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Department reduces financial barriers for student engagement 

UGA Student Affairs’ Department of Engagement, Leadership, and Service (ELS) announces it has awarded scholarships totaling over $75,000 for the 2023-2024 academic year. With these scholarships, ELS hopes to reduce financial barriers that hinder student success and engagement.

Women in Leadership networking dinner.

Women in Leadership Networking Dinner 

As part of their new Women and Leadership Initiative, Engagement, Leadership, and Service (ELS) hosted the inaugural Women in Leadership Networking Dinner.   This dinner brought together nearly 80 students, administrators, faculty, staff, and alumnae to celebrate the contribution, achievement, and leadership of UGA women and encourage networking among the attendees.  The event included dinner,…

Sarah Park smiling ecstatically as she is crowned Miss UGA 23

Miss UGA, Sarah Park, to compete for Miss Georgia

Sarah Park entered the Miss UGA Competition intending to gain new experience and win the competition’s scholarship. Park not only walked away with the Miss UGA 2023 crown, but she also discovered newfound potential to use her voice for good. Park was unfamiliar with the pageant world before being crowned on January 21. A senior…

Tanner Nelson headshot.

Recipient of 2022 Bradley-Turner Leadership Scholarship announced 

Tanner Nelson, a first-year student from Columbus, has been named the 2022 Bradley-Turner Leadership Scholar at the University of Georgia. The scholarship is awarded annually to outstanding students who exhibit superior leadership capabilities while in high school and who aspire to be student leaders at UGA.  

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Asian American Student Association at UGA receives top student organization award

Asian American Student Association at UGA was named “Organization of the Year” during the 21st Annual H. Gordon and Francis S. Davis Student Organization Achievement and Recognition Awards, given out April 12 at the Tate Student Center. The SOAR Awards celebrate the accomplishments of student organizations at the University of Georgia. Asian American Student Association is a registered student…

Laura Kate Holden headshot.

Recipient of 2021 Bradley-Turner Leadership Scholarship announced

Laura Kate Holden, a first-year student from Columbus, has been named the 2021 Bradley-Turner Leadership Scholar at the University of Georgia. The scholarship is awarded annually to outstanding students who exhibit superior leadership capabilities while in high school and who aspire to be student leaders at UGA. Holden graduated from Columbus High School in May…

Portraits of the two 2021 Dawn D. Bennett-Alexandria Scholarship winners.

Recipients of 2021 Dawn D. Bennett-Alexander Scholarship announced

Athens, Ga. – Lytzy Hernandez, a second-year exercise and sports science student from Dahlonega and Bryson Henriott, a second-year political science and public relations student from Vidalia have been named the 2021 recipients of the Dawn D. Bennett-Alexander Building Bridges Scholarship at the University of Georgia. The scholarship is awarded annually to students who exhibit…

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IMPACT student service organization pivots to meet its mission during the pandemic

Athens, Ga. – It is a familiar sight on the University of Georgia campus several times a year – dozens of students clutching pillows and duffle bags as they gather at the Tate Student Center to board vans bound for far-flung cities across the eastern United States. The students are participating in IMPACT Service Breaks,…

Recipients of 2020 Dawn D. Bennett-Alexander scholarship announced

Niyelle Tucker, a fifth-year biological engineering student from Conyers and Carson Kuck, a fourth-year political science student from Cochran have been named the 2020 recipients of the Dawn D. Bennett-Alexander Building Bridges Scholarship at the University of Georgia. The scholarship is awarded annually to students who exhibit excellence in their commitment to diversity and inclusion…