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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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The School of City and Regional Planning will host an open house for admitted and prospective Masters and PhD graduate students. To attend, please RSVP to Dracy Blackwell at dracy.blackwell@coa.gatech.edu by March 29, 2013.
West Architecture Building
Architecture (West) 3rd Floor Jury Space
8:00-8:30 Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:00 Introduction/Overview of Program (Stiftel & Stone)
9:00-9:15 Student Planning Association (SPA) Presentation
9:15-9:45 Alumni Panel Presentations
9:45-10:00 BREAK
10:00-10:30 Student Panel Presentations
10:30-11:00 Overview of Center for Quality Growth & Regional Development (CQGRD) & Center for Geographic Information Systems (CGIS)
11:00-12:00 Faculty Introductions
12:00-1:00 Catered Lunch – Outside (if weather permits) or Architecture (West)
3rd Floor Jury Space
1:00-3:15 **Atlanta Laboratory Bus Tour** (Atlantic Station; Beltline; Northside Corridor)
West Architecture Building
2nd Floor Jury Space
3:30-4:30 Specializations/Faculty Fair
Alumni, students and faculty practicing in each of the seven specializations (land use, land development, economic development, geographic information systems, urban design, environmental planning and management, transportation) will be available to talk in small groups about the curriculum and the practice of planning and how the program prepares you for it.
East Architecture Building
Architecture (West) 3rd Floor Jury Space
4:30-5:15 Q&A Session
5:30-7:30 Student Planning Association (SPA) Social (location TBD)