Team player: Scott Sink (BBA ’84)

Over three decades, the 2026 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient built a legendary reputation as a risk management relationship builder.

Big visions: Laura Brightwell (BBA ’89)

After charting her own path at Coca-Cola Enterprises, the 2026 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient gives back to help young people entering into their careers.

UGA ILA students read a newly branded brochure for the city of Hartwell.

ILA students help build Hartwell’s new brand

Institute for Leadership Advancement students worked hand-in-hand with leaders in the City of Hartwell to create a marketing plan to highlight city’s new brand.

A child stares at a cell phone.

Is social media facing its “big tobacco” moment? 

Last week, U.S. juries delivered two verdicts holding Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta and YouTube liable for endangering physical and mental health. Whether or not the verdicts hold up under appeal, legal studies professors Lindsay Sain Jones and Tim Samples say the moment could mark a new approach to regulating digital services.

Stacy Campbell

ILA leader recognized for service learning

The UGA Office of Service Learning has recognized Stacy M. Campbell, Synovus Director of the Institute for Leadership Advancement (ILA), with its Service-Learning Excellence Award. Service is a core component of the ILA experience. Campbell connects her students with partner agencies across Georgia, providing them with the opportunity to make a real-world impact with their coursework.

A group of UGA students pose while wading in a creek picking up litter.

Sustainable business in action

Sustainable business is more than making sure everyone has a recycling bin at their desk. From responsible marketing to building the back end of the circular economy, Terry College students are building the skills they need to ‘do good, while doing well’ in tomorrow’s economy.