The University of Georgia is reimagining learning spaces by combining resources that allow students to experiment with their ideas and bring them to life with new technologies. In the new […]
Archive for 2025
08.14.2025
UGA welcomes Class of 2029
This semester, the University of Georgia welcomed more than 6,200 first-year students from nearly 48,000 applicants.
08.07.2025
Thrive at Georgia program helps scholars transition to college
Fourteen incoming students kick-started their college career this summer through Thrive at Georgia: Bulldog Bridge, a weeklong residential program designed to help students feel prepared, connected and excited about their […]
07.23.2025
UGA awarded $2.7 million to support first-generation, low-income, students with disabilities
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded the University of Georgia a federal TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) grant totaling more than $2.7 million to improve college retention and graduation […]
05.20.2025
UGA, Achieve Atlanta mark milestone with first graduating class
The inaugural cohort of Achieve Atlanta scholars graduated from the University of Georgia this spring, highlighting the success of the partnership between UGA and nonprofit organization Achieve Atlanta.
05.12.2025
First-generation graduates honored at UGA celebration
A sense of pride, resilience, and community filled the room as the University of Georgia celebrated its 2025 First-Generation Graduation Celebration on April 27. Around 80 graduates gathered to mark […]
05.12.2025
‘A lot of pride, a lot of uncertainty’: Navigating college as a first-gen student
Sneha Sony, a freshman computer systems engineering major at the University of Georgia, is “charting a path that no one else in [her] immediate family has walked before” — college.
05.07.2025
UGA Honors First-Generation Scholars at Tri-Alpha Induction Ceremony
May 7, 2025 Twenty-four students and two faculty and staff members were inducted into the University of Georgia chapter of Alpha Alpha Alpha, the national honor society recognizing first-generation college […]