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November 2009

Chemistry

Encourage Lab Registration During Phase I

Please inform students to sign up for Chemistry labs during Phase I as soon as possible. Due to limited spots no extra considerations will be given during phase II.

Division of Professional Practice (DoPP)

New DoPP Blog!

DoPP has launched a new blog. Check it out at www.georgiatechdopp.wordpress.com. We need students to send us their stories for the "Our Cool Students" section of the blog. We're looking for short write-ups (less than 300 words) that highlight a unique, humorous, inspiring or enlightening moment that students have had during their co-op, internship or work abroad experience. Submissions can be sent to Ann Blasick at ann.blasick@dopp.gatech.edu. Deadline is Friday, Nov 6th.

We've Got Jobs!

The Division of Professional Practice's internship, grad co-op, co-op and work abroad programs have internship and co-op openings! Do you want to work in Chile? Do you want to work for a non-profit? Do you want to work near campus? Do you want to work for a Fortune 500 company? All DoPP programs are actively seeking students who are interested in gaining an internship or co-op. Students should be flexible on where and when - but hey, not many people can say they have openings!

Registering Spring Jobs

Please remind students who have accepted spring internship or co-op positions to register with DoPP in order to maintain full-time student status while working and to ensure that their work experience appears on their transcript. We will give them the ability to register for a free 6, 9 or 12 audit-hour course depending on the number of hours/week they are working. To qualify, internships must be at least 20 hours/week over 16-18 weeks.

Housing

Think Big at Georgia Tech

Faculty members are invited to submit proposals to develop programs for Living Learning Communities (ThinkBig@Tech). Faculty leading one of these programs will receive one month summer salary. The programs are to span the academic year, Fall and Spring of AY10-11. ThinkBig@Tech is a program of Faculty led Living Learning. Currently, there are six programs: Lego Robotics, Human Alteration, Humor and Innovation, Outdoor Urban Adventures, International House, and Women, Science and Technology (www.thinkbig.gatech.edu).

The proposal forms are posted at www.undergradstudies.gatech.edu/llc/). The deadline for submission of proposals for AY 10-11 is Monday, Nov. 30. There will be information sessions where you can talk to current ThinkBig faculty and staff.

Info sessions:

Tuesday , Nov 3 at 11am in A. French 112, Monday , Nov 9 at 1pm in Ford ES&T 1229
Thursday, Nov 19 at 3pm in the Crescent Room in the Student Commons

Questions may be sent to: Dr. Dana Hartley, Director of Undergraduate Studies, hartley@gatech.edu and/or Gala Jackson, Coordinator of Residential Academic Initiatives, gala.jackson@housing.gatech.edu

Office of International Education

University of New South Wales (Australia) Info Session - November 3

OIE is happy to announce that Nick Dowd, a representative from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, Australia will be visiting Georgia Tech on Tuesday, November 3. UNSW is one of our exchange partners where students may study abroad for a summer, fall term, spring term, or academic year. Nick will be conducting an information session about UNSW from 11:00am-12:00pm on 11/3/09 in 130 Savant (1st floor Savant, same building as OIE). If you're interested in learning about GT's exchange program with UNSW, stop by with your questions! If you plan to attend, please RSVP to jennifer.evanuik@oie.gatech.edu.

For more information about the UNSW Exchange Program for fall & spring, please see http://www.oie.gatech.edu/sa/programs/details/unsw.php. For information about our summer exchange program with UNSW, please see http://www.oie.gatech.edu/sa/programs/details/unswsum.php.

International Education Week - November 16-20, 2009

International Education Week is an opportunity to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. This joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education is part of our efforts to promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study, learn, and exchange experiences in the United States.

Monday, November 16th
6:00 - 7:00 pm
International Coffee Hour
4th Street Apartments, South Lounge
Coffee, culture, and conversation amongst students with international interests. Come and enjoy this relaxed event, which will feature some interactive intercultural communication activities.
Tuesday, November 17th
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Passport on Wheels
Student Center Room 343
The United States Postal Service will be accepting applications for persons who would like to apply for a U.S. passport.

1:00 - 4:00 pm
Photo Contest Reception
Student Center, Piedmont Room
Showcase of photo contest entries and the announcement of the annual OIE Photo Contest winners.
Wednesday, November 18th
3:00 - 5:30 pm
Career Preparation for the Global Workplace
Student Center, Piedmont Room
OIE is collaborating with Career Services to offer this workshop-style event. This session is designed for anyone who has studied abroad, is thinking about studying abroad, or is an international student at Georgia Tech. Topics covered will be: skills acquired through study abroad experiences, or through the international student experience; learning how to articulate those skills on your resume/cover letter, and in interviews; and examining cross-cultural differences in the workplace. Please RSVP to jennifer.evanuik@oie.gatech.edu by November 11th.
Thursday, November 19th
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Cross-Cultural Simulation
Student Center, Crescent Room
This is an opportunity to try BARNGA, a fun intercultural simulation. This is a highly-participatory activity, in which you can "learn" a new culture and experience interacting with people from other cultures. Discussion of the experience will follow. Join us for a fun and interactive cultural event!

5:00 - 7:00 pm
Scholarship Symposium
Student Success Center, Presidents Suites B, C & D
Join us at the Scholarships Symposium to view poster presentations from returned study abroad participants and hear from representatives of various scholarship opportunities. The poster browsing will be followed by an essay-writing workshop at 6:00 pm focused on developing a strong and competitive personal statement for any scholarship application.

Pre-Teaching

Gwinnett County Information Session

A Gwinnett County Information Session will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 10, from 4:30-5:30, President's Suite A (Success Center). Students can meet HR representatives from the school district, learn about the TeachGwinnett program (Gwinnett's alternative certification option), and job possibilities for Spring 2010 and beyond. Everyone is welcome.

November 27 Deadline to Register for GACE Exams

Deadline to register for January GACE exams is November 27. Students who want to be hired for Fall 2010 should take the GACE in January. Questions? Contact Beth Spencer at beth.spencer@provost.gatech.edu.

Recruitment Programs

Tour Guide Applications Now Available!

The application for Spring and Summer tour guides is now available. The application and additional information about being a GT Tour Guide can be found at http://www.admission.gatech.edu/tour/

Applications are due Nov 6, 2009.

In order to apply, a student must have completed at least one semester at Georgia Tech and have achieved a 2.2 GPA or higher. New tour guides go through a period of shadowing during their first 2 weeks of touring to learn the tour route and information. All tour guides, new and old, also attend a mandatory training session at the beginning of each semester to learn about new things happening around campus. This mandatory training session is on January Applications are due no later than 5pm on Friday, November 6th .

Applications can be sent via email at leslie.jackson@admission.gatech.edu or turned into the Special Programs Office, 2nd Floor of the Student Success Center. You must sign up for an interview -in person- at Room 287, by Nov 6th at 5pm unless that is impossible. Interviews will be conducted in the Success center from 7-9 on Monday, Nov 9th and Tuesday, Nov. 10th.

Registrar's Office

Revised Registration Dates for Spring 2010

October 28 - November 20
Early Registration (Phase I) for Spring 2010. (Registration ends on November 20 at 11:59 PM)

January 4 - January 15
Late Registration (Phase II) and schedule changes for Spring Semester 2010. (Drop courses without a "W" grade, registration ends on January 15 at 4:00 PM) Note: Fee payment deadline without penalty is Monday, January 11, at 4:00 PM; late fee payment fee applies beginning January 12 and final fee payment deadline is January 19 at 4:00 PM.

Registration Dates for Summer and Fall 2010
We will appoint a task force that will start meeting in January to discuss registration dates for Summer and Fall 2010. We will get back to you soon about membership on this task force.

Fall 2009 Commencement

Alexander Memorial Coliseum
PhD and Master's Ceremony - Friday, December 11, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Undergraduate Ceremony for Colleges of Architecture, Computing, Ivan Allen, Management, and Sciences - Saturday, December 12, 9:00-11:00 a.m.
Undergraduate Ceremony for College of Engineering - Saturday, December 12, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

For more details, see http://www.commencement.gatech.edu/fall.php.

Success Programs

Sophomore Programs Website

Sophomore Programs web site is now up and running: www.sophomore.gatech.edu

FASET Cabinet Applications are available!

The application and additional information can be found on the FASET Orientation Website (www.faset.gatech.edu). Please encourage your students to apply for this incredible leadership opportunity. Applications are due Wednesday, November 11th by 4:00pm. Please direct all questions to Bethany Naser (bethany.naser@vpss.gatech.edu).

FASET Information Forum, November 20

The FASET Orientation program will be hosting an Information Forum on Friday, November 20 at 10 a.m. in the Student Center Crescent Room. This Forum will provide an opportunity to hear feedback, meet the professional and student staff and learn about logistics (including summer dates & the Spring Transfer schedule) for the 2010 FASET season.

GT1000 - Spring 2010 Section

Please encourage your freshmen who did not take GT1000 in the fall to take it in spring. Currently, we are offering fiver interdisciplinary sections (a few more may be added) and two discipline-specific sections (Management and Computer Science). The schedule is as follows:

GT1000 C1, CRN 22665, Tuesdays, 9am - 10am
GT1000 C2, CRN 22666, Tuesdays, 2pm - 3pm
GT1000 D1, CRN 22668, Wednesdays, 9am - 10am
GT1000 F1, CRN 29666, Fridays, 10am - 11am
GT1000 F2, CRN 22669, Fridays, 11am - 12pm
GT1000 MG1, CRN 29569, Fridays, 11am - 12pm (Management Majors only)
GT1000 CS1, CRN 29571, Thursdays, 3pm - 4pm (Computer Science Majors only)

Preparing for Final Exams Workshops

A series of "Preparing For Final Exams" workshops, presented by Success Programs, will be offered in the residence halls throughout the month of November. We will offer 10 workshops, geared toward first and second year students in learning centers across campus. These workshops will cover the process of organizing and reviewing material for multiple final exams.

Tutors Needed

1-to-1 Tutoring is looking for qualified UNDERGRADUATE tutors for Physics, IE, and CS courses. Please have students email Dr. Andy Hoefer for more information: anthony.hoefer@vpss.gatech.edu

Academic Coaching

Academic Coaching appointments have doubled since last fall. Thank you to all of you who have referred students.

Undergraduate Research

Undergraduate Research Kaleidoscope (URK) Fall 09

Monday, November 9, 2009
7:00pm
Library East Commons (LEC)

Join us for a series of unique presentations on Undergraduate Research in the "Pecha Kucha" style. This style, along with the open space, informal attitude, and close-by cafe, should give the evening a looser feel and provide chances for the audience and presenters to interact during & after the event. This event is a follow-up to our first URK in Spring 2009. We had a great time at the Spring URK: seven presentations representing work from eight different academic departments (collaboration abounds!) and lots of laughter. The presentations are archived in SMARTech, Georgia Tech's Institutional Repository: http://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/27725/browse?type=title&submit_browse=Title

For additional information on how to participate contact the LEC's Charlie Bennett at cb129@mail.gatech.edu.

Presenting with Pizzazz: Advanced PowerPoint 2007

Thursday, November 12th
4-5:30pm
Library's Homer Rice Center

Join facilitator Lori Critz for this session designed to give students advanced PowerPoint skills and enable them to be able to create impressive interactive slide shows. The session will cover: Using media clips such as sound and video; Using PowerPoint's built-in animation features & creating custom animation; Creating buttons in PowerPoint and assigning actions to them; Creating hyperlinks that launch another computer document from a PowerPoint slide; and Formatting/printing posters from PowerPoint.

Registering your "Research for Pay" Experience

Undergraduate Student? Being paid for research? Want graduate schools and recruiters to know? If so, sign up for the FREE Undergraduate Research Assistantship Course!

Courses are as follows:

Frosh/Soph - XX 2698
Jr/Sr - XX 4698
Where XX = the school of your faculty mentor.

For example, if you work for an ME professor and you are a junior, you'd sign up for ME 4698.

Sections of the courses must be set up with your faculty mentor as instructor and permits obtained in order to register. For additional information, visit your academic advisor or undergraduate coordinator. Don't wait too late! Sign up during Phase I registration.

**NOTE: Students participating in the Research Option and planning to use their "Research for Pay" courses as part of the requirements, MUST sign up for the Research for Pay courses in order for the hours to count.