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Wayne Clough Tech Promise Scholarship has allowed her to attend Tech without incurring student loan debt and keep veterinary school an option.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EColin Fravel, a fourth\u2011year industrial engineering student from Massachusetts was prepared to take on significant debt to finish his Tech degree. Before his second year, he opened his tuition bill to find a surprise: a scholarship funded by the Lizanne and Robert A. Milton Scholarship Endowment. \u201cI cried while showing my parents,\u201d Fravel said. \u201cI was able to eat food on the weekends that wasn\u2019t peanut butter and jelly, and I could travel home more than once a semester.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAndr\u00e9s Robles Sotomayor, a fifth\u2011year aerospace engineering student and native of Puerto Rico, shared how Hurricane Maria left his family homeless in 2017, prompting their relocation to Georgia. When he was accepted to Tech, his mother asked, \u201cHow are you going to pay for it?\u201d The answer came in the form of the G. Wayne Clough Tech Promise Scholarship. Robles Sotomayor has interned at Northrop Grumman, Gulfstream Aerospace, and Pratt \u0026amp; Whitney, and will join Lockheed Martin\u2019s Advanced Development Program after he graduates.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA recap video of the event is available \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/youtu.be\/1Oe5AzGh5-0\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Ehere\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. Plans are already underway for next year\u0027s celebration.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAt the 2026 Scholarship Brunch, scholarship donors saw firsthand the transformative impact their giving has on students\u2019 lives. Attendees heard from alumni donors Jocelyn Stargel, IE 1982, M.S. 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