Sanford H. Orkin, former president of Orkin Pest Control and a decades-long supporter of the University of Georgia and the Terry College of Business, died March 4. He was 93.
Lauren Koontz (BBA ’96) was eight months into her dream job when, on March 10, 2020, she gathered her team in an office at the Metro Atlanta YMCA and asked: “What happens if we have to close for a few weeks?”
Management senior Maahir Murad and MIS junior Huzaifah Malik impressed the judges at the first spring UGA Entrepreneurship Idea Accelerator with Scale — an automated student calendar. They took home the night’s top prize of $2,500.
Terry College’s Student Managed Investment Fund (SMIF) hosted teams from across the nation on Feb. 21 for its 2025 Stock Pitch Competition.
KBH Industrial — headed by Terry alumnus Tarun Ganeriwal (MBA ’09) —placed first in UGA’s 2025 Bulldog 100.
UGA engineering alumni Garrett Stigall and Guy Gober won $10,000 at the UGA Entrepreneurship Program’s Venture Prize contest on Feb. 20.
Leonard Leadership Scholars with the Institute for Leadership Advancement dedicate their time and skills to help non-profits – like Malcolm Mitchell’s Share the Magic – thrive and local governments better serve their communities.
Paul Shoukry (BBA ’05, MAcc ’05) credits a Terry leadership lecture with helping him land his first job. To pay it forward, his family endowed the UGA Institute for Leadership Advancement’s signature Terry Leadership Speaker Series.
The Full-Time MBA at UGA’s Terry College of Business is ranked 11th among public universities in the U.S., and the Financial Times judged Georgia’s MBA to be the No. 1 value for the money globally for the second straight year.
Terry Trailblazers returned to campus on Feb. 12 to help inspire today’s students to give back, create community and take full advantage of the opportunities in front of them.
As the career training and development specialist for the Terry College of Business, Jiwon Park puts his knowledge to use, helping students prepare for whatever obstacles they may face when applying for jobs.
Rachel Perry (BBA ’93), chief innovation officer at Aon and UGA Alumni Board affinity committee chair, has spent the decades since her graduation mentoring students and helping them find an reach their goals.
As a project manager for label licensing with TikTok’s parent company ByteDance, Sara Berman (BBA ’17) helps set the soundtrack for thousands of TikTok dance trends and fit checks.
Marc Ragin, associate professor of risk management and insurance at Terry College, studies insurance markets becoming untenable due to climate change.
Recent research from the Terry College shows social media users’ comments and reactions increase when bots are included, but user-to-user interactions decline.
Students in David Sutherland’s Creative Economies course were tasked with developing a plan to grow Georgia’s homegrown creative workforce.
Senior U.S. District Judge Steve C. Jones (BBA ’78, JD ’87) received one of UGA’s highest honors as part of UGA’s 2025 Founder’s Day celebration. The President’s Medal recognizes individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to the UGA community.
The inaugural Terry College Young Alumni Summit was held Jan. 24 in Atlanta. Tailored for recent graduates, the summit provided valuable networking opportunities, featured engaging discussions, and offered exciting ways for alumni to stay involved with the Terry College.
Candice Hollenbeck, senior lecturer in the Terry College Department of Marketing, was presented with the Dawn D. Bennett Alexander Inclusive Community Award.
The Online Master of Business and Technology at the University of Georgia is ranked No. 7 among public universities in the U.S.
The American Marketing Association has selected Sundar Bharadwaj as part of the 2025 class of AMA Fellows.
Garrett Williams (BBA ’22), a recent economics and finance graduate from the Terry College, was awarded a prestigious Schwarzman Scholarship.
Richard W. Courts IV (BBA ’95) has worked hard to give back to his community and UGA, and through his help, the university has been able to launch the Dyslexia Endorsement and Certificate Program.
Through Terry College’s International Business COIL Program, students teamed up with their counterparts in Chile to analyze international business cases and become better global teammates.