UGA Alum Killed in Iraq On Friday, June 17, 2005, Noah Harris, a 2003 UGA graduate and former captain of the cheerleading squad, was one of three soldiers killed as their Humvee came under fire in Buhriz, Iraq. Harris was an inaugural graduate of the Terry College's Institute for Leadership Advancement and a member of SAE fraternity and the UGA Alumni Association. For more on Harris and our other brave soldiers, please visit the UGA Alumni Association's Armed Forces Update Page. UGA Capital Campaign Exceeds $335 Million! For more information, please visit http://www.archwaytoexcellence.uga.edu/goals/index.html Bulldogs Helping Bulldogs... UGA Atlanta Alumni Center Receives Alumni Assistance with Internet Wireless Services UGA alums Keith Herndon '82 and Robert Haag '93 recently collaborated to provide the Atlanta Alumni Center with free wireless internet. Upon visiting the Center last Fall, Herndon, a past Association board member, was surprised to find there were no wireless capabilities. He generously offered his services in procuring a wireless provider. Herndon worked with 3rd Wave, an Atlanta wireless hotspot provider and company contact (and fellow alumnus) Robert Haag, to gain the necessary Association services at no cost. The wireless system was installed in June and in return for these alums' generosity, the Association offers them one free meeting room a month. Both Herndon and Haag are graduates of Grady College of Journalism. In fact, Herndon was Haag's mentor in 1992 through Conrad Fink's mentoring program. They stayed in touch over the years and when Herndon came to the center and realized there was not wireless internet service he immediately thought of Haag and Ripple as the perfect wireless solution. Herndon is the president of Internet Decisions LLC. Internet Decisions made a financial contribution to help offset the monthly internet service cost. Photo L-R: UGA Alumni Association Executive Director Debbie Dietzler with Association Life member Keith Herndon'82 and Robert Haag '93 *First Friday Due to massive construction in Stegeman Coliseum this summer, the UGA Alumni Association regrets to announce that First Friday 2005 on September 2 is canceled. We apologize for any inconveniences this may cause and sincerely thank our sponsors, Georgia Power and Bulldawg Illustrated for their understanding and support. The Association looks forward to renewing this tradition in 2006. *Association Proclamation to UGA Golf Team The UGA Golf Team was honored at the Celebration of Champions event on June 27th at the Athens Country Club. Debbie Dietzler, Executive Director of the UGA Alumni Association was there to present a proclamation to Coach Chris Haack and the Golf Team for their recent NCAA Championship. The Bulldogs won their second NCAA championship earlier in June in Owings Mills, Maryland. Members of the 2005 UGA Golf Team are David Denham, Mitch Donald, Christo Greyling, Jason Hodges, Chris Kirk, Kevin Kisner, Butler Melnyk, Richard Scott and Brendon Todd. *Bulldog Breakfast Club - Athens The UGA Alumni Association invites you to start your day with fellow Alumni Association members at two upcoming Bulldog Breakfast Clubs at the Wray-Nicholson House. Thursday, July 14 from 8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m Guest Host W. Keith McNeely, Sr. '89, Director of Human & Economic Development, Athens-Clarke County Government Thursday, July 28 from 7:45 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Guest Host Grant Tribble '85, '01, Chief Financial Officer Vice President of Finance, Athens Regional Medical Services. Cost is $10.00 Alumni Association members $5.00 student members. Seating will be limited to 10 alumni per session and guests are encouraged to bring business cards. Please RSVP to Wanda Darden or 706-542-8199. The UGA Alumni Association's Athens Bulldog Breakfast Club offers Association members and student members a comfortable, relaxed forum in which to exchange ideas, discuss topics of interest and network with distinguished UGA leaders, Association members and friends. Seating will be limited to 10 alumni per session and guests are encouraged to bring business cards. Join us in fostering an environment of Bulldogs helping Bulldogs. Bulldogs Battling Breast Cancer Play Golf with UGA Coach Mark Richt, Coaches and Players and help raise money to fund Breast Cancer Research on Saturday, July 16, 2005 at 2:30 p.m. at the UGA Golf Course. Athens, Georgia. Proceeds to benefit the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. For more information visit www.bulldogsbattlingbreastcancer.com or contact Jay Abbott. Save the Date! Calling all UGA faculty & staff authors! The date for the second annual UGA Faculty and Staff Authors Reception has been set for Thursday, September 29 at 4 p.m. at the UGA Bookstore. Sponsored by the UGA Alumni Association and the UGA Bookstore, this event is a chance to showcase your publications and meet your colleagues. If you are a UGA faculty or staff and have published a book in the last 24 months, please contact Robert Newsome at the UGA Bookstore at rnewsome@uga.edu with publication information by September 1. A copy of your book will be displayed at the reception. The Bookstore will order your books and make sure there are as many of your works as possible in stock for the Reception. All faculty, staff, students and alumni are invited to the reception. For further information, call Alice Vernon at the UGA Alumni Association at 542-2251. Lunch and Learn Please join the UGA Alumni Association for a Lunch and Learn Seminar with Teen Challenge Atlanta. Monday, July 11, 2005 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. The UGA Student Learning Center, Campus Room 214 Cost is $15 for Alumni Association members, $20, non-members. Lunch is included. RSVP by July 5 to Wanda Darden, Communications and Customer Service Assistant at 542-8199. Teen Challenge Atlanta offers residential and outreach programming designed to help communities deal with life-controlling behavior. The Atlanta branch is part of Teen Challenge Georgia International, an organization that boasts the highest success rates in addiction rehabilitation nationwide. Presenters: Teen Challenge Georgia International Directors Tim and Barbara Newbon, Program Director Alisa Hall Flanery '04. The Miss Georgia Pageant On Saturday, June 25, young women from across the state competed for the Miss Georgia crown. Congratulations to UGA Alumna Monica Pang '04 (Miss Lake Lanier) who won the crown! Other UGA women competing this year included Miss UGA, Deondra Rose; Ashley Foster, Miss Augusta; Brook Garner, Miss Conyers Cherry Blossom; Erin Grizzle, Miss Heart of Georgia; Janna Gay, Miss Chattahoochee; Kate Michael, Miss Gwinnett County; Jenna Stanford, Miss Historic Southern Plain and Erin Beasley, Miss Magnolia Midlands. The UGA Alumni Association congratulates all who participated. Photo: Miss GA 2005, Monica Pang '04

*Class Notes Tell us your accomplishments! Read all about your fellow alumni by registering on the UGA Online Community and post your notes as well. Richard Samuel Costigan '88 Richard Samuel Costigan '88 of Granite Bay, California was recently named Deputy Chief of Staff to Governor Schwarzenegger of California. Costigan will also continue to serve as the Governor's Legislative Affairs Secretary. For more, please visit the Association's Online Class Notes.

For more Alumni Association information on multicultural events please contact Jamie Johnson at 706-542-8158 or visit the Association's Multicultural Programming web site. Spring/Summer 2005 Diversity Newsletter http://www.uga.edu/diversity/newsletter/spring2005.pdf Pre-collegiate Summer Programs Aimed at Increasing Diversity There are several campus summer programs scheduled as part of UGA's efforts to reach incoming students from diverse backgrounds. Office of Institutional Diversity Summer Institute Latino Youth Leadership, sponsored by the Fanning Institute Young Scholars Program sponsored by the College of Agricultural and Environmental Science Photos, L-R: Latino Youth Leadership program students from Athens, Gainesville, Dalton, and Atlanta, UGA grad students assists OID Summer Institute students during a SAT preparatory class, Young Scholars Program students

Winters Richwine UGA Alumni Association member Winters Richwine is a third generation UGA legacy who received his Master's degree this year in Accountancy. He was a First Honors graduate in the 2004 class. His grandfather, Sam Richwine, Sr. '50, was trainer for the Georgia Bulldogs during the Wally Butts years, and his father, Dr. Sam Richwine, Jr. '73, is a plastic surgeon in Gainesville, Ga. After graduation in May, Winters joined the staff of the Deloitte-Touche accounting firm in Atlanta. While at UGA, he was in the honors program and a member of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. He was initiated into Sphinx in 2005. He was a member of Blue Key, involved in Relay for Life, the Dance Marathon and headed up Dawg Camp, a part of Freshman orientation. He also served as mentor at Alps Road Elementary School. His grandmother, Doris attended UGA and his mother, Julie, '73, earned both her undergraduate and Master's degrees at the University. His sister, Betsy '01, was also in the Honor's program at UGA and is presently enrolled in the Medical College of Georgia. His grandfather, Sam, left UGA in 1964 and is presently retired in Cornelia, Ga. His father, Sam Jr., attended the Medical College of Georgia following his days at UGA. Photo L-R: Sam Jr., Sam Sr., and Sam III (Winters)

Alumni Advice Book The UGA Alumni Association sincerely thanks all alums who submitted advice for our If I Only Knew Then... Alumni Advice to the Class of 2005. Please take a few minutes and read these uplifting entries. The Alumni Advice book was sent to all UGA Alumni Association Student Members who graduated in 2005. Orientation 2005 UGA welcomes all new students to campus during Orientation 2005. All new students will attend an Orientation session prior to enrolling. The Orientation program is designed to help and prepare new students for a successful beginning at UGA by providing them with information about the academic and extracurricular opportunities and challenges ahead. Students should leave Orientation with: an understanding of UGA's academic opportunities and expectations, awareness of the diverse extracurricular opportunities and University services, a UGACard, UGA MyID, and a schedule of classes, new friends among your future classmates, and a proud sense of connection as a new member of the UGA "family" of 33,000 students, 9,000 faculty and staff, and more than 200,000 living alumni around the world. It is also a great time for new students to learn about the UGA Alumni Association and what our student membership has to offer. Please visit the Association's table at the Resource Fair during each session. During Orientation, the UGA Alumni Association gives every new student a "Proud to say Georgia" booklet which is full of the UGA history and traditions that every UGA student and alumni holds dear.

On our Regional Programming page, use the dropdown menu to see the Regional Contact and scheduled activities for your area. Pictured: Houston area alumni gathering. Sent in by Sue Duncan '94, Houston Regional Contact. Upcoming Regional Events Read more about each of the events below by clicking on the Association's city page. Richmond and Roanoke, VA UGA Day @ Colonial Downs, Saturday, July 9, 2005 San Francisco, CA Atlanta Braves vs. San Francisco Giants July 18, 2005 Learn about alumni activities in your city through the UGA Alumni Association's Online Community.

Toy Box Print From newborn to adults, this officially licensed watercolor prints allows you or your favorite fan to show their true "Dawg" spirit! Can be personalized. Produced on high quality acid free opaque stock measuring 11" x 14". The framed print is matted in a complimentary color and placed in a 16" x 20" frame. Retail pricing for matted/framed personalized print is $59.90 plus shipping ($9.95). To order, call The Fans Room at 574-239-7046 or fax 574-287-0667, or order online at http://www.thefansroom.com/html/georgia2.html. UGA Credit Card Request the University of Georgia MasterCard or Visa credit card! Show your pride each time you use the card. Brought to you by the UGA Alumni Association and MBNA America. Student card application Worldpoints card application

Thank you again for including us in your e-newsletter. I would love to have a copy, if there is anything we can do with you in the future please let me know. Thank you again. -Ashley Simeone, Intern Jeannette Rankin Foundation Claude's Legacy Story on the Birchmore family slowly brought back memories that are still dim and thought maybe you could help bring them into focus. I vaguely remember Fred Birchmore as a friend of my parents and his story of around the world on a bicycle, which sounded so exciting to me. We visited Athens often when I was a child as my mother was Extension Agent with Dept of Agriculture and '25 graduate. But I think my memories of Mr. Birchmore and his wife were at our home in Brunswick and St Simons. My husband, William Posey, '58, and I live in Fort Myers, FL now, enjoying retirement and grandchildren. My parents were Bernice Echols Grant and Earl Grant in case his children have any memories of them. Thanks for a great blast from the past and would appreciate any more info. -Nanci Grant Posey '56 I've been thinking all day about the passing of our own hero, Noah Harris '03 in Iraq, praying for him and his family and the cause of freedom and our security that he died for. I wanted to both suggest and volunteer: I really believe that as an organization we can and should do something to honor our heroes...I think that there must be some special way that as an organization we can show our thanks. I just wanted to suggest/propose that we do so, and volunteer to help in any capacity appropriate. -Steven C. Smith '02 Regional Contact, Charlottesville, VA