Friday, August 25, 2006

Writer/contact: Molly Moreland Myers, 706/542-0066, momolly@uga.edu

UGA’s Institute for Women’s Studies to present the 2006 New Women Faculty reception

Athens, Ga. – The Institute for Women’s Studies at the University of Georgia will host the 2006 New Women Faculty reception on Friday, Sept. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Tate Student Center Reception Hall. 

The institute invites the campus community to join in welcoming women faculty who were hired in the past academic year.  The event is an opportunity for new faculty to learn about UGA and Athens, as well as to meet other scholars and potential research and teaching collaborators.  Chris Cuomo (right), the new director of the institute, will be introduced during the reception; Hugh Ruppersburg, senior associate dean of the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, will welcome the new women faculty.

At this year’s reception, the institute will honor Judith Preissle (left), Distinguished Research Professor of Lifelong Education, Administration and Policy, and Linda Grant, professor of sociology, with the annual Women’s Studies Award.  This award honors those who have made significant contributions to women’s studies at UGA and to the lives of women on campus. 

For more information, contact Molly Moreland Myers at 706/542-0066 or momolly@uga.edu.

The Institute for Women’s Studies is a unit of UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences that brings together multidisciplinary perspectives on women and gender from across all schools and colleges at UGA.  The Franklin College serves more than 16,000 undergraduates and graduate students each year, with more than 630 faculty, 30 academic departments, and more than 20 centers and programs.  For more information, visit women’s studies at www.uga.edu/wsp/ and Franklin College at www.franklin.uga.edu.

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