Category: Profiles

Student starts SPIA student mentor program

Elizabeth Carter plans to leave her mark on the campus community.
IT director helps students, faculty solve problems

Lee Cornell is the IT director in the College of Environment and Design.
Alexandria Lin

College of Engineering student helps put UGA’s first satellite in space.
Professor’s expertise has an impact around the world

SPIA’s Gene A. Brewer focuses on “the engine of government.”
Lecturer, coach helps students navigate academia

Megan Brock’s teaching serves to keep students on their academic course.
Kim Jones: The Casserole Dish Illness

Alumna is promoting mental health awareness.
Adrienne Madison: Keeping Her Head Up

UGA engineering doctoral grad now works for the U.S. Army.
Ilka McConnell: The Human Side of Economics

Triple Dawg is fighting for economic development in Athens.
Malcolm Mitchell: Route Adjustment

The former NFL star is now a children’s book author.
Jim Farmer: A Magical Experience

Alumnus is director of Atlanta’s annual LGBTQ+ film festival.
Jeffrey Brown: Opportunities Found

Meet the president of the Black Alumni Leadership Council.
Andy Lipman: The Warrior

Andy Lipman may not have been born a warriors, but he learned to become one
Alejandro Collins

Senior Alejandro Collins is passionate about environmentalism and human rights.
Housing executive director helps UGA ‘feel personable’

Linda Kasper emphasizes the many benefits of living on campus.
Students benefit from new approach to anatomy class

Veterinary professor uses a digital tool that allows for virtual dissection.
Pastor heads to grad school to learn counseling, health

Dual degree program helps give Maggie Leonard tools to support community.
A passion for service and solving health disparities

Ewan Cobran is committed to serving medically underserved populations.
Alexander Burke

A graduate student in CED, he balances classwork with two part-time jobs.
IT director assists students, community with technology

Teresa Payne ensures that students, faculty and staff always have support.
Building camaraderie despite social distancing

Splitting up her class and good communication is working for Tiffany Washington.
Ecologist studies the forces that shape savannas

Ricardo Holdo’s research combines laboratory experiments with field studies.
Student veteran uses art as therapy

Eric Martin uses art to cope with stress, aims to help others.
Justin Edge

He aims to improve minority representation in the legal profession.
Somanath Shenoy

His research focuses on ways to detect and treat lung diseases and cancer.