Calendar of Event
Events are free and open to the Georgia Tech community unless otherwise indicated.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Campus wide Student Celebration:
Coming Together to Fulfill the Dream
Location: Student Center Ballroom
Time: 7:00 pm
Contact: Stephanie Ray, stephanie.ray@vpss.gatech.edu
This event will include student speeches, cultural celebrations, and a candle lighting ceremony.
Reception to follow
Tuesday, January 15
Social Justice Training
For Department of Housing and Division of Student Affairs staff only.
Contact: Stephanie Ray, stephanie.ray@vpss.gatech.edu
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Campus wide Student Celebration:
Coming Together to Fulfill the Dream
Location: Student Center Ballroom
Time: 7:00 pm
Contact: Stephanie Ray, stephanie.ray@vpss.gatech.edu
This event will include student speeches, cultural celebrations, and a candle lighting ceremony.
Reception to follow
Tuesday, January 15
Social Justice Training
For Department of Housing and Division of Student Affairs staff only.
Contact: Stephanie Ray, stephanie.ray@vpss.gatech.edu
The Depart of Housing and the Division of Student Affairs will participate in Social Justice Training to commemorate the King Holiday. Dr. Becky Martinez from the Social Justice Institute will conduct the training.
For a detailed description of this program, visit www.diversityprograms.gatech.edu.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Georgia Tech’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture
Keynote Speaker: Martin Luther King III
Location: Student Center Ballroom
Time: 3:00 pm
Contact: Najah Hofman, najah.hofman@vpid.gatech.edu or Sandra Duplessis, sandra.duplessis@vpid.gatech.edu
As the oldest son of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mrs. Coretta Scott King, Martin Luther King III is carrying the torch lit by both of his parents into the 21st century. Martin's dedication to creating and implementing strategic nonviolent action to rid the world of social, political, and economic injustice has propelled him to the forefront as one of the nation's most ardent advocates for the poor, the oppressed, and the disillusioned. MLK III Biography>
RSVP by December 15 at: http://www.diversity.gatech.edu/mlk-institute-lecture-rsvp
MLK Private Reception: Ferst Place, 5-7 p.m. INVITATION ONLY
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Focus Program
Location: Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center
Time: Focus program begins Thursday, and runs until Sunday, January 20, 2013
All day
Contact: Andre Dickens, andre.dickens@omed.gatech.edu
FOCUS gives prospective minority graduate students an opportunity to visit Georgia Tech for an overview of graduate degree programs. The program is designed to encourage attendees to pursue an advanced degree at Georgia Tech or the graduate school of their choice.
Attendees must apply and register.
For an extended detailed description of this program, visit www.focus.gatech.edu
Monday, January 21, 2013
National MLK Holiday Observance
A Day of Service
Time: 8:00 am - 2:00 pm
Contact: Sarah Perkins, sarah.perkins@vpss.gatech.edu
Make a difference with “A Day on, Not a Day off” Join Georgia Tech’s third annual MLK Day of Service, a campus-wide initiative honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Participants will serve in teams and engage in service projects with metro Atlanta community partners. There are 250 volunteer spots available. See registration details and a full schedule at www.leadandengage.gatech.edu.
Contact Sarah Perkins for more information. Make a difference in your community with “A Day On, Not a Day Off!”
250 Volunteer spots available.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Student Government Association Diversity Symposium
Location: Student Center- Piedmont Room
Time: 4:00- 5:30 pm
Contact: Trey Sides, cwsides@gatech.edu
All students welcome. The symposium is designed to promote dialogue among students about ways we can embrace and leverage the scope and breadth of the diversity found within our community. Through open dialogue, we are better able to identify the important issues that we as a community must continue to address now and in the future.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Cross-Culture Workshop: Working with Cultrally Diverse, Distributed Work Teams
Location: Global Learning Center
Time: 8:00 am- 5:00 pm
Contact: Kevin Center, kevin.center@gatech.edu
The workplace is in the midst of a profound and pervavsive transformation. A number of factors have come together to create a new reality: the global economy, advances in virtual communication, and changing demographics. Today’s workers find themselves in global enterprises and on cross-cultural teams that interact in virtual, technology-driven environments. The significant opportunities and challenges inherent in the cyber-space and cultural terrain of this new world of work call for knowledgeable people who have the ability to work effectively across time, distance, and culture. Universities are moving beyond their traditional geographic boundaries to create international academic partnerships and consciously preparing faculty, students, and staff for this new world of work is a pressing challenge, but one that universities can explicitly address through training opportunities.
*Event Invitation Only
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Birmingham Alabama, Civil Rights Tour
Contact: Stephanie Ray, stephanie.ray@vpss.gatech.edu
Georgia Tech faculty and students will take a journey to Birmingham, Alabama, to visit key Civil Rights sites, including the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, the 16th Street Baptist Church, Kelly Ingram Park, and the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame.
This trip is limited to 30 faculty and 70 students.
*Students register at http://www.gtdiversityforum.com/civil-rights-tour-of-birmingham-al/.
Faculty can email Stephanie Ray, to register.