Ethics Week set for Nov. 6-12; University of North Georgia, November 3, 2023

 Denise Ray, University of North Georgia; Ethics Week set for Nov. 6-12

"The University System of Georgia (USG) will promote Ethics Week from Nov. 6-12 with the University of North Georgia (UNG) offering various events focused on ethical awareness. It serves as a reminder to employees of the importance of an ethical culture and UNG's year-round commitment to compliance with USG policies, as well as state and federal laws.

UNG promotes a culture of excellence by bringing awareness to its core values of integrity, student-focus, excellence, engagement, and service.

"Leading ethically means an individual does the right thing, even when no one is looking. At UNG, we strive to make it easy to do the right thing and hard to do the wrong thing," Jill Holman, director of internal audit, said. "We exist to enroll and educate students. Teaching ethical leadership in the classroom and through our actions is vitally important in promoting a culture of excellence. Join us this week in celebrating our ethical culture here at UNG."

Library seeks community's help to document COVID-19 changes to daily life; University of North Georgia, May 21, 2020

Clark Leonard, University of North Georgia; Library seeks community's help to document COVID-19 changes to daily life

"Joy Bolt, dean of libraries at UNG, said part of the impetus for the project came when she and Allison Galloup, special collection and digital initiatives librarian, sought documents related to the 1918 flu pandemic.

"We were both somewhat surprised to find little in our collection on the subject," Bolt said. "This is one reason why we thought it was important for us to collect information about the experiences of our Northeast Georgia community for future scholars and researchers. It will be there when people want to look back on this time and see how things were for so many of us."

To submit your story, use the library's collection form and upload your file or email it to archives@ung.edu.

Galloup knows many people will wonder if their items are needed or worth sending. She has a simple message.

"Nothing is too mundane to share. We cannot do this without the community's help. While there may be similarities in all of our stories, each person's experience and perspective is unique," Galloup said. "We're asking you to share whatever you'd like, in whatever format you'd like. Those who would like to participate can submit videos, voice recordings, scans, photographs, or text documents.""