Recent News

Current News and Events

• Ivan Allen College Dean’s Offices Relocated to Savant Building

  

  June 20, 2018

  The Office of the Dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts has relocated to the newly renovated first floor of the Savant Building at 631 Cherry Street, Atlanta, 30332. The dean’s office previously was located in the Habersham Building at 781 Marietta Street.

• Ideas for Creating an Effective Syllabus for Online Learning

  

  June 4, 2018

• First-Year Students Present at 2018 Freshman Research Internship Exhibition

  

  June 1, 2018

  On Wednesday, April 1, 14 freshmen from the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts presented their research at the College’s Freshman Research Exhibition.

• Ivan Allen College Celebrates Faculty and Staff Achievements at Spring Luncheon

  

  May 2, 2018

  The Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts Spring Faculty and Staff Recognition Luncheon was held on April 17, 2018. Dean Jacqueline Royster recognized the accomplishments of the College throughout the year, and highlighted that this is the 130th Year of Liberal Arts at Georgia Institute of Technology.

• Dr. Boulard Lectures on "L’invention de Vincennes"

  

  April 27, 2018

  Dr. Stephanie Boulard was invited as a plenary speaker to discuss the outcome of May '68 events in France during a plenary session entitled “L’invention de Vincennes” at the 20th and 21st-century French and Francophone Studies Colloquium.

• Boulard's Book Published in Tangence

  

  April 27, 2018

  Stephanie Boulard, Associate Professor of French in the School of Modern Languages, along with Stella Spriet of the University of Saskatchewan, recently had their co-edited book titled, Traversées de Pascal Quignard, published in Tangence.

• Three Nunn School Students Selected for Boren Awards

  

  April 27, 2018

  Three Georgia Tech students from the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs were awarded prestigious Boren Awards.

• Students Recognized for Excellence

  

  April 26, 2018

  Outstanding students were recognized this month with awards and scholarships from the Institute, College, and Schools.

• Georgia Tech Hosts Korean Speech & Quiz Fest

  

  April 19, 2018

  The first Korean Speech & Quiz Fest took place at Georgia Tech on April 14, 2018.

• Dr. Cecilia Montes-Alcala Invited to Speak on Spanglish

  

  April 16, 2018

  Dr. Cecilia Montes-Alcalá was invited to give a lecture entitled “Spanglish Deconstructed: Spanish & English Contact Realities” at the University of Georgia on April 13th.

• Three Georgia Tech Students Recognized at Regional Japanese Speech Contest

  

  March 6, 2018

  Five Georgia Tech students competed in the Georgia region’s annual Japanese Speech Contest, with three winning awards.

• Five Georgia Tech Students Awarded Chinese Government Scholarships

  February 22, 2018

  Five Georgia Tech students have been selected to receive full scholarships for a year of study in China.

• Ivan Allen College Race and Gender Studies

  

  February 15, 2018

  Among the responses to the Student-Led Listening Sessions held by the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts last fall, Dean Royster has pulled together a comprehensive list of class offerings in the College that integrate race and genders studies. Following is a list of both undergraduate and graduate classes for 2018.

• A Message from the Dean on Ivan Allen College Student-led Listening Sessions

  

  January 30, 2018

  As 2018 and the new semester get into full swing, I would like to take a moment to reflect on the effort we began this past fall, in the wake of the troubling events that affected our campus — including the death of Scout Schultz and the violence at the vigil in Scout’s honor.

  As the College community struggled to understand what happened and the roles we could play in making things better, we held three student-led sessions to listen to concerns and draw forth ideas from across the College.

• Ivan Allen College to Honor Donors Gail and Barry Spurlock, Six Alumni, and Three Recipients of the Ivan Allen Jr. Legacy Awards

  

  January 29, 2018

  Georgia Tech’s Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts has announced the slate of honorees for its 2018 Distinguished Alumni Awards, which will be held the evening of March 28. Among those to be feted are long-time supporters of the College, Gail and Barry Spurlock.

• Eight Modern Languages Faculty Members Selected for Teaching Award

  January 19, 2018

  Eight ML faculty members selected as recipients of the 2017 Class of 1940 Course Survey Teaching Effectiveness Award

• Anna Westerstahl Stenport Elected to the ADFL Executive Committee

  

  January 19, 2018

  Anna Westerstahl Stenport, chair and professor of the School of Modern Languages, has been elected to the executive committee of the Modern Language Association’s Association of Departments of Foreign Languages (MLA-ADFL) for a four-year term, beginning January 2018.