SEC MBAs compete at Terry, new longevity research, and the truth behind online ratings

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April 2023

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MBA students converge on Athens for SEC MBA Case Competition

The Terry College hosted the Southeastern Conference’s 10th annual MBA Case Competition from March 29 to April 1. The event featured MBA student teams representing 13 SEC universities presenting their recommendations to executives from WestRock. [Photo Gallery] [Video]

TOP STORIES

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In an era of five-star reviews, how do you judge quality?

The data deluge consumers see online is diluting its value, argues Terry College professor Rick Watson, giving the illusion of customer feedback but providing little information in the process.

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SWAKE sweeps Collegiate Great Brands Competition

Student entrepreneur Vanessa Sachs won $25,000 to further develop SWAKE, her line of sweat-proof makeup. The nationwide competition drew applications from 52 student businesses from universities as far away as Cal-Berkeley and Drexel.

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Study suggests today’s seniors could live past 120

Despite reported reductions in average lifespan, Terry risk management and insurance professor David McCarthy believes we may not know how long today’s seniors will live.

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Terry professor recognized for his research impact

The Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology recognized management professor Fadel Matta for his research impact in management science and organizational behavior.

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Sustainability speaker shares stories of coffee and change

Mike Mannina, founder of ThriveWorx, urged UGA students to build businesses that support the environment and communities during a talk for Terry’s Sustainability Speaker Series.

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MIS students seek to tighten Georgia’s cybersecurity 

UGA’s CyberArch program pairs MIS students with rural, underserved communities to strengthen the cybersecurity efforts of local governments and school boards across Georgia. 

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UGA UnderDawgs offers help to homeless students

Terry economics major Christian Dyer won the Entrepreneurship Program’s Idea Accelerator with his pitch for UnderDawgs, a nonprofit supporting formerly homeless UGA students.  

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Silicon Valley Bank will not likely lead to a banking crisis

Terry finance professor Malcolm Wardlaw doesn’t think the failures at Silicon Valley and Signature banks will be the last but won’t lead to a banking emergency.  

IN THE NEWS

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The value of an MBA degree changes in different economic environments, and it soared after the 2020 pandemic. Susan Brown, Terry’s director of Executive, Professional and Online MBA programs, told Poets & Quants, “We all believe it is extremely valuable, and it’s probably more valuable post-COVID than it ever has been.” Students and employers value the well-rounded leadership training a Terry EMBA provides, she added. “We’re looking to make them better strategic thinkers. Better soft skills, better decision makers, better leaders across all of those areas — better servant leaders, better teachers to the next generation of leaders. That’s what we’re out to do.”

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With more people returning to the office, many employees seek a better balance between their work and home lives, Willson Distinguished Chair of Business Jessica Rodell 
told Fast Company. Some employees report missing the flexible schedules that had allowed them to find meaning outside work. “I think, for a while before the pandemic, we pushed everyone to find meaningful work and connect yourself to your work: ‘Your work is a calling.’” After the pandemic, Rodell said, more employees realized, “‘Wait, my job might just be a job. I get meaning in life in these other ways.’ People are grappling with how to balance that now that they’ve had that realization.” 

UPCOMING EVENTS

April 5

Executive MBA Virtual Information Session

April 6

Online MBA Virtual Info Session

April 10

Virtual Coffee Chat with Current Full-Time MBA Student

UGA Idea Accelerator Demo Day

April 12

International Business Week  Keynote Address with Bill Douglas

April 18

Virtual Coffee Chat with Current Full-Time MBA Student

April 20

Terry Third Thursday - Gina Drosos, CEO of Signet Jewelers

UGA Next Top Entrepreneur Competition

April 28

Find Your Fit - Executive, Professional or Online MBA

April 29

Terry College Alumni Awards and Gala

 

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