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Chatterjee named department head in financial planning, housing and consumer economics
September 30, 2021Following a national search, Swarn Chatterjee has been named head of the department of financial planning, housing and consumer economics in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, effective Nov. 1. Chatterjee is a professor in the Online Master of Financial Planning program offered through the…
Dr. Gowda gives insight into the FDA vaccine approval process
September 28, 2021Dr. Gowda, the director and professor in the online International Biomedical Regulatory Sciences Masters program spoke with 11 Alive last month on the approval of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. The interviewer Jesse Nussman focused her questions on why the other two leading vaccines, the Moderna and J&J vaccines,…
UGA online masters student works in COVID unit while earning her degree
September 23, 2021Madeline Neely earned her bachelor’s degree from Hendrix College located in Conway, Arkansas in 2019. Upon graduation, Neely began working at Mercy Hospital in St. Louis as a patient care technician on a Transitional Care Unit. Within the past year this unit has been turned into the dedicated COVID-19…
Emerson to head College of Public Health’s Office of Online Learning
September 16, 2021Kerstin Emerson has been selected to lead the University of Georgia College of Public Health’s Office of Online Learning. A clinical associate professor in the Institute of Gerontology at the College of Public Health, Emerson has been teaching at the College for 11 years and coordinating…
Non-traditional science student works towards dream through online program
September 9, 2021James Wright, an alumni of the Online Master of Science in Comparative Biomedical Sciences program at UGA, was not originally interested in biomedical science. Wright received a Bachelors of Business Administration with a Healthcare Management concentration. He continued his education by completing an MBA. Wright decided…
Laura Bierema and others inducted into IACE Hall of Fame
September 7, 2021Laura Bierema and Kimberly Osborne, faculty members in the Mary Frances Early College of Education’s department of lifelong education, administration and policy, will be inducted into the International Adult and Continuing Education (IACE) Hall of Fame on Oct. 6. They join the prestigious ranks of several University…
UGA master’s student is inspired to push past own limitations in online program
August 26, 2021As a marketing professional, Natasha Busie wanted to deepen her understanding of emerging media and how it affects people’s decision-making. She had worked as the Marketing Director for the Calhoun Chick-fil-A before becoming the Marketing Communication Manager for the SHOWA Group which is a company that makes personal protective…
Experienced music teacher and cellist expands musical knowledge through online program
August 19, 2021Egil Rostad is an alumnus of the Master of Music Education online program offered through the University of Georgia’s Hugh Hodgson School of Music. Rostad earned his Bachelor of Music in Cello Performance from the Eastman School of Music. As an active professional cellist, Rostad has composed…
Alumna returns to UGA for online program
July 22, 2021Double Dawg alumna Sumaiyah Bint Anas Bashir (B.S. ’17, B.A. ’17) received degrees in psychology and sociology from the University of Georgia in 2017. After graduation, Bashir worked as a registered behavior technician (RBT). There, she helped children on the autism spectrum learn social cues and behaviors. While…
News for tomato growers: Don’t give your plants too much love
July 6, 2021During the summer growing season, the love many have for a homegrown tomato approaches obsession. In fact, some people love tomatoes so much that they struggle to grow them — because they give their plants too much care. The calls have started to come in to University of…