December 14, 2007 Release
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This Week at the Warnell School
“This Week at the Warnell School”/Warnell Week is a weekly information release providing significant news and events from the University of Georgia’s Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. For more information, or to contribute stories relevant to the School, contact Eugene MacIntyre at (706) 542-2079, or e-mail emacintyre@warnell.uga.edu.
Events for the upcoming Week: Dec. 14 – Jan. 4
(Seminars, Symposiums, Conferences, Events, Field Trips, etc.)
The Warnell School Holiday party for staff, faculty and retired faculty will be Friday, Dec. 14 at Flinchums beginning at 4:30pm. Games and door prizes will be provided along with wonderful holiday cuisine, so make sure to come kick-off your holiday celebrations with Warnell School family and friends.
Warnell School graduation ceremony for December graduates will be Sat., Dec. 15. Students and their families are invited to attend the Warnell School's graduation ceremony followed by a reception in the courtyard and Building 4. The reception will begin about 30 minutes after the UGA undergraduate ceremony ends- around 12:00 noon. For more information contact Emily Saunders.
Winter Holidays Dec. 24 – Jan. 1
Spring semester (2008) begins Wednesday, January 2.
Achievements from the Previous Week: Nov. 30 – Dec. 14
“In the News”
Georgia Trend quotes UGA hydrology professor Todd Rasmussen in an article on the finalizing of a state water plan in 2008
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20,000 Acres of Forest Land Permanently Protected through Georgia Land Conservation Program
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2008 Legislative issues could reopen the Atlanta vs. “other Georgia” divide, says UGA political scientist Charles Bullock, in a Morris News Service article on a proposed water plan, a new approach to state funding for roads, and proposed changes in education finance.
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“Awards/Appointments”
The Georgia State Board of Registration for Foresters re-elected W. Dale Greene, PhD as Chairman and John Britt as Vice Chairman for 2008 at its Dec. 5 meeting.
“Research Findings/Outreach Service/Publications”
Brant C. Faircloth, PhD student in John Carroll’s gamebird lab, will have his recently submitted article, “MSATCOMMANDER: detection of microsatellite repeat arrays and automated, locus-specific primer design,” published in the January 2008 edition of Molecular Ecology Resources.
Merry, K.L.(Krista), P. Bettinger, M. Clutter, J. Hepinstall, and N.P. Nibbelink. 2007. An assessment of Geographic Information System (GIS) skills employed by field-level natural resource managers. Journal of Forestry. 105(7): 364-370.
Dr. Karl Miller’s FORS 4300/6300 (Management of Wildlife Habitats) class took a field trip to Tall Timbers Research Station, Apalachicola National Forest, Greenwood Plantation, and beyond a few weeks back. Pictured with the class are Leon and Julie Neel at Greenwood Plantation.
“Congratulations”
Congratulations to Ali and Chris Gant for the birth of their twins on Tuesday, Dec. 11. Calder was 6 lbs and John David was 6 lbs and 11.5 oz. and word is mother and father are happy and well.
The Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at The University of Georgia provides UGA students with five degree path programs in forestry and natural resource science and management, include the forestry, fisheries and aquaculture, natural resources recreation and tourism, water and soil resources, and wildlife management and ecology majors. With more than fifty faculty and 23,000 acres of teaching lands, the Warnell School is the southeast’s oldest, and one of the most respected forestry and natural resource education providers in the United States. The school also houses one of the largest study abroad programs in the nation covering all seven continents to provide global learning opportunities for its students. For more information visit the Warnell School website at www.warnell.uga.edu.