{"610676":{"#nid":"610676","#data":{"type":"news","title":"First-Year Ivan Allen College Students Discover Community at Kickoff Event","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudents coming into their first year at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003C\/a\u003E were introduced to\u0026nbsp;the College community\u0026nbsp;on Monday, August 27, at an annual meet and greet event, the Freshmen Kickoff.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIvan Allen College faculty, school chairs, and Dean Jacqueline J. Royster were in attendance to become acquainted with incoming students. Attendance was particularly robust this year as\u0026nbsp;approximately 50% of the College\u0026rsquo;s 190 incoming students participated.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHosted by the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sab.iac.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EIvan Allen College Student Advisory Board\u003C\/a\u003E, this annual kickoff event provides an excellent opportunity not only for students to become acquainted with their fellow classmates, but for faculty to understand the interests and backgrounds of their students.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudents coming into their first year at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003C\/a\u003E were introduced into the College\u0026nbsp;community on Monday, August 27, at an annual meet and greet event, the Freshmen Kickoff.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Students met with fellow classmates, faculty, and Dean Jacqueline J. Royster at the annual event. "}],"uid":"34559","created_gmt":"2018-08-30 20:44:44","changed_gmt":"2018-09-05 14:34:05","author":"pdemerritt3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-08-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-08-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"610674":{"id":"610674","type":"image","title":"Ivan Allen College Kickoff 2018 with Dean Royster","body":null,"created":"1535661779","gmt_created":"2018-08-30 20:42:59","changed":"1538405995","gmt_changed":"2018-10-01 14:59:55","alt":"Dean Jacqueline Royster speaks with first-year students at the 2018 Ivan Allen College Kickoff.\u00a0","file":{"fid":"232522","name":"IMG_1049 (1).jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/IMG_1049%20%281%29.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/IMG_1049%20%281%29.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":280779,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/IMG_1049%20%281%29.jpg?itok=TUbrMAkZ"}},"610668":{"id":"610668","type":"image","title":"Ivan Allen College Kickoff 2018","body":null,"created":"1535661382","gmt_created":"2018-08-30 20:36:22","changed":"1538406026","gmt_changed":"2018-10-01 15:00:26","alt":"Students and faculty at the Ivan Allen College Kickoff Event ","file":{"fid":"232520","name":"IMG_10382.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/IMG_10382.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/IMG_10382.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":330493,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/IMG_10382.jpg?itok=yvuZ1t6o"}}},"media_ids":["610674","610668"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1616","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"96","name":"freshmen"},{"id":"178905","name":"Ivan Allen Kickoff 2018"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nrebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404.894.1720\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}