{"312951":{"#nid":"312951","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Colatrella Named Georgia Tech Diversity Champion","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty\/bio\/colatrella\u0022\u003ECarol Colatrella\u003C\/a\u003E, associate dean for graduate studies and professor in the School of\u003Cstrong\u003E Literature, Media, and Communication\u003C\/strong\u003E, has been selected as a recipient of the 2014 Georgia Tech Diversity Champion Award. The \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.diversity.gatech.edu\/champion_awards\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EDiversity Champion Award\u003C\/a\u003E recognizes students, staff, faculty, and units who have actively demonstrated and positively promoted the concepts of diversity, equity, and inclusion within the Georgia Tech campus community.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERecipients are selected according to a set of criteria including:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EA commitment to excellence, diversity, equity, and inclusion\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ELeadership in building a culture of inclusion and equity\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBehavior that illustrates commitment to the inclusion of persons within the institution who represent the diversity of the Georgia Tech community\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EOrganizing, conducting, and\/or supporting events and activities that promote cross-cultural understanding, respect, and inclusion of diverse individuals and groups\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDiversity is at the core of the academic mission at Georgia Tech and the Ivan Allen College, which strives to recruit, develop, retain, and engage a heterogeneous cadre of students, faculty, and staff with a wide variety of backgrounds, perspectives, interests, and talents.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EColatrella will be honored at the Sixth Annual \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.diversitysymposium.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Diversity Symposium\u003C\/a\u003E Luncheon on September 5, 2014.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty\/bio\/colatrella\u0022\u003ECarol Colatrella\u003C\/a\u003E, associate dean for graduate studies and professor in the School of\u003Cstrong\u003E Literature, Media, and Communication\u003C\/strong\u003E, has been selected as a recipient of the 2014 Georgia Tech Diversity Champion Award.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Carol Colatrella, associate dean for graduate studies and professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, has been selected as a recipient of the 2014 Georgia Tech Diversity Champion Award."}],"uid":"27889","created_gmt":"2014-08-06 11:31:43","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:52","author":"Beth Godfrey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-08-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-08-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73683":{"id":"73683","type":"image","title":"Carol Colatrella","body":null,"created":"1449178012","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:52","changed":"1475894380","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:40"}},"media_ids":["73683"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"Rebecca Keane\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Erebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}