Tag: Public Service and Outreach
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Freedom Breakfast celebrates footsteps of courage
Keynote speaker Arthur Dunning reflects on Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy.
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Crowds wowed by Winter WonderLights holiday show
Nearly a million lights bring holiday spirit to the State Botanical Garden.
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On the Bulldog Beat: Art & Nature
The newest tree at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia needs no water or sunlight.…
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UGA hosting an array of holiday activities
This holiday season, UGA will be offering many events the whole family can enjoy.
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UGA helps build mentoring opportunities across Georgia
As an affiliate of a national partnership, the program helps youths prosper.
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Former Albany State president to give Freedom Breakfast keynote
Higher education veteran Arthur Dunning returns to Athens.
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Grant to help communities boost economic development
It will help rural areas develop a strategy for economic recovery.
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Mobile kitchen trailer a boon for Campus Kitchen
It will help student-run hunger relief program ‘meet people where they are.’
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Clarke County students visit UGA, explore Grady College
UGA grows partnerships with the Clarke County School District.
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Engineering students explore coastal housing challenges
The project will explore new prototypes for affordable, storm-resilient housing options.
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UGA program equips women for leadership roles
Program graduates are more civically engaged, involved as community leaders.
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State Botanical Garden sets holiday light show
The Winter WonderLights show begins Dec. 1 and goes through Jan. 9.
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Sea turtle educates thousands then returns to ocean
The loggerhead served as an ambassador for the UGA Aquarium on Skidaway.
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Rural hospital now thriving as others close
In 2015, Pulaski County’s hospital faced bankruptcy. Then UGA stepped in.
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UGA joins partnership to spur compatible economic development around Fort Benning
Undeveloped military buffer land has recreation, economic development potential.
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Program certifies ecotourism guides at the Georgia coast
UGA program provides best practices related to water-based tourism activities.
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Grow It Know It gives teachers food for thought
Workshop provides educators knowledge about food-based learning.
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UGA partners to develop fishing career pathway
The workforce development program targets high school students on the coast.
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Leadership development effort spans the state
Fanning Institute to assist seven more communities with leadership programs.
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Small cattle farm grows up with help from UGA
The SBDC helped middle Georgia farmer successfully expand operations.
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Academic, outreach faculty team up on rural issues
Seed grants will allow them to find solutions to variety of challenges.
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UGA part of federal grant to preserve imperiled plants
The State Botanical Garden of Georgia is among four conservation organizations in Georgia.
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Students develop plan to keep Fort Pulaski operable
The historic site draws more than 300K visitors a year.
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Foster care, homelessness are higher education hurdles
New research shows stable housing, money for books among chief concerns.
