{"256911":{"#nid":"256911","#data":{"type":"news","title":"BOR Approves Endowed Chair, Other Positions","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDuring its monthly meeting, Nov. 12-13, the Board of Regents voted to establish a new endowed chair position, new special faculty positions for the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems, and a new professorship.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThese included the Linda J. and Mark C. Smith Chair in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the Brook Byers special faculty positions, and the Chandler Family Early Career Professorship in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe following faculty appointments were also approved:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETodd McDevitt\u003C\/strong\u003E to the Carol Ann and David D. Flanagan Professorship in the\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Department of Biomedical Engineering.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKrishnendu Roy\u003C\/strong\u003E to the Carol Ann and David D. Flanagan Professorship in the\u0026nbsp; Department of Biomedical Engineering.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETon Dieker\u003C\/strong\u003E to the Fouts Family Early Career Professorship in ISyE.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJoel Sokol\u003C\/strong\u003E to the Fouts Family Early Career Professorship in ISyE.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESantanu Dey\u003C\/strong\u003E to the Fouts Family Early Career Professorship in ISyE.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENagi Gebraeel\u003C\/strong\u003E to the Chandler Family Early Career Professorship in ISyE.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPaul Russo\u003C\/strong\u003E to the Hightower Chair in Biopolymers in the School of Materials Science and Engineering.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESuresh Menon\u003C\/strong\u003E (College of Engineering) to the Hightower Professorship in Engineering.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn other meeting news, 20 Tech baccalaureate programs were terminated, because they are no longer offered. (There will be no adverse effect on faculty or students.)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlso, the Committee of the Whole\/Organization and Law met and adopted several revised policies, including language that would expand the possibilities whereby faculty members employed at University System of Georgia international campuses could gain and retain tenure. (This item was brought forward due to discussions involving Georgia Tech Lorraine.)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor the full meeting agenda, click \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/c.gatech.edu\/1ivvAPv\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDuring its monthly meeting, Nov. 12-13, the Board of Regents voted to establish a new endowed chair position, new special faculty positions for the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems, and a new professorship.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"During its monthly meeting, Nov. 12-13, the Board of Regents voted to establish a new endowed chair position, new special faculty positions for the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems, and a new professorship."}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2013-11-25 09:39:24","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:25","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-11-25T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-11-25T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"256841":{"id":"256841","type":"image","title":"University System of Georgia","body":null,"created":"1449243856","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:44:16","changed":"1495650034","gmt_changed":"2017-05-24 18:20:34","alt":"University System of Georgia","file":{"fid":"225350","name":"bor200.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/bor200.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/bor200.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":65945,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/bor200.jpg?itok=5gBTsxde"}}},"media_ids":["256841"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.usg.edu\/regents\/","title":"Board of Regents"}],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"728","name":"Board of Regents"},{"id":"10088","name":"BOR"},{"id":"79521","name":"Endowed Chairs"},{"id":"1798","name":"meetings"},{"id":"79511","name":"Professorships"},{"id":"726","name":"University System of Georgia"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tnagel@gatech.edu\u0022\u003ETeri Nagel\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGovernment and Community Relations\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}