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Meet Shontel Solomon, Outreach Chair of the Black Alumni Leadership Council

February 19, 2019

We recently interviewed Shontel Solomon (BS '10) to learn more about her UGA experience and what drives her to stay connected to the university.

Groundbreaking broadcaster Monica Kaufman Pearson delivers 2019 Holmes-Hunter Lecture

February 15, 2019

The UGA Chapel was filled with joy, anger, sadness, and, ultimately, hope when the University of Georgia welcomed back alumna Monica Kaufman Pearson (MA ’14) to deliver the annual Holmes-Hunter Signature Lecture on Thursday, Feb. 7.

View of the 2018 Graduate School Spring Commencement ceremony streamer celebration. Image provided by the University of Georgia/by Chad Osburn.

University of Georgia achieves 96 percent career outcomes rate for second year

February 13, 2019

University of Georgia graduates, for the second year in a row, are employed or attending graduate school within six months at a rate of 96 percent—11.7 percent higher than the national average.

Lit 101: How To Sound Like A Student … Again

February 8, 2019

Prepare for UGA's 2019 Alumni Weekend by watching students give you the "tea" on some youth lingo. Alumni Weekend is March 21-23.

Barbara "Susy" Nell Davis (BSHE ’48) and Glenn Lewis Taylor (BSED ’49) in front of their home.

A Bulldog Love Story: Glenn and “Susy” Taylor

February 7, 2019

A World War II veteran, Glenn Lewis Taylor, met the love of his life outside of Snelling Dining Hall. Little did he know the girl who gave him a fake name would eventually become his wife of 54 years.

Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes are greeted by the press as they walk toward the Admissions Office in the Academic Building on Jan. 9, 1961, to enroll as the first African American students at UGA.

Holmes and Hunter-Gault: They followed their dreams

February 4, 2019

UGA alumni Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter simply wanted to follow their dreams. And in doing so, they also became inspirations.

The team members of Sunnyboy Entertainment owned by Harold Hayes, Jr., (ABJ ’01) and Craig Phillips (ABJ ’02)

Farthest Bulldog 100 Company: SunnyBoy Entertainment

January 23, 2019

UGA alumni Harold Hayes, Jr., (ABJ ’01) and Craig Phillips (ABJ ’02) are the co-founders of a successful, full-service creative studio based in California that landed on the Bulldog 100 list for fastest growing Bulldog owned or operated companies.

A Signature Welcome owners Lindsay Bissell Marko (BBA ’07) and Emily Howard Slater (BS’07).

Female Run Bulldog 100 Company: A Signature Welcome

January 23, 2019

Get to know the story behind the two women entrepreneurs, Lindsay Bissell Marko (BBA ’07) and Emily Howard Slater (BS’07), that own A Signature Welcome, a gifting company on the 2019 Bulldog 100 list.

UGA-RaceTrac partnership creates new career paths for student-athletes

January 18, 2019

UGA’s Corporate and Foundation Relations team partnered with RaceTrac and UGA Athletics to develop a new opportunity for football players: two-week “micro-internships” at RaceTrac’s home office in Atlanta.