NEWS
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“Spark”-ing Community
This month, the NMI hosted the first-ever Spark Breakfast. This casual meet-and-greet over Cafe Racer donuts and coffee provided the opportunity for a new cohort of Spark Students and Spark Alumni to network and collaborate. Spark Awards provide funding for out-of-classroom learning and opens doors for students to pursue new experiences. Spark Students use their funding…
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Immerse Yourself in This New NMIX Course
The NMI is proud to introduce a new course – NMIX 4040/6040: Immersive Realities! Kicking off in Fall 2025, this new offering will empower students with industry-standard tools and techniques to guide them through the fundamentals of 3D asset creation to advanced applications in virtual, augmented, and mixed realities. From game design to digital storytelling,…
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What a Time at Warner Bros. Discovery!
The NMI recently adventured to Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) in Atlanta for our first in-state site visit of the academic year. We began the day with a tour of WBD’s broadcast studios, most of which are used for their sports league partnerships. Our students even sat in the chairs that belong to Shaquille O’Neal, Ernie…
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Introducing Small Talk 101
Friday, February 21, 202510:30A – 12:30PThe Water Tower in Buford Through our hit Professional Fridays series, the NMI has gathered years of feedback from industry partners about what traits help graduates land jobs. One common request is the development of soft skills. They need employees who can work on a team, solve problems, and demonstrate…
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Inspiring Young Journalists to Leverage AI
The NMI’s Lauren Baggett took part in the Georgia Scholastic Press Association (GSPA)’s annual conference on October 24, presenting to young journalists on the opportunities and pitfalls of integrating AI into their work. Lauren provided a brief overview of generative AI and discussed some of the existing AI tools reporters and content creators can use to brainstorm, refine, and…
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A Journey Into the Future at TEDNext
This month, Curator Isabella Martinez represented TEDxUGA at TEDNext 2024, a transformative five-day experience focused on professional and personal growth. The TED conference included collaborative workshops with worldwide TEDx organizers, interactive discovery sessions, and over 45 inspiring TED Talks. One impactful moment for Isa was Adam Munder‘s TED Talk on inclusivity, where he demoed OmniBridge, a venture that uses AI to…
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NMI Buds Take Beantown
We are still buzzing from our recent site visit to Boston where NMI students had the opportunity to learn from professionals at DraftKings and iRacing. On day one, we toured DraftKings, a leader in fully-online sports broadcast content creation. Our day included a meeting with UGA alumnus Jonathan Bell, who shared how he works with data to predict customer…
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Web Dev Workbook Gets a Boost
An NMI faculty team of John Weatherford, Chris Gerlach, Tyler Mazurek, and Kyla Sterling were selected to receive an $8,500 Affordable Learning Georgia Continuous Improvement Grant to revise and enhance its OER (Open Educational Resource) for the NMI’s Web Development course. OERs are free-to-access materials used for teaching, learning, assessment, and research purposes. The NMI has long made use of these types of…
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This Team – Very Demure, Very NMIndful
We had our brat summer, but now we’re back and ready for a new year. We have a team of champions who will be teaching, TED-ing, and leading our site visits this year. Join us in extending a warm welcome to some new faces. As the Assistant Curator for TEDxUGA 2025, Peyton Owens acts as…
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Georgia on Your Mind Season 2 is Here
And speaking of Georgia on Your Mind…grab your headphones because season 2 is now available wherever you listen to podcasts! This season, EM students Kelly Corder, Beau Wallace, and Isabella Aranda go “Beyond the Hedges,” to spotlight lesser-known stories of innovation and impact at UGA that have built and continue to shape the cultural, social, and economic identity of the…
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TEDxUGA @ TED Democracy
Curator Isabella Martinez, Assistant Curator Peyton Owens, and Presenter Advisors Abby Adams and Wesley Morgan represented UGA and TEDxUGA at the recent TEDxAtlanta Salon: Democracy in the Future We Create. Hosted at Refuge Coffee Co., the event offered rich networking opportunities, group discussions, and a fireside chat with civic leader Han Pham and co-creator of RATIFIED, Emily Best. As part of the TED Democracy initiative – which aims to…
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NMI Posse Partakes in Podcast Movement 2024
Earlier this month, the NMI’s Spark student team and their faculty made their way to Washington, D.C for Podcast Movement 2024, the world’s largest annual gathering of podcasters and industry professionals. Over the course of four days, EM students Hope Thornton, Beth Anne DeKeizer, and Hank Tatum participated in panels and workshops led by industry experts, gaining insight…
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Enhancing Care for Older Georgians
The NMI is excited to announce a new partnership with the College of Public Health’s Institute for Disaster Management (IDM). This collaboration aims to enhance quality of care and safety across Georgia’s long-term care facilities. The Georgia Department of Community Health’s Healthcare Facility Regulation Division (HFRD) is responsible for training surveyors who inspect and evaluate long-term care…
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Last Bud Not Least
At TEDxUGA 2024: Snapshot, we explored the gallery of ideas that make up the UGA community. With individual perspectives spanning from AI in space and in the classroom to the power of forgiveness, nine incredible presenters took the stage to share their passions, research, and ideas worth spreading with a global audience of 700+ viewers. Thank you…
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You Grow, Guys!
At the forefront of technological innovation, Artificial Intelligence is driving significant advancements across various fields. To some, AI is a distant, ambiguous concept that hasn’t yet reached them. But here at the NMI, it’s a big deal. AI is woven into everything we do, from student projects to how our instructors teach. We know AI…