The university held its annual UGA in D.C. Reception June 27 at Union Station with more than 500 congressional staff, alumni and supporters in attendance.
Several members of the Georgia congressional delegation attended including Sens. Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson and Reps. Jack Kingston, Sanford Bishop, Austin Scott, Doug Collins, Paul Broun, Phil Gingrey, John Barrow and Tom Graves. Also in attendance was Sonny Ramaswamy, director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture from which the university receives a significant amount of annual research funding.
The UGA in D.C. Reception is sponsored by UGA President Jere W. Morehead, the Government Relations office in Washington, D.C., and the UGA Alumni Association. Pictures from the event are available at http://dar.uga.edu/government_relations.