Tag: Student Features

New students wear their RAT caps at new student convocation

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.

Q&A with FirstGen President Janet Arvizu-Garcia

Janet Arvizu-Garcia poses in front of a soccer field in Mercedes-Benz Stadium

Janet Arvizu-Garcia is a fourth-year international affairs and modern languages student from Toomsboro, Georgia. She is also president of the First-Generation Student Organization. For First-Generation Celebration Week (Nov. 4-8), Arvizu-Garcia answered some questions about her journey to Georgia Tech and offered tips for prospective first-generation students.