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UGA-TIFTON CAMPUS UPDATES

Effective July 15, the UGA Tifton campus will require all faculty, staff, students, and visitors to wear an appropriate face covering while inside campus facilities/buildings where six feet social distancing may not always be possible.

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Dawgs in Tifton
Complete the Find the Dawgs challenge for a free shirt
Take pics with each of the dawgs around Tifton and post to social media with the hashtag #NiftyTifty. When you're done, follow the paw prints to NESPAL South (Pal's home) on the UGA Tifton campus and pick up your FREE T-SHIRT.
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Conference and Event Services
South Georgia's ONLY full service conference center
At the UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center we promise a high quality, competitively priced experience. From training seminars to wedding receptions — whether your event has 20 guests, or 2,000 — we can meet your needs.
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The Spring 2021 CAES Convocation ceremony will be held virtually on the college YouTube channel. 
May 13
6:00PM - 6:00PM CAES Spring Convocation (virtual) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqrkvJgu3ecH55wBXtpenzw
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CAES News from UGA-Tifton

Peggy Ozias-Akins, a global leader in the application of biotechnology for crop improvement, has been named UGA’s recipient of the SEC Faculty Achievement Award. She is pictured in her greenhouse surrounded by Pennisetum (pearl millet) hybrid plants. CAES News
Peggy Ozias-Akins, a global leader in the application of biotechnology for crop improvement, has been named UGA’s recipient of the SEC Faculty Achievement Award. She is pictured in her greenhouse surrounded by Pennisetum (pearl millet) hybrid plants.
Ozias-Akins receives SEC Faculty Achievement Award
Peggy Ozias-Akins, D.W. Brooks Professor and Distinguished Research Professor in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, has been named the University of Georgia’s recipient of the Southeastern Conference Faculty Achievement Award.  
UGA Animal and Dairy scientist Sha Tao researches heat stress and its effects on dairy cattle physiology. As principal investigator on this project, he directed the experiment to understand cellular reactions in real-world circumstances for dairy cattle. CAES News
UGA Animal and Dairy scientist Sha Tao researches heat stress and its effects on dairy cattle physiology. As principal investigator on this project, he directed the experiment to understand cellular reactions in real-world circumstances for dairy cattle.
Research explains why cool cows can provide more milk
With increasing global temperatures, dairy cattle face heat stress more frequently throughout the year than in the past. Thanks to cooling technology, dairy cattle can enjoy a better quality of life, but farmers and consumers may wonder if cattle comfort results in more milk.
Frank McGill was born on a family farm in Tift County, Georgia, on Dec. 16, 1925, in the area where he spent most of his working career and retirement. In his autobiography, he joked, "It's obvious I didn't get very far in life!" CAES News
Frank McGill was born on a family farm in Tift County, Georgia, on Dec. 16, 1925, in the area where he spent most of his working career and retirement. In his autobiography, he joked, "It's obvious I didn't get very far in life!"
Former UGA peanut specialist Frank McGill dies
J. Frank McGill, affectionally known throughout the Georgia agricultural community as “Mr. Peanut,” passed away surrounded by family on March 3 at age 95 in Tifton, Georgia.
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