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Reginald McKnight is UGA?s first Hamilton Holmes Professor, a new chair that honors the legacy of one of the two African Americans who integrated UGA in 1961.
  Reginald McKnight is UGA’s first Hamilton Holmes Professor, a new chair that honors the legacy of one of the two African Americans who integrated UGA in 1961.
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Reginald McKnight is not the English instructor who forced you to diagram sentences. He is UGA’s first Hamilton Holmes Professor, a new chair that honors the legacy of one of the two African Americans who integrated UGA in 1961.

McKnight, an acclaimed author and winner of the Pushcart Prize, said, “It’s easy to teach writers to write, but nearly impossible to teach those who can’t.”

The minds of modern students are often trapped in a labyrinth of GREs, LSATs, MCATs and future dollar signs, and it is a tribute to teachers like McKnight when those students shed their grade point pressures in pursuit of humanistic and artistic deliberation. It is also precisely why UGA lured the author of two novels, three short story collections and two edited volumes to fill an academic chair that represents the university’s dedication to diversity and openness.

For McKnight, the Holmes appointment is significant for both historical and personal reasons. “As a kid, I marveled at the courage of pioneers like Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter-Gault. Holding this chair is like rubbing elbows with the greats.”

Through the Arch-way to Excellence Campaign, UGA seeks substantial increases in the numbers of endowed chairs, professorships and visiting scholars, as well as related academic department support funds.

Enhancing the quality of the faculty is critical to attracting and stimulating excellent students.
 
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