IN THIS ISSUE

March 2016

• Feature: Champion race car driver catches up with Terry mentor
• Upcoming Events: March
• Alumni Spotlight: Kasey Gartner, BBA '03
• Faculty Spotlight: Nick Berente
• Terry grads rank No. 1 for first-time CPA exam pass rates
• MBA offers 2+2 Program
• Terry ad wins Gold
• Legal Studies professor quoted on Argentine debt crisis
• Historic Terry leadership in flagship Management journals

FEATURED

UPCOMING EVENTS

MAR 03 | Terry Young Alumni Network Gathering
MAR 04 | Building Terry In Your Town — Houston | Dallas
MAR 09 | Terry Executive & Professional MBA Programs Lunch & Learn in Buckhead
MAR 16 | Master of Internet Technology Online Info Session
MAR 16 | Networking Reception and State of the Risk Management and Insurance Program
MAR 17 | Terry Third Thursday: Will Harris, Owner/Operator, White Oak Pastures
MAR 17 | Executive Programs: Certified Financial Planner Free Information Session
MAR 18 | MBA Alumni Mentor Mixer
MAR 18 | Terry Leadership Speaker Series: Debbie Storey, EVP, Mobility Customer Service, AT&T Mobility
MAR 18 | Full-Time MBA Welcome Weekend — Class of 2018
MAR 18 | Building Terry In Your Town — Atlanta | Charlotte | Denver | Los Angeles | Nashville | Washington, DC
MAR 18 | Golfing with the Gals | Terry Women's Initiative & Women in Business
MAR 21 | Full-Time MBA Campus Visit Day
MAR 22 | Birmingham Terry Alumni Reception with Dean Ayers
MAR 24 | MBA Employer Showcase II
MAR 25 | Executive & Professional MBA Programs Lunch & Learn in Gwinnett
MAR 29 | Master of Internet Technology Online Info Session
MAR 29 | Executive Programs: Certified Financial Planner
MAR 30 | UGA's Next Top Entrepreneur

SPOTLIGHTS

ALUMNI

Kasey Gartner, BBA '03
Finance and Marketing

What do you do when you're a woman in a competitive, male-dominated industry? If you're Kasey Gartner, you blaze a trail to the top — and stay there.

FACULTY

Nick Berente
Management Information Systems

The MIS professor talks about his favorite books, what interests him about management information systems, and what qualities are present in an ideal student.

NEWS

Terry grads rank No. 1 for first-time CPA exam pass rates

Graduates of the Terry College of Business' J.M. Tull School of Accounting ranked No. 1 among large programs and No. 2 among all programs for first-time pass rates on the Certified Public Accountant exams during 2015.

MBA offers 2+2 Program

Current undergraduate students interested in pursuing an MBA have a new option at the University of Georgia: apply before going to work. A new deferred-enrollment option, called the 2+2 Program, allows interested students to secure a spot in UGA’s Full-Time MBA Program before gaining two years of work experience.

Terry ad wins Gold

An advertisement promoting Terry College research, produced by the Office of Marketing and Communications, earned a Gold honor in the 2015 Collegiate Advertising Awards.

Legal Studies professor quoted on Argentine debt crisis

As long-running legal disputes related to the Argentine debt crisis enter the endgame stage, media outlets are citing research by Tim Samples, a professor of Legal Studies at Terry, to make sense of the issue.

Historic Terry leadership in flagship Management journals

For the first time in school history, the Management Department has faculty members serving as associate editors for the field's two flagship journals.