Standing with a ceremonial check to commemorate Orkin's $500,000 commitment to create a professorship in entomology are Dan Suiter, Orkin Professor of Urban Entomology and UGA Extension entomologist; Freeman Elliott, recently retired Orkin president and member of the CAES Advisory Council; Nick Place, CAES dean and director; and Kris Braman, professor and head of the CAES Department of Entomology. (photo: Lavi Astacio)
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Orkin establishes urban entomology professorship at UGA

$500,000 endowment will support UGA Extension entomologist Daniel Suiter as Orkin Professor of Urban Entomology.
UGA and Georgia Power officials gathered Friday for the announcement of the Georgia Power gift to the university at the Electric Mobility Summit at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education & Hotel. Pictured left to right are Donald Leo, College of Engineering dean; Bentina Terry, senior vice president of customer strategy and solutions at Georgia Power; UGA President Jere W. Morehead; Kim Greene, chairman, president and CEO of Georgia Power; Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost S. Jack Hu; and Meredith Lackey, executive vice president of external affairs and nuclear development at Georgia Power. (Andrew Davis Tucker/UGA)
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Georgia Power commits $5M to e-mobility at UGA

Record gift to UGA College of Engineering will create scholarships, support research and build statewide partnerships.
Students at UGA mini medical scholl camp practiced medical simulations on mannequis during Summer Academy at UGA, facilitated by the UGA Center for Continuing Educaiton & Hotel. The AU/UGA Medical Partnership used half of its funding from the Sahm Award during summer 2022 to pay for three tennagers to attend the summer camp on the medi school campus in Athens (Photo: Shannah Montgomery/ PSO)
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Bobbi Meeler Sahm Service and Outreach awards benefit Athens/UGA partnerships

Five local projects will receive nearly $40,000 from an endowment created by Athens native and UGA alumna Bobbi Meeler Sahm.
The Marsh family
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UGA CARE Center receives major gift with touching dedication

A $25,000 gift from an alumni family will elevate a UGA team working in an area close to that family's heart.
PAWS Director Lisa Milot with her pet, Indi. (Photo by Anne Yarbrough Photography)
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Law school receives $1.4M grant to help animals

The Stanton Foundation’s gift will support UGA's animal-focused law clinic and create resources to reduce the neglect and abuse of dogs.
Participants of Fanning’s Youth Lead Athens program in 2019. (Photo by Shannah Montgomery)
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Chick-fil-A gives UGA $1.5M for youth development

The $1.5 million pledge will support development of a statewide youth leadership program and an annual youth leadership summit at UGA.
Students participate in the Embark program. (Photo by Shannah Montgomery)
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Embark Georgia receives $1.5M to expand program

Foundation funding will improve educational outcomes for Georgia youth who have experienced foster care and/or homelessness.
Greg Wilson and Kira Crowe from CVIOG Workforce Development group go to Appling County for first PROPEL steering committee meeting and tour of town. (Photo by Shannah Montgomery)
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Boosting rural Georgia

A generous $500,000 gift from the University of Georgia Foundation board of trustees will benefit rural students and communities.
Driftmier Engineering Center
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Gift endows new professorship in electric mobility

Georgia Power creates UGA College of Engineering faculty position focused on electric vehicles and associated technologies.
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Foundation’s $2.6M pledge supports UGA poultry science

The R. Harold and Patsy Harrison Foundation's gift established a distinguished professorship in poultry science.