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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.


Museum Mix

The museum’s thrice-annual late-night art party features a live DJ, free refreshments and galleries open until 11 p.m. Music will be provided by DJ Mahogany. For more information, visit: https://georgiamuseum.org/calendar/event-all/museum-mix17/2018/04/19/ or https://www.facebook.com/events/1206524366145426/


Thank a Donor Day

Share an attitude of gratitude by thanking the University of Georgia's generous donors.


Faculty Recognition Banquet

Annual recognition event and award banquet for faculty.


Spring 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. Full details at https://commencement.uga.edu/undergraduate.


Spring 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. Full details at https://commencement.uga.edu/graduate.


World Anthropology Day

Anthropology Day is a day for anthropologists to celebrate their discipline while sharing it with the world. The Department of Anthropology at UGA has organized a variety of activities including pottery-making, technology demonstrations (knapping, fire-making), sensory and food-related activities, as well as displays  and information tables led by students in the Anthropology Society and Undergraduate-Graduate Mentoring…


Fall 2017 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. Commencement speaker:  Lisa Nolan was professor and Dr. Stephen G.…


Fall 2017 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. Commencement speaker: As the 13th chancellor of the USG, Steve Wrigley oversees 28 public colleges and universities with an $8.8 billion annual budget, more than 48,000…


Sustainable UGA Semester in Review

The Sustainable UGA Semester in Review celebrates people, programs, activities and academic courses that create a culture of sustainability at UGA.The program includes brief presentations from Office of Sustainability interns, posters and table displays from UGA classes, the announcement of 2017 Campus Sustainability Grant winners, light lunch fare and opportunities for networking. Opening comments will be provided by John R. Seydel, director of…


Spotlight on the Arts: Family Day Activities

Family-friendly activities and performances showcasing UGA’s arts units, including theater, dance and literary workshops; art projects; a musical instrument petting zoo; performances and more.


Special Collections Fall Exhibits Reception

The Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries at the University of Georgia will host its bi-annual reception celebrating new exhibitions. The event will include live music, light refreshments and gallery games. Exhibitions highlited include "Covered with Glory: Football at UGA, 1892-1917"; "Wrestling Temptation: The Quest to Control Alcohol in Georgia"; "Gold-digging in Georgia: America's First Gold Rush"; "Georgia Writers hall…


Spotlight on the Arts: Student Spotlight

An all-day event featuring performances from student organizations and individuals displaying their talents in music, theater, dance and creative writing. Part of the Spotlight on the Arts Festival.


Kaleidoscope: Spotlight on the Arts Opening Celebration

To kick off the Spotlight on the Arts festival, UGA’s arts programs present an hour-long kaleidoscope of student performances and presentations. This brilliant, non-stop collage of the arts provides a window into the vast scope of the creative work on our campus, from dance to music, theater, creative writing and art. To see this year's Spotlight on the Arts festival schedule, please visit: http://arts.uga.edu/spotlightuga2017/


UGA Science Olympiad Outreach Invitational Tournament

Science Olympiad Outreach is a student-run organization that goes out into the local Athens-Clarke Community and promotes STEM through the Science Olympiad Program. This will be the group's fourth annual Invitational Science Olympiad Tournament. For more information, visit: http://www.ugascienceolympiad.net/
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