{"661547":{"#nid":"661547","#data":{"type":"event","title":"GVU Center Brown Bag: Computer Museum of America \u2013 What, When, Where, Why","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis seminar is presented by Rena Youngblood, Executive Director of Computer Museum of America (CMoA) located in Roswell, GA. Rena will share how and why the museum was started, how they managed the pandemic, their goals for education and inspiration, and why Atlanta needs to treasure this metro area history museum.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker Bio:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERena Youngblood is the first Executive Director of the Computer Museum of America (CMoA) located in Roswell, Georgia. \u0026nbsp;The museum opened to the public in July 2019.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERena leads and directs all aspects of the organization, including finances and fundraising; communications and marketing; education and programming; stewardship and management of facilities and collections; and building positive working relationships with the Board of Directors, community, external partners, stakeholders, visitors to the museum and donors.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBefore joining CMoA, Rena served as Senior Director of Charter School Services for the Association of American Educators and as Director of Member Services at the Georgia Charter Schools Association. \u0026nbsp;She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a bachelor\u0026rsquo;s degree in English Literature and a minor in Communication Studies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHow to watch:\u003C\/strong\u003E If you can\u0026#39;t attend. please watch the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gvu.gatech.edu\/brown-bag\/live\u0022\u003ELive Stream\u003C\/a\u003E, or view the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gvu.gatech.edu\/event\/brown-bag-archive\u0022\u003ERecording\u003C\/a\u003E (available 30 days after event).\u0026nbsp;If you have any questions, email us at gvu@cc.gatech.edu.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gvu.gatech.edu\/events\/upcoming\u0022\u003ESchedule of Brown Bag Speakers Fall\u0026nbsp;2022\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERena Youngblood (Executive Director, Computer Museum of America) will discuss why the museum was started\u0026nbsp;and why Atlanta should treasure\u0026nbsp;this museum.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"In this seminar, Rena Youngblood explores creation and importance of this museum."}],"uid":"33749","created_gmt":"2022-09-26 19:34:37","changed_gmt":"2022-09-29 20:25:28","author":"Dorie Taylor","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2022-10-06T13:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2022-10-06T14:20:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2022-10-06T14:20:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2022-10-06 17:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2022-10-06 18:20:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2022-10-06 18:20:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"661550":{"id":"661550","type":"image","title":"Rena Youngblood 2022 Photo","body":null,"created":"1664224423","gmt_created":"2022-09-26 20:33:43","changed":"1664224423","gmt_changed":"2022-09-26 20:33:43","alt":"","file":{"fid":"250585","name":"Youngblood Photo Adjusted.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Youngblood%20Photo%20Adjusted.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Youngblood%20Photo%20Adjusted.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":60922,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Youngblood%20Photo%20Adjusted.jpg?itok=nLDYne-J"}}},"media_ids":["661550"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"1299","name":"GVU Center"},{"id":"69599","name":"IPaT"},{"id":"50876","name":"School of Interactive Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:gvu@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Egvu@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}