In brief: campus news and notes

Safety survey online

Georgia Tech Police are requesting faculty, staff and students participate in an online Campus Safety Survey. The anonymous survey, estimated at 5 or 10 minutes, is available through January. To take the survey, visit surveys.assessment.gatech.edu/campus_safety.

COA’s Smith remembered

Joseph N. Smith III, former assistant dean and professor in the College of Architecture, died Nov. 5. An alumnus, Smith also is recipient of the college’s highest honor, the Philip Trammell Shutze Medal.

Smith, an avid watercolorist, was a faculty member in the College of Architecture from 1963 to 1981, where he taught studios and served as assistant dean for Instruction.

He is credited with establishing the then-school’s first foreign studies program, developing the planning study for a new architecture buildng and the 3 1/2 year master of Architecture graduate program. A selection of Smith’s watercolors are on display in the West Architecture Building. For more information, visit www.coa.gatech.edu.

Tech Police remember Pearson

Mike Pearson, Physical Security specialist with the Georgia Tech Police Department and retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel, died Oct. 18 after a long battle with cancer. The Providence, R.I., native and Vietnam veteran worked at Tech for 10 years. He is survived by his wife of 28 years, a son, two grandchildren and two brothers.

CIOS opinion survey opening

Georgia Tech’s Course-Instructor Opinion Survey opens Nov. 24 and will continue through Dec. 14 for students to offer feedback on fall 2008 course. For more information, visit
www.coursesurvey.gatech.edu/login.cfm.