{"69913":{"#nid":"69913","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech\u0027s Largest Student Organization Kicks Off Second Year","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELast year, the Georgia Tech Student Alumni Association (SAA) revealed itself as the newest student organization on campus. By the end of the year, SAA had become the largest, most diverse student organization on campus with 2,056 undergraduate and graduate student members. SAA also provided members with the opportunity to enjoy more than $900 worth of free stuff, make more than 14,000 connections with alumni and give more than $30,000 back to Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtsaa.com\/kickoff\u0022\u003ESAA kicks off its second year\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;on Thursday, Sept. 15,\u0026nbsp;from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at eight locations across campus. Any student, member or non-member, can stop by these locations to learn about SAA, meet Georgia Tech alumni and enjoy free giveaways. Waffle House, Chick-fil-A, Coca-Cola, Tin Drum, Barrelhouse, The Varsity, Rita\u2019s Italian Ice and more will be at the various sites handing out free food in support of SAA.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThat evening, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Tech Tower Lawn, all members are invited for dinner and networking with alumni at SAA\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtsaa.com\/kickoff\/welcome-event#overlay-context=\u0022\u003E\u201cWelcome to SAA\u201d event\u003C\/a\u003E. Tech grad\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtsaa.com\/node\/452\u0022\u003ERiccardo Ullio\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(CE 90, MS CEE 93), chef and owner of well-known Atlanta\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.urestaurants.com\/\u0022\u003EURestaurants\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;will be onsite to meet students and serve up free dinner from his restaurants. Attendees will enjoy everything from Neopolitan pizza from Fritti, to lasagnette Bolognese from Sotto Sotto and chicken tinga tacos from Escorpion.\u0026nbsp;Tech grad, former NFL football player and owner of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/kentscountrycookies.com\/\u0022\u003EKent\u0027s Country Cookies\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtsaa.com\/node\/453#overlay-context=kickoff\/welcome-event\u0022\u003EKent Hill\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(IMGT 79), will also be onsite handing out cookies to all attendees.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAll Tech students are encouraged to stop by one of SAA\u2019s locations and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtsaa.com\/how-to-join\/join-today\u0022\u003Ejoin today\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to give back, get the goods and get connected today!\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtsaa.com\/kickoff\u0022\u003ESAA kicks off its second year\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;on Thursday, Sept. 15,\u0026nbsp;from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at eight locations across campus.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"SAA kicks off its second year on Thursday, Sept. 15, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at eight locations across campus."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2011-09-08 15:07:59","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:05","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-09-08T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-09-08T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"69904":{"id":"69904","type":"image","title":"Student Alumni Association Kick-off Map","body":null,"created":"1449177275","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:14:35","changed":"1475894614","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:34","alt":"Student Alumni Association Kick-off Map","file":{"fid":"192860","name":"kickmap1.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/kickmap1_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/kickmap1_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":98493,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/kickmap1_0.png?itok=aT_fVga9"}}},"media_ids":["69904"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtsaa.com\/","title":"GT Student Alumni Association"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"167520","name":"saa"},{"id":"167406","name":"Student Alumni Association"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:renee.queen@alumni.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ERenee Queen\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EStudent Alumni Association\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}