Congratulations to Kristie Champlin, who graduated from the BSPP program last weekend, for receiving the School of Public Policy’s Undergraduate Student of the Year award.  This recognition was voted by the faculty (who chose from many highly-qualified nominees), and was presented at the School’s annual banquet on April 15.  Kudos Kristie!

Congratulations to Kristie Champlin and Nick Wellkamp!  These two BSPP seniors were selected as finalists for the 2009 Rhodes Scholarships.  Only 200 students nationwide were invited to interview this weekend for this prestigious award, and we’re proud that two BSPP students were among them.  (Brandon Kearse, a former ME undergraduate now in Tech’s masters in city planning, and whom we’ve seen in several public policy courses, was Tech’s third Rhodes finalist this year.)
Although they weren’t among the 32 students from the US who were selected this weekend, we’re happy to …