{"106291":{"#nid":"106291","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Invited to Participate in French-American Parliamentary Symposium","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s Vice Provost for International Initiatives\nSteve McLaughlin has been invited to address the French National Assembly in\nParis on February 7. \n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMcLaughlin\u2019s presentation will be part of the inaugural\nFrench-American Parliamentary meetings symposium that will focus on strengthening community,\neducational and university cooperation between the two countries. He will\nparticipate on a panel that will provide insight on existing French-American\nacademic exchanges and how to strengthen these programs and develop new\nopportunities.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech-Lorraine, the Institute\u0027s first international\ncampus, was established in Metz, France, 21 years ago. Since that time, more than\n2,500 students representing 25 nationalities have participated in the program. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ELast year, McLaughlin, who previously served as the deputy\ndirector of Georgia Tech-Lorraine, was\nawarded the honor of Knight of the French National Order of Merit, the second-highest\ncivilian award given by the Republic of France.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp align=\u0022center\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"McLaughlin to Discuss Ways to Enhance Academic Programs"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s Vice Provost for International Initiatives\nSteve McLaughlin has been invited to address the French National Assembly in\nParis on February 7\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u2019s Vice Provost for International Initiatives Steve McLaughlin has been invited to address the French National Assembly,"}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2012-02-06 09:13:02","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:11:37","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-02-06T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2012-02-06T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"63420":{"id":"63420","type":"image","title":"Steve McLaughlin","body":null,"created":"1449176690","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:04:50","changed":"1475894557","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:37","alt":"Steve McLaughlin","file":{"fid":"191821","name":"09E2043-P1-008.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/09E2043-P1-008_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/09E2043-P1-008_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":839318,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/09E2043-P1-008_1.jpg?itok=b9miG95R"}}},"media_ids":["63420"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.georgiatech-metz.fr\/","title":"Georgia Tech Lorraine"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.oie.gatech.edu\/","title":"Office of International Education"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"}],"keywords":[{"id":"3016","name":"French"},{"id":"22741","name":"French National Assembly"},{"id":"2908","name":"Georgia Tech Lorraine"},{"id":"289","name":"Global"},{"id":"1802","name":"international"},{"id":"2235","name":"McLaughlin"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELisa Grovenstein, 404-894-8835\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}