University of Georgia

Just a 20-minute drive down the road from UGA's main campus is a quiet, 109-acre farm that cares for the nearly 50 equine athletes that power one of the nation's most successful collegiate equestrian programs, Georgia Equestrian.

Alongside students from the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine, student-athletes and farm staff from the UGA Equestrian Complex spend their long days caring and training the elite equine athletes for competitions and happy lives. Their care and dedication has led the equestrian program to 8 national titles in their 25-year history with no plans of slowing down any time soon.

Learn more about the UGA Equestrian Complex and the UGA Equestrian team at the link below! 🔗

Meet Shriya Garg, a third-year student studying genetics and economics who's passion comes from the power of personal experience.

As a freshman, the opportunity to make policy changes took on a new focus as Garg became more aware of the importance of mental health support on campus. As a first-year senator in the UGA Student Government Association, she proposed a simple idea: adding 988 and other emergency resource numbers to the back of UGA student ID cards.

Her UGA experiences—whether advocating for mental health resources or researching payment reform—have laid the groundwork for Shriya’s approach to working with others. She enters each relationship and tackles policy with empathy and intention.

Learn more about Shriya at the link below! 🔗

UGA students are helping young athletes in Clarke County elementary schools build confidence on the court and in the classroom.

The effort involves dozens of student volunteers, many of whom are lead success coaches, or LSCs working as part of Coaching4Success. A partnership program between the UGA’s Office of Service-Learning and the Clarke County School District, the program expands youth sports opportunities while fostering a growth mindset and a love of learning among fourth- and fifth-grade student athletes.

Learn more about the Coaching4Success program at the link below! 🔗

Living to work or working to live?

UGA researchers from the UGA Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and Terry College of Business share tips and advice for how to strike a healthy work-life balance to avoid worker burnout, staff turnover, and improve overall employee well-being.

Learn about those tips for a healthy work-life balance at the link below! 🔗

Heat could pose a danger to workers at the upcoming FIFA World Cup, according to a new study from UGA Franklin College of Arts and Sciences.

In an analysis of 30 years of weather data from venue host cities, researchers found that many jobs at the event exceeded recommended heat exposure and alert limits, putting workers at risk for heat-related health problems such as heat exhaustion or heat stroke.

Read more about the heat risk for the World Cup this summer at the link below! 🔗

“I had no idea that the Army had social workers. I got the opportunity to combine the two things I wanted to do. A month out of graduate school, I got deployed with my first unit as a combat social worker, and I fell in love with all of it.”

Meet Jeff Yarvis, a 34-year Army veteran who built a career at the intersection of the military and mental health. He is a part-time instructor in the University of Georgia School of Social Work where he teaches courses in military social work curriculum that he and colleagues at the Council on Social Work Education spent years developing.

Learn more about Jeff and his career at the link below! 🔗

While many academic departments might be possessive of their students, the UGA Department of Dance takes the opposite view. The pairing of dance with other academic disciplines is actively encouraged—faculty call it “Dancing Beyond Boundaries.”

They embrace the breadth of a University of Georgia education. Most of the students studying dance are double majors. Their interests spread to engineering, law, business, and so much more. Their calendars are full, but they embrace that, too.

Learn more about the UGA Dance department and its students and faculty at the link below! 🔗

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