The new year starts with good news about the economy, students building up classmates, and alumni excelling on the pro golf tour, courtrooms, and their communities.

Dean Ben Ayers discusses the generosity of Terry College’s supporters, establishing the Center for Business Analytics and Insights and the UGA Entrepreneurship Program’s continued growth.

Expect Georgia’s post-COVID economic expansion to continue but slow down in 2024, according to the Selig Center for Economic Growth’s 41st Georgia Economic Outlook. The Economic Outlook series runs through February. [Gallery]

Terry students are historically well-represented on UGA’s golf teams, and many go on to professional golfing careers. But the current crop of Terry Dawgs in the pro ranks is something special.

Using her business, artistic and analytic skills, Harriett Williams (BBA’12) empowers entrepreneurs in metro Atlanta through the Village Micro Fund.

Cox Communications Chief Operations Officer Colleen Langner found a career marketing new cable technologies but built her reputation as a leader by focusing on people and always having time to listen. 

Haley Rose, a 2023 marketing and sports management graduate, followed the path forged by her grandfather, Terry alumnus Harold Black (BBA ’66). After several student leadership roles at Terry, she’ll make waves at Major League Baseball’s home office in 2024.

UGA Commencement student speaker Kyle Huemme connected with fellow students and the Athens community as he sought to build a robust Bulldog student body.

Since forming eight years ago, the UGA Entrepreneurship Program has launched dozens of companies, guiding student startups to success despite the long odds.

The Terry College of Business presented its annual awards for outstanding teaching, research and service to faculty members in accounting, management information systems, economics and management. 

John Munro Godfrey, Sr. Department of Economics student Ashni Patel was selected for the Schwarzman Scholarship — the fifth Terry student to receive the prestigious award.

From the Georgia Supreme Court to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Terry alumni employ their business acumen while serving Georgia’s legal system.

Responding to generous pay increases secured by United Auto Workers union workers this fall, Hyundai announced it would boost pay at its Alabama plants and forthcoming plant in South Georgia. Economics professor Matt Knepper told WABE that union wage hikes trickle to non-union factories. “One of the hypothesized effects of unions is that it can actually raise wages more broadly within the industry in which the union operates, even at non-unionized plants,” he said. Despite the increased pay rates, the UAW announced in December that it would move forward to organize the growing number of auto factories in the South. 

“The state of Georgia will experience an economic slowdown, but the good news is that we are not projecting a recession,” Dean Ben Ayers told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the nearly 600 people gathered at the kickoff of UGA’s Georgia Economic Outlook series at the Georgia Aquarium in December. While there are risks involving international or commercial banking crises, the chances of a recession are much lower than this past year. “Chances of a recession are one in three. We think a ‘soft landing’ is more likely than not.” 

January 11
Georgia Economic Outlook - Macon

January 16
UGA EMBA, PMBA and Online MBA: How to Approach the Application

January 17 
Georgia Economic Outlook - Augusta

January 18
Terry Third Thursday - Scott Deviney, CEO, Chicken Salad Chick

January 19
Virtual Coffee Chat with Full-Time MBA Ambassadors

January 27
Atlanta Campus Preview Day - Executive and Professional MBA Programs  

January 29
Georgia Economic Outlook - Jekyll Island

January 31
Georgia Economic Outlook - Athens