Category: Georgia Impact
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Mentoring program at mobile home park helps students make strides in school
Selene Angel, 8 years old, has difficulty with math, but still claims it as her…
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Anti-poverty group to hold volunteer fair for community
University employees and students can get personally involved in the fight against poverty in Athens…
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Crisscrossing China
Sarah Shelnutt knew something special was happening.
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Reaching out across oceans: UGA-Tunisia relations expand
With the support of the UGA-Tunisia Educational Partnership, students, educators and administrators from the University…
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Young African immigrants, refugees take part in new summer camp
A summer camp for African immigrant and refugee youth is one of several activities that…
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Head Start: Program introduces middle, high school students to career choices in pharmacy
The middle and high school students gathered in the College of Pharmacy on a recent…
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Latino students aim to buck higher education trend
“Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed.”
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New digs: Georgia Center ready to show off first phase of two-year, $1 million renovation
The Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center and Hotel is inviting UGA employees and…
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Trio of SPIA colleagues contribute to university’s advancement efforts
Faculty, staff and retiree donors are all around you, giving back to the University of…
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Catching the flu
Just back from Afghanistan, where she helped diagnose that country’s first case of bird flu,…
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3,500 employees have pledged $20 million to campaign
The employee portion of the Archway to Excellence Campaign kicked off with a big announcement:…
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Bringing history to life
Randy Groomes, director of multicultural programming for the UGA Alumni Association, scanned a sea of…
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eLEARNING eVOLVING
A delegation of Tunisian professors arrived at UGA last week to take part in the…
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UGA students volunteer overseas and return with broad horizons
Seven UGA Honors students had the opportunity to experience other cultures with grants they received…
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Little gifts add up to big things for Veterinary Medicine faculty and staff
Jim Moore has been doing it for more than 20 years, steady and consistent. His…
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Shaping the initiative
UGA freshman María Duarte spends 19 hours a week at Pinewood Estates North, an Athens…
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Getting involved
Tre’Ross, Bodhi Roberts and Noe Recendiz recently took the stage in front of several hundred…
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Closing the gap
Workplaces across America anticipate a shortage of experienced leadership in the next five years as…
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After the storm: Psychologist helps UGA volunteers cope with ‘compassion fatigue’
In the critical situations that washed over the country following Hurricane Katrina, people at evacuee…
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Two scholars will speak at inaugural conference on black issues in higher education
Keynote addresses by two of the most highly recognized scholars in urban and African-American education…
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Instilling a sense of unity: UGA, Athens communities gather for fifth annual Martin Luther King Day
It might have been a day off from work and school for most people, but…
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The Redcoats are going!
The UGA Redcoat Band, recognized recently with the Sudler Trophy as one of America’s top…
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Put on your dancing shoes: Marathon kicks off to help children
Sometimes the journey is just as important as the destination.
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University joins community effort to address persistent poverty in Clarke County
The university will play a key role in a major new initiative to address persistent…
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