{"318041":{"#nid":"318041","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Female Students Sought for Women\u2019s Recruitment Team","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Office of Undergraduate Admission is asking for help from Tech women in recruiting future female Yellow Jackets.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdmission is accepting applications for its Women\u2019s Recruitment Team (WRT), which plays an important role in the undergraduate recruitment process. Team members help prospective female students connect with women on campus who can share stories about their lives at Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI attended a couple of WRT events in high school, and it was the deciding factor for my enrollment at Georgia Tech,\u201d said Mary Peters, a current WRT member. \u201cWRT has so much power in raising the male to female ratio on campus.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWRT members participate in three to four events for perspective students per semester, including tailgates, coffee nights, socials, talking with visitors in the admission office, and assisting with phone and email campaigns.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to helping current students meet prospective students, it also gives current students opportunities to connect with one another.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI love WRT because it has enabled me to get to know other awesome women on our campus and learn about their passions,\u201d Peters said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInterested students should contact Katie Mattli at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:katie.mattli@admission.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ekatie.mattli@admission.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;for application information. Applications are due Friday, Sept. 5.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELearn more about WRT at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/admission.gatech.edu\/life-tech\/diversity-tech\/student-organizations\/womens-recruitment-team\u0022\u003Ethe Admission website\u003C\/a\u003E or \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GTwrt\u0022\u003Eon Facebook\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETeam members help prospective female students connect with women on campus who can share stories about their lives at Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Team members help prospective female students connect with women on campus who can share stories about their lives at Tech."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2014-08-22 17:00:25","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:56","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-08-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-08-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"318051":{"id":"318051","type":"image","title":"Women\u0027s Recruitment Team","body":null,"created":"1449244974","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:02:54","changed":"1475895027","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:27","alt":"Women\u0027s Recruitment Team","file":{"fid":"199991","name":"wrt_group.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/wrt_group_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/wrt_group_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":104605,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/wrt_group_0.jpg?itok=ZkId7m9s"}}},"media_ids":["318051"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GTwrt","title":"Women\u0027s Recruitment Team on Facebook"},{"url":"http:\/\/admission.gatech.edu\/life-tech\/diversity-tech\/student-organizations\/womens-recruitment-team","title":"About Women\u0027s Recruitment Team"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"5453","name":"admission"},{"id":"167141","name":"Student Life"},{"id":"973","name":"women"},{"id":"100791","name":"women\u0027s recruitment team"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKatie Mattli\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:katie.mattli@admission.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ekatie.mattli@admission.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}