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| FOUNDERS' DAY Every year, the UGA Alumni Association and the UGA Emeriti Scholars sponsor the Founders' Day Lecture to celebrate the University of Georgia's birthday which is January 27. Celebrate the 223rd anniversary of the University with alumni, students, faculty, esteemed guests and members of the community Jan. 24, 2008 at 3 p.m. at the University Chapel. For the first time, an UGA alum will be the speaker at the lecture. Dorinda Dallmeyer '73, '77, '84, director of Environmental Ethics Certificate Program will present the lecture, "Turning the Tide: Saving the Seas" which will cover the topic of environmental issues at stake in today's world.For more information on this engaging, academic program, please contact Alice Vernon, UGA Alumni Association Director of Customer Service, at avernon@uga.edu. For more pictures visit the photo album. |
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 | WORKIN' LIKE A DAWG EMPLOYEE BREAKFAST Every April, the UGA Alumni Association pays tribute to the many UGA alums who support the fine work of the University as employees. The tenth annual Workin' Like a Dawg Employee Breakfast was April 9, 2008 at the Georgia Center for Continuing Eduation. Pins for 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 years of service were presented. For more information, contact Alice Vernon at avernon@uga.edu. Please visit the events album for photos from this and previous years' breakfasts.
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 | FACULTY AND STAFF AUTHORS RECEPTION Nearly 100 books were submitted and displayed during the 2007 Faculty and Staff Authors Reception. Sponsored by the UGA Alumni Association and the UGA Bookstore the Faculty and Staff Authors Reception provides UGA faculty and staff the opportunity to share work published during the 24 months preceding the reception. Stay tuned for more information on the 2008 Reception. If you have published a book in the last 24 months, please contact Robert Newsome at the UGA Bookstore at rnewsome@uga.edu with publication information. A copy of your book will be displayed during the fourth annual UGA Faculty and Staff Authors Reception. For more information call Alice Vernon at 542-2251.
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 | UGARA UGARA was established in 1991 as an official retirees' organization for both faculty and staff and is sponsored by the UGA Alumni Association. As members of a growing segment of the University of Georgia community, retired personnel need and want a continuing active relationship with the institution. Retirees have the energy, interest, knowledge, skills, and time that may be utilized for the mutual benefit of themselves and the University of Georgia. Accordingly, the University of Georgia Retirees Association, hereafter referred to as UGARA, was formed as a result of a 1988 report by a seven-member task force appointed by President Charles Knapp to review the status of university retirees. In 1990, the task force recommendation to form a retirees association was presented and approved by the attendees of the annual faculty/staff retiree dinner, sponsored since 1973 by the UGA Alumni Society (now the UGA Alumni Association). A year later, at the retirees' 1991 dinner meeting, UGARA was formed with the election of a nine-member governing council. UGARA was established for the primary purpose of providing an accessible and viable organization for close and continuing communication between the University of Georgia Campus and its retirees. UGARA sponsors activities for retirees that inform them of important university functions, changes on campus, and in health insurance and retirement pension programs. It also sponsors short-term travel opportunities, visits to museums, theatrical and musical productions and other cultural or social events. The association is open to all university retirees, both faculty and staff through annual ($10) or lifetime ($50) memberships. Members receive regular communications through a newsletter, participate in voting and governance, and are eligible to participate in UGARA sponsored travel opportunities and other events. Visit the UGARA website for more information.
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