academics

 

Here at Georgia Tech, academics are an obvious priority for every student, and we are lucky enough to be surrounded by women who are constantly encouraging each other to be the best possible students we can be.

The women in our chapter go out of their way to help each other whenever someone is struggling in with the rigor of Georgia Tech. Whether its tutoring or helping create a focused environment to study, all the women in our chapter understand the struggle of balancing school work and other areas of life.

Within our chapter, we strive to find productive ways to increase our scholarship successes so that we can work together. Sisters can take part in weekly study hours, ask advice from “Scholarship Families” within their same major, and collectively working towards increasing our chapter GPA.

We have monthly contests where sisters send in A's on their tests and papers to our Scholarship Chair, and whoever has the most A's wins a little prize as recognition for her hard work. We also have events including scholarship dinners, professional/alumni panels, professional headshots, and resume workshops. Academics are extremely important to Zeta Tau Alpha and we are constantly working and helping each other with classes and professional endeavors.

The women of Iota Theta have used their resources in ZTA and in the classroom to prepare themselves for a bright future. With women in a variety of majors including Computer Science, Political Science, Engineering, Biology, Business, International Affairs, Architecture, and many more, zetas are always encouraging each other to reach for the stars. We have had women in internships and co-ops at top companies and organizations including; NASA, Microsoft, the Georgia State Capital, NCR, Apple, Coca-Cola, Delta Airlines, Mercedes Benz, and more.

Zetas have had positions regarding environmental compliance, aerospace analysis, data and financial analysis, BCG operational innovations, mechanical/software engineering, legislation, prodigy surface technology, marketing, and consulting. In addition to these positions, Zetas have shined in the classroom and at scholastic competitions. Not only do we have many women on the Dean’s List, but our members have also received scholarships through SEDS Space Vision, Florida DECA, T&M, Berner Charitable Trust, and Fast Track to Research. Zetas have also received scholarships through CPC and ZTA.

We are so lucky to be surrounded by this network of strong and capable women.

 


Katy Dickenson, MC ‘20

This Spring 2023 semester, Katy is serving as a Systems Engineering and Integration Pathways Intern for NASA at Kennedy Space Center. Her major is Computer Science and she is minoring in Law, Science and Technology. Her position incorporates those two interests by allowing her to work with both Software Security and the legality behind different NASA projects that will eventually be used in the Artemis mission to put humans back on the moon. She also works with the NASA Society of Women in Engineering to promote and encourage the next generation of females to pursue and take pride in working in STEM.

Sydney Tuttle, MC ‘21

I got involved with Delta Sigma Pi my freshman spring when I heard from older Zetas how rewarding it was for them and how you could receive a leadership position within a semester. The purpose of DSP is to develop students’ professional, social, and leadership skills while increasing students’ commitment to their community. We aim to create a sense of community and brotherhood within business core programs. In my sophomore fall, I noticed how DSP could be making a larger impact in its members’ life. I felt as if the life long relationships that we were supposed to be making were not being achieved. I campaigned to be President with the goal of increasing member engagement so that they would feel more of a sense of community within DSP. Throughout my time as President, I have restructed DSP to include committees so that younger members can have immediate opportunities for executive roles, reworked the way that our biweekly chapter is ran in order to encourage developmental and brotherhood focused workshops, and have redeveloped our membership participation requirements to ensure that we were being intentional with how we were incentivizing members to be involved. I am very thankful to have worked with such an amazing executive board that has helped me achieve my goals as President as well as for the support my chapter has given me to enact all of these changes. Seeing how these changes has created a new level of commitment and excitement within our new brother class and our members has been so rewarding!

Alix rubin, mc ‘20

TEDxGeorgiaTech is an affiliate of TED Conferences that brings TED-style talks right to our own campus. As the finance director of the Georgia Tech chapter, I have the privilege to oversee our budget and assist with the planning and execution of the semester student speakers salons and annual conference. TEDxGeorgiaTech has heard from so many outspoken individuals - both students and professionals alike - and has been an experience that has really fostered my leadership abilities.