{"666822":{"#nid":"666822","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Beautification Day Kicks Off Earth Month","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOrganized by the undergraduate Student Government Association in collaboration with Greek Week, Tech Beautification Day returns in full force this Saturday, April 1. The event was scaled back in recent years due to the pandemic, but this year, plans are on track to offer a full slate of projects focused on improving the campus landscape \u2014 and the campus community is invited to participate. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s Landscape Services collaborates with student leaders to develop projects that have a big impact yet are easily completed in a few hours. This year\u2019s opportunities range from planting wildflowers, shrubs, and trees to laying sod, pulling weeds, and spreading pine straw. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe event begins with breakfast and a welcome by student leaders. Groups of eight to 10 volunteers are then given tools and gloves and directed to the various worksites across campus. One ambitious goal this year is to plant 200 native azaleas. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur department enjoys working with the students not only because we are able to get a lot of work done in a short amount of time, but it also gives students a small window into the hard work our teams do daily,\u201d says Interim Associate Director of Landscape Services Neil Fuller. \u201cStudents also gain a sense of pride when they can look at a completed job and say they did it. \u0026nbsp;And it gives the students a chance to make their mark on campus and be able to come back and point out a specific plant or tree and tell their family how they planted it years ago.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETech Beautification Day has a long history of engaging students, faculty, staff, and family members on a spring Saturday. Campus archives reveal that during one event more than 1,000 volunteers worked together to beautify campus. Additionally, photographs from 2012 show the entire football team, along with coaches and families, participating. Organizers are working toward increasing participation to pre-pandemic numbers, and this year is just the beginning. Sign up now to spend a morning making the Georgia Tech campus even more beautiful than it already is. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EApril 1, 2023 Schedule:\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E8:30 a.m. \u2013 Breakfast, check in, and welcome at The Kendeda Building\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E9 a.m. \u2013 noon: Volunteer projects\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E12:30 p.m. \u2013 Clean up, return tools, closing remarks\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.campuslabs.com\/engage\/event\/8940850\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESIGN UP TO PARTICIPATE\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"basic_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe campus community is invited to participate in this kick-off event for Earth Month.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"basic_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The campus community is invited to participate in this kick-off event for Earth Month."}],"uid":"35028","created_gmt":"2023-03-27 15:41:11","changed_gmt":"2023-03-29 19:46:33","author":"cbrim3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-03-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-03-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"670303":{"id":"670303","type":"image","title":"azalea_bee.jpg","body":null,"created":"1679933969","gmt_created":"2023-03-27 16:19:29","changed":"1679933969","gmt_changed":"2023-03-27 16:19:29","alt":"azalea_bee","file":{"fid":"253137","name":"azalea_bee.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/03\/27\/azalea_bee_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/03\/27\/azalea_bee_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":238921,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/03\/27\/azalea_bee_0.jpg?itok=GcnAEgNw"}}},"media_ids":["670303"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"EAS"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"},{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"443951","name":"School of Psychology"},{"id":"402381","name":"Urban Honey Bee Project"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"35921","name":"Facilities Management"},{"id":"192134","name":"earth month"},{"id":"1045","name":"Tech Beautification Day"},{"id":"192409","name":"Campus landscape"},{"id":"192410","name":"student organized event"},{"id":"192249","name":"cos-community"},{"id":"192259","name":"cos-students"}],"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\u003EGrace Pietkiewicz\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESGA Joint VP of Infrastructure and Sustainability\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"basic_html"}],"email":["gracepz@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}