Building Tomorrow
Scholar Athletes
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Georgia Tech athletes scored high marks in a new NCAA program aimed at improving graduation rates. The academic progress rate measures each Division I athlete's classroom performance and teams that score below 925 — the NCAA's equivalent of a 50 percent graduation rate — risk losing scholarships.
Overall Tech's score was 964.
Five Tech programs — men's golf, men's tennis, women's cross country, women's softball, women's swimming and women's tennis — received perfect scores.
This year, low academic progress rate results earn a warning, but penalties, including scholarship reductions, recruiting limits and postseason tournament ineligibility, will be imposed next year.
Building Tomorrow
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Now under construction in the heart of campus, the 210,000 square-foot Christopher W. Klaus Advanced Computing Building will include research and class labs, faculty offices, classrooms and a 200-seat auditorium. The building's facilities — focused on research, graduate education and interaction with industry and community groups — will include some of the most advanced computing labs and innovative educational technology in the world.
The building also will include a number of environmental and sustainable features. Construction on the $63 million project is slated for completion in April 2006. The building is funded in part by a $15 million gift from Christopher W. Klaus, founder and chief technology officer of Internet Security Systems and founder and CEO of Klaus Entertainment.
©2005 Georgia Tech Alumni Association
