{"70973":{"#nid":"70973","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Communication Center Opens to Campus in Clough","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFrom teleconferencing to YouTube videos, project posters to\ngreen-screen presentations, slide design to report writing, the new\nCommunication Center is designed to help Georgia Tech students develop professional\ncompetence in 21st-century communication.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is a\u0026nbsp;creative\u0026nbsp;space,\u201d explains Karen Head director\nof the Communication Center. \u201cWe are coaching students in processes, strategies\nand techniques, but we are also providing the space and equipment needed\nto\u0026nbsp;practice.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Communication Center, located in suite 447 of the Clough\nUndergraduate Learning Commons, includes meeting areas, computer workstations\nand rehearsal studios. Each area is designed for different types of work or\nproject phases, with faculty available to advise students each step of the way.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe intend this to be a safe place for students to experiment and\ntake risks, without the pressure of assignment deadlines and grades,\u201d said Head.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Center\u2019s staff of Brittain Fellows from the School of Literature,\nCommunication and Culture focuses on what it calls WOVEN communication \u2014\nwritten, oral, visual, electronic and non-verbal. Faculty provide coaching in\nstrategies and performance, guidance in brainstorming and collaborative\nplanning, and individual and small group tutoring. The Center is one of few in\nthe country that is run by tenure-track faculty. It is equipped to take\nstudents from conception to completion of a project, enabling them to draft,\nedit, revise and compose written or other types of work all in one room.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EHead notes that the Center is not a fix-it shop, in that students\nshould not expect to drop off work and pick it up corrected, but the staff\nworks with students at all levels to help them become better communicators. \u201cCelebrity\u201d\ntutors from around campus will also assist in that effort, the first of which\nwas President G. P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson at the Center\u2019s grand opening on Sept. 28.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Center is currently open to all undergraduate and graduate\nstudents, with the goal of also eventually serving faculty and staff. For now, the Center\u0027s staff is willing to partner with faculty on projects brought in my students. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Helping students is much easier if we understand completely what a faculty member expects. We are also available to help faculty consider ways to include communication projects in their courses,\u0022 Head said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudents\nare encouraged to stop by or make an appointment during the Center\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/communicationcenter.gatech.edu\/content\/location-hours\u0022\u003Ehours of\noperation\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s Communication Center serves all students looking to improve in any type of communication.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Center serves all students looking to improve their skills."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2011-10-06 17:21:53","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:26","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-10-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-10-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"70950":{"id":"70950","type":"image","title":"Communication Center Grand Opening","body":null,"created":"1449177338","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:15:38","changed":"1475894625","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:45","alt":"Communication Center Grand Opening","file":{"fid":"193478","name":"12p1000-p10-099.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/12p1000-p10-099_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/12p1000-p10-099_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1633834,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/12p1000-p10-099_0.jpg?itok=4GXhM3h9"}},"70951":{"id":"70951","type":"image","title":"Communication Center Grand Opening","body":null,"created":"1449177338","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:15:38","changed":"1475894625","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:45","alt":"Communication Center Grand Opening","file":{"fid":"193479","name":"12p1000-p10-024.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/12p1000-p10-024_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/12p1000-p10-024_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1693783,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/12p1000-p10-024_0.jpg?itok=V6lnx00Z"}},"70952":{"id":"70952","type":"image","title":"Communication Center Grand Opening","body":null,"created":"1449177338","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:15:38","changed":"1475894625","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:45","alt":"Communication Center Grand Opening","file":{"fid":"193480","name":"12p1000-p10-092.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/12p1000-p10-092_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/12p1000-p10-092_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1903114,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/12p1000-p10-092_0.jpg?itok=f89DwZHG"}}},"media_ids":["70950","70951","70952"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.communicationcenter.gatech.edu\/","title":"Communication Center"},{"url":"http:\/\/lcc.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Literature, Communication, and Culture"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"14491","name":"CommLab"},{"id":"3754","name":"communication center"},{"id":"875","name":"LCC"}],"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:rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EIvan Allen College\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}