Commencement roster: UGA athletes who will graduate Friday
Thirty-nine University of Georgia athletes will be among the approximately 1,700 undergraduate students receiving their degrees at fall-semester commencement ceremonies Friday morning in Stegeman Coliseum.
Sixteen current football players will graduate, including tight end Aron White and offensive lineman Tanner Strickland, both of whom are redshirt juniors with one season of eligibility remaining.
White, who is graduating with a degree in management and a minor in African-American studies, will be the student speaker at the commencement ceremony, according to UGA.
In addition to the current athletes graduating, Fred Gibson, who played football and basketball for the Bulldogs from 2001-04, and Corey Butler, who played basketball from 2007-09, will receive their degrees in housing and microbiology, respectively.
Here is the roster of current athletes graduating Friday (with their hometowns and majors):
Baseball: Alex McRee, Gainesville, Ga., Biology; Nathan Moreau, Lilburn, Ga., Risk Management/Insurance.
Equestrian: Kate Stewart, Dawson, Ga., Health Promotion.
Football: Quintin Banks, Warner Robins, Ga., Art; Brian Brewer, Lilburn, Ga., Psychology; Chris Davis, Jefferson, Ga., Child and Family Development; Josh Davis, Jayess, Miss., Speech Communication; Akeem Dent, Atlanta, Ga., Housing; DeMarcus Dobbs, Savannah, Ga., Consumer Economics; Darryl Gamble, Bainbridge, Ga., Housing; Akeem Hebron, Gaithersburg, Md., Consumer Economics; Andrew Johnson, Athens, Ga., Biological Engineering; Fred Munzenmaier, Norcross, Ga., Finance; Derek Rich, Gainesville, Ga., Finance; Tanner Strickland, Nashville, Ga., Speech Communication; Kiante Tripp, Atlanta, Ga., Risk Management/Insurance; Aron White, Columbia, Mo., Management; Charles White, Columbia, S.C., Management and Brandon Wood, Buchanan, Ga., Housing.
Gymnastics: Lauren Sessler, Snellville, Ga., Advertising.
Soccer: Michelle Betos, Flushing, N.Y., Psychology; Natalie Farley, Carlton, Texas, Sport Studies and Carrie Patterson, Atlanta, Ga., Marketing.
Swimming and diving: Ann-Marie Botek, Elicott City, Md., Marketing; Annie Broome, Knoxville, Tenn., Marketing; Lisa Caprioglio, Highlands Ranch, Colo., Marketing; Kelsey Scott, Duluth, Ga., Early Childhood Education; Chris Thompson, Kennesaw, Ga., Consumer Economics and Neil Versfeld, Umhlanga, S. Africa, Housing.
Men’s tennis: Luis Flores, Xalapa, Mexico, Psychology; Jamie Hunt, San Antonio, Texas, Management.
Women’s tennis: Yvette Hyndman, Bradenton, Fla., Consumer Journalism.
Track and field: Brano Danis, Bratislava, Slovakia, Family Financial Planning; Katie Weiss, Cedar Park, Texas, Magazines; Whitney Williams, College Park, Ga., International Affairs; and Shaquita Young of Bishop, Ga., Consumer Economics.
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Daniel's Dawgs
December 14th, 2010
1:36 pm
Great Job Fred, way to go back and get your degree!!!
still@the bar
December 14th, 2010
1:37 pm
1st
still@the bar
December 14th, 2010
1:38 pm
2nd
where is the geek Sanford drive?
Are you getting slow to post your S.A.T scores?
87RxDawg
December 14th, 2010
1:39 pm
congratulaions graduating dogs. Sports is great but education is better.
wow! first
dawggirl
December 14th, 2010
1:41 pm
Congrats to all the UGA grads! And yes, very admirable of Fred.
87RxDawg
December 14th, 2010
1:42 pm
wow 5th
BG
December 14th, 2010
1:43 pm
I am happy to see that Fred came back and got his degree. Good luck Fred!
DCJohn
December 14th, 2010
1:43 pm
I will always remembers Fred’s first catch for the Bulldogs in one of the greatest days ever in Neyland stadium!
droopydawg
December 14th, 2010
1:45 pm
congratulations to all the graduating players.
Wells
December 14th, 2010
1:45 pm
Congrats Fred!!!
Dawglasville
December 14th, 2010
1:48 pm
Thanks to all of the students who sacrificed a ton for our University. I hope this is the beginning of great things for all of you.
Sanford Drive
December 14th, 2010
1:53 pm
still@the bar,
when you have a second, and the diharrea stops coming out of your mouth, could you tell us which Engineering Firms are recruiting Josh Nesbitt and Anthony Allen?
My wife happens to have one of those “pathetic” Child and Family Development degrees from UGA and is the most dedicated and insiprational Teacher I have ever seen.
Congrats to all the graduates. You make the University, and State of Georgia very, very proud.
(((((42-34)))))
Dawglasville
December 14th, 2010
1:54 pm
still@the bar – You can’t suspend your racism for a couple of weeks? It is Christmas you know?
What the heck?
December 14th, 2010
2:01 pm
What exactly does a degree in “housing” entail? Something doesn’t seem right about this one.
Omar Oliver
December 14th, 2010
2:02 pm
Way to Go FRED, Waycross is so proud of you. It Is a great
message to young people that education is so important.
I forgot coach
December 14th, 2010
2:03 pm
Wow…. you mean some football players that forgot their court date or pay fines for speeding have graduated ?
11Dawg
December 14th, 2010
2:04 pm
Anyone know if Aron is going to be back next year? Maybe grad school or something?
Sanford Drive
December 14th, 2010
2:04 pm
And I believe still@the bar has been BANNED.
Thank you Tim Tucker!!!!!!
Sanford Drive
December 14th, 2010
2:08 pm
11Dawg,
I think he without a doubt comes back. He is not “leave early” NFL material by any means. The only reasons he would not come back would be A) He just quits football and goes out into the world to use his degree (not happening) or B) He transfers to another school for grad studies, which he would only only be beeligible to play if that school offers a course or degree that UGA does not. (i.e. Jeromiah Masoli at Ole’ Miss).
Trust me, he will still be in Red and Black with a big ole’ beautiful G on his helmet in one of the absolute greatest settings in the world next Fall.
Congrats Aron!!!
takedowndawg
December 14th, 2010
2:09 pm
Congrats. to all the seniors! Thank you, for serving at UGA. Many of you made us proud of your personal contributions to our programs. Wishing you the very best in whatever endeavor you choose to pursue.
collegeballfan
December 14th, 2010
2:09 pm
Congrads to all. In particular a pat on the back to Fred Gibson.
Delbert D.
December 14th, 2010
2:24 pm
“What does the degree in Housing entail?”
Take the time to look it up on the UGA web site.
gdawginkalamazoo
December 14th, 2010
2:32 pm
Congrats to all the kids getting their degrees. Especially Fred Gibson. Thanks for representing UGA!
dawg girl
December 14th, 2010
2:34 pm
Congrats to all the graduating Dawgs! It is nice to see you all getting degrees that is awesome! Way to go and congrats to the exdawgs who came back to finish their degrees that is awesome!
Paul in RDU
December 14th, 2010
2:38 pm
Always good to see someone show the fortitude to finish their degree – congrats to all especially Fred Gibson
TopDawg
December 14th, 2010
2:38 pm
Congrats to all, great accomplishment!
MsBulldawg84
December 14th, 2010
2:39 pm
Damn good DAWGS! Beast wishes to all of you as you begin your careers.
MsBulldawg84
December 14th, 2010
2:40 pm
Make that Best Wishes…..
Lynda
December 14th, 2010
2:53 pm
A lot of these degrees are in “Housing.” That means they spent four years learning to write the rent check for their mobile home.
Most of the degrees listed are worth crap in the marketplace. But that’s what you get at the nation’s #1 party school.
Lynda
December 14th, 2010
3:06 pm
BTW, I work at Waffle House!
Tough Nolla Guy
December 14th, 2010
3:07 pm
When did housing and consumer economics become a major?
jeebus christ that must be the new name for basket weaving.
“The consoomer” is dead. no more money.
Fred gibson took 10 years to receive a housing degree?
Clearly no one is challenging these kids, being coddled like the weaklings that they are.
nerds! nerds! nerds!
December 14th, 2010
3:18 pm
Housing is a very broad major that has endless possibilities. ie: Mortgage Origiantors, anything in real estate, Management, Banking. Get your head out of your ass if you are mocking these fine young people.
Also, everyone knows that a degree mostly means you can set goals and finish them. It is what you learned outside of the classroom that is most important. Good luck to all of these Damn Good Dawgs!
atltiger15
December 14th, 2010
3:20 pm
as a former collegiate athlete who left early to play mionr league baseball, going back to get your degree is a very challenging thing.. Most folks going back to obtain a degree have a family and job. I personally dont care what the major is, the degree just shows an employer you have what it takes to accomplish something tough. Good job Fred Gibson
bgdawg
December 14th, 2010
3:22 pm
Lynda and coach how does it feel to demean and antagonize kids in college? are you adults or adolescent children? those kids might just want to get degree in anything they want to get a degree in. act like adults and not little children.
Tough Nolla Guy
December 14th, 2010
3:22 pm
Go Tech!
59bulldawg
December 14th, 2010
3:24 pm
Congrats to all Georgia athletes who are graduating! Kudos to you Fred Gibson for coming back and finishing.
Butterflygal
December 14th, 2010
3:24 pm
Why the sarcasm and dumb comments? Congrats and good luck to all the graduates!!!
atltiger15
December 14th, 2010
3:25 pm
if Tech didnt have a baseball program, NCAA would shut down that place
nerds! nerds! nerds!
December 14th, 2010
3:26 pm
How many of these fine, young people are the first to graduate from college in their family? This is a huge accomplishment and should not be ridiculed!
Virginia DAWG
December 14th, 2010
3:27 pm
I was impressed to see all the business degrees. I am a Terry School student mentor and my mentee just got accepted which required an entrance exam, where you have to make 570 out of a possible 600 and a minimm GPA requirement in all the prereqequisite business courses. Just being a UGA student does not guarantee entrance into the business school.
Congratulations to all the graduates in all majors and especially to those that had to come back to make it happen.
dawg girl
December 14th, 2010
3:45 pm
Goodness if you don’t know a consumer economics degree is anything but easy then you sure as heck DID NOT GO TO COLLEGE! Get off our board as we congratulate our graduates and stop making fun of a degree you obviously do not have one if you feel the need to make fun of ANY degree. Any degree is hard to get in college so BUG off our boards.
DawginOH
December 14th, 2010
3:52 pm
Congratulations to these graduating Dawgs! And to those trashing these fine young men and women for graduating from college, stay classy…
timthebrave
December 14th, 2010
3:54 pm
It’s great to be a Georgia Bulldog! Even greater to be a college educated one. Congrats
olddawg
December 14th, 2010
3:55 pm
Lynda, you may not really work at waffle house but your intelligence level would not be high enough to get a job there.
Joe T III
December 14th, 2010
3:55 pm
Here you go morons…
The program features an in-depth study of housing finance and the range of housing alternatives. The program may also be used as preparation for graduate study or as a pre-professional degree. Students may choose an emphasis in Residential Property Management which prepares students to work with diverse groups in property management. Coursework includes sales (leasing), accounting, development, human resources, technology services, legal issues, training, and management.
Jan Kemp
December 14th, 2010
3:56 pm
Way to go boys. You see, you can do it.
UGA class of 2000
December 14th, 2010
3:56 pm
Congrats fellas. Proud of you.
Dawg H8R
December 14th, 2010
3:56 pm
What the hell is housing? Sounds like a vocational course that could’ve been taken at your high school or Tech school. What’s the verdict(sorry dawgs) on the number of true starters that haven’t been incarcerated AND are graduating. Jawja graduates the guys who are there to watch the games. When it comes to starters and contributors, those positions are primed for dummies.
Good job jawja. Housing must your equivalent of stair stacking that Tennessee had under Fat Phil Fulmer.
UGA class of 2000
December 14th, 2010
3:57 pm
And gals!
Jan Kemp
December 14th, 2010
3:57 pm
Go TECH baby!
Einsteindawg
December 14th, 2010
3:57 pm
Ya’ll give “still@thebar” a break. He’s just trying to do his job washing glasses and making sure there is plenty of ice for the bartender. Bet he wishes he could have gone to UGA and might have been able to own that bar.
Dawg H8R
December 14th, 2010
4:08 pm
Hey Fred Gibson and the lot of dawgnation, do you think that “degree” will make the ole boys in dawgnation vote for you one day? Don’t think so. Not to single out this guy(sorry), but didn’t housing used to be called hotel management? Never figured out why American Universities were giving away these degrees, but people from other countries could do the same things with no degree. A jawja degree to make up the bed? A jawja degree to work at Coca-Cola? Former jawja football players working at the Athens Pepsi plant? You guys are the ones that LAME Kiffin should’ve poor-mouthed during the recruiting process.
How dare you guys assume that you’re superior to Tech because of a sports victory. When NASA uses your specially engineered vehicles to roam around Mars or one of Saturn’s moons, I’ll listen to guys. Until then, shut up and find a real football coach.
timthebrave
December 14th, 2010
4:12 pm
Dawg H8R, A degree might have helped you out.
In_the_cellar
December 14th, 2010
4:15 pm
What athelets? I thought they went into the draft in their junior year. Oh you mean the non-atheletic players!
Willl
December 14th, 2010
4:17 pm
UGA athletes who stay and graduate are my favorite athletes.
I care much more about my fellow alumni than any star athlete who never graduates.
Positive representation of OUR University on and off the playing field, graduation and lastly – wins – are my priority for UGA athletes.
Dawg H8R
December 14th, 2010
4:19 pm
timthebrave. I didn’t “play” for jawja, so my degree actually matters.
If you can read this article, then you didn’t start at jawja.
SISSY DAWG
December 14th, 2010
4:22 pm
One of the grads is a nephew. He’s a great kid. He’s got a worthless degree and will never find a job related to it. But, he had a great time at Georgia. McDonalds will welcome the influx of new people soon.
George Stein
December 14th, 2010
4:28 pm
Good lord, Tech fans (of which I am one). For once it would be nice if we’d just cool it with the nonsense. Congratulations to the kids who graduated.
Hat tip, Fred Gibson, for going back to UGA for your degree.
Sanford Drive, you are and always will be a clown.
dawgfan
December 14th, 2010
4:39 pm
Dawg H8R certainly has a lot of time on his hands for someone designing rovers and robots to go around Mars and Saturn. Reggie Ball and Joe Hamilton must be assisting him with this project. I hear Nesbitt will be joining in once the bowl game is over.
Dawglasville
December 14th, 2010
4:48 pm
Dawg H8R – I’m not sure why you would poke fun at kids for getting their degrees. My dad went to Tech as well as a few of my friends. None of them work for NASA. You riding the coat tails of the fine students at Tech who have contributed to our space program is as silly as Georgia fans riding the coat tails of the football players who beat Tech. It takes a special hate to be ugly about this story. We all have fans who spew this stuff. Maybe if we all make an effort we can be a little more respectful in 2011. Of course, if your a rocket scientist I sincerely apologize. Merry Christmas.
Tech Fan Since 1950
December 14th, 2010
4:50 pm
Congratulations to all the Georgia athletes getting their degrees. It is tough playing sports and being students, but these kids deserve a lot of credit for staying focused. They had their priorities straight. It is not really a “family secret,” but my son got his Ph.D. at Georgia and I am very proud of him and all the grads.
Mark (another one)
December 14th, 2010
4:52 pm
These young people have demonstrated that they know how to manage their time and focus on priorities. Being able to attend college on an athletic scholarship is a privilege but also a time commitment. Balancing academics, athletics and life in general is a challenge, and these people have demonstrated that they were up to it.
A college education doesn’t guarantee anyone anything but it is an indicator of the right path. Some of these young people will be more successful than others but all deserve congratulations for this achievement.
Also, lord knows that none of these people are leaving UGA with a menial job as their goal. However, I don’t make fun or demean the people performing honest work, regardless of its level. If their lot in life finds them working as a janitor or in fast foods, I hope they hold their heads high and do the best job they can. All honest work is honorable.
Old Dawg
December 14th, 2010
4:53 pm
I imagine that Housing degrees are at least as challenging as “Industrial Management” degrees.
Dawglasville
December 14th, 2010
4:57 pm
George and Tech fan As always, thanks for keeping it classy and happy holidays to you and yours.
Chuck Allison
December 14th, 2010
4:57 pm
Degrees in insurance, housing, equestrian, sports management and food preservation amaze me. It would be interesting to talk to these kids 10 years from now and see if any of them are working in their education field. In any case, I do hope that their education is useful to them in some way. Sometimes I think that they would be better off with four years of work experience than with degrees that are so hard to match up with real world jobs.
Game Time
December 14th, 2010
5:03 pm
Guess this is first page news on AJC on-line because it’s news when a UGA athlete graduates. Can’t think of any other reason this would be such a big deal.
Snoop Dawg
December 14th, 2010
5:24 pm
I applaud the Dawgs who juggled sports and acedemics and will depart Athens with a real degree.
I’m also thinking that da Preacha Man Mark Wrecked and his lame coaching staff should strongly consider going back to school to get a degree also. Perhaps in Physical Education with a concentration in football. This should give them a basic foundation so that they might sometimes be able to recruit, coach, and strategize before and during games.
Snoop Dawg
December 14th, 2010
5:28 pm
PS Richt and his wife the Water Girrrrl are already experts at bookkeeping, accounting, and finance as they have a lot of OJT accounting for all that $3M per year of unearned income the UGA provides them.
Zach
December 14th, 2010
5:45 pm
But how many of these rocket scientists can say the ABCs and count backward from 100?
SE GA Resident
December 14th, 2010
5:55 pm
And I wonder about the behavior of my students I tutor in an after school program. They are better than some of you “know-it-alls.” At least they do have good hearts. As we always heard, don’t say anything at all, if you can’t say something nice!!
Congrats to all, especially Fred Gibson. My daughter was at UGA when a student when he was there. She had some classes with his roommate, I remember. I don’t care what he majored in; he’ll be successful.
SE GA Resident
December 14th, 2010
5:56 pm
Messed up on that sentence…My daughter was at UGA when he (Fred) was there. Can’t think and type!
Hector
December 14th, 2010
6:03 pm
How many tokk Ebonics???
dawgfan
December 14th, 2010
6:14 pm
Since some Techies seem to be so interested in UGA’s course offerings, what would you think about a degree in owning Tech for football players? You’d have to agree they’ve earned it. Hell, UGA football players have earned a freaking Phd. in owning that Techie arse.
Florida Dawg
December 14th, 2010
6:21 pm
Proud of Fred Gibson…great job. Wishing you the best!
Congrats to all student/athletics…important for you and your family to get that degree.
R$
December 14th, 2010
6:32 pm
What’s hilarious to me is the amount of Football players who chose “Housing,” “Speech Communication,” or “Consumer Economics” as their degrees. Those must be special majors for dumb athletes who wouldn’t otherwise be able to attend UGA, much less Kennesaw State, Georgia Southern, or Valdosta State (not to knock any of these schools at all; they are respectable institutions). I wish there was more focus on truly preparing these young men for the real world, as the vast majority of them will NOT play football professionally.
Congrats on these 3 fellas who actually chose a challenging major. They’ll have rewarding careers, regardless of whether or not they take football to the next level:
Andrew Johnson, Athens, Ga., Biological Engineering
Fred Munzenmaier, Norcross, Ga., Finance
Derek Rich, Gainesville, Ga., Finance
Bremen Dawg
December 14th, 2010
6:44 pm
Way to go Brandon Wood, glad you got your degree.
T'VILLE DAWG
December 14th, 2010
6:44 pm
WOW! College degree for playing a sport, not a bad deal. Have you looked at the price of 4 years room and board. WELL DONE.
Waterdawg
December 14th, 2010
7:12 pm
From uga.edu site. This is what the “Housing Major” is all about.
“The Housing major gives students expertise in various aspects of housing including needs assessment; financing; federal, state, and local housing programs; housing policy; housing theory; household technology; property management; and real estate. The major helps students gain a comprehensive understanding of housing as a product, an environment, a service, and a process for sheltering a diverse and changing population adequately, accessibly, and affordably. Students may choose an emphasis in Residential Property Management, which prepares students to work with diverse groups as they manage real estate. Coursework delves into such topics as mortgages, financing, governmental policies dealing with housing, and social issues related to the field, and also includes sales (leasing), accounting, development, human resources, technology services, training, and management.”
Probably just as involved as the “Industrial Management Major” @ North Avenue
heeldawg
December 14th, 2010
7:21 pm
To all of the venom-spewing Tech fans, blatant sociopaths and other ingrates who bolster their own paper-thin egos by bashing a bunch of kids on the most important date of their young lives:
GET A LIFE.
The key thing about getting a college diploma is getting a college diploma. It’s setting a goal and completing it, and expanding the capabilities of one’s mind in the process. I know that many Tech fans, with their trade school mentality, don’t grasp the importance of the broad exposure to ideas that the college experience grants these young people, but I am quite certain that the kids themselves do. How many folks really work in the exact field that their undergraduate degree is in? And how important is that anyway? The important thing is that they did it, that they got that diploma, a piece of paper that will open doors for them the rest of their lives. It’s a means to an end, people–not an end in itself. And for you lowlife Tech fans to demean the accomplishments of these young men and women because of your petty jealousy over football just demonstrates how emotionally stunted the lot of you are.
Oh, and by the way, Georgia graduates more of its athletes and more of its football players than Tech does. Look it up on the APR report from the NCAA.
Again, you guys should be ashamed. Grow up, children. Your inferiority complex is showing.
Bama Dawg
December 14th, 2010
7:40 pm
At least these GA athelets managed their time and committment to earn a degree, which I’m sure is a lot more than the classless Tech fans that troll the Georgia blogs. Let’s see the list of the outstanding Tech athelets that represent your school (i.e., Joe Hamilton, Reggie Ball, etc.). Jealousy is a sad way to lead you life. Playing any sport in college is in its self a full time job, and to earn a degree on top of that is quite an accomplishment – I even sulute the Techies who have the drive and determination to do it.
Have fun in Shreveport loosers.
TampaGator
December 14th, 2010
7:42 pm
Congrats to all the players who earned their degrees at Georgia. One thing I loved about Will Muschamp’s press conference this afternoon was when he talked about the importance of the players he recruits coming to Florida with the goal of earning a degree….and that he and his staff will set up programs to make sure his players are working towards getting a degree all the time. He also said he expects his players to live right and play right…and he and his staff are going to follow all the NCAA rules…and he expects his players to do the same if they want to play at the University of Florida. Man…is he ever a man of energy and drive. Very impressive guy….as are all the Georgia players who are graduating this year.
TampaGator
December 14th, 2010
7:44 pm
P.S……also….Muschamp stated flatly that he has not offered Kirby Smart a job at Florida….nor Applewhite at Texas. He has done nothing but recruit since he was offered the job.
Congrats Dawgs!
December 14th, 2010
7:47 pm
I personally am a Consumer Econ grad and my diploma has been more than rewarding to my career. I can tell you the faculty and staff that worked with me, to get that degree, was spectacular. The major is not only relative it is supported by the best professors the State of Georgia has to offer. You may want to consider not only the students of said majors but the people who pour their heart and souls to improving the lives of others before you go trashing something you clearly do not know about. Congrats to the Dawgs for their hard earned Degrees!
icedawg
December 14th, 2010
7:49 pm
Super! This young adults achieved what they set out to do. Bravo! Job well done.
BobbyDodd21/20
December 14th, 2010
8:07 pm
Great job all you young people and those whom came back and finished..even tho I’m a white & gold guy til death, I’ll always have a good feeling for UGA folks…best wishes….as well as to other colleges about GA….even the old Gordon Military in Barnesville, years ago…
Dawg89
December 14th, 2010
8:40 pm
Congrats to all the graduates. For my own edification, what is a degree in “Magazines” (listed under track and field)?
RaleighDawg
December 14th, 2010
8:49 pm
I’m a Georgia grad, but Housing ? Really ? What does one do with a Housing degree ?
nub
December 14th, 2010
9:00 pm
Fred is man enough!!!!….. never forget seeing his catch LIVE in TuscaLuSA…… Go DAWGS!
Timmy Dog
December 14th, 2010
9:34 pm
Most of those degrees are a joke. Consumer Economics = how to balance a check book. Housing? Really? Pathetic. We hide so many athletes that don’t belong in college it’s scary.
lisa
December 14th, 2010
9:35 pm
you left out softball
John Madewell
December 14th, 2010
9:45 pm
Congrats to all of the athletes who receive their degrees. Kudos to Fred Gibson, admirable to come back and finish what you started. To those who post their criticisms of these student/athletes, you have no standing…unless you graduated, went through two-a-days, woke up at 6 am to practice, then go to class. And “Lynda,” have some context before posting. For the third year in a row, the University of Georgia finished in US News and World Report’s top 20 public schools in the nation. Also, the football team’s graduation rate of 77% is second in the SEC, second only to Vanderbilt. I don’t discount the “party school” tag, but the facts show classwork is happening as well. Go Dawgs!
John ‘90
It had to be yew...
December 14th, 2010
9:47 pm
Criminality and useful idiocy, neither require a college diploma.
But send in ten Wheaties box tops and $1.00 shipping, and we’ll send you a UGA diploma if you insist on having one.
KimZ'spackage
December 14th, 2010
9:49 pm
Hi
Red and Black Magazines?
December 14th, 2010
9:53 pm
From a Neal Boortz column, this will give you an idea of some of the dummies enrolled at UGA, in this case majoring in “Magazines.”
Well, I don’t want to embarrass the subject of our little story by using her real name. We’ll call her Prunella. Our heroine is a senior at the University of Georgia and a columnist for the Red and Black, the independent UGA student newspaper.
At the end of her most recent column, “Think before you shop at Walmart,” you will see this tag: “[Prunella] is a senior from Lawrenceville majoring in magazines and women’s studies.”
With such a double major I’m sure the recruiters are knocking down her door.
“Think before you shop at Walmart?” As a matter of fact I do! My thought process is usually something like, “I think I’ll go shopping at Walmart.”
Prunella disapproves. She says that when she walks into a Walmart she sees “concentrated evil.” Not just evil, mind you — concentrated evil!
Our magazine major’s problems with Walmart seem to stem from the fact that many local retailers find it difficult to compete when Walmart moves into town.
That’s the nature of the free market.
Prunella doesn’t explain how she would remedy the situation. Consumers exercising their free choices apparently don’t sit well with this young lady. She is also upset with Walmart because it is a “large unfeeling corporation with (a) major impact on what we buy, where it’s produced and how much we pay.” Please. Whoever it is out there forcing Prunella to shop at Walmart, knock it off.
Somehow, in her column about the “concentrated evil” that is Walmart, Prunella didn’t address the fact that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. donates just shy of $300 million a year to charities around the country. The company also reportedly pledged $2 billion for a five-year campaign to fight hunger. The evil must be concentrated somewhere other than in charitable giving.
Perhaps, then, this is Prunella’s real problem with Walmart. In her column she expresses displeasure that profit-driven corporations “are firing American workers to cut production costs. They then charge American consumers more money than what it took to produce their products.”
Let’s address both of her points. First: How dare any evil “profit-driven” corporation fire workers to cut production costs! Cutting production costs is nothing less than a blatant attempt to improve the bottom line. Don’t these dastardly businessmen realize that they’re in business to hire people, not to make money? After all, potential investors look to the number of unnecessary employees as a surer sign of corporate health than profit and loss figures. Any good woman’s studies major surely knows that!
Second: Let’s erect some gallows at Sanford Stadium so, at the next Georgia home game, we can hang the next evil businessmen we catch selling a product for more than it cost to produce. Prunella must have sneaked into the back of a UGA business class to learn that her next pair of shoes should be sold for exactly what it cost to make them and place them on the shelves of her favorite store (not Walmart) — and not one penny more.
Seriously, folks. Is this what we get after tens of thousands of dollars are spent to produce a college graduate these days? Did her magazine professor see this column before she submitted it to the Red and Black? Didn’t someone warn her that such public displays of economic brilliance can end up being embarrassing?
And the most troubling question of all: Is she registered to vote?
KimZ'spackage
December 14th, 2010
9:56 pm
Do Equestrians get scholarships? Is it part of the Title IX? What is Health Promotion? Housing is helping find Section 8 housing and the such. Sports Studies? Isn’t that what we do blogging about Sports? Consumer Journalism? Writing about Shoping maybe? With degrees like these I don’t doubt UGA could graduate Athletes, but 2nd to Vandy? HAHAH Check what the Vandy players are taking in comparison.
KimZ'spackage
December 14th, 2010
10:09 pm
Lets play ball.
Mark Bradley
December 14th, 2010
10:39 pm
I don,t care how many ahletes graduate ……. the football team BETTER win the SEC East or Mark Richt can get he!! out of town! LOSER!!!!
KimZ'spackage
December 14th, 2010
10:44 pm
Can we get some GPAs with those degrees the players are receiving? I really want to be blown away and impressed that UGA is 2nd only to VANDY in graduating players.
where's herschel??
December 14th, 2010
10:48 pm
What’s hilarious is that UGA Players graduating is actually newsworthy. That says a lot about your program
SE GA Resident
December 14th, 2010
11:06 pm
@R$ You don’t consider Corey Butler’s degree in microbiology an “outstanding program degree?” Do you have any degree equal to that??? Your attitude will not allow you to keep an outstanding job, no matter what your degree. Grow up and get nice, if that’s possible. Very doubtful…
SE GA Resident
December 14th, 2010
11:09 pm
Tucker,
You have no response for these stupid responses from Auburn and Tech fans regarding this article? Sad state of affairs at the AJC.
Not a UGA fan but Congratulations
December 14th, 2010
11:49 pm
Anytime a student athlete can leave the university they attend better with a degree in hand, it epitimizes what a the scholarship or walk on has done to make from a lowly freshman to a graduate.
The time and effort a student athlete puts into their sport, study and dedication means more than any touchdown, 3 pointer, or homerun that was made or hit.
Congratulations and best to you all in your futures.
bitter
December 15th, 2010
2:04 am
welcom to the unemployeed yaaaw PS uh! no futher ? your honor, hahahahahah suckers
RamblingWreck
December 15th, 2010
4:23 am
Big Deal! How many can sharpen a pencil? None!
11 Arrests 6 Wins
December 15th, 2010
7:39 am
WOW—Art, Housing, Sport Studies…..LMAO!!!!
Head Coach Muschamp
December 15th, 2010
7:42 am
“When asked about growing up a Florida fan, then attending college at Georgia and later working for Auburn and LSU, he replied: “I suffered some temporary insanity there.”
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
W Ealey
December 15th, 2010
7:44 am
With 650 on my SAT, I guess Housing is where I’ll koncintrate.
11 Arrests 6 Wins
December 15th, 2010
7:53 am
Well, we know 11 football playuhs, and 1 AD with Minors in Criminal Studies.
AMAZING
December 15th, 2010
8:09 am
Housing as a Major? Since most are football players, does that mean housing projects?
GT
December 15th, 2010
8:25 am
Follow the students after graduation. See how helpful these alumni are to these players after their football eligibility is over. You can’t give a recruit money but you could give a graduate a job. See how helpful this four year degree is as the head coaches make millions all from the donations of boosters, while players fend for themselves. Instead of a graduation rate, people should be following a success rate of the players. It would help some players make decisions of what school is really right for them. A great recruiting tool would be to guarantee every player that needs employment after he finishes playing at a school a job. Even smarter have them coaching high school players that they could recruit to the system. Pump the money into the feeder programs then hire these unemployed players, graduates to run the programs.
Coach MushChump
December 15th, 2010
8:36 am
I’m the Florida version of Ray Goff!
Bill Epps
December 15th, 2010
8:47 am
Hmm, kinda funny, how a couple here are making fun of the housing degree, but I see nobody lauding the micro biology one.
ugaclassof2004
December 15th, 2010
9:16 am
Wow, football players sticking around to get their degrees instead of using the university as a platform for the NFL? What a novel concept. Congrats to the graduates. But can anyone tell me exactly what a “Housing” degree is? I never understood what that was. I’m not making fun, I’m seriously curious.
MaDLiB
December 15th, 2010
9:23 am
Are we really posting negative comments about kids finishing school and getting their degrees? The US census shows that only 19.0% of the residents in the state of Georgia even have a college degree. So chances are, each of you know a handful of people who are less qualified for a job than these fine athletes (probably somewhere around the 81st percentile).
This article is about celebrating those who were able to take advantage of the education they were given even though some more than likely came from challenging circumstances. Congrats to the grads, and best of luck moving forward.
PS (ajc): Please close comments on any similar article moving forward. It’s unfair to the graduates to have to read bitter comments directed toward what should otherwise be a celebrated achievement.
LHardingDawg
December 15th, 2010
10:21 am
Congrats to all getting degrees, regardless of what they are in. It shows you have the perseverance to accomplish something in life that is not sports related.
To all the haters, get a life, a degree, or something, but leave these good educated people alone.
Harry the Hat
December 15th, 2010
10:23 am
Who do they think they’re kidding? Sport Studies, Health Promotion, Housing, Consumer Economics, Magazines…
Morons, every one of them. I hope they are really proud of their absurd Mickey Mouse diplomas, especially when they show up for a job interview.
Yeah, the #1 party school.
JB
December 15th, 2010
10:31 am
I see no fresh blogs this AM to keep the crap down from Muschamp throwing UGA under the bus last night in his coming out party. All I’ll say is Urban lost 5 games last year with that group, but managed to beat us, But I think Our New hire in 2012 will be able to match this guy.
More PT Joe T
December 15th, 2010
10:51 am
“Magazines” is focus medium for the School of Journalism. Not a bad deal really.
kgtech
December 15th, 2010
11:02 am
They actually graduate students in Athens. ( Doublewide mechanics and repair.LMAO)
JB
December 15th, 2010
11:04 am
kgtech……you are a fool and a hater.
nerds! nerds! nerds!
December 15th, 2010
11:07 am
Stay classy Techsters. You should really be ashamed of yourselves. Is your only definition of a good degree an engineering degree? I was a Consumer Economics major for 3 years, yet decided to switch to Finance. I felt that all of the curiculum in Consumer Economics and Housing helped me obtain my Finance degree and easily translates to THE REAL WORLD WHERE EVERYONE BUT TECHIES LIVE IN. These are all fine degrees. They may not interest YOU, but that doesn’t matter! Success= waking up in the morning looking forward to your job. Congrats to all who graduated this Fall… even the nerds.
nerds! nerds! nerds!
December 15th, 2010
11:11 am
Tucker- you need to get these people off of here! They must be unemployed Sociology majors.
Wrecker
December 15th, 2010
11:14 am
Congratulations to everyone on the list! Playing Division I athletics and keeping up with schoolwork has to be a daunting task. We should honor those who work so hard and achieve so much. Go Jackets!
dawgfan
December 15th, 2010
11:18 am
Is there anything more obnoxious, putrid, vile, and utterly disgusting than a Georgia Tech fan? I don’t know how these pricks get out the door in the morning with their heads so big. I’ve met Ivy Leaguers that aren’t as full of themselves as these clowns. If you don’t have an engineering degree you are worthless. What an ignorant and myopic view of the world. And they wonder why they all have ugly girlfriends or no girlfriend at all. You are unbearable.
42-34
30-24
9-1
This is the part where Techies pretend that it doesn’t destroy their soul to lose to UGA every year.
nerds! nerds! nerds!
December 15th, 2010
11:18 am
In tends to get personal when ingrates try to downgrade the thousands of hours I poured into getting my degree.
observer
December 15th, 2010
11:24 am
Both Housing and Consumer Economics, are the rocks for jocks degrees. In other words, those are the moron degrees with very little marketable value in the real world. Congrats to the athletes that actually spent the time and received quality degrees (Finance, Microbiology, Biological Engineering, Risk Management, Marketing, and to a slightly lesser degree Management).
observer
December 15th, 2010
11:26 am
That being said, Tech also has their joke degrees for the moron athletes. Two that immediately come to mind are Construction (really?? You need a degree for construction?) and the history of technology (talk about worthless).
nerds! nerds! nerds!
December 15th, 2010
11:37 am
Housing isn’t marketable? How many people did you have to go through to buy your house? Look around you dumbass.
Consumer Economics isn’t marketable? You can do anything with this degree. Notice the word Consumer. Yes, that’s you and me. Now look at the word Economics. Our economy is consumer driven dumbass.
NewnanDawg
December 15th, 2010
11:50 am
Well, well, well; I just caught the Tech grad that moves cars for me since he can’t interview well enough to get an engineering job inside on the computer. He was posting something nasty about our UGA athletes that are graduating. I guess he shouldn’t have let his jealousy get the best of him because he is now unemployed.
Congratulations to all of the graduates at all of our in state schools!
observer
December 15th, 2010
11:56 am
Consumer economics is for morons, like you, that are too stupid to get a degree in Economics.
nerds! nerds! nerds!
December 15th, 2010
11:59 am
My degree was in Finance.
Jimbo
December 15th, 2010
12:13 pm
Stay classy Jacket and Dawg fans. All of the hate on this board is completely uncalled for. This is about student athletes graduating with a degree. They have worked hard for their degree and deserve the recognition and congratulations for a job well done.
I don’t understand why the Tech fans are on here any more than I understand some of the dawg posters on here being on the Tech boards. Taunting fellow fans and posting scores (Saint Simons) is completely juvenile and doesn’t create any serious discussion.
Does it really matter what the degree that these student athletes earn? They have lived two lives, one as a student and the other as an athlete, which is more than most of the posters on this board could accomplish. Give it a rest regarding their majors. They have fought the good fight and earned their degree. Have some class and take a moment to congratulate them. If that is beyond you then find another blog.
There are some Dawg fans on this board (you know who you are) that practically live on the Tech blogs. Please take the same advice.
Stay classy folks. Represent your school well no matter which school that is. And, finally, congratulations to all of our seniors and to Gibson and Butler for coming back to get their degrees.
Go Dawgs!
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AFDawg
December 15th, 2010
12:27 pm
R$, You’re an idiot and must not have gone to college yourself. My former roomate at UGA was a Speech Communications major and is now a CEO of a large communications company living in a 10,000 square foot house in Alpharetta. Get you head out of your ass man.
Anne Fesperman Duncan
December 15th, 2010
1:39 pm
Waycross is proud of you, Fred! Glad you chose to pursue your degree and graduate!
GT Alumni
December 15th, 2010
1:59 pm
I’m so proud of my nephew, Fred Gibson!!!
Yellow Fuzz
December 15th, 2010
2:11 pm
If Brantley has to “choose a lower program to play immediately” tell him to transfer to georgia. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
December 15th, 2010
2:16 pm
“UGA athletes who will graduate Friday”
Should read: UGA athletes who get paroled on Friday.
Joe Tech
December 15th, 2010
2:20 pm
“UGA athletes who get paroled on Friday”
That is sooooo true
NewnanDawg
December 15th, 2010
2:23 pm
Well folks, I just got fired after posting above and the person I fired is now in my position. I guess it’s a dumb thing to hate so much.
Eaassyy
December 15th, 2010
9:13 pm
Tim, I wish you would close this one down. No need to even have comments available for the “Trolls” on a board like this. I am sure all of your children are both scholars and First Team All American Athletes.
Gives you all the right to judge their hard work on and off the football field.
SIMPLY PATHETIC. Congrats to all the students graduating from colleges in Georgia, no matter what your degree is.
Effin pompous Tech fans.
davidinloganville
December 15th, 2010
10:10 pm
here is what some people might do with a “moron degree” after college, lie on your resume that you have a masters degree and become head coach at Ga Tech
Durka Dawg
December 15th, 2010
10:16 pm
Why are there so many articles on UGA football graduates? It’s like it’s an unexpected achievement. hahaha They are in college…there shouldn’t be a need for 4 articles telling what everyone should expect from any senior at that wimpy “school”
silly uga fans
December 16th, 2010
7:49 am
dawgfan is part of the 19% me thinks.
Congrats to these kids for getting a degree. I apoligize for some of my other GT fans laughing at the kind of degrees that some of your players are receiving, but some find it funny when UGA proves by telling the world we have easy majors and like to brag about it.
DoBoy
December 16th, 2010
10:27 am
Nice to see student-athletes become alumni. Congrats to everyone graduating.
Ms. Wells
December 16th, 2010
9:22 pm
Way to finish Fred. Great job!
ATLDawg
December 17th, 2010
11:39 am
GO DAWGS!! That a way to be student-athletes!!!!!!! Wish y’all all the best with your future endeavors and so glad you all have degrees.
Muck Richt
December 17th, 2010
4:29 pm
So Fred Gibson is finally getting his degree in Housing and Consumer Economics.
Housing and Consumer Economics. I’m so impressed.
It takes four years of college to learn how to write a rent check? I guess it does at UGA.
What?
December 18th, 2010
2:16 pm
Man, I need to get back to school. That degree in “housing” will be vital. Maybe I’ll be weaving baskets underwater?