Georgians have long viewed higher education as the fastest path to a brighter future, but new research shows how college graduates also fuel the state’s economic engine.
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.
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.”
Instagram has become a steady source of income for millions of merchants, who use the social networking platform to sell everything from art to vintage clothing and makeup.
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.
The University System of Georgia Board of Regents recently approved the appointment of three management professors to endowed chairs and professorships at the Terry College of Business.
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 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.
Two professors at the Terry College of Business were awarded new titles this fall in recognition of their international impact in the field of management information systems.