Category: Campus Culture

New students wear their RAT caps at new student convocation

FYSA Students Prepare for Fall Semester Travel in Europe

On Monday, July 7, 91 First-Year Semester Abroad (FYSA) students moved into their on-campus accommodations for the Global @ Home portion of their study abroad experience. For the next three weeks, the students will prepare for their fall semester of travel balanced with classwork.

FYSA provides the unique opportunity for first-year students to begin their college experience in either Oxford, England, (FYSA @ Oxford) or based out of Georgia Tech-Europe (FYSA @ GTE). This year, 99 students will participate in the program.

Cooke Scholar and Georgia Tech Transfer Student Engineers Healthcare Solutions

Rakeb and her sister pose close together while holding their RAT caps and smiling at the camera. They're posed near the old steam engine on Georgia Tech's campus.

Transfer student Rakeb Tesfassellasie is making good on a high school promise to herself: study industrial engineering at Georgia Tech. Along the way, she’s also developing more accessible health solutions and receiving financial support through the Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship.

From the Connector to Campus: Transfer Student Andrew Solano’s Journey to Tech

Andrew Solano speaking at a conference table. A sign reading 'culture' is visible in the background.

Of all the buildings he passed on trips as a child from his hometown of Canton, Georgia, to Atlanta, Andrew Solano frequently found himself drawn toward Georgia Tech’s iconic North Avenue Apartments. Gazing at the buildings looming over the Downtown Connector and bearing Tech’s name, Solano often thought about what he could achieve on Tech’s campus.