{"326421":{"#nid":"326421","#data":{"type":"event","title":"9th Annual Peach State LSAMP Symposium and Research Conference","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u0027s conference theme is\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EExcellence in STEM: A Foundation for the Future\u003C\/strong\u003E. Sessions will be available for both professional development and enhancement, and feature concurrent oral and poster presentations from undergraduate and graduate student research. An exhibitor fair, which will include numerous graduate schools, government agencies, corporations, and businesses, will be on-site to recruit students and expose them to opportunities in their respective programs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout LSAMP:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe goal of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.pslsamp.uga.edu\u0022\u003ELouis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP)\u003C\/a\u003E is to significantly increase the number of underrepresented minority students who earn bachelor\u0027s degrees in the STEM disciplines and to encourage more degree recipients to pursue graduate studies in these fields.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ceed.gatech.edu\/louis-stokes-alliance-minority-participation-lsamp-ga-tech\u0022\u003ELouis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Program at GA Tech\u003C\/a\u003E is open to ALL students, who are enrolled full-time in the College of Sciences, College of Computing and the College of Engineering. However, students must meet the National Science Foundation\u0027s eligibility requirements in order to be funded through the program.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Opening keynote by Biomedical Engineering Assistant Professor Manu Platt"}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2014-09-17 17:12:34","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:09:25","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2014-09-20T08:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2014-09-20T22:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2014-09-20T22:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2014-09-20 12:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2014-09-21 02:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2014-09-21 02:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"326361":{"id":"326361","type":"image","title":"Peach State LSAMP","body":null,"created":"1449245041","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:04:01","changed":"1475895037","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:37","alt":"Peach State LSAMP","file":{"fid":"200218","name":"new_ps-lsamp_logo.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/new_ps-lsamp_logo_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/new_ps-lsamp_logo_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":260426,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/new_ps-lsamp_logo_0.jpg?itok=MvGWoBMs"}}},"media_ids":["326361"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.pslsamp.uga.edu\/forms\/2014\/2014%20Agenda-at-a-Glance%2008212014.pdf","title":"Conference agenda (PDF)"},{"url":"http:\/\/ceed.gatech.edu\/louis-stokes-alliance-minority-participation-lsamp-ga-tech","title":"LSAMP at Georgia Tech"}],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"10377","name":"Career\/Professional development"},{"id":"1789","name":"Conference\/Symposium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tia.jackson@coe.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ETia Jackson-Truitt\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech Center for Engineering Education and Diversity\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}