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august 10, 2009

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Private giving to UGA tops $110 million
The University of Georgia raised $110.8 million in gifts and commitments for the fiscal year that ended June 30, setting a new record for private giving at the nation’s oldest state-chartered university.

The previous record of $108.3 million was set in fiscal year 2006 during the university’s Archway to Excellence Campaign, which ended in 2008 and raised more than $653 million over seven years. Fiscal year 2009 marks the fourth consecutive year that private giving to the university topped $100 million.

Old find at New College: Workers unearth relics from UGA’s earliest days
Remnants of a former building and artifacts dating back more than 200 years have been uncovered beneath the foundations of New College on North Campus, allowing a glimpse into a long-lost chapter of UGA history.

Interim Medical Partnership Building renovated, ready for first students next fall
Renovations are complete at the historic building where the first class of students at the Medical College of Georgia/University of Georgia Medical Partnership will be educated.

Genetically engineered trees may help American chestnut
In their prime, American chestnut trees stood 100 feet tall and 6 feet wide. Now, they’re typically no bigger than shrubs, thanks to a fungal disease that spread down the East Coast decades ago, virtually wiping out the hardwood tree.

University Alliance grants will support outreach, recruitment, retention projects
The University Alliance, a partnership between UGA and the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, has awarded 14 University Alliance Grants for the 2009-2010 academic year.

Vet medicine names inaugural holder of Hodgson Chair of Equine Studies
Dr. Steeve Giguère, diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, has been appointed to the Marguerite Thomas Hodgson Chair of Equine Studies in the College of Veterinary Medicine.

Marketing pioneer named college’s first resident entrepreneur
Mark “Dill” Driscoll has been appointed an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Terry College of Business. He is the first to hold the honorary title, according to Robert T. Sumichrast, dean of the college.

Class acts
Approximately 1,300 undergraduate and graduate students took part in summer Commencement exercises Aug. 1.


	Digest • Performing Arts Center’s priority ticket purchase period begins Aug. 17 • Housing gears up for student arrivals • Summer enrollment tops 15,500
	UGA Guide • ‘Georgia Review’ will host two-day fall visit of former U.S. poet laureate Rita Dove

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