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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.
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.
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…
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.
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.