Archive for March, 2008

UGA sent an email out to all students, faculty, and staff about “railroad safety”.  That is in quotes because the email is more a warning that if you mess around on the railroads, you will be arrested and prosecuted.  Yep, “safety”.  In fact, this is the subject line of the email: “railroad safety on campus” [...]

UGA football Coach Mark Richt will be visiting the Middle East with other NCAA football coaches to show support to US troops stationed in the region.
Official AA announcement here, and blog coverage at Georgia Bulldog Blog and Georgia Sports Blog.

Official UGA announcement from Georgia’s IT department (known as EITS) warns of phishing emails asking for your UGA password:
TO: UGA Faculty, Staff and Students
FROM: EITS
RE: Fraudulent Email (Phishing Scam) Reminder
Once again we have had incidents of phishing scams being received in campus e-mail inboxes. Unfortunately, some members of the University [...]

Just an FYI, we’ve setup a Twitter account to promulgate posts to this website and also to allow postings in case of a campus emergency. The account can be found here (http://twitter.com/uganews).
This emergency part needs an explanation. The weekend before last, there were tornadoes across North Georgia and around campus. The number [...]

The following email by UGA President Michael Adams about the recent sexual harassment allegations was sent out to all students, faculty, and staff this afternoon.

March 21, 2008
TO: UGA Faculty, Staff and Students
FROM: Michael F. Adams, President
RE: Update on Non-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment (NDAH) Policy
As discussion has continued on campus in the past weeks [...]

Email from UGA:

TO: UGA Faculty, Staff and Students
RE: Child Care Consultant’s Report
The University of Georgia in fall 2007 commissioned a comprehensive child care needs assessment study to better understand the needs of its faculty, staff and students for child care services. WFD Consulting has delivered the report, which was designed to provide [...]

Email from UGA Police on a shooting that took place this evening:
TO:  UGA faculty, staff and students
FROM:  Jimmy Williamson, Chief of Police
Approximately 8:30 p.m. Monday, March 3, Athens-Clarke County Police reported a shooting in an area near the University of Georgia.  The alleged offender fled on foot in the direction of campus.  Information was provided [...]