Leadership In General
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Janet A. Hicks was the guest speaker on April 12 for the spring 2005 installment of the ILA's Leadership Lecture series. Hicks, who is commanding general of the U.S. Army Signal Center and Fort Gordon in Augusta, Ga., explained her personal views on leadership and answered questions from the audience, which included UGA ROTC cadets, ILA Scholars and students from the L.E.A.D. program. Hicks said the roles and responsibilities of a leader in the Army are much like they are in any other organization. "When it's successful, you didn't do a thing," she said. "When it fails, it's all your fault." The guest lecture was sponsored by the ILA and the UGA Honors Program.

Maximum Impact "The Influential Leader" Conference
Students, faculty and staff from the Terry College along with special guests of ILA were among the thousands who experienced Maximum Impact's seminar "The Influential Leader," a one-day leadership development event held April 29 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. Terry's Institute for Leadership Advancement was the event's primary sponsor. Dean George Benson delivered opening remarks about the Terry College's emphasis on leadership development to an Atlanta audience of more than 1,200 prior to the beginning of the conference simulcast, which had a total worldwide audience of 70,000.

Benson later spoke at a luncheon for 100 VIP guests, including Maximum Impact founder John C. Maxwell and UGA head football coach Mark Richt. In addition to Maxwell and Richt, headliners at the program included Gen. Charles Krulak, vice chairman of MBNA and former U.S. Marine Corps commandant; Bobby Bowden, head football coach at Florida State; Mike "Coach K" Krzyzewski, head basketball coach at Duke University; Horst Schulze, former president of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company; and Gloria Johnson-Goins, chief diversity officer for The Home Depot.

Christine M. Riordan, an associate professor of management and director of Terry's Institute for Leadership Advancement (ILA), received the Terry College of Business Outstanding Service Award. Riordan was the guiding force and founding director of the leadership institute, when it was formed in 2000 in support of one of the college's major strategic goals. The ILA has developed five programs geared toward undergraduate students, graduate students, executive education and corporate partners. To date, almost $7 million has been raised to support those programs. Click here for more information.

Fourteen Terry professors were recognized as Outstanding Teachers at the annual UGA Faculty Recognition Banquet, held Thursday, April 21, at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education. These teachers were also recognized during the Honors Day convocation on April 27. Faculty members that were recognized in their departments that are associated with ILA were Daniel Feldman (Management), Synovus Chair of Servant Leadership and Leadership Research Consortium Director and Mark Huber (MIS), L.E.A.D. Certificate Program Director.

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Hail and Farewell
The L.E.A.D. Program held its semi-annual Hail and Farewell Ceremony on April 27, 2005 in the Georgia Museum of Art. Over 40 students received their certificates in front of a large crowd of family, friends, and current L.E.A.D. students. A new class of over 60 students was also welcomed. A reception was held directly after the ceremony where food, drinks, and one very large cake was served.

UGA Alternative Spring Break
L.E.A.D. student Lindsay Macrae (Advertising) participated in UGA's Alternative Spring Break program at Camp Boggy Creek outside of Orlando, Florida. Camp Boggy Creek is a camp for seriously ill children, which caters to children with cancer, spina bifida, Downs syndrome, and several others illnesses. Lindsay was assigned to be a "family pal" to the Larsen family during their stay at the camp. The Larsen's son, Jonah Tae Larsen, is quadraplegic and mute but still maintains the ability of communication. One of the unique and memorable moments for Lindsay was assisting Jonah Tae swim for the very first time. "I learned that just because others communicate differently doesn't mean that they are less of an individual. These children have incredible personalities; they just express them in different ways than I communicate", Lindsay explained. "I believe I walked away with much more than I could have ever physically given to the organization I assisted and it's cause."

Top Five Percent of Class
L.E.A.D. students honored during the April 27 Honors Day Convocation for being in the top five percent of their class in the Terry College of Business were: Jennifer Breithaupt (MIS), Cory Chapman (Accounting), Ben Chu (Risk Management/Insurance), Taylor Cox (Marketing), Michelle Ferguson (Finance), Joseph Kendrick (Management) and Jimmie Spivey (Finance/Real Estate).

Students Receive Kudos
On Friday, April 22, Andrew Gendreau (ILA Graduate Assistant) took scholar students David Fischer (Real Estate), Alexa Frost (Marketing), Art Noll (Economics/MIS), Michelle Hassenritter (Real Estate), and Latham Saddler (Economics) to complete their YCLA project at Gilmer County High School. This is a letter we received praising their work:

Dear Chris Cornwell,

Lucy Harris, Gilmer County High School

Scholars Are Honored

• Students who have maintained a perfect 4.0 grade point average during their undergraduate careers are recognized as First Honor Graduates. Lindsey Giffin (International Business), Michael Lage (Finance), Jamie Martin (Marketing), and Laura Mills (Accounting) received this recognition at UGA Honors Day Convocation on April 27.

• Blue Key awards are given to students in the top third of the third-year and fourth-year classes. Scholars recognized at the Honors Convocation for Blue Key Awards were: Andrew Dill (Risk Management and Insurance), Nitin Patel (Finance) and Ashley Rudolph (Marketing).

• Leonard Leadership Scholar students honored for being in the top five percent of their class in the Terry College of Business were: Third-year students - Alex Bunn (Marketing), Robert Edwards (Management), Christina Harris (Management), Matthew Pack (Finance), Katherine Saieh (International Business/Finance); Fourth-year students - Navid Abghari (Economics/Finance), Brooks Andrews (International Business), Lindsey Giffin (International Business), Michael Lage (Finance), Jamie Martin (Marketing), Steve McGuire (Finance), Nitin Patel (Finance), Evan Randall (Risk Mgmt. and Insurance), and Sabina Vayner (Marketing).

• Courtney Doran, a new 2007 scholar was recognized at the SOAR awards. The student organization that she runs, UGA HEROS, won the Outstanding Student Organization of the Year award and also Outstanding Event award for organizing the HERO Olympics last fall. Melenie Lankau, former Scholars Program Director, presented the award as the faculty advisor of UGA HEROS.

Scholar Profile - Lindsey Giffin
CURO awarded best paper in the social sciences and the best paper with an international focus to Lindsey Giffin (International Business). She also recently won the Rotary Top 12 service award for the Terry College. The Athens Rotary selects one student from each of the twelve colleges at UGA each year. Click here to read Lindsey's profile.