{"609875":{"#nid":"609875","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Not Your Grandfather\u0027s Graduate Degree","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWritten by Michael Terrazas | Edited by Stacy Braukman\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s OMS programs are transforming online graduate education and changing lives \u0026mdash; from computer science to analytics to cybersecurity. And it\u0026rsquo;s only the beginning.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESamantha Campo\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;was an elementary school teacher in New Jersey with no formal education in computer science.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDan Hawks\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;was an Atlanta media consultant who wanted to understand more about the analytics he was using in his job.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJasmine McCray\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;was a software developer in South Carolina who needed an affordable path to the next step in her career.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKatja Krivoruchko\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;was a California software engineer, five months\u0026rsquo; pregnant and ready to go back to school.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAnd\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EHarkirat Virk\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Ewas an officer in the Indian Army, stationed in his country\u0026rsquo;s northern mountains, where electricity \u0026mdash; much less an internet connection \u0026mdash; is hard to come by.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhat do they all have in common? Each became a successful Georgia Tech graduate student. Each is putting that education to work in achieving their professional aspirations. And each is now connected to hundreds, even thousands, of classmates and alumni across every continent, many with similar stories \u0026mdash; who may never meet face to face.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFive letters now connect these learners forever. The first two \u0026mdash; GT \u0026mdash; are known around the world, and the other three \u0026mdash; OMS \u0026mdash; are becoming better known by the day.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/features\/not-your-grandfathers-graduate-degree\u0022\u003EContinue reading \u0026quot;Not Your Grandfather\u0026#39;s Graduate Degree\u0026quot;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s OMS programs are transforming online graduate education and changing lives \u0026mdash; from computer science to analytics to cybersecurity. And it\u0026rsquo;s only the beginning.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u2019s OMS programs are transforming online graduate education and changing lives \u2014 from computer science to analytics to cybersecurity. And it\u2019s only the beginning. "}],"uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2018-08-17 13:13:57","changed_gmt":"2018-08-17 13:21:06","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-08-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-08-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}