Tag: 2020
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New Year, New Faculty
Just when you thought the halls of the NMI couldn’t contain any more tech wizardry, we added another code champion to our ranks. Our newest faculty addition, Kyla Sterling, will help the NMI tackle new initiatives and certificate operations in 2020 and beyond. Kyla began her NMI journey in 2018 as an Emerging Media Masters…
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The Adventures of John Weatherford
Our very own John Weatherford has been a busy man. Here’s a brief look at what he’s been up to. A Little Time at Layers In early June, John visited San Francisco to attend Layers, a design conference for the Mac + iOS community. In addition to learning a ton at the conference, John met…
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2020 Goes Online
The Intro to New Media class you know and love will be available online for the first time ever in Summer 2016! Selected as a 2016 Online Learning Fellow, John Weatherford will be working with a cohort of faculty and a team of instructional designers to translate NMIX 2020 into a compelling online course. This…
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Elder Ventures Showcase
This semester, the New Media Institute received a generous grant from the Verizon Foundation to work on projects dealing with Elder Media development in NMIX 2020: Introduction to New Media. Our students’ rose to the challenge and 18 projects, focusing on Elder Technology Initiatives, were presented to peers, UGA faculty and staff, and elder members of…
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Thank You Verizon!
The New Media Institute would like to thank the Verizon Foundation and Julie Smith, Vice President of External Affairs, once again for their overly generous donation of $15,000 for elder new media development! Each semester NMIX students join together to work on projects that promote positive change through new media technology, and we wouldn’t have the opportunity…
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Thanks A Trillion Verizon Wireless!
The New Media Institute would like to thank Verizon Wireless and Julie Smith, Vice President of External Affairs, once again for their overly generous donation of $15,000 for elder new media development! Each semester NMIX students join together to work on projects that promote positive change through new media technology, and we wouldn’t have the…
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Wellness Wednesday: The Flash Mob that Rocked Herty Field
The TED-MED speaker scared me. Over the course of civilization, life expectancy increased. Knowledge about medicine and health practices helped. But a big contribution to additional life span was improved diet. And as the talk continued, the line on the graph kept going up. Then it leveled off. Then … it was uncertain. Soon it…