• GTAAN Updates
• GTAAN Best Practices Wrap Up - New!
• GTAAN Call for Fall Meeting Content - New!
• FASET Updates
• GA Legislative Requirement Update
• College & Departmental Updates
• Career Center: Steppingblocks Launch - New!
• Honor's Program Assessment and Resource - New!
• Pre-Graduate Advising: SMART Program - New!
• Post-Graduate Fellowship Application Summer Writing Workshop Series
• Office of Undergraduate Admissions Hiring Student Assistants
• Carbon Reduction Challenge
• Advising & Advisor Resources
• GTAAN Canvas Course

What would you like to see featured in the GTAAN Weekly? Let us know at gtaan@gatech.edu!

GTAAN Best Practices Wrap Up

Thank you to everyone for participating in the GTAAN Best Practices Conference on Monday, May 22, 2023! We had such a great time listening to and learning from each of you. We'd love your feedback on how things went, and you can share feedback here.

Call for Fall Content

The GTAAN Executive Board will be meeting in the near future to set the fall schedule and we'd love to hear from you on what you want to learn about or connect on. If you'd like to suggest a topic or present at a Fall GTAAN Meeting, please email: gtaan@gatech.edu to let us know. There are options to present at a GTAAN Meeting and also do something more collaborative or connect with advisors at a GTAAN Connections meeting.

FASET Advising Schedule

As a reminder, NSTP switched from using the listserv to Microsoft Groups. Please click this link, FASET Academic Advising, to be added to the group. You can use this link anytime to share with new staff who should be getting FASET Advising information.

• Here is the FASET Calendar. You can view the calendar at  FASET 2023 Calendar.xlsx. There are downloadable calendar files embedded for each date. If you want to use the calendar files, you must download the Excel file to your desktop and then download the calendar files. It will not work from the web version of the calendar at all. It will also not work if you don’t download the Excel file and the individual dates.

Day of Schedule

• Academic Advising will happen from 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM for every in-person FASET session. This applies to all FASET sessions.
• For all virtual sessions, except the one on Tuesday, July 18^th, academic advising drop-in will be from 2 PM to 3 PM.
• The July 18^th session will open first to international students to help a little bit with the time change. Academic Advising on that day will be 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM.
• For the iGniTe session, Academic Advising is only scheduled on virtual days (June 13^th and 14^th), so that will be from 2 PM to 3 PM.

For in-person days, registration will begin at 3:30 PM. For virtual days, registration begins at 3 PM.

Additionally, we are holding rooms on the second floor in the Exhibition Hall for Academic Advising. If you are interested in utilizing that space, please let us know. They will be equipped with a projector and screen. I will find out how many computers we can use from the Exhibition Hall staff. As these sessions will be the largest we’ve seen since pre-COVID, it will help not to move dozens of people throughout campus. This is not mandatory, but it would help us immensely with staffing.

Updates on the Georgia Legislative Requirements

On March 31, 2023, the Office of Undergraduate Education and Office of the Registrar announced a revision to the implementation of the plan for completion of the Georgia Legislative Requirements (U.S. history, U.S. Constitution, GA history, GA Constitution).  

The new implementation extends the "four-for-one" plan that has been in place since 1995 through April 30, 2023. This means that all students who first matriculated any semester before summer 2023 can fulfill all four GLR requirements with one of the following classes: HIST 2111, HIST 2112, INTA 1200, POL 1101, or PUBP 3000. This class also fulfills three of the 12 required hours for Core Area E.  This policy is based on MATRICULATION YEAR, so any student who matriculates before summer 2023 needs only one of the five classes to complete all four GLRs, even if they haven't taken any of the classes yet (i.e., the policy will not apply retroactively to any students matriculating before summer 2023).

Beginning May 1, 2023, students can complete the four required Georgia Legislative Requirements in a variety of ways, through combinations of AP/IB/dual enrollment/transfer credit, coursework at Georgia Tech, and/or examination through a non-credit, non-tuition bearing Canvas course. The most notable change in the revised implementation is that HIST 2111 and HIST 2112 taken at Georgia Tech will now fulfill both the U.S. history and GA history GLR, while INTA 1200, POL 1101, and PUBP 3000 will now fulfill both the U.S. Constitution and GA Constitution GLR. It should also be noted that the requirements for Core Area E remain the same: all students MUST earn credit for HIST 2111, HIST 2112, INTA 1200, POL 1101, or PUBP 3000.  

Canvas courses with the learning modules and examinations will be rolled out in May, once the students matriculating in summer 2023 have arrived, as they will be the first cohort who would need to access the exams.  

There are a variety of resources to assist advisors and students in learning more about the Georgia Legislative Requirements and we encourage you to include this information in your FASET orientation materials.

If you have any questions or concerns, or if you find a student who matriculated before summer 2023 who is missing GLR credit, please reach out to Amy D'Unger at amy.dunger@gatech.edu. 

GEORGIA LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENT RESOURCES

• OUE website: https://oue.gatech.edu/glr-requirement
• GT Catalog: to be updated May 1, 2023
• GLR Infographic: https://oue.gatech.edu/sites/default/files/2023-03/GLR_graphic_updated%20March%2030.pdf
• GLR Module in the Undergraduate Advising Canvas site (for advisors only): https://gatech.instructure.com/courses/40330
• This module includes a recording of the information session about the revised implementation, a PowerPoint presentation, and email templates for advisors to send to students (if needed).

Advisors: This is for you and your students.

GT Career Center Launches Steppingblocks

The Georgia Tech Career Center is excited to announce the launch of a new Career Planning Resource Platform funded by the USG and powered by Steppingblocks. This new resource is an innovative web-based platform designed to help students make informed decisions about their career paths and provide them with the resources they need to succeed in the workforce. With features like a 20-question personality assessment, career path explorer, institutional outcomes explorer, and tuition analyzer, Steppingblocks is a comprehensive tool that can help students at all stages of their college journey.

Advisors: This is for you.

Resources for Advising Honors Program Students

Need information on how best to advise students in your major who are part of the Honors Program (HP)? Visit the modules section of either the Undergraduate Academic Advising or GTAAN Canvas sites (same content in both places) for resources, information, and video content, including info specific to summer 2023 FASET sessions. If you ever have questions or concerns about Honors Program requirements or an HP student, please don't hesitate to contact Amy D'Unger.

Advisors: Please share with interested students.



SMART Program

The SMART Program, part of the Department of Defense (DoD) science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) portfolio, provides STEM students with the tools needed to pursue higher education and begin a rewarding career with the DoD. 

Undergraduates, those about to start graduate school, and those in graduate school in particular disciplines are eligible. See the full description of eligibility . 

With a full scholarship, students pursuing STEM degrees will be able to focus on complex research to further the DoD's mission and create a lasting impact. Summer internships are performed at DoD facilities alongside scientists and engineers; these experiences prepare scholars for full-time employment and get them accustomed to working with the DoD. SMART is a one-for-one commitment; for every year of degree funding, the scholar commits to working for a year with the DoD as a civilian employee.

The DoD civilian workforce is responsible for solving our Nation's most complex challenges by developing the next generation of defense technologies. Click the flyer for more information about the DoD civilian employee benefits.

For full details and how to apply: 

https://www.smartscholarship.org/smart?id=about_smart

Questions? 

Contact Susan Belmonte, Asst. Director, Pre-Graduate Advising, sbelmonte@gatech.edu

Advisors: Please share with interested students.

Post-Graduate Fellowship Application Summer Writing Workshop Series

Drafting a Post-Grad Fellowship Application in Four Easy Steps

Workshop Series: A series to maximize your potential to achieve prestigious fellowships or scholarships. A hands-on series using homework, guest presenters, group work, and discussions.

Objectives: By the end of the course, you will: 1. Gain a greater awareness of fellowship and scholarship opportunities. 2. Understand the application and review processes. 3. Successfully draft a personal statement and a project synopsis/statement of grant purpose.

Class Schedule

• May 30, 2023 5:00-6:30 PM – Introductions Overview of Fellowships and Post-Grad Opportunities
• June 6, 2023 5:00-6:30 PM – Application Processes, Letters of Rec, and Personal Statements Brainstorming Activity
• June 13, 2023 5:00-6:30 PM – Workshop Session – First Draft of PS due Statements of Grant Purpose or Project Proposals
• June 20, 2023 5:00-6:30 PM – Workshop Session - Statements of Grant Purpose/ Project Proposals due
• June 27, 2023 5:00-7:00 PM – Writing Bootcamp

Register Today!

Questions? Email karen.mura@gatech.edu

Advisors: Please share with interested students.

Office of Undergraduate Admissions Hiring Student Assistants

OUA is seeking student assistants to work for our office starting this summer. Please share the attached employment opportunity with interested students.

Advisors: Please share with students.

Carbon Reduction Challenge

The Carbon Reduction Challenge, An initiative of the GT College of Sciences and, Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business, in collaboration with the Georgia Climate Project, is a competition focused on empowering students to become part of the climate change solution. Interning and co-op students work with an organization, during their internship, on a project that achieves significant reductions in carbon emissions and yields cost savings. While the program is based out of Georgia Tech, we welcome all students.  Students are guided by GT professors throughout the summer and culminate in Final Expo in August where the top three teams win cash prizes!

If you want to talk to one of our team members to learn more, check out our website(https://www.carbonreductionchallenge.org/), or email us here.  

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