GMOA in the News

The museum is mentioned briefly in the reports on new UGA Provost Jere Morehead's two brand-new hires, Laura Jolly and Libby Morris, which appear in the Red and Black and the Athens Banner-Herald. The former article includes the following information:

As vice provost for academic affairs, Morris will work closely with the Georgia Museum of Art, the Office of Faculty Affairs, the Performing Arts Center and the associate provosts. Morris also will advise Morehead on student academic honesty appeals, faculty appointments, and promotion and tenure cases. Morris was named director of the Institute of Higher Education in 2006 and has been a faculty member there since 1989. She will continue in both positions.

Under Morris' leadership, the institute launched an executive doctoral program in higher education in Atlanta, joined the National College Advising Corps-a consortium of colleges and universities that aims to increase the number of low-income, first-generation and underrepresented students completing higher education-and secured more than $600,000 in private funds to place college access advisers in high schools across Georgia. In addition, the institute expanded its international collaborations and research funding while climbing to sixth in national rankings of higher education programs.

"The University of Georgia is an outstanding research university, and I am honored to be asked to serve in this position," Morris said. "I look forward to working with the provost, the associate provosts, faculty, staff, and students in support of a wide variety of programs and initiatives. The Georgia Museum of Art and the Performing Arts Center are excellent examples of UGA's accomplishments in the arts, and I am especially pleased to work with these units."