{"299901":{"#nid":"299901","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Zimbabwe\u2019s Beatrice Mtetwa to receive Ga. Tech\u2019s Ivan Allen Prize","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe prestigious 2014 Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage will go to Beatrice Mtetwa, a human rights attorney from Zimbabwe, Georgia Tech President Bud Peterson announced Thursday.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMtetwa is the first woman and the first non-Georgian to receive the Ivan Allen Jr. Prize \u2013 named in honor of the city\u2019s enlightened mayor during the 1960s \u2013 which comes with a $100,000 cash award.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPeterson made the announcement at a preview event of the exhibit: \u201cKONGO across the WATERS\u201d at the Carter Center. The event was hosted by Jacqueline Royster, dean of the Ivan Allen College, and Genevi\u00e9ve Verbeek, the consul general of Belgium in Atlanta. President Jimmy Carter and several other honored guests also were in attendance as part of the ongoing collaborative Africa Atlanta initiative.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27889","created_gmt":"2014-05-28 10:33:49","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:27:08","author":"Beth Godfrey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"maritime","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/saportareport.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/zimbabwes-beatrice-mtetwa-to-receive-ga-techs-ivan-allen-prize\/","dateline":{"date":"2014-05-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-05-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"58132","name":"Ivan Allen Prize"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"60031","name":"Africa Atlanta 2014"},{"id":"10007","name":"Ivan Allen Prize"},{"id":"12395","name":"Ivan Allen Prize for Social Courage"}],"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":""}}}