{"413401":{"#nid":"413401","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Shirley Whitfield Retires","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor nearly twenty years, Shirley Whitfield\u2019s smile was the first greeting a visitor received when arriving at IPST.\u0026nbsp; And her cheerful voice was the first greeting a caller heard.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShirley began her work at IPST in February of 1991 as a central files clerk and, after a reorganization, became the receptionist and served in that job until her retirement in July.\u0026nbsp; In her service under six directors, she experienced many changes at IPST including the move to the Paper Tricentennial Building in 1993 and the merger with Georgia Tech in 2003.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShirley describes IPST as a \u201cfull community, a place where everyone works together as friends and family.\u0026nbsp; Even visitors to the Institute were friendly.\u201d\u0026nbsp; She says there is no other job she would have traded for her time at IPST.\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn retirement, Shirley plans to be a homemaker.\u0026nbsp; She wants to become fully involved with her grandchildren supporting them in both their school and their out-of-school activities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe does have one goal\u2014one challenge\u2014just for herself.\u0026nbsp; She plans to walk one thousand miles in one year.\u0026nbsp; Best wishes, Shirley, and thank you for your service and your friendship.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Whitfield plans to walk 1000 miles in one year after retirement"}],"uid":"27178","created_gmt":"2015-06-11 09:29:24","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:18:37","author":"Amna Jamshad","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"413391":{"id":"413391","type":"image","title":"Shirley Whitfield","body":null,"created":"1449254222","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:37:02","changed":"1475895145","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:25","alt":"Shirley Whitfield","file":{"fid":"202388","name":"130826_shirley_whitfield.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/130826_shirley_whitfield_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/130826_shirley_whitfield_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":240810,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/130826_shirley_whitfield_0.jpg?itok=0wc-TZld"}}},"media_ids":["413391"],"groups":[{"id":"372221","name":"Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"128641","name":"clerck"},{"id":"4754","name":"IPST"},{"id":"93811","name":"RBI"},{"id":"4174","name":"renewable"},{"id":"2198","name":"Retirement"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39491","name":"Renewable Bioproducts"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKelly B. Smith, Marketing \u0026amp; Communication\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["kelly.smith@ipst.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}