{"73868":{"#nid":"73868","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Students Inducted as Honorary Members of Atlanta Mounted Patrol","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOnce a week, Katie Geddes starts her morning meandering the\npaths of Grant Park and Zoo Atlanta on a horse belonging to the Atlanta Police\nDepartment (APD).\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGeddes is a member of Georgia Tech\u2019s club equestrian team\nand, along with fellow teammates Jennifer Bateman and Alynn Lecznar, was\ninducted last week as an honorary member of the APD\u2019s mounted patrol. The three\nwomen comprise the second group of inductees from Tech\u2019s equestrian team since\n2010.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe go out and ride the horses to keep them in shape and\ngive them exercise when they\u2019re not being used,\u201d said Geddes, a third-year\nbiology major from Canton. The partnership with APD began in 2009 and has been\nentirely student-driven. The first group of honorary inductees came in 2010\nwith eight Tech women. Students receive honorary military sabers and badges at\na ceremony with APD officers.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s a great partnership we have. The girls are all really\nnice and great riders, and we really appreciate them being around,\u201d said Kevin\nCabral, an officer with the APD\u2019s mounted patrol unit. Thirteen horses reside\nin the APD\u2019s barn off Cherokee Avenue, but those not assigned to an officer\nspend a great deal of time in the barn without the help of Tech\u2019s equestrian\nteam volunteers.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe equestrian club, which has been on campus since 1995,\nhas about 40 members, 10-20 of whom actively compete for Tech during the spring\nand fall. Riders travel to trainer facilities in Woodstock and Conyers for weekly\npractice and to schools in Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina for shows.\nEquestrian at Tech is a club sport, but holds its own against club teams from\nother universities that have NCAA cohorts and academic programs related to\nequine studies and management.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe do incredibly well for being Tech students and not doing\nthis full time,\u201d said Geddes. The team\u2019s individual riders regularly place first,\nsecond or third in their events, with the team placing in the top half of about\n15 schools in most competitions.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to shows, the equestrian club organizes trail\nrides and campouts each semester for all members, and raises funds through an\nannual horse show it hosts locally each spring. Students, faculty and staff are invited to attend and volunteer at the annual event that will take place at Wills Park in Alpharetta next semester, Feb. 18\u201319, 2012.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETech women help APD by exercising and grooming their horses.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Tech women help APD by exercising and grooming their horses."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2011-12-12 10:05:58","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:50","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-12-12T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-12-12T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73631":{"id":"73631","type":"image","title":"Equestrian Club Members Inducted as Honorary Mounted Patrol","body":null,"created":"1449178002","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:42","changed":"1475894393","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:53","alt":"Equestrian Club Members Inducted as Honorary Mounted Patrol","file":{"fid":"192314","name":"img_2070.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/img_2070_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/img_2070_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":129370,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/img_2070_0.jpg?itok=9JfnrXTp"}},"73634":{"id":"73634","type":"image","title":"Equestrian Team Members Inducted as Honorary Mounted Patrol","body":null,"created":"1449178002","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:42","changed":"1475894390","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:50","alt":"Equestrian Team Members Inducted as Honorary Mounted Patrol","file":{"fid":"192311","name":"mountedpatrol4.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/mountedpatrol4_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/mountedpatrol4_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1780131,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/mountedpatrol4_0.jpg?itok=dFjTLZm4"}},"73633":{"id":"73633","type":"image","title":"Equestrian Team Members Inducted as Honorary Mounted Patrol","body":null,"created":"1449178002","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:42","changed":"1475894393","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:53","alt":"Equestrian Team Members Inducted as Honorary Mounted Patrol","file":{"fid":"192312","name":"mountedpatrol3.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/mountedpatrol3_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/mountedpatrol3_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1625710,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/mountedpatrol3_0.jpg?itok=jQpAG-mg"}},"73632":{"id":"73632","type":"image","title":"Equestrian Team Members Inducted as Honorary Mounted Patrol","body":null,"created":"1449178002","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:42","changed":"1475894393","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:53","alt":"Equestrian Team Members Inducted as Honorary Mounted Patrol","file":{"fid":"192313","name":"mountedpatrol2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/mountedpatrol2_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/mountedpatrol2_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1613685,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/mountedpatrol2_0.jpg?itok=3nfMI3cX"}}},"media_ids":["73631","73634","73633","73632"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtequestrian.com\/","title":"GT Equestrian"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.atlantapd.org\/","title":"Atlanta Police Department"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.atlantapolicefoundation.org\/MountedPatrol-20","title":"Atlanta Police Mounted Patrol"}],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"3391","name":"Atlanta Police Department"},{"id":"15333","name":"equestrian club"},{"id":"15315","name":"equestrian team"}],"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:kristen.shaw@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKristen Shaw\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003ECommunications and Marketing\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}