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UGA receives national diversity award for eighth consecutive year

November 2, 2021

A long-standing commitment to diversity and inclusive excellence bolstered by an ambitious new five-year plan has earned the University of Georgia national recognition for the eighth consecutive year. The INSIGHT Into Diversity Higher Education Excellence in Diversity or HEED Award recognizes colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment…

UGA names interim dean for School of Social Work

October 28, 2021

The University of Georgia names an interim dean for its School of Social Work: UGA professor Llewellyn Cornelius will serve as dean while a search committee looks for a permanent replacement for Anna Scheyett, who announced earlier this year she would step down after five years as…

Graduates of UGA Nonprofit Leadership Program Help Guide Organizations Through Change

October 21, 2021

Food insecurity reached new heights in spring 2020, when COVID-19 hit the United States. Fortunately, Cameron Turner, director of institutional giving for the Atlanta Community Food Bank, was prepared, thanks to the UGA Executive Leadership Program for Nonprofit Organizations (ELPNO).  “We had to be stronger leaders to get the…

Zoom fatigue and how to beat it

October 19, 2021

In the post-pandemic world, a few things have become quite common: masks, hand sanitizer and Zoom fatigue, or the feeling of being worn out after a long day of virtual meetings. But new research from a team led by University of Georgia psychologist Kristen Shockley suggests that it’s not…

Mary Frances Early celebrates launch of autobiography

October 12, 2021

Mary Frances Early held a book discussion to celebrate the launch of her autobiography, “The Quiet Trailblazer: My Journey as the First Black Graduate of the University of Georgia,” published by the Mary Frances Early College of Education and the UGA Libraries and distributed by the University of Georgia…

Alumna aims to contribute to the advancement of the food industry with online graduate degree

October 7, 2021

Mary Kawleski graduated in spring 2021 with a degree from the Online Masters of Food Technology program offered through the University of Georgia’s Department of Food Science and Technology in the College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences.  Kawleski earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of…

UGA Alumnus seeks to balance creativity with technical skills with online masters program

October 5, 2021

Grant Utter graduated from the University of Georgia in 2017 with a degree in Entertainment and Media Studies and a New Media Certificate. He started working on some short films around Atlanta and then got a full-time job as a Product Information Specialist at OMI Halyard in Alpharetta.  Since…

Chatterjee named department head in financial planning, housing and consumer economics

September 30, 2021

Following 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, 2021

Dr. 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, 2021

Madeline 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…