{"440741":{"#nid":"440741","#data":{"type":"news","title":"The Ivan Allen College Brings Together Alumni","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Ivan Allen College is ramping up its efforts to engage our alumni. Over the past year, the College has hosted new networking and social events for alumni. With Happy Hours and Braves game outings, Ivan Allen College alumni have enjoyed the opportunity to have fun with new and old friends, and some of their favorite faculty.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Ivan Allen College celebrated its distinguished alumni last spring with an awards ceremony and reception at the Historic Academy of Medicine in Midtown Atlanta. Over 150 attendees enjoyed food, wine, live music, and the chance to mingle with one another and get their picture taken with Buzz! It was the first time the College honored its alumni at such a large scale event, and it was a rousing success! Please look for more information in the spring about the Second Annual Ivan Allen College Distinguished Alumni Awards and Reception. We hope you will be able to join us in spring of 2016.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Homecoming Brunch for Alumni and Friends will take place for the second consecutive year on Saturday, October 24\u0026nbsp;on the front porch of the Old Civil Engineering Building. Sponsored in part by the Ivan Allen College Alumni Affinity Group, the mimosa brunch is a great way to start your day \u2014 or refresh yourself after the Ramblin\u2019 Wreck Parade. Exciting prizes are raffled off, including gift certificates to area businesses, restaurants, hotels, and signed sports memorabilia. Alumni and friends of the College may \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bit.ly\/IACHC2015\u0022\u003ERSVP here\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Ivan Allen College Affinity Group is looking forward to its formal establishment this winter. The group will focus on four key areas:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELeadership\u003C\/strong\u003E for current students in the form of mentoring, internships, and job shadowing.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDevelopment\u003C\/strong\u003E to serve the professional development needs for Ivan Allen College alumni.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERepresentation\u003C\/strong\u003E by advocating and cultivating the full participation of Ivan Allen College throughout the institution.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBuilding Community\u003C\/strong\u003E by fostering an environment of collaboration between faculty, staff, alumni, students, the institution, and its surrounding community.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ol\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIf you are interested in learning more about the Affinity Group, please email \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:alums@iac.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ealums@iac.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWe cannot wait to see you at one of the many alumni events throughout the coming year. Go Jackets!\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Ivan Allen College is ramping up its efforts to engage our alumni. Over the past year, the College has hosted new networking and social events for alumni.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Ivan Allen College is ramping up its efforts to engage our alumni. Over the past year, the College has hosted new networking and social events for alumni."}],"uid":"27498","created_gmt":"2015-08-26 17:10:17","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:26","author":"Rachel Miles","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-08-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-08-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"440731":{"id":"440731","type":"image","title":"Ivan Allen College Alumni Cheer on the Braves","body":null,"created":"1449256175","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:09:35","changed":"1475895179","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:59","alt":"Ivan Allen College Alumni Cheer on the Braves","file":{"fid":"203068","name":"dscn1959.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dscn1959_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dscn1959_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2442349,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/dscn1959_0.jpg?itok=OcJEbdw4"}}},"media_ids":["440731"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"57391","name":"Atlanta Braves"},{"id":"1616","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMeredith Schnepp\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:meredith.schnepp@iac.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emeredith.schnepp@iac.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["meredith.schnepp@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}