Leadership Transitions

This academic year closes with transitions in leadership for four of the College’s six schools. 

Ronald H. Bayor, William J. Long, and Patrick S. McCarthy end terms serving as chairs of the schools of History, Technology, and Society; International Affairs; and Economics, respectively. Bill Long will assume the post of Dean of the Georgia State University College of Arts and Sciences.  Ron Bayor and Pat McCarthy will transition to full-time faculty status.

Additionally, the search for a new chair of the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture gets underway this year. Jay Telotte, who has served as interim chair since 2009, will continue to lead the school during the search process.

“All of our chairs have been the vanguard for a period of remarkable growth and accomplishment for the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts,” said Dean Jacqueline J. Royster.  "Their vision, energy, and dedication have been crucial to the College's progress toward strategic goals and establishing the Ivan Allen College as a distinctive model for 21st century liberal arts education. We are grateful for Ron, Bill, and Pat's leadership and for the ongoing commitment of Jay, Phil McKnight (Modern Languages), and Diana Hicks (Public Policy) as we move into our third decade with tremendous momentum.”

Ronald H. Bayor, Chair of the School of History, Technology, and Society (HTS)

Ron Bayor assumed the role of chair of HTS in 2006. Following a Board of Regents review, Bayor led the School in rewriting its mission to more closely align with Georgia Tech’s long range strategic vision. Accordingly, the School revised its graduate and undergraduate curricula.

Bayor recruited faculty to bring depth to the School’s focus on the social origins and impact of industry, science, and technology and hired five new history and sociology faculty with particular strength in the area of science, technology, and medicine (STM), and cultural history.  He emphasized recruiting and direct outreach to increase enrollment of HTS majors and improved the advising experience by hiring a full time academic professional to head recruiting and advising. The 2010/2011 undergraduate class was the School’s largest ever; forty-five percent graduated with honors. Bayor maintained a strong graduate program with strong placement. He also brought energy to the School’s outreach to alumni and oversaw the School’s relocation to the renovated Old CE building.

Bayor applauded HTS faculty during his term as chair, noting that they have been productive in publishing books, articles, book chapters and presenting at major conferences around the world.  “HTS faculty continue to win teaching and research awards,” he noted (most recently Doug Flamming was recognized for teaching and Jon Schneer for research).  “Our progress has been on all levels of research, teaching, and service,” said Bayor. “We are primed for significant accomplishments in the future.”

Bayor is returning to a full-time faculty position. He specializes in urban, ethnic, immigration and race relations history and in teaching undergraduate courses on Cities in American History, Modern America, and the U.S. since 1877, and graduate courses on Urbanization and Comparative Development. He is presently working on two edited books dealing with immigration, race, and ethnicity and an authored one on Ellis Island, America's main immigrant receiving station.

William J. Long, Chair of The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs (INTA)

One of six original faculty hired in International Affairs in 1991, Bill Long has played a key role in the School’s evolution for two nearly two decades. He assumed an administrative leadership role in 1993 and became chair in 2001.

Today, the School is one of our largest, with three successful bachelor degree programs, an internationally-recognized professional master’s degree, a research doctoral degree, 22 faculty, and over 400 students.  The School has two research centers, overseas programs on three continents, and an endowment of several million dollars.

“The goal was to create a full-fledged school of international affairs, the first at a major technological university, and I think we have succeeded,” said Long.

Under his leadership, faculty and degree program size have increased more than sixty percent; the School’s endowment was doubled; the doctoral program in science, technology, and international affairs was launched; the externally-funded research center, the European Union Center of Excellence which serves the Institute and Southeast community, was added.  Nunn School success is measured by student placements in industry, government, and the non-profit sector, and the awards they have received, including Presidential Management Fellows, several Fulbright Scholars, and a Rhodes Scholar. Another measure is sponsored research.  On average, the School has garnered over $1 million per year in sponsored research from government agencies, leading foundations, and corporations, with Long receiving over $5 million as principle investigator on grants and contracts.

Also under Long, The Nunn School has sponsored public outreach events that have helped to internationalize and bring recognition to the campus including the biennial Bank of America Sam Nunn Policy Forum. The School has hosted leading public figures on campus including General David Petraeus and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. 

Long also marks as special highlights during his tenure as chair the successful promotion and tenure of all Nunn School faculty candidates and his work in helping design, launch, and grow the Institute's International Plan as an Institute quality enhancement initiative.

Long will assume his new position at GSU on August 8th.  He is giving a talk at The Carter Center, June 29, at 6:00pm about his new book "Pandemics and Peace: Public Health Cooperation in Zones of Conflict."

Patrick S. McCarthy, Chair of The School of Economics (ECON)

Pat McCarthy came to Georgia Tech as Chair of the College's School of Economics in 2000.  “If I look at the School today in comparison with my arrival, I see a number of significant differences,” said McCarthy. “The vast majority of these are the work of others with my major role being facilitator and creating an environment, I would like to think, that enabled my colleagues to be as productive and engaging as possible in their research, teaching, and service activities.”

Under McCarthy’s leadership, the School of Economics has increased its undergraduate majors; added two joint degree programs to complement the Economics major (GEML, EIA); significantly improved the academic advising experience for students; created a sustainable Professional MS Program whose students go on to PhD work at high quality institutions or industry positions; established a rigorous, niche PhD degree program that is unique in its overall focus on innovation and is attracting high quality students; established a faculty that are both innovative and effective in the classroom and a majority consistently receive average teaching effectiveness ratings over 4.0.

The School strengthened its research niches in industrial organization, international economics, and environmental economics with McCarthy building a critical mass of faculty in each area.  In addition, the faculty has become more research oriented with increased average number and quality of publications and increased activities in sponsored research activities. McCarthy notes that today’s faculty is more interdisciplinary and outward looking in its teaching and research activities; more diverse, “which brings intellectual diversity to the School’s teaching and research missions”; and has more senior members who can offer leadership and guidance to the School and in the mentoring of junior faculty.

McCarthy established the Center for Paper Business and Industry Studies (CPBIS) at Georgia Tech, one of twenty-five industry centers funded by the Sloan Foundation. He is proud of relationships with The Board of Advisors for the School of Economics (‘BASE’) who have provided time and resources for the School, helping to increase alumni connectivity and to facilitate networking opportunities for students. Board resources have also supported undergraduate students, the Omicron Delta Epsilon honor society in Economics, numerous PhD students, and general support for the faculty and staff."

McCarthy will transition to full-time faculty, teaching courses in transportation economics, research methods, and discrete choice econometrics.  His research areas include transportation economics, regulation, industry studies, and applied econometrics.

Kosal Speaks at Royal Society Workshop on Neuroscience, Conflict, and Security

Margaret E. Kosal spoke at an international workshop of The Royal Society in London May 12th on Neuroscience, Conflict, and Security.

The roundtable workshop brought together experimental scientists, engineers, and medical specialists along with social scientists and legal scholars to investigate developments in neuroscience and their implications for society and public policy. Kosal discussed the "Security Implications of Cognitive Neuroscience Research" during the block of sessions focused on policy, legal, ethical, and dual use (harmful as well as beneficial) issues. Other technical sessions focused on neuropharmacology, functional neuroimaging, and the mind-machine interface (i.e., neural interfaces and brain computer interfaces). 

According to Kosal “Whatever approaches governments, funding sources, private markets, and scholars pursue, the questions raised by the security implications of advanced neuroscience applications necessitate intrinsically inter- and multi-disciplinary efforts. Scientists, engineers, and scholars will need to collaborate meaningfully. Robust models of the impact of cognitive science on international security require analysts to consider complicated and cutting-edge scientific and technical concepts.”

The workshop was part of The Royal Society's Brain Wave Project which is investigating "concerns raised in science and security policy circles about the military and law enforcement applications of rapid advances in the neurosciences; the ‘militarisation’ of neuroscience."

The Royal Society is a fellowship of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.

Final Report on Climate Change Delivered to Congress

Marilyn Brown, Professor in the School of Public Policy, is a member of the panel of climate change experts who delivered their final report to Congress on May 9th affirming "strong evidence on climate change" and urging "strong federal policies that establish coherent national goals and incentives, and that promote strong U.S. engagement in international-level response efforts."

The report was the last in a series requested by Congress in 2008 for the purpose of providing "action-oriented advice" on how the U.S. should be treating the issue of climate change. The panel of scientists, politicians, and business  leaders was created by the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, the country's foremost institution tasked with providing scientific advice to lawmakers.

The report, entitled "America's Climate Choices," argues that the consequences of inaction in the face of climate change could be severe. No specific legislative recommendations were made, but the report warns about the dangers of global warming and agrees with the scientific evidence that points to the burning of fossil fuels as the problem. It concludes that "the significant risks that climate change poses to human society and the environment provide a strong motivation to move ahead with substantial response efforts."

The report committee was chaired by Al Carnesale, University of California Los Angeles and included Vice Chair, Bill Chameides, Duke University; Marilyn Brown; Donald Boesch, University of Maryland; Thomas Dietz, Michigan State University; Jim Geringer, Environmental Systems Research Institute; Philip R. Sharp, Resources for the Future; Robert Socolow, Princeton University.

Brown participated in a dialog held in Washington, D.C. May 12th that introduced the report to the public. A recording of the event may be seen here. 

Press release for America's Climate Choices

EUCE Hosts Series of EU Dignitaries

The European Union Center of Excellence (EUCE), along with its European partners and other supporting organizations, hosted on campus this spring an impressive array of influential and prestigious dignitaries.

A series of events to commemorate Europe Day 2011 included a co-sponsored luncheon with the World Affairs Council hosting NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. Additionally, Dr. Vicki Birchfield, Director of the EUCE, moderated a discussion on “EU Leadership in an Uncertain World” with panelists including the Consul Generals of Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, and the United Kingdom, the Consul of Greece, and the Honorary Consul of Hungary. An afternoon symposium "Industries of the Future: Economic Growth through Clean Energy and Clean Jobs" concluded the Europe Week events. This symposium was co-sponsored with the Ecologic Institute, the German Embassy, and the German Consulate General and focused on sustainable energy and economic development. 

Birchfield commented that “the range of events the EUCE organizes - from bringing ambassadors and other high profile speakers to campus, to sponsoring policy relevant research and holding fora addressing global challenges - helps Georgia Tech deliver on its stated goal of greater internationalization across campus and its aim to produce more globally minded citizens."

Other notable guests welcomed to Georgia Tech included the Vice-President of the European Parliament, Madame Isabelle Durant, who gave a speech to 350 people entitled “The EU: Towards the United States of Europe?” and Professor Joseph Nye of the Harvard Kennedy School, a lecture co-sponsored with Georgia Tech’s Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship.

The latest event took place on May 26th when the EUCE welcomed French Ambassador, His Excellency François Delattre who spoke to an audience that included students, faculty, and local media. 

Photo: NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks at the "NATO: Defining the Mission" luncheon co-sponsored by EUCE on May 9th.

School of Modern Languages' German Department Forms Partnership with The Halle Foundation

The School of Modern Languages has announced an important new partnership with The Halle Foundation. 

Next fall will be the inaugural semester for the Applied Languages and Intercultural Studies (ALIS) Bachelor of Science degree at Georgia Tech and through a generous grant from The Halle Foundation, students pursuing the degree's German track will be able to spend a semester studying in Germany.

Bettina Cothran, Director and Professor of the German Program in the School of Modern Languages, led the formation of the partnership.  She hopes that the program will ultimately enable every student enrolled in the German program to benefit from the Semester Abroad experience in Germany.

The Halle Foundation is an independent, public grant making charity established by Claus M. Halle in 1986. Its mission is to promote understanding, knowledge, and friendship between the people of Germany and those of the United States. 

Public Policy Alumna Nancy Galewski Wins Fulbright Scholarship

Nancy Galewski, who holds dual master's degrees from Georgia Tech in Public Policy and City and Regional Planning, has been awarded a 2011 Fulbright Scholarship.

Galewski won the prestigious grant for her research proposal for developing community participation in urban service provisions in communities in Bolivia and Peru. She chose the cities of Cochabamba, Bolivia and Arequipa, Peru because both cities face similar difficulties with waste, water, and energy management, and both cities have dealt with anti-privatization demonstrations of basic urban services. Galewski will spend three months in Bolivia and seven months in Peru. 

A native of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, Galewski earned her bachelor's degree in International Development and Political Science from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. She currently works as a research associate at the Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI²).

Sam Nunn Fellows Gain Perspective from Clough and D.C. leaders

The eighth group of Sam Nunn Fellows made their capstone trip to Washington D.C. May 1-5, discussing issues and policy with individuals from an extraordinary range of legislative, executive, and administrative offices and including former Georgia Tech president, G. Wayne Clough (with Nunn Fellows in above photo wearing blue shirt).

The Sam Nunn Fellows are a group of pre-doctoral and post-doctoral engineers, scientists, and computer scientists studying the policy-making process in order to prepare them to offer policy advice on technical issues. The core of the program is a year-long graduate seminar funded by the MacArthur Foundation, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), and the Callahan Memorial Fund.

On Capitol Hill, the fellows met with staff in the office of Senator Saxby Chambliss as well as with a AAAS Congressional Fellow working with Senator Diane Feinstein on energy issues. They attended congressional hearings on subjects including mass transit system security in the era of terrorist threats, data security in the wake of the Sony data breach, and the vote by the commissioners of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) about whether to allow the Department of Energy to withdraw its permit for spent fuel storage at Yucca Mountain.

The Nunn Fellows held discussions with two agencies within the Executive Office of the President (EOP) including a Director at the National Security Council with expertise in cyber-security issues, and with staff in the Office of Science and Technology Policy working on issues pertaining to defense programs and nuclear arms control.  Other meetings were with individuals at the United States Institute for Peace, the State Department Science Advisor’s Office (STAS), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Science and Technology office, and with AAAS Fellows posted to the State Department, the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute, and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

A highlight of the trip was a dialog with the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, former Georgia Tech president G. Wayne Clough, whose unique experience as an engineer working in public service provided valuable insights to the fellows. Another was a meeting with Robert Braun, Chief Technologist of NASA and Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Tech.

This extensive itinerary was arranged through the efforts of Bernard Gourley, Project Manager for the Sam Nunn Fellows, as well as Robert Knotts and Fatima Ladipo in the Georgia Tech Federal Relations Office. The Sam Nunn Security Program is directed by Seymour Goodman, Professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs.

Economics Alumnus Alfred Meek Named Director of EI2's Community Innovation Services

Georgia Tech's Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI²) has named School of Economics alumnus Alfie Meek as director of Community Innovation Services (CIS).

Meek was previously employed as the Director of the Economic Analysis Division with the Gwinnett County Department of Financial Services, where he oversaw the county's economic development program and was responsible for its forecasting and research efforts.

Meek's new role will be managing the CIS team, which supports communities with economic and community development research, analysis, and planning, in addition to advising government leaders on how to be competitive in the ever-changing global economy.

"The opportunity to take my previous research experience with the university system, combine it with the applied knowledge that comes from doing economic development at the local level, and use that unique combination to help other communities was a very attractive prospect,” said Meek of his decision to join EI². “And as a huge bonus, I get to do all this at a place that is very dear to my heart, my alma mater, Georgia Tech." 

Meek holds a Bachelor's Degree from Georgia Tech in Business Economics, as well as a Master's in Business Economics from Georgia State University and a PhD in Agricultural Economics from the University of Georgia.

Read EI²'s announcement about Meek

LCC Students Contribute to American Film Institute Catalog

IAC Research Administration Website is Upgraded

The IAC Research Administration website has undergone a redesign and feature upgrade geared to strengthening its support for the College's research activities.

The redesign has improved the appeal of research.iac.gatech.edu  and its function as a "one-stop shop" for IAC sponsored research. It also provides resources for internal funding opportunities.  The site fulfills a number of important objectives: supporting researchers in maneuvering through administration and compliance for sponsored research activities; facilitating collaboration among College units by providing current and historical information about research projects; updating researchers on major issues affecting research performance and administration; and streamlining budget development for grant proposals. 

“Our overall objective is to support and promote a culture of research in the College," said Chris Fehrenbach, Financial Manager for the Dean’s Office, who maintains the site. “I hope the redesign will improve the site's value to all our stakeholders.”

In Remembrance of Public Policy Alumnus Liam Rattray

Liam Rattray was engaged in award-winning research almost from the beginning of his studies in Georgia Tech’s Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.  He had already made a real world impact by leading a sustainable food initiative on campus. As a recent graduate from the School of Public Policy, Liam was intent on taking his ideas for sustainable urban farming to the streets of Atlanta. 

We had just finished working with Liam on this feature about his achievements and aspirations when word came that he had been killed by a drunk driver on May 30th. It is the hope of Liam's family, friends, and colleagues at Georgia Tech that his work will not disappear with his absence. The remainder of the story appears as it was written prior to Liam's death in an effort to carry forward this exceptional young man's work and passion for transforming our world. 

“I want to be an urban farmer,” says Liam.  Underlying that simple goal is a transformational vision: a resilient local food system centered in Atlanta.

Liam’s vehicle for that is ArkFab, a vertical farming capacity building program.  The project was a finalist garnering an honorable mention in Georgia Tech’s 2011 Ideas to Serve (I2S) competition.  Liam says the project will use a unique, multistage bioconversion process to cultivate gourmet mushrooms, vegetables, and raise fish by upcycling organic waste streams from local businesses.  Food in this system is cultivated within 10 miles of its market and without the use of irrigation, herbicides, pesticides, growth hormones, or unsustainable sources of ocean-mined fish feed. Liam is already growing mushrooms and refining his process and designs and pursuing seed funding for the project. Ultimately, he plans for the ArkFab greenhouses will provide a training center for urban agriculture in downtown Atlanta.

Liam has already proven himself effective in bringing ideas to fruition.  Through a President’s Undergraduate Award in 2007, he started the Georgia Tech Sustainable Food Project which has brought more than $200,000 of local and organic produce to campus dining halls and kept over 600 tons of compost out of landfills.  He won an award again in 2010 for Hackspaces: A Study of Community Innovation in Emerging Technologies.  This year, he was recognized as the 2011 Ivan Allen College Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher.

Liam was advised by Associate Professor Douglas Noonan in the School of Public Policy where he was a research assistant in the Technology Policy and Assessment Center (TPAC)and named 2011 School of Public Policy Outstanding Student. As a recipient of the Political Economy and Environmental Research Fellowship, he designed open source software policy indicators. Liam is a long-time member of the Atlanta Local Food Initiative steering committee where he recently published a policy report detailing the regulation of non-commercial urban agriculture in the 10-county metropolitan Atlanta area. He is currently working with the Center for Biologically Inspired Design and the Georgia Tech Research Institute to transform the Wheat Street Gardens demonstration urban farm into a net energy producer using innovative renewable energy technologies.

Throughout his undergraduate years, Liam has shared his enthusiasm for research by mentoring other liberal arts undergraduates. His research, his training as a policy analyst, and his socially conscious entrepreneurship suggest bright prospects for Liam’s dream of being an urban farmer and for mentoring others to share that vision.

The Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts School of Public Policy is working with Liam's family to establish a memorial.

Read and share expressions of sympathy and remembrance from the Georgia Tech community on the School of Public Policy blog.

AJC article about the accident

Watch Liam’s video

2010/2011 Faculty, Staff, Students, and Alumni Awards, Appointments, and Honors

Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts faculty, staff, students, and alumni have been recognized both internally and externally for extraordinary work and achievements this year. Here is a comprehensive list.

Faculty Appointments 

Marilyn Brown
Professor, School of Public Policy
Appointed to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Appointed by President Obama to the Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors

Susan Cozzens
IAC Associate Dean of Research and Faculty Development; Professor, School of Public Policy
Appointed to the Board of Scientific Counselors at the Environmental Protection Agency

Seymour Goodman
Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs
Appointed to the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (CSTB) of the National Research Council of the National Academies

Susan Herbst
Former Professor, School of Public Policy
Appointed as President of the University of Connecticut

William Long
Chair and Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs
Appointed as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Georgia State University

Sam Nunn
Distinguished Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs
Named a Georgia Trustee by the Georgia Historical Society and the Office of the Governor

Christine Ries Professor, School of Economics
Appointed to Georgia's Special Council on Tax Reform and Fairness

Faculty Awards (External)

Thomas "Hugh" Crawford
Associate Professor, School of Literature, Communication and Culture
Board of Regents' Award for Excellence in Teaching

Mikulas Fabry
Associate Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs
Woodrow Wilson Center Fellowship and APSA Campus Teaching Award

Hanchao Lu
Professor, School of History, Technology & Society 
2010 Honor for Academic Excellence by the Association of Chinese Historians in the United States

Nancy Nersessian
Regents' Professor, School of Public Policy and College of Computing
Patrick Suppes Prize in Philosophy of Science presented by the American Philosophical Society

Jonathan Schneer
Professor, School of History, Technology & Society 
Jewish Book Council's 2010 National Jewish Book Award

Alumni Appointments and Awards (External) 

Nancy Galewski
Alumna, Public Policy
Fulbright Scholarship

Nick Wellkamp
Alumnus, Public Policy
Marshall Scholarship

Admiral James A. "Sandy" Winnefeld Jr.
Alumnus, ROTC
Appointed by President Obama as the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Ivan Allen College Founder’s Day Awards 

Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage
Sam Nunn
Distinguished Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs 

Ivan Allen Jr. Legacy Awards:

Faculty: Haizheng Li, School of Economics

Alumni: Philip Rafshoon, College of Management

Graduate Student: Joel Hewett, School of History, Technology, and Society

Undergraduate Student: Amira Choueiki, Economics and International Affairs with an International Plan track in Arabic and a minor in Public Policy 

Institute Awards

Georgia Tech Outstanding Undergraduate Academic Advisor: Faculty
Amy D'Unger
Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies, School of History, Technology & Society

The ANAK Award
Douglas Flamming
Professor, School of History, Technology & Society

25-Year Service Award
Barbara Blackbourn-Jansma
Associate Professor, School of Modern Languages

GT Staff Gold Tower Awards for Excellence in Communications & Marketing

Annual Event: 10th Annual Ivan Allen College Founder's Day Celebration
by Rebecca Keane, IAC Communications Officer; with Juan McGruder, IAC Director of Development; and Carol Silvers, Administrative Assistant

Print Communications - Invitations & Programs: 10th Annual Ivan Allen College Founder's Day
by Rebecca Keane, IAC Communications Officer; with Juan McGruder, IAC Director of Development; and Carol Silvers, Administrative Assistant

Electronic Newsletters: Ivan Allen College Monthly e-Newsletter
by Rebecca Keane, IAC Communications Officer

Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts Dean's Awards 

Faculty “Gold Star Research Awards” recognizing Recipients of Prestigious National Awards

Mikulas Fabry (INTA) – Woodrow Wilson Center Fellowship (2011/12)

Hanchao Lu (HTS) – 2010 Honor for Academic Excellence by the Association of Chinese Historians in the United States, an affiliate of the American Historical Association (AHA)

Nancy Nersessian (PubPol) - inaugural Patrick Suppes Prize in Philosophy of Science presented by the American Philosophical Society (APS)

Jonathan Schneer (HTS) - Jewish Book Council’s 2010 National Jewish Book Award

Faculty “Gold Star Research Awards” for Sponsored Research

$800,000 or more: Julia Melkers (PubPol)

$700,000 or more: Dan Breznitz (INTA/PubPol)

$500,000 or more: Marilyn Brown (PubPol)

$400,000 or more: Phillip McKnight (ModLangs); Philip Shapira (PubPol)

$300,000 or more: Ian Bogost (LCC); Mary Frank Fox (PubPol)

$200,000 or more: Carl DiSalvo (LCC); Jay Bolter (LCC)

$100,000 or more:

Paul Baker (PubPol)

Ute Fischer (LCC)

Stuart Goldberg (ModLangs)

Michael Hoffmann (PubPol)

Gordon Kingsley (PubPol)

Brian Magerko (LCC)

Celia Pearce (LCC)

Dean’s Staff Recognition Awards (Buzz Awards) - Administration

Ed Able, Financial Manager, School of Modern Languages

Greg Abrams, Accountant, Dean's Office

Kenya Devalia, Administrative Manager, School of Literature, Communication, and Culture

Chris Fehrenbach, Financial Manager, Dean's Office

Jyldyz Hughes, Administrative Manager, School of Economics

Karen Jett, Administrative Manager, School of Public Policy

Wanda Moore, Administrative Manager and Assistant to the Chair, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs

Kari White, Marketing and Event Coordinator, School of Economics

Dean’s Staff Recognition Awards (Buzz Awards) - Student Administration

LaDonna Bowen, Academic Advisor, School of History, Technology, and Society

Stephanie Jackson, Academic Advisor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs

Dean's Office Staff Recognition Awards

Sam Aral, Facilities Manager

Judy Collier, Assistant to the Dean

Rebecca Keane, Communications Officer

Tina Lambert, Director of Finance Administration

Student Awards and Scholarships 

Georgia Tech Graduate Student of the Year - Bettina Gardner (INTA)

Georgia Pacific Scholarship - Madison Lee (IAML)

Chinese Embassy Scholarship - Laura O'Donnell (IAML)

Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts I Am Liberal Arts Award - Katherine Hamblin (HTS)

Finalist and Honorable Mention in Georgia Tech's Ideas to Serve (I2S) Competition - Liam Rattray (PubPol) for his ArkFab vertical farming capacity building program.

Ivan Allen College Oustanding Undergraduate Researcher - Liam Rattray (PubPol)

School of Economics

Outstanding Economics Student Award - Rathi Bala 

Omicron Delta Epsilon Outstanding Senior Cup - Stephen Brincks

Mollie Newton Award for Excellence in Economics - Zach Dunda

School of History, Technology, and Society

Bellon Prize - Denise Bringslid

Bellon Prize - Kaitlyn Whiteside

Chair's Award - Ben Belden

Dorothy Cowser Yancy Incentive Award - Gerin Williams

HTS Homer Rice Award - Jennifer Green

Slotkin Award - Todd Christopher

Slotkin Award - Della Hall

The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs

1996 Olympic Envoy Program Legacy Award - Kristin Meagher

Outstanding Graduate Student - Shawn Finnell

The Michael Williams Minority Student Award - Gaelle Belhseine

School of Literature, Communication, and Culture

James Dean Young Award - Stephanie Lyons

William Gilmer Perry Award - Adam Le Doux

William Gilmer Perry Award - Andrew St. James

Writing & Communications Program Award for Excellence in Pedagogy – Roger Whitson

Writing & Communications Program Award: Multimodal Innovation – Jo Anne Harris

Writing & Communications Program Award: Excellence in WOVEN Communication – English 1101/02 – Faculty: Diana Jakacki; Student: Gabriel Auyeung

School of Modern Languages

Excellence in Applied Languages and Intercultural Studies Award - John Victor Watson

Outstanding Senior: French - Kendall Roark Bailey

Outstanding Senior: German - John Richard Lambert

Outstanding Senior: Japanese - Marc Spencer Humbert

Outstanding Senior: Spanish - Lindsey Anne Sweetnich

School of Public Policy

Outstanding Undergraduate Student - Liam Rattray

Outstanding Undergraduate Student - Danielle Wisotzke

Joint Degree Awards

Excellence in International Affairs and Modern Languages Award - Erin Nicole Robinson

Excellence in Global Economics and Modern Languages Award - She-Kay K. Chow

Outstanding Economics and International Affairs Student Award - Alexandra Henke

President's Undergraduate Research Awards (PURA) 

Summer 2011 Winners:

Austen Edwards (PubPol) – "The Efficacy of Science & Technology as Engagement in US Foreign Policy"

Robert Rule (HTS) – "Cultural and Institutional Obstacles to Greater Participation of Women in Computer Science and Chemistry"

Paul Zaitsev (LCC) – "Didacticism through Immersion in Science Fiction Interactive Visual Media"

Spring 2011 Winners:

Denise Bringslid (HTS) – "Determining the Implications of Re-Segregation in the Atlanta Public School System"

Madeline Cook (INTA) – "Peddling Paradise: the Role of the City Historian's Office in Creating a Global Brand in Habana Vieja"

Jared Fry (INTA) – "WMD in Gaming"

Thea Kromer (HTS) – "The Interlocking Relationships between American Indian-White European History and the American Indian Movement"

Matthew Lynch (PubPol) – "How Can the Lessons of Hawaii Energy Policy be Applied to Georgia?"

Alec Manfre (PubPol) – "How Can the Lessons of Hawaii Energy Policy be Applied to Georgia?"

Fall 2010 Winners:

Samer Ead (LCC) – "Mermaids Research"

Jennifer Gergely (LCC) – "Examining the New Space Opera and its Evolution over the Past Twenty Years"

John O'Brien (PubPol) – "Characterizing Privatization Trends within U.S. State Parks"

Amira Pettus (LCC) – "The Milk of Human Corruptions: Liconsa and the Persistence of Childhood Malnutrition in Mexico"

Nicole Turner (LCC) – "Dynamic Families: Lesbian Kinship in the Social, Cultural and Legal Context"

Kate Wharton (ECON) – "Assessing the Economic Component of Internal Migration and Forced Displacement in Colombia"

Ivan Allen College Student Advisory Board Awards 

Student Leadership Awards - Austen Edwards (PubPol/INTA)

Success Beyond Campus Award - Kristin Meagher (INTA)

Community Service Award - Erica Murray (INTA)

This Month's Banner Photo

Cherry trees in bloom on Cherry Street, home to four of the Ivan Allen College buildings.