Morain retired in 1996 after a 28-year career in higher education. A recipient of the Josiah Meigs
award--UGA's highest teaching honor--she developed a number of courses aimed at helping students
understand cultural differences. The syllabus for her course on cross-cultural understanding was
included in a directory assembled by the International Curriculum Content for Teacher Education
Project.
She served on a task force created by the American Council on Teaching Foreign Languages to write national standards for teaching foreign languages. In 1982, she won the Paul Pimsleur Award for research in foreign language education.
A former member of the editorial board for the University of Georgia Press, Morain is a charter member of the Emeriti Scholars, all of whom are also members of UGA's Teaching Academy and were Senior Teaching Fellows. In addition to developing the Founders' Day lecture, members of the group have worked with the Honors Program, teaching courses and seminars, lecturing at special events and serving as mentors to Honors students.
Other members of the Emeriti Scholars are Gilles Allard, geology; Robert Anderson, physics, Joseph Berrigan, history; Jean Bowen, Institute of Higher Education; William Flatt, foods and nutrition; Thomas Ganschow, history; Richard Hill, chemistry; Bernard Dauenhauer, philosophy; Sylvia Hutchinson, reading education and Institute of Higher Education; Ronald Simpson, education and Institute of Higher Education; Ron Carlson, law; Jean Friedman, history; Brenda Manning, elementary education; and Louise McBee, who was vice president for academic affairs.