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2023年夏天
In less than a year, Augusta Tech has received four $1 million gifts. While the previous three gifts from the Knox Foundation, Augusta National Golf Course 和 Jim Hudson Automotive Group all enabled the Augusta Tech Foundation to acquire a facility that will become the Jim Hudson Automotive Technology Institute, 来自T的新礼物. R. & N. Reddy Foundation will support advanced manufacturing 工程技术 through student scholarships, 学习编程, 还有一些资本项目.
先生的捐赠. 和夫人. Reddy comes on the heels of the college’s recent announcement of the development of a new 81,000 square foot advanced manufacturing 工程技术 building that will be built in Columbia County, Georgia with support from Governor Brian Kemp 和 the Georgia State Legislature.
"My wife Niranjini 和 I appreciate the opportunity to participate in the growth of Augusta Tech 和 its contribution to Augusta in general, 尤其是年轻人, 使他们具备技术资格, be it for their careers 和/or to become entrepreneurs,”先生说。. T.R. Reddy. "We hope these funds will help those who otherwise may not be able to acquire the skills."
In honor of this pledge, the college's academic school will be renamed the T.R. 雷迪先进制造学院 & 工程技术.
"The Augusta Tech Family is elated 和 appreciative of this transformative gift provided by T.R. 和他的妻子Niranjini. This gift is timely as the college seeks to grow the workforce exponentially in the areas of advanced manufacturing, 工业, 工程技术. This gift will leave an indelible legacy for the next generation of Augusta Tech graduates for years to come,学院院长Dr. 杰梅因旋转.
"You may not be born with a silver spoon in your mouth, but you can get one 和 decide how long you want your spoon to be.” Those words were passed down to Diane Cook-Jackson from her gr和mother.
“另外, my mother instilled in us that education would open doors for us 和 give us a job,” Ms. Cook-Jackson回忆. “我们可以得到自己的银汤匙.” As African American women, they were committed to advancing themselves 和 their families.
Her mother made sure all three of her children went to college, 尽管她自己的教育被推迟了. She retired from the Federal Bureau of Prisons 和 thought she might be too old to go to school. Instead, she received academic credit for her years of experience 和 went on to complete her degree.
“她的成绩比我们所有人都好!” Ms. 库克-杰克逊笑着回忆道. 她的母亲还帮助其他人进入. She led the NAACP youth chapter 和 encouraged young people to get an education. She went out of her way to find scholarships for them, too.
所以，当她的母亲在2015年去世的时候，她的家人就在那里. Cook-Jackson knew exactly how she should use some of the money her mother left her: she started a scholarship fund at Augusta Tech in her memory. Having worked for decades in 成人教育 at the college, Ms. Cook-Jackson has helped people of all ages who are pursuing their GED. 她陷害了安妮·L. Henderson-Cook Scholarship to encourage students who complete their GED to enroll in for-credit college programs.
“Augusta Tech can provide that silver spoon for every student 和 give them an opportunity for a better life,她说。. “如果你来到奥古斯塔理工学院, 你可以拥有你想要的生活方式, 离开这里时几乎不欠任何债务, 和, 如果你想, you can continue to go even further with your education.”
小德尔斯特·布朗. 总是超前思考. As a teenager, he chose Augusta Tech after witnessing his mother Denise J. 戴维斯在这里的学生经历. “I knew I would get the kind of h和s-on experience with professors who were actively working in their fields that I couldn’t get at a four-year institution.”
Now, he’s planning even further ahead for his daughters, three-year-old Ziva 和 one-year-old Eleta. 在他们出生之前, he 和 his wife Felicia saw a report that the average 35-year-old woman has the confidence of a nine-year-old. 这影响了他们的育儿决定. “我们想培养我们的女儿. We want them to be comfortable with problem solving,” he said. To that end, they are investing in their daughters’ education. 除了娃娃和打扮, they have books 和 toys to learn about block chain, 经济学, STEM及更多. Ziva和Eleta甚至有医生的小制服. “代表很重要，”他们的父亲说. “多样性很重要. My own education has a lot of variety because it helps me see how the world is changing 和 be better prepared for it.”
In addition to his AAS in Mechanical 工程技术 from Augusta Tech, Dr. 布朗得了B.S. in Electronic 工程技术 from DeVry, an M.S. in Network 和 Communications Management from Keller School of Management, 和 a Doctorate in computer science from Colorado Technical University. “My professors at Augusta Tech introduced me to a broad spectrum in engineering. They helped me underst和 that I needed to learn more if I wanted to be in full control over my own projects.”
Today, as the Chief Data Officer for the National Guard Bureau, Dr. 布朗把这些价值观带到了他的工作中. “I always try to build a diverse team with a wide range of skills because we can solve more problems that way.”
去年，Dr。. Brown was one of 10 alumni to be inducted into the second class of Augusta Tech’s Den of Distinction.