On Wednesday, September 6th, Institute Diversity held its ninth annual Diversity Symposium. This year’s symposium really highlighted the need for inclusivity in relation to diversity. The morning began with featured speaker John Quiñones from ABC’s What Would You Do? During...

Tech Prep 2017 took place August 7-11 and was an intensive 5-day summer program designed to give incoming first-years a head start on their success here at Georgia Tech. The primary focus was on fundamental mathematical concepts and study skills...

A New School Year With every new school year, we welcome nearly 3,000 new undergraduates to campus and another 900 transfer students. It’s always a pleasure for me to participate in FASETs during the summer, and an honor to welcome...

On May 31, SLS, together with Emory University’s Sustainable Initiatives Office, submitted an application to the United Nations to establish a Greater Atlanta United Nations University Regional Centre of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development (RCE). RCEs commit to implementing...

Training Day GT 1000 is a one-credit hour, letter graded first-year seminar course that is coordinated by the Center for Academic Enrichment. GT 1000 has been in existence since 2004, but Georgia Tech has had a first-year seminar course for...

About the Conference On June 26th, the Georgia Tech Academic Advisors Network (GTAAN) hosted the 2017 Best Practices Conference. The conference began back in 2004 and was originally a Georgia Tech-only event. But In 2006, the conference was opened to...

Almost 400 Georgia high school valedictorians and their families visited the Governor’s Mansion June 16-17 for the 24th annual Governor’s Valedictorian Reception. Governor Nathan Deal and First Lady Sandra Deal hosted the annual reception at the Governor’s Mansion to celebrate...

The Introduction of reading days into the new finals week schedule created an opportunity for the Center for Academic Success to provide study sessions for exams in calculus, linear algebra, introductory physics, introductory chemistry and organic chemistry. Students were invited...