The University of North Georgia entered into a new partnership with the Argentine University of Defense with a signing ceremony recently on UNG's Dahlonega Campus.
The agreement was signed by UNG President Bonita Jacobs and Gonzalo Álvarez, president of UNDEF, in a ceremony attended by faculty and administrators from both institutions as well as special guest Maj. Gen. Joe Jarrard, the adjutant general for Georgia.
"The one thing our two institutions have in common is academic excellence with a strong focus on the military," Jacobs said. "It's especially important for our military students to learn different languages and different cultures, because that's the only way we can begin to understand each other."
In 2016, Georgia applied to become a state partner to Argentina under the State Partnership Program (SSP) and was selected by Congress in December 2016 over several other states to partner with Argentina. An initial engagement meeting between UNG and UNDEF took place in March 2017. With the SSP as a framework, UNG participated with the UNDEF delegation to make initial contact in the area of academic outreach, to include civilian and cadet exchange
