{"139311":{"#nid":"139311","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Greetings from the Parents Advisory Board","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn behalf of the 40 parents serving on the Georgia Tech Parent\u2019s Advisory Board, my wife and I are honored to welcome you to the Georgia Tech family! Like you, we are Georgia Tech parents. Our son, Ryan, is a sophomore majoring in Mechanical Engineering, so we have been in your position just 12-months ago and can easily relate to both the excitement and anxiety that you may be feeling at this point. Be assured however, that it all comes together, for as much as Georgia Tech is known as a world class academic institution, it also provides an equivalent campus life experience for your student.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt is our honor to serve as co-chairs of the Parent\u2019s Advisory Board for the 2012-2013 academic year. As such, we work closely with the staff of the Parents Program and Division of Student Affairs to provide you with information and engagement opportunities so that you may be involved at Georgia Tech in your own right and learn about programs and services that will help your student take advantage of all that Georgia Tech has to offer. Being involved with the Parents Program gives you the opportunity to act as a Georgia Tech ambassador, spreading the word about the amazing experiences that the Institute provides our students. We strongly encourage you to read the \u003Cem\u003EParentNews\u003C\/em\u003E emails and actively engage in the variety of volunteer opportunities available.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to serving as a volunteer and an ambassador, we can support our student\u2019s experience at Georgia Tech through the annual Parents Fund for Student Life and Leadership.\u0026nbsp; This fund supports student traditions and programs, providing resources to ensure Georgia Tech students have opportunities for leadership and community service as well as enriching their classroom experience. During this past academic year, parents made gifts which ranged from $25 to $25,000. All gifts, regardless of size, are sincerely appreciated and will have a direct impact on campus life activities available to our students.\u0026nbsp; Our goal for the Parents Fund in the upcoming academic year is to significantly increase the number of parents participating in the fund \u2013 this will translate directly to the support of more student life programs.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EParticipate in the Freshman Parent\u2019s Challenge!\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 2010, parents like you launched a new tradition \u2013 the \u003Cem\u003EFreshman Parent\u2019s Challenge\u003C\/em\u003E \u2013 and made a gift to the Parents Fund during their student\u2019s first year. Since then, each fall the new freshman parents work to exceed the goal from the previous year. As an incentive, all gifts of $100 or more from Freshman Parents will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to the total amount of the challenge grant of $25,000 \u2013 \u003Cem\u003Edoubling\u003C\/em\u003E the impact of your gift. By making your gift now, you not only take advantage of the challenge grant, but your dollars will immediately impact the availability of\u0026nbsp; programs this fall as your student arrives on campus. You can make your gift online now at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.georgiatechparentsfund.edu\u0022\u003Ewww.parents.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn closing we wish you and your student a most wonderful and successful first year at Tech. Our best advice is to get involved \u2013 be a part of the Georgia Tech community. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESincerely,\u003Cbr \/\u003EScott and Suzanne Doll\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn behalf of the 40 parents serving on the Georgia Tech Parent\u2019s Advisory Board, my wife and I are honored to welcome you to the Georgia Tech family!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27164","created_gmt":"2012-07-09 10:42:22","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:29","author":"Rachael Pocklington","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-07-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-07-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.parents.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Parents Program"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.parents.gatech.edu\/plugins\/content\/index.php?id=3","title":"Make a Gift to the Parents Fund"}],"groups":[{"id":"1298","name":"Parent and Family Programs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Parents Program\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:parents@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eparents@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404.385.1396\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["parents@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}