Today is the last day of May session classes at the University of Georgia. UGA students begin their Maymester final exams tomorrow.
There is a new top fundraising executive for athletics at the University of Georgia: Ford Williams takes over for Matt Borman, who leaves UGA’s Athletic Association to take a similar job at LSU.
The Athens in Motion Commission, formed to look for ways to improve bicycle and pedestrian traffic in Athens, convenes a 5 o’clock virtual session that streams live on the Athens-Clarke County government’s YouTube channel. The Commission will talk about projects that could be funded by a 2023 sales tax referendum.
The Georgia Innovation Corridor Joint Development Authority meets this afternoon. The panel that is looking to lure business, industry, and high tech to the Highway 316 corridor is comprised of representatives from Athens-Clarke, Oconee, Barrow, and Gwinnett counties. Today’s meeting is set for 3 o’clock at the Community Center in Winder.
There is football in Flowery Branch: the Atlanta Falcons mini-camp that began Tuesday continues today and wraps up tomorrow. It’s the first for new Falcons coach Arthur Smith.
Work is underway on a major expansion at Gwinnett Technical College: plans call for more than $37 million in spending on projects that include space for cybersecurity training on the campus in Lawrenceville.
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