Today I had my large Galileo Seminar, so I thought I'd tell you about the Galileo Program. The Galileo Engineering Learning Community for Men is a program for freshman in the College of Engineering which emphasizes exploring engineering, making lasting friendships, and achieving academic success. Members of Galileo take a year long course which includes topics like professional development, academic success strategies, diversity, and personal development. However, the major attraction of the Galileo program is the living arrangements.
All Galileo students live on the sixth and seventh floors of Lee Hall. This creates a great community atmosphere in the dorm. My neighbors are engineers, the people down the hall are engineers, and the people upstairs are engineers. Everyone is very friendly and many of us have the same interests. I would highly recommend the Galileo program to any incoming freshmen who are in the College of Engineering.
In addition to the Galileo program, Virginia Tech also offers the Hypatia Women's Engineering Community, which is the same thing as Galileo except it is for women.
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