{"460341":{"#nid":"460341","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Register Now for 2015 Women\u2019s Leadership Conference","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWomen from Georgia Tech and beyond will gather on campus on Nov. 7 for a day of networking, leadership development, and celebration at the annual Women\u2019s Leadership Conference.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u2019s event, focused on the call to action to \u201cBe Bold,\u201d will give attendees the chance to network, hear from guest speakers, and honor leaders in the community. The day will include breakfast, keynote sessions, workshops, lunch, a networking fair, live entertainment, and an awards ceremony. This year\u2019s keynote speakers are Parisa Khosravi, an award-winning former CNN journalist, and Deb Sudbury, who leads the Labor \u0026amp; Employment Practice at Jones Day\u2019s Atlanta office.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEach year, through its Women of Distinction Awards, the conference honors five women in the Georgia Tech community for their outstanding work during the past year. Honorees can be undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, staff, or alumnae. Nominations for the award are now open and can be submitted online \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/womenscenter.gatech.edu\/wlc\/content\/23\/awards\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStarted in 1998 by the Women\u2019s Resource Center, the conference is held with the goal of inspiring and preparing women in the Tech community to become equal partners in leadership in their networks, professions, and society. The number of female students at Georgia Tech continues to grow, with this year\u2019s freshman class being more than 40 percent women for the first time in Tech history.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe conference is also looking for volunteers from the Tech community to help host the event. The registration price will be discounted for volunteers. Those interested should contact Orezime Uyeh at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:oreuyeh@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eoreuyeh@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe 2015 Women\u2019s Leadership Conference will take place Nov. 7 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Student Center. Registration is $10 for students and $25 for all others until Oct. 23, after which it is $15 and $30, respectively. The registration price includes breakfast and lunch. Learn more and register to attend at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/womenscenter.gatech.edu\/wlc\u0022\u003Ewww.womenscenter.gatech.edu\/wlc\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWomen from Georgia Tech and beyond will gather on campus on Nov. 7 for a day of networking, leadership development, and celebration.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Women from Georgia Tech and beyond will gather on campus on Nov. 7 for a day of networking, leadership development, and celebration."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2015-10-19 10:58:18","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:47","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-10-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-10-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"460351":{"id":"460351","type":"image","title":"Women\u0027s Leadership Conference","body":null,"created":"1449256361","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:12:41","changed":"1475895204","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:24","alt":"Women\u0027s Leadership Conference","file":{"fid":"203586","name":"wlc_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/wlc_0_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/wlc_0_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":792124,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/wlc_0_1.jpg?itok=VQvLaOem"}}},"media_ids":["460351"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.womenscenter.gatech.edu\/wlc","title":"Women\u0027s Resource Center"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"736","name":"diversity"},{"id":"288","name":"Leadership"},{"id":"973","name":"women"},{"id":"4476","name":"Women\u0027s Leadership Conference"},{"id":"4786","name":"women\u0027s resource center"}],"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\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:natasha2ga@gmail.com\u0022\u003ENatasha Jadhav\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWomen\u0027s Leadership Conference\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}