Six more students have graduated with four-year degrees from the University of Georgia campus in Tifton. UGA Tifton faculty and staff held a reception for the students May 4 at the National Environmentally Sound Production Agriculture Laboratory. The students will have the chance to join their counterparts in Athens for the UGA spring graduation ceremony May 10.

The UGA Tifton campus provides students enrolled in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences undergraduate degrees in agricultural education and agricultural and environmental sciences and two graduate degrees in agricultural leadership and plant protection and pest management. Since 2003, over 70 students have graduate on the campus.

Pictured (left to right) are Jason Peake, professor, John Beasley, professor, Niki Newberry, UGA Tifton development officer, Diana King, professor, graduate Shelby Corbett, graduate Julie Roberts, graduate John Fry, graduate Josh Drew, graduate Chase Crawford, Erin Womack, UGA Tifton academic programs coordinator, Joe West, CAES assistant dean in Tifton, and Jim Hook, professor. (not pictured: graduate Karl Halbig)

To find out more about UGA academic programs in Tifton, visit the Web site www.dogsgonesouth.com.