The University of Georgia and Delta Air Lines have long partnered to help careers, research, education, and innovation off the ground.
Since the beginning of its partnership with the university over 40 years ago, Delta has given more than $6.2 million in financial support, which has funded various impactful initiatives.
A $5 million gift helped create Delta Hall in Washington D.C. for the university’s Washington Semester Program. Delta Hall is a 20,000-square-foot, three-story building that houses 32 students, faculty, and staff to facilitate learning on Capitol Hill. There’s also the Delta Innovation Hub, which opened in 2021 adjacent to the historic North Campus to help develop UGA’s Innovation District initiative and helped launch the Student Industry Fellows Program. The latter pairs interdisciplinary student teams with corporate partners to solve real-world challenges.
The gift also funded the Delta Student Success Center at the Driftmier Engineering Center, home of UGA’s College of Engineering.
“Our rise as a national university, I think, is tied directly to the support we’ve received from Delta Airlines,” said UGA President Jere Morehead, appearing in a roundtable discussion with students and partners at the Delta Air Lines Foundation.
Watch the full video to hear more about this groundbreaking partnership.
