{"324571":{"#nid":"324571","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Earns Recognition for Diversity Practices with National Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is the recipient of a the 2014 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) award, a national honor recognizing U.S. colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion. The recognition comes from \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.insightintodiversity.com\u0022\u003EINSIGHT Into Diversity\u003C\/a\u003E magazine, a diversity-focused publication in higher education. Tech will be featured, along with 82 other recipients, in the magazine\u2019s November 2014 issue.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn its announcement, magazine representatives said they selected Georgia Tech based on its exemplary diversity and inclusion initiatives, and ability to embrace a broad definition of diversity on its campus, including gender, race, ethnicity, veterans, people with disabilities, members of the LGBT community, and other identities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The Georgia Institute of Technology is very pleased to be a recipient of the 2014 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) presented by INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine,\u201d said Archie Ervin, vice president for Institute Diversity. \u201cOur commitment to excellence and diversity is woven into the fabric of Georgia Tech\u0027s strategic vision and mission as a leading technological institution in the 21st century. With the support of the Office of the President and the executive leadership of Georgia Tech, the Office of Institute Diversity will continue to lead and support the pursuit of inclusive excellence on our journey toward becoming a model campus community for diversity, equity, and inclusion.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOther Georgia recipients of the 2014 HEED award include: Georgia Regents University, Georgia State University, and the University of Georgia\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is the recipient of a the 2014 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) award, a national honor recognizing U.S. colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Honor to colleges and universities with a commitment to diversity and inclusion"}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2014-09-12 17:52:29","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:17:04","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-09-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-09-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"324581":{"id":"324581","type":"image","title":"HEED Award","body":null,"created":"1449245025","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:03:45","changed":"1475895034","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:34","alt":"HEED Award","file":{"fid":"200187","name":"heed_logo14.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/heed_logo14_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/heed_logo14_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":89648,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/heed_logo14_0.jpg?itok=HEuhq6gm"}}},"media_ids":["324581"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/diversity.gatech.edu\/","title":"Office of Institute Diversity"}],"groups":[{"id":"1313","name":"Institute Diversity"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"101","name":"Award"},{"id":"736","name":"diversity"},{"id":"103101","name":"HEED"},{"id":"10351","name":"inclusion"},{"id":"9171","name":"institute diversity"}],"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":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}