Title: Student Send-Off
Location: 6000 San Jose Boulevard, Jacksonville, FL 32217
Description: Come to this year’s student send-off honoring our incoming and current Tech students and their families! We will be gathering at 6000 On The River on July 26 from 6-8 PM.

In addition to sharing more about life and experiences on campus, we’re proud to continue the tradition of scholarship drawings for both a freshman and upperclassman in attendance. All proceeds from the event benefit our scholarship program.

Cost: $10/person. No charge for incoming or current GT students. Includes barbecue and all the trimmings catered by Bono’s BarBQ.

RSVP: Wade Barnes at 904-744-9055

This year’s spring dinner was an absolute success with over 60 guests in attendance. Our guest Tom McDermott filled us in on GTRI’s big initiatives and new prominence in the global academic and research environments. We also awarded our four scholarships for the year and appointed new officers. Some photos:

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Team Buzz 2011 was a great experience this year thanks to the arrangements by Joe Ullo through HandsOn Jax. We had 11 alumni & friends that participated between 9 AM & 1 PM and the zoo was very complimentary of our work ethic/positive attitude while on site. Our activities for the day were within the animal enrichment area including the following:

• Painting paper mache toys for jaguars & panthers
• Creating cheerios rings, peanut butter pine cones, & swing toys for parrots, eagles, & owls
• Building wreaths out of grape vines for the gorillas
• Tying assorted bird feathers together to make hanging toys for the big cats
• Mixing vegetables & fruits together to make frozen treats for the otters
• Preparing banana-oatmeal-cinnamon “meatballs” for more frozen treats

After our work was complete, the zoo staff escorted our group over to the Africa exhibit to help feed the bongos, warthog, and ostrich. Once the food ran out, all volunteers were welcome to stay in the park as long as they wished for the rest of the day.

A great time was had by all and we’ve already been invited to come back again soon. Some photos:

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Title: Spring Dinner
Location: 12000 Alumni Drive, Jacksonville, FL 32224 (UNF University Center)
Link out: Click here
Description: Please plan to join us on Tuesday, May 19th for our spring scholarship dinner. Tom McDermott will be our guest speaker for the evening and will be talking to us about “Georgia Tech Ireland and Georgia Tech’s Global Strategy”.

We’ve planned another entertaining program this year and we hope that you’ll reserve time to join us.

• Cost: $20 for Members; $25 for Non-Members; Free for Incoming Students
• Cash bar will be available
• RSVP with payment by Sunday May 15th. $5 will be added after 5/15 at the door.

Want to pay for this event?

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Membership

Non-Member $25.00 Member $20.00 Student $0.00 Membership and Dinner $45.00

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This year’s accepted student reception had a great turnout. Some photos: