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Diversity Champion Awards Nomination Period Opens

When you think of diversity champions at Georgia Tech, is there a particular member of the faculty, staff, or student population, or a unit (e.g., college, department, school, or lab) that comes to mind? If so, please take a moment to nominate that individual or unit for the 2017 Diversity Champion Awards.

The Diversity Champion Awards recognize faculty, staff, students, and units who significantly demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion within the Georgia Tech community. They will be selected and recognized at the Ninth Annual Diversity Symposium Awards Luncheon on September 6, 2017.

“This year’s Diversity Symposium theme is ‘Building Inclusive Campus Communities,’ and the Diversity Champion Awards will be given to campus community members who are advancing equity at the Institute, particularly at the intersections of race and class,” said Archie Ervin, vice president for Institute Diversity.
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Futures Filled With Promise

In 2007, Milton James was starting high school in Washington, Georgia. He didn’t know it, but some people already had students like him in mind for Georgia Tech.

It was students such as James who inspired the creation of the G. Wayne Clough Georgia Tech Promise Scholarship program 10 years ago. Tech Promise makes it possible for academically qualified in-state students with family incomes below $33,300 (150 percent of the federal poverty level) to earn a Georgia Tech degree debt-free.

“I was shocked,” James said of learning he had earned the scholarship. Now earning a degree in industrial and systems engineering, he applied to Tech because he saw it as the most prestigious school in Georgia, not knowing that Tech Promise existed. It would be an ideal solution: As an honor graduate from a school that produced few, James had been encouraged to look at Ivy League universities that could offer hefty financial aid. He also had out-of-state schools scouting him for football. But James wanted to be closer to home to be near his mother, who is on dialysis.
Tech Promise made that possible.

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From Yellow Jackets to Worker Bees

For many undergraduate students at Tech, the Commencement ceremony on May 6 marks the beginning of an exciting transition from full-time college student to full-time employee.

Georgia Tech is known for launching the careers of its graduates, and with a Tech diploma in hand, the possibilities are endless. Read more about where these graduates plan to work after graduation.

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Fox Receives Ivan Allen College Distinguished Faculty Researcher Award 

Mary Frank Fox, an ADVANCE Professor in the Ivan Allen College School of Public Policy, is the recipient of the Ivan Allen College Distinguished Faculty Researcher Award. She was presented with the award during the Ivan Allen College Spring Faculty and Staff Recognition Luncheon on April 18, 2017.

The Distinguished Faculty Researcher Award recognizes top performing senior faculty who have a distinguished record of publications and a current project with equal potential. Recipients are endorsed by their school chairs and receive a one-time $20,000 research award.

Fox originated and is the driving force behind the ADVANCE Program at Georgia Tech, an initiative supported by Institute Diversity that seeks to increase the representation, full participation, and advancement of women and minorities in academic science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers. In addition, she serves as co-director of Georgia Tech’s Center for the Study of Women, Science, and Technology, and in 2016, she received Georgia Tech’s 2016 Gender Equity Champion Award. 

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Fox Receives Undergraduate SGA Faculty of the Year Award 

Mary Frank Fox, an ADVANCE Professor in the Ivan Allen College School of Public Policy, has been awarded the 2017 Faculty of the Year Award by the Georgia Tech Undergraduate Student Government Association (SGA). The award was presented during a ceremony at the SGA Banquet on April 25, 2017.

The citation for the award recognizes:

“Dr. Fox is a continued champion for progress at Georgia Tech. This is evident in the naming of Dr. Fox as the 2016 Gender Equity Champion for her work as a pioneer in gender in science studies. Her continued dedication to students is clear in her classes, her availability for consultation, and her ongoing research laboratory, where she employs and mentors undergraduate students. Dr. Fox is known throughout the campus as an innovative professional who raises expectations of what a Georgia Tech professor is.”

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UPCOMING CSDI EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
OMED Academic Support
Summer tutoring begins May 24, and will be available Monday- Thursday 6-8 p.m. Email questions to Jarrad Reddick, Assistant Director - Academic Support Initiatives at jreddick@omed.gatech.edu.
OPPORTUNITIES
The mission of the Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion is to provide programmatic and thought leadership, expertise, and advocacy to continue to promote the Institute's diverse student initiatives, programs, and efforts that facilitate our collective goal of student diversity and inclusion.

Please contact Institute Diversity Corporate Relations Manager Atira Rochester at atira.rochester@gatech.edu to submit announcements for the CSDI Current.

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