Students make Dean's List at Georgia Tech for the fall semester

Thomasville Times-Enterprise, Ga.

4 April 2024 at 11:59 pm·1-min read

Apr. 4—ATLANTA- Margaret Boltja, Sydney Deutsch, Jack Edge, Caleb Kinneer, Abby Lee, Deep Patel, Joshua Stephens and Mollie Vick of Thomasville have all earned the distinction of Dean's List at the Georgia Institute of Technology for Fall 2023. This designation is awarded to undergraduate students who have earned a 3.0 or higher academic average for the semester.

The Georgia Institute of Technology, or Georgia Tech, is one of the top public research universities in the U.S., developing leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition.

The Institute offers business, computing, design, engineering, liberal arts, and sciences degrees. Its more than 45,000 undergraduate and graduate students, representing 50 states and more than 148 countries, study at the main campus in Atlanta, at campuses in France and China, and through distance and online learning.

As a leading technological university, Georgia Tech is an engine of economic development for Georgia, the Southeast, and the nation, conducting more than $1.3 billion in research annually for government, industry, and society.

For more information, visit gatech.edu.

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