{"606130":{"#nid":"606130","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Peterson Receives Honorary Degree from Kansas State","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech President G.P. \u0026ldquo;Bud\u0026rdquo; Peterson received an \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.k-state.edu\/graduation\/spring2018\/graduate-school.html\u0022\u003Ehonorary doctorate\u003C\/a\u003E of philosophy from his alma mater, Kansas State University, during the graduate school commencement ceremony in Bramlage Coliseum on KSU\u0026#39;s Manhattan, Kansas, campus May 11.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe also served as speaker for the graduate commencement ceremony. Kansas State\u0026rsquo;s Communications and Marketing team produced a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=C-hsqF1I2ZM\u0026amp;feature=youtu.be\u0022\u003Evideo introduction\u003C\/a\u003E highlighting Peterson\u0026rsquo;s time on the Kansas State campus as a first-generation college student and student athlete, along with his career, community, family, and national leadership accomplishments.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPeterson earned his B.S. in mechanical engineering in 1975, a B.S. in mathematics in 1977, and his M.S. in engineering in 1980, all from Kansas State University. He earned his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Texas A\u0026amp;M University in 1985.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech President G.P. \u0026ldquo;Bud\u0026rdquo; Peterson received an honorary doctorate of philosophy from his alma mater, Kansas State University, during the graduate school commencement ceremony in Bramlage Coliseum on their Manhattan, Kansas campus May 11.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech President G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson received an honorary doctorate of philosophy from his alma mater, Kansas State University, during the graduate school commencement ceremony in Bramlage Coliseum on their Manhattan, Kansas campus May 11."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2018-05-14 14:08:04","changed_gmt":"2018-05-14 14:28:51","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-05-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-05-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"606131":{"id":"606131","type":"image","title":"Peterson Receives Honorary Degree from Kansas State","body":null,"created":"1526307844","gmt_created":"2018-05-14 14:24:04","changed":"1526307844","gmt_changed":"2018-05-14 14:24:04","alt":"Peterson Receives Honorary Degree from Kansas State","file":{"fid":"231176","name":"peterson-honorarydegree.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/peterson-honorarydegree.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/peterson-honorarydegree.png","mime":"image\/png","size":1070398,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/peterson-honorarydegree.png?itok=FIlLhqUb"}}},"media_ids":["606131"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xKzTLpa_nEE?t=2085","title":"Watch Peterson\u0027s Commencement Remarks at Kansas State"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=C-hsqF1I2ZM\u0026feature=youtu.be","title":"Peterson Receives Honorary Degree (Introduction Video)"},{"url":"http:\/\/president.gatech.edu","title":"Office of the President Website"}],"groups":[],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1271","name":"President"},{"id":"288","name":"Leadership"},{"id":"75041","name":"President G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson"}],"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":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:patti.futrell@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EPatti Futrell\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}