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Engaging in Sustainable Online Course Development
February 23, 2016The instructional design team at the Office of Online Learning takes pride in working with faculty to create online learning experiences that live up to the academic standards of the University of Georgia. We also consider how the environment we work in can support the continued offering of the courses we help develop. To this end, we encourage faculty to engage in sustainable course development practices for all online courses.
Financial Hardship Resources at UGA
February 16, 2016The University of Georgia recently introduced a new website to deal specifically with financial hardship issues that arise in students’ lives after they begin at UGA. Financial circumstances can change quickly, at times in ways outside of students’ control. Financial hardship creates significant stress and can impede student success. The Financial…
UGA Included in Princeton Review’s ‘Colleges That Pay You Back’ List
February 12, 2016The University of Georgia has received recognition in The Princeton Review’s new book, “The Best Value Colleges: The 150 Best-Buy Schools and What It Takes to Get In.” The book, published on Jan. 28, includes 150 academic institutions—75 public and 75 private—based on surveys The Princeton Review, an education services…
Two Online Professors Selected as Service Learning Fellows
February 9, 2016This year, the University of Georgia's Office of Service-Learning has selected three faculty members from the College of Education to participate in its yearlong Service-Learning Fellows program, two of whom teach in online degree programs.
Student Profile: Alex Jones, Double Dawg
February 4, 2016Alex Jones is a student of the University of Georgia online Master of Internet Technology program, scheduled to graduate this spring, and he’s had a rather different experience than his other classmates. This is because he also works full-time within the UGA Terry College of Business Management Information Systems…
UGA Hosting International Good Manufacturing Practices Conference
February 2, 2016From March 7-10, the University of Georgia will be hosting the 40th Annual Good Manufacturing Practices Conference on its Athens, Georgia campus. This conference was established in conjunction with the US FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) to create an annual on-going dialogue between regulatory agencies and the pharmaceutical industry on important issues in drug compliance and quality.
UGA Remains on Kiplinger Best Value in Public Colleges List
January 26, 2016UGA continues to rank as one of the nation's top values in higher education, according to Kiplinger,which placed UGA 12th on its Personal Finance list of 100 best values among public colleges and universities for 2016.
Faculty and Student IT Guides from EITS
January 20, 2016You might be new at the University of Georgia, or you might be a veteran who just was never given this memo before. Enterprise Information Technology Services, known colloquially around campus as EITS, is the central IT department at the university. It manages some of the key technology systems and services on campus, such as UGAMail, Athena and eLearning Commons (eLC).
UGA’s Online Programs Ranked Among the Best In Nation by US News
January 12, 2016The University of Georgia has some of the best online degree programs in the nation, according to the 2016 U.S. News & World Report Best Online Programs Rankings. UGA is ranked No. 3 among all universities for best online graduate programs in education and No. 5 for best online bachelor's programs overall.
MIT Program Capstone Project Helps Local Organizations with Technology Needs
December 29, 2015The UGA online Master of Internet Technology program has been fully online since 2014 and is gearing up to graduate its first fully online cohort this upcoming spring. The graduating students are leaving the University of…