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The Benson's Hospitality Scholarship will benefit undergraduate students in the Hospitality and Food Industry Management major like Olivia Nix, a UGA HFIM student, who worked as an intern at the UGA Center for Continuing Education and Hotel. CAES News
UGA hospitality program booming as it enters its fourth year
Travel and tourism in the state of Georgia generated more than $60 billion in economic impact in 2021 according to state data, second only to the state’s largest industry: agriculture.
Pamplona, Spain, exchange program CAES News
CAES Ratcliffe Scholars deepen classroom learning with immersive experiences
Five University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences students were chosen for the 2022-23 class of Ratcliffe Scholars and were awarded a $5,000 scholarship: Chloe Dela Cerna, Ariana Cohen, Abby Lauterbach, Taylor Pearson and Alexandra Thompson.
The University of Georgia’s 2023 Boren Scholars include, left to right, Zakiya McPherson, Siminette Kolodka, Caroline Solomon and Catherine Grizzard. Not pictured is Mariah Cady. (Photo by Stephanie Schupska) CAES News
UGA named a top-performing institution for Boren Scholarships
Five UGA undergraduates offered Boren Scholarships in 2023.
Maya Dubos, a third-year hospitality and food industry management major, works in Dogwood Hall inside the Georgia Center where she spends her internship serving student-athletes. (Shannah Montgomery) CAES News
UGA prepares workforce for Georgia’s second largest industry
In 2021, the hospitality and tourism industry thrived. Nearly 200 million visitors to Georgia produced $34.4 billion in direct visitor spending.
A University of Georgia agribusiness major and the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences 2023 Georgia Legislative Intern, Reilly Grady plans to pursue a career in agricultural policy after graduation. (Photo by Anthony Barkdoll) CAES News
2023 Georgia Legislative Intern reflects on session at the Capitol
Each year a CAES student spends 12 weeks at the Georgia Capitol, working full-time to help legislators craft policies that will impact the state’s largest industry, agriculture.
rodgers ribbon cutting CAES News
Thomas F. Rodgers Administration Building named in honor of former 4-H leader
Rock Eagle 4-H Center building named for Rodgers, who served as the leader of Georgia 4-H from 1978 to 1993.