{"124731":{"#nid":"124731","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Public Policy Student Tyler \u0022TJ\u0022 Kaplan Awarded Eben Tisdale Fellowship","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETyler \u0022TJ\u0022 Kaplan\u003C\/strong\u003E, a fourth year undergraduate student in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts School of Public Policy, has been awarded the Eben Tisdale Public Policy Fellowship.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe fellowship consists of a $5,000 grant and a full-time, eight week public policy internship in Washington, DC with a high-tech company, firm or trade association, and weekly issues seminars hosted by Tisdale sponsors.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I hope to gain an in depth understanding of how the lobbying process works in Washington, D.C. and establish a strong network of contacts there so that I can go back and work as a lobbyist after I graduate,\u0022 said Kaplan.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFrom Marietta, Georgia, Kaplan, has previously held internships in the U.S. Congress, Georgia Tech Research Institute, and the Georgia State Senate. His academic focus is in philosophy of science and policy analysis, with a particular interest in government relations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022My passion is for the legislative process and how that works from both the government perspective and from the private interest perspective,\u0022 he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis fall, Kaplan will begin Master\u0027s studies in the Public Policy program focusing on science and technology policy.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETyler \u0022TJ\u0022 Kaplan\u003C\/strong\u003E, a fourth year undergraduate student in the School of Public Policy, has been awarded the Eben Tisdale Public Policy Fellowship.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27418","created_gmt":"2012-04-18 12:23:16","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:00","author":"Lauren Langley","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-04-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-04-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"124681":{"id":"124681","type":"image","title":"Tyler J Kaplan","body":null,"created":"1449178593","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:36:33","changed":"1475894746","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:46","alt":"Tyler J Kaplan","file":{"fid":"194474","name":"tyler_kaplan.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tyler_kaplan_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tyler_kaplan_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":31448,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tyler_kaplan_0.jpg?itok=xsaC0K6s"}}},"media_ids":["124681"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.tfas.org\/tisdale","title":"Eben Tisdale Public Policy Fellowship"},{"url":"http:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Public Policy"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"30731","name":"Eben Tisdale Public Policy Fellowship"},{"id":"167078","name":"School of Public Policy"},{"id":"30721","name":"TJ"},{"id":"30701","name":"Tyler J Kaplan"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-1720\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}