{"479961":{"#nid":"479961","#data":{"type":"news","title":"The Georgia Intern-Fellowships for Teachers (GIFT), a program of Georgia Tech\u2019s CEISMC received a $25,000 grant from The UPS Foundation","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe UPS Foundation Awards Georgia Intern-Fellowships for Teachers (GIFT) $25,000 Grant\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Intern-Fellowships for Teachers (GIFT), a program of Georgia Tech\u2019s Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC) received a $25,000 grant from The UPS Foundation, which drives global corporate citizenship and philanthropic programs for UPS (NYSE:UPS).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe grant will be used to support Georgia Tech laboratory research summer internships for teachers and high school students from populations under represented in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBecause of the generosity of The UPS Foundation and UPS, GIFT continues to support systemic changes that lead to improved STEM performance for Georgia\u2019 K-12 students. We are grateful to be able to unite Georgia Tech with educators and students throughout the state of Georgia,\u201d said Dr. Lizanne DeStefano, Executive Director of CEISMC.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEstablished in 1951 and based in Atlanta, Ga., The UPS Foundation identifies specific areas where its backing clearly impacts social issues. In support of this strategic approach, The UPS Foundation has identified the following focus areas for giving: volunteerism, diversity, community safety and the environment.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 2014, UPS and its employees, active and retired, invested more than $104.2 million in charitable giving around the world. The UPS Foundation can be found on the web at UPS.com\/foundation. To get UPS news direct, visit pressroom.ups.com\/RSS.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u201cThe UPS Foundation is honored to support the Georgia Intern-Fellowships for Teachers\u2019 (GIFT\u2019s) efforts to provide teachers and students real world immersion into STEM,\u201d said Eduardo Martinez, president of The UPS Foundation. \u201cOur goal is o fund powerful programs that make a lasting difference to the global community.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Intern-Fellowships for Teachers (GIFT), a program of Georgia Tech\u2019s Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC) received a $25,000 grant from The UPS Foundation.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Georgia Intern-Fellowships for Teachers (GIFT), a program of Georgia Tech\u2019s Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC) received a $25,000 grant from The UPS Foundation."}],"uid":"28054","created_gmt":"2015-12-17 14:24:59","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:16","author":"Steven Taylor","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-12-17T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-12-17T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"479971":{"id":"479971","type":"image","title":"UPS 25,000 Grant to GIFT","body":null,"created":"1450468800","gmt_created":"2015-12-18 20:00:00","changed":"1475895232","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:52","alt":"UPS 25,000 Grant to GIFT","file":{"fid":"204164","name":"untitled-1.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/untitled-1_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/untitled-1_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":217020,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/untitled-1_0.png?itok=dXFbjVaU"}}},"media_ids":["479971"],"groups":[{"id":"361651","name":"Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing (CEISMC)"}],"categories":[{"id":"42911","name":"Education"}],"keywords":[{"id":"411","name":"CEISMC"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Ch4\u003EBonnie F. Harris\u003C\/h4\u003EProgram Director, GIFT (Georgia Intern-Fellowships for Teachers)Georgia Institute of TechnologyCEISMC (Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing)817 West Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 300Atlanta, GA 30308 USA\u0026nbsp;404.894.7530 (Direct Line)404.894.9675 (FAX)\u0026nbsp;Website:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ceismc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.ceismc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003EFacebook:\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ceismcgt\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ceismcgt\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bonnie.harris@ceismc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}