*"Appointment, Promotion, Tenure and Gender," with panelists Peggy Barlett from anthropology, Shelia Cavanaugh from English, Kelly Turney from Equal Opportunity Programs, and attorney Marcia Borowski. 9:30-11:45 a.m.
*"Balancing Personal and Professional Lives," with panelists Robin Blaetz from film studies, Victoria Phillips from public health, Deborah Thoreson from music, and Amy Lang from the Institute of the Liberal Arts. 1-2 p.m.
*"Teaching and Research," with panelists Gretchen Schultz from Oxford College, Robin Fivush from psychology, Donna Owen from nursing, and Molly Weinburg from Georgia State University. 2-3 p.m.
A reception will follow from 3-4 p.m.
The $12 registration fee includes continental breakfast, a box lunch and
the
reception. For registration information, call Grace Pownall at 727-0775
or
Leslie Taylor at 727-2574 by Oct. 2.
Mental Health Forum to focus on fostering statewide reform
The Rosalynn Carter Georgia Mental Health Forum will be held at The
Carter
Center on Monday, Oct. 2, from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sponsored by The Carter
Center
Mental Health Program, the Georgia Mental Health Association and the
Georgia
Parent Support Network, the forum will focus on ways to foster Georgia's
ongoing reform effort.
The forum is designed to complement the Rosalynn Carter Symposium on
Mental
Health Policy, which has been held each fall at The Carter Center for
more than
a decade.
Keynote speakers will be Karl Dennis, director of Kaleidoscope, a
community-based child welfare agency in Chicago; and Henry Harbin,
professor of
clinical psychiatry at the University of Maryland and chair of the
American
Managed Behavioral Healthcare Association. For more information or to
register,
call the Georgia Mental Health Association at 875-7081.
Glenn School holds fall clothing sale
The Glenn School for Young Children is holding its 18th semi-annual
clothing
sale on Friday, Sept. 29, from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. (no children or babies
before
noon), and Saturday, Sept. 30, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. (half-price day). Items
for
sale include used fall and winter clothes in girls' infant through size
12 and
boys' infant through size 14, children's shoes and accessories, maternity
items, baby equipment, toys, books and games. The sale will be in the
Glenn
Church School Building, 1669 North Decatur Road. For information, call
634-6494.