State of the University

On January 25th, UGA President Jere W. Morehead delivered the 2023 State of the University Address. During the speech, President Morehead reflected on the UGA community’s extraordinary accomplishments during the past ten years and the exciting possibilities for the University and Athens community in the decade to come. You can view a recording of the address here. 

Over the past year, UGA strengthened our commitment to serving Athens, our home community. Our faculty, staff, and students worked to address food insecurity across Athens-Clarke County, partnered with local schools to enrich after-school programs and increase students’ readiness for college and the workforce, provided medical care to underserved members of our community, and more. 

This year, the University of Georgia addressed the crucial need to create more diverse and inclusive campus through facility namings that recognize trailblazers, such as Mary Frances Early, UGA’s first African American graduate; Shirley Mathis McBay, the University’s first African American Ph.D. recipient; and Harold Alonza Black, Mary Blackwell Diallo, and Kerry Rushin Miller, the first African American students to enroll as freshmen and complete their undergraduate degrees at the University of Georgia.

Thank you for all that you continue to do to support the University of Georgia and public higher education across our state. We wish you the very best with another productive and successful year. As we enter 2023, UGA remains grateful to our partners in the Athens community.