As the semester wrapped up last month, we celebrated faculty and staff achievements. Honorees included:

Joshua Cloudy, assistant professor, advertising teacher of the year 

Shira Chess, associate professor, entertainment and media studies teacher of the year

Nick Chiles (MFA ’22), clinical assistant professor, journalism teacher of the year

Ruoyu Sun, assistant professor, public relations teacher of the year

Awards recognizing outstanding graduate faculty, staff and community impact were also presented. 

Have you been wowed or inspired by a TED Talk? Do you want to learn how to craft and deliver a high-impact presentation of your own? You’re going to love this new opportunity from TEDxUGA.

The TEDxUGA Curation Team is leading a three-session course through the UGA Center for Continuing Education designed to help participants develop clear presentation structures, engaging visuals and intentional delivery strategies to inform, entertain and persuade audiences.

You can complete all three sessions to earn a UGA Certificate of Program Completion, or just attend the initial “High Impact Presentations: Best Practices” session. All sessions are 8-hour, in-person courses held at the University of Georgia Gwinnett Campus. 

Campus may feel a little quieter since graduation, but the halls of Grady are already starting to buzz again. In just a few weeks, we'll welcome nearly 100 middle and high school students for Summer Media Academies. Students will get a taste of campus life and begin their own journeys as storytellers.

Next school year, hundreds more young journalists will take part in Georgia Scholastic Press Association (GSPA) workshops and trainings. Both programs reflect Grady’s strong commitment to public service and outreach.

These students are just getting started on a path many of you once walked, and we’d love to hear your scholastic journalism memories. Share your story with us for a chance to be featured, and if you’d like to help create more of these moments for the next generation, consider making a gift to support scholastic journalism.

UGA NYC media panel

June 10 

Summer media academies

June 8 - 19

Bulldog 100 nominations due

July 31

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