{"592663":{"#nid":"592663","#data":{"type":"news","title":" Yellow Jacket Named Inaugural Student Body President of the Year ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIndustrial engineering major Nagela Nukuna was named the National Student Body President of the Year by the National Campus Leadership Council (NCLC). It is the first time the NCLC has given an award to the nation\u0026rsquo;s top student government executive.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENukuna was selected from a list of hundreds of student body presidents from around the country that had been narrowed down to four finalists.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENukuna described leadership in her finalist profile as \u0026ldquo;empowering others, sharing the credit, being constituent-focused, and acknowledging others\u0026rsquo; work.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShe also says leadership is about selflessness and putting the success of the community first.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs part of her legacy on campus, Nukuna worked to help improve the Course Instructor Opinion Survey, which allows students to assess the effectiveness of professors. The data is sent to the deans and school chairs of each of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s six colleges and 28 schools. Nukuna also established an event to connect undergraduate students with opportunities to participate in research.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENukuna was honored in Washington D.C. at the same ceremony where former Vice President Joe Biden was awarded the nation\u0026rsquo;s Student Ally Award. Nukuna was joined in the final four by\u0026nbsp; a fellow University System of Georgia institution, Georgia Southern University. GSU SGA President Dylan John was also shortlisted for the inaugural award along with the presidents from The Ohio State University and the University of Iowa.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Georgia Tech SGA President Wins National Accolade"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENagela Nukuna wins first-ever National Student Body President of the Year award.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Nagela Nukuna wins first-ever National Student Body President of the Year award. "}],"uid":"28058","created_gmt":"2017-06-13 17:53:38","changed_gmt":"2017-06-28 12:14:54","author":"Steven Norris","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-06-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-06-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"592664":{"id":"592664","type":"image","title":"Nagela Nukuna ","body":null,"created":"1497376496","gmt_created":"2017-06-13 17:54:56","changed":"1497376496","gmt_changed":"2017-06-13 17:54:56","alt":"Nagela Nukuna, Georgia Tech SGA President for 2016-2017 ","file":{"fid":"225891","name":"DSC03587 orig.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/DSC03587%20orig.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/DSC03587%20orig.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":245594,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/DSC03587%20orig.JPG?itok=NjH9g6mC"}}},"media_ids":["592664"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"166922","name":"sga"},{"id":"166978","name":"Nagela Nukuna"},{"id":"166923","name":"student government association"},{"id":"1740","name":"National Award"},{"id":"246","name":"Georgia Institute of Technology"},{"id":"12494","name":"winner"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"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\u003ESteven Norris\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Social Media\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["snorris@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}