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  <title><![CDATA[2021 Student Spotlight: Benjamin Magondu]]></title>
  <body><![CDATA[<h2><strong>Caps Off to Our Graduates</strong></h2>

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<p>The Office of Conference Services would like to recognize the seniors on our staff, not only for their hard work, dedication and contribution to our efforts but also for their academic accomplishment. You have studied throughout the night; worked on countless papers and projects; sweated over exams; laughed, cried and everything in between. To this we say congratulations and a hearty thank you! You made it! You are a Georgia Institute of Technology graduate!</p>

<p>We celebrate you and appreciate everything you have contributed to make our office a success. We hope your time working with us has been as beneficial to you as it has been to us. We wish you health, happiness, blessings and every good thing.</p>
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<h2><strong>Graduating Student Staff Member</strong></h2>

<p><strong>Benjamin Magondu</strong></p>

<p><strong>Major:</strong> Biomedical Engineering</p>

<p><strong>What I learned working with conference services:</strong>&nbsp;Prepare for the unexpected, anything can happen and if you&#39;ve got backup plans things will be easier.</p>

<p><strong>Other Involvement at Georgia Tech:</strong> I often play intramural sports and have worked as an undergraduate researcher and teaching assistant in BMED statistics.</p>

<p><strong>Favorite Georgia Tech Memory:</strong>&nbsp;Oh, this is a tough one. I would say some of my favorite memories were whenever my friends and I would go to cookout after a week of tough finals.</p>

<p><strong>Advice to Incoming First-Year Students:</strong>&nbsp;Don&#39;t be afraid to try new things! If you just started college, its normal to not know exactly what you want to do. The only way to really know is to just get out there, make new connections and try to experience all you can at your time here.</p>
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