Iqbal Paroo, a willful achiever who had climbed Kilimanjaro and captained the cricket team, was home on leave from his training as an 18-year-old Kenyan military pilot. He had no idea that on this afternoon his life was about to change forever. Out for a motorcycle ride, he was struck by a car. Read the article |
Ron Hytoff had very little hair in 1970 when he walked into the admissions office at Georgia State University. “Are you just coming out of the service?” the admissions counselor asked. The short answer was yes. Read the article |
The Bennett A. Brown Scholarship helped Kareem Downer achieve a degree from the Cecil B. Day School of Hospitality Administration. The funding covered the majority of Downer’s tuition and school expenses as he prepared for a career in Atlanta’s hospitality industry. Read the article |
For Kyle Stapleton, receiving one of Georgia State University’s most prestigious merit scholarships set his path for academic success that culminated with a recent MBA in organizational leadership from GSU’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business. His two Robinson degrees tell the world that his brain is smarter now, but not the whole story of what happened in his heart and bones to save one life and change others. Read the article |
To the unmistakable combination of black and bright yellow of Waffle House, add bright blue booths and a checkerboard of blue wall tiles. Welcome to the GSU Waffle House, the best advertisement that Tom Mallory (B.S. '86) has going - besides himself. Read the article |
For Sam Divine, Jr., who grew up in the Liberian Civil War zone during the late 1980s and through the ’90s, the compass of his personal and professional life comes in the form of the three things for which he stands: faith, family and continuous improvement. Read the article |
