{"671640":{"#nid":"671640","#data":{"type":"news","title":"It\u2019s Always About Taking the Next Step for Nicklaus Foster","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENicklaus Foster developed an eye for civil engineering early.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe grew up in Columbia, Maryland, and spent a lot of time working for his father\u2019s construction business around Washington, D.C. It was there he learned the difference between design and labor in construction and found the path he wanted to pursue in life.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI didn\u2019t plan on shoveling rocks for the rest of my life; I wanted to look at the other side of construction, so that\u2019s what got me into engineering,\u201d said Foster, who will graduate with his civil engineering bachelor\u2019s this fall. \u201cMy dad also guided me toward civil engineering because his construction practice focuses on concrete and masonry \u2014 things in the civil engineering realm. He gave me a little nudge and created that exposure, which was super important for me.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFoster didn\u2019t come to Georgia Tech immediately. In Fall 2018, he enrolled in Morehouse College\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/morehouse.edu\/academics\/majors\/general-science-dual-degree-engineering\/\u0022\u003EDual-Degree Engineering Program\u003C\/a\u003E, which allows students to get two degrees over five years. Students spend three years at Morehouse before transferring to a partner institution to finish their engineering studies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFoster quickly realized Atlanta was where he wanted to be, so Georgia Tech \u2014\u0026nbsp;with one of the best \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ecivil engineering\u003C\/a\u003E programs in the country \u2014 became his clear first choice. He couldn\u2019t wait to tap into the opportunities that awaited him.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYet, like virtually all of his fellow graduates, the Covid-19 pandemic threw a wrench in his plans.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/its-always-about-taking-next-step-nicklaus-foster\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGet the full story on the College of Engineering website.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe civil engineering major finishes a two-campus, two-degree college journey this fall.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The civil engineering major finishes a two-campus, two-degree college journey this fall."}],"uid":"27446","created_gmt":"2023-12-19 14:49:07","changed_gmt":"2023-12-19 14:51:48","author":"Joshua Stewart","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-12-15T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-12-15T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"672614":{"id":"672614","type":"image","title":"Nicklaus Foster - Class of 2023","body":null,"created":"1702997362","gmt_created":"2023-12-19 14:49:22","changed":"1702997362","gmt_changed":"2023-12-19 14:49:22","alt":"headshot of Nicklaus Foster with \u0022Helluva Engineer - Class of 2023\u0022 graphic overlay","file":{"fid":"255889","name":"Nicklaus-Foster-thumbnail.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/12\/19\/Nicklaus-Foster-thumbnail.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/12\/19\/Nicklaus-Foster-thumbnail.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":698361,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/12\/19\/Nicklaus-Foster-thumbnail.jpg?itok=ZBB9PU3f"}}},"media_ids":["672614"],"groups":[{"id":"1237","name":"College of Engineering"},{"id":"551651","name":"Center for Engineering Education and Diversity (CEED)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jstewart@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJoshua Stewart\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCollege of Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jstewart@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}