{"690275":{"#nid":"690275","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Joel Sokol Recognized with Outstanding Lifetime Learning Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/users\/joel-sokol\u0022\u003EJoel Sokol\u003C\/a\u003E, Harold E. Smalley Professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EH. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE)\u003C\/a\u003E, has been awarded Georgia Tech\u2019s Outstanding Lifetime Learning Award.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe annual honor recognizes one faculty member for their excellence in expanding access to learning and creating meaningful educational experiences for global audiences.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESokol was honored for his sustained and impactful contributions to education at scale, highlighting his development and leadership of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pe.gatech.edu\/degrees\/analytics\u0022\u003EOnline Master of Science in Analytics (OMSA) \u003C\/a\u003Eprogram.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince launching in 2017, OMSA has graduated more than 6,900 students and reaches learners from more than 140 countries.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe program serves a wide range of students, from early-career professionals to senior leaders and individuals pursuing new career paths, bringing analytics education to those who would not otherwise have access. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOSMA combines flexibility with rigor, integrating interdisciplinary content with large-scale, project-based learning. Its capstone experience connects hundreds of students each semester with companies and organizations, enabling them to apply analytics to practical challenges in diverse settings.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It\u0027s particularly rewarding, because OMSA has been able to impact so many students of all ages and backgrounds around the world, as well as all of the employers they apply their learning for,\u0022 said Professor Sokol, who has also won the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.euro-online.org\/web\/pages\/612\/previous-winners\u0022\u003EEURO Management Science Strategic Innovation Prize\u003C\/a\u003E and twice been named to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cdomagazine.tech\/others\/cdo-magazine-announces-its-2021-list-of-leading-academic-data-leaders\u0022\u003EChief Data Officer Magazine\u0027s list of Academic Data Leaders\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOSMA courses have reached tens of thousands of learners and consistently receive strong student feedback, demonstrating that high-quality instruction can be sustained even at very large scale.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBeyond OMSA, Sokol has extended Georgia Tech\u2019s\u0026nbsp;impact through additional initiatives in professional and\u0026nbsp;online\u0026nbsp;education, as well as new program development across degree and non-degree offerings. His work reflects a broader commitment to making analytics and optimization accessible to learners at all stages of their careers.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Joel Sokol, Harold E. Smalley Professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE), has been awarded Georgia Tech\u2019s Outstanding Lifetime Learning Award. "}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoel Sokol, Harold E. Smalley Professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE), has been awarded Georgia Tech\u2019s Outstanding Lifetime Learning Award.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Joel Sokol, Harold E. Smalley Professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE), has been awarded Georgia Tech\u2019s Outstanding Lifetime Learning Award. 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