Tag: Alumni

  • Claire Bertram: An Excellent Graduate

    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…

  • NMI Futures Fund: A Fall 2017 Success!

    NMI Futures Fund: A Fall 2017 Success!

    Like technology, the New Media Institute is constantly growing and evolving. Each year, the NMI pushes more students to build things and break things, to fail fast and to figure it out. Our students have helped the NMI to become bigger and better, and we are constantly working toward providing our students with the newest…

  • NMI Alumni Gathered to Cheer on the Dawgs

    NMI Alumni Gathered to Cheer on the Dawgs

    On a lovely Saturday evening, some of our NMI alumni family joined us at Fado Buckhead for UGA football, tasty food and plenty of catching up. It was great to see a few faces we hadn’t seen in a while and even better to hear how our Atlanta alums continue to put their new media skills to…

  • $30 for 30 Campaign SUCCESS

    $30 for 30 Campaign SUCCESS

    Thanks to the support of many of you – our fabulous alumni and friends – our $30 for 30 campaign raised $2260, far surpassing our goal of $2015. Our first ever crowdfunding campaign both celebrated the NMI’s past 15 years and looks to ensure success for the next 15 years. So THANK YOU! 1 million times more than we can say – THANK YOU! We…

  • Full Media Named #34 in the Bulldog 100

    Full Media Named #34 in the Bulldog 100

    Full Media, an Internet marketing company co-founded by  an NMI alumni, was recently awarded the 34th ranking among the fifth annual Bulldog 100 Celebration. The list is made up of UGA alumni that are CEOs, presidents, and managing partners or business owners whose companies are highly successful. Full Media, founded by Kevin West and Kris…

  • Vert Mobile Named #2 in the Bulldog 100

    Vert Mobile Named #2 in the Bulldog 100

    The New Media Institute would like to extend many congratulations to three of our very own alumni, co-founders of Vert Mobile, an Atlanta-based full service social and mobile media marketing company, that was recognized as the second fastest growing company owned or operated by UGA alumni during the fifth annual Bulldog 100 Celebration Jan. 25.…