{"63188":{"#nid":"63188","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Campus is Central to Advisor\u2019s Life","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMost of us commute to campus from our homes and leave it behind at 5 p.m., but not Troy Whyte. The Georgia Tech campus is a part of his everyday life. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI live on Marietta Street, within walking distance to campus \u2014 so I walk to work,\u201d said the College of Architecture academic advisor. \u201cAnd I\u2019ll frequently head over to Tech Square for dinner.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhyte\u2019s connection to campus isn\u2019t anything new. He earned a bachelor\u2019s degree from the College of Management in 1997. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith a little help from a friend who worked in the College of Architecture, Whyte landed a temporary position in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.id.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EIndustrial Design\u003C\/a\u003E program about a month after graduating. A little more than a month later, he was offered a position as an academic advisor, where he\u2019s been ever since. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERecently, The Whistle sat down with Whyte to learn more about him and his time at Tech. Here\u2019s what we learned: \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat does your job entail?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI advise 190 undergraduate and graduate students and ensure they stay on track for graduation. Generally, I start working consistently with most undergraduate students during their sophomore year, when they\u2019ve figured out what aspect of the designed and built environment they want to pursue. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBecause our school is small, I also support our faculty. For example, I might be called upon to answer questions related to everything from Institute policies regarding dealing with a student transgression of the Honor Code to the Institute\u2019s catering policy \u2014 it just varies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat do you enjoy most and least about your job? \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI enjoy working with the faculty, because I can tell that they are passionate about their work, and with the students, because they are really engaging. The challenge in this job is that since the school is small, I wear many hats. Thankfully, I can multitask pretty well. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat piece of technology could you not live without? \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMy iPhone. I even amazed myself by waiting in line from 5:40 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. to pick it up from the Apple store the day it was released. Needless to say, I really bonded with the other people in line.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat are three things everyone should do while working at Tech? \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEat at Junior\u2019s; I think I ate there about three times a week as a student. Use the Campus Recreation Center. Go to a sporting event on campus \u2014 go Jackets! \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhere do you like to grab lunch on campus? \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETin Drum, and I order the curry katsu. I have to admit that I am awful about bringing my lunch from home and not eating it. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETell me something surprising about yourself. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI\u2019m a science fiction junkie and love reading a good sci-fi novel.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat is your favorite place to visit in the city on the weekend? \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECentennial or Piedmont Park. But, Piedmont Park is better for people watching. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIf you weren\u2019t in your current line of work, what would you be doing? \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWith my love of history and reading and research, I think I would like to have become an historian.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Most of us commute to campus from our homes and leave it behind at 5 p.m., but not Troy Whyte. 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