{"381151":{"#nid":"381151","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Students, Faculty Team Up to \u0027Buzz It!\u0027","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFaculty and students will have a chance to team up this week in a trivia contest hosted by the Student Center Programs Council (SCPC).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe once-a-semester Take-a-Prof event typically lets students and faculty members share a meal and get to know one another in a relaxed setting. This semester, however, SCPC is taking it to the next level by adding a team trivia contest.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cA lot of times students don\u2019t think about getting to know their professors and creating a deeper relationship,\u201d said Annie Son, a business administration major and event organizer. \u201cWe want to encourage that and help create community at Tech.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe event will be offered at both lunch and dinner on Thursday, Feb. 26, in the Student Center Ballroom. Students are encouraged to invite either a professor or teaching assistant.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cLearning is more than just what happens in the classroom,\u201d Son said. \u201cTo be able to have more of a relationship with faculty and have better discussions takes it to a whole new level.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESCPC won the Student Government Association\u2019s Buzzinga! competition last year, which offered funds to the best idea for student-faculty interaction. An outside game show company will help run the event. The trivia contest will include two rounds, and the whole event will last about an hour and a half.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s a great way to network in a calm environment \u2014 there\u2019s no pressure, no dressing up, just having fun,\u201d Son said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETake-a-Prof is $7 per faculty\/student pair, and $7 for each additional student. Teams can have up to five members, with the only requirement being that each team includes at least one student and one instructor.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.techstuff2.gatech.edu\/ePOS?this_category=ROOT27_SUBCAT32\u0026amp;store=808\u0026amp;form=shared3%2Fgm%2Fmain.html\u0026amp;design=808\u0022\u003EPurchase tickets online.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudents and faculty take on trivia together for this edition of Take-a-Prof.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Students and faculty take on trivia together for this edition of Take-a-Prof."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2015-02-23 14:59:53","changed_gmt":"2022-05-26 17:09:36","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-02-23T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-02-23T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"381141":{"id":"381141","type":"image","title":"SCPC Buzz It","body":null,"created":"1449246231","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:23:51","changed":"1475894393","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:53","alt":"SCPC Buzz It","file":{"fid":"75276","name":"2015_artcomedy_tapbuzzit_publicity_800x600_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2015_artcomedy_tapbuzzit_publicity_800x600_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2015_artcomedy_tapbuzzit_publicity_800x600_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":147240,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/2015_artcomedy_tapbuzzit_publicity_800x600_0.jpg?itok=cYHbI8Ma"}}},"media_ids":["381141"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.techstuff2.gatech.edu\/ePOS?design=808\u0026form=shared3%2Fgm%2Fmain.html\u0026store=808\u0026this_category=ROOT27_SUBCAT32","title":"Purchase Tickets for Buzz It!"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1542704482679833\/","title":"Facebook Event Page"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"3397","name":"fun"},{"id":"167071","name":"SCPC"},{"id":"167389","name":"Student Center Programs Council"},{"id":"167141","name":"Student Life"},{"id":"170828","name":"student-faculty interaction"}],"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\u003EStudent Center Programs Council - Institute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["kristen.bailey@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}