{"615459":{"#nid":"615459","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Celebrating Commencement: Meet Eli Whisnant","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEli Whisnant always wanted to attend Georgia Tech. Whisnant started college as a physics major at Agnes Scott College, but at Tech found a path that led to chemical and biomolecular engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd, though nervous about the challenges Tech might pose faced, Whisnant hit a stride during the first semester here, finishing with honors. Whisnant earned a bachelor\u0026#39;s degree in chemical and biomolecular engineering this weekend.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to chemical engineering, Whisnant found the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/paper.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ERobert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking\u003C\/a\u003E along the way. There, Whisnant helped set up exhibits and host guests at the museum affiliated with Tech\u0026rsquo;s Renewable Bioproducts Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhisnant also found a creative outlet through Tech\u0026rsquo;s chorale choir.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The technical part of people and the artistic part of people \u0026mdash;\u0026nbsp;it\u0026rsquo;s very important to nurture both of them,\u0026rdquo; Whisnant said. \u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s a relief to spend time with other people and make music.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhisnant started college as a physics major at Agnes Scott College, but at Tech found a path that led to chemical and biomolecular engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":" Whisnant started college as a physics major at Agnes Scott College, but at Tech found a path that led to chemical and biomolecular engineering."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2018-12-17 14:52:04","changed_gmt":"2018-12-17 21:36:00","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-12-17T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2018-12-17T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"615451":{"id":"615451","type":"image","title":"Eli Whisnant","body":null,"created":"1544822813","gmt_created":"2018-12-14 21:26:53","changed":"1544822813","gmt_changed":"2018-12-14 21:26:53","alt":"Eli Whisnant","file":{"fid":"234350","name":"Screen Shot 2018-12-14 at 4.26.28 PM.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202018-12-14%20at%204.26.28%20PM.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202018-12-14%20at%204.26.28%20PM.png","mime":"image\/png","size":1003266,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202018-12-14%20at%204.26.28%20PM.png?itok=NNcQlAJu"}}},"media_ids":["615451"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"},{"id":"1240","name":"School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[],"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:snorris@gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESteven Norris\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":""}}}