{"65318":{"#nid":"65318","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Society of Black Engineers Wins Chapter of the Year","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECongratulations to the Georgia Tech Society of Black Engineers who received the National Distinguished Chapter of the Year award at the 37th annual National Convention in St. Louis, Mo. This is the first time since 1999 the chapter has received this honor.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdditionally, Georgia Tech undergraduate and Georgia Tech Society of Black Engineers member Jacob Tzegeagbe won the Mike Shinn Distinguished Member of the Year award.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe organization also took home several awards from the southeast region including Treasurer and Programs Chair of the Year, TORCH Creative Program of the Year and Regional\u0026nbsp;Distinguished\u0026nbsp;Chapter of the Year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThese awards and accolades are a direct reflection of our program planning as well as the tremendous support of the Tech community,\u201d said Terence Johnson, president of the Georgia Tech chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe mission of the National Society of Black Engineers is to increase the number of culturally responsible Black engineers who excel academically, succeed professionally and positively impact the community.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech chapter wins several awards at the\u0026nbsp;37th annual National Convention in St. Louis, Mo.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech Society of Black Engineers honored as the National Distinguished Chapter of the Year."}],"uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2011-04-01 14:13:16","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:30","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-04-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-04-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["klipp@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}