Blueprint is Georgia Tech's official student yearbook

Yearbook

A yearbook, also known as an annual, is a book to record, highlight, and commemorate the past year of a school or a book published annually. Virtually all American, Australian and Canadian high schools, most colleges and many elementary and middle schools publish yearbooks...

. It was established in 1908 and is the second oldest student organization on campus. Their staff meets Thursday nights at 7 pm in Room 137 of the Student Services Building.

History

The first issue was edited by John G. Chapman. The yearbook was first published in 1908 under the name Blue Print. The name changed to Blueprint in 1956. It was published for the Georgia School of Technology, as Georgia Institute of Technology was known at the time. It featured sections on the history of the school, the classes, sports, organizations, fraternities, and advertisements. Sections were broken up with poems inserted throughout the book.

Awards

Blueprint has won the following awards:

• 2011: 22 Gold Circle Awards - Columbia Scholastic Press Association
  Columbia Scholastic Press Association
  The Columbia Scholastic Press Association is an international student press association, founded in 1925, whose goal is to unite student journalists and faculty advisers at schools and colleges through educational conferences, idea exchanges, textbooks, critiques and award programs...
  
   (CSPA)
• 2011: Bronze Medalist - CSPA
• 2008: 2 Gold Circle Awards - CSPA
• 2007: 7 Gold Circle Awards - CSPA
• 2005: 2 Gold Circle Awards - CSPA
• 2004: Silver Medalist - CSPA
• 2002: 12 Gold Circle Awards - CSPA
• 2001: Pacemaker
  National Pacemaker Awards
  The National Pacemaker Awards are awards for excellence in American student journalism, given annually since 1927. The awards are generally considered to be the highest national honors in their field, and are unofficially known as the "Pulitzer Prizes of student journalism."The National Scholastic...
  
   Finalist - National Scholastic Press Association
  National Scholastic Press Association
  The National Scholastic Press Association is a nonprofit organization founded in 1921 for high school and secondary school publications in the United States. The association is membership-based and annually hosts high school journalism conventions across the country...
  
  /Associated Collegiate Press (ACP)
• 2001: 10 Gold Circle Awards - CSPA
• 2001: Gold Crown Award - CSPA
• 2000: 4 Gold Circle Awards - CSPA
• 2000: Gold Crown Award - CSPA
• 1999: 2 Gold Circle Awards - CSPA
• 1999: Silver Crown Award - CSPA
• 1998: Diversity Award - College Media Advisers
  College Media Advisers
  College Media Advisers , formerly known as National Council of College Publication Advisers, was established in 1956 and is a United States national association of higher education professionals which exists to promote established standards and practices in college media advising...
  
  (CMA)
• 1998: Gold Crown Award - CSPA
• 1998: Gold Medalist Award - CSPA
• 1997: 10 Gold Circle Awards - CSPA
• 1997: Gold Crown Award - CSPA
• 1996: Pacemaker Finalist - ACP
• 1996: Silver Crown Award - CSPA
• 1995: Pacemaker Finalist - ACP
• 1994: Pacemaker Finalist - ACP
• 1993: Pacemaker Finalist - ACP

External links

• Official Website