By Van Jensen on September 2, 2010
After winning a playoff at the Barclays tournament last week, Matt Kuchar, Mgt 00, moved atop the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup points leaderboard.
This season has marked one of Kuchar’s most successful runs as a professional golfer, and he is well positioned to claim the FedEx Cup. He also has cracked the world top 10 list [...]
Posted in Alumni News Blog
By Van Jensen on September 2, 2010
Alumni Clubs will be hosting Yellow Jackets football fans at gatherings before two big road games this season.
When the Jackets travel west to Lawrence, Kan., to face the Kansas Jayhawks, Tech alumni and fans are invited to a Friday, Sept. 10 meet and greet in Kansas City and a tailgate the following day starting at [...]
Posted in Alumni News Blog
By Van Jensen on August 31, 2010
Georgia Tech long has been a producer of entrepreneurs. But the current economic climate makes it an even better time for young innovators to strike out on their own.
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By Van Jensen on August 25, 2010
In 2004, the Georgia Tech men’s soccer club had one of its finest seasons. In the national championship tournament, the team lost to eventual champion Texas A&M on penalty kicks. Tech finished with a top 10 ranking.
“We had guys who were freshmen, graduate students, PhD candidates and foreign exchange students that all contributed to our [...]
Posted in Sept/Oct 2010, Yellow Jackets
By Van Jensen on August 25, 2010
After two successful seasons, football coach Paul Johnson isn’t dealing with many doubters over whether his triple-option offense can put points on the scoreboard.
Georgia Tech scored nearly 34 points a game last season, good for 15th in the NCAA. But the team ranked only 56th on defense, allowing nearly 25 points per contest.
With the loss [...]
Posted in Sept/Oct 2010, Yellow Jackets
By Van Jensen on August 25, 2010
During Homecoming, current members of the Georgia Tech lacrosse club and alumni will gather as they do every year to celebrate their sport and play a friendly game.
This year has the added bonus of being the 40th anniversary of the team’s founding — sort of.
As club organizers and alumni are quick to point out, though [...]
Posted in Excerpt, Sept/Oct 2010, Yellow Jackets
By Van Jensen on August 25, 2010
Carol Senf sticks out like a sore thumb in her own office in the Skiles Classroom Building. Senf, a professor and associate chair in the School of Literature, Communication and Culture, is friendly and dresses in warm colors. Her office, meanwhile, is something of a shrine to the macabre. Ever since Senf began researching Bram [...]
Posted in Excerpt, Office Space, Sept/Oct 2010, Tech Topics
By Van Jensen on August 25, 2010
The employees at the Salvation Army Family Store just off of the Georgia Tech campus have a big appreciation for the students who make up a large portion of their customers.
Posted in Sept/Oct 2010, Tech Topics, Within Walking Distance
By Van Jensen on August 25, 2010
Wes Haun, Mgt 72, had a good excuse for missing the May meeting of the Alumni Association board of trustees.
He was in Moscow, testifying as an expert witness for the defense in the trial of former Russian oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
Haun, an oil and gas consultant living in Houston, had testified in more than 50 [...]
Posted in Alumni House, Sept/Oct 2010
By Van Jensen on August 5, 2010
For the TV show How’d You Get So Rich?, actress and comedian Joan Rivers traveled to the home of Larry Dean, IE 64. Dean grew up in a house without running water and now lives in a 32,000-square-foot mansion with 22 bathrooms. His estate features a private 18-hole golf course, an ampitheater and themed rooms.
The [...]
Posted in Alumni News Blog
The September/October 2010 digital edition of the Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine is now available. 
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