Fehrenbach and Fairchild have extended recycling to all four IAC buildings and this month, will add the new Old CE Building to the program. Recycling bins have been placed prominently in the buildings and they are labeled to indicate that the Ivan Allen College is now recycling plastic bottles. Fairchild is also working with IAC event coordinators to ensure that plastic bottles are recycled at events.

Learn more about IAC’s recycling efforts by viewing Fairchild’s video

GET INVOLVED IN THE PROGRAM.  Email Lawton at mfairchild3@gatech.edu

Bryn will be doing research with Professor Narin Hassan on Women, Empire and Colonialism in Nineteenth Century Britain, while Kyle does research with Professor TyAnna Herrington on The Differences In Online Communication Between Russian and American Studies.

We wish you both the best of luck!

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Kirk Bowman, an associate International Affairs professor at Georgia   Tech, has been named the 2008 Georgia Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. Bowman was selected from nearly 300 top professors in the United States.

“I am thrilled to be named the Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation,” said Bowman. “It validates my belief that research and teaching can be mutually reinforcing and positive sum.”

Bowman is a faculty member in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. He is also the program director for study abroad for Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica and Cuba.

“Dr. Bowman excites and inspires students to understand the politics, economics and cultures of other countries,” said Sue V. Rosser, dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. “We are very pleased that his work has been recognized. He is an asset to his students, a credit to our profession, to the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and to the Ivan Allen College.”

An expert in the politics of Latin America, Bowman is also a member of an interdisciplinary team researching conservation, economic development and drug discovery in Fiji.

He is the author of Militarization, Development and Democracy: The Perils of Praetorianism in Latin America. He is currently working on his next book, which explores national tourism policy in Latin America.

CASE and the Carnegie Foundation have been partners in offering Professor of the Year awards since 1981. TIAA-CREF, one of America’s leading financial services organizations and higher education’s premier retirement system, became the primary sponsor for the awards ceremony in 2000. Additional support for the program is provided by a number of higher education associations, including Phi Beta Kappa.

This year, there are winners in 44 states, the District of Columbia and Guam. CASE assembled two preliminary panels of judges to select finalists. The Carnegie Foundation then convened the third and final panel, which selected four national winners. CASE and Carnegie select state winners from top entries resulting from the judging process. Recipients were selected from faculty members nominated by colleges and universities throughout the country.

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching was founded in 1905 by Andrew Carnegie “to do all things necessary to encourage, uphold and dignify the profession of teaching.” The Foundation is the only advanced-study center for teachers in the world and the third-oldest foundation in the nation. Its nonprofit research activities are conducted by a small group of distinguished scholars.

The Council for Advancement and Support of Education is the largest international association of education institutions, serving more than 3,400 universities, colleges, schools and related organizations in 61 countries. CASE is the leading resource for professional development, information and standards in the fields of educational fundraising, communications, marketing and alumni relations.

Wallace Benton- INTA
Katie Lange- INTA
Nicole Turner- STAC
Alexandra Henke- EIA
Timothy Carter- IAML

These students will be 5 of the 15 students that comprise the SAB and who represent YOU, YOUR VOICE, YOUR NEEDS.  Make sure you congratulate them and seek them out if you have an idea for a student project or a student need that needs to be recognized.

If you were one of the other great candidates that we were unable to select this year, we really hope you stay involved and consider applying again.

Congrats, Kevin! Way to go!

George Ray (PUBP)
Michael Warwick (ECON)
Nick Wellkamp (PUBP)
Kevin Widmaier (PUBP)
Lauren Wildschut (IAML)
Lizzie Serafine (INTA)

We wish you all the best of luck and hope one of our own is chosen as Mr. or Ms. GT!!

Talisa an outside hitter on the volleyball team, was named the MVP of the 2008 Clemson Classic after leading Georgia Tech to victories over two teams that competed in the 2007 NCAA Tournament. The senior helped Tech to a 3-2 win over reigning ACC Champion Clemson with a season-high 28 kills and seven digs in the five-set match. She averaged a team-best 5.25 kills per set while hitting .333 on the week. Kellogg moved into sixth place on Georgia Tech’s list for kills in a career with 1,482 kills in her 3+ years on the Flats. She also moved into ninth place on Tech’s career solo blocks list (with 55) with a key block in the fifth set against the Tigers.

Jeremy Farris (INTA 2004), a President’s Scholar during his time at Tech, is now a graduate student reading for a doctorate in political philosophy at Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholarship.

Beau Cleland (HTS 2003) is nearing the halfway mark in a 15-month tour in Iraq, where he serves as an Army field artillery captain in the 10th Mountain Division.

Saira Amir (PUBP 2006) has just finished a two-year stint in Honduras with the Peace Corps. While there, she worked on tourism development for a small mountain village. She is now attending Georgetown Law School.

Ed Bolian (PUBP 2008) is the President and CEO of Supercar Rentals, a luxury car rental company specializing in Lamborghinis, Ferraris, and Bentleys for the short term thrill ride.

Kristi Miller (HTS 2006) has become a tennis pro since graduating, playing in USTA pro circuit tournaments and planning to participate in the U.S. Open and other tournaments in Mexico and Australia.

Alex West (CM 2006) is the founder and main advocate of WonderRoots, a non-profit organization that helps local artists and asks them to give back to the community through service.

Thomas Earnest (INTA 2007) has studied in Cairo, traveled to Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria, and plans to spend a year in Tunisia on a Fulbright scholarship to study the economics development there.

Way to go, Ivan Allen College students!

He is now set to go on to the playoffs, where David says, “I look forward to getting back out there and competing with my teammates on our quest to win another ACC title and NCAA championship.”

Way to go David!!