{"444471":{"#nid":"444471","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ivan Allen Kickoff Event Welcomes Freshmen to Campus","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts saw a 50 percent increase in enrollment this year. 184 students were admitted for the Fall freshman class. Nearly 120 of the students joined faculty and staff to celebrate the start of their collegiate careers on Sunday, August 30, at the inaugural Ivan Allen College Kickoff.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHeld at the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ssc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EStudent Success Center\u003C\/a\u003E, the dinner event allowed freshmen to learn about opportunities on campus. It was co-sponsored by the College and its undergraduate Student Advisory Board (SAB). Speakers included Student Body President Jennifer Abrams, a public policy major, Ivan Allen Dean \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/royster\u0022\u003EJacqueline Royster\u003C\/a\u003E, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/tone\u0022\u003EJohn Tone\u003C\/a\u003E, and School of Economics Chair \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/laband\u0022\u003E David Laband\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETone said the Student Advisory Board proposed the idea for the College Kickoff because they wanted to foster a sense of community among liberal arts students in an environment where most students are engineers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt was wonderful to see first-years, upperclassmen, school chairs, advisors, and the Dean\u0027s staff all interacting in such a causal environment,\u201d SAB President Laura Margaret Burbach said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEmma Browning, a freshman in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.modlangs.gatech.edu\/iaml\u0022\u003EInternational Affairs and Modern Languages\u003C\/a\u003E (IAML) program, said she thought the College Kickoff was a great opportunity to meet other liberal arts majors.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI had a lot of fun meeting students and professors alike, and I look forward to seeing the people I met around campus,\u201d Browning said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESurya Narayanan, who is also a freshman in the IAML program, saw the event as \u201ca spark to what will hopefully be many lifelong bonds and relationships with one another.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGiven the success of the first College Kickoff, Tone said it will become an annual event for the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u2019s future freshman classes.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENearly 120 incoming freshmen joined faculty and staff to celebrate the start of their collegiate careers on Sunday, August 30, at the inaugural Ivan Allen College Kickoff.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Nearly 120 incoming freshmen joined faculty and staff to celebrate the start of their collegiate careers on Sunday, August 30, at the inaugural Ivan Allen College Kickoff."}],"uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2015-09-03 12:53:31","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:29","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-09-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-09-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"444421":{"id":"444421","type":"image","title":"Ivan Allen Freshmen Kickoff Event 2015","body":null,"created":"1449256205","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:10:05","changed":"1475895184","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:04","alt":"Ivan Allen Freshmen Kickoff Event 2015","file":{"fid":"203147","name":"20826278026_b899177003_ncolorcorrected.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/20826278026_b899177003_ncolorcorrected_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/20826278026_b899177003_ncolorcorrected_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":139351,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/20826278026_b899177003_ncolorcorrected_0.jpg?itok=WmEHICbb"}}},"media_ids":["444421"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"140361","name":"Ivan Allen freshmen"},{"id":"140321","name":"Ivan Allen Kickoff 2015"}],"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 404-894-1720\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}