The system supplement: a report of the Georgia Board of Regents, Vol. 41, no. 3 (Aug. 2004)

The
System Supplement

A report of the Georgia Board of Regents 8 Vol. 41, No. 3 8 August 2004
"Creating a More Educated Georgia"

Regents Approve Policy Changes in Presidential Compensation

Final Decision Made on UGA Foundation
The Board of Regents voted at its August meeting to instruct University of Georgia President Michael Adams to withdraw the 90day termination letter previously sent to the UGA Foundation.
On May 25, 2004, the regents had instructed the president to issue the letter that would have terminated the relationship between the university and the foundation on August 24, 2004. Foundation officials immediately sought pathways to keep the termination from occurring.
After a series of meetings between Board of Regents' officials and representatives of the UGA Foundation, consensus was reached that the foundation would refocus its attention and efforts on its primary mission of supporting the university's goals.
Chancellor Thomas C. Meredith said, "It is now time to concentrate on the future and for the University of Georgia Foundation to focus on meeting their goal of raising $500 million for the university by 2007."
Board Chair Joel O. Wooten Jr. added, "Successful partnerships with foundations are critical for the continuing advancement of our institutions. We look forward to re-establishing productive ties with the UGA Foundation."

The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia completed a plan in August to make state funds the sole source of pay for the state's 34 public college and university presidents by formally approving final refinements to its policy on presidential compensation.
The board initially approved moving all salaries and benefits paid to presidents from private to public funds at its June 2004 meeting. Following that action, they directed University System officials to finalize the mechanics needed to enact the change and to recommend the required policy amendments to the board for their final approval.
Under the changes to BOR Policy 208 which will be retroactive to July 1, 2004 the source of all presidential compensation now will be state funds, eliminating the salary contributions previously received from privately funded, university-affiliated cooperative organizations.
Currently, the foundations of seven University System institutions provide the presidents of the institutions they support with supplemental salary and, in some cases, executive or deferred compensation.
All System presidents are eligible to continue receiving noncompensation, job-related

expenses from institution-affiliated cooperative organizations.
"We are forging new ground in higher education with this decision," said Board Chair Joel O. Wooten Jr. "Restricting presidential compensation solely to state funds is the right thing to do for the University System of Georgia, for our presidents and for the state. In the future, there will be no question that our presidents work for and report only to the chancellor and the Board of Regents."
Prior to authorizing the policy change, the regents heard from Raymond D. Cotton, vice president of Higher Education with the Washington, D.C.-based consulting firm ML Strategies and an expert on higher-education compensation issues. Cotton briefed the regents on how best to evaluate current trends and practices nationally in presidential compensation and made benchmarkbased recommendations to the board regarding the source of compensation for presidents of the University System of Georgia.
"By the actions you have taken over the past couple of months, you have become the first system in the nation to move presidential pay wholly to state funds," Cotton said. "No other public higher education system is doing this and you are to be commended."

University System of Georgia officials announced the kick-off of Phase Two of the System's Intellectual Capital Partnership Program (ICAPP) Health Professionals Inititiative (HPI) at the August meeting of the Board of Regents. The $2.05 million effort further boosts the state's efforts to remedy the shortage of qualified allied health professionals in Georgia. Joining Chancellor Thomas C. Meredith (far right) in making the board presentation were (left to right): Clayton College & State University HPI graduate Adonness Amon, Kennesaw State University HPI graduate Pamela Honeycutt-Mott and Wanda Golden, chair of the Division of Nursing and Health Services at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (filling in for HPI graduate Charles Walker Jr.).
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USG Distributes $2.05 Million to Keep Tackling Health-Care Shortage

Public/Private Partnership Leverages State Funding to $3.8 Million Investment

Georgia's effort to stem the growing shortage of health-

employers involved in Phase One will

care workers received a "booster continue similar

shot" in August with the

programs in the

announcement by University

next round of the

System of Georgia officials of the initiative.

distribution of $2.05 million in funding to continue increasing the production of allied-health professionals statewide.

Phase Two will use the same structure as Phase One, lever-

The money will be used to

aging the $2.05

launch the first year of Phase Two million state com-

of a highly successful public/pri- mitment for year

vate program administered by the one with $1.75

University System's Intellectual Capital Partnership Program, or ICAPP. Named the ICAPP Health Professionals Initiative (HPI), the program matches private-sector health-care providers with public colleges and universities to produce fast-track graduates in nursing, medical technology and pharmacy. The initiative uses ICAPP's proven model that meets the "just-in-time-needs" of the business community.

million in cash Chancellor Thomas C. Meredith announces Phase Two of the initiative. and in-kind sup-

port from 26 private-employer partners charged with guaranteeing the program graduates jobs.

the future of our health-care delivery system is the growing shortage of qualified health-care profession-

Twelve University System

als, including nurses, medical

institutions comprise the public

technologists and pharmacists,"

partners in Phase Two, charged

said Parker. "As Georgia's baby

with graduating an additional 721 boomers near retirement age and

health-care professionals over the require more medical care, it is

two-year effort. The Georgia

imperative that health-care pro-

Hospital Association, the Georgia viders continue to partner with

Student Finance Commission and state government to address this

the Georgia Department of

serious public-health problem.

"The ICAPP Health Professionals

Community Health also have joined with the USG and

Georgia hospital officials are grateful this partnership will con-

Initiative once again puts Georgia participating employers in tinue for the next two years."

in a leadership role for finding

support of the HPI.

The following public/private

innovative solutions to the needs of Gov. Sonny Perdue

business and industry in our state."

praises the success of the state-funded ICAPP HPI

entities are partnering in Phase Two of the ICAPP Health Professionals Initiative to produce

-- Gov. Sonny Perdue

program. "It is important

the cited number of graduates:

It is projected that the $2.05 million in new state funding for year one of Phase Two will help add more than 700 nurses and other highly-trained specialists to the state's health-care industry, joining the 600-plus already graduated from or currently enrolled in the two-year-old program.
Phase One of the HPI resulted

that we continue to invest in the recruitment and education of Georgia health-care professionals," Perdue stated. "I applaud all of the public and private partners who have combined their resources and joined forces to tackle what is truly a national problem. The ICAPP Health Professionals Initiative once again puts Georgia in a leadership role for finding innovative solutions to

g Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College's Associate Degree in Nursing program will join with corporate partners Colquitt Regional Medical Center, South Georgia Medical Center and Tift Regional Medical Center. The program will create 23 nursing jobs in Tift and Colquitt counties.

in 632 new licensed health-care

the needs of business and indus- g Armstrong Atlantic State

professionals being produced

try in our state."

University's Bachelor of

through customized University System "fast-track programs" far exceeding the original goal of 500 new graduates. The successful endeavor represented a $6.75 million public/private partnership between Georgia health-care providers and the University System.
Thirteen University System institutions worked with medical providers in 19 Georgia communities. Many of the colleges, universities and private sector

"The ICAPP Health Professionals Initiative is proof positive of what can be achieved when we mobilize strong public-private partnerships to tackle a problem," said Chancellor Thomas C. Meredith. "We responded efficiently and quickly and the result will mean better healthcare for Georgians."
Georgia Hospital Association President Joseph Parker also is a strong partner and advocate of the HPI. "One of the biggest threats to

Science Degree in Nursing, medical technology and imaging professional programs will join with corporate partners Memorial Health University Medical Center, Southeast Georgia Health System and St. Joseph's/Candler Health System to create 266 positions in Chatham, Bryan, Effingham, Glynn, McIntosh and Liberty counties.
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Regents Fund 2nd Round of Grants Targeting African-American Males
Continuing the Board of Regents efforts' to increase the low number of African-American males who attend college, University System Chancellor Thomas C. Meredith recently announced the funding of three new collaborative pilot programs in Atlanta, Albany and Savannah.
The board has made tackling the low college-going rate of African-American males a priority over the past two years, through a nationally recognized research and marketing project known as the University System of Georgia's African-American Male Initiative (AAMI).
In the new round of AAMI pilot grants, six University System institutions in three targeted areas of the state have been selected to receive $27,000 each to develop and implement public/private programs to enhance the recruitment and retention of African-American males in college.
The newly funded programs require a collaborative approach between "sister institutions" in the three regions of the state and the participation of a civic partner with a track record of successful work with African-American males. University System officials anticipate the creation of new campus-community partnerships focused on the educational attainment of African-American males.
Meredith announced the $162,000 in new funding on June 29 to a statewide volunteer group assembled at the regents' offices in Atlanta to assist in the development of a marketing plan for the AAMI. Last year, the Board of Regents funded six AAMI pilot programs at $10,000, for a total of $60,000.
The new round of grants have been awarded to the following University System institutions in these three regions:
g Atlanta area: Atlanta Metropolitan College and Georgia State University will partner;
g Albany area: Albany State University and Darton College will partner; and
g Savannah area: Armstrong Atlantic State University and

Robert Haley, director of special projects at Georgia Tech, leads a subgroup at the AAMI Marketing Retreat in brain-
storming ideas during the June 29 meeting in
Atlanta. Listening are fellow retreat participants
Joe Larch (center), assistant to the commissioner of the Georgia Department of
Labor, and J. Neil Shorthouse, president of Communities in Schools of Georgia.

Savannah State University will partner.
"We made solid progress through the AAMI research in identifying the problems underlying low African-American male participation in college, and we identified specific ways to begin tackling this issue," said Meredith. "Now we must be equally aggressive in implementing programs and marketing efforts to impact African-American male college enrollment."
The marketing task force that assembled at the regents' offices in June is composed of education, business and civic leaders from across Georgia and will complement the pilot programs. The group will focus on developing and implementing a statewide program to communicate messages about the importance of post-secondary education to African-American males and those who influence their academic choices.
The new round of grants will run through the current fiscal year, from July 1, 2004, through June 30, 2005.
According to Arlethia PerryJohnson, associate vice chancellor for media and publications and project director of AAMI, both USG institutions and the community have been very supportive of the AAMI effort.
"We have strong support from diverse elements of the University System and from the civic community," Perry-Johnson stated. "From developing campaigns in marketing courses to tackling the issue in presidents' cabinet meetings to providing volunteer leadership lots of people have risen to the challenge. There is commitment, and that's what it's going to take to make a difference."
Recent enrollment statistics dramatize the need to continue to focus on improving the recruitment and retention of this key

group. In fall 2003, AfricanAmerican males comprised 32.1 percent of the University System's African-American enrollment; 67.9 percent were females. Black males represented only 8 percent of the total University System undergraduate student population of nearly 205,000 students.
Spotlight on One of the Original AAMI Pilot Programs
CGCC Ahead of the Curve in Encouraging Black Males
Long before the University System of Georgia or educators throughout the nation began addressing the dearth of black males in higher education as a critical issue, Dr. Dorothy L. Lord, president of Coastal Georgia Community College, already was doing something about it.
With the aid and advice of black community leaders, she developed a drop-out intervention program for black male youth called the Coastal Georgia Minority Outreach Program (CGMOP) in 1993. The program was launched with a grant from the Georgia Children and Youth Coordinating Council, and has continued with private gifts.
The CGMOP targets seventh-grade African-American male students in Glynn, McIntosh and Camden counties who come from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds and are performing two grade levels below their age in reading and mathematics. The program's main goal is to upgrade math and language-arts skills to reduce the likelihood participants will drop out of school or have an adverse encounter with law enforcement and the judicial system.
Middle-school principals, teachers, counselors and parents recommend youths for the six-week summer program. Academic instruction in mathematics and language arts is reinforced by museum field trips, a formal luncheon with speaker and a "graduation" ceremony. Field trips have included visits to local courts, local jails, Atlanta museums, Atlanta University Center, Atlanta Braves games, Savannah State University, the Midway Museum, Savannah historical sites and cultural events in Jacksonville, Fla.
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USG Briefs
Georgia Tech's Advanced Technology Development Center received national recognition this summer, winning the Excellence in Technology-led Economic Development Award from the U.S. Commerce Department. The award recognized the ATDC Tech's science and technology incubator for its commitment to sound, research-based, market-driven economic development in helping to grow the local economy. The ATDC has given birth to more than 100 companies since 1980, including publicly traded firms such as MindSpring Enterprises, now part of EarthLink.
The University System continues to score well in national rankings. Consumers Digest recently named North Georgia College & State University as the nation's fifth best value in public higher education.Also, the University System's WebMBA has been ranked among the 10 best and most affordable online MBA programs in the country by GetEducated.com, a clearinghouse dedicated to showcasing accredited online degrees.
Three University System presidents have accepted leadership roles with the organizations that govern the world of intercollegiate sports. Dr. Bruce Grube of Georgia Southern University has been selected to serve a four-year term on the board of directors of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), beginning in 2005. The University of Georgia's Dr. Michael Adams began a two-year term as president of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) on July 1, and Dr. Thomas Harden of Clayton College & State University took office on the same day as president of the Peach Belt Conference Board of Directors.
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Faculty Focus
CSU Archeologist Unearthing Secrets of Lost Andean Culture
By Chris Russell Publications Specialist Office of Public Relations/Publications Columbus State University

In this running series high-

lighting University System of

Georgia faculty, each article

focuses on a different aspect

of the work of college educa-

tors, spotlighting teaching,

research and public service.

world at what he does. Literally,

Warren is a voice crying in the

About 500 years ago a people and its culture disappeared under the

wilderness." Other professionals agree.

dense cover of the Peruvian rain forest. Slowly, they now are emerging from their ruined settlements and tombs to reclaim their identity and place in history.

"Warren Church is doing outstanding work in the archeology of a little known but very important region of Peru," said Jeffery Quilter, curator and director of Pre-

Warren Church, a Columbus State University professor of archeology and anthropology, and a

Columbian Studies at Harvard University's Dumbarton Oaks Research Library.

team of Peruvian scientists are guiding the rebirth of the ancient Chachapoya civilization.

Conquered by the Incas and decimated by European diseases such as cholera, smallpox, influenza and

The importance of Chachapoya research has gone beyond academics and now is getting international attention. In May 2001, the

measles, the Chachapoya's onceprosperous villages were wiped out. By 1700, the Chacha-poya had dropped out of history.

History Channel featured the

"They became the proverbial lost

Chachapoya on its

civilization," Church

series "History's Mysteries" and highlighted commentaries by Church and other Chachapoya specialists. This June,

"The knowledge that we all gain from Chachapoya history and culture is a treasure that transcends geography and nationality."
Warren Church

said. "But, more than just lost, they were forgotten. They seemed to fall into a remote historical oblivion that has obscured them for

National

500 years."

Geographic ran an article detailing

the restoration of the tombs of Los

Los Pinchudos was discovered in

Pinchudos with a focus on Church's 1967, but not studied until 1980. It

work.

is the most elaborately decorated

and best-preserved example of an

"Warren is certainly the most

above-ground Andean chamber-

renowned scholar in North America tomb called a chullpa. Church was

working on Chachapoya archaeolo- introduced to the study of the

gy," said Keith Muscutt, assistant

Chachapoya in 1985. Over the past

dean of arts at the University of

19 years, he has excavated and

California at Santa Cruz and author helped conserve Los Pinchudos and

of "Warriors Of The Clouds," a

other archaeological sites in Peru's

book about Chachapoya ruins. "He very well may be the best in the

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Rio Abiseo National Park.
"Los Pinchudos is a site of unquestioned importance with excellently preserved, virtually untouched architecture, presenting an exciting opportunity for the study and conservation of the Chachapoya culture," said John Francis, vice president for research, conservation and exploration, National Geographic Society. "Dr. Church and [fellow researcher] Ricardo Morales Gamarra are fine and responsible scientists who presented a compelling case for National Geographic to support work at this site and to bring it to global attention."
Research by Church and the Peruvian team at Los Pinchudos has revealed new information regarding burial customs and mortuary rituals, especially the worship of the dead.
"Like other Andean peoples, the Chachapoya practiced ancestor worship," Church said. "They lived on mountain tops, mummified their dead and placed them in stone mausoleums perched on the vertical faces of steep mountains. This was done so that the ancestors could watch over the living while allowing the living to see and visit with the dead. Consulting with deceased ancestors was part of life in the ancient Andes.
"It's truly amazing they were still in place when we got there." Church said. "The tombs were so fragile that they were poised to slide off the mountain and fall 2,000 feet into the forested river canyon below. Priceless portions of Chachapoya culture and history could have been lost forever.
"Finding and stabilizing these sites is a great adventure, but it remains a challenge to generate pro-active conservation efforts in order to preserve them for future generations," Church added. "Certainly the preservation of Los Pinchudos is vitally important to Peru, but the knowledge that we all gain from Chachapoya history and culture is a treasure that transcends geography and nationality."

Dr. John Black Named President of EGC

The Board of Regents and Chancellor Thomas C. Meredith recently named Dr. John Bryant Black, a former vice president for academic affairs at East Georgia College as the college's new president. He took office on Aug. 1.
"Dr. Black has enjoyed a distinguished career in higher education, both at the professorial and administrative levels. He is well prepared for this responsibility," said Meredith.
Black had been serving as special assistant to the vice chancellor for academic and student affairs at the Board of Regents for the past year. He served as vice president for academic affairs at Dalton State College from 1999 to 2003, and vice president for academic affairs at East Georgia College, from 1994 to 1999. Before that, he taught at Augusta College (now Augusta State University), where he was a member of the biology faculty from 1965 to 1994.
Black twice served as acting chair of Augusta State's Department of Biology -- initially from February 1974 to June 1976, and again from June to December of 1992. He directed the college's Evening Program from 1966 to 1968.

Black
Black -- who has published numerous papers on his specialty, fertility issues, throughout his 38year career in higher education -- also held several non-academic positions during his years at Augusta College. He served as director of the invitro fertilization laboratories at Macon Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Macon, Ga., (1993-1997) and at Humana Hospital in Augusta (1985-1987). He also served as director of laboratories for the Southeastern Fertility Center in Charleston, S.C., (1983-1985) and vice president and director of laboratories for the Xytex Corporation in Augusta (1975-1977).
Black holds a B.A. in chemistry from Mercer University and a Ph.D. in endocrinology from the Medical College of Georgia.

Dr. Michael L. Hanes (right), president of Georgia Southwestern State University, joined a team of 40 GSW students and faculty on a service-learning expedition in Costa Rica early this summer. Hanes is shown here working with student Courtney Bean to make concrete blocks for a needy family's new home. The team built nine houses in 12 days in the community of Grecia in cooperation with Habitat for Humanity International. Students on the team participated as part of a capstone course, spending a semester learning about the culture, language and geography of Costa Rica before they made the journey. "Combining service-learning with international study is an unparalleled way to enhance learning experiences for our students," Hanes said. But it wasn't all work and no play the experience included opportunities to explore the rain forest, go whitewater rafting and climb the slope of a volcano.

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Format of Monthly Board of Regents Meeting Modified

As one of his first official acts at the helm of the governing body for public higher education in Georgia, Board of Regents Chair Joel O. Wooten Jr. is piloting a new meeting format aimed at helping each of the regents become more informed about the board's different committees.
Instead of conducting concurrent meetings of the board's standing and special committees, the chairman is testing a new schedule in which the various committees will meet consecutively beginning on Tuesday and extending into Wednesday. The result is that all 18 members of the Board of Regents now will have the opportunity to attend any committee meeting of their choice regardless of whether or not they serve as an official member of that particular committee.
According to Wooten, the goal is expanded communication. "We can assess how well these changes

work after we try this new board agenda," the chair said. "We are particularly interested in seeing if our new members feel that these changes help them to be more informed about different committees and to become more involved more quickly."

Regent Joel O. Wooten Jr. conducts his first meeting as Board Chair

Previously, the committee meetings all were conducted on Tuesday afternoon, with the full board convening first thing on Wednesday morning. Now, on Wednesday morning, the Academic Affairs committee will conduct its meeting, followed by a major educational seminar.

"Some of our future monthly meetings will be focused committee meetings and/or workshops to enable us to do a much more indepth analysis of the system's needs and challenges," Wooten added. "My goal is to enhance discussion as we set the policies and principles we need for future growth and direction."

Two Former Board Members
Saluted for Service
Two former regents, Hilton H. Howell, Jr. and Allene Magill, were honored for their distinguished service to the Board of Regents at the June and August board meetings, respectively. Howell is shown in the photo at right with (left to right) with then-Board Chair Joe Frank Harris, Chair-Elect Joel O. Wooten Jr. and Chancellor Thomas C. Meredith. Howell served as the board's chair during FY 2002, and was a member from 1997-2004. He chaired the committee that brought Meredith to the University System in 2002. Magill shown in the photo below with Wooten and Meredith was honored by Wooten at the August meeting for her service as a regent from February 2001 to November 2003. Her extensive experience as an educator in the K12 system provided highly valued perspective, Wooten noted. Magill resigned from the board when she was appointed as executive director of the Professional Association of Georgia Educators (PAGE). Both regents Howell and Magill received the traditional Brumby rocking chair as a token of appreciation for their dedicated service.

In addition to implementing the new meeting format, Wooten also has completed the selection of chairpersons for the Board of Regents special and standing committees for the next year. He has tapped the cited regents to lead the following respective committees:
g Committee on Academic Affairs, Regent William H. Cleveland;
g Committee on Strategic Planning, Regent Donald M. Leebern, Jr.;
g Audit Committee, Regent Glenn S. White;
g Committee on Informational and Instructional Technology, Regent Michael J. Coles;
g Committee on Real Estate and Facilities, Regent Martin W. NeSmith;
g Committee on Organization and Law, Regent James R. Jolly; and
g Committee on Finance and Business Operations, Regent Patrick S. Pittard.
In his leadership role, Wooten also serves as chair of the Executive and Compensation Committee.

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Retiring Veteran Legislator Honored
After two long careers, one in higher education as an administrator at the University of Georgia and the other as a state legislator, Rep. Louise McBee is retiring. Board of Regents Chair Joel O. Wooten Jr. noted her accomplishments in a tribute to McBee at the August board meeting, calling her "the expert on public higher education" during 13 years in the Georgia House. As chair of the House Higher Education Committee, McBee worked vigorously to protect the University System of Georgia during the recent budget cuts. In honor of her many years of service, the regents approved in June a special professorship at the University of Georgia in McBee's name. Applauding Rep. McBee (second from right) are Thomas E. Daniel (left), the University System's senior vice chancellor for External Affairs and Facilities, Wooten (second from left) and Chancellor Thomas C. Meredith (right).

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g Clayton College & State University's Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing program will join with corporate partners Fayette Community Hospital, Grady Health System, Kaiser Permanente, Piedmont Medical Center, Tenet Healthcare Corp., Henry Medical Center and Southern Regional Medical Center to create 60 nursing jobs in Fayette and Fulton counties and in metropolitan Atlanta.
g Columbus State University's Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing program will join with corporate partners Columbus Regional Healthcare System, Doctors Hospital of Columbus and St. Francis Hospital. The program will create 114 nursing jobs in Muscogee County.
g Floyd College's Associate Degree in Nursing program will join with corporate partners Cartersville Medical Center, Floyd Medical Center and Redmond Regional Medical Center to create 30 nursing jobs in Floyd and Bartow counties.
g Floyd College in partnership with Kennesaw State University's Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing program will join with corporate partners Cartersville Medical Center, Floyd Medical Center, and Redmond Regional Medical Center. The program will create 25 nursing jobs in Floyd and Bartow counties.
g Georgia Perimeter College's Associate Degree in Nursing program will join with corporate partners DeKalb Medical

Center and Piedmont Medical Center to create 20 nursing jobs in DeKalb and Fulton counties.
g Georgia State University's Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing program will join with corporate partners Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Tenet Healthcare Corp. and Grady Health Systems. The program will create 48 nursing jobs in Fulton County and metropolitan Atlanta.
g Kennesaw State University's Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing program will join with corporate partner WellStar Health Systems, Inc., to create 25 nursing jobs in metropolitan Atlanta.
g Middle Georgia College's Associate Degree in Nursing program offered through East Georgia College will join with corporate partners Emanuel Medical Center and the Medical Center of Central Georgia to create 60 nursing jobs in Bibb, Crawford, Dodge, Emanuel, Jones, Johnson, Houston, Baldwin, Laurens, Peach, Monroe, Treutlen, Wheeler and Bleckley counties.

will join with Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital and CVS Pharmacy to meet a shortage of pharmacists in southwest Georgia. The program will create 50 pharmacists jobs.
In addition to these USG institutional partners, Phase Two of the ICAPP Health Professionals Initiative will include funding for Georgia College & State University to create an accelerated program for registered nurses interested in becoming nurse educators.
Successful candidates will complete the coursework necessary to earn a Master of Science in Nursing, with a teaching certification, in eight semesters instead of the normal 14. This program is designed to offset the growing number of nursing faculty nearing retirement or moving into the private sector.
For detailed information on the involvement of specific USG campuses in the HPI, go to http://www.icapp.org/employees/ HPIindex.phtml.

g The University of Georgia's Pharmacy Professional Degree (Pharm.D) program and Albany State University

Joy Hymel, executive director of the University System's Office of Economic Development, talks about the statewide impact of the ICAPP Health Professionals Initiative at a reception for the campus officials, program graduates and health-care partners involved in the presentation made at the Board of Regents' August meeting. Shown to the left of Chancellor Thomas C. Meredith (center) is Joe Parker, president of the Georgia Hospital Association.

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Georgia Libraries Receive National Recognition

The U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) recently announced that the Coalition of Regional and Academic Libraries (C.O.R.A.L.) has been selected to receive the 2004 NCLIS Blue Ribbon Consumer Health Information Recognition Award for Libraries for Georgia.
C.O.R.A.L. is comprised of the Statesboro Regional Library, the Magnolia Coastlands Area Health Education Center, and the Zach S. Henderson Library of Georgia Southern University.
"The purpose of the awards is to help increase awareness of healthy lifestyles," said NCLIS Chair Beth Fitzsimmons. "Millions of Americans

are diagnosed each year with chronic diseases that, in many cases, could have been avoided had the individuals followed healthier lifestyles. Libraries are natural locations for disseminating health information, and the efforts of C.O.R.A.L. have been outstanding in carrying out this function."
C.O.R.A.L. created a Health Education Network and a consumer health information Web site.
"This level of professional leadership clearly establishes C.O.R.A.L. as a leader in the field of consumer health information, and the partner libraries richly deserve this prestigious award," said State Librarian Lamar Veatch.

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The Fourteen Black Men of Glynn, Inc., provides financial support to help defray the cost of providing the daily snack during "The Boys of Summer" program, as it is commonly called, and sponsors the formal luncheon.
In 2003, CGCC and the Fourteen Black Men developed the Torchbearer's Club, a student organization to help African-American male students support each other in their quest to complete college. Members of the Fourteen Black Men, Inc., serve as mentors to CGMOP graduates and to the college's Torchbearer's Club students. Both the Fourteen Black Men and the Torchbearers visit secondary schools to speak with AfricanAmerican students and others about the importance of graduating from high school and obtaining a degree from a traditional college or technical college.
The partnership between the Fourteen Black Men of Glynn, Inc., and the CGMOP has resulted in scholarships that enable youths who meet rigorous standards to continue their education beyond high school.
"One of the program's greatest strengths is its ownership by the African-American community, as is reflected by its strong Advisory Commit-

tee," says Lord. She notes that the CGMOP depends on "an unfailing commitment to expanding educational opportunities for all people."
Of the 68 students who began the 2003 class of the CGMOP, 66 graduated from the program. Their post-test results as compared to pre-test results indicated significant im-provement in language arts and mathematics. During the 11 years the outreach program has been in operation, post-test results have shown improvements over pre-test results ranging from 9 to 30 points in mathematics and from 12 to 18 points in language arts. Student performance is tracked following their graduation from the CGMOP, and the data indicates these improvements in academic performance are being sustained.
The Minority Outreach Program has succeeded in encouraging young black males who might have otherwise dropped out of high school to continue their education. Some 300 youths who participated as seventhgraders between 1993 and 1997 were surveyed in 2003: 157 had finished high school, seven had earned General Equivalency Diplomas (GEDs); 56 were enrolled in college; two had earned college degrees; two students were attending technical colleges; and one had graduated from a technical college.

BOARD OF REGENTS
Joel O. Wooten, Jr. Columbus CHAIR
J. Timothy Shelnut Augusta
VICE CHAIR
Hugh A. Carter, Jr. Atlanta
Connie Cater Macon
William H. Cleveland, M.D. Atlanta
Michael J. Coles Kennesaw
Joe Frank Harris Cartersville
Julie Ewing Hunt Tifton
W. Mansfield Jennings, Jr. Hawkinsville
James R. Jolly Dalton
Donald M. Leebern, Jr. Columbus
Elridge W. McMillan Atlanta
Martin W. NeSmith Claxton
Patrick S. Pittard Lakemont
Doreen Stiles Poitevint Bainbridge
Wanda Yancey Rodwell Stone Mountain
M. Allan Vigil Fayetteville
Glenn S. White Lawrenceville
OFFICERS
Thomas C. Meredith CHANCELLOR
Gail S. Weber SECRETARY TO THE BOARD
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