Terry professors win top teaching awards, students write books and foster community, and chickpeas for breakfast find a receptive audience

April 2024

Tull School’s Tina Carpenter wins UGA’s top teaching award

Tina Carpenter, EY Faculty Fellow and professor in the J.M. Tull School of Accounting, was awarded UGA’s highest teaching honor, the Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professorship. Carpenter’s innovative and enthusiastic approach to training the accountants of tomorrow has made a mark at Terry and at accounting programs across the country.

Terry Student Case Study: Kendall Valdry

Kendall Valdry, an economics and international business major, found community at UGA and spent the last four years helping others find a community of their own.

A student interviews Paul Shoukry on the stage of The UGA Chapel

Raymond James CFO thanks ILA for igniting his career

Paul Shoukry (MAcc ’05) discovered inspiration for a career while listening to a visiting speaker while at UGA. He returned the favor this month by endowing the Terry Leadership Speaker Series.

Winners of the Collegiate Great Brands contest stand in a group with their giant novelty prize checks at Studio 225

Breakfast of champions

Chi-Chi founders Izzy Gorton and Chiara Munzi want you to try chickpeas for breakfast. Their grain-free, chickpea oatmeal brand won them $15,000 at the 2024 Collegiate Great Brands Competition, hosted by the UGA Entrepreneurship Program.

Cover of ''Ausome Girl'' book featuring a little girl in a blue superhero costume

PMBA student turns her daughter into superhero

Terry College PMBA student Carla Moultrie wrote “Ausome Girl” about the strengths and needs of people with autism. The book was her first step in building a community of support for special needs families in South Fulton and beyond.

Illustration of a crowd of people around a lightbulb, representing a new idea.

What sets successful startup accelerators apart?

What role do business accelerators play in boosting the growth of startups? Management researcher Susan Cohen discusses what gives accelerators their fuel in Harvard Business Review.

A female high school student lays on the ground and holds her head in distress she is surrounded by a laptop, school books, a phone and papers

Extracurricular burnout

Economist Carolina Caetano studied the impact of extracurricular activities on teens. She found too many after-school activities hurt a teenager’s social-emotional skills and stall their academic development.

A large group of students stand in front of the Austin Texas skyline holding at UGA Entrepreneurship Program flag

Ecosystem of innovation

UGA Entrepreneurship students traveled to Texas over spring break to study how innovation economies grow. Austin, home to the University of Texas flagship campus and thriving venture capital and incubator communities, serves as an ideal case study.

Margaret Christ sits with EY's Jennifer Price and Terrance Griffin as they speak to a crowd at Studio 225.

Neurodiversity in the office

J.P. Price and Terrance Griffin, assistant directors of EY’s Neuro-Diverse Center of Excellence, came to UGA to discuss how corporations are becoming more welcoming for neurodivergent employees and how future leaders can build a more inclusive workforce.

Economist Zimmermann wins 2024 Russell Award

Laura Zimmermann, an associate professor in the John Munro Godfrey, Sr. Department of Economics, received UGA’s Russell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, an early career honor for outstanding and innovative instruction.

IN THE NEWS

How much enrichment is too much? Carolina Caetano, associate professor in the John Munro Godfrey, Sr. Department of Economics, told Atlanta Journal-Constitution columnist Nedra Rhone about her research into the harm associated with overscheduling kids. “The majority of families are doing too much enrichment, and a minority may not be doing enough,”Caetano said. In a recent study, Caetano's research team found that having students pursue too many activities not only hurts students’ social development but also harms their academic capabilities.

Tim Samples, associate professor of legal studies, was featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education as an ambassador of active learning. “The University of Georgia is trying to establish itself as a place where teaching the way Samples does — deploying active-learning techniques in a thoughtful way — is the norm. Active learning, an approach that aims to get students to construct rather than consume knowledge, is supported by evidence that it improves student learning overall and can also reduce performance gaps for underrepresented students.”