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  • Professors run nonprofit program

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    Electrical engineering professors at UTD run a nonprofit tutoring program called IntelliChoice seeking to help underprivileged kids get ahead in school. Gil Sik Lee’s respect for the power of education came from his background in Korea after witnessing the poverty his family faced. “My parents have zero public education,” Lee said. “They never went to…

  • Professor finds passion in math tutoring

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    In 1991, Gil Sik Lee and his wife were making plans to adopt two children from low-income backgrounds in hopes of giving them a better life. An unexpected detour in Washington D.C. made him realize that education — instead of adoption — could be a way to help improve the lives of underprivileged children. While…