georgia tech capitol jackets capitol buzz ......- gt students mark wil-liams and chris taylor...
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Nearly 100 students, faculty, staff and alumni travelled to the State Capitol last week to gain first-hand experience of state government and interact with state leaders at the fourth annual Georgia Tech Student Day at the Capitol. We heard from several special guests including Institute alumni Capt. Rhett Jaehn, com-mander of nuclear submarine USS Georgia, and Rep. Buzz Brockway. Several other state leaders also joined the group including House Higher Educa-tion Chairman Carl Rogers, Sen. Jason Carter, and Georgia Tech alums Rep. Geoff Duncan and Rep. Ronnie Mabra. The Geor-gia Tech football chaplain, Der-rick Moore, was also in atten-dance to deliver an inspirational
message to the House members as Chaplain of the Day. Presi-dent and First Lady Peterson spent the morning visiting with students and members of our Georgia Tech delegation in the
General Assembly. After a short welcome pro-
gram, students and legislators walked around the South Wing of the Capitol visiting with cam-pus researchers. Undergraduate student researchers were joined by student and faculty from the GVU Center, a university-wide interdisciplinary research cen-ter dedicated to developing in-novative interactive computing technologies to advance the hu-man condition. A Georgia Tech all-male a cappella group also performed for the Georgia Tech gathering and all those congre-gating in the halls of the Capitol.
Following the activities in
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IN THIS ISSUE Georgia Tech Student Day at the Capitol p. 1 Capitol Notes p. 1 Legislative Round-up p. 2
VOLUME VI, ISSUE II - Monday, February 4, 2013
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February 4-8 House Appropriations Subcommittee Meetings State CapitolFebruary 4-8 Legislative Days 10-14 Senate/House Chamber
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CAPITOL NOTES- Chancellor Hank
Huckaby addressed the joint Appropria-tions Committee regard-ing the funding for the University System of Georgia for FY 2014 on Tuesday, January 22.
- Civil Engineering Pro-fessor Michael Hunter met with House and Senate Transportation chairmen to discuss the GT National Transporta-tion Center.
- GT students Mark Wil-liams and Chris Taylor presented their senior capstone project re-port regarding the eco-nomic impact of Pratt and Whitney’s new air-plane engine repair and maintenance facility to be built in Columbus. Economics Profes-sor Christine Ries was also on hand at the joint House Committee meet-ing to answer questions.
- President Peterson visited with leaders in the Capitol and in the Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget on Thursday, January 31.
- GT physicians from Stamps Health Services served as “Doctors of the Day” last week in the Gen-eral Assembly.
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President Peterson speaking from the House rostrum
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In this regular section you will find specific ways that you as a Capitol Jackets member can stay involved in active advocacy for Georgia Tech.
- House Appropriations Subcommittees are cur-rently reviewing the amended FY 2013 bud-get. It is expected to move forward in the very near future. Please send a handwritten note to your state representative and ask him or her to sup-port Georgia Tech and the University System of Georgia.
Find your legislators and their district mailing ad-dresses by visiting www.gov.gatech.edu and select-ing “Find Your Legisla-tor” from the “Important Links” on the right. We would appreciate notifica-tion of any communication with our state leaders so we can better track our ad-vocacy efforts.
Dene SheheaneExecutive Director
Betsy JacksonAssistant Director
Katie WrightMgr, Advocacy Programs
Capitol Buzz is a biweekly pub-lication of the Georgia Tech Office of Government and Community Relations distributed to the Geor-gia Tech Capitol Jackets on the first business day of every other week during the Georgia General as-sembly’s legislative session. Email [email protected] to subscribe.
Legislative round-upbills and Resolutions from our Watchlist
HB 26 assigned to the House Public Safety and Homeland Security CommitteeThe Georgia Campus Carry Act of 2013, would remove certain carrying restrictions on college campuses.
HB 45 assigned to the House appropriations Committee The “Carry Forward” measure would allow the University System of Georgia to carry a small amount of funds from one fiscal year to the next.
HB 107-108 assigned to the House appropriations CommitteeAmended Fiscal year 2013 appropriations bill
HB 109-110 assigned to the House appropriations CommitteeGeneral appropriations bill for Fiscal year 2014
SR 45 Senate adoptedResolution honoring Georgia Tech student leaders on Georgia Tech Student Day at the Capitol.
HR 40 House adoptedResolution honoring Georgia Tech student leaders on Georgia Tech Student Day at the Capitol.
HR 96 House adoptedResolution commending the Georgia Tech football team for their victory in the Sun bowl against the University of Southern California.
the South Wing, President and First Lady Pe-terson joined SGA President Eran Mordel and fellow student leaders Merry Hunter Hipp and Graham Goldberg, who organized the event, on the floor of the House Chamber to be rec-ognized by alum Rep. Mike Dudgeon. The Georgia Tech alumni serving in the House supported a resolution honoring student ef-forts to support the Institute. Sen. Hardie Da-vis and Sen. Mike Crane, both alums, spon-sored a similar resolution in the Senate, where students Michael Mosgrove, Mary Shoemaker and Nicholas Picon represented the student body and were welcomed and recognized.
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From left: GT Football Chaplain, Derrick Moore, Georgia Tech student Anna Stenstrom, Governor Nathan Deal, Geor-gia Tech First Lady Val Peterson, Georgia Tech President G. P. “Bud” Peterson.