{"132361":{"#nid":"132361","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Awarded $5 Million Grant from Goizueta Foundation","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Goizueta Foundation has awarded the Georgia Institute of Technology a $5 million grant to promote Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields to Hispanic\/Latino K-12 students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech has a longstanding commitment to inspiring and attracting more young people to enter STEM fields,\u201d said Georgia Tech President G. P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson.\u0026nbsp; \u201cHundreds of Georgia Tech Hispanic and Latino students have benefitted from support provided by The Goizueta Foundation over the last decade. We\u2019re looking forward to partnering with the Foundation to expand opportunities for K-12 Hispanic and Latino students through new programs, and enhancing those where Tech has national leadership.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe five-year grant will support and enhance the GoSTEM research-based model and will demonstrate how technological universities and school systems can partner to promote academic achievement.\u0026nbsp; Specifically, the grant will support the following programs:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EGraduate Teaching Fellows Program\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPathways to College Program, after-school programing\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EHispanic\/Latino outreach initiatives through the Georgia Tech Office of Hispanic Initiatives and Parents Program\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESTEM Enrichment\/Summer Programming\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information on this initiative, visit the website for the Office of the Vice President for \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.diversity.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EInstitute Diversity\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Grant to Promote STEM fields for Hispanic\/Latino K-12 students"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Goizueta Foundation has awarded the Georgia Institute of Technology a $5 million grant to promote Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields to Hispanic\/Latino K-12 students.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Grant to promote science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) to Hispanic\/Latino K-12 students."}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2012-05-23 09:27:38","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:18","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-05-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-05-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.goizuetafoundation.org\/","title":"The Goizueta Foundation"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.diversity.gatech.edu\/","title":"Office of Diversity Programs"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"2673","name":"hispanic"},{"id":"2852","name":"latino"},{"id":"34311","name":"The Goizueta Foundation"}],"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":["mattnagel@hotmail.com"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}