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Financial planning involves more than just numbers.
August 30, 2023As the profession evolves, practitioners are recognizing the financial planning process involves understanding how and why people think, feel and behave in a way to achieve optimal financial well-being. The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards recently added psychology of financial planning as a knowledge topic to its…
College of Public Health Launches Online Masters Program
June 23, 2023UGA’s College of Public Health is launching a fully online, accredited Masters in Public Health (OMPH) in the spring of 2024. The OMPH will offer greater access to the essential training this program provides and addresses some of the critical needs in Georgia, our nation, and around the…
Net Worth and Agreement on Spending May Influence if Couples Combine Finances
June 21, 2023If you are like Dr. John Grable, an endowed professor in UGA’s College of Family and Consumer Sciences and UGA Online professor, your background may lead you to think that all cohabitating couples combine their finances. Grable’s research demonstrates that it is not so. Research from the…
Would You Like to Preserve Your Memory as You Age? Berries May be the Key.
June 21, 2023Director of Dietetics and UGA Online professor Dr. Emma Laing shared advice for creating a balanced diet to combat the effects of aging in a recent article published by HealthDay. The article focused on the importance of incorporating flavanols into an everyday diet. Berries, dark chocolate, and…
The Peabody Awards – An Honor Like No Other
May 16, 2023The Peabody Awards is an honor like no other with a history like no other. Housed at University of Georgia’s Grady School of Journalism and Mass Communication, the Peabody Awards celebrate excellence in entertainment in documentary, news, podcast/radio, arts, youth, and public service programming. The awards are presented…
MFA Nonfiction Alum Fulfills Dream
April 13, 2023Tracy Coley graduated in 2019 from the Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts in Narrative Media Writing with a concentration in Narrative Nonfiction. She is the former editor of the local lifestyle publication Boom Magazine, teaches undergraduate journalism part-time at the University of Georgia and recently launched Lucky Dog Press,…
How UGA Research is Creating a Safer Future for Food
April 13, 2023The University of Georgia Center for Food Safety is making strides to create a safer global food chain. Each year around 48 million people in the U.S. get sick from contaminated food or beverages and 3,000 die from foodborne illness. The center houses a team of scientists dedicated…
UGA Helps Combat National Veterinarian Shortage
April 6, 2023The medical professional shortage has been covered in the news, but veterinarians are not often mentioned in that coverage. However, there is a veterinarian shortage now, too. Dr. Michelle Henry Barton shared with Atlanta News First that there are many reasons for the shortage. She said many families…
Online Professor Jill Stefaniak Wins 2023 Regents’ Teaching Excellence Award
March 16, 2023Jill Stefaniak, the Online M.Ed. Learning, Design, and Technology Master’s Program Coordinator as well as associate professor in the department of workforce education and instructional technology, won the 2023 University System of Georgia’s Regents’ Teaching Excellence Award for online teaching! Stefaniak is a nationally recognized leader in instructional…
Thesis vs. Non-thesis: What’s the Difference?
September 9, 2022Thesis vs. Non-thesis: What’s the Difference? What is the difference between the Regulatory Affairs Thesis and the Regulatory Affairs Project (non-thesis)? Essentially, the thesis option is characterized as the more traditional research option that typically focuses on choosing an original topic, conducting an extensive literature review to delimit the…