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Donors set new UGA fundraising record

July 16, 2024

Private support set all-time highs in single-year contributions and three-year fundraising average, benefitting every area of campus.

Alumnus leaves $1.5M estate gift to UGA

July 12, 2024

The gift will benefit UGA's School of Public and International Affairs and Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Meet the Student Alumni Council

July 12, 2024

The Student Alumni Council provides programming and education to help connect students with UGA traditions, philanthropy and alumni.

Becky Winkler standing among flower bushes. (PHOTO: Franklin College of Arts and Sciences)

Service builds a vision for driving change

July 9, 2024

UGA Trustee Becky Winkler (AB '98) believes everyone has a narrative. You just need to keep it pointed in the right direction.

Blake Witmer, current Orientation leader, and father Craig Witmer, former Orientation leader, stroll together on North Campus. (PHOTO: Chamberlain Smith/UGA)

Blake Witmer is following in her father’s footsteps

June 20, 2024

Twenty nines year after acting as a UGA Orientation leader, Craig Witmer's daughter, Blake Witmer, will follow in his footsteps.

Former Chief Justice follows in the ‘Footsteps’ of UGA trailblazers

June 11, 2024

Retired Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Benham will receive the 2024 Footsteps Award and be recognized at the annual 1961 Club celebration.

A good mentor is simple to find

May 17, 2024

Mentor Program participants and service members Cadet Chase Martel ’25 and Major Kevin Mitchell (AB ’05) reflect on what they've gained from the program.

For the fourth year in a row, over 3,000 student-donors contributed to the Senior Signature campaign.

2024 University of Georgia graduates embody a culture of giving

May 7, 2024

This year, over 3,000 student-donors in the UGA Class of 2024 contributed over $100,000 through the annual Senior Signature program.

Bill Flatt delivers a lecture in 2014 at the University of Georgia.

Former dean establishes UGA college’s first chair

April 26, 2024

The inaugural holder of the Bill and June Flatt Chair in Foods and Nutrition is Connie Rogers, head of FACS' nutritional sciences department.