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OMED: Educational Services is the academic unit serving the Georgia Institute of Technology charged with retention, performance, and graduation of students who are under-represented in careers in science, engineering, and mathematics.
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| MISSION STATEMENT |
| OMED is a Georgia Tech Educational Services unit charged with the academic performance, retention, and development of the complete student learner who is traditionally underrepresented (African American, Hispanic, and Native American). This development is intended to ensure that these gifted yet inexperienced students become inspired, high-performing problem solvers. OMED Programs, while targeted to the underrepresented, are beneficial and open to all Georgia Tech students. |
| HISTORY |
| In 1979, Georgia Tech created the Office of Minority Educational Development. Over the past twenty five years, OMED has demonstrated outstanding success. Our second decade saw a paradigm shift. Focusing on how gifted our students were—else they would not have been accepted into Georgia Tech—we began to raise expectations for student performance. We directed our attention toward the educational process and became OMED: Educational Services. We have adopted a data-driven, quality approach toward the business of education, with students being identified as “customers.” A diverse workplace can only be achieved and maintained by a commitment to innovative and sound philosophies that strategically produce successful sustained partnerships and academic performance. |
| THE CHAPIN BUILDING |
| The building was originally the Georgia Tech Infirmary. The building was given its name in a dedication ceremony on May 22, 1987 to honor Lloyd W. Chapin, whose career at Georgia Tech spanned 35 years from 1923-1958 as Professor of English, Registrar, and Dean of Faculties. |
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