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Eclipse Viewing Party at Sanford Stadium

View the total solar eclipse and enjoy views from around the world on the jumbotron, learning activities, special guests, giveaways and more. Approximately 10,000 free viewing glasses will be available with the first 5,000 guests receiving free UGA-themed viewing glasses. Sponsoring partners: Georgia Athletic Association, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, John Knox, UGA Atmospheric Sciences Program and the Department of Geography. For more…


Study Abroad Open House

Join the Office of International Education to learn more about study abroad and international studies.


Freshman Welcome

Hosted by the Student Alumni Council, Student Alumni Association and the Office of the President, Freshman Welcome is a FREE event you won't want to miss!  Those who attend will:  Enjoy a pre-party in Reed Plaza with free food Learn game day cheers and traditions Reunite with orientation leaders and make new friends Be welcomed to UGA by President Jere Morehead (JD '80) and Coach Kirby Smart (BBA '98) Hear from Student Alumni…


New Faculty Orientation

All new faculty are invited to attend New Faculty Orientation. The agenda and registration are at: http://www.ctl.uga.edu/pages/new-faculty-orientation. Please send any questions you may have about this event to Dr. Meg Mittelstadt, Assistant Director for Faculty Development and Recognition, at megan.mittelstadt@uga.edu.  To register, visit: https://ugeorgia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6ytGJ7NIFPzfMSF


Trial Gardens’ Public Open House

The 35th annual Trial Gardens includes vendors such as Maisie Loo from UGArden selling herbal teas, garden tours and more. The Trial Garden are in full bloom and filled with annuals, perennials, roses, containers and hanging baskets due to the outstanding effort of Master Gardeners, student workers, and the new garden manager, Brandon Coker. John Ruter, director of the Trial Gardens and a professor of the Horticulture Department, will be there…


GMOA Museum Mix

The museum’s thrice-annual late-night art party features a live DJ, free refreshments and galleries open until 11 p.m. Free admission. #museummix  For more information, visit: http://georgiamuseum.org/calendar/event-all/museum-mix15/2017/07/20


National Public Gardens Day

National Public Gardens Day is a day to honor and draw attention to the nation's public gardens. To celebrate, the Garden Gift Shop is offering everyone the Friends of the Garden 10% discount all day (10 a.m. until 4 p.m.), no coupon necessary. Free guided tours of the garden are at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Find more information at the Visitor Center front desk.


Staff Appreciation Day 2017

  UGA will hold its third annual Staff Appreciation Day. All staff members are invited and encouraged to attend.


Franklin College Staff Appreciation Reception


Staff Appreciation Day 2017

UGA will hold its third annual Staff Appreciation Day. All staff members are invited and encouraged to attend.


Spring Graduate Commencement

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…


Spring Undergraduate Commencement

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…


Faculty Recognition Banquet

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 Earth Day Event

  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,…


Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition

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’…


UGA Night at Six Flags

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…


TEDxUGA 2017: Spectrum

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…


Winter Art Party Extravaganza

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…


Freezer Challenge Entry Deadline

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,…


Artful Conversation: Purvis Young

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/


GMOA Family Day: Royal Treasure

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/


Closing Reception: “Storytelling: The Georgia Review’s 70th Anniversary Art Retrospective"

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.


The Commit to Georgia Campaign Kickoff

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.


Georgia Writers Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

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…


Family Folk Day

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…
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