{"616211":{"#nid":"616211","#data":{"type":"news","title":"CommLab Staff Receive Tutor of the Year Awards from Southeastern Writing Center Association","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.communicationcenter.gatech.edu\/leah-misemer-phd\u0022\u003ELeah Misemer\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.communicationcenter.gatech.edu\/keely-mruk\u0022\u003EKeely Mruk\u003C\/a\u003E, two staff members from the Georgia Institute of Technology\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.communicationcenter.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ENaugle Communication Center\u003C\/a\u003E (CommLab), recently received tutor of the year awards from \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/southeasternwritingcenter.wildapricot.org\/About\u0022\u003Ethe\u0026nbsp;Southeastern Writing Center Association\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(SWCA).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMisemer, a postdoctorate fellow and CommLab\u0026rsquo;s assistant director, and Mruk, an undergraduate student\u0026nbsp;in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hsoc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of History and Sociology\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/index.html\u0022\u003EScheller College of Business\u003C\/a\u003E, won professional tutor of the year and undergraduate peer tutor of the year, respectively.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBoth awards are competitive as winners are\u0026nbsp;chosen from a pool of applicants from\u0026nbsp;11 states and territories within the SWCA\u0026rsquo;s region.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;SWCA is a\u0026nbsp;large and robust organization of writing and communication centers, with some of the strongest academic centers in the field,\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;CommLab Executive Director Karen Head says. \u0026ldquo;Having twice chaired the awards committee in past years, I can say that the undergraduate award is the most competitive\u0026mdash;usually with a pool of 25-30 extremely talented nominees...\u0026nbsp;The professional tutor award also demands exceptional achievement both in tutoring as well as in writing center program development and implementation.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAt the SWCA conference, Misemer and Mruk will also be presenting their research, entitled\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;Draw, Talk, Act: One Writing Center\u0026#39;s Exploration of Multimodality and Ethics.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to tutoring, CommLab offers an array of communication-related services to students and faculty including rehearsal rooms, topic workshops, copyediting assistance, and collaborative work spaces. Interested students and faculty members can visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.communicationcenter.gatech.edu\/home\u0022\u003ECommLab\u0026rsquo;s website\u003C\/a\u003E for more information and to request an appointment with a tutor.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECommLab and the School of History and Sociology are\u0026nbsp;units of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ethe Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.communicationcenter.gatech.edu\/leah-misemer-phd\u0022\u003ELeah Misemer\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.communicationcenter.gatech.edu\/keely-mruk\u0022\u003EKeely Mruk\u003C\/a\u003E, two staff members from the Georgia Institute of Technology\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.communicationcenter.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ENaugle Communication Center\u003C\/a\u003E (CommLab), recently received tutor of the year awards from \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/southeasternwritingcenter.wildapricot.org\/About\u0022\u003Ethe\u0026nbsp;Southeastern Writing Center Association\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(SWCA).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Leah Misemer and Keely Mruk won professional tutor of the year and undergraduate peer tutor of the year, respectively."}],"uid":"34559","created_gmt":"2019-01-10 18:02:18","changed_gmt":"2019-01-17 16:45:24","author":"pdemerritt3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-01-16T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2019-01-16T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"616554":{"id":"616554","type":"image","title":"Keely Misemer","body":null,"created":"1547743477","gmt_created":"2019-01-17 16:44:37","changed":"1547743477","gmt_changed":"2019-01-17 16:44:37","alt":"A side by side photo of Leah Misemer and Keely Mruk","file":{"fid":"234671","name":"keely-misemer-combined.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/keely-misemer-combined.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/keely-misemer-combined.png","mime":"image\/png","size":314801,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/keely-misemer-combined.png?itok=ntvPJ3Gp"}}},"media_ids":["616554"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"180143","name":"Keely Mruk"},{"id":"180144","name":"Leah Misemer"},{"id":"175108","name":"Naugle"},{"id":"3754","name":"communication center"},{"id":"14491","name":"CommLab"}],"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\n404.538.6846\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}