{"73350":{"#nid":"73350","#data":{"type":"news","title":"FOCUS Celebrates 15-Year Anniversary","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFOCUS, Georgia Tech\u0027s annual recruitment\/awareness event for minority undergraduate students, is celebrating its 15th anniversary.  The program is designed to give minority undergraduate students and any student who feels that the program will be beneficial a chance to visit Georgia Tech, encourage them to pursue graduate studies and participate in the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration.  210 students were selected for this year\u0027s program, and as part of the program graduates from each of the past fourteen years will be recognized.   \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis attraction and a partnership between the King Center and the Georgia Institute of Technology led to the development of the FOCUS program in 1991.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We hope this visit will encourage each student to pursue an advanced degree at the Georgia Institute of Technology but if not Georgia Tech an institution of their choice,\u0022 said Robert Haley, founder and Director of the FOCUS Program.  \u0022This program has enjoyed a tremendous amount of success.  I believe the administration\u0027s commitment to the program, coupled with the wonderful students who attend our program, make this a premier event.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFOCUS is credited with keeping Georgia Tech among the leaders for awarding graduate degrees to minority students.  The program has hosted more than two thousand students from more than 100 universities during its 15-year existence.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHaley has built the program into one of the finest in the country and believes its success will continue because of the tremendous support from the administration, faculty, staff and students.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The FOCUS program has a bright future,\u0022 said Haley.  \u0022We have the right chemistry and inclusive environment on campus to keep this program among the elite minority recruiting tools in higher education for years to come.  It gives Georgia Tech a clear advantage over its peer institutions.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPresident Wayne Clough says he\u0027s pleased with the program and its success.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I am proud of the work that Robert Haley and his staff have done to make FOCUS what it is today.  This program has become a model that other institutions want to emulate,\u0022 said Clough.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u0027s agenda features speakers Calvin Mackie, co-founder of Channel Zer0; Nicolas Donofrio, executive vice president, Innovation and Technology, IBM; Michael Thurmond, Georgia Commissioner of Labor and Frank Matthews, publisher\/editor-in-chief, Diversity Issues in Higher Education..\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"The FOCUS recruitment program is set to have another successful celebration"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"FOCUS, Georgia Tech\u0027s annual recruitment\/awareness event for minority undergraduate students, is celebrating its 15th anniversary.  The program is designed to give minority undergraduate students and any student who feels that the program will be beneficial a chance to visit Georgia Tech, encourage them to pursue graduate studies and participate in the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"More than 200 students have registered to attend"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2006-01-12 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:23","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-01-12T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-01-12T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73351":{"id":"73351","type":"image","title":"Robert Haley","body":null,"created":"1449178002","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:42","changed":"1475894676","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:36"},"73352":{"id":"73352","type":"image","title":"FOCUS participants enjoy the evening","body":null,"created":"1449178002","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:42","changed":"1475894676","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:36"}},"media_ids":["73351","73352"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.focus.gatech.edu\/","title":"FOCUS program at Georgia Tech"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}