Alumni Magazine - Fall 2008 - (Page 58) “The standards we place on everything we do here are the same as Atlanta. Our faculty, our expectations for promotion and tenure, they’re the same as Atlanta,” says David Frost, above, the director of Georgia Tech Savannah. lounge, faculty and staff offices, distance-capable classrooms and more than 30 instructional and research laboratories are housed in the campus’ three buildings. Although many students at Georgia Tech Savannah are from the region, there are a number of out-of-state and international students. Starting two years ago, Georgia Tech Savannah began admitting transfer students from any university. Of this year’s 44 graduate students, 25 come from outside the United States. Starting this fall, a new dual-degree program with Armstrong Atlantic State allows students to begin taking Georgia Tech courses as freshmen. From day one, Frost says, the students are enrolled both at Armstrong and at Tech. They will attend classes on the Armstrong campus for their first two years, working toward an associate’s degree in engineering studies from Armstrong, and will spend their final two years at Georgia Tech Savannah to obtain a bachelor’s degree from Tech. Thirty students have enrolled in the program and now are taking GT1000, a course previously unavailable to Georgia Tech Savannah students. Frost says the new program will allow Georgia Tech Savannah to “engage much earlier with the students.” Frost says that Georgia Tech Savannah students are matching Atlanta students in performance. Savannah students have been honored alongside Atlanta students for having some of the highest Institute-wide GPAs and have received National Science Foundation fellowships. “The standards we place on everything we do here are the same as Atlanta,” he says. “Our faculty, our expectations for promotion and tenure, they’re the same as Atlanta, and, in fact, they’re an integral part of the same process. Similarly, the admissions criteria for students are 58 Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine • Fall 2008
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