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. 

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.