We are pleased to share that Dr. Sybrina Atwaters has been appointed as Executive Director of the Office of Student Achievement. Sybrina is a three-time graduate from Georgia Tech, receiving her B.S. in electrical engineering and master’s and Ph.D. in sociology of technology and science.

The 2025 Co-op and Internship Honors Luncheon, held on April 15, highlighted the outstanding experiential learning achievements of Georgia Tech students, as well as companies that have provided exceptional internship and co-op programs. Thank you to our co-op and internship employers, campus partners, faculty, staff, and administrators for supporting Georgia Tech students.

Mahdi Al-Husseini, a distinguished Georgia Tech graduate (BME ’18, PP ’18, MS CS ’20) and U.S. Army captain, has been selected as a Knight-Hennessy Scholar at Stanford University. This prestigious fellowship, which supports exceptional students from around the world, will provide Mahdi with funding and leadership development opportunities as he continues his groundbreaking research in aeronautics and astronautics.

For the fourth year in a row, ten BlackRock Hallac Scholarship finalists from Georgia Tech were extended internship offers to work at BlackRock in summer 2026. BlackRock is the nation’s largest public asset management firm, and internships in this organization are difficult to come by.

The Office of Undergraduate Education and Student Success (OUESS) celebrates our OUESS Student Advisory Board Spring 2025 graduates. These individuals engaged in forward thinking discussions each month and contributed to a number of topics to support student success. Their insights have helped shape current or future programs, services, policies, and other academic initiatives.