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Vol. 44, No. 18whistle.gatech.eduSeptember 3, 2019

The Poetry of WafflesGeorgia Tech Professor Karen Head was recently appointed Waffle House Poet Laureate — and even has the name tag to prove it. Learn how she’s combining waffles and poetry in the classroom and around the state this fall:

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Take the Midtown Walk ChallengeThe Midtown Alliance is encouraging those in the neighborhood to walk and earn prizes from Sept. 9–13. Learn more and participate in the challenge at:

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Georgia Tech’s 12th president, Ángel Cabrera (M.S. PSY 1993, Ph.D. PSY 1995), begins his tenure today. Follow along at news.gatech.edu for activities throughout his first day and weeks as he gets acquainted with his new role. Coverage will be ongoing. To hear from Cabrera in his own words, follow along on his blog at president.gatech.edu/blog, or attend his first Institute Address on Thursday, Sept. 5, at 11 a.m. at the Ferst Center for the Arts.

Photo by Rob Felt

A NEW CHAPTER BEGINS

REBECCA KEANE IVAN ALLEN COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

Jacqueline Jones Royster, dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, concluded nine years of leadership Aug. 31, closing her term as the Ivan Allen Jr. Chair in Liberal Arts

and Technology. A leading scholar at the intersections of rhetorical, literacy, women’s, and cultural studies, she will remain on faculty in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, completing research and continuing to work with undergraduate interns on her Building

Memories project until she retires in August 2020.

From the outset in 2010, Royster worked to sharpen and refine the identities and roles of liberal arts at Georgia Tech. She championed possibilities for holistic innovation and

Tech’s Liberal Arts Stride Boldly Ahead Under Royster’s Leadership

Royster speaks at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. campus lecture event in 2014.

Photo by Rob Felt

see ROYSTER, page 2

DENISE WARD INSTITUTE COMMUNICATIONS

The next phase of Georgia Tech’s Technology Square project is moving forward with the recent announcement of Scheller Tower — a new building for the Ernest Scheller Jr. College of Business in Tech Square Phase III, expected to open by the end of 2022. Roberta and Ernest Scheller Jr., IM 1952, made a generous philanthropic commitment in support of this next phase of the initiative.

“Scheller Tower will become the new home for our MBA and Executive Education programs, and it paves the way for Scheller College of Business at Georgia Tech to continue its momentum and success as a leading business school of the 21st century,” said Maryam Alavi, dean and Stephen P. Zelnak Chair of Scheller College. “We appreciate the unwavering support from the Schellers, and we look forward to Scheller Tower’s opening in 2022.”

Last spring, Georgia Tech received approval from the Board of Regents, the state legislature, and Gov. Brian Kemp to provide state funding for the architectural design of Tech Square Phase III to begin this fall. Pending full project funding and approval by the Board of Regents and the governor, construction could begin as early as the summer of 2020 and could conclude by the end of 2022.

Tech Square Phase III will be located on the northwest corner of West Peachtree Street and Fifth Street and will include an additional tower

for the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, as well as for other programming.

Tech Square opened in 2003. One of the area’s guiding principles is to foster a better connec-tion between the Institute and the business community. Today, it is a thriving innovation ecosystem thanks to a network of students, faculty, researchers, startup entrepreneurs, and global corporations.

Tech Square Phase III to Include Scheller Tower

The next phase of Technology Square will take place along the north side of Fifth Street.

Rendering

Ernest Scheller Jr.

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WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING

Sept. 9 The End Suicide initiative hosts a Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) Training from 10 a.m. to noon in Room 117, Smithgall Student Services (Flag) Building. Additional trainings will take place on:

• Sept. 10, 9 to 10 a.m. (Room 256, Skiles Building)

• Sept. 11, 2 to 4 p.m.• Sept. 25, 10 a.m. to noon

Register to attend at:endsuicide.gatech.edu

Sept. 9 Human Resources hosts a Be Well session on Planning Your Georgia Tech Retirement from noon to 1 p.m. in Room 320, Student Center. Register to attend at:hr.gatech.edu/bewell

Sept. 24 The Library hosts a Photoshop for Beginners class from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in Room 2130, Crosland Tower.library.gatech.edu

Sept. 25 The LGBTQIA Resource Center hosts a Level Up Allyship training from 9 to 10:30 a.m. in Room 319, Student Center. Learn more and register at:lgbtqia.gatech.edu

Sept. 25 Human Resources hosts a Be Well session on Wills, Estates, and Inheritance Planning from 11 a.m. to noon in Room 320, Student Center. Register at:hr.gatech.edu/bewell

Oct. 1 Human Resources hosts a Be Well session on Leaves of Absence from noon to 1 p.m. in Room 321, Student Center. Register at:hr.gatech.edu/bewell

SEMINARS AND LECTURES

Sept. 27 The Global Climate Action Symposium brings together experts to showcase climate change engagement by local student activists, scientists and engineers, business and policy experts, and artists. The event is free and will take place from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design. Learn more and register at:globalchange.gatech.edu

problem-solving, enabled by working within the humanities at the nexus of social sciences, engineering, computing, science, and medicine, as well as at the convergence of policy arenas and the liberal arts.

In remarks during the farewell celebration he hosted to honor Dean Royster on August 27, Georgia Tech Provost Rafael Bras said, “Jackie, for all of us, its been a wonderful journey together. The College and its schools are standing high. Unquestionably, we are far better off than we were nine years ago. We are on the map, we are competing among the best, and we are in a great position to continue. We appreciate your dedication to excellence, and your convic-tion that what we’re doing is important. You have set a standard. On behalf of all of us at Georgia Tech, thank you very much.”

Royster nurtured a collec-tive spirit built around priorities grounded in the core values of humanistic inquiry, respectful and inclusive collaboration, and the idea of socially accountable innovation that considers the impact of science and technology on humans and the environments in which we function.

“Jackie brought a wonderful humanity to Ivan Allen College through initiatives such as Africa Atlanta 2014, the Westside Communities Alliance (WCA), and the Leadership and Multifaith Program (LAMP),” said John Tone, professor of history and interim dean of the College. “In addition, while the College has always taken great pride in the Ivan Allen name and legacy of fighting for civil rights, it is not a coincidence that curricular initiatives such as the minor in social justice saw the light of day on Jackie’s watch. So much good happened under Dean Royster, and the College will miss her wise leadership very much.”

Through Royster’s leader-ship and support, in 2015, the College exceeded the $35 million fundraising goal within Campaign Georgia Tech.

Philanthropic investments funded four new endowed profes-sorships, one new endowed chair, as well as several undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellow-ships.

Undergraduate enrollment recovered with a trajectory of growth that more than doubled the numbers from a low point in 2012.

Tenure-track faculty positions increased from 122 to nearly 150

to advance the College’s trajectory of growth in all areas, from the support of top-tier research and policymaking to undergraduate and graduate education.

Deliberate attention to diversity and inclusion helped to increase the number of underrepresented minorities among faculty, staff, and students, and helped to advance new programmatic areas, such as Black Media Studies, Global Development Studies, and a more coherent presentation of the College’s strengths in studies of race and gender.

Royster established a Dean’s Scholarship Program to fund five to six incoming undergraduates each year. She continued the funding of Dean’s fellowships for graduate students and instituted a substantial faculty research support program.

Forging New PathsAnother distinction for Royster

was that she was the first African American academic dean at Georgia Tech. As she recalls, many of her peers expressed surprise at her decision to take on a leadership role at a technology-centric university like Georgia Tech. However, this doubt was countered, she says, by a welcoming spirit on campus.

“What I appreciated was that people here were pretty nice to each other, they liked working here, and there was a sense of collaboration and cooperation. There was a level of respect and a human-to-human kind of contact that I appreciated,” said Royster. “There was a tolerance

and a focus on getting work done that seemed to inform the way that Georgia Tech chose to do business.”

As a scholar who studies social change, she takes a long view of the evolution of the liberal arts at Tech.

“The founders of Georgia Tech recognized that they needed to do more than teach people how to make things, so the liberal arts disciplines were here from the very first day. Other benchmarks along the way were part of our growing understanding of the

intersection between needing to remake our world after the Civil War and needing to be very aware of the world in which we were making things in years to come.

The evolution in our thinking about the mission of the Institute is marked well, in fact, by the evolution of our College, in particular. It marks the ever-changing excellence of Georgia Tech as a top-tier 21st-century university.”

ROYSTER, from page 1

(Above) Rafael L. Bras, provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs and the K. Harrison Brown Family Chair, presents Royster with a gift at a farewell celebration Aug. 27. (Below) Atlanta City Councilmember Andre Dickens, a Tech graduate and former staff member, presents Royster with a proclamation from the City of Atlanta for her contributions to the city during her time as dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.

Photos by Zee Doehling and Rebecca Keane

This story has been edited for length. To read the full story, visit c.gatech.edu/royster.

For a more comprehensive listing of events, or to add your own, visit calendar.gatech.edu.

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EVENTS

MISCELLANEOUS

Sept. 4 The Diversity Symposium will take place from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Global Learning Center.diversity.gatech.edu

Sept. 4 A dedication for The Three Pioneers

and The First Graduate will take place at Trailblazers: The Struggle

and the Promise from 3 to 4 p.m. in Harrison Square.diversity.gatech.edu

Sept. 5 Incoming President Ángel Cabrera will address the campus at the President’s Institute Address at 11 a.m. in the Ferst Center for the Arts.president.gatech.edu

Sept. 7 Georgia Tech Football hosts its home opener against the University of South Florida at 2 p.m. at Bobby Dodd Stadium.ramblinwreck.com

Sept. 9 A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Center for Assessment, Referral, and Education (CARE) will take place at 1 p.m. on the first floor of the Smithgall Student Services (Flag) Building.care.gatech.edu

Sept. 10 The Glass Shop hosts an open house from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Room L2305, Ford ES&T Building. The glass shop and Georgia Tech’s glassblower specialize in the design and construction of custom scientific glassware and repairing existing equipment.c.gatech.edu/glassshop

Sept. 10 President Emeritus G. Wayne Clough will discuss his book, Things New and Strange: A

Southerner’s Journey through the

Smithsonian Collection, from 11 a.m. to noon in Room 205Q (Clough Lounge), Clough Commons.serve-learn-sustain.gatech.edu

Sept. 14 Georgia Tech Football hosts The Citadel at 12:30 p.m. at Bobby Dodd Stadium.ramblinwreck.com

Sept. 17 Join the Women’s Resource Center, Women in Engineering, and the Center for Women, Science, and Technology for a welcome to new women faculty and staff at Georgia Tech from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Peachtree Room, Student Center. Light refreshments will be served.womenscenter.gatech.edu

Oct. 1 The Institute Retirement Dinner will celebrate those who retired during Fiscal Year 2019. The event will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Historic Academy of Medicine.specialevents.gatech.edu/

retirementdinner

Lucien Dhooge, Sue and John Staton Professor of law in the Scheller College of Business, received the Academy of Legal Studies in Business’s Distinguished Career Faculty Award for his contributions in the field of law and ethics.

Alper Erturk, Woodruff Professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, has been selected to receive the 2020 James W. Dally Young Investigator Award of the Society for Experimental Mechanics. The award was instituted to recognize a young professional (within 10 years of Ph.D.) who has made significant contributions in education and has demonstrated an excellence in research in the field of experimental mechanics.

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) announced that the Georgia Tech Research Institute is the Supporting Friend of IEEE Member and Geographic Activities Award recipient. The award recognizes individuals, organizations, and divisions of organizations who encourage and support IEEE activi-ties and volunteerism through their practices.

Scott Niles, contracting officer in the Office of Sponsored Programs, was named Chair-Elect for Region III of the National Council for University Research Administrators.

Former Senator Sam Nunn, distin-guished professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, will receive the Peace through Strength Award from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute at the 7th annual Reagan National Defense Forum in December.

The Association of Internal Management Consultants has selected Georgia Tech’s Office of Strategic Consulting as the 2019 Overall Internal Consulting Excellence Award winner. The award is presented annually to the internal consulting group that

demonstrates superior performance in both delivering high-quality consulting processes and demonstrating a significant impact on the enterprise.

Bobby Strickland, senior graphic designer in Professional Education, received two Indigo Awards for his design work for Ethics Awareness Week in 2018.

Beril Toktay, Brady Family Chair in Management and ADVANCE Professor in the Scheller College of Business, was selected as a finalist for the 2019 Atlanta E3 Awards in the “Impact” category. Toktay is the faculty director of the Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business. Winners in each category will be announced at an event later this month.

Wayne Whiteman, director of the Office of Student Services and Principal Academic Professional in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, and David Joyner, associate director of Student Experience for OMSCS and Senior Research Associate in the College of Computing, both had courses on Class Central’s Top 100 MOOCs of All Time list. With two classes from Whiteman and one from Joyner on the list, Georgia Tech was one of 12 schools with three or more courses in the top 100.

Shimeng Yu, associate professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been named the recipient of the inaugural Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) Young Faculty Award. Yu will be presented with the award at the annual SRC TECHCON meeting this month in Austin, Texas.

School of Mathematics Professor Haomin Zhou has been named one of two recipients of the 2019 Feng Kang Prize. The prize is awarded every two years to Chinese mathematicians working in computational mathematics.

FACULTY AND STAFF ACHIEVEMENTS

Georgia Tech will dedicate two new campus sculptures this week at the Trailblazers: The Struggle and the Promise event on Wednesday, Sept. 4. The Three Pioneers will reside in Harrison Square, depicting the first three African American students to matriculate at Georgia Tech: Ford C. Greene, Ralph A. Long Jr., and Lawrence M. Williams. The First Graduate will be installed in Clough Commons, depicting Tech’s first African American graduate, Ronald Yancey, EE 1965. Artist Martin Dawe is pictured working on the installations in his studio. The sculptures are made possible through the philanthropic support of Bo Godbold, IE 1965, and his wife Betsy Godbold. Learn more at news.gatech.edu.

Photo by Institute Communications

WELCOMING TECH’S TRAILBLAZERS

MICHAEL PEARSON IVAN ALLEN COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

More than 3.8 million U.S. children live with an adult who is inappropriately using opioids, according to a new estimate from Georgia Tech’s School of Public Policy.

The study, which spans the years 2002 to 2017, also found that while fewer children are living with someone who casually misuses opioids, the number living with adults exhibiting signs of more serious abuse increased by 30% and the number living with heroin users rose 200%.

The study is the first to examine the number of children living with someone inappropriately using opioids.

“This study reveals the staggering extent of the opioid crisis on children in the United States, an epidemic that is likely to have costly long-term implications for child welfare agencies, schools, the health care sector, and most of all, on children,” said Lindsey Bullinger, assistant professor in the School of Public Policy who coauthored the study with Coady Wing of Indiana University. “It is crucial that policymakers and practitio-ners have this information to understand the extent of child exposure to opioid abuse at home.”

Exposure to Opioids Falling, but More Children Living with Heroin Users

The survey found that the number of children in the U.S. living with someone misusing

opioids declined, falling from 3.43 million in 2002 to 3.33 million in 2017. The number of children living with someone with opioid use disorder, though, increased by 30%, rising from 423,000 in 2002 to 548,000 in 2017.

Opioid misuse is defined as the use, even once, of opioids prescribed for someone else or only for the feeling it causes. Opioid use disorder applies to someone who exhibits symptoms of abuse or dependency.

The study, which draws on data from the National Survey of Drug Use and Health and the American Community Survey, also found that 198,000 children were living with a heroin user in 2017. That number was up 200% from 2002.

Among other findings contained in the study:

• Among children living with an adult who abuses opioids, about one third likely live with multiple adult abusers of opioids.

• The decline in opioid misuse is largest among one-child households.

• Among adults living in childless households, about 52 in every 1,000 misused opioids in 2017. In households with children, about 46 of every 1,000 adults misused opioids. That number fell over 15 years examined in the study.

Millions of Children Exposed to Opioid Misuse at Home, New Georgia Tech Study Reveals

This story has been edited for length. To read the full story, visit c.gatech.edu/opioid.

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When a Georgia Tech department purchases new furniture or office equipment, what happens to the furniture and

equipment that’s no longer needed? Because it is state property, it cannot be sold, surplussed, or transferred from Georgia Tech without the approval of Surplus Property. As a result, many items are held in the Surplus Property area of Procurement and Business Services, located at 711 Marietta Street, until they find a new home.

For details about how property is retired at Tech, or to schedule a visit to the surplus warehouse, visit procurement.gatech.edu/logistics.

See the full gallery at c.gatech.edu/surplus.

Hidden Georgia Tech is a photo essay series highlighting places on campus that may largely go unnoticed but are sometimes hidden in plain sight. If you know of a place worth exploring, email editor@comm.gatech.edu.

Written by Victor Rogers // Photos by Rob Felt

HIDDEN GEORGIA TECHSURPLUS PROPERTY

(1-4) The 5,730-square-foot surplus warehouse has a little bit of everything, from electronics to furniture. Unloading and staging the items are Tias Climes, truck driver; Christopher Wallace, logistics associate; and Corey Darden, logistics associate. Items, such as a keyboard or foosball table, could be made available to the public through internet auctions if not redistributed to another department. (5) Georgia Tech Logistics is responsible for the campuswide pickup of surplus items. Darden unloads furniture delivered to Surplus Property. (6) When departments relocate or redecorate, they often tag unneeded items to be sent to Surplus.

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