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A longtime UGA employee raises her arms in celebration as university leaders applaud her during the 2026 Staff Recognition Ceremony. The honoree is being recognized on stage for her years of service to the university.
Savannah Hembree delivers a presentation at the Developing Data Analytics Capabilities Conference, standing at a podium in front of a large audience. Presentation slides projected on screens show data visualizations, dashboards, and key findings from her gold medal-winning Data Analytics Olympics project focused on reducing workplace injuries through data-driven decision making. Attendees seated throughout the conference room watch the presentation.
An aerial view shows pedestrians crossing a large campus intersection with marked crosswalks and green bike lanes, while cars wait nearby and long shadows stretch across the streets and sidewalks.
A smiling man in a blue button-down shirt and navy blazer stands in front of a brick wall and staircase, with a University of Georgia arch logo sign visible in the background.
A smiling woman in a bright red blouse stands outdoors with her arms crossed in front of a red brick building with large windows blurred in the background.
UGA North Campus Arch
Three people smile while taking a selfie at an indoor event, with two wearing white University of Georgia lab coats and attendees participating in activities in the background.
A hallway view inside the Miller Learning Center shows a framed display for the Creative Engagement Wing featuring the words “Create. Engage. Connect.” while students and seating areas appear blurred in the background.
A smiling man with shoulder-length hair wearing a white button-down shirt and blue blazer stands outdoors beside a stone railing, with sunlit green trees blurred in the background.
UGA North Campus Arch
Six people stand together on a rooftop green space with plants and research equipment, with campus buildings and antennas visible in the background under a clear blue sky.
A man wearing a red button-down shirt sits indoors in front of industrial equipment, with a blurred University of Georgia “G” logo visible in the background.
White wooden bell tower with a metal bell inside, partially framed by out-of-focus flowering branches, beside a light-colored building.
A large group of people stands together on a stage beneath a screen displaying the message “Thank you for attending!” at a University of Georgia event.
Four people stand together in a dining facility in front of University of Georgia Dining Services “Taste of Home” displays, with one person holding a commemorative plate and another holding an award plaque.
portrait of blonde woman in black shirt in front of red building
UGA North Campus Arch
Facilities management groundskeeper Justin Neagle operates an electric grandstand lawnmower at the Miller Learning Center.
A touchscreen feedback kiosk displays cartoon graphics of “Rowdy Raccoon” and a “Food Waste Monster,” encouraging dining hall visitors to share feedback about food waste using buttons and a microphone.
headshot of woman with dark brown hair in blue blouse standing in front of large window with american flag in background
Group of people standing on an outdoor running track cutting a long ribbon
Green placards reading "join me" in a white bowl
Architects rendering of Legion Field redevelopment
UGA North Campus Arch
snow plow driving down the street in the snow
portrait of blonde woman in red shirt and black blazer
UGA North Campus Arch
woman in polka dot shirt standing in front of wooden shelves smiling at camera
cans of vegetables stacked on a shelf
text with a QR code that reads "Travel Cheaper This Holiday" and has a snowman with a suitcase wearing a top had with the Georgia Power G symbol on it
A rendering of the renovation project to add approximately 10,000 square feet of strength and conditioning space to the Ramsey Student Center's first floor.
An aerial rendering of UGA’s new track and field complex on South Milledge Avenue
Concept view of the redeveloped Legion Field area with new security lighting, amphitheater elements, and pathway connections. Preliminary design options show terraced and hillside seating that could accommodate up to 1,100 seats, with standing room for another 3,500 people.
man checking pressure tire on white jeep
Concept view of the redeveloped Legion Field area with new security lighting, amphitheater elements, and pathway connections. Preliminary design options show terraced and hillside seating that could accommodate up to 1,100 seats, with standing room for another 3,500 people.
Portrait of chef in white coat wearing a black UGA ball cap with balloons in the background
Laura Towner smiling in her bus during the 2025 Transit ROADeo.
Concept view of the redeveloped Legion Field area with new security lighting, amphitheater elements, and pathway connections. Preliminary design options show terraced and hillside seating that could accommodate up to 1,100 seats, with standing room for another 3,500 people.
Don LaRue is the assistant steam plant operations manager. (Photo by Andrew Davis Tucker/UGA)
UGA Police commanders put up hydraulic barricades around Sanford Stadium before sunrise on game day (Photo by Randy Davis)
Contract compliance specialists Ike Free, Bubba Cowart and Ray McDonald stand near a residence hall construction site. (Photo by Dorothy Kozlowski/UGA)
Concept view of a portion of Legion Field looking south with the existing fence and stage removed, new security lighting, amphitheater elements, and pathway connections to the new West Campus Dining, Learning, and Well-being Center (which is under construction and opening Fall 2026).
Hurricane Helene brought heavy rains and damaging winds to Athens in 2024. (Photo by Andrew Davis Tucker)
Katie Scoggins is an event planner for Transportation and Parking Services. (Photo by Chamberlain Smith/UGA)
UGA North Campus Arch
headshot of Michael Gebeke
Three UGA public safety professionals were awarded the 2025 Kassinger Scholarship. Shown, from left, are Caroline Bloodworth, Noelle Broadnax, Daniel Saunders and Adam Fouche, interim associate vice president for environmental safety, risk and resiliency.
L-R: Vice President for Finance and Administration Ryan Nesbit, Vice President for Public Service and Outreach Stacy Jones, Vice President for Student Affairs Michelle Cook, Vice President for Instruction and Senior Vice Provost for Academic Planning Marisa Pagnattaro, Follett Higher Education CEO Emmanuel Kolady, Student Government Association President John J. Neely IV, President Jere W. Morehead, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Benjamin C. Ayers, Associate Vice President for Auxiliary Services Brett Jackson. (Photo by Wingate Downs)
UGA North Campus Arch
UGA North Campus Arch
From left, Director of Transportation and Parking Services Todd Berven, Associate Vice President for Auxiliary Services Brett Jackson, former SGA President Rock Rogers, UGA President Jere W. Morehead and Associate Vice President and University Architect Gwynne Darden mark the opening of West Campus Parking Deck II. (Photo by Andrew Davis Tucker/UGA)
UGA North Campus Arch
Overhead view of the Holmes-Hunter Academic Building and Downtown Athens at sunset in the spring. (Andrew Davis Tucker/UGA)
UGA North Campus Arch
two men in yellow work shirts posing in front of fountain outside
Black woman in black and white suit
group of people in front of screen
Six people standing in a row holding wrapped presents
Three people at Resource Fair
Two UGA students chipping away at ice in a lab freezer
A UGA student walking by an emergency alarm in a parking lot
UGA student working with sustainable products
UGA Food Safety Coordinator photographed in the dining hall
UGA programmer photographed with dozens of laptop computers on his desk
Samantha lab wins Freezer Challenge. They are posing together here.
Safety compliance officer Laura carter
New staff members of F&A
Executive director of UGA dining
Christine Eberhart, senior parking compliance monitor at the UGA Tate center parking deck
The Arch in daylight with the Holmes-Hunter Academic Building in the background.
Some of UGA's extended campus and damage it received during hurricane helene
Ribbon cutting at the Holmes-Hunter building renovation
Storm cleanup on UGA's campus following Hurricane Helene
Snapshot of UGA's new Stay Safe website
Board awards scholarships to UGAPD employees for academic achievements and work pursuits
Lead lineman, Mike Kennedy
The Hull Parking deck on UGA's campus
Show, from left, are the interim dean of the College of Engineering Stephen Durham, Benjamin Smith, Sarah Younce, Skylar Gray, Clare Deberry, and College of Engineering director of experiential programs and student success assessment Lauren Anglin at the 2024 Engineering Capstone Design Showcase. (Submitted photo)
The Arch in daylight with the Holmes-Hunter Academic Building in the background.
Julien De Rocher is a spatial systems analyst and landscape architect in the Office of University Architects. (Photo by Dorothy Kozlowski/UGA)
Chandre Howard is a building services manager for the Facilities Management Division. (Photo by Chamberlain Smith/UGA)
The Arch with the Holmes-Hunter Academic Building.
Aleah Wilkins, assistant manager of the Einstein Bros. Bagels shop inside the Science Learning Center
UGA Police Department personnel with Athens resident Ashley* (center) during the 2023 F&A Holiday Outreach Initiative
Groundskeeper Mitchell Howard uses and electric edger on the grassy area in front of the Tate Student Center and the Miller Learning Center (Photo by: Andrew Davis Tucker/UGA)
Photo of UGA Campus police member photographed with her police dog
University of Georgia Green Labs Program Manager Star Scott accepting the Outstanding Programs or Initiatives Award
The Hull Street Parking Deck
Oglethorpe Dining Commons Sous Chef Robert Clark
UGA Chef Brandi Allen
UGA Chief of Police Jeffery L. Clark
The Hull Street Parking Deck expansion opened recently, adding nearly 400 additional spaces. (UGA file photo)
Megan Thompson, senior crime analyst for the UGA Police Department.
UGA Chief of Police Jeffery L. Clark
Baileigh Barnes is assistant director for transaction services for University Human Resources. (Photo by Dorothy Kozlowski/UGA)
FMD's all-electric maintenance vehicle with the solar charging station attached
Andre Simmons with Jennifer in Jennifer's home before Christmas.
The Arch with the Holmes-Hunter Academic Building.
Portrait of Dr. Juanita Hicks
Last fall, UGA Green Labs student intern Anna Lentz, right, completed an energy reduction project at the Center for Molecular Medicine. Lentz is show with Star Scott, right, UGA Green Labs founder and program manager. (Submitted photo)
An aerial photo of the University of Georgia golf course. (Submitted photo)
Roswell Lawrence Jr. portrait
The opening of the STEM Research Complex and Parking Deck added an additional 319 parking spaces this year. This and other efforts are just some of the ways Transportation & Parking Services is working on to provide more spaces and reduce the density of single-occupancy vehicles traveling in the heart of campus. (Photo by Andrew Davis Tucker/UGA)
Mentoring for Operational Success Cohort
Melanie Ford is director of construction in UGA’s Office of University Architects. (Photo by Dorothy Kozlowski/UGA)
UGA Fleet Team
Adam Fouche portrait
Recipients of the 2022 Kassinger Scholarship
A photo of a UGA student with two UGAPD members who helped him
In this academic year alone, more than $7 million in targeted projects to improve HVAC systems across campus is underway, with 16 of 18 HVAC replacement projects already complete. (Submitted photo)
The Arch with the Holmes-Hunter Academic Building behind it.
UGA HR's Core Competency Model for UGA staff.
Marcie Berrong stands outside the UGA financial service building. (Photo by Peter Frey/UGA)
Aerial view of North Campus. (Photo by Nick Bragg/UGA)
Quincy Kerbo is the office assistant in the travel and encumbrance section of Accounts Payable in the Division of Finance and Administration. (Photo by Andrew Davis Tucker/UGA)
Claire Boyd in front of the Chapel on North Campus. (Photo by Andrew Davis Tucker/UGA)
Andrew Wells (Photo by Dorothy Kozlowski/UGA)
Tiffany Teasley stands with her team of building services workers in the lobby of the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center. (Photo by Andrew Davis Tucker/UGA)
Karl Opara, a housing RA, goes through the hot line at Bolton. (Photo by Peter Frey/UGA)
Scott Griffith oversees the UGA Golf Course as superintendent with the help of Birdie, a border collie specially trained to keep geese off the greens. (Photo by Dorothy Kozlowski/UGA)
Amanda Ganger, associate director of payroll, helped to build UGA’s system during the OneSource project. (Photo by Dorothy Kozlowski/UGA)
The Proterra electric bus. (Submitted photo)
Gregg Hudson became manager of the Oglethorpe Dining Commons this summer. (Photo by Dorothy Kozlowski)
The Human Resources department is developing a new staff competency model, and the next step is to gather data regarding job behaviors.
UGA Police Detective Britney Green accepts the 2019 Kassinger Scholarship from Steve Harris, director of the UGA Office of Emergency Preparedness. (Photo courtesy of the Office of Emergency Preparedness)
Janet Westpheling, center, works with undergraduate students. (Photo by Dorothy Kozlowski/UGA)
Susan van Gigch manages a team of 24 staff members who oversee operations across Dining Services. (Photo by Dorothy Kozlowski)
President Jere W. Morehead and representatives from the university and state officially break ground on the new I-STEM Research Building on South Campus. (Photo by Andrew Davis Tucker/UGA)
Hope Thomas leads the Facilities Management Division’s occupational safety and environmental compliance programs. (Photo by Dorothy Kozlowski)
Scott Messer, director of historic preservation, starts his 18th year at the University of Georgia in November (Photo by Dorothy Kozlowski)
View of the Park & Ride parking lot at UGA.
The Arch with the Holmes-Hunter Academic Building behind it.
Parker Thomas, who is working toward a master’s degree in industrial organizational psychology, also works in the Division of Finance & Administration as a team lead in position management in Human Resources. (Photo by Dorothy Kozlowski)
Pictured from left are UGA President Jere W. Morehead, College of Environment and Design Dean Dan Nadenicek and Scott Messer, director of Historic Preservation in the Office of University Architects. Messer received the college’s Dean’s Award of Honor in recognition of his four-year leadership in the effort to create the historic preservation master plan for the University of Georgia. (Photo by Liz Solomon)
Bryan Varin, executive director of Dining Services, oversees all dining operations on campus, including meal plan and retail dining operations, catering, warehouse and distribution, maintenance services, business services, administration and operation support. (Photo by Dorothy Kozlowski)
From left: Young Dawgs student Robby Ratajczak; Luke Mortenson, an assistant professor of regenerative medicine and engineering; and Bobby Leitman, a regenerative bioscience graduate assistant, examine cells in the lab. (Photo by Dorothy Kozlowski)
Screenshot of an article Gwynne Darden was featured in.