Bijée Jackson
George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Bijée Jackson left her family in Jamaica when she came to study mechanical engineering at Georgia Tech. But she quickly found another on campus — many others, actually.
So leaving campus this month for the next chapter of her life is emotional.
“I found and made so many good connections here. My family’s not here, so everyone here is my family. Everyone here,” Jackson said. “It’s going to be very hard to leave the people who have been here for me for the last five years.”
Jackson said she has gotten involved in everything she could think of in an effort to develop professionally, create social connections, and advance diversity in engineering. She’s a resident assistant, a student ambassador, and a member of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority. She has been mentored through the Peer 2 Peer Mentoring…
