{"418611":{"#nid":"418611","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Scheller Graduate Named among Nation\u2019s Best Executive MBAs","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKevin Smith knew if he didn\u2019t go to business school soon he might never go. So Smith, a commercial leadership finance manager with The Coca-Cola Company, enrolled in the Executive MBA program at the Scheller College of Business.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile there, Smith put in extra hours and support to help him and other students succeed. Classmates nominated him for the college\u2019s Executive Leadership Award.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThese achievements helped Smith earn yet another honor. This week he was named one of 30 exceptional Executive MBA graduates by Poets \u0026amp; Quants, a blog and news site about graduate education.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe publication compiled the list based on students\u2019 academic, extracurricular, professional and personal\u0026nbsp;achievements.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELearn more about Smith and other honorees \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/poetsandquantsforexecs.com\/2015\/06\/23\/2015-best-emba-kevin-smith\/\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Poets \u0026 Quants includes Scheller graduate among 30 exceptional Executive MBA graduates"}],"uid":"27918","created_gmt":"2015-06-25 11:37:06","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:18:49","author":"Laura Diamond","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-06-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-06-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"299961":{"id":"299961","type":"image","title":"Scheller College of Business","body":null,"created":"1449244552","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:55:52","changed":"1475895000","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:00","alt":"Scheller College of Business","file":{"fid":"199508","name":"14c6001-p11-001.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/14c6001-p11-001_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/14c6001-p11-001_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2601064,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/14c6001-p11-001_0.jpg?itok=3UOKIQgN"}}},"media_ids":["299961"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/scheller.gatech.edu\/degree-programs\/mba\/executive-mba\/","title":"Executive MBA programs"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"139","name":"Business"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1072","name":"Business"},{"id":"559","name":"Coca Cola"},{"id":"3563","name":"MBA rankings"}],"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\u003ELaura Diamond\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["laura.diamond@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}