Helluva Journey: Graduate Student Reflects on 13 Years and 4 Degrees at Tech

For 13 years, Kantwon Rogers kept coming back to Georgia Tech for more.

More degrees to earn. More opportunities to teach. More lives to change.

He held six internships at companies such as Amazon, Google, and Intel Corporation, and each time he couldn’t wait to return to Georgia Tech’s campus.

His experiences at Georgia Tech have made it clear: Education is where he belongs.

“Every time I’ve interned, I didn’t like it, so I came back to school,” Rogers said. “Being in school for this long has never felt like compromising something else I would rather have been doing.”

Rogers said he’ll walk across the stage Thursday at McCamish Pavilion with no regrets as he receives his Ph.D. in computer science (CS) — the fourth degree he’s earned since arriving at Georgia Tech in 2011. He also holds his bachelor’s in computer engineering, a master’s in electrical and computer engineering, and a master’s in human-computer interaction (HCI).