We did it, team: we not only surpassed our $250 million fundraising goal this year in order to achieve a 3-year rolling average of $250 million, but we also set a new fundraising record for the university! THANK YOU for your hard work; your dedication; your commitment. It's been an incredibly busy year, especially this spring.
We have less than one month left to finish the drill. Let's continue to reach higher and do more to improve lives and support the great work taking place on campus and across the state. |
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Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations and Executive Director of the UGA Foundation |
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What You'll Find in This Month's Pulse |
- 📈 Fundraising Update
- Upcoming DAR Meetings 📆
- Events for Alumni + Friends 🤝
- 👩🏫 UGA Mentor Program Update
- Coastal Georgia Summer Plans 🌴
- 🏥 School of Medicine Update
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💝 PLC Recruitment Events
- Scholarship Oversight to OSFA 💰
- 💯 Bulldog 100 Nominations
- UGA Athletics in Your Town 🏈
- 💲 Q4 Annual Giving Update
- DAR in the News 📰
- 🍴 Employee Experience Holds First Event
- DAR Headshot Schedule 📸
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🔔 Ring the Bell: Fundraising/Engagement Success Stories
- 🌟 DAR Stars: Kate Lantz + Drew Flaherty
- Desk Chair Experts 🧠
- ✈️ Regional Programs Travel Schedule
- Open DAR Positions 🎉
- 👨💼 Staff Announcements
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🥳 Just for Fun: Bridgerton x Spike Content
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Alumni Participation Rate (APR)
We are currently at 75% of our FY24 APR goal. With the addition of UGA license tag donors and all the Q4 efforts across campus, we feel confident we will achieve our goal by the end of the fiscal year. Thank you so much for all your hard work in this space and let's keep going strong for the next several weeks to hit our target! Questions? Email Heather Duiser.
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Overall Fundraising Totals
We are pleased to share that we have surpassed $257 million! We are at 113 new endowed scholarships in FY24 (our goal was 100), and we are at 375 total faculty endowments on campus (our goal is 400). Questions? Email Jeremy Ransom.
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UGAF Board of Trustees Meeting June 5-7, 2024 Lake Oconee |
Affinity Council New Member Orientation July 17, 2024 | 5:45-7:45 PM Atlanta, GA
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DAR End-of-Year Celebration July 31, 2024 | 3-5:30 PM Athentic Brewing Company |
UGAF Board of Trustees Orientation August 22, 2024 Athens, GA |
| UGAF Board of Trustees Meeting October 3-4, 2024 Athens, GA |
Alumni Assoc. BOD Fall Meeting October 11, 2024 Athens, GA |
DAR 101 October 15, 2024 Stelling Study, Business Learning Community |
UGAF Board of Trustees Meeting February 20-21, 2025 Athens, GA |
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Events for Alumni + Friends |
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1961 Club Celebration June 14 The Gathering Spot | Atlanta, GA |
40 Under 40 Class of 2024 Announcement July 17 | Details to come |
Class of 2028 Freshman Welcome
August 13, 2024 | 6-8:30PM Sanford Stadium |
Fall Classes Begin
August 14, 2024 | | 40 Under 40 Awards Luncheon September 6, 2024 Tate Grand Hall |
Beat Week vs. Alabama September 23-28, 2024 *New opponent! Details to come! |
Dawg Day of Gratitude October 16, 2024 UGA Campus - Various Locations |
Oyster Roast for a Reason November 23, 2024 Skidaway Island, GA |
Fall Commencement December 13, 2024 Stegeman Coliseum |
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UGA Mentor Program Update |
As of May 9: - # of Mentors: 5,324 (578 in FY24)
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# of Mentees: 5,489 (2,020 in FY24)
- # of Connections in FY24: 1,538
Mentoring Profile: Cadet Chase Martel + Major Kevin Mitchell (AB '05)
Cadet Chase Martel (Class of 2025), wasn't confident he'd find someone with experience in his dream job as a Judge Advocate General in the U.S. Air Force. Enter Major Kevin Mitchell (AB '05), a first-generation college graduate and UGA mentor who is passionate about ensuring today's students have a strong network to support their career journey. Read and share their story.
Questions about the UGA Mentor Program? Email Bethany Bagwell. |
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Coastal Georgia - Summer Plans |
Here is an overview of events in the coastal Georgia area this summer. If you have events to add or donors you'd like invited, please email Christina Varnedoe. -
June 24-25 - Terry College Dean Ayers Visit; Savannah
- July - ENGR Visit; Savannah
- July 30 - SPIA Event; Savannah
- August 23 - Pharmacy Event: Savannah Bananas Game; Savannah
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School of Medicine Updates |
DARCOMM has produced several documents to assist in School of Medicine fundraising, all of which can be found on the Development Toolkit: -
A document focused on the school’s new building.
- A one-pager that lists all currently available naming opportunities.
- A customizable template that includes many SOM-specific photos and assets, like the naming opportunity one-pager above.
If you have questions about SOM funds or SOM fundraising, contact Matt Mize. If you have questions about these documents, contact Clarke Schwabe.
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Parent Giving Team Hosts Summer Recruitment Events |
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Scholarship Oversight to OSFA |
The Office of Instruction will transition scholarship review and awarding to the Office of Student Financial Aid on July 1. The Office of Student Financial Aid will now process and administer scholarship funds previously housed within the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Questions? Please send them to Graff Wilson who will coordinate the consolidation logistics in collaboration with the UGA Foundation.
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Bulldog 100 Nominations Open Through July 31 |
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UGA Athletics in Your Town |
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The Office of Annual Giving is planning for a strong June to close out FY24. Here is the Q4 project summary. Questions? Contact Sherry Abrams. Here is quick peek at the rest of June (does not include school/college-specific tactics): - June 7: FYE Email
- June 21: Engagement Center Calling Ends
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June 25: FYE Email
- June 28: FYE Email
*FYE = fiscal year-end |
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Here are a few recent bits of news from DAR/campus: |
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| Employee Experience Holds First Event |
Employee Experience (E²) held its first monthly event April 30, Exploring Campus Cuisine: Bolton Dining Commons. The group of DAR colleagues embarked on a culinary journey in one of UGA's newest dining halls. Many in the group ended the meal with a tasty treat — warm cookies, creamy ice cream, or comforting bread pudding. However, the best part of the outing were conversations among colleagues who don't normally cross paths. Couldn't make it? No worries! E² has more monthly events lined up. Stay tuned for details. Question about E²? Reach out to Cristy Jones.
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📸 DAR Headshot Schedule 📸 |
Have you scheduled a headshot with Edwin Hammond? Fill out a scheduling form below; headshots are taken in front of 1 Press Place. |
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Rob Carrico and Sara Cook closed a $25,000 gift from Betty Hudson in Fort Worth, TX, that will fund experiential learning opportunities ("Ex-Prizes") for Grady students. Betty has been a strong Grady supporter through the Peabody Awards and Grady's Board of Trust. Carolyn Tieger, chair of the Board of Trust, assisted Rob and Sara in establishing this new step for Betty.
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Chandler Boyle worked with Martin Kagel in the Office of Global Engagement to solicit a $25,000 gift to UGA at Oxford that will name a student room in the house. Did you know that there are naming opportunities in UGA's Oxford facility?
Oxford Naming Opportunities - The UGA at Oxford Center Building: $10M
- Student living room: $250,000
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House library: $500,000
- The gardens: $1M
- The dining room/seminar room/classroom: $350,000
- The office: $50,000
- The main kitchen: $100,000
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Two graduate assistant rooms: $50,000/EA
- 16 student rooms in the house: $25,000/EA
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Thanks to Heather Duiser and Brittany Rider for providing MARCOMM with siblings who could be featured in UGA's official PSA that airs during football season. We're pleased to report that Kemper (AB '23, AB '23) and Ella Higgins ('24) will participate, the children of PLC members Michael and Jennifer Kemper. MARCOMM appreciated the leads and says the siblings did great! Kudos to Edwin Hammond, too, for lending his film skills to the MARCOMM team as PSA production begins.
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Kate Lantz The College of Engineering's Kate Lantz started working in DAR just three weeks after graduation. |
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Drew Flaherty Associate director of alumni student engagement started his DAR career as a graduate assistant. |
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The Regional team will be traveling to the following cities soon. |
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Chris Jefts Albany, GA (June 11-12) Thomasville, GA (June 20-21) Vince Thomas Denver, CO (June 10-13) Gainesville, GA (June 20 + 25) Rob Carrico Charleston, SC (June 18-20)
Ellie Engquist Denver, CO (June 10-13) Christina Varnedoe Savannah, GA (Month of June) Katie Adams Chattanooga, TN (June 11-13) |
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LaRisa Chambers Los Angeles, CA (June 6-10)
San Francisco, CA (June 25-28) Chandler Boyle Charlotte, NC (June 11-12) Athens, GA (June 24-26) Alysse Capitanelli Summit, NJ (June 9) Elizabeth Kozak Atlanta / Athens, GA (June 20-21) Michelle Rotondo
Athens, GA (June 10) |
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Open Positions
This is to make you aware of position postings in the division. We encourage anyone interested in applying to do so. All UGA HR policies and procedures will apply. If you know of a potential candidate who may be a good fit for an opportunity, contact Michelle Carter. |
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- Welcome to Kami Hopkins, Administrative Associate, Alumni Relations (ATL)
- Welcome to Rose Scoggins, Communications Coordinator, DARCOMM
- Welcome to Madi Cox, Development Officer, Regional Programs
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Welcome to MK Miller, Career Consultant, Career Center
- Welcome Lexie Walker, Student Employment Manager, Career Center
- Welcome Daryn Zongrone, Career Consultant, Career Center
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Congrats to Adam Roell, named Executive Director of Alumni Relations, Alumni Relations
- Congrats to Chris Glover, named IT Manager, Information Technology
- Congrats to Connor Caddell, named Application Programmer Specialist, Information Technology
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Congrats to Rebecca Hughes, named Mentor Program Coordinator, Career Center
- Best wishes to Adam Prescott, leaving Regional Programs
- Best wishes to Destiny Loyd, leaving UGA Career Center
Have a change for the DAR online directory? Email Abbie Jones with your change(s). |
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DARCOMM produced a Spike x Bridgerton-inspired social post when season 3 of Bridgerton premiered on Netflix earlier this month. Summer interns Ashley Allen and Ashlyn Carroll recommended capitalizing on the social hype around the show while designers Justin Patton, Amy Gunby and Jules Sherrill
brought digital strategist Allie White's visual idea into reality. As of May 20, the post has 19% engagement (1-4% is considered high) and 700 shares on Instagram.
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Do you have information for an upcoming edition of the Pulse? Send it to Elizabeth Elmore. |
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