From an early age, Randy Groomes found a connection between education and community. Now, as director of professional and community engagement at UGA’s Terry College of Business, he’s teaching students how to blend business and public service.
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Through marketing and materials science companies, students from the Terry College of Business learned the international aspects of entrepreneurship during a winter break study away in Uruguay.
Randy Groomes, director of professional and community engagement for Terry College, received the UGA President’s Fulfilling the Dream Award on Jan. 19. The award recognizes recognizes students, faculty, staff and local community members dedicated to fostering goodwill through civic engagement.
Benjamin C. Whipple, a professor in the J.M. Tull School of Accounting, was named the Denny Beresford Professor of Accounting.
Johannes Kohler has stories and has learned lessons that today’s finance students — who’ve never seen a bear market — can hardly believe. As a senior lecturer in the finance department at the Terry College of Business, his job is to bridge the gap between Broad Street and Wall Street and help students learn the structure of the modern stock and bond markets.
The Terry College of Business presented its annual awards for outstanding teaching, research and service to four faculty members in December. The award winners were chosen based on nominations by their peers.
John Campbell, the Herbert E. Miller Chair in Financial Accounting and head of the Terry College of Business Department of Finance, is one of 13 new members on the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council (FASAC).
In spring 2025, Nikita Jha, a fourth-year Franklin and Terry student, embarked on a transformative internship at Azalea Robotics, a startup revolutionizing airport baggage handling through autonomous robots.
UGA President Jere Morehead presented Doug Ivester (’69) with an honorary doctorate of humane letters at the University of Georgia’s 2025 Fall Commencement on Dec. 12 in recognition of his continuous dedication to the future of Georgia and his transformative support of UGA.
More than 475 business and community leaders gathered at the Georgia Aquarium on Dec. 10, 2025 for the 43rd annual Georgia Economic Outlook. The national forecast was presented by Mark Mathews, chief economist at the National Retail Federation, and the state forecast was presented by Terry College of Business Interim Dean Santanu Chatterjee.