Southeastern Bank Management and Directors Conference

Conferences, Fairs and Symposiums

"The Emerging Retail Payments System: Opportunity For or Threat to Community Banking."

Presentation: “The Death of the African American Family?”

Lectures, Readings and Discussions

Tera Hurt, Institute for Behavioral Research, explores the structure of African American family dynamics currently and over the course of history. Part of Black History Month.

Healthcare Provider CPR Training

Classes and Workshops

Class size is limited. Certified by American Heart Association.

Blood Drive

Health & Wellness

Blood Drive

Health & Wellness

Intern for a Day Program: Orientation

Classes and Workshops

The Career Center partners with employers in Atlanta and Athens to provide job shadow opportunities. Students who participate are able to build their resume, explore a career and network with professionals. RSVP required.

Program: You’re Not My Type

Holidays, Lectures, Readings and Discussions

A look at the biases and stereotypes that influence how we determine what our "type" is. Hosted by I.M.P.A.C.T.-Sustained Dialogue to celebrate Valentine's Day or Singles' Awareness Day.

Outdoor Adventure 101 Clinic

Classes and Workshops, Health & Wellness, Recreation

Learn about the equipment and skills needed to safely enjoy outdoor activities including skiing, hiking, biking, horseback riding or walking.

Service Project: Valentines for St. Mary’s Children

Classes and Workshops, Other

Make Valentine cards to be delivered to children at St. Mary's Hospital. Snacks and crafts supplies provided.

Behind Closed Doors

Health & Wellness, Lectures, Readings and Discussions

The National Council of Negro Women, the Alpha Chapter of Delta Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc. and Multicultural Services and Programs discuss the multiple aspects of domestic violence and abuse. Learn the signs to leave an abusive relationship and discuss a healthy relationship.

African Diaspora Film Festival

Films, Receptions and Recognitions

"Antwone Fisher" (Denzel Washington, 2002), the story of a young navy man, whose forced visits to a psychiatrists after a violent outburst against a fellow crewman leads to the revelation of a painful past.

GMOA Student Night

Other

The Student Association of the Georgia Museum of Art hosts of evening and activities and food.

Second Thursday Concert: UGA Faculty Chamber Ensembles

Performances

The Georgia Woodwind Quintet and Franklin String Quartet, both composed of UGA School of Music faculty members, present a concert of chamber music as part of the Second Thursday Scholarship series.

Film: Troll 2 (1990)

Films

Box office opens 30 minutes prior to show time.

Bulldog Breakfast Club at Sweet Peppers Deli

Other

For alumni and students a comfortable to exchange ideas, discuss topics of interest and network with distinguished UGA leaders, Association members and friends. Guests are encouraged to bring business cards. Hosted by the UGA Alumni Association's Bulldog Breakfast Club.

Softball Hosts Red & Black Showcase

Athletics

Three-day tournament. Games starting at 11 a.m. Friday, 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday.

International Coffee Hour

Weekly program, featuring coffee and international food, designed to bring people together from all over the world to meet in a casual setting. Coffee Hour is held every Friday during the academic year (excluding breaks).

HR Leadership Academy

Classes and Workshops

The HR Leadership Academy is an intensive program designed to enhance HR professionals’ abilities as strategic business leaders. The program is provided in partnership with SHRM-Atlanta and recommended for professionals with at least five years of business and HR experience.

Snorkel with the Manatees Trip

Recreation

Trip to Crystal River, Florida to learn about and experience manatees in their natural habitat. SCUBA Certification is not required, but the ability to swim and a calm comfort in the water are recommended.

UGA’s Next Top Entrepreneur: Round 2 Prep Meeting I

Meetings

Student competition for the best business idea. Prize is $500 cash prize and a possible $100,000 investment. Open to all UGA students. Participants prepare for Round 2 pitch presentations. Also open to all interested observers.

Men’s Tennis vs. William & Mary

Athletics

** Please note earlier start time.

UGA Costa Rica Theatre & Film Studies Program Info Session

Official University Events

Antje Ascheid and John Kundert-Gibbs, theatre and film studies, discuss courses in sound design, film directing, and world cinema offered in UGA Costa Rica this summer.

Political Science Colloquium

Lectures, Readings and Discussions

"Electing Judges: The Surprising Effects of Campaigning on Judicial Legitimacy," paper presentation by James L. Gibson, Sidney W. Souers Professor of Government at Washington University in St. Louis.

Friday Night Heights at the Indoor Challenge Course

Recreation

Climb, walk around, and negotiate nine adventure elements suspended 25 feet in the air above Gym East in the Ramsey Center, including a gentle zip line to bring you back to floor level. Ground school instruction and all equipment is provided. Advanced reservations encouraged but not required.

Gala: Project RED—Redefining the EpiDemic

Health & Wellness, Receptions and Recognitions

In honor of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Formal attire. Hosted by the Zeta Psi Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.

Gymnastics vs. Arkansas

Athletics

Performance: The Capitol Steps

Performances

Music and political satire by a Washington-based troupe of Congressional staffers turned songwriters.

Workshop: Natural History of Georgia Plants

Classes and Workshops

Learn about the natural vegetation of Georgia, basic ecological principles of plant distribution, prehistoric and contemporary influences on Georgia vegetation, major vegetation types in Georgia, and common plant species that characterize each vegetation type.

Softball Hosts Red & Black Showcase

Athletics

Second day of 3-day tournament. Games from 9 a.m.- 7 pm. Also 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. on Sunday.

Celebration of Support

Receptions and Recognitions

Annual event honoring the University's top donors. Reception at 6 pm. Dinner and program at 7 p.m. Invitation only.

Men’s Basketball at Mississippi State

Athletics

Event will be aired on SECN.

Jazz Valentines at the Chapel

Performances

Classic City Jazz, UGA's vocal and instrumental jazz group, celebrates Valentine's Day with swingin' jazz standards, ballads, and blues. Audience members can have a jazz solo dedicated with an additional donation.

Softball Hosts Red & Black Showcase

Athletics

Third day of 3-day tournament. Games from 9 a.m.- 3 p.m.

Women’s Basketball vs. Vanderbilt

Athletics

$5, free for UGA faculty, staff and students. SEC Network TV.

University Theatre Performance: Armitage

Performances

Showings at 2:30 p.m. at 8 p.m. A Gothic tale woven back and forth in time and space, of desperate love, suspicious deaths, desire, murder, madness, grief and terror.

Film: Paranormal Activity 3 (2011)

Films

Shows at 3, 6 and 9 p.m. Box office opens 30 minutes prior to show time.

Women’s Golf at Lady Puerto Rico Classic

Athletics

Through Feb. 14.

Cholesterol Screening

Health & Wellness

Free total cholesterol screening ( HDL, LDL, triglycerides) and blood pressure measurement. No appointment necessary. Feb. 13-16 and Feb. 20-23: 8 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m.

UC Committee on Statutes, Bylaws and Committees Meeting

Meetings

This is a regular meeting of the University Council Committee on Statutes, Bylaws and Committees.

“Feast for flood:” Thai Dessert Festival

Other

American and Thai desserts sold to benefit the Thai Red Cross Society for flood reconstruction in Thailand.

Blood Drive

Health & Wellness

Terry Career Boot Camp: The Interviewing Game

Classes and Workshops

Geared towards Terry College and pre-business students, but all are welcome to attend.

Intern for a Day Program: Orientation

Classes and Workshops

The Career Center partners with employers in Atlanta and Athens to provide job shadow opportunities. Students who participate are able to build their resume, explore a career and network with professionals. RSVP required.

Dinner with the Pensacola Bulldogs

Meetings, Other

The Panhandle/Pensacola alumni chapter hosts dinner and a business meeting to discuss plans and upcoming events.

Film: A Fall from Freedom

Films

Film about captive whale and dolphin entertainment business, with a look at marine parks and aquariums.A Fall From Freedom is apart of the Animal Voices Film Festival sponsored by Speak Out for Species.

Film: The Dark Side of Chocolate

Films

To raise awareness and education for the advocacy of Fair-Trade. Chocolate Bar prizes will be given away and a short panel will follow. Hosted by the UGA Chapter of the International Justice Mission.

Speaker

Lectures, Readings and Discussions

"Unclaimed Legacy. Who will Lead the Next Social Movement?" Jeff Johnson, journalist, social activist and political commentator. Free T-shirts for the first 30 people. Part of the Committee for Black Cultural Programming’s Week of Soul and Black History Month.

Blood Drive

Health & Wellness

Film Screening: “The Forgetting Game”

Films, Lectures, Readings and Discussions

Documentary film about the first person ever legally transported across the Berlin Wall in 1963.

Presentation on Domestic Violence Legislation

Lectures, Readings and Discussions

Joan Prittie, executive director of Project Safe, discusses two Georgia House Bills designed to help domestic violence victim-survivors. Sponsored by Law Students for Reproductive Justice.

Social Work Lecture Series

Lectures, Readings and Discussions

Speaker: Lonnie C. King, Jr., civil rights icon.

Men’s Tennis vs. Georgia Tech

Athletics

10 Years of the Euro: Reason to Celebrate?

Lectures, Readings and Discussions

Lutz Görgens, German Consul General of Atlanta, will discuss the state of the Euro, after 10 years, from a German perspective.

Intern for a Day Program: Orientation

Classes and Workshops

The Career Center partners with employers in Atlanta and Athens to provide job shadow opportunities. Students who participate are able to build their resume, explore a career and network with professionals. RSVP required.

Performance: Emerson String Quartet

Performances

The quartet has more than thirty critically acclaimed recordings, nine Grammy Awards, three Gramophone awards and the coveted Avery Fisher Prize.

Performances

Lectures, Readings and Discussions

By Committed and AfroBlue, acapella groups from "The Sing Off." Part of the Committee for Black Cultural Programming’s Week of Soul and Black History Month. Wine colored shirts will be given to the first 30 people and red velvet cupcakes to the first 100.

Swimming & Diving at SEC Championships

Athletics

Through Feb. 18.

Lunch With Leaders

Lectures, Readings and Discussions, Meetings, Other

Featuring Joan Prittie from Project Safe. Part of a monthly series created by UGA's LGBT Resource Center for students to hear a successful LGBTQ-identified leader tell their story. Students will be given the opportunity to ask questions about successes, failures, and even coming out stories.

Georgia Climate and Society Initiative Brown Bag Seminar

Lectures, Readings and Discussions

"Ecological Effects of Climate Change: Teaching and Research Applications in the Southern Appalachians," Jeff Hepinstall-Cymerman, Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources.

Apero Brown Bag Lecture

Lectures, Readings and Discussions

"Mande Storytelling and 'Discourse Disguise," Karim Traore, African Studies and comparative literature.

Study Abroad in Ecuador Spring break session

Classes and Workshops, Holidays, Recreation, Tours

Info about study abroad in Quito during spring break 2012: Spanish classes in the morning, live with a Ecuadorian family and travel around Ecuador. Trips include tours around Quito, Otavalo and MIndo in the Cloud Forest.

Georgia Genomics Facility Seminar

Conferences, Fairs and Symposiums, Lectures, Readings and Discussions

Live broadcast featuring the Ion Proton™ Sequencer & QuantStudio™ 12K Flex Real-Time PCR System. Sponsored by Life Technologies. Food and refreshments will be provided.

Tour at Two: Politics in the Permanent Collection’s American Galleries

Exhibitions, Tours

Led by Paul Manoguerra, chief curator and curator of American art.

Comparative Literature Colloquium

Lectures, Readings and Discussions

"Comparative Literature: Where Have We Been, Where Are We Now and Where Are We Going?" Dorothy Figueira, comparative literature, honorary president of the International Comparative Literature Association and editor of "Recherche Littéraire."

Bulldog Book Club Meeting

Lectures, Readings and Discussions

A discussion of Chabris and Simon's "The Invisible Gorilla: How Our Intuitions Deceive Us."

Willson Center TV Roundtable Discussion on “The Simpsons”

Receptions and Recognitions

Horace Newcomb (Peabody Awards Program) moderates this panel discussion on The Simpsons. Panelists will include faculty and students from the Grady College.

Presentation: “Proper Confidence in an Age of Skepticism”

Lectures, Readings and Discussions

Randy Newman, an author and speaker from Annandale,VA, discusses how 21st century religion differs from the 20th century's religion and offers insight to move forward as individuals, communities, and cultures. Sponsored by the UGA Christian Faculty Forum.

Workshop: Choosing a Major

Classes and Workshops

Learn what career choices are available for various academic areas of study.

Genetics Seminar

Lectures, Readings and Discussions

"Applications of the Tree of Life," David Hillis, UT-Austin.

Money Matters Presentation: The Basics of Auto and Health Insurance

Classes and Workshops

Students in Free Enterprise discuss the components of auto and health insurance as well as how to lower your premiums and what to ask when looking for the best coverage. Free Chick-fil-A for the first 20 attendees. Blue Card event.

Student Alumni Council Information Session

Meetings

To learn more about the Student Alumni Council. Applicants are encouraged to attend.

Global Leadership Institute Seminar 1

"The Concept of Time," Part of a series of 4 seminars aimed at increasing interest and awareness of global leadership and issues. By attending 3 of the 4 seminars, students can earn a certificate in Global Leadership.

Workshop: Careers in Nursing

Classes and Workshops

A panel of professionals describe the nursing field and discuss effective ways to prepare for a career.

Knot Tying Clinic

Athletics, Classes and Workshops, Recreation

Learn a few useful knots applicable to everyday living as well as outdoor adventures.

Men’s Basketball at South Carolina

Athletics

Event will be aired on CSS.