UGA celebrates 30 years of the Woodruff Scholarship

On Tuesday, April 3, the University of Georgia celebrated 30 years of the Woodruff Scholarship. Current and past Woodruff Scholarship recipients gathered in Athens for an evening of reconnection and thanksgiving. Over 70 students have received…
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Students show their gratitude during the seventh annual Thank a Donor Day

A record-breaking number of students gathered at Thank a Donor Day on April 12 to show their appreciation for UGA donors. Coordinated by the Office of Donor Relations and Stewardship, this campus-wide tradition has celebrated the impact of private…
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Mellon grant will expand Global Georgia Initiative

This article was originally published by UGA Today on April 11, 2018. Writer: Dave Marr  (AB '09, ABJ '09) A $500,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will enable the University of Georgia Willson Center for Humanities…
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Gift will establish Correll Scholars Program

Writer: Elizabeth Elmore (ABJ '08, BBA '08) New scholarship program to include mentorship, experiential learning and more  Ada Lee and Alston D. “Pete” Correll Jr. have committed $5 million to endow a need-based scholarship…
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UGA Foundation hires chief investment officer

Author: Katie DeGenova (ABJ '06) The University of Georgia Foundation has hired Jason Bull as its first chief investment officer, effective April 9, 2018. Bull was formerly managing director for Emory University’s endowment. The liquid…
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Alumnus donates art collection to UGA School of Law

This article was originally published on UGA Today on March 5, 2018. Writer: Heidi Murphy William Elliott Stiles Jr.—an accomplished artist, Atlanta attorney and University of Georgia School of Law alumnus—is donating 10 pieces…
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UGA names building for Sanford and Barbara Orkin

This article was originally published by UGA Today on February 15, 2018. Writer: David Dodson, Terry College of Business (ABJ '89) Third and final phase of the Business Learning Community will open in 2019 The next building…
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Hodgson School unveils renovated recording control room

This article was originally published by UGA Today on January 29, 2018. Writer: Jessica Luton ROOM DEDICATED TO R. DOUGLAS MOORE, LONGTIME MUSIC PROFESSOR A recent renovation of the recording control room at the Hugh Hodgson School…
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UGA Alumni Association Launches The 1961 Club

The date was January 9, 1961. Amidst a crowd of National Guardsmen, the figures of Hamilton E. Homes and Charlayne Hunter appeared on the University of Georgia’s North Campus. They were two students registering for their spring classes and…
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Family donates portrait of Jennie Belle Myers to hang in Myers Hall

Along with serving as the housemother for the University of Georgia’s first women’s residence hall, Jennie Belle Myers (BSHE ’27) was a strong supporter of women’s education at UGA. She established a scholarship for home economics majors…