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  • NMI Buds Take Beantown

    NMI Buds Take Beantown

    We are still buzzing from our recent site visit to Boston where NMI students had the opportunity to learn from professionals at DraftKings and iRacing. On day one, we toured DraftKings, a leader in fully-online sports broadcast content creation. Our day included a meeting with UGA alumnus Jonathan Bell, who shared how he works with data to predict customer…

  • Lauren Baggett

    Lauren Baggett

    Communications and Development Director + Instructorlbaggett@uga.edu Lauren is an Instructor and the NMI’s Director of Communications and Donor Engagement. Lauren earned her Bachelors and Masters degrees from the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. She is an accomplished communications professional and brings over 15 years of experience with digital communications, storytelling, and project management…

  • Web Dev Workbook Gets a Boost

    Web Dev Workbook Gets a Boost

    An NMI faculty team of John Weatherford, Chris Gerlach, Tyler Mazurek, and Kyla Sterling were selected to receive an $8,500 Affordable Learning Georgia Continuous Improvement Grant to revise and enhance its OER (Open Educational Resource) for the NMI’s Web Development course. OERs are free-to-access materials used for teaching, learning, assessment, and research purposes. The NMI has long made use of these types of…

  • NMIXpert: Suba Senthil

    NMIXpert: Suba Senthil

    Xpertise: Design | Web Dev Xpert Hours: M 2:00-3:00P, T 10:00-11:00A No further availability this semester Suba is a third-year Management Information Systems student who is pursuing a New Media Certificate through the web development track. She started her certificate in Fall of 2023, and this will be her third semester within the New Media Institute.…

  • NMIXpert: Marlie Scoggins

    NMIXpert: Marlie Scoggins

    Xpertise: Web Dev Xpert Hours: W 10:00A-12:00P Marlie Scoggins – Web Development Xpert – mis35548@uga.edu Marlie is a third-year Advertising Major and is earning the New Media Certificate on the traditional track. She has been involved in the NMI since Fall 2023. Marlie is available for help in Web Development (NMIX 4010), specifically HTML, CSS, Bootstrap,…

  • NMIXpert: Hailey Kwak

    NMIXpert: Hailey Kwak

    Xpertise: App Dev | Web Dev | Design Xpert Hours: M 6:00-7:00P, R 8:00-9:00P Hailey (hlk73071@uga.edu) is a fourth-year Advertising student at UGA, also pursuing a Business Minor. Since Spring 2024, she has been part of the New Media Institute through the Double Dawgs pathway, working toward a Master’s in Emerging Media. Hailey specializes in front-end…

  • NMIXpert: Danielle Kadom

    NMIXpert: Danielle Kadom

    Xpertise: Design | UX Xpert Hours: T 11:00A-12:00P Danielle has been involved with the New Media Institute for over 3 years. Currently, she is pursuing a Masters in Emerging Media on the 1-year residential track. During her time as an undergraduate, she majored in Cognitive Science with an emphasis in Artificial Intelligence, minored in Computer Science,…

  • NMIXpert: Hailey Hubbard

    NMIXpert: Hailey Hubbard

    Xpertise: Advanced Web Dev | UX Xpert Hours: M 9:30A-12:30P Hailey, hailey.hubbard@uga.edu, is a fourth-year Cognitive Science & Computer Science student pursuing the New Media Certificate. She’s been involved with the NMI since summer 2022 and is pursuing product management & UX pathways. Hailey’s main areas of expertise are Web Development, specifically HTML, CSS, and JavaScript,…

  • NMIXpert: Nikki Bailey

    NMIXpert: Nikki Bailey

    Xpertise: Design | Web Dev Xpert Hours: R 4:00-6:00P Nikki is a third-year EMST major working towards her Masters in Emerging Media as well as the New Media Certificate. She has been part of the NMI since Fall 2023. Since then, she has greatly enjoyed engaging with her peers within the NMI and working towards her creative…

  • This Team – Very Demure, Very NMIndful

    This Team – Very Demure, Very NMIndful

    We had our brat summer, but now we’re back and ready for a new year. We have a team of champions who will be teaching, TED-ing, and leading our site visits this year. Join us in extending a warm welcome to some new faces. As the Assistant Curator for TEDxUGA 2025, Peyton Owens acts as…