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• Cooperative Extension Faculty named PSO Fellow

  UGA Griffin Campus

  May 14, 2019

  

  Svoboda “Bodie” Vladimirova Pennisi, a full professor and UGA Cooperative Extension Specialist at the UGA Griffin campus, will work with the Small Business Development Center to implement online learning opportunities. […]

  Posted in: Extension, Horticulture

• Students learn about local mentoring opportunities

  Melissa Gordon

  April 18, 2019

  

  Ms. Kathy Rhodes, Mentor Program Coordinator for the Spalding County Collaborative, spoke on Tuesday, April 16, 2019, to students and guests of Dr. Watts Warren’s SOCI 3820S Communities and Crime […]

  Posted in: Academics, Campus

• UGA-Griffin students talk about microbiology at Griffin High School

  Dr. Margie Paz

  April 16, 2019

  

  Students of Dr. Margie Paz, senior lecturer in the Department of Microbiology of the UGA Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, recently fulfilled a service-learning activity related to their Introduction […]

  Posted in: Academics, Community

• McCullough recalls decades of food science work upon retirement from UGA-Griffin

  Sharon Dowdy

  April 12, 2019

  

  In December of 1976, Sue Ellen McCullough took a job at the University of Georgia Griffin campus — then known as the Georgia Experiment Station — on the advice of […]

  Posted in: Campus, Food Science and Technology, Research

• UGA-Griffin names 2019 Classified Employees of the Year

  Sharon Dowdy

  April 11, 2019

  

  Anthony Flint, Julie Peters and Gary Ware were honored as the University of Georgia Griffin campus 2019 Classified Employees of the Year during the annual Classified Employee Recognition Ceremony held […]

  Posted in: Campus, Community

• UGA-Griffin student returns to college after 30-year break

  Sharon Dowdy

  January 3, 2019

  

  At 54, Becky Griffin was the oldest University of Georgia student on the Griffin campus to be awarded a degree this fall, but that fact only fueled her drive to […]

  Posted in: Center for Urban Ag, Entomology, Graduation

• Three UGA Griffin faculty receive prestigious D.W. Brooks Awards

  Sharon Dowdy

  December 5, 2018

  

  Three University of Georgia Griffin campus scientists have been awarded D.W. Brooks Awards for Excellence for their extraordinary commitment to the mission of the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental […]

  Posted in: Campus, Community

• 2018 Agro-Forestry & Wildlife Field Day

  Jennifer Reynolds – Griffin Daily News

  October 4, 2018

  

  The 2018 Agro-Forestry & Wildlife Field Day was held Thursday, Sept. 20 at University of Georgia Griffin Campus Westbrook Research Farm on Ellis Road. The event, which began in 1987 […]

  Posted in: Campus, Community, Extension

• Dundee Cafe on UGA’s Griffin campus dedicated

  Sharon Dowdy

  October 4, 2018

  

  Renovation of a 1913 mule barn on the University of Georgia Griffin campus is complete, with a ceremonial ribbon cutting Oct. 4 signifying its new purpose as the Dundee Cafe. Made […]

  Posted in: Campus, Community

• Young Scholars celebrate a summer of scientific curiosity and inspiration

  Merritt Melancon

  September 25, 2018

  

  Pipette, check. Lab coat, check. A sense of scientific curiosity, double check. It’s not your typical gear list for summer camp, but it covers just what Georgia high school students […]

  Posted in: Young Scholars Program