News & Blog Posts by Cheri Leavy
Cheri Leavy
An eighth generation of Georgia’s sea islands and Brunswick, Cheri Harden Leavy grew up in the small town atmosphere of St. Simons Island. With a love of everything southern, she went to Mississippi for school. Oxford and Ole Miss captivated her. ... Read More about Cheri Leavy »
The UGA Alumni Show on WUGA-TV
Posted on 02/18/2013 by Cheri Leavy
Your Alumni Association is proud to present The UGA Alumni Show on WUGA-TV! The show is a collection of interviews with UGA alumni, faculty, students, and administration. During the interviews, the guests share personal stories and news about the University. The air dates and times for episode fo... Read full story
JOIN WeAreBulldawgs.com - A Grassroots Effort to Unite the Bulldawg Nation (alumni, students & fans)
Posted on 02/06/2013 by Cheri Leavy
As the team at Bulldawg Illustrated nears completion of ten years of covering all things Georgia, this labor of love is still a ton of fun. Through photos as well as lifestyle and sports articles, we have created a community meeting spot for Georgia alumni, students and supporters in print and on... Read full story
Dawgs On Top! 2012 SEC Championship
Posted on 11/29/2012 by Cheri Leavy
UGA SEC Championship Hype Song. Created by students from start to finish in little over a day to share the fun and excitement spreading around campus. This video is for the students, fans, faculty, team, and the BULLDOG NATION. We ready to win the SEC! Dawgs on Top. Read full story
Dawgs On Top! 2012 SEC Championship
Posted on 11/29/2012 by Cheri Leavy
UGA SEC Championship Hype Song. Created by students from start to finish in little over a day to share the fun and excitement spreading around campus. This video is for the students, fans, faculty, team, and the BULLDOG NATION. We ready to win the SEC! Dawgs on Top Watch Video
Why we created the network WeAreBulldawgs.com
Posted on 11/19/2012 by Cheri Leavy
As the team at Bulldawg Illustrated nears completion of ten years of covering all things Georgia, this labor of love is still a ton of fun. Through photos as well as lifestyle and sports articles, we have created a community meeting spot for Georgia alumni, students and supporters in print and on... Read full story
SONIA STEFFES FASHION MERCHANDISING AWARD FUND AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
Posted on 09/17/2012 by Cheri Leavy
SONIA STEFFES FASHION MERCHANDISING AWARD FUND AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA was established as a gift for Sonia Says owner, Sonia Steffes, in 2010. Through donations from colleagues, family, and friends, this fund is able to provide general support to undergraduate students majoring in Fashion Me... Read full story
Heery's and Tibi keep Bulldog belles stylish on gameday!
Posted on 09/17/2012 by Cheri Leavy
Bulldog belles love to wear Tibi from Heery’s Clothes Closet on gameday. The incredible clothing line is designed by a University of Georgia graduate, Amy Wallin Smilovic. Enjoy excerpts from a past interview with Amy. Katie McShan is wearing a Tibi shift dress with Frye Paige boots and a Rebe... Read full story
Ten more tips for Mizzou
Posted on 09/07/2012 by Cheri Leavy
Out and about today, we met more neat locals (Brian Treece and Mary Phillips) that gave us some new spots to add to our list. What a treat to share a table with these two at Booches over mini-burgers and bloody marys. We hit it off immediately with talk of historic preservation, the culture of ... Read full story
Top Ten Tips for Mizzou Trip
Posted on 09/07/2012 by Cheri Leavy
Vance and I got to Columbia yesterday arriving on a plane packed with Bulldogs. The Bulldogs haven’t played Missouri since 1960 when Fran Tarkenton led the Dawgs to a Georgia victory in the Orange Bowl. So this is a really fun and important road trip to welcome our new members of the Sout... Read full story
Rising Star Chefs of Athens: Whitney Otawka and Peter Dale
Posted on 08/27/2012 by Cheri Leavy
Known as a music mecca since the 1980s, it is exciting to see Athens’ burgeoning food culture. Call me a foodie nerd but there is something fascinating in listening to your well-versed server talk about not only the ingredients in the dish but where they came from too. That is what you can expe... Read full story
The Dawg House at The McGladrey Classic
Posted on 08/23/2012 by Cheri Leavy
Join fellow UGA alumni and fans inside the DAWG HOUSE while you cheer for your favorite PGA TOUR players, including tournament host- Davis Love III and former bulldog standouts- Chris Kirk, Harris English, and Brian Harman, just to name a few. The DAWG HOUSE features a premium location with views... Read full story
We would like to welcome Annie Trice to our team at BI and guide2athens!
Posted on 07/31/2012 by Cheri Leavy
One of the joys of my job is working with wonderful students from the University of Georgia. If you keep up with us at Bulldawg Illustrated, you already know how much we love our interns. They keep us and the publications and websites we work on charged with energy and ideas! I am so excited to... Read full story
'In the Kitchen' with Missy Sennowitz
Posted on 07/23/2012 by Cheri Leavy
Missy Sennowitz is a cutie from Swainsboro, Ga. that enjoyed college in Athens as a Alpha Delta Pi and was graduated from the University of Georgia pharmacy school. She met her husband, Karl, while he was doing his residency at Emory University after he studied medicine at the University of Mich... Read full story
Publisher's Note: Tennis anyone? Get out and support our teams
Posted on 05/14/2012 by Cheri Leavy
The past several weekends have seen Athens hopping and there is only more to come before school (K-12) is out for the summer and families head to the coast. This spring offered up a jam-packed G-Day football weekend, Twilight Criterium, the Stadion Classic at UGA and the fun-filled UGA graduation... Read full story
We love our interns and want to welcome Katherine Parke to our team!
Posted on 05/14/2012 by Cheri Leavy
If you keep up with Bulldawg Illustrated at all then you know how much we love working with the Grady School students through internships. As a former high school English teacher, continuing my love of teaching through this role is very meaningful to me. I learn so much from them and the friends... Read full story
Bubba’s win is #awesome for our golf edition
Posted on 04/16/2012 by Cheri Leavy
Hugh Acheson of southern foodie acclaim, with restaurants in Athens and Atlanta as well as stints as Top Chef Masters’ competitor and judge, said it best on twitter, “Between Bubba Watson and John Isner, it’s pretty cool to see some UGA Dawgs really shine in sports other than pigskin.” Hugh... Read full story
Spotlight on UGA Graduates Jim Chasteen and Charlie Thompson
Posted on 03/20/2012 by Cheri Leavy
American Spirit Whiskey (ASW) launched in November of last year here in the south (made in Charleston, SC). Dubbed the most versatile whiskey in the world, the un-aged white whiskey has been refined and is a great sipping whiskey neat on the rocks, in addition to being very mixable. Charlie said... Read full story
In the Kitchen with the Athens Symphony Gala Committee
Posted on 03/20/2012 by Cheri Leavy
I had the pleasure of getting a sneak preview of Gracewood Villa, the spectacular estate of Geneele and Archie Crenshaw and the setting for the upcoming benefit gala for The Athens Symphony. An added bonus was the chance to enjoy some Tuscan fare created by gala co-chair and excellent cook John K... Read full story
It’s time to spring forward Athenians
Posted on 03/20/2012 by Cheri Leavy
Hollywood came to Athens while Athens headed to the coast. Superstars Justin Timberlake, Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams and John Goodman were spotted all over the Classic City enjoying America’s best college town while shooting “Trouble With the Curve.” Superstars Alex Sams, Shooter Roberts, Greta Cov... Read full story
We are thrilled to welcome Caroline Kinney to our team as a sales associate
Posted on 02/27/2012 by Cheri Leavy
Caroline Kinney is a Washington & Lee “General” by diploma and a Georgia Bulldawg by marriage…her husband Matthew having graduated in ’00 from UGA. Born in Atlanta, Caroline went to Westminster and spent many weekends going to UGA games with friends. After 8th grade, she moved with her family... Read full story
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