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• May 21, 2013 | Events on Campus

  Georgia Museum of Art to participate in military discount program

  The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia will participate this summer in Blue Star Museums, a program that offers free admission and special discounts to all active-duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day.

• May 6, 2013 | Events on Campus

  Mandela-era ambassador to South Africa to speak at UGA Chapel

  James A. Joseph, the U.S. ambassador to South Africa from 1995 to 1999, will speak May 16 at 4 p.m. in the UGA Chapel. His talk will be on "Leadership as a Way of Being: Reflections on Nelson Mandela, Servant Leadership and Personal Renewal."

• May 1, 2013 | General News

  Legion Pool to open May 23 for summer season

  Legion Pool at the University of Georgia will open on May 23 for the summer season. Hours of operation are 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. daily through July 31, and 2-7 p.m. Aug. 1-8.

• April 22, 2013 | Events on Campus

  Athens Beep Baseball team to host round-robin tournament April 27

  The Athens Timberwolves will host a Georgia Beep Baseball Association round-robin tournament with visiting teams from Atlanta, Augusta and Columbus at Smith Field, located at 1570 Epps Bridge Road, near Home Depot, April 27 beginning at 9 a.m.

• April 18, 2013 | Events on Campus

  UGA to present art exhibition on ‘Reflections of the Latin American Natural Environment’

  The Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute at the University of Georgia will present its first exhibition on "Reflections of the Latin American Natural Environment," a national juried exhibition of contemporary art, from April 22 to May 17 in its offices at 290 S. Hull St.

• April 16, 2013 | General News

  UGA Bug Dawgs to host ‘The Beers and the Bees’ April 18

  The University of Georgia Bug Dawgs, a student group in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences' entomology department, will host "The Beers and the Bees" April 18 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Terrapin Beer Company, 265 Newton Bridge Road. Event participants will learn about the benefits of pollination and local bees.

• April 16, 2013 | Honors & Awards

  Campus Kitchen at UGA receives top student organization award

  Campus Kitchen at UGA was named the University of Georgia's "Organization of the Year" during the 12th Annual H. Gordon and Francis S. Davis Student Organization Achievement and Recognition Awards, given out April 10 at the Tate Student Center. The hunger relief student organization, launched in March 2011, also received an award for "Outstanding Service to the Community."

• April 12, 2013 | Events on Campus

  Recycling Happy Hour to be held April 23 at UGA

  The University of Georgia Office of Sustainability and WUGA radio, along with the Athens-Clarke County Recycling Division, will host a Recycling Happy Hour on April 23 from 5-7 p.m. in the UGA intramural field parking lot off of College Station Road.

• April 11, 2013 | Events on Campus

  NYU cinema studies chair to lecture on Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’ at UGA

  Richard Allen, professor and chair of cinema studies at New York University, will lecture on the use of electronic sound in Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 film "The Birds" Apr. 22 at 12:20 p.m. in Room 53 of the University of Georgia's Fine Arts Building.

• April 11, 2013 | Events on Campus

  Rodeo time: UGA students bring three nights of steer roping and bull riding to Athens

  The University of Georgia's Block and Bridle Club is gearing up for the 39th annual Great Southland Stampede Rodeo, which will roll into Athens April 18-20 at the UGA Livestock Instructional Arena, 2600 South Milledge Ave.

• April 10, 2013 | Events on Campus

  Author, journalist Melissa Fay Greene to deliver 20th Ferdinand Phinizy Lecture

  Acclaimed author and journalist Melissa Fay Greene will deliver the 20th Ferdinand Phinizy Lecture April 19 at 1:30 p.m. in the University of Georgia Chapel. Greene's lecture on "The Literature of Fact and Why Good Writing Still Matters" is free and open to the public. A brief reception will follow.

• April 10, 2013 | Events on Campus

  Georgia Museum of Art to host free program for children this summer

  The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia will host Art Adventures: Museum Mysteries, a free, interactive educational program designed for elementary-school-aged children this summer. The program will run through June and July and is ideal for groups of five or more such as day camps, day-care centers and community centers.

• April 9, 2013 | General News

  UGA’s Chew Crew goats return to Tanyard Creek

  The University of Georgia's own semi-resident goat herd, the Tanyard Creek Chew Crew, has returned to its temporary grazing grounds next to the Hull Street parking deck on North Campus. And volunteers are needed Thursdays in April and May 1 from 4:30-6 p.m. to help with the goats and their work.

• April 5, 2013 | Events on Campus

  Parking options available for Jason Aldean’s Athens concert

  In just over a week, 65,000 people will arrive on the University of Georgia's campus for Jason Aldean's Night Train 2013 tour concert in Sanford Stadium. And they will all need a place to park.

• April 4, 2013 | Events on Campus

  UGA Army ROTC to host charity golf tournament

  The University of Georgia Army ROTC Alumni will hold their second annual charity golf tournament April 19 at noon at the UGA Golf Course. Proceeds will benefit the Wounded Warrior Project and the ROTC Alumni Scholarship Fund, which was created in honor and memory of fallen UGA Army ROTC alumni, like 1st Lt. Noah Harris and 1st Lt. Ashley Henderson-Huff, who both died from injuries sustained in the line of duty.