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Atlanta, GA | Posted: May 2, 2022
The School of Economics is proud to celebrate 30 graduating students at the Spring 2022 Commencement ceremony.
Our students inspire us every day with their creativity, hard work, and positivity, and now we get to share it with you. This semester, we asked the Class of 2022 to reflect on their best memories and proudest achievements from their time at Georgia Tech and share their future plans with us.
Check out what these inspirational students are moving on to next, and join us in wishing them well on their next adventure!
Degree program: B.S. in Economics
Post-grad plans: Attend the Agricultural and Resource Economics Ph.D. program at the University of California-Davis to study environmental and natural resource economics.
Best experience at Georgia Tech: My favorite experience at Tech has been researching with Dr. Dylan Brewer for the last couple of years!
Congratulations, Samantha!
Degree program: B.S. in Economics with a Business Analytics certificate
Post-grad plans: Grad school at Georgia Tech in the master's in analytics program
Proudest achievement at Georgia Tech: Being the president of my sorority, Alpha Phi
Congratulations, Emma!
Degree program: B.S. in Economics with minors in Mathematics and International Affairs
Post-grad plans: I am pleased to announce that I will be attending the University of Virginia's Economics Ph.D. program. I will be going there to study International Economics and Public Finance. My future plans are to become an economics professor.
Proudest achievement: I would say my proudest achievement (aside from getting into multiple Ph.D. programs) would be raising nearly $15,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society during their Student of the Year Campaign when I was in high school.
Best memory at Georgia Tech: My best memory during my time at Tech was the first football tunnel entrance during my Rat Year in the Georgia Tech Marching Band.
Congratulations, Turner!
Degree program: B.S. in Economics
Post-grad plans: I am graduating this spring and plan to continue my studies by doing the master's program in economics here at Georgia Tech.
Best memory at Georgia Tech: My most exciting experience is being a part of Georgia Tech's athletic program as a cross country/track athlete.
Proudest achievement at Georgia Tech: My greatest achievement is making the dean's list since I have been at Tech.
Congratulations, Elizabeth!
Degree program: B.S. in Economics and International Affairs (EIA) with a minor in International Business, Language, and Culture
Post-grad plans: Working at UPS Capital over the summer and returning for a master's in economics in fall 2022
Congratulations, Cecilia!
Connor Bierbaum, B.S. in Economics, will be a full-time analyst at Deloitte.
Samuel Peasah, B.S. in Economics with a minor in Spanish, is interested in working in economics, statistics, or video game development and attending the Create-X Startup Launch program.
Niall Gamble, B.S./M.S. in Economics, will be a strategy analyst at Accenture.
Kelly Grissom, M.S. in Economics, currently works at Georgia Tech as a project manager with the Energy and Sustainability Team with the Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI2).
Congratulations to all of our graduates! Georgia Tech will host the Spring 2022 Commencement ceremony on Friday, May 6, and Saturday, May 7.
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