{"264801":{"#nid":"264801","#data":{"type":"news","title":"LMC Celebrates 125 Years of English at Georgia Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen GT opened its doors on October 3, 1888, English was among the original six instructional subjects. Then as now, students bound to become truly successful engineers and scientists needed a balanced educational experience that included college level reading, literature, linguistics, rhetoric, and communication.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBy 1910, Georgia Tech President Kenneth G. Matheson went so far as to say that, without these humanities subjects, stating that, without them, our students \u201cnever reaches full potential.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThroughout the 125 years of its existence, the English Department has played a central role providing humanistic perspectives in an increasingly technological world,\u201d said Richard Utz, chair of the School of Literature, Media, and Communication which houses the English program \u201cWe have adapted the curriculum and name many times to fulfill the needs of students, Georgia Tech\u2019s strategic plans, and to innovate in a world in which disciplinary boundaries need to be continually rethought.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EToday, as the School of Literature, Media, and Communication (LMC), the unit is the home to the nation\u2019s first Ph.D. program in Digital Media.\u0026nbsp; It also offers a unique codisciplinary B.S. in Computational Media (collaboratively run with the College of Computing) and a recently rebooted and threaded B.S. in Literature, Media, and Communication.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EA Timeline of 125 Years of English at Georgia Tech\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe school\u2019s faculty are thought leaders who serve as editors of refereed journals and book series all over the world.\u0026nbsp; They include noted poets, teachers of multimodal communication, and specialists in science fiction, film, literary and cultural studies, media studies, and performance studies. They have been featured in media ranging from the Colbert Report to MSNBC\u2019s Melissa Harris-Perry Show, Forbes, Wired, the New York Times, and many more.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELMC alumni recently came back to celebrate with their former instructors.\u0026nbsp; The celebration took place in the newly renovated Stephen C. Hall Building which now houses LMC\u2019s Writing and Communication Program. More than 120 alumni, faculty, staff, and guests shared memories and told many a story of how their LMC education continues to present a firm foundation for their diverse careers. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27889","created_gmt":"2014-01-07 12:49:44","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:36","author":"Beth Godfrey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-01-07T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-01-07T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"264791":{"id":"264791","type":"image","title":"125 Years","body":null,"created":"1449244014","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:46:54","changed":"1475894950","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:10","alt":"125 Years","file":{"fid":"198473","name":"lmc125yearscelebration.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lmc125yearscelebration_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lmc125yearscelebration_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":41519,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/lmc125yearscelebration_0.jpg?itok=ljqvUAWi"}}},"media_ids":["264791"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}