{"70361":{"#nid":"70361","#data":{"type":"news","title":"More Georgia Tech Students Studying Abroad","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech students are part of a growing trend within the University System of Georgia as they continue to increase their participation in study abroad programs.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Board of Regents announced today that three times as many USG students study abroad as in 1998.  Georgia Tech has almost doubled its student participation since the 1999-2000 academic school year.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring the 1999-2000 school year Tech had more than 570 students participating in study abroad programs.  That compares to more than 1,100 students participating in the fall of 2007-2008 academic school year.  The university is also home to the largest international student and scholar population in the USG and continues to increase the number of foreign language classes it offers.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Our goal is to have 50 percent of our undergraduates participate in an international experience by the time they graduate,\u0022 said Amy Henry, executive director for International Education.  \u0022Georgia Tech has an award-winning program, the International Plan, that also integrates international experience into 24 of Tech\u0027s 32 majors.  So we\u0027ve gone well beyond traditional study abroad programs to think of the students\u0027 preparation for a global economy in deeper and more comprehensive ways.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech has been successful in integrating international studies despite the difficulties that come with managing this experience in majors like engineering and the sciences.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThere are about 550 students enrolled in the International Plan.  The program has won the Heiskell Award from the Institute of International Education (honorable mention) and the Paul Simon Award from NAFSA: Association of International Educators.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech students are part of a growing trend within the University System of Georgia as they continue to increase their participation in study abroad programs.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"USG seeing increased participation in study abroad"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2008-11-17 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:20","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2008-11-17T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2008-11-17T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"70362":{"id":"70362","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449177304","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:15:04","changed":"1475894618","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:38"}},"media_ids":["70362"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/opendoors.iienetwork.org\/?p=131590","title":"The Institute for International Education"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.irp.gatech.edu\/apps\/factbook\/?page=97","title":"Georgia Tech Fact Book"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"1920","name":"International Program"},{"id":"166843","name":"Study Abroad"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["matt.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}