Forty of the young faculty serving today have received Presidential or National Science Foundation Young Investigator Awards, and three are recipients of the prestigious Presidential Faculty Fellow Awards. This bodes well for our future. In addition to improving their national visibility, our faculty also are among the most entrepreneurial in the nation. My goal is to continue to bring to Georgia Tech new faculty who have the talents and motivation to teach and conduct research at the highest levels. Our staff represent the glue that holds our institutional pieces together and keep us operating as a system.
Nothing works without their efforts.
Georgia Tech was recently ranked by U.S. News and World Report as one of the most efficient universities in the country, a recognition that directly reflects our staff contributions. The future will place even greater demands on our staff in the face of technological advancement and developments in the information age. We will provide additional training to help adjust to these changes. At the same time, human relations remain paramount if we are to succeed. I will ask our staff to work on improved communication and greater reliance on finding common ground in dispute resolution.