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2015-16 GRU Basketball season tickets now on sale!

Georgia Regents University Athletics has released the season ticket plans for the 2015-16 Jaguar Basketball season! Fans can now purchase them by contacting the main athletics office off of Wrightsboro Rd. Current GRU students and current or retired...

Bleed for your Team: Wednesday Blood Update!

On Sept. 1, the Medical College of Georgia and the College of Dental Medicine undertook a mighty challenge – one, we might add, that isn’t for the faint of heart. Which college, they asked,  could donate the most blood? Now the question...

Photo Gallery: Disaster Preparedness Drill

On Friday Aug. 25, Georgia Regents University took part in a disaster preparedness drill simulating the occurrence of a Code Orange emergency. These drills, an essential part of guaranteeing the safety of GRU and GRHealth faculty, staff and...

GReport Summer Vaycay Contest winner

Tyler Schumann was the winner of the GReport Summer Vaycay Contest. Throughout June, the junior from Hephzibah explored Jackson Hole, Wyoming and the surrounding National Parks as part of a mission trip. Tyler’s photo of Grand Teton was chosen...

Lyceum Series begins Sept. 22

The 2015-16 GRU Lyceum Series brings artistry, creativity and a whole lot of history to the Maxwell Theatre, with four shows that are guaranteed to please. First up, on Sept. 22, is Step Afrika!, a nationally known step company that traces the...

Karin Gillespie writes and writes… and writes

Karin Gillespie has quite a few writing achievements to her name. For one thing, she writes a popular book column, “By the Book,” for the Augusta Chronicle. If that wasn’t enough local exposure, she’s also a humor columnist for Augusta Magazine. She...

Faculty exhibition delights

Art lovers from GRU and throughout the community, including President Brooks Keel, packed the Mary S. Byrd Gallery of Art on the Summerville Campus last Thursday to experience the color and creativity of the annual Art Faculty Exhibition. The...

Wish you were here: Business in Cuba

For most Americans, Cuba probably seems an unlikely vacation spot. The largest of the Caribbean islands, the scenic little nation sits less than a hundred miles from the coast of Florida, little more than a 45-minute flight from Miami...

The Art of Creativity

Scott Thorp has big plans for Georgia Regents University’s Department of Art, and creativity plays a huge role in what he aims to do. Thorp, recently named chair of the art department, joined the university in July. Previously, he worked at the...

GRU Explains the Confederate Flag debate

AUGUSTA, Ga. – The South Carolina legislature convened Monday to debate proposals to remove the Confederate flag from Statehouse grounds. Dr. John Hayes, an assistant professor of History at Georgia Regents University, teaches courses on the...

President Keel announces two administrative changes

Russell Keen appointed executive vice president for external relations and chief of staff to the president Russell Keen, an administrator with more than 14 years’ experience in higher education, has been named executive vice president for external...

Dr. Caughman welcomes President Keel

Dear Colleagues, In the days since Dr. Brooks Keel was officially named president of Georgia Regents University and CEO of GRHealth, we have all heard him communicate openly and eloquently how thrilled and honored he is to assume leadership of the...

Miller chosen for new business role

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Marc Miller, Dean of the James M. Hull College of Business at Georgia Regents University, has been named GRU’s Executive Director of Economic Development and Entrepreneurial Engagement. He will begin this new role Aug. 1, and Hull...