H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering

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ACADEMIC ADVISING

The H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering's academic advising experience is personal and hands-on.

Advising Mission Statement

As academic advisors, it is our mission to treat each student as if they are the most important student at Georgia Tech. We shall treat each with respect and dignity and shall strive to guide them in making wise decisions.

In working through excellence as academic advisors, we shall strive to be proactive, equal and fair with all student populations, including at-potential students, students of diverse backgrounds, multicultural and underrepresented students.

We are committed to help students become self-starters who will take ownership of their education and well being, resulting in a higher retention rate.

Advisors’ Goals

Our goal is to provide a supportive environment for our students. We strive to assist them in achieving self-understanding and self-acceptance throughout their experience at Georgia Tech. Aside from helping students choose workable schedules each semester and work out long-term schedules, we are available:

To mentor students personally and academically in a realistic manner
To help students to take ownership of their education
To guide students to be excellent academically and personally by using our expertise to bring out the best of each student
To be proactive with at-potential students, students of underrepresented groups and students from multicultural and diverse backgrounds
To assist students in identifying educational plans consistent with their goals and objectives
To help students with their decision-making skills
To help students understand policies, procedures, and programs, on both the School and Institute levels
To teach students the available resources at Georgia Tech and in the community that can enhance their academic and personal goals
To promote

Self-starters
Independence
Well being
High retention rate

Patti Parker and Valarie DuRant-Modeste have many years of experience working with Georgia Tech students. Patti has been at Tech since 1978 and Valarie since 1993. Through the years, they have fine-tuned their advising strategies and methods and feel that the advising program in ISyE is one of the best on campus.

Advisement is not mandatory but students are urged to see Patti or Valarie at least once a semester. The friendly and relaxed atmosphere puts students at ease and assures them of a helpful, unrushed experience.

To Schedule An Appointment

At this time we do not use the Campus Advising Scheduler. For appointments, Valarie and Patti can be reached at the email adresses noted below. For other campus advising information, please see External Hyperlink http://www.advising.gatech.edu/.

Undergraduate Advisors

Patti Parker

Email: Campus Phone: 404-894-4307
Fax: 404-385-1013
Office Location: Groseclose 0205, Room 214-B

Patti manages and supervises academic advising for the School. She is responsible for degree audits, changes of major, and with Valarie, shares responsibility of grade changes, and maintaining student records. Patti assists Valarie each semester with registration. She is the ISyE coordinator for FASET, the Majors Fair, annual ISyE student awards, and perspective student programs on campus. Patti was awarded the Georgia Institute of Technology “Outstanding Undergraduate Academic Advisor – Staff Advisor” award in 2006.

Valarie DuRant-Modeste

Email: Campus Phone: 404-894-8405
Fax: 404-385-1013
Office Location: Groseclose 0205, Room 214-A

Valarie spends the majority of her time advising undergraduate students, and excels with working with at-potential undergraduate students on probation/warning/review. She reviews undergraduate degree audits with Patti Parker. She manages grade changes, and processes overloads/permits. Valarie also assists graduate students with issues, including but not limited to degree petitions and preparation for Ph.D. candidacy. Ms. DuRant-Modeste is the textbook coordinator for all ISyE courses, maintains student records and also attends to daily required academic and administrative duties. Valarie was awarded the Georgia Institute of Technology “Outstanding Undergraduate Academic Advisor-Staff Advisor” award in 2007.

Graduate Advisor

Pam Morrison

Administrative Coordinator for Graduate Programs
Email: Campus Phone: 404-894-4289
Fax: 404-385-1013
Office Location: Groseclose 0205, Room 216

Pam assists with the recruitment and application process for all graduate students. Her duties also include processing graduate personal service forms (PSFs), new student I-20 requests, and waivers and departmental fellowships.

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