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So You Want to be a Social Media Rockstar?
In the latest Megan news: Our fearless leader and social media rockstar, Megan Ward, recently graced the stage (not the Morton Theatre stage, mind you) at the Public Service and Outreach Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon to share her experience as an influencer… just kidding! But she did share her expertise on all things social media. As a…
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Bright Ideas with BrightHouse
We wrapped the year with our sixth and final site visit to a place that shines bright like a diamond: BCG BrightHouse! On a bright note (pun intended), NMI students had a great time visiting the Atlanta-based global creative consultancy that has worked with some of the world’s largest brands to help them discover their purpose.…
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Be Still My (Inter)active Heart!
Later in the month, Leah and Kyla joined NMI Instructor Tyler Mazurek and Senior Lecturer John Weatherford at UGA’s inaugural Active Learning Summit! If you’re not familiar with active learning, in a nutshell, it’s the adoption of instructional practices that engage students in the learning process. It’s essentially taking the traditional lecture format and flipping it upside down. Active learning…
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Talk Nerdy to Me
Best Practices in UX As part of the Honors College Lunchbox Lecture Series, NMI Instructors Leah Moss and Kyla Sterling delivered a lesson on user interface design and user experience research to Honors students from across campus. We won’t burrito-around the bush: the interactive lecture had maxed out attendance and was a wild success! Armed with guac, sour cream, and…
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Shall I Compare Thee to a Site Visit?
Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, the Microsoft Site Visit was a Dream Come True! As part of the NMI’s Professional Friday initiative, a group of students repping the New Media Certificate and Emerging Media Masters took a trip to Microsoft’s Atlanta campus. Students toured the tech-driven facilities, attended a series of workshops with teams from different departments, and…
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Barbara Bond
Administrative Assistantbarbara.bond@uga.edu As the NMI’s Administrative Assistant, Barbara manages various administrative and accounting needs for the NMI and its many programs. She provides support to each NMI faculty and staff member to ensure logistics and funding are in place for the many academic and industry-facing annual initiatives. Prior to joining the NMI in Spring 2023,…
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A Little NMIXp(arty)o Never Killed Nobody!
The Celebration Continues In the Fall, we launched the renamed and revamped NMIXpo, our reoccurring end-of-semester celebration! The new-and-improved event included Mini Merge, an alumni reunion, a Certificate Capstone Challenge Brunch, and SLAM. Setting something new into motion is always tricky, but thanks to our dedicated NMI friends, family, and alumni, the weekend was a SLAM…
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Hip, Hip, Hooray!
The NMI is always changing and evolving, but our motto stays the same: make something work, then make it work better! We’re beyond proud of the Emerging Media Masters and New Media Certificate Capstone projects that have done just that. We wish we could show you all the technowledgeable projects students have debuted over the years, but…
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TEDxUGA 2023: Roots
TEDxUGA 2023: Roots | Centuries of students and scholars have grown a vast and intertwined network of research and scholarship. The passions and actions that inspire this network are sometimes unseen, unheard, and untamed. But the results are powerful and ever-reaching. At the University of Georgia, we plant seeds of research and scholarship every day. And now…
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AR.T
Avid social media users, fans of the NMI, and lovers of TEDxUGA get ready! The ar.t team has undergone a deep exploration into augmented reality to help create a stronger connection between users, like you, and the brands you love. Augmented Reality (AR) is a technology that superimposes computer generated graphics and images onto the…