{"386991":{"#nid":"386991","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Students Pack McCamish for Presidential Pep Talk","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022intro-text\u0022\u003EPresident Barack Obama gave shout-outs to George P. Burdell, the Ramblin\u2019 Wreck, and even thermodynamics homework when he came to Georgia Tech on Tuesday to announce his Student Aid Bill of Rights.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s great to be at one of the finest technical institutes in the world,\u201d Obama said. \u201cYou\u2019ve got to be if the Ramblin\u2019 Wreck is still running after all these years.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENearly 10,000 students, faculty, staff, and guests gathered in McCamish Pavilion to hear from the president, who spent about 30 minutes encouraging students in the pursuit of higher education and talking about ways he hopes to make it more affordable and accessible.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe outlined steps his administration has already taken, such as tax credit expansion, additional Pell Grant funds, and an income-based repayment program.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe also asked for support from the crowd for a new declaration of values he called the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/whitehouse.gov\/collegeopportunity\u0022\u003EStudent Aid Bill of Rights\u003C\/a\u003E. The set of four principles complements a memorandum calling for the Department of Education and other federal agencies to do more to help borrowers afford their loan payments.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt was really relevant because I\u2019m applying to medical school for next year and didn\u2019t have to take out loans for my undergrad, but I\u2019m going to have to take them out for grad school,\u201d said Deeti Pithadia, a biochemistry major who attended the speech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/features\/students-pack-mccamish-presidential-pep-talk\u0022\u003ERead more about the president\u0027s speech and visit.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022intro-text\u0022\u003EPresident Barack Obama gave shout-outs to George P. Burdell, the Ramblin\u2019 Wreck, and even thermodynamics homework when he came to Georgia Tech on Tuesday to announce his Student Aid Bill of Rights.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"President Barack Obama gave shout-outs to George P. Burdell, the Ramblin\u2019 Wreck, and even thermodynamics homework when he came to Georgia Tech on Tuesday to announce his Student Aid Bill of Rights."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2015-03-11 21:31:14","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:55","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-03-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-03-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"387001":{"id":"387001","type":"image","title":"President Barack Obama Speaks at Georgia Tech","body":null,"created":"1449246275","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:24:35","changed":"1475894398","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:58","alt":"President Barack Obama Speaks at Georgia Tech","file":{"fid":"75443","name":"16778339065_9928ea69d3_b.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/16778339065_9928ea69d3_b.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/16778339065_9928ea69d3_b.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":183858,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/16778339065_9928ea69d3_b.jpg?itok=TybSclbm"}}},"media_ids":["387001"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/features\/students-pack-mccamish-presidential-pep-talk","title":"Students Pack McCamish for Presidential Pep Talk"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/features\/presidential-visit","title":"Georgia Tech\u0027s College Affordability Initiatives and Past Presidental Visits"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/features\/obama-2007-visit","title":"Obama\u0027s 2007 Visit to Georgia Tech"}],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1271","name":"President"},{"id":"72171","name":"President Barack Obama"},{"id":"817","name":"White House"}],"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\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kristen.bailey@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKristen Bailey\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}