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Bryan Lusk has always dreamed of being an engineer. And, Bryan, who spent his early years in Atlanta, has also long suffered from “yellow jacket fever.”
But when the 2003 Northwest High graduate learned about Dalton State’s RETP (Regents’ Engineering Transfer Program), he decided that the benefits of starting out at DSC and then transferring to Georgia Tech as an “accepted and privileged upperclassman” were just “too good to pass up.”
“It’s a great money saver,” says Bryan, who is halfway through the program at DSC, which allows students who are admitted into the RETP to begin their coursework here, and then to transfer seamlessly to Georgia Tech to complete their engineering degrees.
“One of the great benefits of starting at Dalton State is the smaller class size. It’s really easy here to have a one-on-one experience with your professors.”
He’s had such experiences with Professor of Physics Dr. David Wycherley and Associate Professor of Mathematics Dr. Vince Postell, who both have the ability “to make the most complicated things seem simple.” And he credits Assistant Professor of Mathematics Dr. Lee Ann Nimmons for “really making me feel welcome when I first came to DSC.”
Enrolled this semester in Linear Algebra, Calculus-based Physics II, Astronomy, and Engineering Graphics, Bryan also takes time to explore Creative Writing and to tutor in the College’s Math Lab for 20 hours each week.
In his spare time, he enjoys tinkering with cars, which is not surprising for a future mechanical engineer who dreams of eventually designing mechanical equipment. “I like the way things fit together in a machine,” he says. Most engineers do.
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