The Red and Black

University senior Jena Cauley was awarded the Goodwill Industries International 2006 Elsine Katz Volunteer Leadership Award. The international award is presented to a volunteer who has shown outstanding leadership and service while working at a Goodwill.

"I'm extremely flattered. Since my interest lies in the Hispanic community, the work has been second nature," Cauley said in a press release.

The international business major spends 45 to 50 hours a week at Goodwill Industries of North Georgia, helping with employment training programs for the Hispanic community.

"It's been extremely rewarding, especially when people come in and know your name and trust you. It has been amazing. It has fulfilled and surpassed my expectations," she said.

Cauley will be presented with an engraved bowl and a monetary gift during a June banquet in St. Louis, Mo.

Republicans to hold bipartisan debate

The College Republicans will host a debate between Secretary of State candidates Karen Handel and Bill Stephens at 7 p.m. on Wednesday at the University Chapel.

Karen Handel serves as Fulton County Chairman. She has been named one of the most influential Atlantans by the Atlanta Business Chronicle and one of Georgia's most influential political leaders by James Magazine.

She also has served as the president and CEO of the North Fulton Chamber of Commerce.

Bill Stephens is a University alumnus and State Senate Majority Leader. He served as director of communications and spokesperson for Gov. Zell Miller from 1989 to 1991. He was first elected to the state senate in 1998.

The debate is free and open to the public. A reception on the Chapel steps will follow.

Professor receives award for lab work

Professor of plant biology Susan Wessler has been named one of 20 scientists as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor.

Wessler will receive $1 million over the next four years to bring the originality she has shown in the lab to an undergraduate classroom. She is recognized internationally for her work in molecular biology and genetics.

"It was becoming clear to me that the rapid progress in modern biology was overwhelming our students," Wessler said in a press release.

"The widening gulf between the optimism and enthusiasm in our research laboratories and the frustration and lack of interest in our undergraduate biology classrooms prompted me to take action. I believe the funding from HHMI will allow me to help bring the excitement of science in a fresh way to our undergraduates."

- Sara Pauff

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