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- 05.20.2013
UGA alumna wins Teach for America award to enrich students’ technological skills - 05.17.2013
Betsy Crossley (BS ’77, MS ’80) elected mayor of Nashville suburb - 05.16.2013
Spotlight on the Jane and Harry Willson Center for Humanities & Arts - 05.15.2013
Alumnus leads Columbus, Ohio, arts council - 05.14.2013
Grady College creates Carolyn Caudell Tieger Chair in Public Affairs Communications - 05.13.2013
Alumna Katarina Burin wins $25,000 ICA award - 05.10.2013
Is it May already?
- 05.20.2013
- 05.09.2013
On the road again with UGA Days - 05.08.2013
The Georgia Review to host readings in NYC - 05.07.2013
Seniors, we’re hosting the first ever Commencement Celebration! - 05.06.2013
Bulldog serves as world-renowned authority on French novelist - 05.03.2013
UGA students receive Udall, Truman and Goldwater scholarships - 05.01.2013
UGA mourns cherished members of the Bulldog family - 04.30.2013
Ben Stowers (AB ’08) leads foundation to protect Georgia’s natural resources
- 05.09.2013
- 04.29.2013
UGA alumna leads Phoenix nonprofit for at-risk youth - 04.26.2013
UGA alumnus receives Pulitzer Prize for local reporting - 04.25.2013
Genetics graduate to spearhead new nonprofit initiative to open a bioscience complex in Portland - 04.24.2013
Orlando based non-profit seeks to fulfill dreams of children with life-threatening illnesses - 04.23.2013
UGA graduate leads “dream team” in initiative to map the human brain - 04.22.2013
UGA unveils new license plate design - 04.19.2013
Sending our best to Boston
- 04.29.2013
- 04.18.2013
Grady announces new dean and recognizes outstanding alumni - 04.17.2013
UGA seeking images for TV public service announcement - 04.16.2013
Sixth UGA School of Law grad selected to clerk for U.S. Supreme Court - 04.15.2013
UGA app designed by students launches today - 04.12.2013
Mowery Consulting Group wins four 2013 Pollie Awards - 04.11.2013
WE LOVE OUR DONORS! - 04.10.2013
UGA Days Kick Off in Columbus, Georgia
- 04.18.2013
- 04.09.2013
Leadership lessons from the Cherokee Nation - 04.08.2013
UGA residence hall named for former Governor George D. Busbee - 04.05.2013
Two UGA Centenarians Still Going Strong - 04.04.2013
Alumna Named to Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency Services Board - 04.03.2013
UGA Graduate Aims to Catapult Students into Fulfilling Careers - 04.02.2013
Mark Your Calendars! - 04.01.2013
UGA Mourns Two Bulldog Greats
- 04.09.2013
- 03.29.2013
UGA Alumni Corporate Chapters Form Connections in the Workplace - 03.28.2013
Atlanta City Council President Ceasar C. Mitchell selected to the 2013 class of Henry Crown Fellows - 03.27.2013
Bulldog-Owned Company Wins Small Business of the Year Award - 03.26.2013
Alumni Bring New Brewery to Athens - 03.25.2013
UGA Alumna Wins Inaugural “Breakthrough Prize” Worth $3 Million - 03.22.2013
UGA Alumni Association + 2013 UGA Entrepreneurial Week - 03.21.2013
State Names Executive Director of Revived Charter Schools Commission
- 03.29.2013
- 03.20.2013
Virginia Tech Math Professor Earns Early Career Award - 03.19.2013
Two UGA Faculty Members Named Meigs Professors - 03.18.2013
Happy (Belated) St. Patrick’s Day! - 03.15.2013
UGA Alumni Staff Members Help With Card-Writing Campaign - 03.14.2013
Alumna Featured in New York Times - 03.13.2013
Legendary Journalist Eugene Patterson (ABJ ’43) To Be Buried at Arlington Today - 03.12.2013
Alumni Chapters Host IMPACT Students on Spring Break
- 03.20.2013
- 03.11.2013
President of Costa Rica Visits UGA Campus - 03.08.2013
UGA Graduate to Perform at South by Southwest Music Festival - 03.07.2013
UGA Alumna Brings Innovation to Science and Technology Education - 03.06.2013
Past Editions of Pandora Yearbook Available to Alumni for FREE - 03.05.2013
UGA Mourns Loss of Three Treasured Bulldogs - 03.04.2013
Dan Thurmon (BBA ’90): Off Balance and On Purpose - 03.01.2013
UGA 40 Under 40 Honoree Named President/CEO of College Football Hall of Fame
- 03.11.2013
- 02.28.2013
Georgia Chief Justice Harold G. Clarke (JD ’50) Passes Away - 02.27.2013
Travis Williams: A True Believer in Justice - 02.26.2013
Backpacking Trip Leads UGA Alumna to Follow Her Passion - 02.25.2013
UGA Alumni Association Hosts Successful Alumni Leadership Assembly - 02.22.2013
Dawgs on the Move: Albany Marathon Pre-Race Carb Up Dinner - 02.21.2013
UGA Alumni Named Presidents of Lincoln and Kansas Wesleyan Universities - 02.20.2013
National Peanut Board Names UGA Alumnus Bob Parker President & CEO
- 02.28.2013
- 02.19.2013
UGA Libraries Hosts Alumni Author Who Spent Two Winters in a Tipi - 02.18.2013
AIDS Athens Hosts Display of AIDS Memorial Quilt - 02.15.2013
UGA President Michael F. Adams Honored by Georgia General Assembly - 02.15.2013
Vote for Coach Fox in Infiniti Coaches’ Charity Challenge - 02.14.2013
UGA Student Nina Sloss Named Mardi Gras Queen of Carnival - 02.13.2013
It’s a Small (UGA) World After All - 02.12.2013
UGA Office of Admissions Seeking Volunteers
- 02.19.2013
Alumna Featured in New York Times
Patricia Mitchell (AB ’65, MA ’67) is the president and CEO of the Paley Center for Media in New York. I was so pleased to see her featured this week in the New York Times.
As a child, Mitchell spent a lot of time with her grandparents in rural Georgia, eventually moving to Swainsboro with her parents. Early on, the UGA alumna knew that education was going to be the key to a successful future, so she applied to UGA. She was awarded a scholarship and became the first person in her family to go to college.
After graduating with an undergraduate degree in English in 1963, she earned her master’s two years later. She eventually took a teaching job at Virginia Commonwealth University, but when an article she wrote for Look magazine was published, she entered the world of media. She moved to New York City to work for Look before going into TV, producing political commercials. In 1983 to 1984, a TV talk program she formed called “Woman to Woman” won an Emma and later became a segment on NBC’s “Today” show.
After a stint as an NBC News reporter, Mitchell left to start a company to make documentaries. In 1992, Ted Turner funded her first project and later hired her to lead Turner Broadcasting’s documentary unit. Eight years later, she became president and CEO of PBS – the first woman to hold the job!
In 2007, Mitchell became CEO of what is now called the Paley Center for Media. The center has a collection of nearly 150,000 radio, TV and advertising programs.
Patricia Mitchell is a fine example of an alumna blazing the trail for women in media, and an excellent steward of change during a monumental time for radio, TV and advertising. Thank you for being such an excellent representative for UGA, Patricia, and we wish you the very best in the future!
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Recent Entries
UGA alumna wins Teach for America award to enrich students’ technological skills
Elizabeth Davidson (BSED '06), a teacher in Philadelphia, has been awarded a 2013 Teach for America Social Innovation Award and $10,000 for ScriptEd, which brings computer-programming and software-development instruction to schools in low-income communities and teaches students the skills necessary to pursue careers in technology.
The 2013 Teach For America Social Innovation Award honored five individuals for their highly promising ventures to expand educational opportunity. The award is designed to provide critical early-stage support to Teach For America alumni with bold ideas for ventures to expand educational opportunity.
Elizabeth, we are proud of your accomplishment and wish you success in your endeavor to enrich your classroom with technology. Congratulations!
Betsy Crossley (BS ’77, MS ’80) elected mayor of Nashville suburb
Congratulations to newly elected Brentwood, Tenn., Mayor Betsy Crossley (BS ’77, MS ’80)!
Elected as a Brentwood City Commissioner in 2007, Crossley previously served as mayor from 2009 until 2011. She has been a member of the city's Historic Commission, Planning Commission, Tree Board and Library Board. For the past five years, she has served as a member of the Tennessee Municipal League's Board advocating on behalf of municipalities. On the state level, Crossley was appointed to a three-year term on the Tennessee Water and Wastewater Financing Board by the governor in 2011. In 2012, the Speaker of the House appointed her to a two-year term as a member of the Tennessee Local Development Authority. Crossley was the first woman ever appointed to serve in that position.
The alumna moved to Brentwood in 1999. Prior to her public service there, she was a medical researcher and teacher. Her community involvement includes Christ United Methodist Church, the Williamson County Education Foundation Board, Leadership and Youth Leadership Brentwood, Williamson County Chamber of Commerce, Brentwood Rotary Club, and the American Heart Association.
She has been married for more than 30 years to her husband, George. They have two sons who graduated from the University of Tennessee (we’ll let that slide).
We are so impressed with Crossley’s commitment to her community and are impressed by her continued leadership in the Nashville area. Best of luck in this term, Betsy!
Spotlight on the Jane and Harry Willson Center for Humanities & Arts
The UGA Willson Center for Humanities & Arts is a showcase for faculty innovation and achievement. It facilitates intellectual exchange with the University and the public by the encouragement of interdisciplinary activity, which extends to the sciences and other orders of knowledge.
The Center is named for Jane Willson, the owner of Sunnyland Farms, Inc., the largest mail-order pecan business in the country, and her late husband Harry Willson, who was the chairman and CEO of Sunnyland Farms before his death in 2004.
The Willson Center for Humanities and Arts was founded as the Humanities Center in 1987 and named thereafter the Center for Humanities and Arts (1997) and the Jane and Harry Willson Center for Humanities and Arts (2005).
The Center coordinates a number of wonderful programs, including today’s special event with Ambassador James A. Joseph titled “Leadership as a Way of Being: Reflections on Nelson Mandela, Servant Leadership and Personal Renewal.” Joseph was the U.S. ambassador to South Africa from 1995 to 1999, the only person in that office to present his credentials to President Nelson Mandela. He served in the administrations of four presidents of the United States.
If you aren’t acquainted with the Willson Center, I encourage you to visit its website at www.willson.uga.edu to learn more about upcoming events. Our University is blessed to have such an incredible resource on campus – another reason it’s great to be a Georgia Bulldog!
