
The annual Terry College of Business Undergraduate and Graduate Convocation ceremonies look different this year due to the unexpected closure of Stegeman Coliseum, but the special meaning of honoring Terry’s graduating students hasn’t changed a bit.
Monica Navarro Smith, a colonel and deputy commander of the combat communications group for the U.S. Air Force and head of digital governance, language preference and risk management at Truist, told University of Georgia students about the importance of diversity and building a career with purpose during the Institute of Leadership Advancement’s Diversity and Inclusion Lecture Series on March 27 at the Terry College of Business.
The world’s oldest recorded person, Jean Louise Calment, died at the age of 122 in 1997. No one has exceeded her lifespan for 25 years. This, combined with recent reports of declining life expectancy in the U.S. and other countries, has led to speculation that human longevity may have reached a biological limit. But David McCarthy, an assistant professor of risk management and insurance at the University of Georgia Terry College of Business, disagrees.