{"73630":{"#nid":"73630","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Representatives Participate in STEM Roundtable at the White House","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia\nTech student Vivian Stepp and faculty member Julie Champion will spend Friday,\nDecember 9, at the White House as part of the Obama Administration\u2019s \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/champions\u0022\u003EChampions of Change\u003C\/a\u003E\u201d roundtable event.\u0026nbsp; Stepp and Champion were invited to join\nstudents and faculty from around the nation to discuss ways of changing the stereotypes\nof girls in science and technology. They will also brainstorm how to support\nand retain women in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EStepp,\na Computer Science major in the College of Computing, is a former national and\nregional winner of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ncwit.org\/award\/award.winners.bios.php#v\u0022\u003EAspirations in Computing\nAward\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/faculty\/champion.php\u0022\u003EChampion\u003C\/a\u003E is an assistant\nprofessor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. \n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe\nOffice of Public Engagement is hosting the event, and White House Policy\nOffices will use the discussions to create best practices for future education initiatives.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia\nTech student Vivian Stepp and faculty member Julie Champion will spend Friday,\nDecember 9, at the White House as part of the Obama Administration\u2019s \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/champions\u0022\u003EChampions of Change\u003C\/a\u003E\u201d roundtable event. \u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Student and Faculty Member Invited to White House."}],"uid":"27560","created_gmt":"2011-12-08 15:56:43","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:51","author":"Jason Maderer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-12-08T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-12-08T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73913":{"id":"73913","type":"image","title":"Champions of Change award winners","body":null,"created":"1449178028","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:08","changed":"1475894681","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:41","alt":"Champions of Change award winners","file":{"fid":"193754","name":"0000053212-img_4044.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/0000053212-img_4044_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/0000053212-img_4044_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":880073,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/0000053212-img_4044_0.jpg?itok=zD9MWumK"}},"68622":{"id":"68622","type":"image","title":"Julie Champion, PhD - Assistant Professor, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering","body":null,"created":"1449177185","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:13:05","changed":"1475894594","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:14","alt":"Julie Champion, PhD - Assistant Professor, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering","file":{"fid":"192618","name":"champion_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/champion_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/champion_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":49950,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/champion_0_0.jpg?itok=ERwvKKpX"}}},"media_ids":["73913","68622"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Chemical \u0026 Biomolecular Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/","title":"College of Computing"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/champions","title":"Champions of Change"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ncwit.org\/award\/award.index.php","title":"Aspirations in Computing Award"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/faculty\/champion.php","title":"Julie Champion"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"155","name":"Congressional Testimony"}],"keywords":[{"id":"654","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"10961","name":"julie champion"},{"id":"167445","name":"School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-385-2966\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["maderer@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}