Program Proposal:Office of Greek Affairs

Description: Greek Affairs Study Blitz – The Office of Greek Affairs would like to emphasize the academic performance of the Greek community through the creation of a study blitz/event to proactively support raising GPAs with support from the Center for Academic Success.

1) Introductioni) Greek Affairs Study Blitzii) Host a study event for the Greek community that would allow

for the Office of Greek Affairs to provide Greek students with a program centered around academic success.

iii) The impact of hosting this event would be the Office of Greek Affairs places emphasis on academic success within the Greek Community.

2) Purposei) Georgia Tech Greek Affairs values academic excellence and

providing the necessary resources to chapter and councils. ii) The demand for a program like this is crucial because the Office

of Greek Affairs does not currently host an academic excellence program.

iii) Through this program, students will have a place to study and relax during the week before finals. Students will also learn of another resource on campus, the Center for Academic Success.

3) Processi) Attached you will find a program outline including logistical

planning.ii) Attached you will find a Practice-to-Theory-to-Practice outline.

4) Structurei) To be planned and hosted by the Graduate Assistant or Intern

for the semester.ii) Planning and implementation will be overseen by the Director

of Greek Affairs.5) Partnership – Center for Academic Success (CfAS)

i) Request at least 5 Peer Tutors.ii) Allows for CfAS to reach a large student group.iii) Allows for Greek students to meet and connect with CfAS.iv) Creates a network for Greek students that will allow for them

to use CfAS resources in the future.v) Builds a partnership between the Office of Greek Affairs and

Center for Academic Success for future partnerships or events.

Study Blitz Logistics:

Where: Georgia Tech Student Center

When: Thursday before Finals Week

Contact: (404)385-4275 or https://www.gtevents.gatech.edu/virtualems/

Rooms to Rent: 319, 320, 321 all have a capacity of 50 people. May reserve ballroom if event will draw a large crowd

Time: 7pm-11pm

Cost: $80 per room for 4 hours $240 for room reservations$150 for food and refreshments May change due to turnoutTotal: $390 for room and food

If renting out ballroom plus rooms and food $740

Attendance: 500 Students

Practice-to-Theory-to-Practice Step by Step Model: Greek Affairs Study Blitz

Step 1: Would like to identify an area of need concerning grades and GPA improvement for Greek community at Georgia Tech

Step 2: Program Outcomes Promote effective study time during week before finals at Georgia

Tech Foster relationships between Center for Academic Success and

Greek community members Encourage students to utilize a three different area study section

o Silent room, Group Work room, Regular room

Step 3: Tinto’s (1993) theory on student success for retention and persistence can help to understand the issue. While Georgia Tech Greek students are already high performing academic students, implementing a structured academic event during dead week sponsored by the Office of Greek Affairs would articulate the goals of the Office for persistence and improved GPAs. Through academic involvement and support, we are hopeful to see a raised GPA in the Greek community at Georgia Tech.

Step 4: The three student types at Georgia Tech that we see most often are: Academics, Conventional, and Grinds (CITE). These student types allow for a hopeful high participant rate because of how much students value there grades and academic achievement.

Step 5: When recognizing potential resources and challenges, I argue the biggest challenge is getting Greek students to the event. With study habits and study rituals for individual students a major influence, some students may not want to break that tradition or ritual. A source of support would be the Center for Academic Success. This partnership

should help bring students to the event because of the ability to receive peer-tutoring. The environmental influence can be that students do not want to study in a place that is not quite as comfortable to them, so .

Step 6: The goals of the program should stay consistent when planning the event. An Academic Circle, as described by Tinto in 1993, for a student must be large enough for students to adequately persist and graduate.

Step 7 -10: Once the event has taken place, we can reevaluate the goals of the program, assess how effective the event was, and plan for a better study blitz the next semester.