Tag: Student Features

New students wear their RAT caps at new student convocation

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.

How Tech Promise Helps Scholar Giuli Pursue Vet Med Dreams

Giuli, in black scrubs at a vet's office, holds a small black poodle-like dog in her arms.

The moment Giuli Capparelli Sanabria received the G. Wayne Clough Tech Promise Scholarship, Georgia Tech’s need-based scholarship, is one that she still gets emotional over nearly two years later.

Now, as a second-year biology major at Tech, Capparelli Sanabria focuses on extending the gratitude to others as she focuses on her dreams of becoming a veterinarian.

Fueled by Family, Driven by Discovery: J’Avani’s Path to NASA, Research

J'Avani headshot

As a NASA Pathways intern, Gates Scholar, and G. Wayne Clough Tech Promise Scholar, J’Avani Stinson has devoted himself to the tenets of progress and service through his research, academics, and extracurriculars. Fueled by a lifelong love of science and devotion to helping others, Stinson hopes to use the generosities afforded to him to continue improving society.

New Stamps President’s Scholars Join Campus

The Stamps Presidents Scholars pose for a group photo in a faculty guide's home.

This fall, 46 new Stamps President’s Scholars joined Georgia Tech’s campus. The Stamps President’s Scholars Program is a prestigious merit-based scholarship package for the top one percent of each admitted class, supported by the generous philanthropy of E. Roe Stamps IV.