Written by WBeamen
Last Updated: August 19, 2008
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GRADUATE TRANSITIONS is OMED’s program designed to help acclimate students to the academic and social environments and to introduce students to the many resources available here at Georgia Tech. The purpose of our planned activities during GRADUATE TRANSITIONS is to allow the new Georgia Tech Graduate student to become oriented to Georgia Tech by establishi...
Written by WBeamen
Last Updated: August 19, 2008
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GT Transitions is a bridge program that is designed to better prepare incoming minority dual degree and transfer students for the Georgia Tech environment. This program is not designed as a substitute for the general campus orientation program, but rather a more in depth supplement that targets the institute’s underrepresented minorities. In addition, this p...
Written by WBeamen
Last Updated: August 19, 2008
The Dual Degree/Transfer Team Coach program is designed to connect small groups of incoming dual degree/transfer students with successful dual degree/transfer students at Georgia Tech who are trained in problem solving, academic success, and navigating the system. This program is used in conjunction with GT Transitions. As a result, students who have participated in the past have academically outp...
Written by WBeamen
Last Updated: August 19, 2008
OMED: Educational Services is the unit charged by Georgia Tech with the retention, development, and performance of the complete student learner who is traditionally underrepresented: African American, Hispanic, and Native American.
Our mission is “to successfully transition and transform today’s gifted, yet inexperienced Georgia Tech student into tomorrow’s promising leader.̶...
Written by WBeamen
Last Updated: August 19, 2008
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...
