First-Generation Student Programs (FGSP), one of the newest programs within the Office of Undergraduate Education (OUE), received a facelift this year after Dr. Charmaine Troy was hired on as the inaugural First-Generation and Limited Income Program and Operations Manager. FGSP...

The OUE Equity Collective was one of four recipients of the 2021 Georgia Tech Diversity Champion Awards—for the “campus unit” category—at the 13th Annual Diversity Symposium. The 2021 Diversity Champion Awards recognizes campus community members who have been engaged in...

Georgia Tech First-Generation Student Programs and Mentor Collective have formed a new partnership to match peer mentors with incoming first-generation students. The goal of the program is to assist first-generation students who seek one-on-one support and guidance throughout their first...

When the Complete College Georgia (CCG-GT) initiative launched in 2011, targeting support for Georgia Tech’s first-generation students quickly became a priority among campus leaders. The first in their families to attend college, first-generation students are in many ways pioneers. But...

In January, Georgia Tech’s Serve-Learn-Sustain kicked off their newest program — Public Interest Technology (PIT) Student Fellows — with a cohort of ten multifaceted engineering students excited to put their technological chops — and their other talents, skills, and energy...

Georgia Tech undergraduates are earning their degrees at record rates. During the 2019-20 academic year, the Institute awarded 3,934 undergraduate degrees. And ever since the 2011 inception of Complete College Georgia (CCG) — a University System of Georgia (USG) initiative...

Research shows that employees with greater self-awareness and social intelligence are frequently more successful ("Social Intelligence and the Biology of Leadership," Harvard Business Review ) For this reason, Staff Diversity, Inclusion, and Engagement launched the Inclusive Leaders Academy in 2017—a...

Students, Georgia Tech alumni, and staff gathered March 12 for the second event in the new “OUT at Work” series, a collaboration between the LGBTQIA Resource Center and the Center for Career Discovery & Development (C2D2). “While the Center for...

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...