by Lindsay Tuck Morris

June '23 DAR Star: Caitlin Lacey

We work with absolutely incredible people—and we all have varied interests and experiences, which adds to the unique makeup of the University of Georgia. We’ll be regularly spotlighting a few rock stars from around the division so that even…
DAR Star Mary Alston Killen
by Emily Ann Munnell

May '23 DAR Star: Mary Alston Killen

We work with absolutely incredible people—and we all have varied interests and experiences, which adds to the unique makeup of the University of Georgia. We’ll be regularly spotlighting a few rock stars from around the division so that even…
by Lily Fleenor

November '22 DAR Star: Calli Choe

We work with absolutely incredible people—and we all have varied interests and experiences, which adds to the unique makeup of the University of Georgia. We’ll be regularly spotlighting a few rock stars from around the division so that even…
by Dan Williams

New Donor-funded Freezers Expand Campus Kitchen Capacity by 30%

The Office of Service-Learning raised money to provide the Campus Kitchen with resources it needed to continue without student volunteers.
Graffiti style treatment of titlecreated by Amanda Qubty
by Amanda Qubty

The Fresh Rinse of Alumni Awards AKA Celebrating honorees during a pandemic

Now this is a story all about how The Alumni Awards Luncheon got flipped-turned upside down And I’d like to take a minute Just sit right there I’ll tell you how it became an opportunity to innovate and celebrate these honorees…
UGA Chapel in Spring
by Clint Travis

How the CARES Act may impact your donors.

The CARES Act may spur questions from donors. As always, your colleagues within the Office of Gift & Estate Planning are here to help you. This is the information that we are sending to a select group of donors. The federal government has…
Donor Experience & Legacy Giving Survey Cover
by Melissa Lee

An Unlikely Pairing of Planned Giving and Stewardship

The Donor Experience and Legacy Giving Survey was initiated in 2019 as a seemingly unlikely collaboration across offices within Development and Alumni Relations. Gift and Estate Planning suggested that UGA utilize a survey as a fundraising…
by Melissa Lee

Building Trust Through Transparency

The field of donor relations and stewardship is relatively new. The practice has been occurring alongside fundraising in its entirety, but organizations didn’t see its success until they entered their second—or even third—round of campaigns. Often,…
UGA Donor Relations & Stewardship Staff
by Melissa Lee

Team Stewardship: An Udder Success

The first meeting of Team Stewardship in April 2016 was one, big experiment.  A group of about 30 development professionals met in the Tate Center to discuss what stewardship was occurring campus-wide, review the basics of acknowledgements,…