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The WST Learning Community offers programs addressing academic and professional issues for women students. Typically, it includes 48 students living in Stein and Goldin Houses, who connect with one another and faculty through monthly dinners, campus receptions, and research panels. All Georgia Tech students and WST mentors are welcome to attend WST Learning Community events. WST Learning Community residents may also be paired with a faculty/staff mentor (optional). WST also sponsors undergraduate research partnerships for WST Learning Community students.

Requirements

WST Learning Community residents are required to attend WST Learning Community orientation. In addition, each student must attend five WST or Learning Community events and/or meetings with a WST mentor each term. Each WST Learning Community member is expected to serve on a WST Learning Community committee.

Application

The 2025 - 2026 Women, Science, and Technology Learning Community application is closed.

To be added the waiting list in case WST Learning Community rooms become available in fall 2025 or spring 2026, contact Carol Colatrella (carol.colatrella@lmc.gatech.edu). 

If you are a Georgia Tech student who would like to attend a WST Learning Community dinner, contact Carol Colatrella (carol.colatrella@lmc.gatech.edu).. 

Although all Georgia Tech students are welcome to attend WST Center and WST Learning Community events, only women and non-binary students reside in the community. Housing in the WST Learning Community buildings (Stein and Goldin) is open to women and non-binary students who are enrolled in any Georgia Tech undergraduate or graduate degree program. 
 
WST Learning Community Residents:
  • Live in single rooms, sharing a bathroom with one other student. 
  • Share generous common space, which includes two kitchens, two laundry rooms, and two study lounges in centrally-located and connected buildings.
  • Build community with free catered dinners and workshops encouraging networking with faculty and professional mentors.
  • Benefit from leadership and career events.
For more information about WST, visit wst.gatech.edu/wst-learning-community or email carol.colatrella@lmc.gatech.edu
 

WST Learning Community Activities

The WST Learning Community offers an active, engaged experience for its residents and other interested students, with programs, activities, and events that include:

  • WST Learning Community Orientation: Held the first week of fall term.
  • Monthly dinners: Held in Stein House, featuring guest speakers, and open to all Georgia Tech students and WST mentors. Past speakers have included faculty, administrators, professionals, and alumni who share their career interests and paths. Other popular topics have included career strategies, resume writing, interviewing, internships, study abroad, and graduate/professional schools.
  • WST Center events: Approximately two to three per term, open to all faculty, staff, and students. Regular events include an annual fall reception, WST-focused research panels, and the WST Distinguished Lecture.
  • WST Learning Community Mentors: Interested WST Learning Community students are paired with a faculty/staff mentor in a closely related discipline.
  • WST CENTER PROGRAM: WST Undergraduate Student-Faculty Research Partnerships -- Faculty partnerships with undergraduate students in research on gender, science, and technology - providing hourly funding for undergraduate students. For information and applications: mary.fox@pubpolicy.gatech.edu
  • Humanities elective course: Taught each fall semester by Dr. Colatrella.
  • WST GRA office hours: Each WST graduate partner holds weekly office hours in the WST office in Stein.
  • Initiatives/events coordinated by WST Learning Community hall director/RAs: These include hall meetings and periodic social hours, arts and crafts, yoga, and more.

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WST Learning Community Student Committees

Each committee will select a chairperson to represent its views and decisions to the steering committee.

  • Communications and Recruitment Committee (CRC)
    Responsibility: Invite WST Lrn current and prospective residents to participate in events and initiatives. Recruit new residents.
  • Kitchen and Sustainability Committee (KSC)
    Responsibilities: Monitor kitchen practices. Communicate kitchen needs to WST co-director and to Hall Council.
  • Study and Service Committee (SSC)
    Responsibilities: Develop and/or implement scientific and technical hands-on activities for after school Girls Excelling in Math and Science (GEMS) clubs, sponsored by WST on most Tuesdays, 4:15pm, Inman Middle School, Virginia Ave., Atlanta 30306. Plan additional service and study-related events.
  • Working Women and Community Leaders Committee (WWC)
    Responsibility: Work with the WST co-director, graduate partners, and RAs to plan programs.