Diversity
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UGA Kicks Off International Education Month with Parade of Flags
The University of Georgia kicked off International Education Month today with its annual Parade of Flags. UGA students and staff walked from the Arch to Tate Plaza carrying national flags to represent their cultural backgrounds. Niketa Nandan Roy Choudhury, a graduate student at UGA, attended the Flag Parade for the…
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Q&As Provide Look Into Lives of Public Representatives, Servants
Reporting I students each semester learn more about their beats — a special topic area of focus — by conducting research and interviews with community and student leaders, entrepreneurs, musicians, professors, performers and others. The nearly 80 students in the course conducted an interview on their beat in September. This…
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Breaking Barriers, Building Strength: How Women Like Sarah Povie Are Redefining Gym Culture
Sweat drips down her forehead as she steadies herself underneath the barbell, her grip firm against the cold steel of the gray Smith machine. The clanking of weights fills the air, blending with the low hum of gym chatter and bass-heavy music pulsing through the speakers. As she lowers the…
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Voices That Shaped The South: Legacy of Georgia’s Female Writers
Georgia’s women writers — from Margaret Mitchell’s “Gone with the Wind” to Flannery O’Connor’s haunting Southern Gothic tales — have played a key role in shaping and redefining the landscape of Southern literature. At the Richard B. Russell Special Collections Library in Athens, the archives reveal the legacies of these…
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Making Space: Women Changing the Face of Fitness
When Aly McGuire first applied to work at Athens Health & Fitness, she didn’t expect to become one of the gym’s key leaders. Now, as a manager, McGuire has helped establish one of the few women-only fitness spaces in Athens, Georgia. Listen below as she shares how stepping into a…
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Stretching Barriers: Yogis Making Yoga More Inclusive in Athens
Yoga is often praised as a practice for everyone, but in the U.S., accessibility and representation within the industry remain challenging. Despite its roots in South Asian culture, the modern yoga industry is overwhelmingly white. “People aren’t going to want to come to class or come to the studios if…
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Policy or Prejudice?: Immigration Policies Stir Controversy in Athens
As President Trump’s new immigration policies begin to take effect, members of the Hispanic and Latino community in Athens are facing heightened uncertainty and fear. In response to the sweeping changes against immigration dozens of community members gathered for a demonstration on Feb. 6, marching from the Arch to…
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Fitting a Mold: UGA Students Share Experiences in Light of Anti-DEI Orders
Programs at the University of Georgia could be at risk after the Trump administration pledged to eliminate programs related to diversity, equity and inclusion. University-wide initiatives, offices, programs, affinity groups, clubs and student organizations all play a role in “increas[ing] enrollment of underrepresented students at undergraduate and graduate levels,” according…
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‘This is Something We’re Going to Fight For’: Special Education Residency Program Pushes to Bolster Support
[Special education] is something we’re gonna stand up for… it’s not going anywhere,” said Patrick Bishop. Patrick Bishop has worked with children since the late 1990s, first in Los Angeles as a counselor for at-risk teens. From the early 2000s until now, he’s moved back and forth from California to…
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United Campus Workers Protest Highlights Growing Tension Around Department of Education Cuts
In downtown Athens it is not uncommon to be walking around and stumble upon the occasional protest, but last week’s United Campus Workers of Georgia protest at the arch on March 19 hit a little closer to home for some. UCWGA is a wall-to-wall higher education union which offers…