Community

• They’re back! “Scarecrows in the Garden” returns to UGA Griffin Research and Education Garden

  Ashley Biles

  October 16, 2022

  

  The fall favorite event, “Scarecrows in the Garden”, is back at the UGA Research and Education Garden, located at 129 W. Ellis Road in Griffin. The scarecrows, which were made […]

  Posted in: Community, Research and Education Garden

• Georgia Defeats Alabama 33-18 to Win National Championship

  Dew Hubbard

  January 11, 2022

  

  The wait is over! For the first time in over 40 years, the Georgia Bulldogs are atop college football after defeating Alabama 33-18 in the National Championship. The win breaks […]

  Posted in: Community

• UGA Griffin Participates in Spalding County “Lite the Nite” Holiday Display

  Ashley Biles

  December 3, 2021

  

  Members of the UGA Griffin Ambassadors and the UGA Griffin Marketing Team created and submitted “life-size” holiday cards for the hometown holiday greeting portion of Spalding County’s “Lite the Nite” […]

  Posted in: Campus, Community

• Over 90 Vaccinations Given at UGA Griffin Clinic

  Ashley Biles

  November 18, 2021

  

  Great success was had at the first COVID-19 and Flu vaccine clinic held at the University of Georgia Griffin Campus with a total of 91 vaccinations administered on Thursday, October […]

  Posted in: Campus, Community

• Adams Named 2021 Marie Fort Garden Club Scholarship Recipient

  Ashley Biles

  November 5, 2021

  

  Congratulations are in order for UGA Griffin student, Darian Adams, for being named the recipient of the Marie Fort Garden Club Scholarship for 2021. The local club presents the $1,000 […]

  Posted in: Academics, Campus, Community

• UGA Griffin Students Take Part in Annual Stream Cleanup

  Ashley Biles

  November 5, 2021

  

  Getting up early on a Saturday morning to do physical labor is not necessarily every person’s idea of fun, especially when your bed is beckoning you to roll over for […]

  Posted in: Campus, Community

• UGA-Griffin Student Scores Job Testing Turf at PGA Tour Championship

  Clint Thompson

  October 8, 2021

  

  When professional golfer Patrick Cantlay sank the birdie that won him the 2021 PGA TOUR Championship, he did it on turf that had been tested that morning by a student […]

  Posted in: Academics, Campus, Community, Crop and Soil Sciences, Turfgrass and Weed Science

• All The Buzz on The Third Annual Great Georgia Pollinator Census

  Leslie Matos

  August 30, 2021

  

  Thousands of Georgians came together on August 20 and 21 to count pollinator insects in their local gardens for the third annual Great Georgia Pollinator Census.  Coordinated by University of Georgia Cooperative […]

  Posted in: Community, Entomology, Extension, Master Gardener, Research

• UGA Food Scientists Get Creative with Georgia Commodities

  Ligaya Figueras

  August 20, 2021

  

  As farmers across the state swelter in the summer heat tending crops and livestock, food scientists inside a state-of-the-art 14,500-square-foot facility on the University of Georgia campus in Griffin are laboring over […]

  Posted in: Campus, Community, FoodPIC, Research

• From Food Desert to Community Oasis

  Ashley Biles

  August 12, 2021

  

  Labeled a food desert by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Fairmont community in Griffin, Georgia, has historically had slim options for sourcing fresh, nutritious food nearby. But this desert is becoming […]

  Posted in: Center for Urban Ag, Community, Extension