- Collection:
- Georgia Political Papers and Oral History Program
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Beheruz Sethna, 2019 November 5
- Creator:
- Sethna, Beheruz, 1948-
Camp, Michael - Contributor to Resource:
- University of West Georgia. Special Collections
University of West Georgia. Georgia Political Papers and Oral History Program - Publisher:
- Carrollton, Ga. : Special Collections in association with the Digital Library of Georgia, 2019
- Date of Original:
- 2019-11-05
- Subject:
- Sethna, Beheruz, 1948-
State University of West Georgia
State University of West Georgia--Faculty
Helminiak, Daniel, 1942-
University of West Georgia
University of West Georgia--Faculty
West Georgia College
College presidents--Georgia--Carrollton
University of West Georgia--Presidents - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Carroll County, Carrollton, 33.58011, -85.07661
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
moving images - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Beheruz Sethna was president of the University of West Georgia from 1994 to 2013. In this interview, he discusses several controversies that occurred on campus during his presidency. He begins by discussing the breakup of the former College of Arts and Sciences into three separate colleges: Arts and Humanities, Science and Mathematics, and Social Sciences. He then talks about the controversy about the school's mascot designation of the Braves, and how it was eventually changed to the West Georgia Wolves. Sethna then discusses the "Go West" campaign, and how the expenditure of advertising dollars in order to increase student enrollment numbers during tough budget times created a controversy. The fourth topic of discussion has to do with controversial faculty, including Daniel Helminiak, whose research was on Biblical views of homosexuality, as well as another faculty member who spoke out against the Iraq War upon its launch in 2003. The final topic of conversation has to do with an underage high school student taking an English class on campus, who was given a "racy" class essay to workshop in an in-class paper exchange, and how that created anger among some prominent community members.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:uwg_phc_sethna20191105
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/uwg/phc/do:sethna20191105
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [interview title], Georgia Political Papers and Oral History Program oral history interviews. Special Collections, Irvine Sullivan Ingram Library, University of West Georgia
- Original Collection:
- Georgia Political Papers and Oral History Program oral history interviews. Annie Belle Weaver Special Collections, Irvine Sullivan Ingram Library, State University of West Georgia
- Holding Institution:
- University of West Georgia. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
