January 2007
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| 21 | President's Scholarship Interviews
The President's Scholarship Interviews took place on Sunday, January 21, 2008, at St. Luke's United Methodist Church. Local alumni helped out by interviewing ten students from the greater Houston area who had been selected as semi-finalists in the Georgia Tech President's Scholarship competition. Two of our ten students were offered President's Scholarships, and one will be enrolling at Georgia Tech this fall.
Check out the online profile of one of our Houston President's Scholars by copying and pasting the website address below into your browser:
http://www.psp.gatech.edu/profiles/profileView.php?intProfileID=30
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August 2007
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| 4 | Student Send-off Event
August 4, 2007 was the annual Student Send-off for incoming freshmen. The event was held at Champps Restaurant in Uptown Park. Alumni, incoming freshmen, current students and parents were all invited to get together for the send-off. This event allows students to meet each other and ask questions of current students. Parents are also able to meet each other, ask questions and establish a network for future communications. |
October 2007
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| 27 | Team Buzz
Continuing in the great tradition of serving our community, the Georgia Tech Houston Club participated in Team Buzz events this year by volunteering at the Houston Food Bank on October 27, 2007.
A team of seven alumni and family worked a four hour shift at the Houston Food Bank. They were responsible for sorting through canned and box food donations, disposing of damaged food donations, sanitizing acceptable canned and boxed food donations, and repacking sorted, acceptable food donations for distribution to the public.
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February 2008
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| 21 | GA Tech Speaker & Dinner Event
Dr. Reginald DesRoches, Professor and Associate Chair in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, presented Natural Disasters and Critical Infrastructure Systems: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina at the Winter Chapter Meeting on February 21.
Dr. DesRoches had a discussion and slide presentation describing a variety of issues that came to light during and after this natural disaster. These lessons are now being reviewed and discussed to identify solutions to the problems. As residents of the Houston area, we were able to identify with the issues he presented and add our own hurricane/tropical storm experiences with Allison and Rita to the discussion.
We were also honored to have two of Dr. DesRoches' Ph.D. grad students in attendance. They graduated and are now professors at Rice University.
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March 2008
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| 16 | Houston Club Scholarship Interviews
Local Houston Club Scholarship interviews were conducted on March 16 at St. Luke's United Methodist Church. These scholarships are one of the best tools the local club has to assist with the recruitment of outstanding students from the Houston area.
This year we had about $15,000 in Club funds with an additional $1,000 in matching money from the Alumni Association. We have four sources of money we can allocate each year: two endowed scholarships, the Sherman and Victoria Glass Scholarship Fund and the Blake Van Leer Scholarship Fund; $1,000 in matching scholarship funds from the Alumni Association and donations from alumni to our scholarship account.
If you would like to make a donation to the Houston Area Georgia Tech Club scholarship fund, please contact our secretary/treasurer, Wyatt McCormack, at wyattmcc@yahoo.com.
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April 2008
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| 7 | GA Tech Accepted Student Reception
On April 7, the Houston Club sponsored a reception for prospective incoming students. All prospective new Georgia Tech students and parents were invited to the question and answer reception. Helping with the answers were a group of both young and old Georgia Tech alumni, as well as Beatriz R. Hegidio, Assistant Director of the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.
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May 2008
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| 8 | Scholarship Awards Dinner & Speaker Event
On May 8, we held the Spring Banquet and Scholarship Awards Presentation at Canyon Cafe in the Galleria area.
Our featured speaker was James Fetig, Associate Vice President of Communications and Marketing at Georgia Tech. He delivered a presentation on the topic What's Next at Tech: Looking Ahead to Tech's Future. Jim answered some challenging questions from the audience after the presentation.
We were able to announce that six of our eight selected scholarship winners have registered to attend Tech in the Fall. The six winners include:
Parul Kapur - $4,000, Sherman and Victoria Glass
Paul Son - $3,000, Sherman and Victoria Glass
Lauren Griffith - $2,500 Van Leer
Aly Lecnezar - $2,000 Van Leer
Zack Zalsky - $1,500 Van Leer
Mansi Shah - $1,250 Van Leer
Award certificates were presented to the three winners in attendance. Certificates were mailed to the others.
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| 28 | Wind Down Wednesday Meet and Greet
On Wednesday, May 28, the Houston Area GA Tech Club's Young Alumni hosted a happy hour at Komodo's Pub in Midtown. It was a great opportunity to meet other Georgia Tech alumni and friends in the area! |
June 2008
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| 21 | Club Update & Happy Hour
On June 21, Yellow Jackets mixed and mingled at the home of alumna Sue Payne for an afternoon happy hour. Houston Area GA Tech Club board members also provided an update of events planned for the coming year. |
August 2008
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| 2 | GT Student Send-Off Celebration
We will be hosting a send-off celebration for GT incoming freshmen from the Houston area on August 2. The location will be Zoe's Kitchen, a restaurant owned and operated by a fellow Yellow Jacket!
View details and RSVP online by copying and pasting the website address below into your browser:
http://www.evite.com/app/publicUrl/AAMOJJMYKQXBFNCHMNHA/sendoffpicnic |
| 28 | Football Game Viewing
GA Tech vs. Jacksonville State
Game begins at 6:30PM (CST)
View the game with Yellow Jacket fans at Buffalo Wild Wings Midtown - 510 Gray St. |
September 2008
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| 6 | Football Game Viewing
GA Tech vs. Boston College
Game begins at 11:00AM (CST)
View the game with Yellow Jacket fans at Buffalo Wild Wings Midtown - 510 Gray St. |
| 13 | Football Game Viewing
GA Tech vs. Virginia Tech
Game begins at 2:30PM (CST)
View the game with Yellow Jacket fans at Buffalo Wild Wings Midtown - 510 Gray St. |
