Spring Break
UGA Today
Issue date: 3/16/09 Section: News
Monday, March 16, 2009
Lecture: Boundary Agents and Renaissance Engineers. Sponsored by the Faculty of Engineering. David Radcliffe, PhD, Epistemology Professor of Engineering Education, School of Engineering Education at Purdue University, gives the talk. 4 p.m. 148 Miller Learning Center. Contact http://www.engineering.uga.edu/events/
Innovations at the Interface: Renaissance Engineers. Sponsored by the Faculty of Engineering. This monthly series highlights technological advances for dialogues between engineering and non-engineering faculty and students. This month's speaker is Dr. David Radcliffe from Purdue University. He will present examples to illustrate the opportunities, rewards and challenges for boundary agents (interdisciplinary researchers) and renaissance engineers (practitioners of the future). 4-5 p.m. 148 Miller Learning Center. Contact 706-542-6681,
mlaberge@engr.uga.edu
Visiting Entrepreneur: Terrapin. Sponsored by Students in Free Enterprise at UGA. For the third installment of SIFE's Visiting Entrepreneur Series, the founders of Terrapin Beer Company, Brian 'Spike' Buckowski (brewmaster) and John Cochran (president), tell the Terrapin story and share
hard-earned entrepreneurial lessons and advice. A Q&A session follows. 6 p.m. 248 Miller Learning Center. Contact papillon@uga.edu
Gardening 101. Sponsored by the State Botanical Garden of Georgia. This quick start class teaches participants the basics of home gardening. Members $10, non-members $12. 6-8 p.m. State Botanical Garden, Callaway Building. Contact 706-542-6156, ckeber@uga.edu
2009 Torrance Lecture: Arthur J. Cropley. Arthur J. Cropley, an internationally known researcher and writer on creativity, will deliver the 2009 E. Paul Torrance Lecture. Cropley will discuss the evaluation of creative products and how little research has been done to recognize day-to-day creativity, such as everyday problem solving and the ability to adapt to change, since Torrance's pioneering work more than 50 years ago. A reception to welcome Mark A. Runco, UGA's new E. Paul Torrance Professor, follows. Lecture at 5 p.m., reception at 7 p.m. Masters Hall, Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Contact
Lecture: Boundary Agents and Renaissance Engineers. Sponsored by the Faculty of Engineering. David Radcliffe, PhD, Epistemology Professor of Engineering Education, School of Engineering Education at Purdue University, gives the talk. 4 p.m. 148 Miller Learning Center. Contact http://www.engineering.uga.edu/events/
Innovations at the Interface: Renaissance Engineers. Sponsored by the Faculty of Engineering. This monthly series highlights technological advances for dialogues between engineering and non-engineering faculty and students. This month's speaker is Dr. David Radcliffe from Purdue University. He will present examples to illustrate the opportunities, rewards and challenges for boundary agents (interdisciplinary researchers) and renaissance engineers (practitioners of the future). 4-5 p.m. 148 Miller Learning Center. Contact 706-542-6681,
mlaberge@engr.uga.edu
Visiting Entrepreneur: Terrapin. Sponsored by Students in Free Enterprise at UGA. For the third installment of SIFE's Visiting Entrepreneur Series, the founders of Terrapin Beer Company, Brian 'Spike' Buckowski (brewmaster) and John Cochran (president), tell the Terrapin story and share
hard-earned entrepreneurial lessons and advice. A Q&A session follows. 6 p.m. 248 Miller Learning Center. Contact papillon@uga.edu
Gardening 101. Sponsored by the State Botanical Garden of Georgia. This quick start class teaches participants the basics of home gardening. Members $10, non-members $12. 6-8 p.m. State Botanical Garden, Callaway Building. Contact 706-542-6156, ckeber@uga.edu
2009 Torrance Lecture: Arthur J. Cropley. Arthur J. Cropley, an internationally known researcher and writer on creativity, will deliver the 2009 E. Paul Torrance Lecture. Cropley will discuss the evaluation of creative products and how little research has been done to recognize day-to-day creativity, such as everyday problem solving and the ability to adapt to change, since Torrance's pioneering work more than 50 years ago. A reception to welcome Mark A. Runco, UGA's new E. Paul Torrance Professor, follows. Lecture at 5 p.m., reception at 7 p.m. Masters Hall, Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Contact
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