Tag: Team
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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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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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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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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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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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Making A Mark On Grady
The second floor of Grady College has been undergoing a makeover, and one eye-catching renovation features a beautiful floor-to-ceiling mural. This cool aerial shot of the Journalism Building was taken by our very own Chris Gerlach, drone photographer extraordinaire. If you need a break from the end-of-semester stress or happen to be visiting your NMI…