Weekly Digest

I hope you all had wonderful Thanksgiving breaks. It's December already. Where has the semester gone. It's hard to believe, but the last day of classes is Wednesday, December 4th, and reading day is the 5th. Hopefully, everyone's schedules will calm down a bit as we drift into winter.

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.

Upcoming Calendar Items of Note

• The last day of advising is Wednesday December 4th
• Friday December 6th is our first winter orientation session! Make sure your calendar is clear so Kellee can add your appointments on that day.

Franklin College Silver Bullet Courses

• New Franklin College Silver Bullet Course List for Spring 2020
  

Study Abroad vs. Transfer Courses (form Judy Iakovou)

• It has been brought to our attention that some students are trying to use the transfer course evaluation system to obtain evaluations for study abroad courses. The Office of Global Engagement has their own form and process for obtaining these evaluations. If you have a student seeking an evaluation for a study abroad course, please let them know that the OGE process needs to be followed and that the transfer course eval. system is not used for that purpose.
  

Fall 2019 AACC Academic Advisor Workshop, Thursday, December 5th from 8:30 am - 12:00 pm in Tate Grand Hall

• If you didn't register by the November 22nd, you've missed the deadline.
• If you still want to attend the workshop, but didn't register, email Ashley Whitten at ashley.whitten@uga.edu to see if space is still available.

Holiday Treat Decorating Time, Wednesday, Dec. 11th, 11am-12 pm, 348 Brooks (aka the Rumpus Room)

• Come take a break with the confectionery queen, Ashley King!
• Participants will decorate three cookies (gingerbread man, snowflake, and snowman/snowperson) with icing and sprinkles.
• In order to ensure that we have enough materials for everyone, please RSVP to Kate Daley-Bailey (kdaley@uga.edu) by Friday, Dec. 6th!
• See this link for details: https://www.smore.com/vcpxy-holiday-treat-decorating-time

De-Escalating Students in Crisis Brownbag Session

• Thanks to Danielle, Joseph, and Michele for their excellent Brown Bag presentation. If you missed it, or just want to see it again, attached is their PowerPoint presentation, case studies, and a handout about mental health resources for anyone interested in delving deeper into the topic.

BIOL 1103 and 1104 Seats

• Seats have been added to BIOL 1103 and 1104 ahead of the upcoming Orientation sessions.

Experiential Learning Policy

• This is just a quick reminder that the EL policy won’t allow any class or activity from another institution to satisfy the requirement.

OSAS Holiday Party Save the Date, Wednesday December 18th, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm, 327

Spring 2020 Double Dawgs and Majors Fair date is set.

• Mark your calendar for March 4, 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., in the Tate Student Center Grand Hall.
  

Brooks Hall

• Mark your calendars! The annual holiday party is back and hopefully better than ever! In addition to our normal activities, we’re going to spice things up with dip and dessert contests and a white elephant gift exchange (for those who are interested in these things). See invite below (thanks Ceci!) and click here or on the invite itself to let us know what you’ll be bringing and indicate your interest in the aforementioned activities. (Don’t worry, we’ll remind you again in a couple of weeks.)

Thank You, Staff!, Hosted by the Office of the President, Friday, December 20, 2019, 10:00 am to 11:30 am, Tate Grand Hall

• You are invited to enjoy brunch, cookie decorating, and other activities.

Pottery Sale All Week! Lamar Dodd School of Art first floor lobby

• The UGA Ceramic Student Organization will hold their annual holiday pottery sale.

Book Sale! Georgia Museum of Art, Wednesday, 10:00am to 4:00pm

• Come shop for at the museum’s annual holiday book and frame sale, featuring new and used publications in all genres. Credit cards are accepted.

  
  

• OSAS Holiday Party Save the Date flyer
• HDFS 3930 poster
• ENGL 3600W flyer
• CMLT 4040 flyer
• Spring 2020 law-related undergraduate course option information
• Brown bag Power Point, case studies, and handout

Experiential Learning Non-credit activity Approval

• The following has been approved as an options on the Experiential Learning Transcript for the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences: Georgia Children’s Chorus Music Education Assistant
  

HDFS 3930, It's Complicated: 21st-Century Intimate Relationships, Spring 2020

• This course is centered on couple dynamics, couple characteristics, theories of couple-hood, and the intersections of technology and human intimacy.
  
• See the attached poster for details

ENGL 3600W, Media Rich Writing, Advanced Composition MWF 1:25 Park Hall Spring 2020. Open to all majors.

• Increasingly, writing classes incorporate media-rich (or “multimodal”) communication features: images, videos, hyperlinks, even games and web design. In this class, we’ll study what it means to compose in blended media, how to use multimodal features to complement traditional writing practices, and how multimodal theories change our understanding of writing and rhetoric.
• See attached flyer

HEBR Course Prerequisite Information

• All 3000+ level HEBR courses require proficiency through the 3rd level of Hebrew (HEBR2003), and therefore will satisfy the Franklin College’s foreign language requirement.
• The department is going to be formally adding the prerequisite to all those 3000+ level HEBR courses that don’t currently have it listed.

CMLT 4040, Jewish Literature, Spring 2020

• This class was just approved to fulfill the Franklin College Arts/Philosophy/Religion requirement.

• See attached flyer for details

HIST(AFAM) 4125/6125, The New Jim Crow: The Criminalization of Black People in America

• This course has been approved to satisfy the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Multicultural Requirement.

PBIO 1210, Principles of Plant Biology

• This course satisfies the Environmental Awareness requirement.

Spring 2020 Law-Related Undergraduate Course Options

• See the attached information for details

Tuesday

Workshop: Ace Your Tests and Final Exams, Tuesday, December 3 at 3:30pm to 4:30pm

Zell B. Miller Learning Center, 250

• Attend this test preparation workshop to learn ways to: 1) better predict and prepare for difficult test questions, 2) practice problems under test-like conditions, and 3) get in sync with professors.

Wednesday

Pancakes, Chicken and Waffles, Wednesday, December 4 at 11:00pm, Snelling Dining Hall

• "Snellebrate" the end of the semester at Snelling Dining Commons for a late-night finals tradition.

• Dining Services and the Division of Student Affairs will be serving up pancakes, chicken and waffles from 11 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 4 through 1 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 5.

• Featured guest servers include Victor Wilson, vice president for Student Affairs; Robert Holden, associate vice president for Auxiliary Services; and Bryan Varin, executive director for Dining Services.

• UGA ID is required for entry after midnight.

Thursday

Jingle Bell Fun Run, Thursday, December 5 at 9:00am, UGA Golf Course

• Relieve a little of that finals stress on Reading Day with a beautiful run/walk on the UGA Golf Course at the 5th Annual Healthy Dawg Jingle Bell Fun Run. The event benefits Toys for Tots.

• Registration is at 9 a.m.; start time is 10 a.m.

• UGA students: donate $5 or a new, unwrapped toy to receive an event T-shirt (while supplies last).

• Refreshments, swag bags, health information/freebies, and more will be waiting for all at the end of the run.

• Free parking at the Golf Course or catch the Riverbend/South Milledge bus to the Golf Course.

POUND Your Stress Away, Thursday, December 5 at 7:00pm to 8:00pm, Memorial Hall, Ballroom

• Fitness & Wellness instructors will teach a free POUND fitness class to participants for stress relief during finals.

• This full-body cardio jam session is inspired by playing the drums and burns calories using Ripstix®, lightly weighted exercise drumsticks.

Friday

Finals Free Week, Ramsey Student Center for Physical Activities, Friday, December 6

• Burn off the stress of finals by attending a group fitness class for free.

• More dates through December 11, 2019

• Saturday, December 7
• Sunday, December 8
• Monday, December 9
• Tuesday, December 10
• Wednesday, December 11