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Institutional Initiatives

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During the drought and the University's "Every Drop Counts" campaign in 2007, the University's Ad Hoc Task Force on Water Resources recognized a need to have a specific office focused on resource efficiency and conservation. This notion was developed further when the Working Group on Sustainability was put together in 2009 to assess the university's level of sustainability and to make recommendations on how to improve the campus. One of their key recommendations was to create a coordinating body to oversee sustainability initiatives and maximize awareness of the university's environmental activities.

  • Engineering

    The establishment of undergraduate degrees in civil, electronic/electrical and mechanical, will meet the needs of additional Georgia high school graduates seeking careers in engineering and has been developed for graduates seeking careers as power systems engineers, control engineers for process control and industrial needs, and electronic engineers for designing advanced systems for bio-based companies. UGA has complementary engineering programs in computer systems engineering, environmental engineering, biomechanical engineering, biological engineering, and agricultural engineering to support these new programs.

    For more information, download the Board of Regents engineering school proposal.

  • MCG-UGA Partnership

    The Medical College of Georgia and the University of Georgia have partnered to create a four-year medical education program in Athens to help alleviate a statewide shortage of physicians that threatens the health of Georgians. The MCG/UGA Medical Partnership combines the significant instructional and research resources of UGA, the state’s flagship land-grant research university, with the expertise of MCG, Georgia’s only public medical school.

    For more information, visit the MCG/UGA Medical Partnership website.

  • Sustainability

    Sustainable UGA is a model for healthy living where sustainability is researched, taught, practiced and constantly refined. The University of Georgia is serving as a living laboratory that provides opportunities for students, faculty and staff to enhance the quality of life on campus and beyond.

    For more information, visit the Office of Sustainability website.

  • Graduate Education

    The University’s farms, forests, seashore preserves, experiment stations and international residential campuses extend the boundaries even farther. Today the University is a major research institution with more than 7,100 graduate students. Increased international competition for intellectual resources has underscored the need for the United States to have a highly educated leadership and workforce. The Graduate School supports the University of Georgia’s three strategic directions: building the new learning environment, maximizing research opportunities and competing in a global economy.

    For more information, visit the Graduate School website.

  • Master Plan

    The Master Plan was proposed in 1997 to create the optimal, sustainable learning environment. With a focus on resource conservation and quality of life improvement, sustainability initiatives include: historic preservation, sustainable site design & greenspace creation, alternative transportation, high-performance buildings, water resource conservation, renewable energy & energy efficiency, and waste minimization.

    For more information, visit the Physical Master Plan website. From Georgia Magazine: Why can't the rest of campus look like this?. From the UGA News Service archives: The Proposed Master Plan (1998).