{"121821":{"#nid":"121821","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Lauren Nichols receives IMAST Scholarship","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECongratulations to chemistry undergraduate degree candidate, Ms. Lauren Nichols! \u0026nbsp;She is the recipient of the 2012 National Science Foundation\u0027s Robert Noyce Impacting Metro Atlanta Science Teaching (I-MAST) Scholarship. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe IMAST Program is a collaborative effort between Georgia State University (GSU), Georgia Institute of Technology (GT) and four public school districts in the Metro Atlanta Area. The shared goal of the IMAST partnership is to recruit, prepare, and support highly qualified secondary science teachers who are committed to teaching science at a high need public school in the Metro Atlanta area upon graduation. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe crux of the IMAST Program is the Robert Noyce Scholarship which is offered to both undergraduate and graduate students: \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EUndergraduate Robert Noyce Scholars receive one year of funding for the senior year of their bachelor\u2019s program ($12,000) and another year of funding while obtaining their Master of Arts in Teaching-Secondary Science ($12,000) for a total of $24,000. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EGraduate Robert Noyce Scholars receive one year of funding while obtaining their Master of Arts in Teaching-Secondary Science ($12,000).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ENoyce Scholars also receive professional development training designed to meet the needs of novice teachers, and travel stipends to attend professional conferences.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENoyce Scholars also receive professional development training designed to meet the needs of novice teachers, and travel stipends to attend professional conferences.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor additional information, please see: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/msit.gsu.edu\/IMAST.htm\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/msit.gsu.edu\/IMAST.htm\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECongratulations to chemistry undergraduate degree candidate, Ms. Lauren Nichols! \u0026nbsp;She is the recipient of the 2012 National Science Foundation\u0027s Robert Noyce Impacting Metro Atlanta Science Teaching (I-MAST) Scholarship. \u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27275","created_gmt":"2012-04-03 12:43:48","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:11:56","author":"Shirley Tomes","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-04-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-04-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"121831":{"id":"121831","type":"image","title":"Nichols","body":null,"created":"1449178582","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:36:22","changed":"1475894743","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:43","alt":"Nichols","file":{"fid":"194400","name":"nichols.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/nichols_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/nichols_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":28597,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/nichols_0.jpg?itok=fMQ_2pHM"}}},"media_ids":["121831"],"groups":[{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EShirley Tomes (404-894-0591) \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:shirley.tomes@chemistry.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eshirley.tomes@chemistry.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}