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Up say that next week is an ~ important one is clearly an

understatement. Once every ten years, the College receIves a Reaffirmation Team from the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. This is a process that has and can continue to improve the institution. Let's try to enjoy the experience!

The faculty and staff who worked on the Strategic Report: A Value-Added Institution and the Compliance Report that includes documentation of compliance with SACS Criteria have done an excellent job --- that is the real work of the process. Thanks go to Deb Lilly and Mary Hamby who are handling the logistics of the visit. They have planned these arrangements that should ensure an organized and productive experience for the team members.

Gainesville College IS a strong institution, but we don't claim perfection. We will take any recommendations and suggestions for improvement and make a good faith effort to implement them so that we can proudly continue "Leading the Way."

/.dfny of you have likely heard of Jl'ta connection between Teachers

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Retirement System and the Enron scandal currently in the news. The good news, in a nutshell, is that TRS is well diversified and we will not see a negative impact as members of the plan. The TRS website has a section devoted to addressing TRS members' concerns, and they list any updates or information they have just as soon as it is available.

Please see ptfp:77~:lt~~'h£9,lTI.~~~~~~B to view this information provided by TRS.

All to-month faculty, please be sure to read the Monthly Insurance Payroll Deductions insertion in this issue.

c::;i?eG.c Alumni Association will be c/ honoring GC faculty and staff on

Wednesday, February 13, for your outstanding service to the College and students. Members of the GC Alumni Council will be on campus in the morning from 9 a.m. until 12 noon and again in the evening from 5 until 7 p.m. We will be dropping by your office and knocking on your classroom doors during one of these time periods. We will only take a minute of your time to present you with a gift from the Alumni Association.

If you have an activity planned in which you do not want us to interrupt your class during one of these time blocks, please call Michelle B. Brown, Director of Alumni Affairs, at X3648 or e-mail mbroWll.

See you on the 13th•

TOW£RTALK January 25, 2002

ouncement

GOING, GO lNG, almost GO N E ........... .

"A View of a Room" art exhibit in the Gainesville College Roy C. Moore Art Gallery will close on February 6, 2002. This exhibit was organized by the Georgia Museuin of Art, UGA and is supported in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. The Council is a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.

GT A STAGE TOUR

for The Tempest Thursday, February 7

5:30 p.m.

Guest director Gay Hammond will talk about Shakespeare and the plot of his last play, together with a sneak preview of some of the design elements such as set and costumes. The Stage Tour is free and open to the public.

Afterwards, Theatre Wings' President Jan Rosenthal

and committee chairs will discuss volunteer opportunities, such as ushering and opening night reception, for The Tempest, which runs from February 19-24. For further information, call 770-718-3606.

The Stage Tour for The Tempest has been scheduled one half hour earlier than usual to enable anyone who is interested to also attend a Brenau gallery opening reception (6:30 - 8 p.m.) of two new exhibits: "Benny Andrews: Native Son," next to Pearce in Simmons Hall, and "Tangible Perceptions: Work by Nene Humphrey" in the President's Gallery upstairs in Pearce Auditorium. Andrews and Humphrey will discuss their similarities and differences as artists at Thurmond McRae Lecture Hall (6:30 - 7:15 p.m.), both of which are also free and open to the public.

GC JAZZ BAND plans an AIDS benefit

The GC Jazz Band will present a concert to benefit North Georgia AIDS Alliance at 7 p.m., February 9, at Grace Episcopal Church in Gainesville. Tickets are $15; $10 is tax-deductible. For additional information, contact Troy Ertzberger, (770) 534-9938.

When: What:

VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT Monday, February 11,2002 4-person Coed Teams (2 male, 2 female) Match Play (best 2 out of 3), Single Elimination

Where: GC Gym Time: 2 - 5 p.m. Registration: January 15 - February 8 ~


G~ter Hall Chamber of Commerce

.ANNuAL D.O.T. TRANSPORTATION FORUM

Tuesday, Febi-uary 12, 2002 11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Gainesville College

Continuing Education Building

Join Chamber members and hear from District Engineer Larry Dent, Todd Long and Teri Pope of the Georgia Department of Transportation on the status of Hall County transportation issues and projects. Members - $10 and Non-Members, $15. Lunch included. Maii reservations with check to Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Box 374, Gainesville GA 30503. Details: 770-532-6206.

Sponsond by: .

GREATER HALL ~ CHAMBER of COMMERCE

DUANE M. JACKSON Wednesday, February 13 Noon, CE Auditorium

Mr. Jackson is a tenured Associate Professor at Morehouse College and curator of Invertebrates/Research Scientist at Zoo Atlanta. His subjects of interest include insect

behavior and physiology, behavior-genetic analysis, comparative psychology and animal behavior in zoo settings. The title of his presentation is Life Styles of Ants and Termites in the African Savannah, the Amazon Jungle and South Georgia." In addition to state, national and international appearances on ABC, PBS, A&E and CNN programs, Dr. Jackson served as technical advisor for the production of "Mighty Bug" by the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta.

"AN ARTISTIC DISCOVERY" Nathan Deal's Ninth Congressional District Art Exhibition, February 19 - March 13, 2002

Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony Thursday, February 21, 6:30 p.m., in the Gainesville College Roy C. Moore Art Gallery.

The 2002 "An Artistic Discovery" is the Ninth District High School Art Competition which is part of the National High School Art Competition. This competition is initiated annually by members of the United States House of Representatives. The high schools in the Ninth District are invited to participate in this competition. Each participating high school selects exemplary artwork from four of its students at its discretion. From this exhibition, a panel of judges will choose the Grand Prize artwork along with second, third, fourth and fifth place winners. The Grand Prize winner along with his or her high school art teacher and a GC art faculty member will travel to Washington, D.C. to view the Grand Prize Artwork which will hang in the tunnel leading to the U.S. Capitol and to attend a winners reception in June 2002. Funding for this trip is being provided by the GC Foundation.

ATTENTION BIKERS - BENEFIT RIDE!

Benefit Ride to benefit Challenged Child and Friends, Inc., a center dedicated to meeting the needs of children with special needs. The ride will be held Saturday, April 13, at 11 a.m. and begins at Toosey's Way Station at Hwy 400 & Hwy 60 and will finish at the Challenged Child Facility. (About 80 miles!)

Activities include a Poker Run, 50/50 Raffle, and cookout with some of the special kids! Registration is $15 per bike.

For more information, please e-mail ChallengedChild@ 1 funplace .com or call Ron/Pam at 706-867-1844. Please be part of this special event!!!.


~ The Gainesville College family extends its

. ... heartfelt sympathy to Jeff Turk whose father,

. Bryson Turk, passed away on January 21.

inging Our Bells Brad Strickland's young-adult novel When Mack Came Back, which won the 200 1 Georgia Author of the Year A ward, has now been nominated for three state awards: the William A. White Memorial Award in Kansas, the Sequoyah Award in Oklahoma, and the Mark Twain Award in Missouri.

Elaine Bryan recently had a paper published entitled, "An Examination ofInterscholastic Sport and Juvenile Delinquency," Working Papers 1, (2), IN PRESS.

Ron Clay chaired the committee to select the Academic Recognition Day 200 1 Student Representative for GC. Those who served on the committee were Ray-Lynn Snowden. Alpha Sheriff. Angela Megaw, and student Elie Viviant. The following students were finalists in the selection process: James Brian Loudermilk, Kristin L. Hill, Brittany Ann Harrison, Lisa Anne Stewart, and Jonathan Mark Alligood. Please recognize Linda Jones Henderson as the winner; she is our Academic Recognition Day 2002 Student Representative. All students involved received credit on their Co-curricular Transcripts, including Elie. Students were chosen as finalists based upon academic standing and co-curricular activity.

Sue Doyle and Diane Cook attended the National Institute of Teaching of Psychology conference on January 3-6 in Tampa, Florida.

Dan Cabaniss 1 Sallie Duhling 3 Brian Tarr 4 Dennis Brown 5 Les Miller 5 Carol Pinson 7 Pat Nodine 9 Michael Stoy 12 Dorothy Blais 16 Susan Smith 16 Genie Greavu-Comely 18 Michelle B. Brown 18 Sabine Davis 19 Gary Preston 22 Glenn Preston 22 Nathan Corn 22 Beth Burgess 23 Jason Ponders 24 Monique Kluczykowski 24 Verlin Curry 25 Bronda Perry 25 Linda Langston 25 Marion Darracott 25 Jana Albertson 27 Ann F orziati 28 Sarah Booker 28

TOW£R TALK is published bi-weekly. Submissions for publication should be e-mailed to [email protected] or sent to Leora Myers, President's Office, to be received by 5 p.m. the Wednesday before the Friday publieation. The next issue will be February 8.

Attention All IO-Month Faculty

Re: Monthly Insurance Payroll Deductions

You probably recall that as Faculty members you have seven months worth (January through July) of insurance payroll deductions taken from your paychecks during the first five months, January through May, each calendar year. This is often referred to as the" 71sths plan." Hopefully this is just a reminder to those of you that have been here for awhile.

For others, this is simply to alert you that your benefit payroll deduction rates will be increased during January, February, March, April and May to compensate for June and July, during which no payroll deductions are made for insurance benefits. As of August, the rates will revert back to "regular" quoted monthly insurance benefits. The result is that faculty don't pay more than other employees, it is simply deducted in a different time frame.

The following schedule outlines the amounts to be deducted for health and dental premiums January through May 2002. Please see the documents distributed to you during the recent Open Enrollment period to reference the rates for August through December 2002. (also found on: http://www.usg.eduJadmin . Ihumexlbenefitsl ). Please also note that the premiums for supplemental/dependent life, long term disability, and involuntary accidental insurance will also be pro-rated over from January through May. These rates vary considerably per person by age, annual salary rate, and the option elected individually.

January - May 2002 Insurance Rates for Faculty

Single Employee + 1 Family

Blue Cross Indemnity - Health $134.37 $ 255.14 $ 376.46

Blue Cross - Dental $ 43.10 $ 92.29 $ 92.29

Preferred Provider Option (PPO) $ 91.20 $ 173.15 $ 255.50

Blue Choice HMO $ 70.23 $ 149.24 $ 188.72

Kaiser Permanente HMO $ 70.12 $ 140.20 $ 210.28

If you have questions please contact the Human Resources Office at 3617 or 3824.

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Sunday Monday

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Basketball State Tournament, GA State Univ

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Volleyball Tournament, 2 - 5pm, gym

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The Tempest dress rehearsal, 7:30pm, Pearce Auditorium

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Softball Organizational Meeting, 12N, gym

Tuesday

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Greater Hall CC Lunch 'n Learn Transportation Forum, II :45am, CE

19 The Tempest, opening night, 7:30pm, Pearce AudItorium An "Artistic Discovery," opens GC Art Gallery

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2002 Wednesday Thursday

"An Artistic Discovery" exhibit in Roy C. Moore Art Gallery from February 19 through March 13.

6 Last day of "A View of a Room" art exhibit

7 Stage Tour, The Tempest, 5:30pm, Pearce Auditorium

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2 Groundhog Day

9 GC Jazz Band benefit for North Georgia AIDS Alliance, 7pm, Grace Episcopal

13 Colloquium, I 14 Duane M. Jackson,

Administrative I 15 Council, 2pm

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Acad Del, 3: 15pm, PCR

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The Tempest, 7:30pm, Pearce Auditorium

27 Swim Meet 1st Session Classes End Academic Del, 3:15pm, PCR


"An Artistic Discovery" Opening Reception, 6:30pm, Roy C. Moore Art Gallery

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First Session Exams



Science Olymp'iad, 8am, Hugh Mills Physical Education Center



18th Annual Big Band Show March 1, 7:30 p.m. March 2, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. GC Ed Cabell Theatre Call 770-781-3624 for tickets

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