For many Yellow Jackets, the longest time they’ll spend at Tech is as a student. For Jocelyn Stargel, graduation was just the start of a lifelong connection with the Institute and its people.

“I think about Georgia Tech’s mission—to improve the human condition through advanced science and technology—and then I think about the community I found as an out-of-state, Black female student. Tech prepared us to innovate and solve the critical problems of the world. My community and I flourished with that foundation,” Stargel says.

As a proud alumna, Stargel has significantly contributed to the Institute, serving in various capacities to make Georgia Tech the best it can be for future Yellow Jackets.

“I feel so fortunate to be the recipient of this opportunity and want to ensure that future generations of underrepresented students are afforded the same opportunities to make an impact.”

Currently, she serves as the chair of the College of Engineering’s Advisory Board and as a trustee of the Georgia Tech Foundation Board. She has also served on her 40th Reunion Committee, the Alumni Association Board of Trustees, and the ISyE Advisory Board. A longtime volunteer with the Georgia Tech Women Alumnae Network, she served as its president in 2014–2015. In 2020, she became the first African American woman to serve as chair of the Alumni Association’s Board of Trustees. She is one of the inaugural alumnae honorees of the Pathway to Progress, a permanent campus tribute to Georgia Tech women, which will open in 2025.
 

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