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News Articles
Guest Blog: Expect Respect with the University of Georgia’s Equal Opportunity Office
October 13, 2015By: E. Janyce Dawkins Director, Equal Opportunity Office Harassment! Discrimination! Respect! Equal Opportunity! What do these terms really mean? We’ve heard them used so often. Maybe you’ve heard them in the news, at work, in class. Or maybe you’ve felt like you’ve been subjected to harassment or discrimination. Maybe you’ve had experiences where you felt as if you weren’t being respected or being given an equal opportunity. Well, for the University of Georgia (UGA), we want you to “Expect Respect”. We want you to know that UGA and the Equal Opportunity Office (EOO) are committed to fostering a “fair and respectful environment for living, working, and studying.” How do we accomplish this?
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.
Professor Valerie Boyd: The Master of Fine Arts Program, and the Alice Walker Visit
October 1, 2015Valerie Boyd, the Charlayne Hunter-Gault Distinguished Writer in Residence at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, has had an extraordinary career as a narrative non-fiction writer. Boyd was the arts editor at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and worked as a journalist for almost two decades before becoming a UGA professor in 2004.
UGA Virtual Networking Hours: Connecting Bulldogs Around the World
September 24, 2015By: Bethany Mills, Director of Alumni Career Services The University of Georgia Career Center and the Alumni Association have partnered to offer students and alumni a new, innovative way to connect through a virtual platform. These events, UGA Virtual Networking Hours, will allow students to connect with alumni around the world.
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…
UGA Ranked Among Nation’s Best Public Universities
September 10, 2015In a ranking released yesterday, the U.S. News & World Report ranked UGA among the nation’s top public universities, placing UGA 21st on the list of 2016 Best Public Universities. On the Best National Universities list, dominated by private institutions, UGA moved up to the 61st spot. “The University of Georgia…
5 Steps To Take Before Starting Online Group Work
September 8, 2015One of the largest barriers that online students have to overcome when learning how to function as an online student is participating in online group work. It’s difficult to work on a team with a group of people who you’ve never met, and mostly interact with virtually. This also quickly…
Caroline Morris: An Alumna Whose Peers Changed Her Career
September 3, 2015Caroline Morris, an alumna of the UGA online Masters in Food Technology program, and current McDonald’s Protein Manager, cultivated an interest in food beginning in high school. She won a few culinary competitions through Vocational Industrial Clubs of America, so when he didn’t find her calling at the University of Georgia as an undergraduate student, she took an offer at Johnson & Whales University in Rhode Island and attained her associate degree in Culinary Arts. She decided to enroll in the UGA online Masters in Food Technology program after some mail marketing.
University of Georgia Ranked #8 in Fifty Fittest Colleges 2015 List
August 31, 2015The University of Georgia has been ranked #8 in a listing of The Active Times’s “50 Fittest Colleges.” The rankings were determined based on factors such as access to athletic activities and facilities, students’ use of said facilities, campus dining options, the general happiness level of students, and the quality…