Articles by Matt Chambers
| Apr. 29 2013 |
Here to help: Housing and retention coordinator aids with students’ needs
Keith Allen encounters students in his job who are often unsure of exactly what to do or how to do it at UGA. |
| Apr. 15 2013 |
Modern art: Instructional designer helps faculty sculpt online coursesBeing raised by a single working mother, Flint Buchanan saw the real impact of night classes firsthand as his mother, Susanne, balanced educating herself and raising him. Now as an instructional designer in the Office of Online Learning, Buchanan is trying to help those who may be in a similar situation. |
| Apr. 8 2013 |
University’s Griffin campus to add two new degree programs
The UGA Griffin campus has big plans in place for the upcoming academic year, including introducing one undergraduate degree completion program and one graduate program. |
| Apr. 1 2013 |
‘Train’ stopLess than a week after the April 6 G-Day football game, Sanford Stadium will be transformed into a concert venue for the first time in recent history. |
| Mar. 25 2013 |
Good eats: Dietitian helps students learn how to lead healthier livesDespite growing up in a household that had a constant supply of ice cream in the freezer, Katherine Ingerson knew at 16 that she wanted to work in nutrition. |
| Mar. 18 2013 |
Staff, students to dance to help end domestic violenceTen pairs and one team of dancers-including some familiar UGA faces-will take the stage for Dancing with the Athens Stars, an annual fundraiser for Project Safe, an Athens-based nonprofit group working to end domestic violence. |
| Mar. 11 2013 |
‘Giving spirit’Several of UGA's donors were recognized for their generosity at the 2013 Celebration of Support Feb. 9 in Atlanta. |
| Mar. 11 2013 |
Dream Award recipient gives his service to Athens, AfricaWalter Allen Sr., a former UGA adjunct professor of educational psychology and recipient of the 2013 President's Fulfilling the Dream Award, has education in his blood. |
| Mar. 11 2013 |
Wonder woman: OASP director helps coordinate science, engineering fairsChristine Burgoyne is a whiz at answering questions, and she's heard some doozies during her time as director of state science and engineering fairs. |
| Mar. 4 2013 |
UGA president, communications staffers win advancement awardsThe work of UGA President Michael F. Adams and staff in the Office of Public Affairs was recognized at the 2013 Council for the Advancement and Support of Education District III awards conference Feb. 17-21 in Atlanta. |
| Feb. 25 2013 |
Graduate student turns class assignment into mobile version of ClueMillionaire Dr. Black has been murdered, and the person who can solve the mystery of his death is someone on campus—with an iPhone. |
| Feb. 25 2013 |
Elvis impersonator embraces entertainment at WUGA-FMDaily listeners of "Morning Edition" on WUGA-FM 91.7/97.9 FM are well accustomed to Chris Shupe's smooth baritone voice delivering the local daily weather report and public service announcements each morning. However, the radio announcer's part in many Athenians' daily routine, both on-air and off, wasn't originally what he had planned to be doing. |
| Feb. 11 2013 |
The bottom line: Assistant director helps manage university’s budgetAs the workday winds down on Wednesday afternoons, others working in the University Budget Office know to stay out of the way of assistant director Vonnie Swain as she "runs out the door" to make it to a Zumba dance class on time. |
| Feb. 11 2013 |
New top DawgWith a unanimous vote on Feb. 4, the University System of Georgia Board of Regents approved Jere Morehead as the university's next president. |
