Features
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UGA Launches Presidential Informatics Hiring Initiative
July 17, 2015
University of Georgia President Jere W. Morehead and Provost Pamela Whitten have announced a new hiring initiative focused on recruiting faculty to enhance the university’s instruction and scholarship in the rapidly growing field of informatics.
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7 Ways Cloud Computing Makes You Better at Your Job
July 15, 2015
Cloud computing is changing the way people do business. A study earlier this year by Tata Communications found that most companies will have 58 percent of the data stored on the Cloud within the next 10 years. The same study found that 69 percent of respondents said that using the Cloud increased their productivity.
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St. Mary’s Honored by Statewide Coverdell Stroke Program
July 14, 2015
St. Mary’s Health Care System has received the Hospital Star Award from the Georgia Coverdell Acute Stroke Registry (GCASR) for leadership in improving stroke care in St. Mary’s service area and across the state.
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July UGA Small Business Development Center Events
July 13, 2015
The UGA Small Business Development Center in Athens is hosting 3 events this month to help you get the most out of your business.
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Film Industry Generates $6 Billion for Georgia’s Economy
July 10, 2015
Gov. Nathan Deal announced that Georgia-lensed feature film and television productions generated an economic impact of more than $6 billion during fiscal year 2015 (July 1, 2014-June 30, 2015). The 248 film and television productions shot in Georgia represent $1.7 billion in spending in the state.
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Georgia Heights Will Open New Retail Doors to Downtown Athens
July 09, 2015
EdR, one of the nation’s largest developers, owners and managers of collegiate housing, and Schenk Realty Group today announced that CVS/pharmacy will anchor the ground-level retail space at Georgia Heights, a collegiate community across the street from the University of Georgia (UGA) north campus in Athens, Georgia.
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Record-Breaking Year: UGA Fundraising Hits ‘Unprecedented Level’
July 08, 2015
A record-breaking number of contributors—63,784 at final count—led the University of Georgia to its best fundraising year in history. After all contributions were tallied for the year on June 30, the university received more than $144.2 million in new gifts and commitments for the 2015 fiscal year, a 14 percent increase over last year’s record total of $126.4 million.
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Native-born, Georgia Manufacturing Alliance CEO, Jason Moss, Crusades for “Buy From Georgia”
July 07, 2015
Jason Moss, CEO of the Georgia Manufacturing Alliance (GMA) and a native of McDonough, Georgia, has virtually, single-handedly, been a crusader to make sure what’s made in Georgia more often stays in Georgia, as well as to points beyond, of course.
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St. Mary’s, Medical Partnership Welcome First Residents
July 06, 2015
The Internal Medicine Residency Program, a joint effort of the GRU/UGA Medical Partnership and St. Mary’s Health Care System, is pleased to officially welcome its first class of Internal Medicine residents. The 10 residents, who began orientation on June 24, officially began work on July 1st.
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Zaxby's Partners with Buxton to Support Guest-Focused Growth
July 01, 2015
Zaxby's, a Southeast fast casual restaurant known for chicken fingers and wings, has engaged Buxton to support the company's vision of guest-focused growth.
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Cliff Oxford: How Entrepreneurs Can Trump Donald Trump
June 30, 2015
Cliff Oxford discusses former President of Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Sam William's book "The CEO as Urban Statesman," and shares some real-world examples on how entrepreneurs can make a difference in cities after exiting their companies.
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Naitonal Bank of Georgia Announces Staff Promotions, Introduces New Banking Officer
June 29, 2015
The Board of Directors of The National Bank of Georgia recently announced the promotion of Lisa Fincannon, Ashley Shaw and Lee Simmons to the position of banking officers.
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AT&T Gives Support of $25,000 to the Georgia 4-H Foundation
June 26, 2015
AT&T has awarded the Georgia 4-H Foundation $25,000 to support marketing and outreach to underserved audiences as well as 4-H science and technology-related projects and programs.
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Metro Athens’ Unemployment Rate Rises to 5.8% in May
June 25, 2015
The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that Metro Athens’ unemployment rate for May was 5.8 percent, up five-tenths of a percentage point from 5.3 percent in April. The rate in May 2014 was 6.6 percent.
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UGA Foundation Allocates Funding From Budget Surplus to Enhance UGA Academics
June 24, 2015
The University of Georgia Foundation today announced that it is projecting a budget surplus of approximately $3.3 million for the 2015 fiscal year, which concludes June 30. At its recent annual meeting, the foundation’s board of trustees voted unanimously to allocate the budget surplus to support several important academic initiatives.
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11 Ways to Build Solid, Strong, Lasting Business Relationships
June 23, 2015
It takes a dedicated amount of time and energy to build good, strong, lasting business relationships today. They are such an integral and necessary part of success, but people don’t seem to want to put in the work. Here are ways to build lasting business relationships in today’s professional world.
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Georgia Credit Unions Affiliates Host Business Leaders from Dominican Republic
June 22, 2015
Georgia Credit Union Affiliates will host a group of business leaders from the Dominican Foundation for Social and Cooperative Development (FUNDESCOOP) in Atlanta June 22-24. The visitors represent financial and non-financial cooperatives in the Dominican Republic. Established in 2007, FUNDESCOOP is a non-profit group devoted to finding solutions to social and business needs in the Dominican Republic.
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UGA Graduate Student Wins Singularity University Scholarship for Healthy Business Idea
June 19, 2015
University of Georgia master’s student Marshall Mosher is no stranger to adventure. Mosher is the co-founder of Vestigo, an online service that connects people who are curious about the outdoors with experienced enthusiasts who can show them the way. His business idea recently won him a $30,000 scholarship to an intensive 10-week graduate studies program at Singularity University, a Silicon Valley ideas incubator that seeks to solve the world’s most pressing challenges using advanced technologies.
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Georgia’s Unemployment Rate Up Slightly to 6.3% in May
June 18, 2015
The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in May was 6.3 percent, up one-tenth of a percentage point from a revised 6.2 percent in April.
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5 Tips to Get Higher Email Open Rates on Mobile
June 18, 2015
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University of Georgia Ranks Among Top 100 Universities Worldwide for US Patents
June 17, 2015
The University of Georgia is ranked among the top 100 universities worldwide for the number of U.S. utility patents granted in 2014, according to a list released today by the National Academy of Inventors and the Intellectual Property Owners Association.
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The Downside of Encouraging Small Business Owners to Tap Home Equity
June 16, 2015
The housing bust has adversely affected small business access to credit. Declining home values have made it more difficult for small business owners to use the equity in their homes to finance their companies. In response, some small business advocates have proposed making it easier for small business owners to tap home equity as a source of business capital. But that might not be wise public policy.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution Editor to Speak at Terry Third Thursday on June 18th
June 15, 2015
Kevin Riley, editor of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, will be the featured presenter at the Terry Third Thursday breakfast speaker series on June 18 at 7 a.m. at the Terry Executive Education Center in Buckhead.
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Smart Solutions: Redesigning the Open Door in the Age of Entrepreneurship
June 12, 2015
Texting and social media have made the open door policy an old door that needs to be closed. It is obsolete. You don’t need people in your office all day long. Nowadays, you can keep the pulse on your organization with just your iPhone. The open door policy, as we knew it, no longer makes sense.
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Georgia Nets Low Rates, Earns Top Marks for Bonds
June 11, 2015
Gov. Nathan Deal announced that Georgia has maintained its AAA bond rating and sold $1.28 billion in three different series of general obligation bonds to fund capital projects throughout the state, which range from construction on new university buildings to repairs on state bridges. A portion of these sales will also refund outstanding bonds to achieve savings.