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Online BioPharma Professor Randall Tackett Weighs In On “Smart Pills”
December 22, 2015The CBS program “Limitless” is one of the hottest crime dramas on American television right now. Based on a movie of the same name, the series dramatizes what happens when the main character takes a pill that gives him access to every neuron in his brain. This allows him to…
Alumni Profile: Matt Cosson, Masters in Food Technology
December 10, 2015Matt Cosson, Vice President of Distribution Management at Arby's Supply Chain Cooperative, completed his online Master of Food Technology program through the University of Georgia in 2006. However, he did not come from a food science or culinary background at all. Instead, Matt did his undergraduate studies in finance and accounting.
Regulatory Affairs Fast Track Initiative for Georgia Institute of Technology BME Graduate Students
December 3, 2015Regulatory Affairs (or Sciences) is an interdisciplinary profession within federally regulated industries, such as pharmaceutical, biologics, medical devices and animal health products, that ensures an organization’s compliance with all federal regulations and laws. If you are considering a career path in the healthcare industry, academia or government, it’s important to…
Merrill-Lynch Invests in FACS Financial Planning Program
December 1, 2015The College of Family and Consumer Sciences has received a $25,000 gift from Merrill Lynch to support the college’s financial planning program, including the University of Georgia online Master of Science in Financial Planning, Housing and Consumer Economics degree program. Housed within the…
UGA’s Financial Planning Program Named Best in Country
November 19, 2015The University of Georgia College of Family and Consumer Sciences' financial planning program has been named the best in the country by Investopedia, an online resource that provides financial information and analysis.
UGA Only University In Nation With Two Recipients of Beckman Award For Teaching Excellence
October 27, 2015Two University of Georgia professors have received the Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Award for teaching excellence, and one of these, Dr. Melisa "Misha" Cahnmann-Taylor is a professor who teaches in the Graduate Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) online program. Terry College of Business's Dr. Dawn D. Bennett-Alexander also received the 2015 award. The two of them are among ten professors nationwide to be honored with this award.
Dr. Ikseon Choi, Online Learning Design and Technology Professor, Begins Robotics Lab at Local Elementary School
October 20, 2015Dr. Ikseon Choi, associate professor in the Department of Career and Information Studies in the University of Georgia College of Education, has initiated a new robotics lab at a local school through a partnership with South Korean robotics company RoboRobo. He has worked with the Department of Career and Information Studies’Research for the Advancement of Innovative Learning (RAIL) Program to create new curriculum for fifth-grade classrooms in Georgia counties based on the technology.
UGA Online Educational Psychologist Mark Runco Contributes 30 Years of Creativity Research to NEA Report
October 6, 2015Mark Runco, a professor of educational psychology at the College of Education, who teaches in the Master of Education in Educational Psychology, Gifted and Creative Education online program, recently participated in a workshop and a report called, "How Creativity Works in the Brain." He was selected to represent the creativity research field during the two-day meeting in Santa Fe, New Mexico with several artists, neuroscientists and National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) representatives.
Guest Blog: The Move to Online Learning
September 22, 2015By: Craig Piercy, Ph.D. It seems like only yesterday since we first planned to move our Master of Internet Technology online. It’s hard to believe that we will be graduating our first cohort of fully online students in May 2016.
So, You Are About to Teach Online
September 17, 2015By: Lloyd P. Rieber, Ph.D. Professor of Learning, Design and Technology The University of Georgia, College of Education Since I started teaching online in about 2001, I have learned many things about teaching and myself. I’ll share a few of these insights in this post. The most basic…