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Franklin College Transfer Student Welcome

Enjoy coffee and donuts to kick off a new semester. This free event is hosted by the Franklin College Transfer Ambassadors.  


Back to School Photos

Show your school pride and share it with others. Come take photos of your #FIRSTDAYSATUGA. Thursday, August 15 at 9:00am to 12:00pm  


Hypnotist Show featuring: Chris Jones

The Center for Student Activities and Involvement kicks off the school year with a hilarious and mind-blowing evening of hypnotism. There will be two shows - One at 7 p.m. and one at 9 p.m.. Welcome UGA is a campus-wide collaboration to provide students numerous opportunities in the first six weeks of the fall semester to meet new people, engage with departments and organizations, and learn more about UGA. Please visit welcome.uga.edu…


Freshmen Welcome 2019

Freshman Welcome is an annual event, hosted the day before the first day of classes. By participating in Freshman Welcome students complete tradition #4 of the G-book, “Between the Hedges.” Before forming a human "G" on the field and having their picture taken as a class, students hear welcoming words from the university leaders.  Additionally, students learn and practice the football cheers in preparation for their…


Welcome to UGA Bash

As a welcoming celebration, UGA BCM invites students for free popsicles and prizes before and after the annual "G" picture at Sanford Stadium.    


Fresh Check Day

FreshCheckDayUGA is a Be Well UGA event and wellness check-in welcoming UGA'23 with interactive booths, prizes, and more! Booths will be provided by UGA campus partners and peer educators. More dates through August 13, 2019  


Alumni Weekend at UGA

The UGA Alumni Association will host alumni, their family and friends for a special weekend in Athens. The entire weekend is up to you. Attend as much or as little as you want. Stay out late and fuel up with a coffee downtown, or get up early and catch the sunrise from Sanford Drive. We want you to re-experience your college years while you’re in town. We’ll kick things off with an Orientation Dinner with UGA President Jere W. Morehead and…


Holiday Staff Appreciation

Staff are invited to enjoy light snacks, cookie decoration and other activities. RSVP by Nov. 30 to rsvpuga@uga.edu.


Fall 2018 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 their lives. At Commencement, we celebrate the outstanding accomplishments of our students completing advanced degrees. Whether you’re participating in the graduate Commencement ceremony or…


Fall 2018 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. Whether you’re participating in the undergraduate Commencement ceremony or supporting your graduate, this information will help you prepare for and navigate the big day. All the…


GMOA Student Night

Join the Student Association of the Georgia Museum of Art for a night of music, food, fun and themed activities to celebrate the latest exhibitions. Student Night is sponsored by UGA Parents Leadership Council. More from the event page on Facebook:  The Second Student Night of the Year is here!! The theme is Found Forest and will revolve around Richard Hunt's new exhibition. There will be contests with prizes, button making, food, music and…


StoryCorps Listening Session

WUGA and StoryCorps present a listening session  with stories recorded during StoryCorps' stay in Athens. For more information, visit: http://wuga.org.  


Lillian Smith Book Awards

Pulitzer-prize winner Hank Klibanoff is the featured speaker Sept. 25 at the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Lillian Smith Book Awards. The program, open free to the public, begins at 6:30 p.m. at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta. A reception will follow. Klibanoff will speak on “Courage, Cowardice and, Now, Contrition,” which will draw on his book, The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the…


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://www.georgiamuseum.org https://www.facebook.com/events/454131641770571/


Multicultural Faculty and Staff Reception

Hosted by the Office of the President and the Office of Institutional Diversity.  Open to all faculty and staff. Please RSVP to the Office of Special Events at rsvpuga@uga.edu or 706-542-7619.


Involvement Fair

Come to the Tate Student Center to meet 300 student organizations! UGA registers 800+ student organizations annually. For a full list of registered student organizations, visit https://involve.uga.edu. 


Constitution Day at UGA

The American Founding Group and the School of Public and International Affairs will host a celebration of Constitution Day. The centerpiece of these festivities is a lecture by Carol Berkin, Presidential Professor of History Emerita at Baruch College & the Graduate Center, City University of New York. The lecture and moderated question and answer session will be followed by a dessert reception in Candler Hall. In addition, historical…


Public Open House at the Trial Gardens

Visit the Trial Gardens to learn about trial plants and get an inside look at the garden from director Dr. John Ruter and garden manager Brandon Coker. Local vendors will be selling cold treats. For more information, visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/183866238940071/


Family Day: The South in Paint

Many of the artists in Central to their Lives: Southern Women Artists in the Johnson Collection painted the lush southern landscapes they saw around them. Join participants for fun in the galleries, and then paint an 8 x 10 canvas in the Michael and Mary Erlanger Studio Classroom. Sponsored by Heyward Allen Motor Co., Inc., Heyward Allen Toyota and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art.


Georgia Review Spring Issue Celebration

To celebrate its upcoming issue, The Georgia Review will host a reading by Elly Bookman, winner of the fifth annual Loraine Williams Poetry Prize. Review assistant editor Soham Patel will be the opening reader, and the event will include a musical performance by Cortez Garza. A reception with light refreshments will follow the reading. Sponsored by The Georgia Review and the National Endowment for the Arts. For more…


Friends First Friday: Sunflower Music Series

To commemorate the garden’s 50th anniversary, the Sunflower Music series season starts with a celebration of 1968 (the year of the Beatle’s White Album). William Tonks will review each concert and tell a few tales of the more than 60 Sunflower concerts since he first proposed outdoor concerts that would bring together people from two of his favorite places: the Athens music scene and the botanical garden. Includes a full breakfast. In…


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.


Legion Pool Open

Legion Pool, a community fixture for nearly 80 years, opens for the summer season. Pool admission is open to UGA students, faculty and staff as well as members of the “Friends of Campus Life.” Hours are 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. daily through July 31 and 3-7 p.m. August 1-9. “Friends of Campus Life” memberships are available at the Dean of Students Business Office in the Tate Student Center. For more information, visit: http://tate.uga.edu/…


Franklin College Staff Appreciation Reception

Annual staff appreciation reception honoring Franklin College of Arts and Sciences staff. Refreshments will be served. 


Staff Appreciation Day

All University of Georgia staff are invited to attend UGA’s fourth annual Staff Appreciation Celebration. An initiative of the Office of the President, the Staff Appreciation Celebration is a way for the university to say thank you to the staff.
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