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News Articles
Faculty Helping Faculty – Leah Carmichaels’ OERs
March 31, 2020Faculty at UGA and around the world have begun to teach remotely in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. UGA faculty experienced in online teaching have responded by making their fully-captioned instructional videos publicly available as open educational resources (OERs) to help faculty make the shift to online instruction. UGA…
Insights on Transitioning to Online Instruction
March 25, 2020On March 30, the University of Georgia will transition to online instruction for the remainder of the spring semester. The change is part of the University’s effort to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. This shift to entirely online learning will be an adjustment for both faculty and students. “Many…
Faculty Helping Faculty – Michelle vanDellen’s OERs
March 24, 2020As faculty at UGA and around the world prepare to teach remotely in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, UGA faculty experienced in online teaching are making their fully-captioned instructional videos publicly available as open educational resources (OERs) to help others find quick ways to continue their instruction online.
Faculty Helping Faculty
March 18, 2020The first in a series of blogs about UGA faculty who are making their online instructional media publicly available in an effort to ease the strain on faculty who are shifting to online education due to COVID-19.
Low-Residency MFA Program Launches Narrative Media Podcast
March 10, 2020UGA’s Low-Residency MFA in Narrative Media Writing program launched its very own podcast in February, 2020. Called Hear-Tell, the podcast focuses on telling true stories, and each episode dives deep into well researched and reported narrative writing by current UGA students, alumni, faculty and visiting lecturers in Grady’s…
Online Summer Courses Filling Up Quickly
March 3, 2020With just two months until Summer, it’s time to start thinking of what courses would best fit your summer schedule. Summer courses are just flexible enough to plan around your travel, internship or work plans. However, they fill up quickly, so consider now what classes are the best fit for…
Black History Month Recap
February 27, 2020The University of Georgia capped off Black history month by renaming the College of Education to Mary Frances Early College of Education in honor of UGA’s first Black graduate. Early is the first black graduate of the University of Georgia, earning her master’s degree of music education in 1962,…
Online Community Nutrition Student Works as Extension Agent
February 24, 2020Anticipated to graduate this Summer 2020, online M.S. Community Nutrition student, Susan Moore, is currently employed by UGA Extension as the Laurens County Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) Agent. Moore has always felt called to earn her degree in higher education and has used the…
How UGA’s School of Social Work focuses on World Social Justice Every Day
February 20, 2020When the University of Georgia School of Social Work decided to offer the first fully online Master of Social Work degree in Georgia in the fall of 2020—it did so hoping to address the growing demand for social workers who will tackle social justice in the future. On…
UGA Ranked as Top Three Military Friendly School For Third Year
February 17, 2020The University of Georgia has been ranked the No. 1 Military Friendly Tier I Research University in the Nation according to the 2021-2022 Military Friendly rankings. The Military Friendly Schools survey is the longest-running, most comprehensive review of college and university investments in serving military and veteran students,…