office of College Advancement to combine the elements of video, audio, photographs, words, music and Web links for this project.
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Impact Statement System
Making an impact
CAES faculty submitted 700 impact statements about their work in 2008. Those are now edited and posted in the Impact Statement System.
These valuable bits of information are used by our news editors for stories, serve as a resource for reporters looking for stories, are an immense resource for legislators, county government officials and other stakeholders, and they show you what your fellow faculty members are doing.
Take a few minutes to look at the site and see all the great work going on in this college.
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New Web sites
Released in December
Office of Communications Web developers worked with content managers over several months to develop, review and release several new Web sites.
- Food Product Innovation and Commercialization Center — FoodPIC facilitates commercialization of food products by providing intellectual resources and physical facilities for both start-up ventures and existing food companies.
- Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences — MANRRS is an organization committed to promoting academic and professional development by empowering minorities in agriculture, natural resources, and related sciences.
- Peanut Information Network System — PINS is a Web-based system to distribute information on peanut organizations, peanut-related publications and training materials.
- Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus — TSWV is a plant virus vectored by at least nine species of thrips. Two species in particular, Western flower thrips and tobacco thrips are common vectors in multiple crop systems in the southeastern U.S.
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Publications update
Online statistics
In December, the CAES Publications Web site had 1,647,278 hits, an average of 53,138 per day. There were 192,616 visits, with the average length of a visit of 19 minutes, 13 seconds. Of those visits, 66.08% were from the United States and 11.51% were international.
The publications that received the most views in December were Amaryllis, viewed 7,391 times; Rats and Mice: Keep Them Out of Your House and Yard, viewed 6,901 times; and Growing Orchids, viewed 6,565 times.
- 2007 Tobacco Research Report — SB 63
- Alfalfa Management in Georgia — B 1350
- Considerations for County Planners: Components of Zoning — MP 118
- Developing a waterSmart Landscape — C 930
- Georgia Forages: Grass Species — B 1351
- Growing Rutabagas in the Home Garden — MP 119
- Insecticide Basics for the Pest Management Professional — B 1352
- Metal Concentration Standards for Land Application of Biosolids and Other By-Products in Georgia — B 1353
- Purple Moonflower Identification and Control — C 936
- Citrus Fruits for Southern and Coastal Georgia — B 804
- Millipedes and Centipedes — B 1088
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Walk Georgia
Spring session starts soon!
Walk Georgia is an eight week, on-line physical activity program designed to help people get active in a fun, community-oriented way. Registration for the spring program begins February 15 (and ends March 9).
Local promotional tools are available at www.walkgeorgia.org/promo. Brochures (sets of 100) and posters (sets of 25) may be requested by emailing walkga@uga.edu or calling 706/542-2657. Visit www.walkgeorgia.org for more information.
- Implement Walk Georgia in your county - Check out our promotional page for tools to help you implement this program in your county.
- Report Walk Georgia's success - Take a look at the 2008 evaluation reports and download a template for reporting Walk Georgia's impact in your county.