{"166451":{"#nid":"166451","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Guten Tag! Modern Languages Celebrates German Day at Georgia Tech!","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA highlight of the day-long celebration was the panel \u201cAn Education for Global Competence: The Case of Germany and the U.S. Meet.\u201d Participants included leaders from German industry, Ivan Allen College faculty, and benefactors of the school\u2019s German study abroad programs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAmong those attending the day\u2019s events were Gail and Barry Spurlock who, this spring, endowed the Gail R. and Barry L. Spurlock Study Abroad Scholarship Endowment in the School of Modern Languages. Funded in perpetuity, the $50,000 endowment supports students of German and of the German Languages for Business and Technology (LBAT) programs to study for a semester in Germany.\u0026nbsp;Barry Spurlock also participated as a panelist.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMarnite Calder, Executive Director of The Halle Foundation, also participated during the day.\u0026nbsp; A three-year grant from The Foundation supports the German programs. \u0026nbsp;During the panel, Calder noted founder Claus Halle\u2019s personal commitment to advancing German- American relations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEarlier in the afternoon, a ceremony was held in the Swann building garden to dedicate a commemorative bench honoring former Modern Languages Chair Phil McKnight who passed away last year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGerman Day sponsors included Deutsche Bahn, EBD Group, Grenzebach, Spurlock \u0026amp; Associates, and The Halle Foundation.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGuten Tag! was the greeting of the day October 23rd as the School of Modern Languages celebrated German Day on campus.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27663","created_gmt":"2012-10-30 09:09:54","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:06","author":"Rebecca Rolfe","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-10-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-10-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"166461":{"id":"166461","type":"image","title":"German Day 2012","body":null,"created":"1449178954","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:42:34","changed":"1475894804","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:44","alt":"German Day 2012","file":{"fid":"195582","name":"germanday2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/germanday2_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/germanday2_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":83187,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/germanday2_0.jpg?itok=bGM5aExT"}},"166471":{"id":"166471","type":"image","title":"Phil McKnight honorary bench","body":null,"created":"1449178954","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:42:34","changed":"1475894804","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:44","alt":"Phil McKnight honorary bench","file":{"fid":"195583","name":"germanday2012bench_200x300.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/germanday2012bench_200x300_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/germanday2012bench_200x300_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":51326,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/germanday2012bench_200x300_0.jpg?itok=8xBVJ5yo"}}},"media_ids":["166461","166471"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.modlangs.gatech.edu\/news-and-events\/news\/2012\/03\/barry-and-gail-spurlock-endowed-scholarship-fund","title":"Barry and Gail Spurlock Endowed Scholarship Fund"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.thehallefoundation.org\/grantrecipients.html","title":"Halle Foundation Grant Recipients"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"}],"keywords":[{"id":"47221","name":"german day"},{"id":"13385","name":"Halle Foundation"},{"id":"169529","name":"Spurlock"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-1720\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}