We are pleased to announce that Chad Slieper will assume the role of Faculty Director of Georgia Tech’s Leaders in Progress and Service Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP). Chad joined the Office of Undergraduate Education and Student Success (OUESS) in 2024 as Faculty Co-Director of the Leaders in Progress and Service QEP during its development and planning phase.

This spring, Georgia Tech marked an exciting milestone for its global learning initiatives: the graduation of the first cohort of students who began their college journey through the First-Year Semester Abroad (FYSA) program.
Launched in 2021, FYSA offers incoming first-year students the opportunity to spend their fall semester abroad at the start of their college career.

On June 4, Undergraduate Transition Seminars (UTS) welcomed over 100 GT 1000 and GT 2000 instructors, plus supporting campus partners, to the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center for its annual professional development conference. This full day event focused on community-building, resource awareness, and pedagogical preparation for the upcoming academic year.

We are pleased to announce that Monique Morris has been promoted to Program and Operations Manager for the Specialized Advising team in Academic Success and Advising. In this role, Monique will support her colleagues in Specialized Advising by coordinating events and liaising with the OUESS administrative team to ensure best practices within OUESS operational systems, and she will take on additional leadership for Georgia Tech’s Letters of Evaluation service.

We are pleased to announced that Dr. Christopher Dobbs is the new Director of Learning and Academic Success Initiatives. In this role, he will develop and manage academic support programs housed in Academic Success and Advising. Chris joins us from the University of Missouri, where he served as Director of the Learning Center and, prior to that, managed the institution’s early alert program.