Digital Library of Georgia Offers Online Access to Historic Agriculture Bulletins
Historical issues of a popular Georgia agricultural bulletin that document decades of farming trends during the 20th century are now available freely online.
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Hannah Perrin King Wins 2020 Loraine Williams Poetry Prize
The Georgia Review is proud to offer congratulations to Hannah Perrin King, who was selected by judge Ilya Kaminsky as the winner of the eighth annual Loraine Williams Poetry Prize. King will receive $1,500 for her poem, “Transcript of My Mother’s Sleeptalk: Chincoteague,” which will appear in our Spring 2021 issue.
Jacob Baynham and The Georgia Review Win National Magazine Award
The Georgia Review was delighted to learn that Jacob Baynham’s essay "Jerry's Dirt," printed in the Fall 2019 issue, has won a National Magazine Award in the Profile Writing category of the 2020 National Magazine Awards for Print and Digital Media, administered by the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME). The “Ellies” awards ceremony was held virtually on May 28.
Jacob Baynham, a freelance journalist and essayist based in Missoula, Montana, has written about criminal justice for The Christian Science Monitor and about parenting for Outside magazine, and has reported internationally for Newsweek, theSan Francisco Chronicle, Slate, and other publications. “Jerry’s Dirt” chronicles the remarkable life of fiction writer Jerry McGahan, Baynham’s late father-in-law.
Historians’ Accounts of Critical Civil Rights Factors Earn Lillian Smith Book Awards from UGA Libraries
Two historical accounts that explore how higher education and the banking industry have influenced civil rights have been named the 2020 recipients of the Lillian Smith Book Awards, which are administered by the
The Affordable Course Materials Grants program sponsored by the Provost's Office
The Provost's Office is offering the newly created Affordable Course Materials Grants program to encourage the adoption of free and low cost course materials. Faculty will have the opportunity to apply for a $5,000 grant to develop an Open Education Resource (OER). The Grants program is administered by the Center for Teaching and Learning and the UGA Libraries, and invite faculty applications by February 20, 2019.
Please see details for the Grants program and how to apply: https://tinyurl.com/AffordableUGA.
Please see the full announcement in UGA Today: https://news.uga.edu/affordable-course-materials-grant/