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The University of Georgia: A Brief Overview

The University of Georgia: A Brief Overview. SEC Academic Leadership Development Program Workshop October 14, 2013. UGA History: 1785 Charter. Abraham Baldwin Statue. “…under the strongest obligation to form the youth, the rising hope of our Land.”. The University System of Georgia.

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The University of Georgia: A Brief Overview

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  1. The University of Georgia: A Brief Overview SEC Academic Leadership Development Program Workshop October 14, 2013

  2. UGA History: 1785 Charter Abraham Baldwin Statue “…under the strongest obligation to form the youth, the rising hope of our Land.”

  3. The University System of Georgia 31 System institutions Governed by 19-member Board of Regents 4 Research Universities 4 Comprehensive Universities 10 State Universities 13 State Colleges Georgia Archives Georgia Public Library System

  4. Land-Grant Institution

  5. Tripartite Mission @10,000 faculty, administrators and staff $1.41 billion annual budget Research income: $165.4 million Research expenditures: $255.06 million Intellectual Property Income: $7.5 million “To teach, to serve, and to inquire into the nature of things”

  6. Sea-Grant Institution

  7. Fall 2013 Enrollment Undergraduate: 26,185 Graduate: 5,855 Professional: 1627 Extended campuses: 869 TOTAL: 34,536

  8. Fall 2013 Admissions 20,300 applications 10,900 admitted 4,361 enrolled (5,185 including summer, joint enrollment, etc.) Since 2003, the number of freshman applications has increased 72%

  9. Fall 2013 Board Scores Mean GPA: 3.86 Mean SAT: 1280 Mean ACT: 29 Honors Program: 526 Students, GPA 4.07 Honors Mean SAT: 1462 Honors Mean ACT: 32.7

  10. UGA Colleges & Schools Franklin College of Arts & Sciences (1801) College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (1859) School of Law (1859) College of Pharmacy (1903) Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources (1906) College of Education (1908) Graduate School (1910) Terry College of Business (1912) Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication (1915) College of Family and Consumer Sciences (1933) College of Veterinary Medicine (1946) School of Social Work (1964) College of Environment and Design (1969) School of Public and International Affairs (2001) College of Public Health (2005) Odum School of Ecology (2007) College of Engineering (2012)

  11. UGA Colleges & Schools Franklin College of Arts & Sciences (1801) College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (1859) School of Law (1859) College of Pharmacy (1903) Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources (1906) College of Education (1908) Graduate School (1910) Terry College of Business (1912) Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication (1915) College of Family and Consumer Sciences (1933) College of Veterinary Medicine (1946) School of Social Work (1964) College of Environment and Design (1969) School of Public and International Affairs (2001) College of Public Health (2005) Odum School of Ecology (2007) College of Engineering (2012)

  12. Medical Education 2008: UGA and Georgia Regents University established the GRU/UGA Medical Partnership to educate medical students in Athens. 2010: First class enrolled 2014: First class will graduate

  13. Campus Facilities

  14. Campus Arboretum

  15. Town-Gown Relations • Project-based collaboration • Monthly breakfasts • Partnership with Clarke-County School District • Service Learning and Volunteering

  16. UGA Athletics

  17. UGA Athletics NCAA Division I 8 Men’s Varsity sports 11 Women’s Varsity sports 39 National Championships, including 27 since 1999

  18. UGA Alumni • 279,961 Living Degreed Alumni • 32,346 two degrees • 3,038 three degrees • 146 four degrees • 2 five degrees 9,380 degrees awarded in 2012

  19. UGA Alumni Degrees conferred since 1804: 357,052 and counting…

  20. Georgia’s U.S. Senators • Saxby Chambliss ’66 Johnny Isakson ’66

  21. Noteworthy Alumni Natasha Trethaway ’89 Pulitzer Prize Winner U.S. Poet Laureate

  22. Noteworthy Alumni Deborah Norville ’79 Television journalist, Host of Inside Edition Deborah Roberts ’82 ABC News correspondent and producer

  23. Noteworthy Alumni Alton Brown ’04 Renowned chef, Host of Good Eats Amy Roback ’95 ABC Network

  24. Noteworthy Alumni Charlayne Hunter-Gault ’63 Retired PBS television journalist CNN News correspondent in Johannesburg, South Africa

  25. Noteworthy Alumni Hines Ward ’98 Super Bowl XL MVP Winner of Dancing with the Stars Season 12

  26. Noteworthy Alumni Wayne Knight ’08

  27. Noteworthy Alumni Will Muschamp ’94 University of Florida Head Football Coach

  28. Noteworthy Alumni Dan Amos ’73 CEO, AFLAC Maxine Clark ’71 Founder, Build-A-Bear Workshops

  29. Noteworthy Alumni

  30. Noteworthy Alumni Dr. Seth Marcus Goldsmith, ’83 Creator of “Salad in a Bag”

  31. UGA’s SEC ALDP Fellows Tracie Costantino, Tom Reichert, Sarah Covert & Julian Cook

  32. What is your favorite campus tradition? • If you could reinvent yourself completely, what would be your dream career? • Rank in order of preference: Puppies, Pandas, Parachutes and Tacos.

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