ATLANTA — The Georgia Institute of Technology presented degrees to approximately 2,700 undergraduate and graduate students during its 245th commencement exercises.

The graduates included seven local students:
Geoffrey Horton of Clyo, BS in industrial engineering
David Mongin of Bloomingdale, BS in mechanical engineering
John Moore of Clyo, BS in civil engineering
Ryan Phillips of Rincon, BS in civil engineering
Mark Pinder of Guyton, BS in aerospace engineering
Robert Stroud of Guyton, BS in aerospace engineering
Katie Tanner of Rincon, MS in medical physics

The Georgia Institute of Technology is one of the nation’s leading research universities, with more than 21,000 undergraduate and graduate students. Georgia Tech has many nationally-recognized programs, all top-ranked by peers and publications alike, and is ranked in the nation’s top 10 public universities by U.S. News and World Report.