Tag: Team
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NMI Represents at International Day of the Girl
On October 11th, two of the NMI’s leading ladies participated in UGA’s very first International Day of the Girl event, hosted by the UGA Chapter of The Letter Project. NMI Social Media Director, Rachael Dier, curated this fantastic event that brought together women from Athens and beyond. Megan Ward spoke on the “Women in Male Dominated Spaces”…
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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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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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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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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…
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John Weatherford: Writing Around Campus
Recently, John was selected as a Center for Teaching and Learning Fellow for Innovative Teaching. The program provides support and opportunities for collaboration to create Open Educational Resources (OERs) across campus. During this fellowship, John will create a brand-new OER for NMIX 4110: New Media Production. The resource will cover an array of modern web…
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The EM Masters Goes Online
The NMI is always on the lookout for new opportunities to advance our efforts in the classroom and engage with students in new and innovative ways. After all, “New” is in our name. Therefore, we were eager to be part of the Grady College’s application to the Online Course Innovation Grant sponsored by the UGA…
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Clate Returns to the NMI
The NMI you know and love has been shaped by nearly 20 years of faculty, staff, and students dedicated to making something work, then making it work better. Few people embody this motto more than Clate Sanders, one of the NMI’s first faculty members. You may recognize the name from the coveted “Clate Award” presented…