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With the rising threats of climate change and environmental degradation, many companies and organizations have instilled sustainability goals over recent years. But, how can they effectively motivate employees to engage in pro-environmental behaviors in the workplace?  The key is to involve employees in the conversation from the start. To maximize employee buy-in, companies and organizations […]

Peabody apppoints new members to its Board of Jurors Peabody announced that its annual ceremony, the Peabody Awards, will be held in Los Angeles at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on Sunday, June 9, 2024. The announcement marks Peabody’s first in-person ceremony since 2019 and the first time ever in its 84-year history that the Awards […]

Fourth-year student Valeria Valdes was recently accepted into the American Advertising Federation’s Most Promising Multicultural Students class of 2024. Learn more about her below. Why did you choose your major? I’ve always loved to write and was always intrigued by the craft of communication. Public relations, advertising and marketing are so dynamic that I’m actually […]

The University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication announced the selection of three new Tieger Fellows for the 2023-2024 academic year: Sydney Branton, Gracie Englund and Anna Womack as this year’s Tieger Fellows. The Tieger Fellowship provides students pursuing the Public Affairs Professional Certificate  in Public Affairs Communications (PAC) with the opportunity […]

Judy Sherling’s (ABJ ‘70) career path is a testament to just how valuable and broadly applicable a degree from Grady College truly is. Now the executive director of the Development Authority of the city of Jeffersonville and Twiggs County, GA, Sherling started her career in the 1970s by becoming one of the Athens Banner-Herald’s first […]

Participating in the UGA Mentor Program has been a win-win partnership for Sydney Palmer, a journalism student, and her mentor, Jennifer Bellamy (ABJ ’08), an anchor and reporter for 11Alive News in Atlanta. “Seeing how successful Jennifer is inspires me,” said Palmer, who is aspires for a career in broadcast journalism after graduation. “She has […]

Editor’s Note: It seems only fitting that Dr. John English, art aficionado, world traveler and writer of obituaries, would pen most of his own obituary, which was published when he died Jan. 3, 2024. English was a journalism professor at Grady College from 1970 to 2000. According to “Centennial: A History of the Henry W. […]

Fardosa Hassan, a 2023 graduate from the Department of Entertainment and Media Studies at Grady College and financial planning from the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, was selected for the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Graduate Fellowship. Funded by the U.S. Department of State and administered by Howard University, the Pickering Fellowship prepares outstanding […]

The University of Georgia’s Advertising and Public Relations program has been named a top five finalist for Outstanding Education Program in the nation by PRWeek , one of the leading publications in the public relations industry. The Department of Advertising and Public Relations at Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication is a finalist for the […]

Fall 2023 Grady College graduates were celebrated by family, friends, faculty and staff at Grady College’s Convocation ceremony on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023, at the UGA Performing Arts Center.  Just under 200 graduate and undergraduate students are graduating from the College this semester including 15 master’s students, over 60 advertising students, roughly 30 from the […]