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. 

Chip Chambers

Alumnus awarded prestigious Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship

University of Georgia alumnus Chip Chambers has been selected as a recipient of a Marcus L. Urann Fellowship by The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi — the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.  

Pirates

Digital buccaneers boost box office bang

Movie studios estimate that they lose billions of dollars to digital movie piracy. But a new marketing study from the University of Georgia finds that piracy can actually boost ticket sales in certain situations. The reason: pirates talk.

Satellite image of Hurricane Dorian

Study of insurance demand finds errant behavior after disasters

“Lightning never strikes the same place twice.” It’s a comforting thought for someone who just lost everything in a once-in-a-lifetime disaster. But it’s not the kind of advice that should be applied to property insurance decisions.

Rising third-year accounting student and orientation leader Johna Massaquoi shows off her mask ahead of the start of UGA's fall semester.

Terry prepares for safe return to fall classes

While it’s been much quieter inside the Business Learning Community this summer, there has been a lot of work behind the scenes to prepare for the return of Terry College students to campus this fall.

Ph.D. candidate Edwyna Hill (center) with management professors Marie Mitchell and Fadel Matta.

Managers beware: Employee baggage on board

Employees who feel they are treated fairly by their supervisors perform better at work, but new research finds perceptions of fairness are swayed by the mood and outlook employees bring to work.

Students work in the VITA hub in 2018. In 2020

UGA accounting students help taxpayers file returns during pandemic

Even with a filing extension, income tax returns became more complicated to fill out in the midst of the coronavirus epidemic. With tech-savvy relatives kept at a distance and many tax preparers closed to drop-in appointments, some taxpayers needed a place to turn for help.