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Staying Active This Summer
To round out a very impressive year of awards and accomplishments, John Weatherford has been selected to participate in the 2019 UGA Active Learning Summer Institute. Hosted by the Center for Teaching and Learning, the Institute is a three-week intensive program for 12 faculty to redesign courses and implement evidence-based instructional strategies that engage students in the learning process.…
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Parting Is Such A Sweet Sorrow
Last semester, we bid farewell to a beloved and long-standing member of the NMI family. It’s no exaggeration to say it truly carried the team. Yes, that’s right: Greg the Seg has officially retired. Gregway joined our team in 2004 as an exciting piece of “new media.” In its time, it was a vital team…
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Fresh Face for 418
The fourth floor of the Journalism building, home to the NMI, is our favorite place on campus, and we’re pumped to announce it’s about to get better. Thanks to a grant from the UGA Student Technology Fund, one sad lab that has been underutilized for years is about to become a modern, tech-filled, active-learning hub…
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Collaborating For The Community
John Weatherford, in collaboration with Dr. Kristina Jaskyte in the School of Social Work, has been awarded a prestigious $10,000 VentureWell grant. VentureWell provides grants to support faculty who are helping students develop and launch STEM-based entrepreneurial inventions. Using this grant, John will work with Dr. Jaskyte to develop technology-driven solutions for non-profits through design…
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Advanced New Media Production
This semester, we are thrilled to add to our curriculum by launching a brand new course for our undergraduate and graduate students – NMIX 5110/7110: Advanced New Media Production. In this frequently-requested sequel to New Media Production (NMIX 4110/6110), students take a deep dive into HTML/CSS, Javascript, and Javascript Frameworks. Under the leadership of Emuel…
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Thank You Fall 2018 Fundsters
In Fall 2017, the NMI launched the Future Fund as a pathway for NMI grads to help provide resources for future students to design, build, and innovate for years to come. In the first year, we were thrilled to see the overwhelming support from our graduates. And though they have pressed into the working world…
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The Bannister Foundation
For 19 years, the NMI has brought together people from all over to learn and grow and not only make something work, but make it work better. Today, the NMI family is bigger than ever, but this growth hasn’t diminished the passion our alumni have for our mission and the students pursuing it. Justin Bannister…
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Chosen to Grow
At any moment—there are at least 13,000 children in foster care in Georgia and nearly 13 hundred of these children are in our community around Athens, Georgia. The area around Athens and the 12 surrounding counties is known as Region 5 of Georgia’s Division of Family and Children’s Services. Region 5 has more children in care than Wyoming, Vermont,…
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Hello Weirdos
Hello Weirdos is where beauty and brains not only meet but thrive because of each other. It is where other beauty lovers read about products and the issues within the beauty community. It is where book lovers receive a jolt of humor and a dash of memes with their reviews. Hello Weirdos is where being…
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Shopstar
The retail industry is an evolving field that is transforming into an online-heavy experience. Many customers prefer to shop from the comfort of their homes, however, the in-store experience is still the favorite for many. Both online shopping, as well as in-store shopping, encounter unique problems, including not having the tangible shopping experience and instant…