UGA to celebrate 230th anniversary on January 27
Each year, the UGA Alumni Association proudly celebrates the signing of the University of Georgia Charter that took place on January 27, 1785. In recognition of the university’s 230th anniversary as the nation’s first state-chartered institution of higher education, the UGA Alumni Association and the UGA Emeriti Scholars present the annual Founders Day Lecture. The lecture is held in the UGA Chapel and has become a Founders Day tradition, drawing alumni, students, faculty, esteemed guests and members of the community. This year’s lecture will be held on Monday, January 26 at 1:30 p.m. The lecture is free and open to the public.
The 2015 Founders Day Lecture will be presented by UGA School of Law J. Alton Hosch Professor of Law and Associate Dean Emeritus Paul M. Kurtz, and will be titled, A New York Yankee in Abraham Baldwin’s Court: (Almost) Fifty Years Behind ‘Enemy’ Lines.
Paul M. Kurtz
Student Bar Association President Carey Miller (AB ’12, JD ’16) will provide the student response.
And don’t forget to wish UGA a happy birthday on social media using #UGATurns230.
The UGA Student Alumni Association will sponsor a series of free events in advance of and following the lecture. For more information about these events, please email Assistant Director of Student Programs Evan Tighe (BSED ’08, MA ’11) at eptighe@uge.edu.
- Monday, January 26: Founders Day Lecture at 1:30 p.m. in The Chapel
- Tuesday, January 27: Founders Week T-shirt Giveaway and Birthday Party in Tate Plaza; Men’s Basketball Game vs. Vanderbilt at 7:00 p.m. in Stegeman Coliseum
- Wednesday, January 28: Career Fair from 12:00 to 5:00 p.m. at The Classic Center
- Thursday, January 29: 100 Days Until Graduation Celebration; birthday cupcakes in the dining halls
- Friday, January 30: 100 Days Until Graduation Celebration and Dawgs After Dark
- All week: Greek Life Banner Contest
