It is a sunny day, and on the sidewalk outside of his beloved smoothie joint in Dunwoody, Tropical Smoothie Café CEO Charles Watson leans back in his chair and brings his right leg up to rest on his left knee and … what’s that? Glue.
Category: Alumni
Class Notes for Terry College of Business alumni for Spring/Summer 2021
Passings for Terry College of Business for Spring/Summer 2021
Fueled by pandemic lockdowns and a consumer preference for more virtual interactions with businesses, companies are making the choice: Go digital or get left behind.
Hotfoot Plumbing, built on a border town in the Arizona desert, was the center of gravity for the Gonzales family.
Several word suggestions appear when typing “Maria Taylor” into a web browser, but three that don’t are “certified public accountant.” It’s not for a lack of trying on her part.
Foundation Fellow Zakiyya Ellington came to UGA, in part for the big sports atmosphere—and in part for the travel associated with her fellowship. She’s studied at Oxford, and traveled to Tanzania, Morocco, Spain, France and Costa Rica.
The University of Georgia’s campaign to create the John H. “Johnny” Isakson Chair for Parkinson’s Research and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar position reached its goal of $4.5 million in private commitments, and the final contributor was the former U.S. Senator for whom the chair is named.
Before he enrolled at the University of Georgia, or pursued his Ph.D. in economics, or helped to document redlining by U.S. creditors, Harold Black’s father had a saying that became a personal and professional guidepost Black could bank on.
For the second straight year LeaseQuery LLC, an Atlanta-based firm headed by Terry College alumnus George Azih (BBA ’03) and Chris Ramsey, topped the Bulldog 100 ranking of the fastest-growing businesses owned or operated by UGA alumni.