by Luke Massee
Knowing the Process: Affinity Group Leadership Council Recommendations, Applications and Selections
Do you know someone who would be amazing on one of the UGA Alumni Association’s affinity group leadership councils? Keep reading for some FAQs!
by Caitlyn Richtman
Digital Dawgs: UGA Social Media Ambassadors
Do you want to help us amplify important messages to audiences through social media? Sign up to become a Digital Dawg today!
by Nyaboke Machini
Nominations Now Open: 2020 Alumni Awards
Nominations for the 2020 Alumni Awards are currently open until August 16 for the following categories:
Alumni Merit
Faculty Service
Friend of UGA
Family of the Year
Young Alumni
To view previous award…
by Evan Tighe
Giving Week
On the eve of G-Day 2019, Head Football Coach Kirby Smart called on the Bulldog Nation to show our UGA pride and support our great university. And so the inaugural UGA Giving Week began. Counting all donations from April 19-27, Giving Week was…
by Melissa Lee
DAR Brings Home Silver in Stewardship
The CASE Circle of Excellence Awards recognize hundreds of institutions annually for innovative, inspiring, and creative ideas in the advancement of education.This year over 600 organizations submitted 2,800 entries for this year’s awards,…
by Katy Clements
40(+) Hours in the War Room
Advancement Services, Alumni Relations, Annual Giving, Business Engagement, Communications, Donor Relations & Stewardship, Foundation Relations
If you wandered by the small conference room (henceforth dubbed “the war room”) the week of April 20, you probably saw me and Ally Hellenga huddled around our computers, frantically refreshing a Georgia Funder page on the TV screen ... {insert…
by Edwin Hammond
DARCOMM Video Tips
In the days of yore, you needed an actual video camera to make videos. In today’s modern world, though, if you have a smartphone, you’ve got a movie-making machine right in the palm of your hand. With such easy access to a…
by Elizabeth Elmore
DAR Orientation Outreach
Each summer, thousands of students and their parents descend on Athens to participate in UGA’s New Student Orientation. And when we say “summer,” we mean all summer:
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The students have applied to UGA, accepted admission,…
by Sarah Sonenberg
Alumni Chapters: Getting Every Bulldog Committed to Georgia
Here at the Alumni Association, the Chapters program extends beyond Athens, beyond Georgia, and engages alumni around the world - including London.
In 2017 the Alumni Association restructured the Chapters program. Since these changes were…
by Meredith Gurley Johnson
How Does Alumni Relations Measure Engagement?
You know the parable about the starfish on the beach, right? To summarize, an elderly man walks on a deserted beach. He comes upon a boy surrounded by thousands of starfish. The young boy picks up the starfish one by one and throws them back…