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New Beginnings: UWG Prepares for In-Person Fall 2020 Commencement Ceremony

The University of West Georgia will conclude another successful fall semester – and honor graduates from the spring and summer semesters – with in-person Commencement ceremonies on Saturday, Dec. 5.
Halle Foundation Continues to Change Lives through Study Abroad Support

The Halle Foundation in Atlanta has recently awarded $75,000 to the international languages and cultures (ILC) program at UWG. The grant will fund study abroad opportunities to Vienna, Austria, over the next three summers – provided travel conditions are safe and allowed to proceed.
Bridge-Builder: UWG Welcomes New Director of Center for Student Involvement

Dr. Lakiesa Rawlinson has worked in the University System of Georgia for more than a decade, serving as program coordinator for Kennesaw State University, associate director of campus life at Clayton State University, and director of student involvement at Georgia Gwinnett College.
Alum Pens Follow-Up to Best-Seller

Like a modern-day Dante, UWG alumnus Matthew O’Brien first descended into the underbelly of Las Vegas nearly 20 years ago. The author later chronicled his journey in “Beneath the Neon,” taking readers through the pseudo-purgatory flood channels and introducing them to the subterranean souls inhabiting them.
UWG Announces 2020-21 Basketball Schedule

The Gulf South Conference Board of Directors has approved a 20-game conference schedule for men’s and women’s basketball beginning on Dec. 9, 2020. UWG will host Montevallo in men’s play on Dec. 9, with the women traveling that day to play the Falcons in Alabama.
We Stand Together: UWG Athletes Lead Community in NCAA Diversity and Inclusion March for Social Justice

Before civil rights leader John Lewis died earlier this year, he left the world with a poignant charge: “Democracy is not a state. It is an act, and each generation must do its part to help build what we called the Beloved Community, a nation and world society at peace with itself.”