Chaffee Viets is the director of the Office of Scholar Programs at Georgia Tech. In this role, he provides the vision and oversight for the Stamps President’s Scholars and Gold Scholars Programs, focusing on selecting and developing the students based on the pillars of scholarship, leadership, progress and service. In addition, his team provides community development and student support for the Institute’s G. Wayne Clough Tech Promise Scholars Program, which serves financially vulnerable Georgians who merit the challenge of a Georgia Tech education.
From 1998-2011, Chaffee served as an administrator in similar programs at NC State, Duke, and the University of North Carolina, and from 2013-2015, as president of the Undergraduate Scholars Program Administrators Association. A current board member of the National Scholarship Providers Association, he has also mentored several undergraduates who have earned prestigious graduate fellowships including the Rhodes, Marshall, Goldwater, Knight-Hennessy, NSF, and Fulbright. His day-to-day focus is on helping identify and develop scholars collectively and individually according to their aspirational goals.
A first-generation college student, Chaffee holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in history from North Carolina State University, where he received the university’s flagship merit scholarship and need-based aid.
Recent Media Features:
- The Scholar Budget Podcast, December 2, 2024: Scholarships, Service, and Paying it Forward with Georgia Tech
Recent EM News Features:
- Georgia Tech Welcomes New Tech Promise Scholars
In August, the Office of Scholar Programs welcomed a new G. Wayne Clough Tech Promise Scholars Program cohort to Georgia Tech. Tech Promise, Tech’s need-based scholarship program, makes it possible for qualifying Georgia students from low-income households to earn a debt-free degree at Tech. - New Stamps President’s Scholars and Gold Scholars Join Georgia Tech
This fall, 70 students joined the Stamps President’s Scholars and Gold Scholars Programs, two merit-based scholarships at Georgia Tech. Among them, two students share how they’re building skills to help them engineer better systems for humans, from rural Alaska to across the globe. - Stamps Scholars Weekend Brings Recognition for Top Incoming Students
On April 4 and 5, the Office of Scholar Programs hosted 142 admitted first-year students for Stamps Scholars Weekend at Georgia Tech. A portion of the weekend involved interviews as part of the final selection process for the Stamps President’s Scholarship and the Gold Scholarship programs. These scholarships are awarded to the top 1-2% of each admitted first-year class.
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