To be recognized as a good teacher is an honor. To be recognized as one of the best in a particular region amounts to nothing short of a weight of glory. On September 9, 2014, UWG alum Ashley Strickland was given this recognition at the Carrollton Board of Education’s monthly meeting when she was named Carrollton City Schools Teacher of the Year.
Ashley, having already been named 2014 Teacher of the Year for Carrollton Middle School where she works as a 5th grade teacher, was overwhelmed at being given the honor. Read more ...
In the April 2014 Carrollton Board of Education meeting, Dr. Mark Albertus, principal of Carrollton High School, and Superintendent Kent Edwards announced that Christopher M. Carr '04, the band director of South Paulding High School, would become the band director of Carrollton High School.
“The band program undoubtedly has a long tradition of excellence and I look forward to maintaining that legacy through continued hard work and perseverance,” said Christopher. Read more ...
If you were to ask me two or three years ago if I would be leading a group of amazing student leaders here at the University of West Georgia I probably would have asked you if you were talking to the right person. Being part of the elite Blue Coat student organization has been both an honor, privilege and one of the best learning experiences I have ever been through.
It was not until I was elected president when I realized just how much of a learning experience it would be. Nelson Mandela once said, “It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.” Read more ...
University of West Georgia alum Cade Parian ’00 was elected in July to the National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 for 2014, his first year to earn the distinction. In August, he was named a 2014 Rising Star by the Daily Report.
Cade’s law office, The Parian Law Firm, LLC, is based in Carrollton, Georgia. He earned his law degree from Samford University, Cumberland School of Law, in 2006.
His community associations go beyond the courtroom, as he is a UWG National Alumni Association Board Member, a member of the UWG Trial Lawyers Association Board and a member of the UWG Athletic Foundation Executive Committee. Read more ...
Alumnus Adam Waid ’04, director of marketing for Mediacurrent, an Atlanta-based digital web agency, is a strategic thinker who has a passion for producing revenue-generating results through solutions-driven marketing. With 10 years of industry experience and compelling results, it shows.
Salesforce recently awarded Mediacurrent Best Overall Marketing SMB (small to medium-size business). Mediacurrent’s customers include The Weather Channel, Habitat for Humanity and a wide range of institutions of higher learning such as University of Georgia and Harvard. Read more ...
Congratulations on reaching an important milestone in your life: graduating from college! Transitioning from the classroom to the meeting room can be overwhelming and intimidating. It would have been nice if, along with your diploma, you had been handed the “real world handbook.” Although no handbook exists for you to follow in order to have a successful transition, there are steps you can take to manage your life, your money, and your future.
Set goals. Creating a vision is the first step in setting goals. Write those goals down. Make those goals measurable, set benchmarks and celebrate successes. Studies have shown that the discipline of writing down goals is crucial in achieving them. Read more ...
Fall semester is winding down and November is a time of reflection and thanksgiving. At the UWG Alumni Association, we are indebted to our great engaged alumni who work with us to create opportunities for student success, academic success, collaborative partnerships, and operational success. It really is all about transforming students’ lives. It is what inspires our noble cause to ask for gifts to support student scholarships.
Your alumni staff will be on the road this month with events in San Francisco on November 5 and Los Angeles on November 6. Read more ...
Do you have your degree(s) from UWG hanging in your office? At home? Or, are they in a box or drawer somewhere? If the latter, please, get them out, dust them off and put them in a very public space. The value of that piece of paper has exponentially increased since my summer 1988 graduation.
In my 26 years of service to UWG, rarely have I thought of the added value of my degrees. Then I read a blog by Robert D. Shoss entitled Creating Alumni Success. In essence it explored the question about how alumni relations programs across the country could gain a higher degree of engagement with their graduates. We are doing this now through many programs – such as the regional alumni networks, among other initiatives. Read more ...
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