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Class Notes, Fall/Winter 2024

Discover where fellow Terry College alumni are headed in the Terry magazine Class Notes for Fall/Winter 2024.

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More than meme stocks

Research by Terry College accounting professor Frank Heflin found social media can positively affect the stock market and benefit retail investors.

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Everything’s negotiable, but not for everyone

Employees with disabilities earn only 87% percent of what similarly-qualified employees without disabilities earn. New research ties the disparity to stereotypes that routinely sabotage their salary negotiations, leading to lower starting salaries.

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Building a creative ecosystem

Terry College graduate students gained first-hand experience of a intentional, working creative ecosystem when they toured Trilith Studios.

Jiya Patel, from left, Kareem Elfoulie and Halle Greenbaum pose with a giant prize check

Senior Shield takes home UGA Idea Accelerator

Kareem Elfoulie, founder of Senior Shield, was one of a dozen student founders participating in this fall’s second UGA Entrepreneurship Idea Accelerator. The mechanical engineer took home the $2,500 top prize.

Georgia Bulldog Angel Network launches

The Georgia Bulldog Angel Network held its inaugural meeting in September at the UGA Terry College of Business Executive Education Center in Atlanta. Sixty or so entrepreneurs, investors and fund managers across Atlanta met to share coffee and conversation and hear from up-and-coming founders. “We’re excited to be here and share what we’ve been doing […]

Hannah Jones

MIS student finds her passion through CyberArch

Monroe native and 2024 MIS graduate Hannah Brown found a passion for cybersecurity as a UGA CyberArch intern. With CyberArch, she led a team of students who helped institutions across rural Georgia strengthen their cybersecurity practices.

Mike MacDonald at a press conference.

From Terry to the NFL

Mike MacDonald (BBA ’10, MS ’13) started coaching football at a local high school while he was an undergrad studying finance at Terry College. Now, he’s the head coach of Seattle Seahawks.

Booting Toxic founders and CEOS can help or hurt brand reputation An illustration of a sailing ship's crew cutting their ship in half to separate from their captain.

When good founders go bad

UGA consumer psychology researcher Julio Sevilla wanted to know what happens when “main character” CEOs and founders are booted for bad behavior. Do the company brands suffer or soar?

Savannah native Clay Proper poses with a novelty check for $2500 and UGA Idea Accelerator judges at Studio 225.

Moving up

Dawgtown Moving, a student-owned moving company with over 20 employees, took home $2,500 at the UGA Entrepreneurship Program’s Idea Accelerator pitch contest.

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Duck tale

The insurance business is all about taking calculated risks, so Aflac CEO Dan Amos always makes sure his numbers line up before he makes a big decision. 
Still, on New Year’s Day 2000 — the day the now-famous Aflac Duck quacked its way into the world for the first time — he was anxious.

ILA Student EB Billings interviews Aflac CEO Dan Amos on stage at the UGA Chapel

Finding your focus by focusing on what’s right

Aflac CEO Dan Amos made his name in business, but at the 2024 Mason Leadership Lecture, he told students that business success is a vehicle for improving the world.
“You know, I don’t think I want ‘He was a great businessperson’ on my tombstone,” he said. “Other things are more important than that. But it is because of success in the business world that you can do those other things and help others.” 

Julie Greenberg, center in white dress, stands with UGA Music Business Associate Director Lane Marie O'Kelley, Instructor Andrew Rieger and music business students in at Terry College classroom.

The booking business

For every magical festival performance or sold-out night at the rock club, there is someone like Julie Greenberg (BA ’15) who connects artists with venues and makes tours happen.Greenberg, a booking agent at Creative Artists Agency in New York, works with artists to book concert tours.

Susan Cohen

Investigating innovation

Terry management Associate Professor Susan Cohen’s early interest in innovation led her to study startups and how startup accelerators foster new ideas, new products and success.