UGA recently was awarded the 2009 Outreach Scholarship W.K. Kellogg Foundation Engagement Award for its Archway Partnership program. The Archway Partnership is now one of four regional programs invited to compete for the national 2009 C. Peter Magrath University Community Engagement Award.
The Archway Partnership is an initiative to strengthen UGA’s land-grant mission by taking a grassroots approach to meet locally identified community and economic development needs by creating “portal” communities through which the university’s teaching, research and service missions can address community-driven issues.
Six such “portal” communities already exist: Moultrie/Colquitt County; Sandersville,
Tennille/Washington County; Brunswick/Glynn County; Clayton County; Hartwell/Hart County; and Americus/Sumter County. A seventh, The Hawkinsville/Pulaski County community, is set to begin operations July 1.
The Archway Partnership and the other three regional award programs will be showcased during the National Outreach Scholarship Conference Sept. 28-30 at UGA, and the Magrath Award winner will be selected during the conference, with the winner being announced in November.