{"73815":{"#nid":"73815","#data":{"type":"news","title":"International Plan  Officially Kicked Off","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwo years of hard work came to fruition in September as Georgia Tech kicked off the International Plan and Undergraduate Research Option this semester. The two programs are part of the Quality Enhancement Plan, and the Georgia Tech administration has high expectations for their success.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022What we realize is that you can take these opportunities to another level to allow our students the ability to take advantage of all the assets and resources that we have at Georgia Tech,\u0022 said President Wayne Clough.  \u0022I think the exciting thing about both of these programs is that they can be shaped around the students\u0027 majors, but they tend to push the students out of those majors into something bigger.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s current goal is to have 100 students enrolled in the International Plan by the end of this school year with five-year goal of getting 50 percent of the student body participating in an international experience by the time they graduate.  Currently there are 77 students enrolled in the International Plan, and Associate Provost for Institutional Development Jack Lohmann believes the International Plan will help set Georgia Tech apart from its peers.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022There are only three universities that have about a third of their students involved in some sort of international experience (Cornell University, Stanford University, and Georgia Tech),\u0022 said Lohmann.  \u0022If we hit our goal of 50 percent of our students graduating with an international experience, we\u0027re going to be leaps and bounds above everyone else.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIf Georgia Tech is able to reach its goal of 300 students enrolled in the International Plan within five years, there will be an increase in demand for foreign language classes.  The International Plan calls for students to do a combination of studying abroad, working abroad (Co-Op or Internship) as well as foreign language classes.   \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Modern Languages Chair Phil McKnight believes his department is ready for the challenge. \u0022The International Plan has funding in place to allow us to grow,\u0022 said McKnight.  \u0022We are prepared to prioritize any student who is in the International Plan to get into language classes that they want.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELohmann believes that the two years worth of hard work have made the program worthwhile.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I think we\u0027ve come up with the national standard.  As I travel and give talks and presentations on what we\u0027re doing, it is very clear that no one else is doing anything like this,\u0022 said Lohmann.  \u0022I think it is going to position Georgia Tech competitively.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"After more than two years of planning the International Plan is here"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Two years of hard work came to fruition in September as Georgia Tech kicked off the International Plan and Undergraduate Research Option this semester. The two programs are part of the Quality Enhancement Plan, and the Georgia Tech administration has high expectations for their success.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The International Plan off to a good start"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2005-09-19 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:59","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2005-09-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2005-09-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73816":{"id":"73816","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech students participate in International","body":null,"created":"1449178020","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:00","changed":"1475894678","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:38"}},"media_ids":["73816"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.oie.gatech.edu\/old\/fac\/internationalplan.html","title":"Georgia Tech International Plan"}],"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":""}}}