Fall 2025 Highlights
Fall 2025 marked an important milestone in the development of service-learning at UGA as the Office of Service-Learning celebrated its 20th anniversary!
The OSL was established in 2005 to connect student learning with UGA’s land-grant mission. Over the last two decades, we have worked collaboratively with our campus and community partners to create hands-on learning opportunities for 125,000 students enrolled in service-learning courses in every school and college at UGA. Together, we have dedicated over 4 million hours of service to Athens and communities around the state and made a transformative impact on student learning and success.
We hope you will enjoy reading about our Fall 2025 highlights. The OSL is just getting started, and we look forward to what we can achieve in 2026 and over the next 20 years together.
Shannon Brooks - Director of the Office of Service-Learning
Shannon Brooks - Director of the Office of Service-Learning
Service-Learning
by the numbers
2,797
students enrolled in service-learning courses
95
instructors taught 158 service-learning course sections
$22,400
supporting nine service-learning fellows in the 2025-26 cohort
Experience UGA
53
Trips hosted throughout the semester
4,338
CCSD students from eight different grades
11
Partner colleges and units across the university
53
Experience UGA Ambassadors in the largest cohort to date
4,258
total hours of service by the ambassadors
1,000
hours of service contributed by 183 UGA student volunteers
Campus Kitchen
4,200
meals served to members of the community
828
grocery bags delivered to clients around Athens
14,500
pounds of food recovered from partner organizations
474
volunteers served for more than 900 total hours
133
Thanksgiving meals prepared during Turkeypalooza
276
additional grocery bags packed and delivered for Thanksgiving
Coaching4Success
300
CCSD students mentored on social-emotional learning topics
40
UGA students trained as mentors and leaders
548
total hours working with students in eight CCSD elementary schools
Fall 2025 News
Presenting possibilities on stage
UGA student reconnects with elementary school at full-circle Experience UGA event.
Thirteen years of turkeys, teamwork and togetherness
UGA and community volunteers donated food, cooked meals for local families.
Elevating the game plan
The University of Georgia’s Office of Service-Learning is kicking off a new season of mentorship with Coaching4Success.
Forging lasting connections
For Josh Podvin, connection starts with listening and grows through trust, persistence, and presence.
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