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Shirley Tomes, Chemistry & Biochemistry
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Georgia Tech Women’s Forum Awards Hilda Castillo
Atlanta (April 2, 2009) — The Georgia Tech Women’s Forum presented three scholarship awards to three very deserving women. Hilda Castillo (Chemistry), Jennifer Chan (PTFE), and Candis Pham (Computational Media) presented their essays on March 31, 2009. The applicants were asked to write an essay on what the most important things they have learned while at Georgia Tech.
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GTWF holds a professional responsibility to encourage and support women in their academic endeavors at Georgia Tech. The GTWF Scholarship Fund awards scholarships annually to female students based on financial need, academic achievement and leadership.
Founded in 1981, the Georgia Tech Women’s Forum (GTWF) is an organization comprised of employees from all facets of the Georgia Tech community and remains firm in our mission to provide opportunities for women at Georgia Tech. This has been accomplished this via networking, sharing, learning and leadership. Program speakers at our monthly meetings provide a variety of perspectives on issues of interest to today’s professional women.
The Georgia Institute of Technology is one of the nation's premiere research universities. Ranked among U.S. News & World Report's top 10 public universities, Georgia Tech educates more than 16,000 students every year through its Colleges of Architecture, Computing, Engineering, Liberal Arts, Management and Sciences. Tech maintains a diverse campus and is among the nation's top producers of women and African-American engineers. The Institute offers research opportunities to both undergraduate and graduate students and is home to more than 100 interdisciplinary units plus the Georgia Tech Research Institute. During the 2003-2004 academic year, Georgia Tech reached $341.9 million in new research award funding.