Category: 2019 News
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Fantastic New Faculty
While the NMI’s crazy initiatives and bold undertakings increase each and every year, the faculty team, bursting at the seams, has not. Until now [drumroll please]… Ladies and gentlemen, we’re beyond excited to officially welcome the NMI’s latest and greatest addition to the squad, Leah Moss! No stranger to the NMI, Leah pioneered the EM…
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From High School to Hi-Tech
The semester we’re welcoming the NMI’s youngest team member yet, Nyah Carlson. Nyah is interning with the NMI as part of Young Dawgs, a program that places high-achieving high school students in internships on campus and in the community. Currently a senior at Clarke Central High School, Nyah is Captain of the varsity soccer team…
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A Fantastic First Honor Grad
Graduating last spring, Kendall Lake took the stage with an academic distinction of the highest degree. Achieving a 4.0 GPA throughout her entire undergraduate career, Kendall was one of only fifty to be deemed a First Honor Graduate. Even when dedicated entirely to academics, this is no small achievement. However, on top of her scholastic…
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A Stellar Speechwriter
Longtime TEDxUGA Curator and speech crafting extraordinaire, Kate Devlin, has accomplished quite a feat as she has been awarded the 2019 CICERO Speechwriting Award in the category of Motivational Speech! Kate now employs her talents for Duarte, Inc. – a leading presentation design firm based out of Silicon Valley. Through her work with Duarte, Kate crafted the…
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From City Hall to Silicon Valley
Recently, the NMI has been honored to host new friends from near and far, and we are over the moon to explore how these fresh friendships could blossom into potential partnerships. First, we welcomed Athens-Clarke County Mayor Kelly Girtz to our humble abode. During the Mayor’s visit, he spoke with New Media Production students…
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TEDxUGA 2019: Amplify Videos
Last spring, TEDxUGA turned up the volume on UGA’s most powerful ideas. Nine brave presenters took the stage to challenge attendees to embrace new perspectives. Now, with all of the videos live and available to watch on TEDxUGA.com, it’s time to Amplify these ideas on a global scale. Whether you want to learn game-changing strategies…
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To Good Times and New Adventures
Summer is always bittersweet. As irreplaceable members of the NMI fam transition into life’s next adventure, we can’t help but miss each and every one of them as the new school year approaches. Here are some of our difficult goodbyes from this summer. Do-It-All DD For the past 8 years, Deanna “DD” Wood, the office…
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One Awesome Advertiser
Join us in congratulating recent Emerging Media graduate, Ian Webb! During his EM journey, Ian joined forces with faculty and graduate students from Grady’s Advertising department to compete in the renowned Collegiate ECHO Marketing Challenge, a competition that challenges student teams to propose a marketing campaign targeting specific markets across an array of industries. Up…
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Thank You!
Fundster Fam A few semesters ago, the NMI launched the Future Fund, an opportunity for graduating students to continue making an impact on the NMI even after they take their first step through the arch. This semester, we are thrilled to welcome 21 new technowledgable members into our Fundster family–our biggest edition yet! A huge…
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Spring 2019 SLAM
A few short weeks ago, the NMI journeyed across campus to host the largest SLAM to date. For the first time ever, we took over the Georgia Museum of Art, bringing 99 students to showcase their projects amongst the art-filled galleries. With 20 different projects from our New Media Certificate and Emerging Media Masters students,…