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Usha R. Rodrigues, associate dean for faculty development, M.E. Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law and University Professor, has been named the next dean of the University of Georgia School of Law.

Steele comes to the UGA School of Medicine after serving as associate dean of admissions at the University of Kansas School of Medicine since October 2021.

The fellows in the 2024-2025 cohort represent eight UGA schools and colleges, the Georgia Museum of Art and the University Health Center.

J. Chris Rhodes, director of industry partnerships and project-based learning in UGA’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, will begin leading the campus-wide initiative on Nov. 1.

Four distinguished University of Georgia faculty members have been named Fellows of the Southeastern Conference Academic Leadership Development Program.

He is the Juneau Construction Company Professor in Civil Engineering and assistant dean for student success and outreach.

A faculty member since 2009, Ness currently serves as a professor of higher education and graduate coordinator.

A UGA alumnus, his election followed a national search.

Following a nationwide search, Jill Stephens Walton has been named vice president for Development and Alumni Relations (DAR) and Executive Director of the University of Georgia Foundation for the University of Georgia.

Nate Nibbelink joined the UGA faculty in 2005 and was named the Warnell School’s associate dean for research in 2021.

Nathan Moore has been appointed as deputy chief of staff to UGA President Jere W. Morehead effective Oct. 1. Moore succeeds Alton Standifer, who has assumed a new role as vice provost for inclusive excellence and chief of staff to the provost.

Prior to joining UGA, Alton Standifer served in a variety of student-centered roles at Georgia Southern University.

Law enforcement veteran with 26 years of experience to lead department.

Andy Borst is recognized as a national expert on enrollment.

Following a national search, Rebecca Scarbro has been named the new director of student conduct at the University of Georgia.

Martha Dannenbaum has been named executive director of the University Health Center at the University of Georgia after a nationwide search.

He is currently a professor in the department of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Michigan.

Foundation administers College Football Hall of Fame and promotes athletic and scholastic achievement.

Anna Westerstahl Stenport, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), has been named the next dean of the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Georgia following a national search.

Kevin Abernethy has considerable experience in both state and federal relations.

Georgia 4-H has selected Melanie Biersmith as the new state 4-H leader.

Jeffrey F.D. Dean, a distinguished scholar and academic leader whose interdisciplinary research focuses on forestry, plant biology and biochemistry, has been named assistant provost and director of the University of Georgia’s Griffin campus, effective Jan. 1, 2023.

She brings record of excellence in promoting instructional innovation and student success.

Marisa Anne Pagnattaro, a seasoned administrator and distinguished professor, has been named interim vice president for instruction at the University of Georgia, effective Feb. 1.

His scholarship focuses on poverty alleviation and workforce development.

Anisa M. Zvonkovic, an academic leader with a distinguished record of promoting student success and impactful research and outreach, has been named dean of the University of Georgia College of Family and Consumer Sciences.

Current associate dean has strong record of teaching, research and administration.

University of Georgia President Jere W. Morehead has been selected as the recipient of the 2021 Chief Executive Leadership Award by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education District III.

Kathy R. Pharr has been named the University of Georgia’s vice president for marketing and communications, UGA President Jere W. Morehead announced Friday.

Anumantha Kanthasamy, an internationally renowned researcher of Parkinson’s disease and related neurodegenerative disorders, has been appointed as the first John H. “Johnny” Isakson Chair and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Parkinson’s Research.

Diane Marie Amann, holder of the Emily and Ernest Woodruff Chair in International Law at the University of Georgia School of Law, was recently elected to the Council on Foreign Relations.

The University System of Georgia has named Mary Carney, Director of Programming for Faculty Affairs at the University of Georgia, a 2020-2021 USG Leadership Fellow.

Robin Buell, University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University and a renowned plant genomics expert, will join UGA in fall 2021 as its newest Georgia Research Alliance/Georgia Seed Development Eminent Scholar.

Qiana N. Wilson, who has served as general counsel at Georgia College & State University in Milledgeville for more than five years, has been named the new director of the Equal Opportunity Office at the University of Georgia.

Congratulations to Dr. Gene Brewer for being selected to the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA).

Ron Walcott has been named the University of Georgia’s inaugural vice provost for graduate education and dean of the Graduate School.

Nick T. Place, an academic leader with a record of applying research-based expertise to the needs of agricultural producers and communities, has been named dean of the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and director of the UGA Cooperative Extension and Agricultural Experiment Stations.

Georgia producers have a new precision agriculture resource to enhance productivity on their farms.

Gov. Kemp names them to state Supreme Court and Court of Appeals.

Marisa Anne Pagnattaro, a well-respected faculty member and administrator with a record of advancing research, graduate education and diversity, has been named vice provost for academic affairs at the University of Georgia.

Brian Dill begins two-year term as president.

Alton M. Standifer will join the staff of the Office of the President on July 15 as assistant to the president. Standifer presently serves as director of new student orientation and associate director of undergraduate admissions.