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April Calendar

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North Metro Atlanta Georgia Tech Club lunch with Owen Shull, vice president and general manager of the Georgia Tech ISP Sports Network, noon, Frankie's at the Prado, 5600 Roswell Road, Atlanta. For information visit http://www.nmetrogtclub.org/

Polymer, Textile and Fiber Engineering spring seminar series event with Osman Basaran, professor of chemical engineering at Purdue University, 4 p.m., Manufacturing Related Disciplines Complex, room 2407. For information visit http://www.gatech.edu/calendar/event.php?id=1610

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K20 Innovation Tour, 1 p.m., Georgia Tech Student Center ballroom. For information visit http://www.gatech.edu/calendar/event.php?id=1742

Chinese Film Festival screening of "Infernal Affairs," 7 p.m., Clary Theater, Bill Moore Student Success Center. For information visit http://www.gatech.edu/calendar/event.php?id=1657

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School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering spring seminar series event with Sebastian Reyes of ExxonMobil Corp., 4 p.m., Ford ES&T Building, L1255. For information visit http://www.gatech.edu/calendar/event.php?id=1620

College of Management IMPACT speaker series event with William W. George, professor of management practice at Harvard Business School and former chair and CEO of Medtronic Inc., 4:30 p.m., LeCraw Auditorium, College of Management. For information visit http://mgt.gatech.edu/fac_research/centers_initiatives/speaker.html

Architecture lecture series event with Vincen Cornu, architect and professor at L'Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Architecture de Paris La Villette, 6 p.m., College of Architecture auditorium. For information visit http://www.gatech.edu/calendar/event.php?id=1581

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Nashville Georgia Tech Club TEAM Buzz community service event supporting the inaugural Richland Creek Run, 6 to 8:30 a.m. and 8:30 to 11 a.m. shifts available, Cohn Adult Learning Center, 4805 Park Ave., Nashville, Tenn. For information and to RSVP contact Hugh Gaston at hugh.r.gaston@gmail.com or (615) 293-1289

Miami Georgia Tech Club 11 a.m. pregame event prior to the 1 p.m. Georgia Tech vs. University of Miami baseball game, Titanic Brewery & Restaurant, 5813 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Coral Gables, Fla. For information and to RSVP contact Antonio Llanos at antoniorllanos@yahoo.com or (786) 554-2599

Georgia Tech Black Alumni Organization 2007 Black Out event, 3 to 6 p.m., O'Keefe parking lot. To RSVP contact Marcus Smith at md_smith@hotmail.com

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North Metro Atlanta Georgia Tech Club lunch with John Carter, president of the Georgia Tech Foundation, noon, Frankie's at the Prado, 5600 Roswell Road, Atlanta. For information visit http://www.nmetrogtclub.org/

Polymer, Textile and Fiber Engineering spring seminar series event with Robert Cohen, professor of chemical engineering at MIT, 4 p.m., Manufacturing Related Disciplines Complex, room 2407. For information visit http://www.gatech.edu/calendar/event.php?id=1610

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Savannah Georgia Tech Club event with Wes Durham, voice of the Yellow Jackets and director of broadcasting for the Georgia Tech Athletic Association, "The Latest Buzz on Georgia Tech Athletics," 6 p.m., the Grand Lake Lodge & Spa, 815 Southbridge Blvd., Savannah, Ga. For information contact Brittany Robinson at brittany.robinson@comcast.net

Baltimore Georgia Tech Club meet and greet, 6:30 p.m., Italia's Corner Cafe, 7089 Baltimore Annapolis Blvd., Glen Burnie, Md. For information and to RSVP contact Charlie Fisher at charliedfisher@comcast.net

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Chattanooga Georgia Tech Club lunch, noon, Rib & Loin, 5946 Brainerd Road, Chattanooga, Tenn. For information contact Joy Saputa at jmsaputa@comcast.net

School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering spring seminar series event with Thomas F. Kuech, professor of chemical and biological engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, 4 p.m., Ford ES&T Building, L1255. For information visit http://www.gatech.edu/calendar/event.php?id=1621

College of Management IMPACT speaker series event with Alex Counts, president and CEO of the Grameen Foundation, 4:30 p.m., LeCraw Auditorium, College of Management. For information visit http://mgt.gatech.edu/fac_research/centers_initiatives/speaker.html

Washington, D.C., Georgia Tech Club event with head football coach Chan Gailey, "The Latest Buzz on Georgia Tech Football," 6:30 p.m., Guapo's Tenleytown, 4515 Wisconsin Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. To register online visit paypal.com and direct payment to gtdcalumni@gmail.com and note "Chan Gailey dinner." For information contact Amy Sullivan at amy.sullivan@yahoo.com or (571) 331-5888

Architecture lecture series event with Ed Uhlir, executive director of Millennium Park Inc., 6 p.m., College of Architecture auditorium. For information visit http://www.gatech.edu/calendar/event.php?id=1582

Women on Wednesdays event with Astrid Pregel, president of consulting company Feminomics Inc. and associate of the Institute of Leadership and Entrepreneurship at Georgia Tech, "Feminomics: The True Curve Theory," 6 p.m., 103 West, 103 West Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta. For information and to register visit http://gtalumni.org/site/Page/WOW

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Tallahassee Georgia Tech Club event with Marilyn Somers, director of Living History for the Alumni Association, "Georgia Tech History, Traditions and Legends," 6:15 p.m., Golden Eagle Country Club, 3700 Golden Eagle Drive, Tallahassee, Fla. For information and to RSVP contact Timothy Briley at tlbriley@mindspring.com or (850) 273-1433

Chinese Film Festival screening of "Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles," 7 p.m., Clary Theater, Bill Moore Student Success Center. For information visit http://www.gatech.edu/calendar/event.php?id=1658

Macon Georgia Tech Club event with Wes Durham, voice of the Yellow Jackets and director of broadcasting for the Georgia Tech Athletic Association, "The Latest Buzz on Georgia Tech Athletics," 7:30 p.m., the home of Alicja and John Griffin. For information and to RSVP contact Alicja at entakg@aol.com or (478) 471-9438

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The Umbilical Brothers in SpeedMouse, 8 p.m., Ferst Center for the Arts. For information and to purchase tickets visit http://www.ferstcenter.gatech.edu/pages/main_event.php?event_id=46

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DramaTech presents "An Enemy of the People," 8 p.m., Dean James E. Dull Theater. For information http://www.dramatech.org/shows/upcoming

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Dean Griffin Pi Mile 5K Road Race, 7 a.m. registration, 8 a.m. race, Tech Tower lawn. For information and to register visit http://gtalumni.org/site/Page/PiMile

Bluegrass Barbecue: Cherryholmes and Hot Buttered Rum with Peachtree Station, 7 p.m., Ferst Center for the Arts. For information and to purchase tickets visit http://www.ferstcenter.gatech.edu/pages/main_event.php?event_id=51

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Orange County Georgia Tech Club Pi Mile Ghost Race, 9:30 a.m., Huntington City Beach. To order a Dean Griffin Pi Mile 5K Road Race T-shirt and register as a George P. Burdell ghost runner, visit http://gtalumni.org/site/Page/PiMile. For information contact Ari Flechner at ari@flechner.com or (858) 688-8228

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TheatreWorksUSA presents Ramona Quimby, 10 a.m. and noon performances, Ferst Center for the Arts. For information visit http://www.ferstcenter.gatech.edu/pages/main_event.php?event_id=119

North Metro Atlanta Georgia Tech Club lunch with Grover Hinsdale, head men's track coach at Georgia Tech, and Alan Drosky, head women's track coach, noon, Frankie's at the Prado, 5600 Roswell Road, Atlanta. For information visit http://www.nmetrogtclub.org/

Polymer, Textile and Fiber Engineering spring seminar series event with Mike Kilbey, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Clemson University, 4 p.m., Manufacturing Related Disciplines Complex, room 2407. For information visit http://www.gatech.edu/calendar/event.php?id=1610

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2007 College of Architecture Awards Day ceremony, 2 p.m., College of Architecture atrium. For information http://www.gatech.edu/calendar/event.php?id=1651

International Affairs Alumni Network mixer with keynote address by former Sen. Sam Nunn, Cls 60, 6 p.m., Georgia Tech Student Center ballroom. For information and to RSVP contact Candise Favors at candise.favors@modlangs.gatech.edu

Georgia Tech concert band and percussion ensemble performance, 8 p.m., Ferst Center for the Arts. For information visit http://www.ferstcenter.gatech.edu/pages/main_event.php?event_id=71

Athens Georgia Tech Club event with George Harrison, retired Air Force major general and director of strategic initiatives at the Georgia Tech Research Institute, "Electronic Warfare: Georgia Tech and National Defense," 6 p.m., Georgia Power Co. auditorium, 1001 Prince Ave., Athens, Ga. For information contact Mike Lewis at jmlewis@southernco.com or (706) 357-6548

Marietta Georgia Tech Club wine tasting. For information contact Tiffany Poole at tpoole21@hotmail.com

Triangle Georgia Tech Club event with head football coach Chan Gailey, "The Latest Buzz on Georgia Tech Football." For information contact Kelly Suber at ksuber.mgt00@gtalumni.org

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National Health and Livability Summit, Omni CNN Center, Atlanta. For information visit http://www.gatech.edu/calendar/event.php?id=1727

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Coweta/Fayette Georgia Tech Club picnic prior to the Georgia Tech vs. University of Georgia baseball game, one hour prior to game, Russ Chandler Stadium picnic area. For information and to RSVP contact Linda Sorrow at lhenson@numail.org or (404) 578-1979

School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering spring seminar series event with Robert K. Prud'homme, professor of chemical engineering and director of the program in engineering biology at Princeton University, 4 p.m., Ford ES&T Building, L1255. For information visit http://www.gatech.edu/calendar/event.php?id=1622

College of Management IMPACT speaker series event with former vice president Al Gore, 4:30 p.m., Ferst Center for the Arts. For information and to register visit http://ile.gatech.edu/gore_visit.html

Architecture lecture series panel discussion, "Future Prospects for the American Construction Industry," 6 p.m., College of Architecture auditorium. For information visit http://www.gatech.edu/calendar/event.php?id=1583

North Alabama Georgia Tech Club event with athletics director Dan Radakovich, "The Latest Buzz on Georgia Tech Athletics," 6 p.m., Holiday Inn Select hotel, 401 Williams Ave. S.W., Huntsville, Ala. For information contact Bob Lord at lords@knology.net or (256) 971-6642 (day) or (256) 883-2321 (evening)

Orange County Georgia Tech Club event with Joe Irwin, president of the Alumni Association, "Georgia Tech and the Higher Education Landscape," 6:30 p.m., Oak Creek Golf Club, 1 Golf Club Drive, Irvine, Calif. For information and to RSVP contact Ari Flechner at ari@flechner.com or (858) 688-8228. Prior to the meeting, a golf outing will be held at 1 p.m. at Oak Creek Golf Club. For information and to RSVP contact Andy Meyer at andrewmeyer51@msn.com

Suncoast Georgia Tech Club event with head football coach Chan Gailey, "The Latest Buzz on Georgia Tech Football," 6:30 p.m., Valencia Garden Restaurant, 811 W. Kennedy Blvd., Tampa, Fla. To register online visit http://www.gtsuncoast.org/. For information contact Jo Ann Talley at president@gtsuncoast.org

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DramaTech presents "An Enemy of the People," 8 p.m., Dean James E. Dull Theater. For information http://www.dramatech.org/shows/upcoming

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Birmingham Georgia Tech Club event with athletics director Dan Radakovich, "The Latest Buzz on Georgia Tech Athletics," 5:45 p.m., Riverchase Country Club, 2000 Club Road, Hoover, Ala. For information contact Bob Lord at lords@knology.net or (256) 971-6642 (day) or (256) 883-2321 (evening)

Georgia Tech symphonic band and wind ensemble performance, 8 p.m., Ferst Center for the Arts. For information visit http://www.ferstcenter.gatech.edu/pages/main_event.php?event_id=72

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Georgia Tech Earth Day celebration, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. For information visit http://www.earthday.gatech.edu/

Book signing with Matthew Hild, instructor in Georgia Tech's School of History, Technology and Society and author of "Greenbackers, Knights of Labor and Populists: Farmer-labor Insurgency in the Late-nineteenth-century South," 5:30 p.m., Barnes & Noble@Georgia Tech bookstore. For information visit http://www.gatech.edu/calendar/event.php?id=1606

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Marietta Georgia Tech Club TEAM Buzz community service day supporting Tech Beautification Day. For information contact Tiffany Poole at tpoole21@hotmail.com

Northeast Georgia Georgia Tech Club TEAM Buzz community service day supporting Habitat for Humanity, 165 Waterway Court, Clarkesville, Ga. For information contact Meghann Brackett at meghann.brackett@hotmail.com or (404) 368-5549

Heart of Texas Georgia Tech Club wine tasting benefiting the club's scholarship fund, 4 p.m., Vinocity, 3500 Jefferson St., Suite 101, Austin, Texas. For information contact Regina Joiner at regina_joiner@yahoo.com or (512) 275- 6552

Georgia Tech Computing Alumni Organization networking mixer, 7:30 p.m., the home of Robert and Cheryl Krupczak, 1156 Ivy Hill Court, Mableton, Ga. For information and to RSVP contact Robert Krupczak at (770) 941-3383

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North Metro Atlanta Georgia Tech Club 11 a.m. picnic prior to the 1 p.m. Georgia Tech vs. North Carolina State University baseball game, O'Keefe picnic area. For information and to RSVP contact Jeff Metcalf at (404) 351-2154

Georgia Tech chorale performance, "One Song, America, Before I Go," 5 p.m., St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 435 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta. For information visit http://www.gatech.edu/calendar/event.php?id=1584

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Polymer, Textile and Fiber Engineering spring seminar series event with Marilyn Minus, PhD candidate in Georgia Tech's School of Polymer, Textile and Fiber Engineering, 4 p.m., Manufacturing Related Disciplines Complex, room 2407. For information visit http://www.gatech.edu/calendar/event.php?id=1610

Gwinnett Georgia Tech Club home-buying seminar. For information contact Debbie Parrish at ddp30097@bellsouth.net

North Metro Atlanta Georgia Tech Club lunch with former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Steve Bartkowski, noon, Frankie's at the Prado, 5600 Roswell Road, Atlanta. For information visit http://www.nmetrogtclub.org/

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Georgia Tech Military Affinity Group-sponsored reception following the 11 a.m. Georgia Tech Army, Navy and Air Force ROTC units' joint military awards program, Architecture Auditorium, College of Architecture. RSVP for the reception at events@gtmag.org or visit www.gtmag.org for information

Midlands/Columbia Georgia Tech Club event with Joe Irwin, president of the Alumni Association, "Georgia Tech and the Higher Education Landscape," 6 p.m., Carolina Wings & Ribs, 600 Gervais St., Columbia, S.C. For information and to RSVP contact Ben Grimes at inthecanoe@hotmail.com

Nashville Georgia Tech Club event with Bill Long, chair of the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Tech, "The Global Institute: Georgia Tech's International Initiatives." For information contact Hugh Gaston at hugh.r.gaston@gmail.com or (615) 293-1289

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School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering spring seminar series event featuring lectures from student recipients of the Ziegler Awards, 4 p.m., Ford ES&T Building, L1255. For information visit http://www.gatech.edu/calendar/event.php?id=1623

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Greenville Georgia Tech Club event with Wes Durham, voice of the Yellow Jackets and director of broadcasting for the Georgia Tech Athletic Association, "The Latest Buzz on Georgia Tech Athletics." For information contact Jason Premo at jason@jasonpremo.com

Knoxville Georgia Tech Club tour of the TVA Kingston Generating Plant, 5 p.m. For information and to RSVP contact Rob Wentz at rwentz.ee80@gtalumni.org or (865) 777-5232

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Last day of classes

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Atlanta Lyric Theater presents "Evita," 8 p.m. April 27 and 28, 2 p.m. April 29, Ferst Center for the Arts. For information and to purchase tickets visit http://www.ferstcenter.gatech.edu/pages/main_event.php?event_id=81

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Arizona Georgia Tech Club ACC meet and greet, 11:30 a.m., Indian School Park, 4289 N. Hayden Road, Scottsdale, Ariz. For information and to RSVP contact Mike Van Epp at mikevanepp@hotmail.com

Washington, D.C., Georgia Tech Club TEAM Buzz community service day. For information contact David Nelson at dcnelson100868@yahoo.com

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North Metro Atlanta Georgia Tech Club lunch with Sharon Perkins, head women's softball coach at Georgia Tech, noon, Frankie's at the Prado, 5600 Roswell Road, Atlanta. For information visit http://www.nmetrogtclub.org/

DeKalb Georgia Tech Club event with Marilyn Somers, director of Living History for the Alumni Association, "Georgia Tech History, Traditions and Legends," 6 p.m., Sage, 121 Sycamore St., Decatur, Ga. For information and to RSVP contact Alan Farmer at farmer.a@comcast.net