The Â鶹ÊÓƵ Public Safety Academy celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. More than 100 students have graduated as Georgia P.O.S.T. Council-certified law enforcement officers with a bachelor's degree.
Six Â鶹ÊÓƵ students were able to test and grow their skills in a virtual reality course this summer with David A. Clifton.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ has received a $2,000 grant from the Wish You Well Foundation to create a literacy program to help Hall County parents improve their English literacy skills by reading to their children.
Twelve Â鶹ÊÓƵ cadets spent the summer abroad in U.S. ally nations experiencing culture and military structure, including a cadet who now has a new preferred branch.
Alumna Isabella Martino created 'Nonna Maria's Chair,' a tribute to four generations of women in her family and earned Best of Show in Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Juried Alumni Exhibition.
A pair of Â鶹ÊÓƵ student organizations will be hosting events marking Hispanic Heritage Month, which is Sept. 15-Oct. 15.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ hosted top-performing high school students from across the U.S. who were able to interact with highly regarded individuals in the field of intelligence through the National Intelligence Summer Academy.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ's athletic teams will aim to build this fall on the best year in program history by adding more success in soccer, golf and cross country.
Connor Christian didn't let one setback keep him from trying again. Instead, the Â鶹ÊÓƵ senior kept working, got creative and earned an internship at Publix's corporate office.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ's economic impact totaled more than $780 million on northeast Georgia during fiscal year 2024, including more than $768 million in spending and jobs.
A biology faculty member and two students at Â鶹ÊÓƵ have been researching the presence of bisphenol A in birds, widely expanding the number of species that have been tested worldwide.
For the 2025–26 academic year, Â鶹ÊÓƵ has been named a College of Distinction. This prestigious recognition is awarded to universities whose commitment to engaged, experiential education sets them apart.
New members of the Corps of Cadets started their Â鶹ÊÓƵ journey during Freshman Recruit Orientation Group Week from Aug. 3-9.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ sophomore Harrison Crockett and his father, Tim Crockett, this summer became the first father-son duo to row the Pacific Ocean.
Steps to College at Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Gainesville Campus allowed 130 multilingual high school students to take a condensed version of a required class in June and receive credit toward graduation.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ's College of Health Sciences & Professions has officially changed its name to the College of Health & Wellness.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ's College of Education hosted the Hispanic Organization Promoting Education Youth Leadership Summit from July 17-19 at Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Gainesville Campus.
Nine students painted a mural this summer at Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Gainesville Campus centered on the wording 'Face the Strange.'
Ten Â鶹ÊÓƵ cadets are commissioning into the Army or Georgia Army National Guard as second lieutenants at 3 p.m. Aug. 15 in the Convocation Center.
Fresh off his individual NCAA Division II men's golf national championship in May, Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Hunter Smith is playing in the U.S. Amateur, which is Aug. 11-17 in San Francisco.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ offered a statistics boot camp July 29-30 at the Dahlonega and Gainesville campuses with the goal of boosting student success in the quantitative methods course.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ cadet and women's soccer student-athlete Grace McGill recently completed Air Assault School at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. She led the 40 cadets who took part in the program.
Renee Bourbeau has joined Â鶹ÊÓƵ with the assignment to reimagine Professional and Continuing Education into the Evergreen Learning program.
Weeks of Welcome events, set for Aug. 11-22, encourage students to meet others, interact with faculty and staff, and become better acquainted with resources, opportunities and expectations.
Nursing and counseling students at Â鶹ÊÓƵ had a chance to participate in a trauma-informed care simulation this summer at Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Cumming Campus.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ held a ribbon-cutting July 30 to celebrate the opening of David E. Ralston Hall at Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Blue Ridge Campus. The expansion is named for the former Georgia speaker of the House.
The Â鶹ÊÓƵ Athletic Department and the Athletics Hall of Fame Committee have announced the 15th class of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Athletics Hall of Fame.
Nine Â鶹ÊÓƵ students embraced immersive learning in Peru, diving into language classes, exploring rich culture and hiking to Machu Picchu.
Seven Â鶹ÊÓƵ cadets completed the U.S. Army Jungle Operations Training Course on Oahu, Hawaii, with three earning the Jungle tab.
Alumnus Maj. Wesley B. Albritton currently serves as an Army Nurse Corps talent and career manager at the Army's Human Resources Command in Fort Knox, Kentucky.
Students Rediate Degu and Nadine Effiom recently participated in the six-week Northeast Georgia Medical Center Graduate Medical Education Summer Research Internship.
Twelve Â鶹ÊÓƵ preservice teachers had a chance to lead classrooms at Summer Scholars STEM Institute from June 2-26. Nearly 100 students from the Buford City, Gainesville City and Hall County school systems attended.
The 26th annual Starlight Celebration and fireworks event is scheduled for Aug. 16 at Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Gainesville Campus, capping the first week of classes.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ baseball junior center fielder Andrews Opata has signed a deal as an undrafted free agent with the Boston Red Sox.
Nine research teams are participating in the Faculty Undergraduate Summer Engagement program funded by the Center for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities.
Twelve high school students from surrounding counties experienced a crash course in logistics and supply chain management from June 23-27 at Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Camp Logistics.
President Michael Shannon awarded 16 Presidential Awards for the 2025-26 academic year to support faculty projects. They included 11 Innovation Awards and five Semester Awards.
Student Erika Delgado and May graduate Hasten Veal were part of this summer's eight-member cohort for the Pathway to Med School program.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ hosted its fifth annual Advancing GenCyber Education for North Georgia Teachers Initiative from June 2-6 to help 24 middle and high school teachers learn ways of teaching cybersecurity.
Dr. Sheri Hardee and Greg Williams were part of the University System of Georgia's 2024-25 Executive Leadership Institute cohort.
Cybersecurity students from Â鶹ÊÓƵ turned in strong performances in the National Cyber League, National Cyber Exercise and SummitCTF during the spring semester.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ held Summer Language Institutes in Chinese, Korean and Russian from May 31-July 18, providing training in both language and culture.
Eight engineering students at Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Gainesville Campus conducted research and innovation on an unmanned ground vehicle this spring.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ's College of Education held its annual Teacher Candidate Residency Program Boot Camp from June 2-6 at Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Gainesville Campus.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Office of Sponsored Programs held Grants Academy from June 9-11 at Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Gainesville Campus.
Almost 240 Â鶹ÊÓƵ cadets took part in an AI Literacy course this spring that allowed them to learn the basics of artificial intelligence.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ received the LeeAnn Noble Make-A-Wish Award for Most Funds Raised at the Peach Belt Conference's annual awards dinner in late May.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ students and faculty presented their research at the annual Southeastern Psychology Association (SEPA) conference in Atlanta in April.
Retired Col. Bryan Kirk has been named the inaugural executive director of Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Institute for Peak Performance.
Kent Norsworthy has been promoted to Â鶹ÊÓƵ director of tennis and will continue as women's tennis head coach, while Justin Miles is now the men's tennis head coach.
