{"662419":{"#nid":"662419","#data":{"type":"news","title":"6 Tech graduate programs join the Equity in Graduate Education Consortium  ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology is now an institutional partner in the Equity in Graduate Education Consortium. Partners of this Consortium work with other academic leaders and graduate programs to build a more equitable and inclusive graduate experience for students from marginalized backgrounds.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELed by faculty directors at the University of Southern California and Rochester Institute of Technology, the Consortium consists of a network of faculty and administrators from more than 60 institutions across the U.S.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We are happy to partner with many of our peer institutions by helping our faculty and staff to learn strategies for improving the climate in research groups with the goal of being more inclusive and equitable,\u0026quot; said Bonnie Ferri, the vice provost for Graduate and Postdoctoral Education at Tech, \u0026ldquo;This is an important step in our work toward our strategic plan.\u0026rdquo; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Consortium offers training opportunities geared towards equity-minded admissions, recruitment, and mentoring practices; coaching and learning opportunities for graduate programs to bring about institutional change; infrastructure for faculty development in graduate schools and other organizations.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAn external evaluation found that after participating in Consortium workshops, graduate programs:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003EExperienced an increase in the number and fraction of racially minoritized applicants, admittees, and enrolled students\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003EExperienced an increase in the number and fraction of women admitted and enrolled\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003EIncreased use of inclusive recruitment and holistic admission practices\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003EChanges have been sustained for over three years\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs a partner of the Consortium, six of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s graduate programs will be participating in activities related to graduate student mentoring \u0026amp; well-being over the next two years. Those programs are chemistry, chemical and biomolecular engineering, economics, interactive computing, material science engineering, and physics.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EActivities sponsored by the Equity in Graduate Education Consortium include a three-part workshop series that begins this fall. The first workshop, Introduction to Equity-Minded Mentoring, takes place on Oct. 25, 2022, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and will be facilitated by Annie Woffard, assistant professor of higher education in the Department of Educational Leadership \u0026amp; Policy Studies at Florida State University, and Steve Desir, a doctoral student in the educational leadership program at the University of Southern California Rossier School of Education.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn this workshop, faculty will reflect on their current advising and mentoring practices and learn how to develop equity-minded mentoring relationships. Activities in this workshop will develop competencies in these areas and will help faculty develop equity-minded mentoring agreements as a tool that establishes shared expectations between mentors and mentees.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYou may register for the Introduction to Equity-Minded Mentoring Workshop here: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/usc.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tJAkf-qopjMiHNUbDEpYEHPrMK63kwZvOeY3\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/usc.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tJAkf-qopjMiHNUbDEpYEHPrMK63kwZvOeY3\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe first workshop is open to all faculty who are interested in attending. However, the following workshops are reserved for participants of the graduate programs included in the consortium.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe second series workshop, \u0026ldquo;Fostering Wellbeing in Racialized Mentoring Environments,\u0026rdquo; is on December 1 from 1-3 p.m.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information, please contact EGE liaisons, Bonnie Ferri at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:bonnie.ferri@gatech.edu\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ebonnie.ferri@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E, or Steve Ruffin at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:stephen.ruffin@pe.gatech.edu\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Estephen.ruffin@pe.gatech.edu.\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Institute of Technology is now an institutional partner in the Equity in Graduate Education Consortium."}],"uid":"36363","created_gmt":"2022-10-21 13:36:21","changed_gmt":"2022-10-25 15:56:50","author":"Brittani Hill","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-10-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-10-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"662069":{"id":"662069","type":"image","title":"Equity in Graduate Education Logo","body":null,"created":"1665669245","gmt_created":"2022-10-13 13:54:05","changed":"1665669245","gmt_changed":"2022-10-13 13:54:05","alt":"","file":{"fid":"250775","name":"EGE-LOGO-1024x1024.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/EGE-LOGO-1024x1024.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/EGE-LOGO-1024x1024.png","mime":"image\/png","size":141471,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/EGE-LOGO-1024x1024.png?itok=k193GX8B"}}},"media_ids":["662069"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/calendar.gatech.edu\/event\/2022\/10\/25\/introduction-equity-minded-mentoring-virtual-workshop","title":"Introduction to Equity Minded Mentoring Workshop"},{"url":"https:\/\/equitygraded.org\/consortium-overview\/","title":"Equity in Graduate Education Resource Center"}],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1808","name":"graduate students"},{"id":"1506","name":"faculty"},{"id":"69901","name":"Postdocs"},{"id":"114731","name":"graduate admissions"},{"id":"190292","name":"diversity equity and inclusion"},{"id":"191422","name":"cohort"},{"id":"2447","name":"Graduate Programs"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor more information, please contact EGE liaisons, Bonnie Ferri at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:bonnie.ferri@gatech.edu\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ebonnie.ferri@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E, or Steve Ruffin at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:stephen.ruffin@pe.gatech.edu\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Estephen.ruffin@pe.gatech.edu.\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWriter: Brittani Hill\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMarketing Communications Manager\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Education\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bonnie.ferri@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}