Bijée Jackson
George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Bijée Jackson left her circle of relatives in Jamaica when she got here to review mechanical engineering at Georgia Tech. However she briefly discovered every other on campus — many others, in fact.
So leaving campus this month for the following bankruptcy of her existence is emotional.
“I discovered and made such a lot of excellent connections right here. My circle of relatives’s no longer right here, so everybody this is my circle of relatives. Everybody right here,” Jackson mentioned. “It will be very exhausting to go away the individuals who were right here for me for the ultimate 5 years.”
Jackson mentioned she has gotten inquisitive about the whole lot she may just call to mind so that you could increase professionally, create social connections, and advance range in engineering. She’s a resident assistant, a pupil ambassador, and a member of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority. She has been mentored throughout the Peer 2 Peer Mentoring Program within the Faculty’s CEED program and took part within the middle’s methods since she arrived on campus. She additionally was once concerned with the Caribbean Pupil Affiliation and the Society of Black Engineers. And she or he served at the Range, Fairness, and Inclusion Council within the Woodruff College of Mechanical Engineering.
Each and every enjoy — every of the ones households — added one thing new to Jackson’s viewpoint, she mentioned: “I believe they all embrace finding out one thing new, coming from your field, and simply being open to new reviews and new critiques.”
Jackson carried the similar sense of exploration into her skilled interests, too, taking to middle the recommendation of a mentor at Cummins who advised her to diversify her reviews. That resulted in summer season internships at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab and Procter & Gamble (P&G). After she leaves her households at Georgia Tech, she’ll formally sign up for P&G as a packaging engineer.
First, even though, she’ll reconnect with some extra circle of relatives, the only in Jamaica, the place she’s making plans a excellent lengthy seek advice from.
