Diversity is part of what helps college campuses thrive. The blending of backgrounds, cultures and experiences creates the most innovative and novel ideas possible. Tech is committed to diversity and even has the Diversity Institute, […]
Tech’s Institute of Diversity partnered with the Division of Student Life and Undergraduate Education to create the Implementation Committee, which will to carry out recommendations put forth by the Black Student Experience Task Force in […]
It is indisputable that Tech students are astonishingly focused on their career goals and carefully curate steps towards their future from the moment they receive their Tech acceptance letter. Contrasting many other institutions of higher […]
In the fall of 2015, President G.P. “Bud” Peterson put in motion two efforts to address diversity issues on Tech’s campus. The first was the creation of a Black Student Experience (BSE) Task Force to […]
The Offices of the President and Institute Diversity hosted the Eighth Annual Diversity Symposium with a theme of “Celebrating Women at Georgia Tech.” Held in both the Global Learning Center and the Georgia Tech Hotel […]
Veritable national treasure Lin-Manuel Miranda has a catalogue of brilliance so large I’d be remiss if I tried to discuss it all in one editorial. Instead, I’d like to draw attention to one specific work: […]
This year’s television season, especially this past week, has seen a veritable slew of minority characters being killed off or leaving their shows. This deluge of death includes no less than six female characters who […]
Following allegations that black female students were racially harassed on campus, Tech President G.P. “Bud” Peterson oversaw the formation of a task force to examine the experience of members of Tech’s African American community. The […]
Tech owes much of its success to its diverse group of students. Not only does Tech excel in academics, Tech’s athletic programs have seen great success. The Jackets may be feeling down over recent football […]
While in Tech’s Office of Institute Diversity, I had a revelation that my ideas of diversity were entirely wrong. The dictionary definition of diversity was less than helpful. “(n.) The state of being diverse; a […]
The value of campus inclusivity were reaffirmed this past week at the seventh annual Diversity Symposium. The series of lectures dealt with matters of demographic change, equity in hiring and creating a positive climate for […]
My roommates blast a lot of bubblegum pop in our apartment, the kind of vapid autotune that shrivels hipsters’ ears and makes the geriatrics say, “Why do kids listen to that garbage?” There are songs […]
On Oct. 29, the President’s Council Governing Board and SGA’s Cultural and Diversity Affairs Committee hosted a Cultural Roundtable allowing representatives from twenty cultural organizations to come together to discuss culture and diversity. “We planned […]
Last week, the sixth annual Campus Diversity Symposium was held at the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center in Tech Square, primarily discussing the issue of what speakers dubbed “inclusive excellence.” Tech has recently taken […]
Ten years ago, the average student admitted to Tech had an average SAT score of 1334. This year, that same average number, for the more than 5,000 admitted students in the early admission cycle, rose […]
The diversity of students at Tech leaves no shortage of opportunities to connect with people of different cultures, religions and backgrounds. One lesser-known forum for cross-cultural interaction is the Friends Beyond Borders Cafe at the […]
By fate or by happy accident, a few months ago I met an exchange student from Singapore during an open house event at the I-House, a residence hall on campus that brings people from the […]
With MLK Day fast approaching, Focus challenged the student body to share their feelings on the true meaning of occasion, as well as whether they believe that Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday would be as widely recognized as it is today if it was not observed as a national holiday.