Tag: Team
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Walking in a Metropolis Wonderland
As an Innovation District client, Metropolis has been working closely with the NMI throughout the year to change the game of healthcare recruiting. From coordinating student-led projects to facilitating job opportunities, NMI Innovation District Faculty Advisor Chris Gerlach has connected Metropolis to the NMI talent pipeline, specifically to two NMI student techsperts: Nicholas Kreitz and Aries Aviles who’s Metropolis journey was recently…
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New Year, New Faces
In the immortal words of Taylor Swift, we’re feeling (20)22! As we ring in the new year, we’re doing so with not one, but two new team members. Let’s give a warm welcome to Dayne Young and Jen Galas Dayne Young • Program Coordinator, New Media Institute We’re excited to welcome Dayne Young to the NMI’s newly formed Program Coordinator role. In this role,…
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New Faces and New Spaces
Welcome to another exhilarating semester at the New Media Institute! The past month has been a whirlwind of activity: the Dawgs are undefeated (knock on wood), classes are officially six weeks underway, we’ve welcomed several new (well, newish) faces to the team, and last but not least, we’ve unveiled major updates to our student-facing spaces. Without further ado, here’s a tour!…
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Making It Work Better
You know our motto: Make something work. Then make it work better. During the pandemic, we’ve taken this motto to heart by exploring ways to make online classes, content, and events just as fun and engaging as their physical counterparts. If you’ve attended a virtual SLAM or a TEDxUGA Salon with us, you know what we’re talking…
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Hello World, Meet Baby
The NMI family has welcomed a new member! Baby Everett arrived in late February to New Media Certificate Advisor Kyla Sterling and her husband Nick. Our tiniest technomaniac can be found wiggling his toes, taking long naps, and learning HTML/CSS in preparation for taking NMIX 4110: New Media Production next semester. Join us as we congratulate Kyla and Nick…
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Welcoming New Faces
New year, new NMI! We’re so excited to welcome the newest addition to the NMI team, Phoebe Finch. Phoebe is taking over as the NMI Social Media and Communications Assistant. Though Phoebe didn’t join the team until December, she originally started her New Media journey in Spring 2020 as a New Media Certificate student. Along with keeping everyone up-to-date on…
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Volunteering for Voters
Expecting a record-breaking turnout during the 2020 election season, the Technology Association of Georgia reached out to allies across the state looking for Field Service Technicians. FSTs assist poll workers with all things technology: printers, tablets, voting equipment, and the like. Megan Ward and John Weatherford answered the call, volunteering their techspertise for the November 3rd general…
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Go Dawgs, Pitch ‘Em!
John Weatherford joined forces with the UGA Entrepreneurship Program, housed in the Terry College of Business, to produce the 2020 SEC Student Pitch Competition. Teams of young entrepreneurs representing each of the 14 SEC universities were pitted against one another in an idea pitch competition that required gently juggling multiple YouTube livestreams and Zoom meetings simultaneously. John…
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Serving Students Near and Far
If you’ve been with us since the beginning, you know that the NMI was founded with a mission to serve as an academic resource for the entire UGA community. Today, the NMI is dedicated to this critical mission more than ever. We accomplish this largely through the New Media Certificate, but did you know that…
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No Travel, No Problem
With regularly-scheduled activities on pause, the time has never been better to attend conferences virtually. This semester, Leah Moss has already dedicated time to learn from industry experts by attending Inclusive Design 24, the Seattle Interactive Conference, and Adobe MAX. The overarching theme of all three events: how designers and educators can level up working remote, a topic…