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• UGA Griffin Campus Updates

  UGA Griffin Campus

  August 10, 2020

  Effective July 15, the UGA Griffin campus will require all faculty, staff, students, and visitors to wear an appropriate face covering while inside campus facilities/buildings where six feet social distancing may not […]

  Posted in: Campus, Community

• Great Georgia Pollinator Census returns this August

  Josh Paine

  July 10, 2020

  

  Students and families are encouraged to participate in the second annual Great Georgia Pollinator Census on August 21-22 coordinated by University of Georgia Cooperative Extension. About 4,500 participants documented more […]

  Posted in: Community, Extension

• UGA Griffin to return to campus in phases throughout the summer

  Ashley Biles

  July 8, 2020

  The University of Georgia Griffin Campus is instituting a phased return of faculty, staff, and students to campus throughout the summer. With guidance from the University System of Georgia (USG), […]

  Posted in: Campus, Community

• UGA agriculture faculty produce COVID-19 video, materials for farm workers

  Maria M. Lameiras

  May 29, 2020

  

  As the spring harvest approached, members of the Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association knew they would need assistance to provide important information about COVID-19 safety measures and food handling […]

  Posted in: Center for Food Safety, Community, Extension

• Slaughter named ABWA scholarship recipient

  Ashley Biles

  May 27, 2020

  

  Each year the Iris Chapter of ABWA (American Business Women’s Association) presents a scholarship to a student who is pursuing a degree in business or a business-related field on the […]

  Posted in: Campus, Center for Food Safety, Community

• UGA Family and Consumer Sciences – 2nd Annual Diversity and Inclusion Financial Planning Symposium

  Melissa Gordon

  March 16, 2020

  

  Over the past several years, many industries have been challenged with the task of learning how to engage a younger audience in order to rebuild their aging workforce. The financial […]

  Posted in: Campus, Community

• 2020 Diversity and Inclusion Financial Planning Symposium

  Melissa Gordon

  February 3, 2020

  

  This is a half-day program where college and high school students, faculty, career influencers, and leaders in the financial planning industry come together to exchange ideas, network and discuss ways […]

  Posted in: Campus, Community

• Inaugural Dawg Dash 5K and 1-mile Fun Run/Walk 

  UGA Griffin Campus

  October 23, 2019

  

  Saturday November 16th 2019 will mark the Inaugural Dawg Dash 5K and 1-mile Fun Run/Walk.   Open to everyone and all fitness levels are welcome. Proceeds will benefit the Griffin-Spalding County Way […]

  Posted in: Campus, Community

• Interim Assistant Provost named for UGA Griffin Campus

  Be-Atrice Cunningham

  October 4, 2019

  

  We are pleased to announce that Dr. G. David Buntin, a dedicated member of the UGA faculty, has been named Interim Assistant Provost and Campus Director at the UGA Griffin […]

  Posted in: Campus, Community, Entomology

• UGA-bred Blueberry Plants Now Grow across the Globe

  Sharon Dowdy

  June 9, 2019

  

  A tried and true Georgia “boy,” University of Georgia blueberry breeder Scott NeSmith takes pride in creating new blueberry varieties for farmers in Georgia and across the Southeast. Now he […]

  Posted in: Campus, Community