the university of georgia: a brief overview

The University of Georgia: A Brief Overview

SEC Academic Leadership Development Program Workshop

October 14, 2013

UGA History: 1785 Charter

“…under the strongest obligation to form the youth, the rising hope of our Land.”

AbrahamBaldwinStatue

31 System institutions31 System institutions

Governed by 19-member Board of RegentsGoverned by 19-member Board of Regents

4 Research Universities4 Research Universities4 Comprehensive Universities4 Comprehensive Universities10 State Universities10 State Universities13 State Colleges13 State CollegesGeorgia Archives Georgia Archives Georgia Public Library SystemGeorgia Public Library System

The University System of Georgia

Land-Grant Institution

Tripartite Mission

@10,000 faculty, administrators and staff

$1.41 billion annual budget

Research income: $165.4 millionResearch expenditures: $255.06 millionIntellectual Property Income: $7.5 million

“To teach, to serve, and to inquire into the nature of things”

Sea-Grant Institution

Fall 2013 Enrollment

Undergraduate: 26,185Graduate: 5,855Professional: 1627Extended campuses: 869

TOTAL: 34,536

Fall 2013 Admissions

20,300 applications10,900 admitted4,361 enrolled (5,185 including summer, joint enrollment, etc.)

Since 2003, the number of freshman applications has increased 72%

Fall 2013 Board Scores

Mean GPA: 3.86Mean SAT: 1280 Mean ACT: 29

Honors Program: 526 Students, GPA 4.07Honors Mean SAT: 1462Honors Mean ACT: 32.7

UGA Colleges & Schools Franklin College of Arts & Sciences (1801) College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (1859) School of Law (1859) College of Pharmacy (1903) Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources (1906) College of Education (1908) Graduate School (1910) Terry College of Business (1912) Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication (1915) College of Family and Consumer Sciences (1933) College of Veterinary Medicine (1946) School of Social Work (1964) College of Environment and Design (1969) School of Public and International Affairs (2001) College of Public Health (2005) Odum School of Ecology (2007) College of Engineering (2012)

UGA Colleges & Schools

Medical Education

2010: First class enrolled

2014: First class will graduate

2008: UGA and Georgia Regents University established the GRU/UGA Medical Partnership to educate medical students in Athens.

Campus Facilities

Campus Arboretum

Town-Gown Relations

• Project-based collaboration

• Monthly breakfasts

• Partnership with Clarke-County School District

• Service Learning and Volunteering

UGA Athletics

UGA Athletics

NCAA Division I

8 Men’s Varsity sports

11 Women’s Varsity sports39 National Championships, including 27 since 1999

UGA Alumni

9,380 degrees awarded in 2012

279,961 Living Degreed Alumni

32,346 two degrees3,038 three degrees146 four degrees 2 five degrees

UGA Alumni

Degrees conferred since 1804:

357,052 and counting…

Georgia’s U.S. Senators

Saxby Chambliss ’66 Johnny Isakson ’66

Noteworthy Alumni

Natasha Trethaway ’89

Pulitzer Prize Winner

U.S. Poet Laureate

Noteworthy Alumni

Deborah Roberts ’82

ABC News correspondent and producer

Deborah Norville ’79Television journalist,Host of Inside Edition

Noteworthy Alumni

Amy Roback ’95

ABC Network

Alton Brown ’04Renowned chef,Host of Good Eats

Noteworthy Alumni

CNN News correspondent in Johannesburg, South Africa

Charlayne Hunter-Gault ’63Retired PBS television journalist

Noteworthy Alumni

Super Bowl XL MVP

Winner of Dancing with the Stars Season 12

Hines Ward ’98

Noteworthy Alumni

Wayne Knight ’08

Noteworthy Alumni

University of Florida

Head Football Coach

Will Muschamp ’94

Noteworthy Alumni

Maxine Clark ’71

Founder, Build-A-Bear Workshops

Dan Amos ’73CEO, AFLAC

Noteworthy Alumni

Noteworthy Alumni

Creator of “Salad in a Bag”

Dr. Seth Marcus Goldsmith, ’83

UGA’s SEC ALDP Fellows

Tracie Costantino, Tom Reichert, Sarah Covert & Julian Cook