{"id":1251,"date":"2020-11-27T18:31:45","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T23:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/shpe\/?p=1251"},"modified":"2020-11-27T18:31:45","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T23:31:45","slug":"georgia-institute-of-technology-graduate-school-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/shpe\/2020\/11\/27\/georgia-institute-of-technology-graduate-school-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Institute of Technology Graduate School Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Georgia Institute of Technology invites you to one of the nation\u2019s premier graduate recruiting programs, Focus. This event is designed to attract students from traditionally underrepresented groups and encourage them to pursue graduate studies. <strong>Focus 2021<\/strong>\u00a0is the 29<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0annual event and will be held through an immersive virtual experience (with enhanced benefits), <strong>January\u00a015-16, 2021<\/strong>! All students are welcome to apply.<\/p>\n<p>Focus provides an opportunity to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn about Georgia Tech&#8217;s graduate degree programs<\/li>\n<li>Gain insight into available financial resources<\/li>\n<li>Visit academic units, studios, and research laboratories<\/li>\n<li>Obtain assistance with the graduate school application process<\/li>\n<li>Meet 1-1 with graduate coordinators and faculty<\/li>\n<li>Meet 1-1 with alumni currently serving in industry, research, and academia<\/li>\n<li>Network with peers of like-minded interests from across the globe.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Enhanced benefits for applicants accepted to attend Focus 2021:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fee waiver to apply to Georgia Tech graduate school programs<\/li>\n<li>Eligible for an expense paid campus visit in 2021 (when safe travel and in-person campus visits resume)<\/li>\n<li>Focus swag and information packets delivered to your residence \u00a0(while supplies last)<\/li>\n<li>Eligible to obtain a $1200- $2500 Focus fellowship or stipend award to supplement your graduate school education at Georgia Tech<\/li>\n<li>3-D virtual experiences of Atlanta and Georgia Tech<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Georgia Tech\u2019s Colleges of Computing, Design, Engineering, Business, Sciences<\/strong><strong>, <\/strong><strong>and Liberal Arts<\/strong>\u00a0are actively seeking scholars to participate in <strong>Focus\u00a02021<\/strong>.\u00a0Visit the website\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.focus.gatech.edu\/\"><strong>www.focus.gatech.edu<\/strong><\/a>. Their preference is to invite juniors and seniors with high academic standing. \u00a0Materials, platform access, vouchers, giveaways, and an opportunity for awards and recognition will be provided for participating scholars. Please read the information under <strong>Focus 2021 Overview and Details<\/strong>\u00a0at the website for complete details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Georgia Institute of Technology invites you to one of the nation\u2019s premier graduate recruiting programs, Focus. This event is designed to attract students from traditionally underrepresented groups and encourage them to pursue graduate studies. Focus 2021\u00a0is the 29th\u00a0annual event and will be held through an immersive virtual experience (with enhanced benefits), January\u00a015-16, 2021! All [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17727,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/shpe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1251"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/shpe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/shpe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/shpe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17727"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/shpe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1251"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/shpe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1252,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/shpe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1251\/revisions\/1252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/shpe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/shpe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/shpe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}