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UGA will hold its third annual Staff Appreciation Day. All staff members are invited and encouraged to attend.
As the birthplace of higher education, the University of Georgia has fostered a tradition of academic excellence, intellectual inquiry, and service to others since 1785. For our graduates, Commencement is a beginning, the start of the next chapter in thier lives. At Commencement, we celebrate the outstanding accomplishments of our students completing advanced degrees. For more information, visit: https://commencement.uga.edu/graduate…
As the birthplace of higher education, the University of Georgia has fostered a tradition of academic excellence, intellectual inquiry, and service to others since 1785. For our graduates, Commencement is a beginning, the start of the next chapter in their lives. Event takes place at Sanford Stadium. For more information, visit commencement.uga.edu/undergraduate SPEAKER: Ernie Johnson Ernie Johnson is a 1978 graduate of UGA’s Grady College…
Honors the winners of the 2017 awards for teaching excellence. Invitation only. Reception: 5:45 p.m. Dinner and award presentations: 6:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost. Part of Honors Week.
  The Georgia Review's ninth annual Earth Day event will include a talk by nationally known environmental writer John Lane, music by Hawk Proof Rooster, and a reception. Past speakers have included National Book Award winner Barry Lopez, Alison Hawthorne Deming, Gary Ferguson, and Ann Pancake. John Lane is a writer and environmentalist. Author of a dozen books of poetry and prose, including six from the University of Georgia Press,…
The exercise develops academic, presentation, and research communication skills and supports the development of students’ capacities to effectively explain their research in language appropriate to an intelligent but non-specialist audience. Master’s and doctoral students have three minutes to present a compelling oration on their thesis or dissertation topic and its significance. 3MT™ is not an exercise in trivializing or ‘dumbing-down’…
Exclusive admission to Six Flags over Georgia for UGA students, alumni, faculty, staff, and guests. Tickets go on sale February 20th in the Tate Student Center Cashier Window with a valid UGA card. Limited bus transportation provided. Free parking available at Six Flags. This is a rain or shine event. Everyone entering the park will also receive a return-visit voucher valid for a full-day refund on June 4, 11, or 18. Flash passes and VIP Tours…
Prisms transform light into a spectacular display of colors; the ordinary becomes the extraordinary. Ideas have the power to act as prisms. They challenge us, they change us—and when we hold them up to the light—they help us to see the world differently than before. TEDxUGA 2017 will explore the full spectrum of ideas that exists within the University of Georgia. Join the fifth annual celebration of ideas worth spreading. Participants may…
Join us for our Winter Art Party Extravaganza!!! Help us celebrate 4 new exhibitions featuring Atlanta-based artist, Michi Meko, Dodd graduate students Alexis Spina, Katherine Miller, & Yeonsoo Kim, and a group show of undergraduate work curated by our friend Candice Greathouse, director of ATL's Mint Gallery. You can read up on all the upcoming exhibitions here: http://art.uga.edu/galleries/upcoming-exhibitions As always there will be…
Contact: UGA Green Lab Program 706-542-7884 North American Laboratory Freezer Challenge participants will work to improve the efficiency of their laboratory freezers by implementing responsible and sustainable cold storage management practices, such as freezer and sample inventories, temperature tuning, and unplugging unused units. In short, researchers get hands-on assistance with cold storage management practices, UGA saves energy,…
Join Carissa DiCindio, curator of education, for an in-depth discussion on Purvis Young’s painting “Angels from Heaven and Earth.” For more information, visit: http://georgiamuseum.org/
Check out exquisite examples of medals, statuettes and other royal treasure owned by the Romanov family of Russian rulers, then create your own glittering holiday ornament in the Michael and Mary Erlanger Studio Classroom. For more information, visit: https://georgiamuseum.org/
Award-winning poet Jericho Brown will read work at the closing reception for the Georgia Review's "Storytelling" exhibition. Light refreshments will be served, and the exhibition will be open for viewing. This event is sponsored in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. For more information, visit: https://georgiamuseum.org/ or http://garev.uga.edu/ Exhibit on display through January 29.
President Jere W. Morehead invites UGA faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends to a kickoff celebration for the Commit to Georgia Campaign for the University of Georgia.  The president will give remarks at 12:45 p.m. Come learn about why the campaign matters to you. Refreshments provided. Hairy Dawg and other special guests in attendance. Red and black attire encouraged. No registration required.
For the second year, the UGA Libraries encourage Georgians to read at least one book by each inductee before the Nov. 7 ceremony. The Class of 2016 and their recommended reading selections are: Brainard Cheney, Lightwood; Katharine Du Pre Lumpkin, The Making of a Southerner; Bill Shipp, Murder at Broad River Bridge; James Alan McPherson, Elbow Room; and Roy Bount Jr., Now, Where Were We?   The Georgia Writers Hall of Fame induction ceremony…
A variety of textile crafts, wood-turning and folk art will be demonstrated, and participants will be invited to make a no-sew totebag out of recycled t-shirts provided by the Athens-Clarke Solid Waste Department. Hawk Proof Rooster, an old time string duo, sings and plays fiddle, banjo, ukulele, guitar and mandolin. This event is a part of the Spotlight on the Arts festival, which fosters awareness and appreciation of the arts and an…
Bring the whole family — all generations — to UGA for a fun-filled day focusing on the Arts at UGA! The UGA Arts Council Spotlight on the Arts Family Day is free and open to all ages and will include theater performances, live music, dancing, musical instrument demonstrations, creative writing, art exhibitions and activities and much more!  Rain or shine, families are encouraged to bring a picnic lunch so you can enjoy the full day on…
The Saturday Morning Club is a series of free concerts for young people, by young people. These fun, interactive performances are designed for children from age 4 through 12 and feature performances by UGA student ensembles and other young performers. Parents and grandparents are encouraged to come and enjoy this family-friendly activity with their children. For more information, visit: http://pac.uga.edu/
The Science Learning Center (ScLC) is a brand-new facility scheduled to open in Fall 2016. The ScLC will be open for classes August 11, with an official dedication scheduled for August 17. The Center will provide new modern learning space for core undergraduate science courses and will offer 33 separate instructional labs, including those in the Biological Sciences, Chemistry, and Physics. The Center will also house two 280-seat tiered…
For a smoother check in experience and to alleviate traffic congestion, elevator lines and wait times, resident arrival times will be staggered this year. Specific arrival time information will be communicated to residents via email. Check housing.uga.edu for the latest updates regarding arrival times and move in procedures. Residents not required to be on campus for activities on Aug. 7 are strongly encouraged, but not required, to arrive on…
All incoming students (Class of 2020 and transfer) are invited to attend Freshman Welcome, UGA's official welcome celebration in Sanford Stadium. Students will enjoy free food and beverages, appearances by Hairy Dawg and other special guests from campus. Students then will have the opportunity to be in the Super G class photo on the field between the hedges.  Event details will be emailed to students in early August.
The summer Museum Mix will feature DJ Mahogany and the big new Mixografia exhibition featuring over 130 works by 60 big-name contemporary artists. Music, art, people, food and drink, the galleries and the sculpture garden — all free. Thanks to our generous food sponosrs: Big City Bread, The Fresh Market, Transmetropoloitan Pizza and Taziki's Mediterranean Cafe. #museummix   For more information, visit the Facebook event page at: …
The Griffin Campus Graduate Reception honors and celebrates the Griffin Campus 2016 spring graduates and their families. Contact: Chrystal McDowell 770-229-3464
The Griffin Campus Graduation Celebration and Brick Ceremony honors the 2016 spring UGA Griffin Campus graduating class. Contact: Chrystal McDowell 770-229-3464

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