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WHY give “I lost my dog to cancer, and I always knew after that that I wanted to help other animals and other families.” — Reid Bangle, a fourth-grade student at David C. Barrow Elementary School in Athens, who has been giving to various departments at the University of Georgia for the past three years.
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When his Labrador retriever, Abbott, died from cancer, Reid decided he wanted to give back to help animals. He began saving his allowance and running lemonade stands to raise money. He donated his savings to the College of Veterinary Medicine’s new veterinary teaching hospital as well as to cancer research efforts at the college. “I feel really good because I know I’m helping someone else who really needs the money and the animals that need help,” he says. The son of Dr. Jeff Bangle (DVM ’96), a veterinarian at Oconee Veterinary Hospital, and Kathy Bangle, director of development at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Reid recently received his Third Pillar giving society sticker for three consecutive years of giving to the university. Want to give? Go to give.uga.edu.
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’98) of Columbus was hired as client manager at Barge Waggoner Sumner and Cannon engineering and architectural firm in Columbus. Shannon Register (BSFCS ’98) of Spring, Texas, and her company Register Real Estate Advisors were nominated for the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business program. Brent Buice (AB ’99, MA ’04) of Athens was selected as one of GeorgiaForward’s Young Gamechangers and will participate in a program that seeks to solve policy challenges in Dublin-Laurens County. Todd Koransky (BBA ’99, MAcc ’00) of Atlanta was named partner at Williams Benator & Libby LLP, a public accounting and consulting firm. 2000-2004 Shiketa Jones Gresham (BBA ’00) and her husband Demetrius Gresham (BBA ’00) of San Antonio, Texas, welcomed their daughter Lauren Olivia “Lola” in December. Alicia Arnett Loadholt (BSA ’00) and her husband Justin of Johns Creek welcomed their third daughter Emma Charlotte Jan. 10. Mandy Wooley Edwards (BBA ’01) of Statesboro and her social media marketing company ME Marketing Services was featured on Forbes magazine’s website in September in the article “25 Things Influential People Do Better Than Anyone Else.” Kristina Crane Muñoz (BSEd ’01) of Madison was selected as the 2014 Teacher of the Year for the Mediterranean District in the Department of Defense school system. Mike Caplan (AB ’02, MBA ’05, JD ’06) of Atlanta and James Cobb (BS ’00) of Decatur launched their own law firm, Caplan Cobb LLP, focusing on business litigation in the Atlanta area. Jessica Faber (ABJ ’02) of Dulles, Va., was assigned to the U.S. Agency for International