Buzz Bash Looks at Tech Through the Ages
Buzz Bash will celebrate "Tech Through the Ages" during Homecoming with a series of vignettes that start Oct. 25 with the 1950s and progress to the present day. Buzz Bash, the third annual all-alumni party, has quickly become a Homecoming favorite. The event will be held in the festival area at Bobby Dodd Stadium beginning at 7 p.m., with entertainment, great food and a fabulous fireworks display at 9 p.m. Tech President Wayne Clough will make a special appearance and the Yellow Jacket Band, cheerleaders and Buzz will join in the festivities. Tickets are $20 per person, $17 for young alumni who have graduated since 1990, $15 for Georgia Tech students and faculty/staff and free for children 12 and under.
For more information, visit www.gtalumni.org/homecoming or call (404) 894-0795.
Homecoming Seminars: Energy, Accounting and All That Jazz
Ten alumni seminars on tap for Oct. 25 as part of Homecoming festivities are entertaining and informative. Speakers will discuss such diverse topics as classicist architecture, the changing role of women in the workforce and jazz history and styles. Family Weekend
Family Weekend, Oct. 4 and 5, provides parents the perfect chance to visit their students and get to know Georgia Tech. From informative programs and fun activities to concerts and a thrilling Tech football game, Family Weekend 2002 shouldn’t be missed. Bush Names Tom Noonan to Internet Advisory Council
President George W. Bush has named alumnus Tom Noonan, chairman, president and CEO of Internet Security Systems, to serve on the newly formed National Infrastructure Advisory Council. Tech Ranked Again Among Nation's Elite
For the sixth time in the last eight years, Georgia Tech was ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top 10 public universities in the nation. Georgia Tech, Paper Science Institute May Merge
The Board of Trustees of the Institute of Paper Science and Technology has agreed in principle to pursue a merger with Georgia Tech. The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia must also approve the merger. Petit Donates $3.3 Million for Engineering Complex
Parker H. "Pete" Petit, ME 62, MS EM 64, CEO of Matria Healthcare, has made a $3.3 million gift toward the development of an on-campus complex devoted to biomedical, environmental and molecular engineering research. Committee Studies Academic Integrity on Campus
A committee studying the issues of academic integrity on the Georgia Tech campus submitted 10 recommendations including a resolution that the Academic Senate create a new Committee on Academic Integrity. New Music Director Named
Frank L. Clark, former chair of the Department of Music at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, has been appointed professor and director of the Music Department at Georgia Tech. Record Year for Research Awards
The economy may be in the tank, but you wouldn't know it by looking at Georgia Tech's research awards. For the fourth straight year, Tech has received record funding. Engineering Poetry
Thomas Lux, who holds the Margaret T. and Henry C. Bourne Jr. Chair in Poetry in the Ivan Allen College, will show how to "engineer" a poem in a Homecoming seminar and later preside at a poetry reading by four acclaimed poets. Georgia Football Force
Alumnus Virgil Williams is moving his arena football team, the Georgia Force, to the new 11,200-seat Gwinnett Arena in Duluth, Ga. Volunteer for JacketNet
Want to be a networking contact for fellow Georgia Tech alumni and current students? Join JacketNet, a volunteer network of Tech alumni dedicated to assisting other Yellow Jackets with career and professional endeavors. Leadership Georgia Tech
The annual Leadership Georgia Tech conference provides volunteers with excellent ideas, tools and techniques to build better clubs in today's competitive environment. The conference will be held Nov. 8 and 9. For more information, contact Jane Stoner, director of Clubs, at (404) 385-2216. Gold and White Honor Night
Winners of the Outstanding Young Alumnus, Dean Griffin Community Service, Honorary Alumni and Distinguished Service awards will be honored on March 20 at the inaugural Gold and White Honor Night. Nominations for these awards may be made at http://gtalumni.org/GiveBack/awards.html
TEAM Buzz Works in Atlanta's Oldest African-American Community
More than 1,200 Georgia Tech student, faculty and staff volunteers and members of more than 20 Georgia Tech alumni clubs will pick up, clean up and paint up their communities as part of the annual TEAM Buzz Day on Oct. 19.
Construction of SAC II Under Way
Georgia Tech's Aquatics Center, originally built for the 1996 Summer Olympics, is being renovated — the first phase of a three-year, $45 million project to rebuild Tech's Student Athletic Complex.
Tech Student Business Team Ties for First Place
A team of five Georgia Tech students split a $32,000 first prize in a business plan competition sponsored by the Asia Pacific Students' Entrepreneurship Forum and the National University of Singapore. Hollings Lost For Season
Georgia Tech tailback Tony Hollings is out for the season. Hollings suffered a knee injury in the Jacket's 28-19 victory over Brigham Young. An MRI revealed a torn anterior cruciate ligament and torn lateral meniscus. Volleyball Team Cracks Top 25 Coaches Poll
With a 14-2 record and three wins over nationally ranked teams, the Georgia Tech volleyball team is ranked No. 25 in the most recent USA Today/AVCA Coaches Poll. Wimbush Tackles the Dirty Work on the Field
Georgia Tech senior linebacker Recardo Wimbush, who is married and a father of two, spends his spare time a little differently than most of his teammates. Nine Tech Baseball Players selected to ACC's 50 Greatest
Major Leaguers Nomar Garciaparra, Jason Varitek, Kevin Brown and Jay Payton were among nine former Tech players honored as the Atlantic Coast Conference announced its 50th anniversary team.
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