Category - Student Success

ComFest 2015 invites local sports writer to campus

Of all the opportunities available to university students, few have more impact than the chance to meet and learn from successful professionals in their given career field. ComFest, an annual best practices seminar hosted Dr. Terri Sasser of the...

A message from the Chief Diversity Officer

It has come to our attention that sidewalk messages in support of National Coming Out Day were altered on the Summerville campus. National Coming Out Day is one of many events the Office of Diversity and Inclusion will co-sponsor with student...

GRU Moon Festival post-event roundup

Hosted by the Confucius Institute, the Moon Festival and Confucius Institute Day event drew in dozens of CSRA residents on Thursday, Oct. 1 for an evening of fun, food and ancient Chinese tradition. In addition to moon cake tasting and a parade...

More answers to your Augusta University questions

To help ease the transition from Georgia Regents University to Augusta University, a site has been created at au.gru.edu that will serve as a landing page for all communications regarding the changeover. Please frequent this site often to make sure...

Confucius Institute to host Moon Festival

  People in the Augusta area may share in a taste of Chinese culture as Georgia Regents University celebrates the Moon Festival and Confucius Institute Day on Oct. 1. “The Moon Festival and Confucius Institute Day will be a fun family event...

Bleed for your Team: Fall Blood Update

Fall has fallen and with it the end of the Bleed for your Team Blood Drive is fast approaching. With only one week left to donate as much blood as they (safely) can, which team will give the most for residents of the CSRA? When last we checked in...

Upcoming undergraduate research Brown Bag Seminars

The mission of the Center for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship (CURS) is to promote and support research, scholarship and creative activity at the undergraduate level. From the very beginning, CURS has made great strides to see that members of...

Register now for the Jaguar Jaunt

Whether you’re training for a marathon, looking for competition or just interested in a family-friendly run, join us on Saturday, Oct. 10 for the 2015 Jaguar Jaunt 5K. Part of the IGRU campaign, this run will help support the areas of greatest need...

Gala concert to showcase student talent

Enjoy an elaborate evening of young musical talent from the Georgia Regents University orchestra and the school’s choral, wind, and the opera and musical theatre ensembles as the GRU Department of Music and Georgia Public Broadcasting present the...

Grant trains students to treat substance abuse

1-in-4 adults exceed the safe drinking limits set forth by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, excessive alcohol consumption is linked to more than 60 chronic health...

CON Athens students take Day of Service on the road

If there were ever doubts about GRU students’ ability to lead, a group of nursing students put them to rest on Day of Service by hosting the university’s first student-led event – a 5k run for Alzheimer’s research titled “Jog Your Memory.” But...

Photo Gallery: Jazz at the G

On Saturday, September 12, Wycliffe Gordon and a host of other talented musicians performed at the D. Douglas Barnard Jr. Amphitheater in the school year’s first Jazz at the G concert.

Deadline to order graduation regalia Oct. 4

Students eligible to participate in the December 2015 graduation ceremony should place their order for graduation regalia now at the following address: All orders must be placed online by October 4, 2015. Associate, Bachelor, Master and Specialist...

The Cinema Series presents: ‘The Look of Silence’

In 2013, the Cinema Series at GRU upped its game by hosting screenings of director Joshua Oppenheimer’s “The Act of Killing,” a visceral, eye-opening documentary about the individuals involved in the Indonesian killings of 1965-66. The year before...