February 2022 | Volume 72
Articles
Sammy Weiss-Cowie Receives Coveted Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Georgia Tech graduate Samuel (“Sammy”) Weiss-Cowie (ALIS/NEURO ’21) has received a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to support his upcoming graduate study at Cambridge University. Weiss-Cowie will pursue a Ph.D. at the Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit.
SLS and CTL Advance Education for Sustainable Development Initiatives
Serve-Learn-Sustain (SLS) and Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) are collaborating to expand professional development initiatives to incorporate sustainability and the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) across the curriculum — at Georgia Tech and beyond.
Office of the Provost Awards Grants to Projects Focused on Momentum Year Work
The internal mini-grants were designed to fund innovation that enhances Georgia Tech's Momentum work or scale its impact while ensuring the long-term sustainability of the initiatives created.
Instructors Needed for GT 1000/2000
OUE is looking for instructors to teach GT 1000, Georgia Tech’s first-year seminar course, next fall. The course supports the retention and success of first-year students, meets one hour a week, and is taught by faculty and staff volunteers.
Laurence Jacobs Tapped as Institute's First Senior Vice Provost for Education and Learning
Laurence J. Jacobs has been selected as Georgia Tech’s senior vice provost for Education and Learning (SVP-EL) in the newly established office, effective Feb.14.
OIE to host "OIE 101" for Faculty and Staff Event February 17
“OIE 101 for Faculty and Staff!” is a new event for both veteran and new faculty/staff. It will provide helpful information about the different services and resources that OIE offers. The event is Thursday, Feb. 17th from 9-10am (online).
Staff News & Highlights
Career Center welcomes
Tawanna Atwater
Director, Employer Connections
Honors Program welcomes
Dr. Amy D'Unger
Associate Director Employer Connections
OUE Job Openings
Undergraduate Education Program and Operations Manager (OVPUE)
Apply by February 25
Undergraduate Assessment Specialist (position not yet posted)
Application deadline TBD
For links to these positions and other career opportunities in OUE, please continue to check our "Work at OUE” page, as well as the GT OHR site.
Campus News
Additional Symptomatic Covid-19 Testing Available for Students, Faculty, and Staff
Georgia Tech is offering a drive-through, symptomatic Covid-19 diagnostic testing site to address the immediate testing needs for students, faculty, and staff.

Located at the parking deck behind the Engineered Biosystems Building (EBB), the new drive-through site provides saliva-based test kits that are sent directly to diagnostic testing. While no appointments are required, symptomatic individuals will need to register in mytest.gatech.edu as usual and show their barcode when visiting the site.


Please note that asymptomatic students and employees may continue to test at any campus surveillance site.
Covid-19 Daily Checklist and Decision Tree
As we begin a new semester, we wanted to remind everyone of some of the key resources available to our community for limiting the spread of Covid-19. In particular, we are asking everyone to refer to and use the daily self-screening questionnaire and the Covid-19 decision tree, which provide guidelines for getting tested, reporting a positive test, and isolating yourself away from others.
Get Your Weekly Test
Testing continues to be available during the summer. If you're on campus, keep testing weekly to help make campus as safe and healthy as possible.
Vaccines Available
Covid-19 vaccines are available to all Georgia Tech students, faculty, and staff, as well as their family members ages 12 and older. Vaccine clinics are now taking place every Tuesday on campus.