{"529141":{"#nid":"529141","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Jeff Kim\u0027s Graduate Student Journey","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJeff Kim is earning a Master of Science in Building Construction\/Facility Management with a focus in Program Management.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWe sat down with Kim, who recently accepted a position as Assistant Professor in the School of Building Science at Auburn University, to discuss the path that led him to the School of Building Construction and the milestones in his graduate journey so far.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis is Kim\u0027s story, in his own words:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI worked for more than 20 years at Holder Construction. I started as an intern with Holder while a student at Auburn University, and held various positions including: Project Engineer, Project Manager, Corporate Education, and Business Analyst. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile involved in training and education at Holder, I realized I enjoyed educating professionals and am interested in educating Construction Management students. I decided to pursue a career in academia. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI wanted to try something different, my original degree was in Construction Management, and I chose to focus in Program Management. I left Holder on good terms and became a full time student in the School of Building Construction, pursuing my goal for a career as Construction Management professor.\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003EIt had been more than 20 years since I studied Construction Management, and a lot had changed that I did not expect. The biggest change was the diversity of students-international, sex, age, professional background, etc. There are lots of women-it is very encouraging for the Built Environment. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI\u2019m glad I came here because of the diversity, it gave me new perspectives and I continue to learn from the other students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMy advice to future students is to look for learning opportunities outside your focus area. I was Program Management focused, but took an elective in the Residential track. I learned a lot, I wish I had time for more electives.\u0026nbsp;It seems like just yesterday I started the program. I\u2019ve had a good experience here and met great people.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EVisit our website\u003C\/a\u003E for more information on the School of Building Construction at Georgia Tech. You can connect with Jeff Kim via \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/whoisjeffkim\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/whoisjeffkim.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJeff Kim recounts his experience as a graduate student studying Program Management in the School of Building Construction.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Jeff Kim recounts his experience as a graduate student studying Program Management in the School of Building Construction."}],"uid":"27520","created_gmt":"2016-04-25 15:17:50","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:21:28","author":"Brenda Morris","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-04-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-04-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"529041":{"id":"529041","type":"image","title":"Kim","body":null,"created":"1461895200","gmt_created":"2016-04-29 02:00:00","changed":"1475895307","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:55:07","alt":"Kim","file":{"fid":"214727","name":"img_1225.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/img_1225_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/img_1225_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":221824,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/img_1225_0.jpg?itok=Lbs9JgVI"}}},"media_ids":["529041"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"171955","name":"Program Management; School of Building Construction"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor more information contact Brenda Morris:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:brenda.morris@coa.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ebrenda.morris@coa.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["brenda.morris@coa.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}