{"108351":{"#nid":"108351","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Engineering Dean Gary May Speaks at White House Ceremony","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia\nTech\u2019s College of Engineering Dean Gary S. May spoke at a White House ceremony\non Wednesday (Feb. 8), stressing the need to attract more young minds to the field of\nengineering and retain them until graduation to improve the nation\u2019s prosperity\nand competitiveness. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cEngineering\nis a profession of great wonder and rich reward,\u201d May said at the event hosted\nby the White House Council on Jobs and Competitiveness to celebrate engineering\ndeans for their excellence and commitment to educating and graduating more\nengineers. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn\ncommunicating the appeal of our profession, we must tap into what young people\nvalue most in their life\u2019s work\u2014flexibility, connectivity, visibility and above\nall else, the chance to use technology to make a real impact on our nation and\nworld and to change our society for the better,\u201d May added.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EMay touted\nthe strategies used by Georgia Tech to retain 94 percent of freshmen after\ntheir first year and graduate eight out of every 10 students within six years. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cEven more\nso, we are attracting women and minorities to engineering in large numbers and,\nI am proud to say, graduating them, making Georgia Tech the nation\u2019s largest\nand most diverse college of engineering,\u201d said May, who chairs the Dean\u2019s\nAdvisory Committee for the High Technology Education Working Group, which is part\nof the White House Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\nwas one of 50 engineering colleges recognized at the event for its excellence\nand commitment to engineering education. During the ceremony, the council also\nannounced a partnership with the American Society for Engineering Education to\ndevelop metrics to formally recognize engineering schools that meet particular\ngraduation and retention levels. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EU.S. President\nBarack Obama has a goal of graduating 10,000 additional new engineers each year\nthrough private sector incentives and efforts in engineering schools to attract\nand retain top talent. The council is comprised of leaders from companies that\nrely on a quality STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) workforce\nand who have a particular interest in the production of more engineers. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAlong with\nMay, other featured speakers at the ceremony included: Valerie Jarrett, senior\nadvisor to the President; Paul Otellini, president and CEO of Intel; Steven\nChu, U.S. Secretary of Energy; Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education; and Don\nGiddens, president of the American Society for Engineering Education and former\ndean of engineering at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech was one of 50\nengineering colleges recognized at the event for its excellence and commitment\nto engineering education. Dean May,\u0026nbsp;who\nchairs the Dean\u2019s Advisory Committee for the High Technology Education Working\nGroup, part of the White House Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, was a featured speaker at the event.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"May spoke at a White House ceremony on Feb. 8, stressing the need to attract more young minds to the field of engineering and retain them until graduation."}],"uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2012-02-09 18:21:13","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:11:40","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-02-09T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2012-02-09T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"109161":{"id":"109161","type":"image","title":"Dean May and President Obama","body":null,"created":"1449178201","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:30:01","changed":"1475894728","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:28","alt":"Dean May and President Obama","file":{"fid":"194038","name":"421301_10150597680148540_149806298539_8989889_95910237_n.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/421301_10150597680148540_149806298539_8989889_95910237_n_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/421301_10150597680148540_149806298539_8989889_95910237_n_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":53613,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/421301_10150597680148540_149806298539_8989889_95910237_n_0.jpg?itok=EsqEqSPz"}},"108341":{"id":"108341","type":"image","title":"Dean May at the White House","body":null,"created":"1449178188","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:29:48","changed":"1475894725","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:25","alt":"Dean May at the White House","file":{"fid":"194020","name":"402522_10150603330128896_614823895_9127255_1999585672_n.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/402522_10150603330128896_614823895_9127255_1999585672_n_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/402522_10150603330128896_614823895_9127255_1999585672_n_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":79787,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/402522_10150603330128896_614823895_9127255_1999585672_n_0.jpg?itok=dM6ntspm"}}},"media_ids":["109161","108341"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"155","name":"Congressional Testimony"}],"keywords":[{"id":"23571","name":"College of Engineering; Gary May; Dean\u2019s Advisory Committee for the High Technology Education Working Group; engineering education"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["klipp@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}