Anne L. Sweaney collection
Collection DescriptionHistorical NoteAnne Sweaney was recruited by Dean Emily Pou to join the College of Family and Consumer Sciences as a part-time temporary instructor in 1981. She then applied for and earned a tenure-track assistant professor of housing position in 1982. In 1995 Sweaney was named a full professor and in 2004 she became the head of the Department of Housing and Consumer Economics. As department head, she led the way to establish a Family Financial Planning major and for the department to place more emphasis on residential property management. She served as interim dean of FACS from 2010-2011 and worked to reinvigorate the college's obesity initiative. In 2012 Sweaney announced her retirement and that same year the Anne L. Sweaney Innovation Fund was established to "provide a source of perpetual support for the college's programmatic needs long into the future." During the course of her tenure, Sweaney was presented with a number of awards. These include the FACS Teacher of the Year Award for both 1994-1995 and 2000-2001 and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Award for Excellence in College and University Teaching in the Food and Agricultural Sciences in 1996. Sweaney was also the recipient of the UGA Josiah Meigs Awards for Excellence in Teaching for 1999. Scope and ContentThe Anne L. Sweaney collection consists of materials from her career with the College of Family and Consumer Sciences' Home and Consumer Economics department. The collection has manuscripts that she wrote on topics ranging from low income housing to the quality of life for older adults. There are records of Sweaney's research including the SMART HOUSE studies (1988 through 1991) and her work on various Southern Regional Projects (1970s-1990s). Other documents relate to her teaching (1981-2012), serving as head of the HACE department (2004-2012) and as Interim Dean of FACS (2010-2011). Also included is information about conferences that she attended and presented at along with grants that went toward funding her numerous studies and research projects. In addition, there is material from her service on the Athletic Association's Board of Directors. Organization and ArrangementThis collection is arranged into ten series: Manuscripts, Research, Teaching, Family and Consumer Sciences materials, Proposal and grants, Conferences, Reviews, Athletic Association Board of Directors, Personal materials and Readings. Administrative InformationPreferred CitationAnne L. Sweaney collection, UA11-202, University Archives, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries. Related Materials and SubjectsSubject TermsRelated Collections in this RepositoryRelated audiovisual materials from this collection are housed in the Walter J. Brown Media Archive: http://purl.libs.uga.edu/brown/har-ua11-202/bmac-coll |
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