{"128691":{"#nid":"128691","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Annual Petit Undergraduate Research Scholars Fundraising Dinner","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience at the Georgia Institute of Technology will host its annual fundraising dinner for\u0026nbsp;the Petit Scholars Undergraduate Research Program.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis year\u0027s event will be held at Atlanta\u0027s beautiful and historic Piedmont Driving Club and will feature guest speaker, Scott Rigsby, an inspiring, world-class athlete who will present a talk entitled, \u0022UnThinkable.\u0022 \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPlease join us for a wonderful evening of great food, music and mingling at our annual fundraising dinner.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis event is black-tie optional. \u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECo-Chairs:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Ross Mason and Russ Medford\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEvent Director:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:mcdevitt@ibb.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EMegan McDevitt\u003C\/a\u003E, CMP\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor complete event information, including sponsorship opportunities and to purchase a ticket, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ibb.gatech.edu\/petit-scholars-dinner\u0022\u003ECLICK HERE\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Petit Scholars program began in 2000 as part of a ten-year National Sciences Foundation grant and has been continued and expanded with the help of private donations. With this year\u2019s fundraising goal of $100,000, sponsorship opportunities are available at platinum, gold, silver and bronze levels as well as individual dinner ticket purchases.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;To date, the Petit Scholars program has provided funding and programs for 185 students from Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University, Georgia State University, Morehouse College, Spelman College, Agnes Scott College, Gwinnett Technical College and the University of Georgia over the past 13 years. The Petit Scholars program is a competitive scholarship program that allows undergraduates to develop independent research projects in Petit Institute laboratories under the director mentorship of a graduate student and faculty member. The programs\u2019 alumni go on to use their valuable research experiences in careers as research scientists, academics and physicians.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ibb.gatech.edu\/petit-scholars-dinner\u0022\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAnnual Petit Undergraduate Research Scholars Fundraising Dinner -\u0026nbsp;Scott Rigsby, special guest speaker to present \u0022UnThinkable\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Scott Rigsby, the special guest speaker, will present \u0022UnThinkable.\u0022"}],"uid":"27195","created_gmt":"2012-05-07 11:54:13","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:58:53","author":"Colly Mitchell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2012-06-23T20:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2012-06-23T23:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2012-06-23T23:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2012-06-24 00:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2012-06-24 03:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2012-06-24 03:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ibb.gatech.edu\/petit-scholars-dinner","title":"Dinner info and registration"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ibb.gatech.edu\/petit-scholars","title":"Petit Scholars info and application"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.scottrigsbyfoundation.org\/","title":"Scott Rigsby Foundation"}],"groups":[],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"248","name":"IBB"},{"id":"857","name":"Petit Scholars"},{"id":"5310","name":"Petit Scholars Dinner"},{"id":"14182","name":"Petit undergraduate research scholars"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:mcdevitt@ibb.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EMegan McDevitt\u003C\/a\u003E, CMP\u003Cbr \/\u003EEvent Director\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}