2025 Spring Workshop and Awards
Click the image to view the 2025 program
GSPA and its members from across the state will celebrate the best in scholastic journalism at the Spring Workshop and Awards. The event will be held at the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education on Monday, March 24, 2025. Check-in begins at 8 a.m. A workshop will lead the event, 9-11:45 a.m., followed by a banquet-style awards luncheon at noon, catered by the Georgia Center. Professional dress is suggested. The 2025 program will be a available closer to the event.
View the 2025 program here.
Registration information
Registration is now available.
Registration will be open until March 12. Please note: there is a maximum of 250 attendees, and registration will end once that number is reached. Attendance is free for advisers who have paid membership fees and $35 per student or other guest. The fee includes a workshop followed by a banquet-style meal. A final head count is needed by the caterer. Therefore, changes after March 12 will not be allowed and no refunds will be given after this date. Furthermore, the $35 registration fee will be due for all attendees listed under your registration as of March 12.
Access provided for people with disabilities. Please contact gspa@uga.edu or 706-542-5022 for specific requests.
Lodging
A room block, starting at $169 per room per night, is available at the UGA Hotel for March 23 and/or March 24, 2025. Book by Feb. 21 2025 and mention GSPA. https://www.hotel.uga.edu/contact
Travel
Car and small van parking is available at the South Campus Parking Deck at the daily rate. If traveling by school bus or minibus, please email gspa@uga.edu in advance to let us know. Buses will drop participants off and pick them up at the UGA Georgia Center via the bus stop at Snelling Dining Hall on Sanford Drive. (Do not pull into the loop at the GA Center.)
Parking
UPDATE: We have been granted access for buses or mini buses to park for free on campus at the lower level lot of the UGA Jack Turner Softball Stadium, 2330 S Milledge Avenue, Athens, GA. The Georgia Center will provide a shuttle to drivers interested in returning to the GA Center to attend the event. Email email gspa@uga.edu to make a request.
Minors on Campus
The University of Georgia has implemented a Minors on Campus Policy for youth events. The University expects advisers and chaperones to provide supervision of youth on university property throughout the event. Chaperones should not leave youth unsupervised and should be able to account for them at all times. They must retain care, custody and control of their student groups.