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More than 40 years ago, a young man from Arkansas decided to become an agriculture major because “it was the beginning of the Green Revolution, and agriculture had a bright future.” Today that man, University of Georgia professor Paul Raymer, has served Georgia agriculture as a variety tester, a soybean specialist, a canola breeder and…
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The University of Georgia Griffin Campus recently named Adam Gregory, Sue Thomas and Lewayne White as the 2018 Classified Employees of the Year. The designation was made at the 29th Annual Employee Recognition Ceremony held on Friday, March 16. Ten employees were nominated for the Classified Employee of the Year award: Brett Byous (Entomology); Ben Fields…
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The UGA FoodPIC team (Dr. Kirk Kealey, Dr. Dick Phillips, Lauren Hatcher, Bobby Goss, and Gana Otgonbayar) were heavily involved in the 2018 Flavor of Georgia Contest in Atlanta on March 20. This UGA sponsored contest solicits product submissions from food entrepreneurs and companies across Georgia. This year’s event had 125 submissions. The highlight of…
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The University of Georgia Griffin Campus was named the Good Corporate Citizen of the Year at the 105th Annual Dinner of the Griffin-Spalding Chamber of Commerce held on January 25, 2018. The award, sponsored by BB&T, recognizes an organization that has made a commitment to improving the quality of life for all in Griffin-Spalding County.…
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Former UGA Griffin Campus Young Scholar, Natalie Morean, was recently recognized by the UGA Office of Institutional Diversity for her work in advancing issues of human rights and race relations. She was presented the President’s Fulfilling the Dream Award at the Freedom Breakfast sponsored by UGA, the Athens-Clarke Unified Government and the Clarke County School…
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The University of Georgia Griffin Campus held the Fall Graduation Celebration and Brick Ceremony for the class of 2017 on Thursday, December 14, 2017 in the Stuckey Auditorium. In total, 24 students received their degrees and became alumni of the oldest state-supported university in the nation. This was the 22nd graduation ceremony held on the Griffin…
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Dundee Café also will display archival materials that document campus, community history. A historic structure at the heart of the University of Georgia Griffin campus will undergo a $1 million renovation thanks to a gift from the Dundee Community Association. The nearly 100-year-old facility, which once housed mules that pulled plows and other farm equipment, will be re-purposed…
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The University of Georgia’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Sociology, in partnership with the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office and the City of Griffin Police Department, will host the 4th Annual CJDay@UGA conference on Friday, November 10, 2017, from 8:30am until 1:00 pm in the Stuckey Auditorium on the UGA Griffin Campus. The conference,…
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Friday, November 3, 2017 The University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business will host the Business Day Conference on Friday, November 3, 2017 with registration beginning at 8:30am in the Stuckey Auditorium on the UGA Griffin Campus. The conference will focus on several areas of small business, such as marketing, investing, financial planning, creative problem solving, and much…
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Food safety research usually involves analyzing live populations of foodborne pathogens like Salmonella, Listeria and E. coli, but University of Georgia food scientist Henk den Bakker fights pathogens by developing computer software. The newest addition to the UGA Center for Food Safety (CFS) in Griffin, Georgia, den Bakker is one of the pioneering researchers in…