{"347291":{"#nid":"347291","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Scholarship Deadline Approaching for Children of Tech Employees","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Faculty Women\u2019s Club (GTFWC) will award five scholarships of up to $1,500 each for the 2015-16 academic year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EApplicants must be Georgia Tech undergraduates and have a parent or guardian as a permanent Tech employee. Applicants also must have completed at least one full semester at Tech; have an overall GPA of at least 2.75; and write an essay describing his or her academic plans, involvement in extracurricular activities, and reasons for needing financial assistance.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince 1990, the GTFWC has awarded 143 scholarships totaling $111,050 to support undergraduates.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are very proud that the Club has been able to raise the money to establish this scholarship fund,\u201d said GTFWC Scholarship Chair Marylou Foley. \u201cGeorgia Tech is really one big family, so by awarding scholarships to children of the people who are dedicated to making Tech the great place it is, we really are helping our \u2018family.\u2019\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe deadline to apply is \u003Cstrong\u003EJanuary 20, 2015\u003C\/strong\u003E, and the scholarship committee will make its selections in February.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor application details, or for information on how to contribute to the scholarship fund endowment, see \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtfwc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ewww.gtfwc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Faculty Women\u2019s Club (GTFWC) will award five scholarships of up to $1,500 to Georgia Tech undergraduates who have a parent or guardian as a permanent Tech employee.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech Faculty Women\u2019s Club (GTFWC) will award five scholarships of up to $1,500 to Georgia Tech undergraduates who have a parent or guardian as a permanent Tech employee."}],"uid":"27713","created_gmt":"2014-11-19 10:12:51","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:17:34","author":"Victor Rogers","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-11-18T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-11-18T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtfwc.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Faculty Women\u0027s Club"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"110311","name":"GT Faculty Women\u0027s Club"},{"id":"167285","name":"scholarship"},{"id":"1556","name":"undergraduate"}],"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\u003EVictor Rogers\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-894-6398\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["victor.rogers@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}