{"388151":{"#nid":"388151","#data":{"type":"news","title":"A personal meeting with President Obama","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERight around 1:40 on the afternoon of Tuesday, March 10, President Barack Obama walked onto the risers in McCamish Pavilion to address a capacity crowd of Georgia Tech faculty, staff and students. At the same exact time, four miles away, Secret Service agents walked three Georgia Tech students into an empty restaurant.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThey were told to leave their phones and computers in the car. While their peers sat, cheered and listened to the commander-in-chief, the trio entered Manuel\u2019s Tavern knowing they wouldn\u2019t hear or see anything that happened at McCamish.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInstead, they were getting ready for their own once-in-a-lifetime moment with the president. Gabriel Galarza, Lauren Milner and Laura O\u2019Connell were there for a private, secret meeting with Obama.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERead the full story and see the video:\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/features\/personal-secret-meeting-president-obama\u0022\u003EA Personal, Secret Meeting with President Obama\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhile their peers listened to President Barack Obama speak on campus, three Georgia Tech students missed the speech to prepare for a personal visit later in the day by the commander-in-chief.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Three Tech students joined the President for a private discussion about college affordability."}],"uid":"27560","created_gmt":"2015-03-17 11:41:57","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:54","author":"Jason Maderer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-03-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-03-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"388141":{"id":"388141","type":"image","title":"Students meet President Obama","body":null,"created":"1449246288","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:24:48","changed":"1475894349","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:09","alt":"Students meet President Obama","file":{"fid":"75469","name":"obama_group_photo.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/obama_group_photo.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/obama_group_photo.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":847447,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/obama_group_photo.jpg?itok=gljKNIj9"}}},"media_ids":["388141"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"121051","name":"college affordability"},{"id":"463","name":"obama"},{"id":"8653","name":"Roundtable"}],"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\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003ENational Media Relations\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-385-2966\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["maderer@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}