{"663930":{"#nid":"663930","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Analytics Program Bridges Distance From Lusaka to Atlanta","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EVikwato Kamanga had one of the longest journeys to his Commencement ceremony this weekend. The native of Lusaka, Zambia, made the 29-hour trip to celebrate earning his \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/analytics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EM.S. in analytics\u003C\/a\u003E. It\u0026rsquo;s the first time Kamanga has been to this country.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I didn\u0026rsquo;t know what to expect coming to the U.S., but it\u0026rsquo;s been good so far, and I was happy to get here in one piece,\u0026rdquo; he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKamanga originally did not plan to attend Commencement. But, as he reflected on his time earning the degree, he wanted to meet some of the people he had interacted with online.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn Zambia, Kamanga works as a data specialist at the Centre for Infectious Disease Research \u0026mdash; an agency that is both similar to, and funded by, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKamanga doesn\u0026rsquo;t plan on this being his last visit to Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Hopefully in the future I\u0026rsquo;ll be able to visit here more frequently,\u0026rdquo; he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKamanga has a passion for computing and statistics, and the Online Master of Science in Analytics program was a perfect combination of the two. He plans to continue pursuing a career in financial or economic analysis.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EVikwato Kamanga made a 29-hour trip to celebrate earning his Master of Science in Analytics. It\u0026rsquo;s the first time Kamanga has been to the U.S.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Vikwato Kamanga made a 29-hour trip to celebrate earning his Master of Science in Analytics. It\u2019s the first time Kamanga has been to the U.S."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2022-12-15 20:37:44","changed_gmt":"2022-12-16 19:48:12","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-12-15T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2022-12-15T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"663935":{"id":"663935","type":"image","title":"Vikwato Kamanga","body":null,"created":"1671204087","gmt_created":"2022-12-16 15:21:27","changed":"1671204087","gmt_changed":"2022-12-16 15:21:27","alt":"Vikwato Kamanga","file":{"fid":"251314","name":"kamanga-tn copy.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/kamanga-tn%20copy.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/kamanga-tn%20copy.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":145388,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/kamanga-tn%20copy.jpg?itok=XZqokOs-"}}},"media_ids":["663935"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"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:kristen.bailey@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKristen Bailey\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":""}}}