{"47375":{"#nid":"47375","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Students to Discuss Diversity at Tonight\u0027s Symposium","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFinding Common Ground, the Diversity Forum, and the Student Government Association are sponsoring the Student Diversity Symposium tonight at 7:00 p.m. in the Student Center Ballroom.\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0022We felt that the Faculty Diversity Symposium deserved a follow-up from a student perspective,\u0022 said Travis Horsley, Georgia Tech student and Executive Chair of Finding Common Ground.\u0026nbsp; After a discussion with Georgia Tech\u0027s Dean of Diversity Programs Stephanie Ray, Horsely and others decided to sponsor a discussion-based forum to give students the opportunity to engage in a dialogue about diversity at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe symposium\u0027s program includes student-led roundtable discussions addressing intellectual, cultural, ethnic, and gender diversity, as well as a speech from Gilda Barabino, Vice Provost for Academic Diversity and Associate Chair for Graduate Studies and Professor in the Walter H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering. \u0022We chose the topics for discussion based on some of the key principles of diversity President Bud Peterson highlighted at the Faculty Diversity Symposium,\u0022 said Horsley.\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003EAllowing students the opportunity to engage in discussions with their peers about issues that impact their lives is one of the symposium\u0027s primary goals.\u0026nbsp; \u0022We hope to make students more aware of the diversity on campus,\u0022 said Horsley.\u0026nbsp; \u0022We want to develop an inclusive definition of diversity.\u0026nbsp; Student input can change the future of Tech.\u0022 \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Vice Provost of Academic Diversity, Students To Speak"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Finding Common Ground, the Diversity Forum, and the Student Government Association are sponsoring the Student Diversity Symposium tonight at 7:00 p.m. in the Student Center Ballroom.  The Symposium allows students to discuss their thoughts and opinions on intellectual, cultural, ethnic, and gender diversity.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Student diversity symposium offers Georgia Tech students an opportunity for discussion with peers"}],"uid":"15436","created_gmt":"2009-11-12 16:06:05","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:45","author":"Automator","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-11-13T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2009-11-13T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"47376":{"id":"47376","type":"image","title":"FCG","body":null,"created":"1449175107","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:38:27","changed":"1475894442","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:42","alt":"FCG","file":{"fid":"101202","name":"FCG.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/FCG_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/FCG_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":232322,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/FCG_0.jpg?itok=MtK1w8Mb"}}},"media_ids":["47376"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.diversity.gatech.edu\/","title":"Office of Diversity Programs"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/facultystaff\/faculty_record.php?id=103","title":"Gilda Barabino"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.sga.gatech.edu\/","title":"Student Government Association"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"2047","name":"academic diversity"},{"id":"3480","name":"Diversity Symposium"},{"id":"167058","name":"Student"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETravis Horsely,\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:trhorsley@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Etrhorsley@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}