The University of Georgia has launched a campus-wide initiative, “AI Literacy for All,” offered by the Digital Education Council, an online course designed to provide students, faculty, and staff with a foundational understanding of artificial intelligence. This course emphasizes the responsible use and implications of generative AI in both academic and professional contexts. It is intended to serve as a shared baseline resource to support a consistent and informed understanding of generative AI across the university community.
Access to the course will be implemented in phases. Faculty and staff were granted access beginning Monday, June 1, followed by student access on Monday, Aug. 10. The course is located in PEP.
The training is delivered through a third-party platform provided by the Digital Education Council, a global network of institutions dedicated to advancing innovation in education. The course is structured as a four-hour introductory experience and incorporates interactive learning activities.
Course information
The course may be accessed using a UGA email address (myid@uga.edu) and corresponding password, following the same authentication process used for UGAMail and Microsoft 365.
Participants may complete the course at their own pace across multiple sessions, with an estimated total completion time of approximately four hours. Although this training is not mandatory, it is strongly encouraged. Upon completion, participants will have the option to download and print a certificate of completion and may add it to their portfolio of micro-credentials on LinkedIn.
Course access
The course will be available via the AI Hub under “Resources and Tools” and hosted on the Digital Education Council platform, where participants can access all training materials and related resources.
Support resources
For assistance, please contact the EITS AI tools team. Additional training materials, guidance, and support resources are available under “Resources & Tools.”
The Mary Frances Early College of Education will support a cohort to join the Faculty Success Program for fall 2026 (September 14-November 22). Tenure-track and tenured faculty who are budgeted for research time and “are looking for the perfect combination of empirically tested methods to improve research productivity through intense accountability, coaching and peer support, and to propel their work-life balance and personal growth to a whole new level” are eligible to participate in this intensive, semester-long program.
Participants will be expected to fully participate in the program as well as attend three one-hour sessions with the associate dean for faculty and staff services throughout the semester. It is our hope that program participants will bring back what they learn in the program to the College.
For more information about the program, please visit the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NFCDD) website. If you have any questions about the program or would like to talk to a former College participant of the program, please email Ed Delgado-Romero, associate dean for faculty and staff services.
As a reminder, faculty can claim a free membership to NFCDD by visiting the organization’s website. Under the “Services” menu, select “Institutional Members,” and then click on the University of Georgia link. Be sure to use your UGA email address to create an account. There are a variety of resources available on the website related to succeeding in academia. All doctoral students can also claim a free membership, which gives access to the same resources, as well as to the Dissertation Success Program.
- Intent to apply deadline: Wednesday, Aug. 12 at noon CT
- Full proposal deadline: Wednesday, Sept. 16 at noon CT
The Spencer Foundation invests in research to improve education, broadly conceived. The Vision Grants are designed for teams to plan multi-method and/or interdisciplinary, collaborative studies that address a clear opportunity or challenge to transform educational systems toward equity.
The Vision Grants allow teams to generate ideas for collaborative scholarship that develops a new vision of what equitable educational systems can look like, consider which disciplines have taken up these issues previously (and why they have fallen short or encountered limitations), and foreground important ideas that will allow new and ambitious research to emerge.
Unlike many of Spencer’s other programs, the Vision Grant proposal should not be a fully fleshed out research plan. Instead, this is an invitation to think forward about what research we need to transform education systems toward equity and then to envision how that systems-change will happen, utilizing research evidence. Vision Grant proposals should identify the system(s) targeted for transformation, and the specific levers the team thinks need to be engaged.
Vision Grants are $75,000 total for a period of 12-18 months. Please review the program and proposal preparation details. If you are planning to submit to this opportunity, please complete a project submission form.
- Date: Wednesday, July 22
- Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
- Location: Magnolia Ballroom, UGA Center for Continuing Education & Hotel (register today)
Please join us for lunch to celebrate and thank our talented and dedicated staff members. We will recognize staff members for 5, 10, and 35 years of service at this event, which will be held in the Magnolia Ballroom at the Georgia Center. Lunch will include options for vegetarians.
All staff members are welcome. We will be celebrating everyone, but especially:
5 years:
- Emily Robinson, Office of Undergraduate Advising
- Sekita Stroud, Department of Educational Psychology
10 years:
- Heather Bolinger, K-12 Assessment Solutions
- Jennifer Throckmorton, Department of Counseling and Human Development Services
- Bo Tucker, Office of Information Technology
35 years:
- Kim Norton, Department of Kinesiology
Please register by Friday, July 17, so we can be sure to have adequate seating and food.
- Date: Thursday, June 25
- Time: 1:30 p.m.
- Location: Aderhold Hall Room 607
Save the date for this year’s ice cream social, hosted by the Staff Representative Group! All Mary Frances Early College of Education staff and faculty are welcome.
Please contact coesrg@uga.edu if you have any questions.
Bulldog 100 is accepting nominations through Friday, July 31 for the 2027 cohort. This annual program celebrates the top 100 fastest-growing organizations owned or led by UGA alumni.
Eligibility requirements:
- Businesses must have been in operation since January 2022
- Verifiable revenues of $250,000 or more in calendar years 2023, 2024, and 2025
- Alignment with the Pillars of the Arch and UGA’s values and image
- Former UGA students must meet specific criteria related to company leadership and ownership
Nominated companies will be ranked based on their compounded annual growth rate for the years 2023, 2024, and 2025. You can use the form to submit a nomination. Questions about the nomination process? Please email b100@uga.edu.
Paris Carter joined the Office of Undergraduate Advising where he will work with sport management majors. Paris is a proud alumnus of Middle Tennessee State University, where he earned a B.B.A. in marketing and a M.S. in sport, leisure, and tourism studies. He brings nearly a decade of experience in higher education, having served in admissions, academic support, and NCAA compliance roles at Austin Peay State University and the University of Memphis.
In addition to his higher education background, Paris gained valuable experience across the sport industry, including basketball operations with the Memphis Grizzlies, high school basketball coaching, and marketing and community engagement with Brooks Running. His diverse professional experiences provide him with a unique perspective as he supports students pursuing careers in sport management. Outside of work, Paris enjoys reading, running, and sport photography.