The Engagement, Leadership, and Service (ELS) department within the UGA Division of Student Affairs believes student engagement is a pivotal part of an enriched collegiate experience.
ELS seeks to deliver programs, services, events, and significant learning experiences which strengthen students’ connection to the University, cultivate a sense of community, and empower students to be engaged and contributing leaders. Within ELS, students can join and create student organizations, participate in and lead service opportunities, engage with leadership trainings and content, coordinate or attend multiple events, and so much more.
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Student organizations and other involvement opportunities on campus create a way for every student to engage with the UGA community in their own, unique way.
Opportunities such as the annual Student Leadership Conference, Leadership UGA and a monthly lunch-and-learn series allow students to grow their skill sets and reflect on their personal development.
UGA's service driven organizations and the Service staff from within the ELS provide a range of opportunities for students to participate in service and cultivate these opportunities for their peers.
Student activities and events on campus provide space for students to engage with their peers. Students within University Union & Homecoming committees work to plan events throughout the year.
The Student Government Association and Graduate Student Association encourage students to represent their peers through legislation and council initiatives.
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
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
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
Athens, Ga. – It is a familiar sight on the University of Georgia campus several times a year – dozens of students clutching pillows and
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
Taylor Cain, who has served as associate director of the Tate Student Center and director of the Center for Student Activities and Involvement since 2017,
First Day of Class Celebration
Wednesday, August 17th 2022
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Northwest Lawn
45 Baxter Street
University Union is kicking off the school year with some free snacks and swag to start the year off right. Swing by to take a first day of classes photo and grab an events calendar!
More DetailsMovie Screening: The Batman
Friday, August 19th 2022
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Theatre
Tate Student Center
Engagement, Leadership and Service will be hosting a movie screening of The Batman
More DetailsMovie Screening: The Batman
Sunday, August 21st 2022
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Theatre
Engagement, Leadership and Service will be hosting a movie screening of The Batman
More DetailsTrivia Night
Thursday, August 25th 2022
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Grand Hall
45 Baxter Street
Join University Union for trivia night!
More DetailsDouble Feature Movie: Spider-Man: No Way Home
Friday, August 26th 2022
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Theatre
45 Baxter Street
University Union will be hosting a double feature movie screening with Spider-Man: No Way Home and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Spider-Man will be shown Friday and Sunday at 6pm and Doctor Strange will be shown Friday and Sunday at 9pm.
More DetailsDisney Dawgs After Dark
Friday, August 26th 2022
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Grand Hall
45 Baxter Street
Join us for a night of Disney fun and theme park snacks!
More DetailsDouble Feature Movie: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Friday, August 26th 2022
9:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Theatre
45 Baxter Street
University Union will be hosting a double feature movie screening with Spider-Man: No Way Home and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Spider-Man will be shown Friday and Sunday at 6pm and Doctor Strange will be shown Friday and Sunday at 9pm.
More DetailsNew Student Dawg Day of Service
Saturday, August 27th 2022
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Student Center
Dawg Day of Service is UGA's largest annual day of community service, providing a great opportunity to work with other students to make a positive impact in the community. Dawg Days of Service are opportunities that the entire UGA campus can engage with, and we hope you choose to! Our New Student Day of Service is open to ALL new students at UGA and is a great opportunity to get to know your fellow Dawgs.
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to serve.uga.athens@gmail.com!
More DetailsDouble Feature Movie: Spider-Man: No Way Home
Sunday, August 28th 2022
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Theatre
University Union will be hosting a double feature movie screening with Spider-Man: No Way Home and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Spider-Man will be shown Friday and Sunday at 6pm and Doctor Strange will be shown Friday and Sunday at 9pm.
More DetailsDouble Feature Movie: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Sunday, August 28th 2022
9:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Theatre
45 Baxter Street
University Union will be hosting a double feature movie screening with Spider-Man: No Way Home and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Spider-Man will be shown Friday and Sunday at 6pm and Doctor Strange will be shown Friday and Sunday at 9pm.
More DetailsEngagement Fair at Tate Student Center
Tuesday, August 30th 2022
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Student Center
45 Baxter St., Athens, GA
The Engagement Fairs are designed to help students kick start their engagement at UGA! Explore student organizations and engagement opportunities at UGA at night one of the Engagement Fair, hosted in Tate Student Center. Over 175 student organizations and departments will be featured, and there will be free food, t-shirts, giveaways, and activities!
More DetailsLeadership UGA Information Session
Wednesday, August 31st 2022
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Event Location: Tate Student Center
45 Baxter St., Athens, GA
Interested in finding out more information about the Leadership UGA program? Join us for an interest session to see if this is the right opportunity for you!
Info Session #1 (Virtual): Thursday, August 25th @ 2:00pm
Info Session #2 (Virtual): Monday, August 29th @ 10:00am
Info Session #2 (In-person): Wednesday, August 31st @ 6:30pm in Tate Room 138
Signup for Leadership UGA: Emerging Leaders is on a first-come, first-served basis. Signups launch on Wednesday, August 17h at 8:00 am. Have questions? Please contact Taya Britten at taya.britten@uga.edu
More DetailsEngagement Fair at Ramsey Palooza
Thursday, September 1st 2022
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Event Location: Ramsey Student Center
330 River Road, Athens, GA
The Engagement Fairs are designed to help students kick start their engagement at UGA! Explore student organizations and engagement opportunities at UGA at night one of the Engagement Fair, hosted in Ramsey Student Center. Over 175 student organizations and departments will be featured, and there will be free food, t-shirts, giveaways, and activities!
This Engagement Fair will take place in partnership with Ramsey Palooza where you can enjoy a fun-filled evening of games and activities! There will be FREE Chick-fil-A sandwiches and t-shirts for the first 1,500 students. All events will be free for fees-paid students.
More DetailsMovie Screening: The Black Phone
Friday, September 2nd 2022
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Theatre
Tate Student Center
Engagement, Leadership and Service will be hosting a movie screening of The Black Phone.
More DetailsMovie Screening: The Black Phone
Sunday, September 4th 2022
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Theatre
Engagement, Leadership and Service will be hosting a movie screening of The Black Phone.
More DetailsTaste of Athens
Friday, September 9th 2022
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Event Location: Tate West Lawn
45 Baxter Street
Join us on West Lawn for Taste of Athens! We'll have food from multiple local restaurants, music and lawn games.
More DetailsMovie Screening: Jurassic World: Dominion
Friday, September 9th 2022
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Theatre
Tate Student Center
Engagement, Leadership and Service will be hosting a movie screening of Jurassic World: Dominion
More DetailsMovie Screening: Jurassic World: Dominion
Sunday, September 11th 2022
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Theatre
Engagement, Leadership and Service will be hosting a movie screening of Jurassic World: Dominion
More DetailsChrisJones: Hypnotist Show
Thursday, September 15th 2022
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Grand Hall
Tate Student Center
ChrisJones is a hypnotist, comedian and the host of the prank series Double Take on Facebook Watch. In each episode of the new series, Jones conspires with a different celebrity (from John Cena to Pamela Anderson and NeNe Leakes) to give one adoring fan the surprise of a lifetime: meeting and interacting with their idol in a range of crazy circumstances, though – under hypnosis – unable to recognize them.
More DetailsDouble Feature Movie: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Friday, September 16th 2022
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Theatre
45 Baxter Street
University Union will be hosting a double feature movie screening with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Harry Potter will be shown Friday and Sunday at 6pm and Fantastic Beasts will be shown Friday and Sunday at 9pm.
More DetailsDouble Feature Movie: Fantastic Beats and Where to Find Them
Friday, September 16th 2022
9:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Theatre
45 Baxter Street
University Union will be hosting a double feature movie screening with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Harry Potter will be shown Friday and Sunday at 6pm and Fantastic Beasts will be shown Friday and Sunday at 9pm.
More Details2022 Student Leadership Conference
Saturday, September 17th 2022
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Student Center
45 Baxter St., Athens, GA
The Student Leadership Conference (SLC) is hosted annually by Engagement, Leadership, and Service. SLC is designed to provide leadership development opportunities for both emerging and seasoned student leaders, regardless of holding a formal leadership role #NoTitleNeeded.
The Student Leadership Conference will be hosted on Saturday, September 17, 2022. Registration is free for all UGA-Athens student activity fee-paying students and the first 150 students to register will receive a free t-shirt! Please register by Friday, September 9, to guarantee lunch.
For more information, visit https://els.uga.edu/leadership/uga-student-leadership-conference/.
More DetailsDouble Feature Movie: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Sunday, September 18th 2022
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Theatre
University Union will be hosting a double feature movie screening with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Harry Potter will be shown Friday and Sunday at 6pm and Fantastic Beasts will be shown Friday and Sunday at 9pm.
More DetailsDouble Feature Movie: Fantastic Beats and Where to Find Them
Sunday, September 18th 2022
9:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Theatre
University Union will be hosting a double feature movie screening with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Harry Potter will be shown Friday and Sunday at 6pm and Fantastic Beasts will be shown Friday and Sunday at 9pm.
More DetailsFinance Summit
Thursday, September 22nd 2022
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Event Location: Zoom link to come later
Join us September 22nd for our Finance Summit where you can learn about the policies around fundraising and solicitation for your student organization!
More DetailsSpace Dawgs After Dark
Friday, September 23rd 2022
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Grand Hall
45 Baxter Street
This event will be out of this world! Join us at our next Dawgs After Dark event for free space themed games, food, and more!
More DetailsMovie Screening: Lightyear
Friday, September 23rd 2022
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Theatre
Tate Student Center
Engagement, Leadership and Service will be hosting a movie screening of Lightyear
More DetailsMovie Screening: Lightyear
Sunday, September 25th 2022
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Theatre
Engagement, Leadership and Service will be hosting a movie screening of Lightyear
More DetailsMini Engagement Fair
Wednesday, September 28th 2022
10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Plaza
Join us for our Mini Engagement Fair where you can learn from various student organizations. This will be held on September 28th on Tate Plaza!
More DetailsMovie Screening: Thor: Love and Thunder
Friday, September 30th 2022
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Theatre
Tate Student Center
Engagement, Leadership and Service will be hosting a movie screening of Thor: Love and Thunder
More DetailsDawg Day of Service
Saturday, October 1st 2022
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Student Center - Tate Theater
45 Baxter St, Athens, Georgia
UGA's motto is "to teach, to serve, and to inquire into the nature of things." Serve UGA and Engagement, Leadership, and Service invite you to serve with us beginning with Dawg Day of Service and building relationships to continue benefiting our community. Participants will volunteer at different sites around the Athens-Clarke County area where we will engage in meaningful service and address community needs together.
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Movie Screening: Thor: Love and Thunder
Sunday, October 2nd 2022
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Theatre
Engagement, Leadership and Service will be hosting a movie screening of Thor: Love and Thunder
More DetailsMurder Mystery Dinner
Monday, October 3rd 2022
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Grand Hall
45 Baxter Street
Channel your inner detective and join us for a murder mystery show and dinner!
More DetailsMovie on Myers: Hocus Pocus
Thursday, October 6th 2022
8:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Event Location: Myers Quad
1055 S. Lumpkin St
Union brings the movies to you with Movie on Myers! It's spooky season so join Union for a free showing of Hocus Pocus; be sure to bring a blanket or lawn chair!
More DetailsMovie Screening: Top Gun: Maverick
Friday, October 7th 2022
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Theatre
Tate Student Center
Engagement, Leadership and Service will be hosting a movie screening of Top Gun: Maverick
More DetailsMovie Screening: Top Gun: Maverick
Sunday, October 9th 2022
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Theatre
Engagement, Leadership and Service will be hosting a movie screening of Top Gun: Maverick
More DetailsMovie Screening: Elvis
Friday, October 14th 2022
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Theatre
Tate Student Center
Engagement, Leadership and Service will be hosting a movie screening of Elvis
More DetailsMovie Screening: Elvis
Sunday, October 16th 2022
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Theatre
Engagement, Leadership and Service will be hosting a movie screening of Elvis.
More DetailsRocky Horror Picture Show
Thursday, October 20th 2022
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Theatre
45 Baxter Street
Let's do the Time Warp AGAIN! Join us for the annual performance of Rocky Horror Picture Show at Tate Theatre from October 20-23. You won't want to miss it!
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Friday, October 21st 2022
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Theatre
Let's do the Time Warp AGAIN! Join us for the annual performance of Rocky Horror Picture Show at Tate Theatre from October 20-23. You won't want to miss it!
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Saturday, October 22nd 2022
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Theatre
Let's do the Time Warp AGAIN! Join us for the annual performance of Rocky Horror Picture Show at Tate Theatre from October 20-23. You won't want to miss it!
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Sunday, October 23rd 2022
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Theatre
Let's do the Time Warp AGAIN! Join us for the annual performance of Rocky Horror Picture Show at Tate Theatre from October 20-23. You won't want to miss it!
Double Feature Movie: Get Out
Friday, November 4th 2022
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Theatre
45 Baxter Street
University Union will be hosting a double feature movie screening with Get Out and Nope. Get Out will be shown Friday and Sunday at 6pm and Nope will be shown Friday and Sunday at 9pm.
More DetailsDouble Feature Movie: Nope
Friday, November 4th 2022
9:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Theatre
45 Baxter Street
University Union will be hosting a double feature movie screening with Get Out and Nope. Get Out will be shown Friday and Sunday at 6pm and Nope will be shown Friday and Sunday at 9pm.
More DetailsDouble Feature Movie: Get Out
Sunday, November 6th 2022
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Theatre
University Union will be hosting a double feature movie screening with Get Out and Nope. Get Out will be shown Friday and Sunday at 6pm and Nope will be shown Friday and Sunday at 9pm.
More DetailsDouble Feature Movie: Nope
Sunday, November 6th 2022
9:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Theatre
University Union will be hosting a double feature movie screening with Get Out and Nope. Get Out will be shown Friday and Sunday at 6pm and Nope will be shown Friday and Sunday at 9pm.
More DetailsMini Engagement Fair
Wednesday, November 9th 2022
10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Plaza
Join us for our Mini Engagement Fair where you can learn from various student organizations. This will be held on November 9th on Tate Plaza!
More DetailsMovie Screening: Where the Crawdad Sings
Friday, November 11th 2022
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Theatre
Tate Student Center
Engagement, Leadership and Service will be hosting a movie screening of Where the Crawdad Sings
More DetailsDecades Dawgs After Dark
Friday, November 11th 2022
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Grand Hall
45 Baxter Street
Join us at our next Dawgs After Dark event for free retro-themed games, food, and more!
More DetailsMovie Screening: Where the Crawdad Sings
Sunday, November 13th 2022
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Event Location: Tate Theatre
Engagement, Leadership and Service will be hosting a movie screening of Where the Crawdad Sings
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