{"116111":{"#nid":"116111","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech hosts STAY WITH IT\u2122 launch with White House and Intel","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology has been selected to\nhost the launch of the STAY WITH IT\u2122 campaign as part of the national Day of\nEngineering on March 14 in collaboration with the White House, Intel, Facebook and other university partners.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELaunched by the President\u2019s Council on Jobs and\nCompetitiveness, STAY WITH IT\u2122 is the first student outreach campaign\nfocused on connecting engineering students to a community of their peers and\nexperienced engineers, role models and influencers to encourage them to stay\nwith the field of study and graduate with an engineering degree.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Day of Engineering is a national celebration designed to\npromote and build enthusiasm for this new community of resources available to\nstudents on their journey to an engineering degree. At Georgia Tech, many\nevents are planned on March 14, including a Facebook Live discussion that\nincludes a panel of prominent engineers such as NASA Administrator Charles\nBolden and Intel CEO Paul Otellini, as well as free food, giveaways and more.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ENationally, only 14 percent of all U.S. undergraduate\nstudents are enrolled in science, technology, engineering and mathematics\nprograms and there is a 40 percent attrition rate of those enrolled in these\ndisciplines after the first year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech, however, is the gold standard for the retention\nand graduation of engineers, which is why the Institute was selected to host\nthis campaign launch. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EUsing a mix of strategies and tactics, Georgia Tech holds on\nto 94 percent of freshmen after their first year, and the Institute succeeds in\ngraduating eight out of every 10 of our students within six years.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are changing the way engineers learn with new approaches\nto the undergraduate curriculum,\u201d said Gary May, Georgia Tech\u2019s dean of the\nCollege of Engineering. \u201cRather than focus on traditional means to deliver\ncontent, we give students complex, multifaceted and realistic problems to help\nthem develop effective problem solving skills and participate in self-directed\nlearning. The professor becomes more of a facilitator supporting the student\u2019s\nlearning process.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Day of Engineering is just one activity at Georgia Tech\nthat enhances the undergraduate learning experience. The College of Engineering\nhas been successful in graduating engineers by putting an emphasis on peer\nmentor programs, vertically integrated projects, problem-based learning and a\nfocus on student innovation through activities like the InVenture Prize.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the InVenture Prize, students work independently or in\nteams on inventions that are presented to and judged by a panel of experts.\nThis year\u2019s final round of the annual competition will be held at 7 p.m. on\nMarch 13 in the Ferst Center.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EMatthew Stoddard and Christopher Vollo are finalists in the\ncompetition for their device, \u201cStylii,\u201d an extraordinarily precise,\npress-sensitive and capacitive stylus.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBeing a finalist is really exciting,\u201d Stoddard said. \u201cIt\nmakes me feel like what I\u2019ve learned at Georgia Tech is working. That keeps me motivated to continue and work\neven harder on the projects I have going through the end of semester until I\ngraduate and to be able to represent Georgia Tech afterwards.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThese initiatives, along with activities such as the Makers\nClub in the Georgia Tech Invention Studio and academic programs such as the\nco-op program, allow students to express their creativity as engineers and get\nhands-on experience.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are trying to change the culture here and the InVenture\nPrize is just one small step\u2014one chip on that tree we\u2019re trying to chop down\u2014to\ntry to make the students more entrepreneurial and inventive,\u201d said Craig\nForest, co-founder of the InVenture Prize and professor of mechanical\nengineering. \u201cWe have to change the conversation about engineering so it is\nsomething we celebrate.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Facebook Live event is open to pre-credentialed media.\nThose unable to attend the event can watch the livestream at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Engineering\u0022 title=\u0022www.facebook.com\/Engineering\u0022\u003Ewww.facebook.com\/Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E and click Tech Talk Live.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EColleges and\nUniversities around the country will be hosting viewing parties, including\nCalifornia State University at Sacramento, Cornell University, Duke University,\nNew York Institute of Technology - Manhattan and Old Westbury Campuses, North\nCarolina State University, Santa Clara University, University of California at\nBerkeley, University of Florida, University of Hawaii, University of Kentucky,\nUniversity of Maryland, University of Nevada, Reno and Virginia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology has been\nselected to host the launch of the STAY WITH IT\u2122 campaign as part of the national Day of Engineering on\nMarch 14 in collaboration with the White House, Intel, Facebook and\nother university partners.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Georgia Institute of Technology has been selected to host the launch of the STAY WITH IT\u2122 campaign as part of the Day of Engineering on March 14."}],"uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2012-03-12 12:42:30","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:11:48","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-03-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-03-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"116311":{"id":"116311","type":"image","title":"STAY WITH IT\u2122 campaign","body":null,"created":"1449178241","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:30:41","changed":"1475894736","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:36","alt":"STAY WITH IT\u2122 campaign","file":{"fid":"194235","name":"staywithit_logo.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/staywithit_logo_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/staywithit_logo_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":10879,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/staywithit_logo_0.jpg?itok=vIES0j95"}},"114681":{"id":"114681","type":"image","title":"STAY WITH IT - Day of Engineering","body":null,"created":"1449178241","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:30:41","changed":"1475894733","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:33","alt":"STAY WITH IT - Day of Engineering","file":{"fid":"194215","name":"day_of_engineering.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/day_of_engineering_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/day_of_engineering_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":235276,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/day_of_engineering_0.jpg?itok=Z-VKCAep"}}},"media_ids":["116311","114681"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/content\/stay-it-day-engineering","title":"STAY WITH IT! 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