University of West Georgia

Start times for the UWG Wolves women’s and men’s basketball games on Saturday at The Coliseum have changed. 

Weaving is a metaphor for the lives of three women who live Navajo and Anglo American cultures.

 A nephew of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. urged the members of the University of West Georgia community to make service a key part of their lives.

There’s still a chance to join the UWG Wonder Walkers' Biggest Loser Challenge.  

UWG's Music Department presents “The Gothic Dream: The Horror of Silence,” a multi-media production that dissects music, literature, cinema and fine arts to explore the varying themes in particular pieces of literature.
 

The West Georgia Theatre Company presents a remarkable night of entertainment with Life Is a Dream: An Evening of Ten Minute Plays. The show will run in the Townsend Center for the Performing Arts Dangle Theatre from Feb. 15-19 at 7:30 p.m. and the Feb. 19 and Feb. 20 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults, $7 for seniors and free with your UWG student I.D.

The University of West Georgia mourns the loss of President-Emeritus Ward B. Pafford, who died on Sunday at the age of 99.

The University of West Georgia is giving away freebies during basketball games this week.  

The West Georgia co-ed and all-girl cheerleading squads gave UWG something to yell about, winning championships this month in Florida at national competitions.

Noted anthropologist, scholar and pioneer in the women’s rights movement, Dr. Louise Lamphere visits the University of West Georgia on Thursday, Jan. 27 at 7 p.m. 

Isaac Newton Farris, Jr., senior vice president of the Martin Luther King Center for Nonviolent Social Change, comes to the University of West Georgia on Thursday, January 27 at 7 p.m. at the Campus Center Ballroom.

The University of West Georgia is hosting the 26th annual International Night on Thursday, Feb. 3 at 7 p.m. in the Food Services Building (Z-6). Guests will sample food from around the world and enjoy cultural entertainment from 40 countries in a celebration of campus-wide diversity.

University of West Georgia student Cory Woodard plans on a career in the entertainment business. He’s off to a good start.

The University of West Georgia is hosting a blood drive in the Campus Center Gym on Monday, Jan. 24 from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The drive, sponsored by the Student Nurses Association of Georgia, requires all eligible donors to supply a photo ID

The Spanish Harlem Orchestra, the nation’s premier salsa band, comes to the Townsend Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, January 22, at 7:30 p.m.

The University of West Georgia is joining forces with the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety to combat alcohol abuse, including underage drinking and impaired driving. 

Due to icy conditions on campus and the surrounding areas, UWG will remain closed Thursday, January 13 and Friday, January 14. UWG will also be closed Monday, January 17 in observance of the MLK holiday. Campus will reopen Tuesday, January 18.

 Due to the winter weather, UWG will remain closed Wednesday, January 12.

  Due to the winter weather, UWG will remain closed Tuesday, January 11.

 The University of West Georgia will be closed Monday, January 10, 2011 due to the winter storm.  

Georgia Trend has again named University of West Georgia President Dr. Beheruz N. Sethna to its annual list of 100 Most Influential Georgians.

Sanitizing the American classic, “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” is a disservice to the novel and does nothing to further the discussion of racism, say University of West Georgia scholars.

Dr. James H. Burton and his wife, Pat Thoman-Burton, are establishing the Helen Harper Burton Memorial Scholarship, which will benefit UWG students pursing a business degree.

The Office of Institutional Diversity of the University of West Georgia will observe its second annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration on Tuesday, Jan. 11 at 7:00 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom.