The Woodruff School’s Office of Student Services is located in the MRDC Building, Room 3112.

Office Hours

Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – noon to 1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Woodruff School graduate students are strongly encouraged to apply for competitive national fellowships. View fellowships.gatech.edu for a complete list of fellowships. In addition, the University of Illinois maintains a web site on graduate fellowships through the IRIS database. You may search IRIS from any computer at Georgia Tech. See www.library.uiuc.edu/iris

Writing and Presentation Assistance

The Woodruff School provides writing and presentation assistance for graduate students through the Frank K. Webb Program in Professional Communication, coordinated by Dr. Jeffrey Donnell (Ph.D. in English, Emory University). Dr. Donnell is available to review technical manuscripts, to help you prepare and rehearse technical presentations, and help you prepare graduate fellowship applications. Contact Dr. Donnell at jeff.donnell@me.gatech.edu or go to MRDC, Room 3104.

Frank K. Webb Academic Professional Chair in Communication Skills
MRDC Building, Room 3410, (404)-894-7552
jill.fennell@me.gatech.edu

• Assists with NSF, DoD, and similar fellowships

The Woodruff School Graduate Committee is the academic faculty committee that oversees the operation of the Woodruff School's graduate programs. The committee has responsibility for all graduate-level degree requirements, approval of new courses, and approval of thesis reading committees. The committee typically meets once a month.

The Graduate Student Development Committee (GSDC) is responsible for fostering the recruitment and development of the graduate students of the Woodruff School. 

Charges and Responsibilities 

• Recruit top tier students to the Woodruff School graduate programs
• Support the planning and execution the graduate student recruiting visit days
• Work to continually improve the experience, resources, training, and services we offer to Woodruff School graduate students
• Promote and facilitate interaction between the Woodruff School graduate students and faculty

Composition 

The committee includes faculty members across all ranks and levels of experience at Georgia Tech to the extent possible, and be representative of the GWW School’s Research Area Groups. The committee’s chair and membership are determined by the GWW School’s Faculty Advisory Committee in conjunction with the School Chair. The committee includes the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies (ex-officio), the Director of the Office of Student Services (ex-officio), and the staff (graduate advisors) of the Office of Student Services (ex-officio). The committee also includes one representative from each of the following graduate student groups: Woodruff School Graduate Women (WSGW, http://www.wsgw.gatech.edu/), Mechanical Engineering Graduate Association (MEGA, http://pwp.gatech.edu/mega/), Latino Organization of Graduate Students (LOGRAS), and the Black Graduate Student Association (BGSA, http://www.bgsa.gtorg.gatech.edu/). Each student representative shall serve one academic year.  These graduate student representatives are present to provide a direct line of communication from the student body to the faculty and school leadership.