Take the summer off and get ready for Fall.  Be sure to attend the Student Send-Off on August 8…

A Message from a Georgia Tech Student

The following letter appeared in the January/February 2010 Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine:

I am a senior at Georgia Tech majoring in math, with minors in economics and Spanish. I got on the Washington, D.C. Georgia Tech Club email list last summer when I was interning at the Department of Education’s National Center for Educational Research.

On behalf of the many students who benefit from Roll Call donations, I’d like to thank everyone who has contributed and to encourage everyone to give whatever they can so that other students will have the fantastic Georgia Tech experience I have had.

Carola Conces, Math 2010

Please help support Georgia Tech students like Carola by making your gift to the 63rd Annual Roll Call today. Every gift matters – especially yours!

GEORGIA TECH 2010 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED

Yellow Jackets have road games at Kansas, North Carolina, Wake Forest, Clemson, Virginia Tech and Georgia

ATLANTA Seven teams that participated in postseason play in 2009 are on Georgia Techs 12-game 2010 football schedule, which was announced today.

The 2010 schedule includes six home games against South Carolina State, Middle Tennessee State, N.C. State, Virginia, Duke and Miami. The Yellow Jackets also have six road games, at Kansas, Clemson, Wake Forest, North Carolina, Virginia Tech and Georgia.
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Title: February Monthly Hangout
Location: Taco Mac in Peachtree City
Link out: Click here
Description: Starting the New Year off right. Come to Taco Mac, bring a friend and hangout with some of the coolest people in Fayette and Coweta counties.
Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2010-02-01
End Time: 21:00

The Yellow Jackets will hold an open intrasquad scrimmage at 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, at the Henry F. McCamish, Jr., Basketball Complex/Alexander Memorial Coliseum. Admission is free.

Fans attending the scrimmage will also have the opportunity to purchase season tickets and select seats with representatives from the Tech ticket office. Following the scrimmage, Tech will host an important Atlantic Coast Conference volleyball match against Duke at 7 p.m. in O’Keefe Gym, adjacent to the Coliseum.

Visit http://ramblinwreck.cstv.com/tickets/09-mbb-scrimmage.html to participate in the Select-A-Seat program.

Event Highlights:

· Team Scrimmage: Gold vs. Navy

· Autographs & Photos with the Team

· Buzz and the Georgia Tech Cheerleaders

Head coach Paul Hewitt, whose team will have had 10 practices under its belt at that point, will divide his squad in half and play two 20-minute halves with a running clock.

The Yellow Jackets return 10 letterwinners and three starters from last year’s team, including junior Gani Lawal, a 6-9 forward who led ranked among the Atlantic Coast Conference’s top five in rebounding (9.5 per game) and field goal percentage (55.6 percent) while also scoring 15.1 points per game.

Also returning are 6-8 senior forward Zachery Peacock, who averaged 9.2 points and 4.8 rebounds per game, and 6-2 junior guard Maurice “Moe” Miller (5.8 points per game, 4.2 assists per game) and 6-5 sophomore guard Iman Shumpert (10.6 ppg, 4.9 apg).

Tech also has a six-man freshman class rated as high as fourth-best in the nation and includes the national prep player of the year Derrick Favors, a 6-9 forward from Atlanta.

Questions? E-mail: rsvp@athletics.gatech.edu

(This just in from the GT Alumni Association)

Good afternoon,

From first-hand experience Georgia Tech alumni understand the rigors of being a student and all that it encompasses. Now you have the opportunity to give back and assist future alumni during their tenure at Georgia Tech!

Mentor Jackets, the alumni/student mentoring program sponsored by the Georgia Tech Alumni Association, seeks to create one-on-one personal and professional relationships between current students (2nd year +) and alumni mentors who act as role models and provide guidance to Tech undergraduates. Through a mentoring relationship, students have the opportunity to learn how to succeed at Georgia Tech and beyond from alumni who have been there and work in a variety of fields and professions.

Alumni have the opportunity to inspire, encourage, support and contribute to a Tech students’ professional and personal development.

Beyond phone calls, emails and individual meetings, Mentor Jackets will offer 4-6 programs and events throughout the 2009-10 academic year specifically for student participants and their alumni mentors. If you live out of town, e-mentoring is available.  Mentor Jackets is especially looking for alumni in all professions so please sign up to be an Alumni mentor by SEPTEMBER 25 to be a part of the 2009 program. Visit the Alumni Mentor sign-up form to volunteer.

If you have any questions, please contact Mentor Jackets at mentoring@gtalumni.org or Jane Stoner,jane.stoner@alumni.gatech.edu or 404-385-2216.

I look forward to seeing you. This will be a very rewarding experience.  As always, thank you for your support of the Mentor Jackets program and Georgia Tech.

Go Jackets!!

Jane

Well, the Miami game did not generate the anticipated “W”, but 30 faithful fans had a blast at Taco Mac tonight (Pictures Posted).  Thanks to all that came to support the home team.  Be sure to come back to Taco Mac on October 5 for the Monthly Hangout.

I just got the newsletter sent to Alumni Club Officers and noticed that we were the featured “Club Spotlight”.  Check out the PDF. Let’s hear it for the South-Side!

The Georgia Institute of Technology officially installs its eleventh president, G.P. “Bud” Peterson, at an investiture ceremony today. The Institute is using the historic occasion to kick off its efforts to create a strategic vision for the next 25 years.

Under President Peterson’s guidance, Georgia Tech begins its strategic planning process focused on what the Institute will look like in 25 years.

“Georgia Tech has a tradition of excellence that I’m proud to be a part of now,” said Peterson. “Today’s ceremony gives us a chance to reflect on that tradition and begin planning for our future.”

Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue and University System of Georgia Chancellor Erroll Davis highlight the list of speakers officially welcoming Peterson as the Georgia Tech president.

Photos available here.

(excerpt from GT Newsroom)

A big thank you goes out to all that came out to the inaugural monthly club hangout extravaganza and grand prize game. We had a great time and got to see some new faces. The venue worked out well and should be perfect for all the Fall events. The incriminating pictures have been posted to the Flickr gallery.

So, the winner of the grand prize game was John Christ for bringing three people to the event. He has the high honor of enjoying the GT tie until the next event (September 17th Game Watching) and during the next event. At that time, John will be able to crown the next champion and continue a proud tradition.