Weeks after the Campus Recreation Center (CRC) requested funding from the Student Government Association (SGA) for the renovation to the SAC Fields, SGA finally passed funding bills for the project in the Undergraduate House of [...]
Undergraduate tuition at Tech will increase by $270 for both in-state and out-of-state students starting in fall of 2014, which is about a seven percent increase in instate tuition and 1.75 percent jump for out-of-state [...]
Controlling the student-faculty ratio remains a challenge for the administration, especially with the current economic climate. Increasing the number of tenure-track faculty or decreasing the number of students can accomplish this. “In addition to formulating [...]
Earlier this week semi-finalists in the Buzzinga! case-competition made presentations to a panel of judges on their ideas and proposals of entirely student driven solutions to campus challenges. Organizers of the competition put forward the [...]
Starting July 1, Dr. Paul Goldbart will take over as the new Dean of the College of Sciences after being selected out of three finalists of a nation-wide search by the Office of the Provost. [...]
Planning is currently in progress for the creation of “X-Degree,” an interdisciplinary major program that would allow students to individualize their course studies, while maintaining the same rigor of other Tech majors. “The program would [...]
A site in Camden County, a coastal county in the southeast part of the state, is being considered by SpaceX as the location for a new launch site. The prospect of a launch center in [...]
After three weeks of debate in the Undergraduate House of Representatives (UHR), the Graduate Student Senate, and a lengthy conference committee meeting, the Student Government Association (SGA) passed a budget containing almost $4.6 million in [...]
On Thursday, April 18, SGA and the Athletic Association (AA) will be hosting the International Student Football Clinic—an opportunity for foreign students to learn about American football through socializing with players, having a tailgate and [...]
The 2 ½ weeks of campaign closed on Wednesday with the undergraduate student body electing Nick Picon as Undergraduate SGA President and Lucy Tucker as Executive Vice President by a wide margin. Picon and Tucker [...]
The increasing student-faculty ratio continues to raise concerns about the quality of instruction students receive in the classroom. The student-faculty ratio has gone up from 18:1 to 24:1 since 1996. “The impact of faculty on [...]
For the first time in over a decade, undergraduate students will be able to take a wellness class to fulfill their physical wellness requirement for graduation. The School of Applied Physiology has been working on [...]
The four Greek councils recently submitted chartering paperwork to form the Greek Programming Board to coordinate the joint events of the four councils and to act as a unified body when requesting funding for events. [...]
Two weeks ago during spring break, Housing began working on capturing the many feral cats living around Towers Residence Hall in order to avoid the problems these cats could cause when renovations on Towers begins [...]
A new Sports, Society and Technology (SST) program is scheduled to launch in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts (IAC) in 2014. The program will allow students and faculty to work together to study [...]
On March 28 and 29, the Georgia Tech Cyber Security Symposium hosted Director of National Security Agency General Keith Alexander, the keynote speaker, at the Global Learning Center in order to highlight modern technology, challenges, [...]
Elections for the Student Government Association (SGA) became more interesting late Sunday night with the announcement of two tickets running for the positions of undergraduate President and Vice President and a candidate each for the [...]
As Tech’s budget comes to the legislature, the student-to-faculty ratio (SFR) is one of the key areas of focus on. “It’s an important theme to us,” said Executive Director of Institute Budget and Planning Jim [...]