{"61215":{"#nid":"61215","#data":{"type":"news","title":"SPP Students Speak at New Student Convocation","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s New Student Convocation featured two student speakers\nfrom the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, Merry Hunter Hipp and Mike\nDonohue. Hipp, a sophomore majoring in Public Policy and minoring in\nHistory, Technology, and Society, presented the traditional sophomore\nwelcome. Donohue, a double major in Public Policy and Economics \u0026amp;\nInternational Affairs, spoke at the Convocation in his role as Chair of\nthe Honor Advisory Council.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHipp was nominated for her distinguished speaking role by her\nmentor, and influence in choosing to attend Tech, School of Public\nPolicy Associate Professor Richard Barke. In her speech, Merry Hunter\ndrew from exciting memories of her own Convocation experience and\nprovided sage advice to the new students, encouraging them to enjoy\nschool but also to \u201cbe proud to be a Yellow Jacket\u201d. She attributed\neach letter of \u201cGO JACKETS\u201d to a unique tradition that each new student\ncould consider adopting, like \u201cS is for Success\u201d and \u201cT is for Tech\nPride.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDonohue also sought to inspire pride in the new students, just as he\n\u201cwas proud to be up [on stage] belting out the fight song\u201d. In his\nremarks, he said the Convocation \u201ccreates a great sense of camaraderie\namongst the new students because it\u2019s the first time they are all\ntogether and it\u2019s going to be the only time they are all together and\nthat\u2019s how they start out their Georgia Tech career and it really sets\nthem on a good path\u201d. While Donohue encouraged new students to enjoy\ntheir time at Tech, he also advised them that being a Yellow Jacket\ncomes with the responsibility of academic integrity. He presented the\nhonor code to the students in a light and unique way that Tech students\ncould truly understand\u2026as a mathematical equation. Donohue adapted the\npoignant Marcus Tullius Cicero quote, \u0022Ability without honor is\nuseless\u0022, into \u201cAbility equals Honor\u201d.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAs Hipp and Donohue reflected on their experience as new students\nparticipating in the Convocation, they both paused in pleasure and\ndisbelief as they recounted all that they have accomplished since they\nfirst put on a RAT cap. Both have excelled as leaders in the classroom\nand in numerous student organizations, and have traveled abroad on\nacademic-related trips. The future for these two leaders is exciting\nand limitless, the same notions they wished for the proud new students.\nThe Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts also has reason to exhibit \u201cTech\nPride\u201d - of the three students who spoke at the New Student\nConvocation, two of them are our own.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EStory by Lauren Langley, Master\u0027s Student, Digital Media Program\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s New Student Convocation featured two student speakers\nfrom the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, Merry Hunter Hipp and Mike\nDonohue.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27418","created_gmt":"2010-09-24 14:57:20","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:27","author":"Lauren Langley","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-09-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-09-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"61314":{"id":"61314","type":"image","title":"Mike Donohue, Merry Hunter Hipp","body":null,"created":"1449176322","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:58:42","changed":"1475894536","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:16","alt":"Mike Donohue, Merry Hunter Hipp","file":{"fid":"191331","name":"Merry_Hunter_Hipp_Mike_Donohue_Convocation_200x300_(2).jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Merry_Hunter_Hipp_Mike_Donohue_Convocation_200x300_%282%29_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Merry_Hunter_Hipp_Mike_Donohue_Convocation_200x300_%282%29_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":41462,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Merry_Hunter_Hipp_Mike_Donohue_Convocation_200x300_%282%29_0.jpg?itok=H3GoVfRC"}}},"media_ids":["61314"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"10743","name":"New Student Convocation"},{"id":"626","name":"public policy"},{"id":"167090","name":"SPP"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERebecca Keane\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=rkeane3\u0022\u003EContact Rebecca Keane\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-1720\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}