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News Articles
Student Veteran Finishes the Drill and Earns Degree 11 Years Later
August 29, 201811 years and 3,000 miles. That’s what stood between Inge Lindholm and her business degree. Eleven years before applying to UGA’s BBA Online degree completion program, Inge Lindholm was a UGA student on the Athens campus. As a student veteran who had served as a guard in Guantanamo…
3 Ways to Cheer on the Dawgs
August 29, 2018Football season is upon us which means tailgates, whipping up your favorite game day meal and shouting at the TV screen as the wide receiver runs down the field. This year, get ready to support your favorite dawgs like never before. No matter where you are, the dawg nation is…
UGA School of Law Launches Veterans Legal Clinic
August 27, 2018Veterans who are University of Georgia students online or on-campus can now receive free legal assistance to help them navigate claims for pensions and compensations for service-related disabilities through the new Veterans Legal Clinic. The clinic with UGA’s School of Law opened May 29, 2018 and focuses…
Meet Your Enrollment Coach, Paul Mittelhammer
August 17, 2018The University of Georgia Office of Online Learning is proud to have Paul Mittelhammer, our new enrollment coach, to help prospective students navigate the world of online education. Paul is an experienced college admissions counselor, former Director of Admissions and Dean of Enrollment Management at Huntingdon College for ten…
Tina A. Brown Overcame Health Challenges with the Help of her Online Program
August 17, 2018Tina A. Brown had just started the low-residency MFA in Narrative Media Writing at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication when she was faced with a health challenge. Just three months into her MFA Narrative Nonfiction program, Brown had a stroke. She was forced…
Creating a Productive Home Study Space
August 17, 2018It’s difficult as an online student to find a place to study and complete assignments. If you have kids, you know storage is limited and kids’ things are everywhere. However, for online students, a nice study space is a necessity. Follow these five tips to create the best home…
John T. Edge Reveals the History of Southern Cooking in “The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South”
August 13, 2018John T. Edge, a nonfiction mentor in our low-residency MFA in Narrative Media Writing, recently published a book that has been named one of the ten best summer reads by Publisher’s Weekly. Southeastern Booksellers Association also made “The Potlikker Papers” an Okra Pick. “The Potlikker Papers”…
Making Online Courses Accessible For Everyone
August 10, 2018Technology has made vast improvements in the lives of people with disabilities. However, with new technology, accessibility has often been overlooked. In the world of online education, more efforts have been made for professors and instructional designers to make courses accessible for all. It is vital that online educators work…
It’s Never Too Late to Go Back to College
August 7, 2018Firefighter, Dusty McHenry needed to complete his degree and the search for online programs proved overwhelming. When he found out he could finish what he started 10 years ago at the University of Georgia, his search was over.
Meet Patrick Reidenbaugh, Your Distance Librarian
August 5, 2018What types of assistance/resources can online students receive from UGA libraries? When it comes to resources, what differs for distance learning students versus students on campus is when you need an article, book chapter or entire book the library only has in print. If you are off-campus, you can still get…