Celebrating Georgia Tech Women

This site supports Georgia Tech’s living Women’s Tribute opening this Fall.

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Around a rock,
through a forest,
into the clouds,

This Fall,
as Georgia Tech opens its doors to students for the 139th year,
enrolling women for the 72nd year,
a space for gathering, reflecting, teaching, and
Celebrating Georgia Tech Women
will open.

The living, inhabitable tribute
made of 2946 mirrored tiles
will project, suspend, and hold
the continuing story of Georgia Tech Women.

On opening day,
the structure will present an inaugural
70 alumnae tribute tiles
and 98 historical tiles
as a means of starting the story and its telling.
Tiles will be added annually.

These tiles will be reinforced
by an interactive website,
that will evolve to
house additional resources and
in-depth information about the
people / places / events
and the networks between the content
honored in the work.

We look forward to
Celebrating
with you
as it opens its doors, spreads its wings
and takes flight.

Credits

Donor

Andrea Laliberte, IE 1982, M.S. IE 1984

with matching Institute Endowment Funds

Design Team

Architect + Artist

Merica May Jensen, MGT 2008, M. ARCH 2011
Gray_Matter(s)+ OBJ

Structural Engineers

Shear Structural

Silman Engineering+Maffeis Engineering

Landscape Architects

Breedlove Land Planning

Lighting Designers

Tillotson Design Associates

Writers and Researchers

Beth Gibson, Emily Martin, Emma March, Thomas De Monchaux

Interpretive Graphics Consultant

Signature Design

Graphic Designer

Emma Gregoline

Website Design and Development

Design Systems International

Vice President for Engagement at Georgia Tech Alumni Association

Janet Kinard

(Former) Georgia Tech Alumni Historian

Jennifer Rogers

Georgia Tech Head of the Archives, Records Management & Digital Curation

Jody Thompson

Georgia Tech University Archivist

Alex McGee

Fabricators + Contractors

Cable Net Contractor and Design Assist

Arcus Wire Group

Site Contractor + Project Manger

Gilbane

Bench Fabricator

Fine Concrete

Georgia Tech Project Directors

Institute Landscape Architect

Jason Gregory

Project Manager, Planning, Design, and Construction

Carla Barbour

(Former) Project Manager, Planning, Design, and Construction

Kinthia Gaines

Georgia Tech Executive Committee

Exec.V.P. for Administration and Finance and Georgia Tech Women’s Tribute Executive Sponsor

Shantay Bolton

(Former) V.P. of Infrastructure and Sustainability

Maria Cimilluca

(Former) Exec.V.P. and Chief Business Officer for Administration and Finance

Mike Shannon

(Former) Assoc.V.P. for Administration and Strategy, Office of the Provost and Office of the Executive Vice President for Research

Jennifer Herazy

Vice President for Engagement at Georgia Tech Alumni Association

Janet Kinard

Senior Director, Office of Development

Christi Tillery

(Former) Assoc. Dir. of Dev. Stewardship

Trisha Sisk

Director, Activities and Engagement, Strategic Energy Institute

Development Associate

Ann Chakales

Georgia Tech Advisory Committee

V.P. Student Engagement and Wellbeing

Luoluo Hong

Assoc.V.P. Arts and Belonging

Kim Harrington

Dean of Libraries

Leslie Sharp

John Portman Chair and Dean of the Georgia Tech College of Design

Ellen Bassett

Dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts

Kaye Husbands Fealing

William W. George Chair and Professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Co-founder and Director of the Center for Health and Humanitarian Systems

Pinar Keskinoack

Professor of IT Management and Elizabeth and Tom Holder Chair in the Scheller College of Business

Maryam Alavi

Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Scholarship in the College of Engineering

Kimberly E. Kurtis

Dean of the College of Sciences, Betsy Middleton and John Clark Sutherland Chair and Professor in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Susan Lozier

Additional gratitude to

the students, faculty, staff, alumni, and Georgia Tech friends who have supported and provided feedback throughout the design process.

the selection committee who assisted with the evaluations of the first alumnae honorees.