Welcome to the March e-newsletter
Remembering Valerie Boyd
Valerie Boyd thrived in many communities and was admired in all…teacher, writer, editor, mentor, confidant.
Boyd, the Charlayne Hunter-Gault Distinguished Writer in Residence and director of the Master of Fine Arts in Narrative Nonfiction program at the University of Georgia, died Feb. 12, 2022.
Perhaps her enduring legacy is the light that shone within her and that she shined on others, said Charlayne Hunter-Gault (ABJ ’63).
“She was not only such a distinguished writer but - as she wrote about Zora Neale Hurston in her powerful and widely acclaimed portrait of Zora entitled 'Wrapped in Rainbows' - Valerie was, herself, wrapped in rainbows, as the light she shed on all who came in contact with her made them better people,” Hunter-Gault said.
Boyd was a senior editor at Bitter Southerner and an editor-at-large at The University of Georgia Press.
Boyd received a Southern Book Award and several other accolades when “Wrapped in Rainbows” was published in 2004. She had been tapped to be inducted into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame later this year. She was notified of the honor before her death.
Her most recent book, “Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker,” which she edited, will be published this spring.
Join us to celebrate Alumni Award winners and Fellows Class
Tickets are now available for our Salutes evening honoring the 2022 Alumni Award winners and 2022 Fellows class. Join us on Friday, April 29 at Athens Cotton Press to celebrate the leadership, achievement and commitment of these outstanding alumni and friends.
- Julia Carpenter (ABJ ’13), John E. Drewry Young Alumni Award winner
- Julie Wolfe (ABJ ’03), Mid-Career Award winner
- Carolina Acosta-Alzuru (MA ’96, PhD ’99), John Holliman Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award winner
- Pat Curtin (MA ’91, PhD ’96), Distinguished Alumni Scholar award winner
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Susan Goodenow (ABJ ’90), Fellowship inductee
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Reggie Hicks (ABJ ’80), Fellowship inductee
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Bob Houghton, Fellowship inductee
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Alan Massengale (MA ’80), Fellowship inductee
Help support our students and programs
On Thursday, March 31, UGA is calling all Dawgs to support the university with 1,785 gifts.
If you ever passed The Arch on your way downtown, if you ever rang the Chapel Bell, if you know the Journalism Building like the back of your hand: we're calling on you to make a difference by giving to the College of Journalism and Mass Communication Student Support Fund.
Save the Date
Thursday, March 31
Charlotte Alumni Reception
Thursday, April 7
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