Shan Cooper, founder and CEO of leadership consulting firm Journey Forward Strategies, spoke at Mason Public Leadership Lecture event at the UGA Chapel on Oct. 5, 2022.
Category: Leadership
In the summer of 2018, Shan Cooper was enjoying life on Florida’s sunny Gulf Coast, having retired from packaging materials firm WestRock following nearly 15 years as a Lockheed Martin VP. Then the phone rang.
A lot has changed at paper companies in the last three years. They provide more technical filtration materials for hospitals while offering more efficient packaging for e-commerce and sustainable papers for everyone.
High school juniors and seniors from Georgia and beyond got a jump-start on their professional brands this June as part of Terry College’s Accelerated Business Program.
In 1922, when Anne Ruth Moore walked out of the University of Georgia with her bachelor of science degree, the world must have felt in full bloom.
There’s no telling how many names “it” holds, and Cecil Cooke isn’t one to entertain guesses. Then again, some have no idea what “it” is. “It’s funny,” Cooke says with a grin, “when I talk to students about it, they want to know: ‘What is a Rolodex?’”
Life-changing moments have a way of finding a person, often when — or where — they’re least expected. For Distinguished Alumni Award recipient Bonney Shuman, an extraordinary career began in, of all places, a metro Atlanta Krispy Kreme. Call it sweet serendipity.
When he arrived in Athens in 2005 as a college freshman, Will Keyes had no intention of diving into a variety of academic pools to sort out his career skills. It just happened, he says.
Each spring since 2012, the Terry College of Business Alumni Board has recognized a graduating senior who best exemplifies the ideals of Terry College and demonstrates the skills and commitment required to succeed in college, business and life.
More than 100 student volunteers gathered for Terry College’s annual B.A.G Event, packing backpacks with necessities for people experiencing homelessness.