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Matthew Nyaaba is named 2024 recipient of the Saeeda Peermahomed Award

Matthew Nyaaba, a second-year Ph.D student in Teacher Education and Elementary Education in the Mary Frances Early College of Education is this year’s Saeeda Peermahomed Award recipient. The award is given annually by International Student Life to recognize outstanding international students.
Three students outside of Tate Plaza.

UGA Student Affairs selected as NASPA 2024 Excellence Award Category Bronze Honoree

The award highlights a continuing successful collaboration between the Office of Institutional Research and the Division of Student Affairs

UGA enhances residential belonging initiatives

Residential Belonging Assistants build a sense of belonging through mentorship, support

UGA again named among top Military Friendly institutions

The university has been in the top three for seven consecutive years, with three years at No. 1

Mentoring Clarke County students

A school-based program that pairs recommended students with mentors helps build community bonds
All five students who saved three lives.

UGA students honored after saving lives in Burke County car accident

The University of Georgia honored five students on Tuesday who heroically jumped into action to save a woman and two children after the woman’s car veered into a creek in rural Burke County.

UGA admits Class of 2028

Students were accepted from 49 states, Washington, D.C. and 41 countries

UGA Miracle raises $1M for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

On Sunday afternoon, Feb. 25, UGA Miracle, the University of Georgia’s largest student-run philanthropy, announced they had raised $1,075,281.24 for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

UGA strengthens its ongoing commitment to public safety 

The university announces robust new safety measures, to accelerate ongoing efforts