Alumni passings for the Spring/Summer 2026 Terry magazine.
Terry College of Business students in the professional and advanced sales classes participated in the Top Dawg Sales Competition at the University of Georgia Business Learning Community on April 22.
Professional and advanced sales students in the Terry College of Business took part in the academic year-ending Top Dawg Sales Competition.
Terry College undergraduate student researchers work with business faculty and in labs across UGA to build their critical and creative thinking skills.
BRCE, an advanced materials company, won UGA’s Next Top Entrepreneur on April 16. After selling $650,000 worth of unslippable shoelaces they are pivoting to making advanced materials for NASA and high-tech gear brands.
During a private ceremony on April 17, Melvin Douglas “Doug” Ivester surprised his wife by revealing the University of Georgia School of Nursing will be named in her honor as the Victoria Kay Ivester School of Nursing.
Paul Shoukry (BBA ’05, MAcc ’05), CEO of Raymond James, and Felix Stellmaszek (MBA ’03), a senior partner at the Boston Consulting Group, will deliver the keynote addresses for the Terry College Undergraduate and Graduate Convocations on May 7 and May 8.
Marketing lecturer Scott Cuppari has been named the 2026 Lee Anne Seawell Faculty Recognition Award recipient for his exceptional career mentorship. Chosen by the Class of 2025 through the UGA Career Center, the honor recognizes his real‑world, application‑focused approach to preparing students for professional success.
An AI-driven platform called Switch, created by UGA mechanical engineering major Gabriel Gutierrez, won first place at the University of Georgia Entrepreneurship Program’s Idea Accelerator Demo Day. The tool, which selects the best AI model for each prompt, earned the top prize for its practical approach to improving efficiency in prompt-based workflows.
Cali Brutz has guided hundreds of students through the process of building a business; now, she’ll be guiding the program that backs them as director of the UGA Entrepreneurship Program.
Terry student Wyatt McAvoy took home the $10,000 FABricate prize for his performance beverage startup, Niche Supplements.
The Full-Time MBA program at the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business received its highest ranking ever from U.S. News & World Report.
The UGA Alumni Association honored Terry College alumnus Larry Benson (BBA ’74) with its 2026 Alumni Merit Award at its annual awards luncheon on April 2. The Jim Nalley (BBA ’65) and Renee Nalley family received the 2026 Family of the Year Award. Brian E Harmon (BBA ’11) won the Young Alumni Award. In addition to alumni, the association honored professor emeritus Rob Hoyt, the Terry College Dudley L. Moore, Jr. Chair of Insurance, with the 2026 Faculty Service Award.
Institute for Leadership Advancement students worked hand-in-hand with leaders in the City of Hartwell to create a marketing plan to highlight city’s new brand.
PwC partner Nick Donkar (MBA ’05) told students gathered at the 2026 International Business Week that building relationships is the business superpower they need for the future of work.
The Terry College of Business Honors Day recognizes high achievers who demonstrate excellence in their academic endeavors. Graduate and undergraduate recipients of departmental awards were celebrated at this special ceremony held April 1 at the UGA Chapel.
Finalists for the UGA Terry College of Business 2026 Student of the Year Award include, from left, Andre Akinyemi, Katie Fields, winner Dylan Van Saun, Sophia Beasley and Dominic Roselli.
Van Saun’s passion for financial markets and helping others understand them earned him the honor of being named the 2026 Student of the Year.
Elena Karahanna and J. Marshall Shepherd, the university’s newest Regents’ Professors, delivered the 2026 Charter Lecture, an event established in 1988 to honor the university’s founding ideals. The lecture highlighted how their research, spanning more than three decades, has progressed from theoretical inquiry to addressing urgent global challenges.
Last week, U.S. juries delivered two verdicts holding Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta and YouTube liable for endangering physical and mental health. Whether or not the verdicts hold up under appeal, legal studies professors Lindsay Sain Jones and Tim Samples say the moment could mark a new approach to regulating digital services.
The UGA Center for Teaching and Learning recognized Economics PhD candidate Abigail Cormier with its Graduate Student Excellence in Teaching Award.
The UGA Office of Service Learning has recognized Stacy M. Campbell, Synovus Director of the Institute for Leadership Advancement (ILA), with its Service-Learning Excellence Award. Service is a core component of the ILA experience. Campbell connects her students with partner agencies across Georgia, providing them with the opportunity to make a real-world impact with their coursework.
Sustainable business is more than making sure everyone has a recycling bin at their desk. From responsible marketing to building the back end of the circular economy, Terry College students are building the skills they need to ‘do good, while doing well’ in tomorrow’s economy.
Terry College of Business students competed in the final round of the 2026 Global Mobility Industry Solutions Competition, hosted by the Metro Atlanta Relocation Council (MARC) in Atlanta on March 19.
Terry College of Business students applied their economics and analytics skills to real-world problems facing Georgians as part of the Carl Vinson Institute of Government Vinson Fellows Program.