Kathy sims tyrone georgia

Skip to content. Growing up in a tight-knit neighborhood in Syracuse, New York, Kathy Sims learned the importance of community early in life. Now, as a development assistant in the College of Sciences with over 25 years of experience working at Georgia Tech, she spends her days doing what she loves most — connecting with others to build positive, supportive relationships.

Sims works as the liaison between the Office of Development and the College of Sciences to grow relationships with alumni for philanthropic support. Her goals are to connect alumni with professors to sponsor educational experiences and research, and then connect the results of that funding through an annual faculty awards presentation.

And that's where the donors play a big part. Reflecting on her childhood, Sims shares that she did not predict living and working in Atlanta. And so I thought I needed one. And I'll concentrate on getting you what you need. And I became a published author at eleven years old. She adds that Williams first taught her older brother, and then her nephew, and notes the teacher as someone who continues to inspire her about the value and fulfillment of working in education.

After graduating high school, Sims decided to attend the University of Buffalo to study sociology and public administration. However, in her freshman year, she was shocked to hear a hallmate call her roommate, a Black woman, a highly offensive slur.

Sims sees that incident as her first experience witnessing and fully understanding the harm of racism. Reflecting on her childhood and the experiences of family members and friends, she adds that she realizes she was not immune to the effects of racism.

Specifically, she recalls the struggles that her parents had to overcome because of their race. While pregnant with her, Sims' Mom and Dad went to the local hospital in Canton, Mississippi because she was in labor. During that time, discriminatory policy prevented her mom from entering the hospital from the front door.

I can't go into the front door of the hospital because of what I represent but you can kiss and love all over what represents me. Sims also remembers that it was the death of Jonny Gammage, a childhood friend of hers who was killed by police decades ago in a brutal tragedy, that motivated her to attend the University of Buffalo, even though she was accepted to several historically black colleges and universities.

In fact, Sims says that her desire to speak up for the underdog was one of her primary motivators for joining the new College of Sciences Staff Advisory Council as chair, a role she formally began this year, after being nominated last fall semester. On the Staff Advisory Council, Sims manages a team that serves as a liaison between the College staff and leadership, providing an avenue for significant contribution of staff expertise, with the goal to use perspectives to provide concrete recommendations and inform leadership decisions.

On the Task Force for Racial Equity, Sims works to address two key questions: first, how do we build a College of Sciences community that is just, fair, and equitable for all members of our community; second, how do we attract and retain Black faculty, students, and staff to our community?

Across both committees, Sims provides a wealth of knowledge accumulated from her many years of experience at Tech. In fact, she was a part of the first cohort of employees to occupy the new Scheller Building in Tech Square. And it was very, very exciting. One story we always share is once we got into building, the first couple of weeks, we would always complain that our legs and our knees hurt.

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