A monthly digital newsletter designed to help friends and supporters stay abreast of the positive developments about the Institute that they might have missed on more traditional media outlets.
Few events inspire like Commencement at Georgia Tech. With the Atlanta skyline surrounding our historic stadium, you get to watch thousands of the best and brightest students from all over the world as they celebrate their fine work and prepare to go out and make a difference. As always, this new graduating class teems with the confidence, talent, and creativity our world needs, and I want to share just a few examples from this amazing group.
One of my great joys as president is having the opportunity to thank and congratulate our amazing students, faculty, and staff for their extraordinary accomplishments and service to our community. Each spring, we hold some of my most treasured traditions dedicated to doing just that.
Much of our internal work and discussions these days revolve around managing our growth. Demand for a Georgia Tech education is at an all-time high, and companies are recruiting our graduates in record numbers — both great signs of our value and reputation. But the growth in applicants has overwhelmed our capacity, and as a result, we have become the third most-selective public university in the nation — only UCLA and UC Berkeley are more selective.
One of the most consequential, yet often not well understood, parts of Georgia Tech is the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI). Established back in 1934 as the Engineering Experiment Station with a state investment of $5,000 (about $110,000 today) and a handful of part-time researchers, GTRI has since grown into a research powerhouse that brings in more than $833 million in annual funding and has an outsized impact on our state, our nation, and the world.
