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New director brings relevant skill set and commitment to higher education access and retention. Brook Thompson joins IHE as the director of the Georgia College Advising Corps (GCAC). She brings wide experience with college access programs, recruitment and retention among diverse populations, and school-c0llege-community networks.  She served three years as a coordinator of GEARUP, a federally-funded program in North Carolina that…

Robinson Receives Data Driven Program Director Award Jessica Robinson, GCAC director 2018-2020, received this year’s Data Driven Program Director Award from the College Advising Corps (CAC). The award recognizes Robinson's emphasis on tracking actionable data and using it to achieve sustained results. CAC regional director Ariel Cochrane-Brown said, "Jessica is an amazing program leader." She specifically noted GCAC's robust data dashboard and…

Teaching and Learning with the Governor's Teaching Fellows While some faculty may have felt isolated as they implemented new teaching techniques this spring, participants and alumni of the Governor’s Teaching Fellows (GTF) program could lean on their GTF connections through the transition.  Leslie Gordon, in her first year as program director, conducted a multi-point examination of the program’s structure as she looks toward the future of…