{"198601":{"#nid":"198601","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Buzzinga! Aims to Cultivate Campus Culture","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAlways looking for ways to enhance the student experience, the undergraduate Student Government Association (SGA) has launched the first iteration of Buzzinga!, a competition it hopes will result in student-driven solutions to campus challenges.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBuzzinga! organizers are asking students, both undergraduate and graduate, to form teams for a case-style competition that\u2019s designed to place focus on enhancing campus culture. Winning teams can earn up to $10,000, funded by SGA, for the implementation of their solution.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe idea of campus culture is broad, and solutions could impact everything from mental health resources to student attendance at sporting events,\u201d said Amit Khanduri, a business administration major and vice president of the undergraduate SGA. \u201cWe hope to attract solutions that will improve pride in attending Georgia Tech in some capacity.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe competition includes three phases: a written proposal, oral presentation, and public voting. Students have until March 25 to form teams or request to be put on a team and submit their interest at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sga.gatech.edu\/buzzinga\u0022\u003Esga.gatech.edu\/buzzinga\u003C\/a\u003E. On March 25, an online submission form will be available for teams to submit proposals, which are due April 1. Semifinalists will make presentations April 8-10, and all students will be able to vote on finalists on April 19.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur community has its fair share of problems and may sometimes struggle to address them,\u201d said Imran Momin, an industrial engineering major who is helping organize the competition. \u201cWe want to engage our students in doing what they do best: Solve problems.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA breakdown of how each submission will be scored is available in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sga.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/Buzzinga!.pdf\u0022\u003Ecompetition guidelines\u003C\/a\u003E; extra points are awarded to those teams composed of both undergraduate and graduate students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESGA will host a series of information sessions at its office on the first floor of the Student Center Commons to answer students\u2019 questions, leading up to the competition:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gatech.edu\/calendar\/event.html?nid=198831\u0022\u003EWednesday, March 13, 8\u20139 p.m.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gatech.edu\/calendar\/event.html?nid=198841\u0022\u003ETuesday, March 26, 11 a.m. to noon\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gatech.edu\/calendar\/event.html?nid=198851\u0022\u003EThursday, March 28, 6\u20137 p.m.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Student Government Association is hosting a competition and awarding up to $10,000 for innovative ideas to improve campus.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Student Government Association is hosting a competition and awarding up to $10,000 for innovative ideas to improve campus."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2013-03-11 17:51:32","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:48","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-03-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-03-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"198591":{"id":"198591","type":"image","title":"Buzzinga!","body":null,"created":"1449179918","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:58:38","changed":"1475894851","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:31","alt":"Buzzinga!","file":{"fid":"196504","name":"buzzinga.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/buzzinga_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/buzzinga_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":424407,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/buzzinga_0.jpg?itok=GWWXgR8O"}}},"media_ids":["198591"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/sga.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/Buzzinga!.pdf","title":"Buzzinga! 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