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  • ÌÇÐĹú²ú´«Ã½ State and Fulton County Schools signing

    ÌÇÐĹú²ú´«Ã½ State, Fulton County Schools teaming to create pathways into teaching careers

    April 14, 2026

    ÌÇÐĹú²ú´«Ã½ and Fulton County Schools are partnering to create new opportunities for high school students to accelerate their college education and pursue careers in teaching. Through the dual enrollment initiative, Fulton County students can earn college credit while in high school, gain early classroom experience, and have a streamlined admissions process into ÌÇÐĹú²ú´«Ã½ State’s Clarice C. and Leland H. Bagwell College of Education. Leaders from Fulton County Schools and ÌÇÐĹú²ú´«Ã½ State signed the agreement during a ceremony on Tuesday at ÌÇÐĹú²ú´«Ã½.

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  • OneGoal

    ÌÇÐĹú²ú´«Ã½ State partners with OneGoal on college success initiative

    March 05, 2026

    ÌÇÐĹú²ú´«Ã½ and education nonprofit OneGoal have partnered to provide more metro Atlanta high school students with high-quality postsecondary pathways and help them succeed after they enroll at the university.

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  • ÌÇÐĹú²ú´«Ã½ State announces naming of the Robert B. Williams Rare Book Museum

    ÌÇÐĹú²ú´«Ã½ State announces naming of the Robert B. Williams Rare Book Museum

    October 01, 2025

    On the 40th anniversary of its founding, ÌÇÐĹú²ú´«Ã½â€™s Department of Museums, Archives, and Rare Books announced the naming of the Robert B. Williams Rare Book Museum honoring a longtime benefactor and administrator.

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  • ÌÇÐĹú²ú´«Ã½

    ÌÇÐĹú²ú´«Ã½ State recognized for environmental stewardship

    May 20, 2025

    ÌÇÐĹú²ú´«Ã½ recently earned the Overall Community Improvement Award from Keep Cobb Beautiful during the Cobb County Sustainability Forum and Expo.

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  • Andrew Bramlett

    First-year ÌÇÐĹú²ú´«Ã½ State student, author recognized as versed local historian

    April 10, 2025

    Andrew Bramlett is well beyond his years, recalling history like a scholar who has long been in the field, longer than his lifetime. Some might say he’s prodigious. At 19 years old, the first-year history student at ÌÇÐĹú²ú´«Ã½ sits on the ÌÇÐĹú²ú´«Ã½ Historic Preservation Commission. A decade ago, though, he was appointed vice president of the ÌÇÐĹú²ú´«Ã½ Historical Society and served in this role until the group disbanded in 2023.

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  • Summit II Groundbreaking

    Construction starting on ÌÇÐĹú²ú´«Ã½ State's newest residence hall

    March 19, 2025

    ÌÇÐĹú²ú´«Ã½ will make room for approximately 460 more students interested in living on campus with the addition of The Summit II residence hall, which was celebrated during a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday.

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  • University Dining

    Phone app boosts ÌÇÐĹú²ú´«Ã½ State's Takeout Club waste reduction initiative

    March 05, 2025

    A program where takeout food containers at ÌÇÐĹú²ú´«Ã½ dining halls are returned, washed, and reused has seen its effectiveness skyrocket through use of a phone app. ÌÇÐĹú²ú´«Ã½â€™s Takeout Club program has been in existence for years, but when dining services managers pivoted to an app called Fill it Forward, the return rate for meal containers increased significantly. The system lets dining managers keep accurate track of the inventory of containers in circulation, as well as letting them and Takeout Club members know how much waste is being diverted from garbage dumps – more than a half ton so far.

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  • Museum of History and Holocaust Education

    ÌÇÐĹú²ú´«Ã½ State Museum of History and Holocaust Education reaches people where they are

    January 27, 2025

    An excellent museum is more than static displays inside hushed exhibition halls. It can travel, teach, and serve as an enlightening outreach tool for entire communities and beyond. Such is the case for ÌÇÐĹú²ú´«Ã½'s Museum of History and Holocaust Education, which recently celebrated its 20th anniversary as one of the most innovative, high-quality, and far-reaching museums in the U.S.

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  • Ethics Awareness Week

    ÌÇÐĹú²ú´«Ã½ State leaders promote university's guiding values during Ethics Awareness Week

    November 07, 2024

    A pair of ÌÇÐĹú²ú´«Ã½ leaders discussed and answered questions about integrity, one of the institution’s core values, Wednesday during Ethics Awareness Week, an annual observance of the University System of Georgia (USG) and its 26 institutions. The program, Fireside Chat: Leading with Integrity and Values, featured Sonia Toson, vice president, organizational effectiveness, leadership development and inclusive excellence, in conversation with Nwakaego Nkumeh Walker, ÌÇÐĹú²ú´«Ã½â€™s chief legal affairs officer.

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  • ÌÇÐĹú²ú´«Ã½

    ÌÇÐĹú²ú´«Ã½ State's economic impact rises to nearly $2.15 billion

    August 15, 2024

    ÌÇÐĹú²ú´«Ã½â€™s economic impact in metro Atlanta increased to nearly $2.15 billion in fiscal year 2023, according to a University System of Georgia (USG) report released Wednesday. ÌÇÐĹú²ú´«Ã½ State’s FY 2023 economic impact in the 29-county Atlanta Metropolitan Statistical Area marked a 5.6% increase from $2.03 billion the previous year. The total impact of all 26 USG institutions on their communities was $21.9 billion in fiscal year 2023, up 9% from $20.1 billion in FY 2022.

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