{"257601":{"#nid":"257601","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Students Encouraged to \u0027Thank A Teacher\u0027","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThanksgiving may be over, but a time to give thanks is just beginning for Tech students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor those who\u2019ve had a great experience with a professor this semester, there\u2019s an easy way to say \u201cthanks\u201d even without verbalizing it.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Student Government Association and the Center for Enhancement of Teaching and Learning give students a way to show gratitude to their professors with Thank a Teacher. Through an online form, students can submit notes to professors throughout the year for actions big or small for which they\u2019re thankful.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cHearing back from students is more rare than you may think, and the impact that your short note can make is more powerful than you can imagine,\u201d said Ahsan Khan, SGA\u2019s vice president of campus affairs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThese notes are shared with professors in April, when they will also be honored at Dean Griffin Day. This annual event commemorates the legacy of Georgia Tech\u2019s first dean of students, George Griffin, who worked to improve the student experience at Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENotes are collected throughout the year, making the end of the fall semester an ideal time to \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cetl.gatech.edu\/thankateacher\/thankyou\u0022\u003Esubmit kind words online\u003C\/a\u003E about professors who you won\u2019t see as much of in the spring. Students can also \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cetl.gatech.edu\/thankateacher\/thankyou\u0022\u003Esubmit notes for staff\u003C\/a\u003E, and may even remain anonymous in their submissions, if they choose.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESGA and CETL have partnered to provide an easy way for students to thank faculty and staff.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"SGA and CETL have partnered to provide an easy way for students to thank faculty and staff."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2013-11-27 12:16:13","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:25","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-12-02T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-12-02T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"256881":{"id":"256881","type":"image","title":"Thank a Teacher","body":null,"created":"1449243856","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:44:16","changed":"1475894936","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:56","alt":"Thank a Teacher","file":{"fid":"198239","name":"thanks.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/thanks_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/thanks_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":209677,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/thanks_0.png?itok=2jNA4OoD"}}},"media_ids":["256881"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.cetl.gatech.edu\/thankateacher\/thankyou","title":"Thank A Teacher Form"},{"url":"http:\/\/sga.gatech.edu\/","title":"Student Government Association"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"13286","name":"Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning"},{"id":"1601","name":"CETL"},{"id":"166922","name":"sga"},{"id":"166923","name":"student government association"},{"id":"9241","name":"thank a teacher"}],"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:ahsan.khan@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAhsan Khan\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EStudent Government Association\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}