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Keith Oden, Ph.D.
Director of Academic Diversity
College of Sciences
Summary Sentence: A workshop to prepare students for graduate studies
Full Summary: The workshop aims to encourage students from groups underrepresented in STEM to pursue graduate studies.
Research Bound in STEMResearch Bound in STEM has two goals:
Fifty students participate annually. Participants arrive on Thursday afternoon. On Friday morning, they visit the Georgia Tech campus and participate in two workshops: “Applying and Gaining Admission to Graduate Schools" and “Writing Effective Personal Statements for Graduate School Admissions and Fellowships”.
On Friday afternoon, participants visit College of Sciences schools and participate in lab tours, discussions, and information sessions on discipline-specific research, admissions criteria, and funding opportunities.
On Friday evening, participants have dinner with Georgia Tech faculty and students. The dinner features a distinguished College of Sciences graduate as the keynote speaker.
The program concludes on Saturday morning. Students return to their respective undergraduate campuses.
Participation is by invitation only. For more information, contact keith.oden@cos.gatech.edu or visit www.researchbound.gatech.edu.
