Students
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African American Cultural Center
Centers, Institutes & Programs | Students
The African American Cultural Center (AACC) exists to assist the University in its mission of creating an inclusive and welcoming environment for African American students. The Cultural Center provides a venue where students of the African Diaspora can network with one another, meet new people, learn about their cultural heritage and traditions, display their talents, and implement programs. The AACC also promotes academic excellence in all students through the Abeneefoo Kuo Honor Society and the Rite of Sankofa Graduation programs.
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African Studies Institute
Centers, Institutes & Programs | Students
The primary goals of the Institute embrace the enhancement of the teaching of courses with a rich African content, initiation of new courses and degree programs in African Studies, collaboration in research opportunities in and about Africa, and the expansion of current and creation of studies abroad, student and faculty exchanges, and continuing education and outreach programs between African institutions and the University of Georgia.
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Asian American Student Association
Centers, Institutes & Programs | Students
The Asian American Student Association at the University of Georgia (AASA) is organized for the purpose of promoting and providing a cultural and political awareness of Asian and Asian American customs and diversity within the University and local community.
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Black Affairs Council
Centers, Institutes & Programs | Students
BAC focuses on cultivating leadership, character, and dexterity. We will continue to be a stimulus for the University of Georgia and Athens-Clarke county community. BAC is dedicated to living the legacy and fulfilling the dream and we hope you too will be a part of our growth and progression.
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Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Centers, Institutes & Programs | Students | Faculty/Staff | Ethnicity & Culture
Welcome to The Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute (LACSI) at The University of Georgia! LACSI brings Latin American and Caribbean culture to the UGA campus by sponsoring educational activities, artistic performances, interdisciplinary research, teaching, and public service projects, in coordination with Latin Americanists from UGA, other Universities, the community at large, and abroad.
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Center for Latino Achievement and Success in Education
Centers, Institutes & Programs | Students
The Center for Latino Achievement and Success in Education (CLASE) is an educational research and development center at the University of Georgia.
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Center for Research and Engagement in Diversity
Students | Research Opportunities
RED is a collective of diversity scholars and graduate students at the University of Georgia who are invested in and focused upon promoting equity, inclusion, social justice, and excellence. Our scholarship and professional work seeks to identify and understand the unique realities and strengths of groups that have been historically and socially marginalized in order to improve their opportunities for personal and professional growth, learning, effectiveness, and well being. Through our research and engaged scholarship we also hope to positively impact the institutions and communities in which we work and live.
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Center for Student Organizations
In addition to the wide range of programs and activities here at UGA, the Center for Student Organizations registers over 525 Student Organizations annually. These organizations cover a broad range of interests that include: Sport Clubs, International and Multicultural Organizations, Religious Organizations, Academic Honorary Organizations, Greek Life Organizations and Special Interest Clubs.
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Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities
Students | Research Opportunities
As part of the University of Georgia Honors Program, the Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities promotes opportunities for undergraduate students to engage in research with premier research faculty. CURO operates on the premise that it is possible for undergraduate students and faculty members to cooperatively engage in the creation of knowledge. Research faculty members who participate in the CURO program consider students partners in a learning community, and many students find that they develop mentoring relationships focused on conducting research.
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Department of Intercultural Affairs
Centers, Institutes & Programs | Students
Intercultural Affairs (ICA) is characterized by its student centered support of academic excellence, advocacy, and intercultural education. Working from a foundation where everyone is intercultural, the department supports the institutional mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for all students and members of the surrounding community.
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Department of Recreational Sports
Campus Life | Students | Faculty/Staff
The mission of the Department of Recreational Sports is "To lead and engage the diverse University community in learning and adopting healthy, lifetime behaviors by providing quality programs, facilities, equipment, and services through participatory recreational experiences."
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Disability Resource Center
Campus Life | Centers, Institutes & Programs | Students
The Disability Resource Center assists the University in fulfilling its commitment to educate and serve students with disabilities who qualify for admission. The Disability Resource Center coordinates and provides a variety of academic and support services to students. Our mission is to promote equal educational opportunities and a welcoming academic, physical, and social environment for students with disabilities at The University of Georgia.
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Graduate and Professional Scholars
GAPS provides academic and social support for its members while also enhancing their matriculation experience. It seeks to provide an environment that will encourage the development of the total scholar: one who is intellectually, culturally, politically, professionally, spiritually, and socially enriched.
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Graduate School
Centers, Institutes & Programs | Students | Admissions
Prior to the formal establishment of the Graduate School, courses of postgraduate status were offered under the control of a faculty committee on graduate studies. In 1910, the formal organization of graduate studies into a Graduate School was authorized.
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Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
Students | Ethnicity & Culture
The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) was established in 1986 with a founding membership of eighteen institutions.
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Hispanic College Fund, Inc.
Students | Financial Assistance | Ethnicity & Culture
The Hispanic College Fund provides talented and underprivileged Hispanic youth with vision, mentors, resources and scholarships.
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Hispanic Student Association
Centers, Institutes & Programs | Students
In 1991, the Hispanic Student Association (HSA) was established with the sponsorship of Multicultural Services and Programs (MSP) to promote diversity and cultural awareness on campus. As part of MSP, HSA continues to achieve its goals by building a cooperative relationship between members who appreciate various aspects of Latino culture with Latino and non-Latino student support and activism.
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Indian Cultural Exchange
Centers, Institutes & Programs | Students
By working with other minority and South Asian organizations, bringing in speakers, and holding panels/lectures to create awareness, ICE is moving past its cultural support group beginnings to a diverse organization that serves UGA as well as the Indian-American student population in multiple facets.
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Institute for African American Studies
Centers, Institutes & Programs | Students
The Institute for African American Studies has evolved at The University of Georgia as an academic program of study since 1969, though its current status dates from 1992. It is dedicated to the production of creative research on the achievements of African Americans and to exciting instruction for a diverse community of thinkers.
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Institute of Native American Studies
Centers, Institutes & Programs | Students
The core of INAS' instructional mission is its undergraduate and graduate certificate programs. These programs permit students to earn UGA degrees in any field, while earning a separate credential attesting to special expertise in Native American Studies.
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International Student Life
Campus Life | Students | Ethnicity & Culture
ISL is one unit with the Department of Intercultural Affairs at UGA, and our mission statement is "to provide an environment that appreciates our interdependent global society. It will do so by creating a welcoming space that provides opportunities for the interaction of students from the USA and other nations. Working together with students, ISL staff will provide services for, awareness of, and education about the worldwide social and cultural issues facing UGA students."
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Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Related Sciences
MANRRS is a national society that welcomes membership of people of all racial and ethnic group participation in agricultural and related sciences careers.
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Multicultural Services and Programs
Centers, Institutes & Programs | Students
We at MSP believe that every student has a story to tell and that each and every story is unique. Multiculturalism is not about race. It is about individual people with individual stories to tell. Someone from rural South Georgia has a different story than someone from Los Angeles, New York, or Atlanta. All of these stories make up the wonderfully diverse community of UGA.
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Office for Violence Prevention
The Office for Violence Prevention (OVP) seeks to engage and empower community members to actively participate in creating a campus community that is free from sexual and relationship violence.
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Office of International Education
Centers, Institutes & Programs | Students
The Office of International Education (OIE) is dedicated to promoting international understanding through study abroad, research, curriculum development, and the exchange of international students, scholars, and faculty.
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Office of Student Financial Aid
Students | Financial Assistance
Grants, Federal Work-Study, loans, and a limited number of scholarships are available through this office to help defray educational expenses at the University of Georgia. OSFA should be your first stop if you are looking for information on aid eligibility, the HOPE Scholarship, or the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
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Office of the Vice President for Research
Students | Research Opportunities
The Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) supports and promotes UGA research and scholarly activity through improving the day-to-day work environment of researchers, building new directions in research, ensuring responsible research practices, and communicating the value of research within and beyond the university.
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Office of Undergraduate Admissions
Centers, Institutes & Programs | Students | Admissions
From here on out, you'll find a whole new world of possibilities. In 1785, the Georgia General Assembly chartered the first state-supported university in the United States. More than 200 years later, the University of Georgia remains a national leader in higher education.
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Peach State LSAMP
Students | Research Opportunities
The Peach State Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (PSLSAMP) is a collaborative effort sustained by a coalition of five colleges and universities in Georgia to significantly increase the number of underrepresented minority students statewide who complete undergraduate degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields.
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Scholarship Announcements
Students | Financial Assistance
UGA Undergraduate Admissions selects the recipients of the UGA Scholarships awarded to first-year students (Freshmen) during the Admissions Application review process. Undergraduate Admissions notifies the students to whom they award these scholarships.
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UGA Non-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment Policy
General Resources | Students | Faculty/Staff | Sexual Orientation
The University of Georgia (“the University”) is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for living, work and study. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents’ policy, and University policy, the University prohibits any member of the faculty, staff, administration, student body, or visitors to campus, whether they be guests, patrons, independent contractors, or clients, from harassing and/or discriminating against any other member of the University community because of that person’s race, sex (including sexual harassment), sexual orientation, ethnic or national origin, religion, age, disabled status, or status as a disabled veteran or veteran of the Vietnam era. Incidents of harassment and discrimination will be met with appropriate disciplinary action, up to and including dismissal from the University.