{"162671":{"#nid":"162671","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Honored for Efforts to Increase Minorities in Engineering","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME) has presented its annual University Rising Star Award to the Georgia Institute of Technology for its commitment to providing successful outreach and support programs that address the needs of underrepresented minorities in engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s efforts in addressing such needs have traditionally received recognition from various sources. Diverse Issues in Higher Education, for instance, ranks\u0026nbsp; the University No. 1 in multiple categories: engineering bachelor\u2019s degrees awarded to all minority students, engineering doctoral degrees awarded to African Americans, engineering doctoral degrees awarded to Hispanics and engineering doctoral degrees awarded to all minority students. Hispanic Business Magazine also recently named Georgia Tech No. 1 among engineering graduate schools.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Rafael L. Bras, provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs at Georgia Tech, accepted the award during NACME\u2019s Awards Dinner and Celebration, and thanked all of the individuals and departments at Georgia Tech \u2013 from Enrollment Services to the College of Engineering \u2013 dedicated to attracting and supporting underrepresented students as they pursue careers in engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am proud that our efforts to improve diversity span the full spectrum,\u201d Bras said. \u201cWe work with all age groups to cultivate a diverse pipeline by increasing engineering awareness in the K-12 arena and exposing students to real-world, hands-on engineering experiences; we work with high school students; we celebrate our minority students and their accomplishments; and we have programs to promote graduate education \u2013 particularly in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields \u2013 among women and underrepresented minorities.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBras added that Georgia Tech remains committed to its goals of diversity and inclusiveness and to providing the best education to all students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe support and recognition of great organizations like NACME is very much appreciated,\u201d he said. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME) presented its annual University Rising Star Award to Tech for its commitment to providing successful outreach and support programs.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering presented its University Rising Star Award to Tech for its commitment to providing successful outreach programs"}],"uid":"27713","created_gmt":"2012-10-16 16:49:19","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:58","author":"Victor Rogers","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-10-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-10-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.nacme.org\/","title":"NACME"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"101","name":"Award"},{"id":"516","name":"engineering"},{"id":"4700","name":"minorities"},{"id":"3042","name":"Minority recruitment"},{"id":"46641","name":"NACME"},{"id":"15591","name":"Rafael L. Bras"}],"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:victor.rogers@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EVictor Rogers\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EInstitute Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6398\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["victor.rogers@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}