Delta Student Success Center to Open at Robinson

The Georgia State University – J. Mack Robinson College of Business recently received a $2 million gift from Delta Air Lines Foundation, enabling them to create a new campus space for supporting student success.

The new Delta Student Success Center hopes to create a physical space for supporting efforts which help students succeed. The center’s focus will be to help students develop business communication skills, connect with businesses for their professional opportunities, and access experiential learning opportunities.

According to Robinson Dean Richard Phillips, “this commitment form The Delta Air Lines Foundation provides tremendous momentum to Robinson’s strategic initiatives to prepare our students to innovate, create, lead and be ready to provide value from the moment they begin their careers.”

The new center will house Robinson’s Career Advancement Center, the Office of Undergraduate Academic Assistance, and the Office Experiential Learning.  An expanded Career Advancement Center will also occupy the space.

Still in planning stages, the Office of Experiential Learning aims to support the development and execution of unique curricular and co-curricular programs for students, such as the existing Robinson’s Women Lead program and Panther Accelerated Career Experience (PACE).

“The forthcoming Office of Experiential Learning will allow us to turbocharge the immersive educational experiences we provide Robinson students through these signature programs by expanding our already extensive network of business partnerships,” said Dean Phillips.

The new Delta Student Success Center hopes not just to serve Robinson students, but also alumni, faculty, advisers and business leaders in the community. Leaders in the Delta Airlines Foundation, a nonprofit corporation formed in 1968, look forward to providing upcoming business leaders with the resources that they need. “Through this new facility, we hope to cultivate a place of learning and mentoring with students, teachers and business leaders,” said Tad Hutcheson, senior vice president of the foundation.

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