Category: News
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UGA Stickers: Back At It!
Here at UGA, the start of September means the start of football season. And at the NMI, a new football season means a new update for the UGA Stickers iMessage app! What started two years ago as a Capstone project has now reached almost 12,000 members of the Dawg Nation. UGA Stickers 3.0 is a…
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John Speaks at Communications Summit
This summer, John was invited to deliver a keynote address at Lockheed Martin’s annual Communications Summit located at the company’s Center for Leadership Excellence just outside of DC. Speaking to hundreds of communication professionals from around the globe, John covered new media best practices and strategies for continuous innovation with a talk titled “We Are Disruptors.” While not on…
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Chris Continues the Online Learning Legacy
With New Media classes in high demand and students’ summer schedules packed with jobs and internships, online courses provide the needed flexibility to better serve our students. Intro to New Media and New Media Production going online over the past few years have provided students the opportunity to dive into their certificate journey without missing…
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Caroline Windham: UGA Amazing Student
We think all of our students are amazing, but Emerging Media Masters student Caroline Windham has recently earned campus-wide recognition. In July, Caroline was honored as one of UGA’s Amazing Students. Each week, the university features one student who has gone “above and beyond” in their collegiate pursuits, and we can’t be more proud that…
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Showing Off to Federal Staffers
In August, the New Media Institute was invited to the UGA Federal Legislative Staff Retreat. Federal staffers from the Office of Government Relations explored campus in an annual retreat dedicated to learning about some of UGA’s most innovative programs. The NMI is honored to have been invited to show guests how we’re impacting the state, the university, and…
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Layers of Design and Technology
This summer, John, Megan, and Chris hit the west coast to attend Layers, an annual conference dedicated to exploring design and technology in today’s leading industries. Running alongside Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, Layers approached design from a different angle as attendees heard from Disney Imagineers, AR experience designers, tech CEO’s, and much more. The NMI gang…
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Another SLAM Success!
A few weeks ago, the NMI hit the road to Atlanta for yet another successful Spring SLAM. Students, families, friends, and alumni gathered at Roam Galleria for a celebration of all the innovative uses of emerging technologies from this semester. Although every SLAM is special, Spring 2018 was particularly unique because it marked our largest…
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Claire Bertram: An Excellent Graduate
In Fall 2014, incoming Freshman Claire Bertram was looking for an interesting elective and signed up for NMIX 4200: New Media and TED. As the only first-year in the 4000-level course, Claire was uncertain what she had gotten herself into — but that was only the beginning. Before Claire had even completed the course, the…
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Another Service-Learning Fellowship Begins!
If you can’t tell, we take service-learning seriously at the NMI. With Grady’s Emerging Media Masters program growing in popularity, Megan recognized an opportunity to integrate service-learning into the young program and empower graduate students to build digital products that effectively serve their community. After pitching her idea in a competitive applicant pool, we’re thrilled…
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One Service-Learning Fellowship Ends…
As a finale to his year-long Service-Learning Fellowship through UGA’s Office of Service-Learning, John was invited to participate in a poster presentation at the national Consortium of University Public Service Organizations‘ annual conference. John’s presentation focused on his approach to bringing service-learning best practices to the inaugural service section of New Media Capstone taught this…