It turns out that you can go home again. I recently established a chair in crisis communications leadership at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communications at my beloved University of Georgia. UGA President-elect Dr. Jere Morehead, along with Dink NeSmith, chairman of the Board of Regents came for the ceremony and both made my family and me feel warmly welcomed on … [Read more...] about April 15, 2013: Random Thoughts On Random Subjects
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December 10, 2012: Vince Dooley Talks About Football, Family And UGA History
I called Hall of Fame football coach Vince Dooley this week to get his perspective on UGA’s heart-breaking loss to Alabama in the SEC Championship game. There are few people more qualified to comment than Vince Dooley. Let’s start with the fact that he won 201 football games, six SEC championships and a national title during an illustrious career that stretched from 1964 to … [Read more...] about December 10, 2012: Vince Dooley Talks About Football, Family And UGA History
June 4, 2012: Georgia’s Golden Isles Don’t Need Dr. Beach’s Approval
Have you ever heard of Florida International University? I must admit they don’t come to mind when talking about institutions of higher learning. Perhaps that is because I think first of the University of Georgia, the oldest state-chartered university in the nation, located in Athens, the Classic City of the South, current state football champions and home to 18 Rhodes … [Read more...] about June 4, 2012: Georgia’s Golden Isles Don’t Need Dr. Beach’s Approval
December 5, 2011: Who In The World Cares That UGA Lost The SEC Championship?
In case you have been vacationing on the moon, you may have missed the news that the student-athletes from the University of Georgia, the oldest state-chartered university in the nation, located in Athens, the Classic City of the South, came up a wee bit short in attaining the football championship of the Southeastern Conference. That honor went to the young men of Louisiana … [Read more...] about December 5, 2011: Who In The World Cares That UGA Lost The SEC Championship?
From the Brunswick News: Turtle Patrol Alumni Pleased With Loggerhead Comeback
I was pleased to see the story in The Brunswick News a couple of weeks ago about the success of the loggerhead turtle nesting program on our beaches. According to the article, more than two thousand nests have been reported by the sea turtle monitors this season. Mark Dodd, sea turtle coordinator with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Coastal Resources Division, … [Read more...] about From the Brunswick News: Turtle Patrol Alumni Pleased With Loggerhead Comeback