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The University of Georgia was recently awarded $2.6 million to help support first-generation and low-income students as well as students with disabilities.

Sherontae Maxwell has dedicated her career to ensuring that students from disadvantaged backgrounds not only have a seat at the table but also a voice.

The Coca-Cola Foundation has pledged another $1 million toward scholarships for University of Georgia students who are the first in their families to attend college.

Thanks to the generosity of hundreds of donors, the University of Georgia has established more than 500 endowed, need-based scholarships, creating new, permanent pathways to higher education for Georgia residents from low-income backgrounds.

Carson Kuck, a first-generation student from middle Georgia who currently attends the University of Georgia, vividly remembers gathering his family into the car and praying on the drive to a parking lot with Wi-Fi to check his email after getting word that UGA had released its admissions decisions.

Completion rates at the University of Georgia continue to set records, thanks to a number of ongoing initiatives to enhance the academic environment and student support.

For the sixth consecutive year, the University of Georgia’s far-reaching commitment to promoting diversity and inclusion has been recognized with a national award.

Twenty-five proposals have been funded through the second round of the New Approaches to Promote Diversity and Inclusion grants program, which was announced in January 2019 by UGA President Jere W. Morehead.