{"56540":{"#nid":"56540","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Frontline Feature: Georgia Tech Announces Logistics Scholarship Recipients","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWinners will receive a $20,000 scholarship to be applied toward tuition for the program. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u0027s recipients are:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EHeidi Cerrud (Panama), Procurement Officer-Regional Logistics Unit International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EGabriella Toro (Venezuela), Lean Manufacturing Coordinator for Dana Venezuela\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EBublu Sarbani Thakur-Weigold (Germany), Supply Chain Management Consultant, Innovation Diffusion for Hewlett-Packard\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EAlec Ang (Singapore), Supply Chain Logistics Director, Asia Pacific for DHL International\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It\u0027s truly an honor to be chosen for this opportunity,\u0022 said Cerrud. \u0022Through my participation in the EMIL Program, I expect to grow as a logistician, better enabling me to support Red Cross\/Red Crescent\u0027s relief operations to disaster victims.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The EMIL Scholarship winners have each demonstrated exceptional dedication and industry expertise over the course of their careers,\u0022 said John Vande Vate, EMIL Executive Director. \u0022It\u0027s this continued cross-pollination of professional expertise and international perspectives that makes EMIL the most unique logistics masters program in the world.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo qualify, scholarship applicants had to reside and do-business in Asia-Pacific, Latin America or Europe, as well as be admitted to EMIL as a degree-seeking student with program start date of at least February 2004. Scholarship applicants were required to have demonstrated career success, a clear potential for leadership and a desire to fully participate in EMIL\u0027s intense educational experience. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe 18-month masters program keeps employees on-the-job while teaching them practical techniques for decreasing logistics costs and improving supply chain efficiencies.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022caption\u0022\u003EBy Brian Albright, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.frontlinetoday.com\/frontline\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EFrontline Solutions\u003C\/a\u003E magazine\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2004-03-19 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:15","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-03-19T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-03-19T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}