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Alumnus Christopher Cawley (BLA ’99) has been making a splash in the South Florida scene since 2005. Cawley’s projects focus around eco-conservatism and providing clients with a sophisticated design service for private yards, estates, and a variety of hotels and condominiums.

Recently, Cawley had the opportunity to design a backyard oasis for famous New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez. Rodriguez wanted a backyard to complement his modern home that is filled with spectacular art pieces in Coral Gables, Florida, while bringing inside living to the yard. Cawley designed a space that provided both a high-end design and family-friendly atmosphere. Cawley’s designs included a wet edge saltwater pool and an in-ground trampoline for the children. Sticking to Cawley’s focus on eco-conservatism, every tree uprooted in the process of the remodel was later re-planted on the property. Cawley installed artificial grass to help reserve water that would have been used for irrigation. Nothing was put to waste in the designing of the landscaping. Most items found in the process of construction were later used as design elements.

To learn more about Chris Cawley, other projects, and his business, visit www.christophercawley.com.

Learn more about Cawley’s work in Architectural Digest at http://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/alex-rodriguez-miami-home-grounds.

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Representatives from the University of Georgia were greeted by severe weather and flooding in Houston as they kicked off a series of “UGA in Texas” events in mid-April. Despite the bad weather, hundreds of Bulldogs came out to support the university and learn more about the research, teaching and service taking place on campus.

The trip, designed to engage UGA alumni, donors, parents and admitted students, included stops April 18 in Houston, April 19 in Dallas and April 20 in Austin. Due to severe weather and flooding, the UGA in Houston reception was canceled for the safety of registrants and due to a ballroom flooding at The Houstonian Hotel, where the event was to be held. The university plans to return to Houston in the future.

“It is a special thing to be able to bring a little bit of UGA to loyal alumni and friends in Texas,” said Meredith Gurley Johnson, executive director of the UGA Alumni Association. “Everyone has been incredibly thankful that we are hosting these events, but we are the ones who are appreciative. It is their dedication and loyalty that makes the UGA community exceptional.”

On Wednesday at the Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek, UGA President Jere W. Morehead welcomed more than 200 enthusiastic Bulldogs to the UGA in Dallas reception. While the president sent alumni home with three charges – to connect with UGA, to hire UGA graduates and to make a gift of any size to the university – he noted that another way alumni can support their alma mater is to encourage young people to enroll at the university. He informed the group that there are 329 students attending UGA from the Dallas-Fort Worth area. He also let them know that UGA is on track, for the third consecutive year, to achieve a fundraising record when the fiscal year ends June 30. A portion of each attendee’s registration will support student scholarships at UGA.

Following the president’s remarks, attendees were introduced for the first time in person to head football coach Kirby Smart. Smart shared how much it meant for him and his wife, fellow UGA graduate Mary Beth, to return home to Athens, and for him to coach at his alma mater. He shared memories of being a student in Morehead’s class in the Terry College of Business in the late 1990s.

In Austin the following evening, local alumni, parents, friends and admitted students gathered at the Westwood Country Club to hear from Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations Kelly Kerner, who echoed the president’s remarks in Dallas.

Despite a stormy start to the university’s visit to Texas, those Bulldogs who were able to participate in these receptions traveled home with cheerful news and important updates from campus.

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UGA graduates Adam (BBA ’09) and Lindsey Nubern (ABJ ’09) were recently featured on HGTV’s “Tiny House Hunters.”

The couple has spent the last 18 months traveling around the world via backpacks, tents and camper vans. Upon returning home, Adam and Lindsey still had the travel bug and searched for a tiny house on wheels to continue their adventures around the country. Their episode was appropriately titled “Backpackers Go Tiny.”

While traveling, Adam started his own accounting firm as a CPA. Lindsey is a travel writer and photographer and shares the couple’s travel stories on their blog and in other online publications.

On the show, the couple battled through their differences. Adam’s main concern was a practical, small, mobile home to take anywhere in the country. Lindsey prioritized necessities like a bathroom and shower, and finding a cozy spot in the world to call their own.
Lindsey’s mom, Wendy Desmarais, was their real estate agent in Atlanta, and found three choices for the couple to choose from: a tiny cottage, a little white camper and a modern cabin.

To see which tiny home the couple chose, tune in to HGTV on Monday, May 2 at 11:00 a.m. EST to see the third airing of the episode.

Interested in following Lindsey and Adam’s adventures? Check out their Instagram.

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Do you remember what it was like to turn your tassel and receive your diploma from the University of Georgia? Were you excited, and maybe even a little bit nervous about the future? It’s time for the Class of 2016 to graduate and they would love to hear from YOU – the Bulldogs who came before them – about how to succeed after college.

Submissions will be shared on social media using #UGA16 leading up to Commencement on Friday, May 13.

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