佐治亚大学：教学、服务及探究事物的本质
英文导读
Back to its origin
The University of Georgia (commonly referred to as UGA， U. Georgia or simply Georgia) is an American land grant， sea grant， space grant， research university with its primary campus located in Athens， Georgia， USA. Founded in 1785 as the United States"s first state-chartered university， it is the oldest and largest of Georgia"s institutions of higher learning and along with the College of William and Mary and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill claims the title of the oldest public university in the United States.As both a land and sea grant university， UGA is active in research and promotion of agricultural and sea-based programs. The University of Georgia is a collection of 16 separate colleges and schools. These colleges provide academic instruction in such fields as law， agriculture， pharmacy， business and veterinary medicine. The university boasts a research library of 4.7 million volumes. Athens is home to many popular music artists including the American rock band R.E.M. and Widespread Panic.
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System： The University is composed of eighteen schools and colleges， including： Franklin College of Arts and Sciences， University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences， University of Georgia School of Law， University of Georgia Graduate School， University of Georgia College of Pharmacy， Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources， University of Georgia College of Education， Terry College of Business， University of Georgia College of Family and Consumer Sciences， Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication， University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine， University of Georgia School of Social Work， University of Georgia College of Environment & Design， University of Georgia School of Public and International Affairs， University of Georgia College of Public Health， Eugene P. Odum School of Ecology， UGA-Georgia Health Sciences University Medical Partnership， University of Georgia College of Engineering.
Campus： Apart from academics， research， student life， and athletics， the University of Georgia is also well known for its main campus in the acclaimed college town of Athens， Georgia， with dominant architectural themes of Federal-the older buildings-and Classical and Antebellum style. The University of Georgia"s campus maintains its historic character. The historical practice has been to divide main campus into two sections， North Campus and South Campus.
生词助读
dominant [dminnt] adj. 支配的；占优势的
Antebellum [ntibelm] adj. （美国南北）战争前的
中文概述
佐治亚大学位于佐治亚州东北部的雅典城，创建于1785年，历史十分久远，是美国公办高等教育的发源地--第一所由州出资赞助支持的大学。大学的首位校长以及一位校董事会成员曾经代表本州参与起草和签署了《独立宣言》。它是美国最古老的一所综合性、多学科的研究型州立大学，大学学制四年。
佐治亚大学下设18所学院，分别是：农业与环境科学学院，文理学院，商学院，生态学院，教育学院，环境与设计学院，家庭与消费科学学院，森林与自然资源学院，新闻与大众传媒学院，法学院，制药学院，公共健康学院，公共与国际事务学院，社会工作学院，兽医学院等。治亚大学的微生物学系以其广泛的微生物系统研究闻名，其商学院也很知名。
佐治亚大学坚持"教育是民主社会和全体公民权利的基础，提供教育是政府责任"的理念，并在全美高校中最早提出社会服务的概念，把社会服务置于同教学和科研同等重要的地位。佐治亚大学积极参与州内的种种重要事务如历史文化遗产的保护、维修等相关文献数据的保存，对该州有巨大的影响力。
学校的著名校友大学有6名国家科学院院士，2名国家工程院院士，6名国家文理学院院士，4名国家公共管理学院院士，2名普利策奖得主。
梦想成功录
You are not in charge of the universe； you are in charge of yourself.
你并不掌管整个宇宙，但你得掌管你自己。
As long as you live， you should be a man useful to the people.
活着就要做一个对人民有用的人。