{"229511":{"#nid":"229511","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New GT 1000 Sections Tailored to Special Interest Populations","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis fall, some students will have the opportunity to participate in one of four new sections of GT 1000 \u2014 Georgia Tech\u2019s First-Year Seminar \u2014 that was created to fit their specific needs as they transition to college life.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe sections came about as a result of a need that the instructors, students, and I identified in spring 2013,\u201d said Nirmal Trivedi, director of Academic Transition Programs in Georgia Tech\u2019s Center for Academic Enrichment.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe four new sections were created to better serve the needs of student veterans, first-generation students, women, and students in the College of Architecture.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAndy Altizer, the Georgia Tech Police Department\u2019s director of emergency preparedness and a veteran himself, will facilitate the veterans\u2019 section this semester.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cVeterans are different from other first-year students because they tend to be older and often have full-time jobs outside of school,\u201d Altizer said. \u201cSome even already have families.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAltizer\u2019s class will cover all of the traditional GT 1000 curriculum, such as academic success strategies, resume preparation and presentation skills, but will also be tailored to veterans\u2019 specific needs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThese are students that generally tend to just come to campus, park their car, go to class, and then leave,\u201d he said. \u201cThey tend to feel disconnected from campus life, so it\u2019s important for us to reach out to them to pull them in and help build a sense of community for them. Coming from a military organization with unit cohesion, mission focus, and structure to an academic environment can be a challenge for student veterans.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAltizer plans to hold many of his class meetings in different locations to encourage his students to get to know the campus. Guest speakers from various departments such as the Registrar\u2019s Office and Leadership and Civic Engagement will seek to motivate student veterans to utilize their services and get to know people who can help them succeed at Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFirst-generation students are another segment of the student population that GT 1000 is reaching out to this year. Cecili Reid, a first-generation undergraduate student and the founder of Tech\u2019s FirstGen campus organization, facilitated the development of this new section along with Trivedi and a team of GT 1000 instructors and team leaders.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFirst-generation students are different from other freshmen for two main reasons,\u201d Reid said. \u201cThey may not be aware of some of the nuances that are typical of college life but are not taught during orientation, and relations between parents and the student are more likely to impact the student\u2019s social life during college.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe first-generation section will be taught by Dana Hartley, academic professional in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, and Beatriz Hegidio, a learning specialist in the Center for Academic Success. Students in their class will learn about Tech\u2019s organizational structure, discuss their relationships with parents and learn how to handle conflict, and gain a better understanding of processes such as registration and financial aid.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere are studies that say that first-generation students are just as likely as other students to be accepted to college, but are less likely to matriculate,\u201d Reid said. \u201cI think that the components of our cohort will help students learn and understand more about how to be a successful student and excel despite any perceived or actual obstacles they may face.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFirst-year Tech students can register for GT 1000 through the link to OSCAR on their BuzzPort homepage. A permit is required to register for the veterans\u2019 section; for instructions on how to acquire a registration permit, contact Nirmal Trivedi at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:nirmal.trivedi@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Enirmal.trivedi@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwo cohort sections of GT1000 are available for veterans and first-generation students this fall.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Two cohort sections of GT1000 are available for veterans and first-generation students this fall."}],"uid":"27841","created_gmt":"2013-08-19 12:40:43","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:42","author":"Lauren Spikes","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-08-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-08-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"229561":{"id":"229561","type":"image","title":"GT 1000 Group Discussions","body":null,"created":"1449243582","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:39:42","changed":"1475894901","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:21","alt":"GT 1000 Group Discussions","file":{"fid":"197495","name":"09c2003-p45-009.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/09c2003-p45-009_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/09c2003-p45-009_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1845653,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/09c2003-p45-009_0.jpg?itok=tANyi_Qi"}}},"media_ids":["229561"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/enrichment.gatech.edu\/gt1000-firstyear-seminar","title":"GT1000 First-Year Seminar"},{"url":"http:\/\/enrichment.gatech.edu\/","title":"Center for Academic Enrichment"},{"url":"http:\/\/veterans.gatech.edu\/","title":"Veterans at Georgia Tech"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.firstgen.gtorg.gatech.edu\/","title":"FirstGen"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"71711","name":"first-generation students"},{"id":"9034","name":"GT 1000"},{"id":"12838","name":"GT 1000 Freshman Seminar"},{"id":"167689","name":"student veterans"},{"id":"10681","name":"veterans"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:stucomm@gatech.edu\u0022\u003ELauren Spikes\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInsitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["stucomm@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}