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• Steering the state's flagship: from raising the academic profile to improving diversity at the University of Georgia, President Michael F. Adams has his work cut out for him

  - 2006-09-07

  How does one go about changing the culture of the country's first state-chartered university? It takes more than determination and people skills to usher such an institution into the demographic realities of the 21st century, not to mention into the highest echelons of public postsecondary education. And when that institution...

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• Leo Wells honored by UGA

  - 2006-05-31

  Leo Wells, president of Wells Real Estate Funds, was among four Georgia business leaders honored with alumni awards from the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia. Wells was one of three executives receiving the college's Distinguished Alumni Award. "Leo is a great businessman who has...

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• Across the USA

  - 2006-05-16

  Correction ran 5/19/2006: University of Georgia President Michael Adams asked CBS not to refer to the annual Georgia-Florida football game as the "World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party." An item Tuesday in Across the USA provided by the Associated Press erroneously reported that Adams made the same request to the city...

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• Amos, Dan 1951–

  - 2005-01-01

  Dan Amos 1951– Chairman of the board, chief executive officer, and president, American Family Life Assurance Company AFLAC Nationality: American.Born: August 13, 1951, in Pensacola, Florida.Education: University of Georgia Business School, BBA, 1973.Family: Son of Paul Amos cofounder and former chairman of the board of AFLAC and Mary Jean Roberts;...

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• Former Leaders of Colleges Get Paid Richly for Advice.

  - 2003-12-14

  By James Salzer, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 14--Stephen Portch left his job as chancellor of the University System of Georgia with more than a gold watch and a handshake: He got a deal paying him $450,000 for giving...

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• UGA fails to make recruiting minorities a priority, consultants say - noteworthy News - University of Georgia - Brief Article

  - 2003-01-30

  ATHENS, GA. The University of Georgia is failing in its goal to make recruiting minority students a priority, according to consultants who visited the campus and talked with faculty, staff, administrators and students. "It is seen as an important issue but not among the first five priorities," said...

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• President Mikhail S. Gorbachev to receive 2001 delta prize for global understanding.

  - 2001-02-22

  M2 PRESSWIRE-22 February 2001-DELTA AIR LINES: President Mikhail S. Gorbachev to receive 2001 delta prize for global understanding C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:21022001 ATLANTA -- Mikhail S. Gorbachev, former president of the Soviet Union, has been chosen as the 2001...

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• Georgia President: Diversity is Here to Stay - Brief Article

  - 2000-02-03

  ATHENS, Ga. -- The University of Georgia will remain a place where diversity is valued so that its graduates are well prepared to live in a world with citizens of every background, Dr. Michael Adams, the university's president, said in his annual address about the state of the school last...

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• MICHAEL F. ADAMS.

  - 1999-05-17

  Dr. Michael F. Adams was named the 21st president of the University of Georgia in June 11, 1997. Nationally recognized for his expertise in government, educational administration, educational marketing and fund raising, Dr. Adams has had 19 years of senior administrative leadership in higher education. He...

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• Maxine Clark - president of Payless Shoe Source is a tough competitor and retail visionary - The Apparel Players

  - 1995-12-04

  Maxine Clark understands apparel.As one of a handful of merchants who early on saw that the future of regional discounting lay in soft goods, Clark was instrumental in teaching the industry how fashion, with its indigenous high margins, could become a destination department for discount store shoppers.Even though Clark left...

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