Category: News
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Cultivating Student Resilience
The TEDxUGA team recently presented at this year’s Engage Conference hosted by UGA’s Division of Student Affairs. The event brought together academic and student affairs professionals from across the southeast for a day dedicated to professional development, innovative thinking, and networking. In keeping with the conference’s theme of resilience, TEDxUGA Licensee Megan Ward and five members…
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Training Across Campus
The TEDxUGA team has gained quite a reputation for knowing the secrets to powerful presentations. Earlier this month, Licensee Megan and Producer Brady spilled some of those secrets in a class for UGA Training and Development. Faculty and staff from across campus came together to learn what makes a great TED-style talk and how to…
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New Additions to the EM Family
This summer, the Emerging Media Masters program ushered its fourth cohort into the fold. Ten new innovators started the journey—or, some might say, the sprint—to a master’s degree. We’ll happily sing the praises of EM any day, but we wanted some of our new students to speak for themselves about why they decided EM was…
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Taking On TEDxUGA
TEDxUGA’s incredible success is two fold: idea-driven presenters delivering empowering talks and a hard working set of amazing humans behind the scenes. One key role ties these two worlds together — the Curator. After gracefully managing curation through her participation in NMIX 4200: New Media & TED, we are thrilled to welcome to the team…
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John Weatherford Strikes Again
Summer might have sizzled, but John Weatherford kept it cool as one of 12 faculty participants in the 2019 UGA Active Learning Summer Institute. The three-week intensive program helped John reimagine NMIX 2020: Introduction to New Media, creating new ways to involve the class with active learning techniques. As the summer came to a close,…
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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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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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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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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…