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About 1,520 students eligible for degrees at UGA Summer Commencement
An estimated 1,520 students will be eligible to receive degrees at the University of Georgia’s summer commencement exercises Aug. 4 at 9:30 a.m. in Stegeman…
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Class offered
On Aug. 10, a Bi-Lateral Cooperative Agreements class will be offered for faculty and staff interested in developing or renewing international agreements with foreign institutions.…
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ID numbers change
Beginning fall semester, social security numbers will no longer be used on classroom rolls, grade rolls or any other classroom activity. Instead, a nine-digit portion…
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Position announcement
Applications and nominations are being accepted for the position of director, Division of Academic Enhancement, to be filled through an internal search by Jan. 1,…
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Associate deans sought
The Franklin College of Arts and Sciences is accepting applications until Aug. 9 for an associate dean for international and multidisciplinary programs and an associate…
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Delta CEO to speak at summer commencement ceremony
Delta Air Lines CEO Gerald Grinstein, who guided the nation’s third-largest airline through a bankruptcy crisis into financial stability, will be the speaker for UGA’s…
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UGA’s chapter of NAACP wins three awards
The UGA chapter of the NAACP attended its national convention July 8-11 in Detroit and brought home three top awards. The chapter was named the…
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Summer enrollment tops 15,000
Total enrollment for summer semester at UGA is 15,302 students. Enrollment on the university’s main Athens campus is up from last summer but total enrollment…
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UGA’s plan to convert Navy School into health sciences center wins approval
The Navy School Local Redevelopment Authority recently approved UGA’s plans to turn the Navy Supply Corps School on Prince Avenue into a medical campus. The…
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July
Seventeen UGA employees retired July 1. Retirees, their job classification, department and length of employment are: Donald A. Bowman, agricultural research assistant III, Northwest Georgia…
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22 incoming freshmen named Foundation Fellows for 2007
The university has awarded the prestigious Foundation Fellowship to 22 incoming freshmen who exemplify the qualities of outstanding future leaders and scholars.
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Finance and Administration office restructures management functions
The university’s Office of Finance and Administration, which includes nearly 1,600 employees in seven divisions, restructured its management functions in several of those divisions on…
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Return visit
Steve Smith, vice president of corporate responsibility for Turner Broadcasting System Inc., will deliver the keynote address at the Black Faculty and Staff Organization’s fifth…
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Late scientist’s $1.24 million bequest creates two professorships
Colleagues knew UGA scientist Bruce Lee Haines as a private, low-key man whose life revolved around his research on plant ecology and who loved talking…
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Forestry economics expert named forestry school dean
Michael L. Clutter, who has been associated with UGA’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources almost his entire life as the son of a…
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$1 million gift from Coca-Cola expands scholarship program
The Coca-Cola Foundation has made a gift of $1 million to UGA to expand its Coca-Cola First Generation Scholarship program. The program will assist students…
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Provost reorganizes his office staff, creates administrative fellows program
Provost Arnett C. Mace Jr. has announced a reorganization of his office staff that includes creating a rotating one-year fellowship for faculty members interested in…
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All in the (university) family
As part of orientation for new fall semester first-year students, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions held Orientation for Parents, a two-day program that ran concurrently…
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UGA scientists receive $20 M in federal bioenergy initiative
Scientists at the University of Georgia teamed with researchers at major universities, national research laboratories and industry colleagues to win a bid from the Department…
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UGA Main Libraries to sponsor National Home Movie Day at Athens-Clarke County Public Library
National Home Movie Day 2007 is coming to Athens on Saturday, Aug. 11, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Athens-Clarke County Public Library…
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Study finds contaminated water reaching Florida’s offshore keys
A new University of Georgia study finds that sewage-contaminated groundwater is reaching the offshore reefs of the Upper Florida Keys, possibly threatening corals and human…
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World’s top flu scientists to gather at UGA conference
More than 150 of the world’s leading influenza researchers will gather at a University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine conference to discuss the latest…
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College editors convene at UGA’s Grady College for annual management seminar
Fifty-nine top college newspaper editors from 25 states will learn leadership and management skills July 22-28 at the 12th annual Management Seminar for College Newspaper…
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Real world training for veterinary students
It’s another busy day in the veterinary clinic as Jonathan Dear and Jessica Griffin assist with a dental cleaning on a golden retriever.