Are patent trolls holding up innovation?

Takeaways
So-called patent trolls sometimes squat on patented ideas rather than produce a product to extract payments from licensing agreements or litigation.

Paper money is under fire

The saying goes that cash is king, but in today’s economy, is it really? Popular proposals for eliminating large bills say it could reduce tax evasion and undesirable trade in the underground economy, like drug trafficking.

Dean Benjamin C. Ayers stands with award recipients Steve Goodroe

2018 Alumni Awards and Gala celebrates momentum

The annual Terry Alumni Awards and Gala attracted its largest crowd to date on a perfect April night in Atlanta to celebrate the achievements of three alums and the momentum of the college honoring them.

Steve Goodroe poses for a photo in front of the ocean.

Steve Goodroe (BBA ’71)

But for Steve Goodroe, a record-setting high school quarterback from Griffin who earned a Division I football scholarship, nothing stands out quite like the night he learned he failed a college course in physical education after transferring to the University of Georgia.

Headshot of Ken Jackson

Ken Jackson (BBA ’79, MAcc ’80)

“I had the opportunity to take a tax research class from Earl Davis, and let me tell you, that one class was a 40-hour-a-week job,” he says, remembering the beloved Terry College accounting professor. “I loved it.

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Stephanie Mundy Self (BBA ’07, BMus ’07)

“My parents aren’t musicians; they weren’t playing music. It was more my grandfather,” Stephanie Mundy Self remembers. “My love of music came from my dad’s dad. He loves country music, he had the 8-tracks and the records and the tapes.