Patterson Awarded Stamps President’s Scholarship

THE FLATS – Georgia Tech volleyball’s junior defensive specialist Liz Patterson has been named a Stamps President’s Scholar by means of the walk-on program, the Workplace of Particular Scholarships introduced on Thursday. Patterson is one among simply three recipients becoming a member of the Stamps household of students and the primary DI student-athlete to ever obtain the consideration.

In changing into a recipient of the distinguished scholarship as a third-year undergraduate, Patterson was acknowledged unknowingly for her seen and important contributions by a closed group of nominators reasonably than making use of straight for the chance. As an honoree, the Birmingham, Ala., native exemplifies program pillars of scholarship, management, progress and repair. Patterson will obtain full funding starting within the spring and be part of the Stamps President’s Students program instantly.

Just lately concluding her third season of competitors on The Flats, Patterson is pursuing a enterprise administration diploma with a focus in finance. On prime of her athletic duties, the esteemed Yellow Jacket serves as vp of the Pupil Athlete Advisory Board. Patterson additionally represents Georgia Tech on the convention degree on the ACC SAAC Govt Board because the service chair. Following her internship subsequent summer season with Northwestern Mutual, the brand new Stamps President’s Scholar will resolve to proceed within the workforce after commencement or pursue a postgraduate diploma.

Concerning the Stamps President’s Scholarship

Stamps President’s Students obtain a full-ride scholarship, however this system is about rather more than funding. The four-year participatory program develops students and enriches their expertise. The last word objective of this system is to create leaders who’re guided by the angle gained from these experiences and can make it some extent all through their lifetimes to pay ahead the advantages and inspiration they’ve acquired.

The total program consists of:

• A full-ride scholarship overlaying tuition, obligatory charges, housing, meal plan, books and educational provides, private bills and a stipend in the course of the first 12 months for a laptop computer.
• $12,000 enrichment funding for pillar-based worldwide experiences, unpaid internships, unpaid analysis, conferences, and so on.
• Mentoring for every cohort by two devoted professors often known as College Guides.
• Annual cohort retreats together with one outside management Tech Trek. Trek locations have included breathtaking areas of Alaska, Belize, Canada, Croatia, Iceland, Montana, the Minnesota Boundary Waters and Scotland.
• Educational Seek for Information (ASK) Expeditions together with outside journey and concrete research, deliberate by college students and professors. Latest locations embrace the Balkans, Argentina, Cyprus, Yosemite/California and South Africa.
• One-on-one mentoring from professors, program employees, alumni and present students.
• Entry to particular audio system, employment alternatives, dinners and receptions.
• The entire Georgia Tech and Atlanta expertise. From arts to athletics, music to museums and expertise to theater, Atlanta and Georgia Tech collectively afford alternatives that may solely come when a conventional campus is within the coronary heart of a global metropolis.
• Precedence housing throughout your first 12 months.
• Entry to the Stamps Students community – a nationwide program of proficient students with whom they may have the ability to work together with at conventions, conferences and extra.
• Alternative to attend a biannual Stamps Students Nationwide Conference with students from practically 40 universities throughout the nation.

Aggressive Drive Initiative

In a unified endeavor, Georgia Tech, the Georgia Tech Basis, Georgia Tech athletics and the Alexander-Tharpe Fund have come collectively to speed up funding for student-athlete scholarships with the launch of the Aggressive Drive Initiative. The initiative met its preliminary fundraising objective of $2.5 million in lower than six weeks and has prolonged its goal to $3.5 million raised by Dec. 31. Any new present to the A-T Fund’s Athletic Scholarship Fund made by means of Dec. 31 will probably be matched dollar-for-dollar by the Georgia Tech Basis, which means that if the $3.5 million fundraising objective is met, the matching present would lead to a $7 million impression for Georgia Tech athletics. To study extra and to contribute on-line, go to atfund.org/speed up.

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