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Class Notes, Fall 2020

Class notes from Terry College of Business alumni as of Fall/Winter 2020.

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Fall 2020 Passings

Passings for the Terry College of Business alumni in Fall/Winter 2020

Dr. Michele Johnson has a private practice

Meeting of the Minds

Health care news reveals almost daily showdowns between doctors and hospital business offices. The business side is accused of piloting a death star on the public’s finances, while doctors assert patients must rule over the bottom line.

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Borrower Beware

With mortgage rates at an all-time low during the pandemic, 2020 is a good year to buy a home. Remote work and virtual school opened up avenues for new types of living arrangements and made once-distant geographies seem more appealing.

Vulcan Line Tool’s Zac Young from Auburn University won first place. Vulcan Line Tool’s Zac Young from Auburn University won first place.

UGA hosts fifth annual SEC Student Pitch Competition

Young entrepreneurs from 14 Southeastern Conference universities presented their startup ideas at the SEC’s first-ever virtual Student Pitch Competition, hosted Oct. 26 by the University of Georgia’s Entrepreneurship Program. 

Matthew McDaniel transports outfits destined for UGA’s Professional Clothing Closet.

Terry SGA senator supports campus and community

Lights. Clothing. Accounting. Those are a few words to describe senior Matthew McDaniel’s career at the University of Georgia. McDaniel, an accounting major from Snellville, is “making the most of the years I have here. You don’t get to redo college.”

Tony Thawanyarat is a first-year medical student at the medical partnership. He’s also a 2020 graduate of UGA’s Terry College of Business. He’s interested in the business side of medicine

Amazing Student: Tony Thawanyarat

Tony Thawanyarat spent his undergraduate career studying abroad, volunteering, serving in student government and as a Terry  ambassador. Now as a future physician at the Augusta University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership, he is committed to advocating for those around him.

Lisa Laube

Terry alumna breaks through ceiling at Floor & Decor

As president of Floor & Decor, Lisa Laube (BBA ‘85) is responsible for over $2 billion of flooring and home goods sales. However, she is still using the same techniques that she used to sell pencils and paper to her professor back at the Terry College of Business.

Jacqueline Hammersley

Hammersley appointed to Heckman Chair of Public Accounting

Jacqueline Hammersley has been named to the Harold M. Heckman Chair of Public Accounting at the Terry College of Business. The appointment was recently approved by the University System of Georgia Board of Regents.