{"190391":{"#nid":"190391","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Annual Gift to Tech Voting Now Open","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor the third consecutive year, Tech students have the opportunity to contribute to and award a group gift to the campus project they deem most worthy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe annual Gift to Tech program from the Student Alumni Association (SAA) lets students vote for which project will earn a bounty that has averaged more than $20,000 the past two years. The gift is meant to provide a way for students to starting giving back to Tech while still on campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe gift\u0027s sum is a fluid number, as it includes $5 from every SAA member plus a $10,000 match from alumnus Allen Ecker (EE 1957, MS EE 1958). The current gift total already tops $25,000 from a member base of more than 3,000 students, but Catie McCoy, student organizations manager for the Georgia Tech Alumni Association, anticipates it will grow as students continue to join throughout the rest of the year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cEven as students join SAA after the gift is announced, their donations will be included as well,\u201d she said. A team of SAA students compiled the list of potential recipients and worked with them to fine-tune the specifics of what the gift would fund in each area.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u2019s potential beneficiaries represent the many varied interests of Tech students, including academic advising, bicycle infrastructure, campus safety, tutoring services, the marching band, student entrepreneurship and innovation, the TEAM Buzz day of service and an SAA student award endowment fund. Full descriptions of how the funds would be spent for each are available at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtsaa.com\/events-and-programs\/philanthropy\/saa-gift-to-tech\/vote\u0022\u003ESAA\u2019s website\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELast year, more than $25,000 went to the Dean Dull Ramblin\u2019 Reck Endowment to fund the maintenance and preservation of the historic automobile and school mascot.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019d started the endowment fund, but the SAA gift brought it up significantly,\u201d said Stephen Webber, a fourth-year business administration major and 2012 Ramblin\u2019 Reck driver. \u201cWith fundraising, any little bit helps and gets others motivated.\u201d Since receiving the gift last May, Webber and the Ramblin\u2019 Reck Club have raised another $20,000 to provide a financial safety net for the coveted automobile.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 2011, the Office of Solid Waste Management and Recycling earned more than $20,000 for campus recycling that funded new containers throughout campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAll currently enrolled students have until March 15 to cast a vote; they must log in to vote at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtsaa.com\/giftvote\u0022\u003Egtsaa.com\/giftvote\u003C\/a\u003E with their Georgia Tech username and password. Voting will reopen on March 25 to SAA members only. Each member can cast one more vote for one of the top three projects from the first round of voting. Faculty and staff are not eligible to vote.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe 2013 Gift to Tech will be announced the week of April 22, with a celebration and presentation by the Student Alumni Association leadership and Allen Ecker at the Campanile on April 23 at 11 a.m.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Student Alumni Association\u2019s Gift to Tech lets students vote for which project they deem worthy of more than $25,000.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Student Alumni Association\u2019s Gift to Tech lets students vote for which project they deem worthy of more than $25,000."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2013-02-07 12:28:45","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:37","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-02-12T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-02-12T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"190371":{"id":"190371","type":"image","title":"Gift to Tech Celebration 2012","body":null,"created":"1449179848","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:57:28","changed":"1475894838","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:18","alt":"Gift to Tech Celebration 2012","file":{"fid":"196254","name":"7257962180_456b7041e2_b.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/7257962180_456b7041e2_b_0.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/7257962180_456b7041e2_b_0.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":509552,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/7257962180_456b7041e2_b_0.jpeg?itok=Mg5xZ2Tc"}},"190381":{"id":"190381","type":"image","title":"SAA Gift to Tech 2012","body":null,"created":"1449179848","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:57:28","changed":"1475894838","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:18","alt":"SAA Gift to Tech 2012","file":{"fid":"196255","name":"7257961356_fe41fa7afa_b.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/7257961356_fe41fa7afa_b_0.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/7257961356_fe41fa7afa_b_0.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":506980,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/7257961356_fe41fa7afa_b_0.jpeg?itok=nRClQxXV"}},"190401":{"id":"190401","type":"image","title":"Student Alumni Association Logo","body":null,"created":"1449179858","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:57:38","changed":"1475894838","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:18","alt":"Student Alumni Association Logo","file":{"fid":"196256","name":"saa_logo_main.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/saa_logo_main_0.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/saa_logo_main_0.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":526755,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/saa_logo_main_0.jpeg?itok=s-CQUI9A"}}},"media_ids":["190371","190381","190401"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtsaa.com\/giftvote","title":"Vote for the 2013 SAA Gift to Tech"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/newsroom\/release.html?nid=65728","title":"Student Alumni Association Awards More than $20,000 to Campus Recycling (2011)"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtsaa.com\/events-and-programs\/philanthropy\/saa-gift-to-tech\/vote","title":"Candidates for the 2013 Gift to Tech"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"596","name":"Alumni Association"},{"id":"57861","name":"gift to tech"},{"id":"2284","name":"Giving"},{"id":"167520","name":"saa"},{"id":"167406","name":"Student Alumni Association"}],"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:kristen.bailey@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKristen Bailey\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:catie.mccoy@alumni.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ECatie McCoy\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAlumni Association\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}