{"384301":{"#nid":"384301","#data":{"type":"news","title":"McGruder Receives Pathways to Excellence Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJuan McGruder has been selected to receive the 2015 Pathways to Excellence award, an honor bestowed by the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cau.edu\/\u0022\u003EClark Atlanta University\u003C\/a\u003E (CAU) \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cauaa.org\/index.html\u0022\u003ENational Alumni Association\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe award recognizes Clark Atlanta alumni and community members for their achievement in diverse fields of endeavor,\u0026nbsp;McGruder will be one of five alumni to receive the award, which will be conferred at the annual Spirit of Greatness Gala on March 21 at the Georgia International Convention Center, the net proceeds of which will benefit the CAU Scholarship Fund.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMcGruder joined the \u003Cstrong\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003C\/strong\u003E as director of development in 2010. Previously he served as associate director of development in the \u003Cstrong\u003ECollege of Computing\u003C\/strong\u003E and the first director of development for the \u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Computer Science\u003C\/strong\u003E at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EJuan McGruder completed a doctorate of philosophy degree in education and human development (higher education) at Vanderbilt University in 1999.His research areas included historically black colleges and universities, institutional collaborations, and institutional advancement. McGruder earned a master\u2019s degree in education at Harvard University in administration, planning, and social policy. He also holds a master\u2019s in counseling and human development from Clark Atlanta, an Education Specialist degree in Student Affairs from Western Kentucky University, and a Certificate in Romanesque and Gothic Architecture in Britain and Europe from University of Cambridge, England. His baccalaureate degree is in political science and pre-law from Clark College.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJuan A. McGruder, director of development for the Ivan Allen College, has been selected to receive the 2015 Pathways to Excellence award, conferred by the Clark Atlanta University (CAU) National Alumni Association.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Juan McGruder, director of development for the Ivan Allen College, has been selected to receive the 2015 Pathways to Excellence award, conferred by the Clark Atlanta University (CAU) National Alumni Association."}],"uid":"27889","created_gmt":"2015-03-04 13:44:37","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:51","author":"Beth Godfrey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-03-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-03-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"384291":{"id":"384291","type":"image","title":"Juan McGruder","body":null,"created":"1449246246","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:24:06","changed":"1475894393","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:53","alt":"Juan McGruder","file":{"fid":"75363","name":"0442366-p2-7.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/0442366-p2-7.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/0442366-p2-7.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1252913,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/0442366-p2-7.jpg?itok=LJVzHgOt"}}},"media_ids":["384291"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"120391","name":"award. Jaun"},{"id":"120381","name":"CAU"},{"id":"120371","name":"Clark Atlanta University"},{"id":"999","name":"IAC"},{"id":"955","name":"ivan allen college"},{"id":"120361","name":"Pathways to Excellence"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003EDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Erebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}