2017 Scholar Awards Luncheon

The Atlanta Chapter of ARCS® Foundation awarded $385,000 to 53 Scholars at our 26th Scholar Awards Luncheon on November 16, 2017. Each Scholar was introduced and made a brief presentation of his or her work. After lunch, Bill Liss moderated a conversation with two of our former Scholars: Bolyn Hubby, Ph.D. in cellular biology from UGA and Chief Scientific Officer, Agenvir, and Manu O. Platt, Ph.D. from Gerogia Tech and Emory in biomedical enigeering and Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech/Emory who was an ARCS Scholar while an undergraduate at Morehouse College.

Nicholas Porter, Jeffrey Butler, Keith Strozier of Morehouse College

David Holden, Khensu-Ra Love El and Darryl Hill of Morehouse College

Logan Northcutt, Roy McReynolds and Darian Nwankwo of Morehouse College

Morehouse Scholars with Dr. Manu Platt

Samantha Schwartz, Emily Crispell, Morgan Vaughan and Alynda Wood of Emory University

Emory University Scholars

Alyssa Scott, Elaine Liu, Kaitlyn Stanhope and Aaron Wallace of Emory University

Ian Pavelich, Brenda Calderon and Elizabeth Littauer of Emory University

GA Tech Scholars

Calvin Clark, Jeffrey Noble, Xenia Wirth and Connie Liu of GA Tech

Samantha Petti, Daniel Moreno, John Connelly and Matthew Fahrbach of Ga Tech

Michelanne Dye, Anna Liu, Mark Mikhaeil and Pravara Harati of GA Tech

Michael Griffin, Yael Toporek and Osvaldo Broesicke of GA Tech

GA Tech Scholars with Tech Administrators and Dr. Platt

UGA Scholars with Dr. Bolyn Hubby

David cobb, Danielle Lambert and Ashley Rasys of UGA

Christopher Cleveland, Stephanie Herrlinger and Marcus Goudie of UGA

Cecilia Sanchez, Meghan Logun and Stephanie Halmo of UGA

ARCS Atlanta President, Sara Jean Burke, adressing the luncheon guests

Dr. Dwight A. McBride, Emory University Provost, and Emory Scholars

2017 Scholar Awards Luncheon in the Ritz Carlton ballroom

Aaron Wallace, Michaelanne Dye, David Cobb and Stephanie Herrlinger, Herz Global Impact Award Recipients with Iris Schultz

Yetty Arp, Osvaldo Broeskicke, Dante Stephenson and Pravara Harati

Moderator Bill Liss with speakers Manu Platt and Bolyn Hubby

Dr. Rafael Bras, GA Tech Provost; Dr. Pamela Whitten, UGA Provost; Dr Dwight Mcbride, Emory Provost

Ed Hansen and Yael Toporek, Betsy hansen Memorial Award Scholar

Representatives of Presenting Sponsor Northside Hospital, Vicki Barnett (3) and Dawn Hayes (5) with ARCS members Marilyn Colarossi-Woods and Nancy Chambers, and Anna Morris, ARCS Scholar from Emory

Ann Curry, Raena Evans, Joe Evans and Libby Jones

Anna Morris, Connor Morozumi, Jessica Petree of Emory University

Grace Cushman, Kate Birdwhistell, Sarah Elliott, Erin Baker of UGA

Osvaldo Broeskicke and Pravara Harati of GA Tech with Dante Stephenson

Michelanne Dye of GA Tech, Dr. Manu Platt, a scholar's guest, Darryl Hill of Morehouse

Atanta's 2017 Scholars

Keith Strozier of Morehouse and Louise Yeoman

Caroline Hardin, SAL chair-elect; Mary Watson, SAL chair; Sara Jean Burke, president

Thanks from Alum Collette Miller, Postdoctoral Fellow at US Environmental Protection Agency

"Thank you all for reaching out and the support over the years. It's been a rocky few years following the passing of my doctoral research mentor a few weeks prior to my dissertation defense. Trying to rebound from his loss, finishing my dissertation, and figuring out where to go from there was challenging to say the least ... Thank you again for your support. Honestly I did not know how much I would have ended up relying on the generous gift that the Atlanta Chapter of ARCS Foundation provided when it was first received. However, it was vital in helping me launch a new chapter in my career when I found my plans collapse when my mentor passed. Again, THANK YOU!"

Thanks from Alum Courtney Pollard, III, MD, PhD, MedStar Harbor Hospital, Baltimore

Let me start by saying how thankful I am for being selected as an ARCS scholar. I consider it one of my greatest achievements thus far and I am immensely proud to count myself as one of the amazing group of students that your organization selected to receive this award. I want you ladies to know you are doing an outstanding job! You all are embarked on a truly altruistic endeavor and it is my fervent prayer that this organization thrives for years to come.

Thanks from Alum Alejandro Toriella, PhD, Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering, Georgia Tech

Thank you very much for your support. It meant a lot. I had the opportunity to return to Tech as a faculty member last year. I’m very happy to be back and hope I can advise a future ARCS scholar soon!

2017 Scholar Awards Luncheon

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Thanks from Alum Collette Miller, Postdoctoral Fellow at US Environmental Protection Agency

Thanks from Alum Courtney Pollard, III, MD, PhD, MedStar Harbor Hospital, Baltimore

Thanks from Alum Alejandro Toriella, PhD, Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering, Georgia Tech