Weekly Digest

Happy last week of January!

Please contact me at mjenn@uga.edu if you have suggestions or if there is anything you'd like me to include in the digest.

Reminder to Place No-Show Flags

• Please make sure to use the No-Show flag on your students that no-show. It will help our assessment efforts tremendously this semester.

Duplicate Credit and DegreeWorks

• If two course were once considered duplicate credit, but are no longer, and one of those courses is in the non-credit block on the student's degree audit, you can contact the Registrar's Office about moving the first iteration of the course from deleted credit to the credit-granting portion of the audit.
• NOTE: This is only for courses that were duplicate credit, but aren't any more.

Advising Registration Holds Placed

• Academic advisement holds for registration clearance have been placed on continuing students in Banner for the Fall 2020 semester.
• Please be aware that you may have students who have active registration holds for Spring 2020 and Summer 2020 who did not register for either one of these semesters but want to register for Fall 2020. In such cases, all active registration holds will need to be cleared.
• The begin date of the academic advisement hold for Fall semester 2020 will be the anticipated first day of registration, Thursday, April 2, 2020. Please note that this date is different than the originally slated first date of Fall 2020 Ticketed Registration.
• Ticketed registration information is located in the 2020-2021 tab at https://reg.uga.edu/general-information/calendars/registration-dates/

Tribute to Ed Harris (from Mike Merva)

• The generosity of previous and current advisors alike has enabled us to provide a $275 donation to AthFest Educates in honor of Ed Harris. Ed was not only a lifelong music lover, but also cared about spreading that love of music to children, which is exactly what AthFest Educates stands for. Thanks so much to those who donated.

January 29, Small Group Meetings, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

• Physical/Computational Science group: CSCI Refresher Training, 348 Brooks Hall (Baggett Reading Room)

• AB meeting: 327 Brooks (Conference Room)

Upcoming Reading Group Topics

• Safe Enough Spaces: A Pragmatist’s Approach to Inclusion, Free Speech, and Political Correctness on College Campuses by Michael S. Roth, (Yale University Press, 2019). Contact Michael Hill or Edie Parsons if interested
• Reading group on student reflection. Contact Aaron Stone or Amber Fetner if Interested
• Brooks Hall Recycling/Sustainability Working group. Contact Anne Marie Vencill or Greg Kline if interested.

Upcoming OSAS Fun Time: Crafting for Good, Wednesday February 12th, 11 :00am to 12:00 pm in 348 Brooks Hall

• This will be similar to the event last year where advisors created primarily Valentine's-themed cards for a nursing home community and others.
• Please see the attached flyer for details. Let Rebecca Jeffers or Katherine Field know if you have any questions/concerns about this information.

STAT 2000E (from Anne Vencill)

• STAT 2000E has been loaded into Banner! Students can register for the course in Athena.

Is your Department Interested in Participating in the Double Dawgs Majors Fair?

• You are invited to participate in a combined Double Dawgs & Majors Fair on March 4, 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. in Tate Grand Hall. Registration is open at https://ovpi.uga.edu/initiatives/majors-fair until February 19.
• Note: Tablecloths and full-sized banners are allowed. Please see specific instructions on the registration form. Lunch will be provided; please indicate dietary restrictions on the registration form.
• To register, click on the Registration tab in the left navigation column of the registration information page, and then select the Register button in the center. A link to a spreadsheet is included to reference which area your degree program falls into. Instructions are included for those advisors representing both majors and Double Dawgs pathways.
• Graphics are also available as downloads on the registration information page to share via social media to help us drive students to the event. The first 100 students will receive free Chick-fil-A.
• For questions, please email ovpi@uga.edu.

Meeting with Dr. Meskin, the new Philosophy Department Head

• The Philosophy department currently has 110 majors and 98 minors (both big gains in the past few years).
• They'd like to call both student and advisor attention to their new undergraduate, 'About Us' and 'Why Study Philosophy' webpages:
• https://www.phil.uga.edu/undergraduate-students
• https://www.phil.uga.edu/about-us
• https://www.phil.uga.edu/why-study-philosophy
• They'll be trying to partner with many offices across campus to boost their numbers, and have recently hired five Philosophy Student Ambassadors who you might see if you participate in New Dogs events. Dr. Meskin welcomes any ideas about how to become more visible to our students.

• President Jere W. Morehead will deliver the 2020 State of the University address to the campus community.

UGA Wellbeing Events

• There are a lot of Wellbeing events spring 2020. Please see the attached flyer for details.

• UGA Wellbeing Events flyer
• Crafting for Good flyer

Let All the Big Dawgs Eat Food Scholarship

• Please let your students know that there are food scholarships available for summer term and that as of last week, no one had applied for them. The application will close on February 3rd.
• The Fall 2020-Spring 2021 application will open during April 2020.

The application for the 2020 Saeeda Peermahomed Award is now open!

Click here to learn more and to apply: https://isl.uga.edu/content_page/saeeda-peermahomed-award-content-page.

• The Saeeda Peermahomed Award is made possible by the Peermahomed Family and is given in memory of Saeeda Peermahomed. Saeeda was a University of Georgia student from India who was studying to obtain a Masters degree in Journalism when she was killed in a tragic automobile accident in North Georgia in 1979. This $1,000 award is given in Saeeda's memory to honor the goals of inter-cultural exchange for which she stood.
  Qualifications:
  International students who are currently enrolled at the University of Georgia with a minimum GPA of 3.5 and who are in good standing with the institution are eligible for this award. Additionally, the Selection Committee seeks to identify international students that have been the most actively involved in international programs and/or activities on campus while maintaining their academic status. The recipient will be selected based upon outstanding scholarship, leadership, and service in the field of international education.
• Click here to learn more about the award, including criteria and deadline, and to apply:https://isl.uga.edu/content_page/saeeda-peermahomed-award-content-page.
• Email Justin Jeffery at jsj@uga.edu with questions.

Publishing Careers Workshop with Kazim Ali, Thursday, January 30, 2020 - 2:00pm, Park Hall 265

• Writer, editor, and publicist Kazim Ali will talk about his experience starting Nightboat Books, an independent press that started in 2004 and has since become a 501(c)3 non-profit. To date, it has published more than 130 titles of, as stated on their website, “meaningful, expressive, innovative poetry and prose.” Join us to learn how to start and grow a press; to maintain its financial livelihood with sales, donations, and grants; and to build an institutional team that allows this all to thrive.

GloCade, Monday, January 27 at 7:00pm to 10:00pm, Tate Student Center, Grand Hall

• GloCade (Glow in the Dark Arcade) will feature games like ping pong, foosball, mini golf, and more. Students will also be able to enjoy food, an oxygen bar, and a DJ with an LED glow dance floor. Free and open to all activity-fees paid students.

Flannel & Flapjacks, Thursday, January 30 at 8:00pm to 10:00pm, Tate Student Center, Reception Hall

• Join Union for an evening of Disney Channel original shows and hotcakes.

Tea Talks, Thursday, January 30 at 3:00pm to 4:30pm, Thursday, February 20 at 3:00pm to 4:30pm, Thursday, March 19 at 3:00pm to 4:30pm, Tate Student Center, The Intersection

• Tea Talks provide students and faculty at UGA to come together to raise awareness and educate the public on a socio-cultural issue and to facilitate a dialogue on the topic. Usually, Tea Talks consist of a 20-30 minute presentation, followed by a group discussion.

National Hot Chocolate Day, Friday, January 31 at 10:00am, Tate Student Center, Tate Theatre

• Learn about upcoming events and grab a cup of hot chocolate with University Union.

Don't forget International Coffee Hour, every Friday in the Memorial Hall Ballroom from 11:00 pm to 1:30pm

• Coffee Hour at the University of Georgia is a weekly program that brings UGA students, faculty, staff, and community members together over coffee and international cuisine. Hosted each week by our International Student Organizations and campus departments, the UGA Coffee Hour is one of the longest running programs of its kind across the United States.