{"599853":{"#nid":"599853","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Graduate Profile: Taking Flight after Georgia Tech ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EZachary Freels\u0026rsquo; time at Georgia Tech has been driven by his desire to serve and to fly.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe aerospace engineering graduate will now attend flight school in Pensacola, Florida.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s a lifelong dream come true,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;I\u0026rsquo;m excited to serve my country as a naval aviator. And to me it\u0026rsquo;s just the best of both worlds because I get to serve my country, but I\u0026rsquo;m going to be serving my country doing something pretty awesome.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFreels said his education at Georgia Tech was possible because of the ROTC (Reserve Officers\u0026rsquo; Training Corps) scholarship. As a midshipman, he was in charge of the Navy ROTC battalion for a semester.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe joined the Ramblin\u0026rsquo; Reck Club sophomore year and served as the group\u0026rsquo;s president this year. The club maintains many of the campus\u0026rsquo; most beloved traditions, including the Freshman Cake Race, the Mini 500 and the upkeep and display of the Reck, a 1930 Ford Model A Sport Coupe. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;My favorite thing about Georgia Tech is how close we are to our traditions.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Zachary Freels graduated with a degree in aerospace engineering and will attend flight school to become a naval aviator. "}],"uid":"27918","created_gmt":"2017-12-13 19:31:18","changed_gmt":"2017-12-19 21:29:26","author":"Laura Diamond","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-12-13T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2017-12-13T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"600097":{"id":"600097","type":"image","title":"Zach Freels ","body":null,"created":"1513703022","gmt_created":"2017-12-19 17:03:42","changed":"1513703022","gmt_changed":"2017-12-19 17:03:42","alt":"Zach Freels ","file":{"fid":"228773","name":"Screen Shot 2017-12-19 at 12.00.16 PM.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202017-12-19%20at%2012.00.16%20PM.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202017-12-19%20at%2012.00.16%20PM.png","mime":"image\/png","size":1278859,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202017-12-19%20at%2012.00.16%20PM.png?itok=nvpw9n62"}}},"media_ids":["600097"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"136","name":"Aerospace"}],"keywords":[{"id":"627","name":"commencement"},{"id":"915","name":"ROTC"},{"id":"2082","name":"aerospace engineering"},{"id":"14136","name":"ramblin reck club"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}