{"70099":{"#nid":"70099","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Fall Brings Changes to College, School Lineups","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWith the new semester come some changes to the administrative lineups of Georgia Tech\u2019s colleges and schools.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJoseph B. Hughes is stepping down as chair of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), effective Oct. 15.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHughes, who has served as chair since 2003, will be returning to the faculty. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are all deeply grateful to him for his many years of extraordinary service to the school and the college,\u201d said Gary May, dean of the College of Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAn interim chair of CEE will be appointed and a national search for a new chair will commence soon, May said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESue Ann Bidstrup Allen has been appointed the new associate dean for faculty development and scholarship in the College of Engineering. Bidstrup Allen is a professor and the associate chair for strategic initiatives in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSue Ann has a deep understanding of academic excellence as well as faculty needs,\u201d May said. \u201cWhile research and education is critical to the success of our college, it\u2019s also imperative that we focus equally on professional development of our faculty. She is ideally suited to fill this important role, which is focused to address the most pressing issues of one of our most important resources \u2014 our faculty.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Steven W. Usselman has been named the new chair of the School of History, Technology and Society in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cDr. Usselman has been highly effective in recruitment, in program development and in advancing interdisciplinary education and research across the Institute, the academy and beyond,\u201d said Jacqueline J. Royster, dean of Ivan Allen College. \u201cWe are extremely pleased that Steve will be shaping the future of HTS and that he will join the leadership team.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUsselman will assume his new responsibilities in January 2012.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWith the new semester come some changes to the administrative lineups of Georgia Tech\u2019s colleges and schools.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"With the new semester come some changes to the administrative lineups of Georgia Tech\u2019s colleges and schools."}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2011-09-20 12:35:44","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:09","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-09-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-09-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"70095":{"id":"70095","type":"image","title":"Joseph Hughes","body":null,"created":"1449177288","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:14:48","changed":"1475894616","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:36","alt":"Joseph Hughes","file":{"fid":"192904","name":"hughes.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hughes_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hughes_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":73028,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/hughes_0.jpg?itok=hHzeL1rU"}},"70097":{"id":"70097","type":"image","title":"Sue Ann Bidstrup Allen","body":null,"created":"1449177288","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:14:48","changed":"1475894616","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:36","alt":"Sue Ann Bidstrup Allen","file":{"fid":"192905","name":"sue_ann.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/sue_ann_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/sue_ann_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":4392273,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/sue_ann_0.jpg?itok=M_lTpu7n"}},"70098":{"id":"70098","type":"image","title":"Steven Usselman","body":null,"created":"1449177288","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:14:48","changed":"1475894616","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:36","alt":"Steven Usselman","file":{"fid":"192906","name":"usselman.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/usselman_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/usselman_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":4056308,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/usselman_0.jpg?itok=vx-DgDh7"}}},"media_ids":["70095","70097","70098"],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"594","name":"college of engineering"},{"id":"1616","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"12206","name":"Joseph B. 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