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Positioned in the fastest-growing region of the state, the University of North Georgia comprises five campuses united by a single mission focused on academic excellence and academic and co-curricular programs that develop students into leaders for a diverse and global society.

The University of North Georgia is a University System of Georgia leadership institution and is The Military College of Georgia. With more than 18,000 students, the University of North Georgia is the state’s sixth-largest public university. The university offers more than 100 programs of study ranging from certificate and associates degrees to professional doctoral programs.

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Positioned in the fastest-growing region of the state, the University of North Georgia comprises five campuses united by a single mission focused on academic excellence and academic and co-curricular programs that develop students into leaders for a diverse and global society.

The University of North Georgia is a University System of Georgia leadership institution and is The Military College of Georgia. With more than 18,000 students, the University of North Georgia is the state’s sixth-largest public university. The university offers more than 100 programs of study ranging from certificate and associates degrees to professional doctoral programs.

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Cadet wins Coast Guard Foundation scholarship

University of North Georgia (UNG) cadet Devin Krass has received a $2,000 scholarship from the Coast Guard Foundation. Krass was eligible for the nationwide scholarship because both of his parents have served in the Coast Guard. His four years of training guide dogs through The Seeing Eye nonprofit organization was part of what made Krass stand out when he applied for the scholarship. Krass was part of a Delaware chapter of New Jersey-based The Seeing Eye.
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Scholarship - 2020 Nov 23

Sixteen UNG students earn Gilman scholarships

Sixteen UNG students recently earned the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, a grant program that enables students of limited financial means to study or intern abroad and gain skills critical to U.S. national security and economic competitiveness.
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Scholarship - 2020 Sep 28

Two students win Freeman-ASIA scholarships

University of North Georgia students Zoe Rumbaugh and Phillip Ly were awarded the Freeman Awards for Study in Asia (Freeman-ASIA), which provide scholarships for U.S. undergraduate students with demonstrated financial need to study abroad in East or Southeast Asia. Rumbaugh will use the scholarship to fund a study abroad to Taiwan. Ly will use the money for study abroad trips to Japan.
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Scholarship - 2020 Jul 20

Master of Accountancy student Susan Harkins earns prestigious scholarship

Susan Harkins, a Master of Accountancy student at the University of North Georgia (UNG), has received a John L. Carey Scholarship from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). Up to five Carey scholarships are awarded each year. The $5,000 award aims "to encourage students with little or no previous accounting education" to pursue such careers. Harkins, who previously worked as an educator, began taking undergraduate accounting classes at UNG in fall 2018 to meet prerequisites for the accounting master's program.
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Scholarship - 2020 Jul 7

Three UNG students earn Boren Scholarships

Three University of North Georgia (UNG) students will gain valuable language experience in the next academic year thanks to the Boren Scholarship. Rachel Wilson, Elias Keif and Phillip Ly earned the scholarship.
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Scholarship - 2020 May 14

Three students win Ty Cobb Scholarships

University of North Georgia (UNG) students Kat Torres and Simeon Salia have each won the Ty Cobb Scholarship again, and Komlan Sogah is a first-time winner. The award is given annually to Georgia residents.
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Scholarship - 2020 May 7

Two alumni earn prestigious graduate fellowship

University of North Georgia (UNG) alumna Donna "Katie" McCullough remembered hearing about a National Science Foundation (NSF) graduate program as an undergraduate student and thought about applying for...
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Scholarship - 2020 Apr 30

Fulbright Program selects recent UNG graduate as finalist

Recent University of North Georgia (UNG) graduate prepares to spend a year in the Republic of Kazakhstan as an English Teaching Assistant (ETA) through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
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Scholarship - 2019 Nov 27

Four alumni and one senior selected as Fulbright finalists

UNG alumni Madelyn Beacham, Karley Mathews, Emile Phommavongsy, and Bernhard 'Benny' Purk, and senior Candace Seabolt have been selected as finalists for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. The highly competitive and prestigious program enables gr...
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Scholarship - 2020 May 7

Students to study abroad through Gilman scholarships

Nine UNG students have been awarded the Benjamin A Gilman International Scholarship. The students learned in late April that they received the nationally competitive scholarship for summer 2019. Earlier this year, six UNG students earned early summer Gilman scholarships for a total of 15 UNG students, which is a new record for UNG.
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Scholarship - 2019 Jun 6

UNG senior is Fulbright Austria alternate

University of North Georgia (UNG) senior Kelly Reid has been selected as an alternate in the U.S. English Language Teaching Assistantship Program with the Fulbright Austria program. This means Reid has a chance of being offered a position by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research for the 2019-20 academic year if additional assistantship positions become available. In previous years, a considerable number of positions opened up for alternate candidates before the program's July start.
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Scholarship - 2019 Jun 6

UNG has first Goldwater Scholar

University of North Georgia (UNG) student Haley Shea Barfield has won the Barry Goldwater Scholarship, which recognizes the United States' most promising young scientists and future researchers. With this victory, she became UNG's first Barry Goldwater Scholar.
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Scholarship - 2019 May 15

Women of UNG award scholarships to nontraditional female students

Several nontraditional female students received a $1,000 scholarship from the Women of UNG during the Women's Holiday Scholarship Luncheon at the Chattahoochee Country Club in Gainesville.
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Scholarship - 2018 Dec 14

Two UNG students earn Boren scholarships

Alexander Ross, a senior cadet at UNG, wants to serve his country as an interpreter. UNG junior Laine Hunt dreams of being a foreign service officer with the U.S. State Department. Both will have an opportunity to pursue these goals after they spend months overseas learning Arabic and Russian thanks to David L. Boren Scholarships, which they both won in April 2019.
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Scholarship - 2019 May 15

Six students receive early summer Gilman scholarships

Six University of North Georgia (UNG) students learned in December they were Early Summer awardees of the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and implemented by the Institute of International Education, the Gilman program offers scholarships of up to $5,000 to outstanding U.S. undergraduate Pell grant recipients. Students studying a critical need language could be eligible to receive a scholarship of up to $8,000.
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Scholarship - 2019 Feb 8

UNG students receive Poultry Science Student Scholarships

Twelve students were awarded poultry science scholarships recently at the University of North Georgia, supported by donations from area poultry companies.
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Scholarship - 2018 Nov 7

Vera Jackson Scholarship recipients enroll in UNG

While 17 high school seniors from four different high schools in northeast Georgia vied for the annual Vera Jackson Scholarship, this year three winners enrolled in the University of North Georgia (UNG).
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Scholarship - 2018 Jul 3

Seven UNG students awarded Gilman Scholarships

Seven students, plus two alternates, from the University of North Georgia were awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for the summer 2018 semester.
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Scholarship - 2018 Jun 13

UNG students win Freeman-ASIA scholarships

Seven students from the University of North Georgia were awarded the Freeman-ASIA scholarship to study abroad in Asia this summer.
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Scholarship - 2018 Jun 12

Ten UNG students named Fulbright semifinalists

Ten students from the University of North Georgia (UNG) have been selected as semifinalists for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, a highly competitive fellowship that enables students to pursue academic endeavors overseas.
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Scholarship - 2017 Feb 15

UNG scores record eight Fulbright Scholars

The University of North Georgia (UNG) set a new record this year with eight students selected as Fulbright Scholars and two as alternates for 2017-2018, placing UNG among the top-producing institutions nationally for Fulbright Scholars.
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Scholarship - 2017 Apr 13

Education student receives PAGE scholarship

UNG junior and early childhood and special education major Carley Aurelia Flores was recently named recipient of a Professional Association of Georgia Educators (PAGE) Undergraduate Scholarship.
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Scholarship - 2017 Feb 6

Nursing student selected for new national award

Amberly Hedden, a Dawsonville native and senior nursing student set to graduate this May from the University of North Georgia (UNG), is one of 10 students in the nation selected to receive the newly created Hurst Review National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) Scholar award.
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Scholarship - 2017 Jan 18

UNG students earn nationally competitive scholarships

A number of UNG students have earned nationally prestigious scholarships valued at thousands of dollars and opportunities to study abroad or participate in exclusive internships.
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Scholarship - 2016 Jun 13

UNG students receive first poultry science scholarships

Two students were awarded the first-ever poultry science scholarships this spring at the University of North Georgia, supported by donations from local poultry industries.
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Scholarship - 2015 Jun 15

UNG student McCausland wins NIH scholarship

Joshua McCausland, a senior majoring in biology at the University of North Georgia (UNG), is one of 16 students in the nation selected for the prestigious National Institutes of Health (NIH) Undergraduate Scholarship Program, which includes an internship and employment at the institute.
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Scholarship - 2014 Aug 26

UNG students receive Gilman Scholarships

Two University of North Georgia students from more than 1,000 students nationwide were awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for study abroad during summer 2014. A third UNG student received the scholarship for fall 2014.
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Scholarship - 2014 Jun 4

2 UNG cadets earn Boren grants to study in Middle East

Two University of North Georgia (UNG) students, both cadets majoring in Arabic, have been awarded David L. Boren Scholarships to study in the Middle East during the 2014-15 academic year. Sponsored by the National Security Education Program (NSEP), the Boren program provides American undergraduate students up to $20,000 for an academic year's study abroad.
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Scholarship - 2014 May 1

UNG students win scholarships to study in China

The $10,000 Chinese Government Scholarship, awarded by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), is given to only 10 students nationally from among the 400-plus AASCU member institutions.
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Scholarship - 2014 Apr 22

National Scholarship

John Dees, a junior majoring in environmental and spatial analysis at the University of North Georgia, has been selected to receive an Udall Scholarship, one of only 50 in the nation.
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Scholarship - 2014 Apr 15
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