UGA ILA students read a newly branded brochure for the city of Hartwell.

ILA students help build Hartwell’s new brand

Institute for Leadership Advancement students worked hand-in-hand with leaders in the City of Hartwell to create a marketing plan to highlight city’s new brand.

Stacy Campbell

ILA leader recognized for service learning

The UGA Office of Service Learning has recognized Stacy M. Campbell, Synovus Director of the Institute for Leadership Advancement (ILA), with its Service-Learning Excellence Award. Service is a core component of the ILA experience. Campbell connects her students with partner agencies across Georgia, providing them with the opportunity to make a real-world impact with their coursework.

ILA students Emily Moseley and Hazel McQueen conduct a professional skills workshop at ESP.

ILA offers Joyristas key lessons in professional confidence

Whether your interviewing for a role at investment bank or a coffee shop, it’s important to know your strengths and how to talk about them with an employer. That’s the lesson ILA students recently shared with clients at Extra Special People during a student-led professional skills workshop.

Fresh Wind Operations Manager Anna Grace Winkler and two of Fresh Wind's clients stand behind a Fresh Winds Recovery sign during a recent site visit by ILA scholar team members David Blake, Reagan Ritchie, Ellie Singerling and Tom DeLoache.

Leading alongside recovery

Since January 2024, students in the Institute for Leadership Advancement (ILA) have partnered with local recovery center Fresh Wind — using their leadership skills to help expand the non-profit’s outreach and donor engagement.

Winterville Mayor Dodd Ferrelle poses with a proclamation from Governor Brian Kemp and David Sutherland's creative economies class.

Blueprint for creative prosperity

Graduate students gained the attention of Governor Brian Kemp when they worked with artists and leaders in Winterville to create a blueprint for arts-based economic development. Their framework will be used to help other small towns take advantage of Georgia’s growing reputation as a home for creative industries.

A Terry College volunteer sits with students on the floor of an elementary school library during storytime

ILA students Share the Magic

Leonard Leadership Scholars with the Institute for Leadership Advancement dedicate their time and skills to help non-profits – like Malcolm Mitchell’s Share the Magic – thrive and local governments better serve their communities.

UGA students walk past an UGA Archway Partnership sign in downtown Waynesboro.

ILA students lay framework for workforce housing in Waynesboro

Located just south of Augusta and home to Georgia Power’s newly expanded Plant Vogtle, Waynesboro is bustling. There are new businesses on Liberty Street, new jobs to fill and new people moving to town. But like a lot of growing towns in Georgia, one thing Waynesboro needs is houses — lots of them. “We’re growing, […]

Moultrie Police Office Tonero Bender and Georgia Pines mental health counselor Julio Ginel review their caseload before heading out.

UGA Archway links small town with Terry College problem solvers

Like many rural Georgia communities, Moultrie has a small police department, little mental health support and a limited budget. As a result, 911 calls about disturbances often led to jail for substance abusers or individuals with a history of mental health issues.