{"456241":{"#nid":"456241","#data":{"type":"news","title":"More Than 100 Students Participate in Mini World Cup During Hispanic Heritage Month","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs part of a series of events to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month on campus, the Office of Hispanic Initiatives (OHI) and the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers recently organized the second annual Mini World Cup at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring the tournament, inspired by the FIFA World Cup, more than 100 students \u2014 along with several faculty and staff members \u2014 played on 16 teams that represented different countries across the world. The faculty\/staff team represented the Schools of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Biology, and the Offices of the Provost, Registrar, Institute Communications, and Institute Diversity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSoccer is considered by many as the most popular sport in the world, and while it is not \u2018officially\u2019 a Hispanic or Latino sport, it is by far the favorite sport in Latin America and Spain. This was reflected by the fact that half of the teams in this year\u2019s five-hour tournament represented Latin American countries and Spain,\u201d said Jorge Breton, director of OHI.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe team representing Ecuador emerged the champion of the 2015 Mini World Cup; second place went to the team representing Turkey. Both teams received trophies, with each player receiving a medal.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECo-sponsored by Institute Diversity and OHI, Georgia Tech\u2019s Hispanic Heritage Month recognizes the economic, cultural, and social contributions of Latinos in the United States.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"As part of a series of events to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month on campus, the Office of Hispanic Initiatives (OHI) and the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers recently organized the second annual Mini World Cup at Georgia Tech."}],"uid":"27465","created_gmt":"2015-10-06 11:54:21","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:43","author":"Annette Filliat","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-10-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-10-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"456251":{"id":"456251","type":"image","title":"Mini World Cup","body":null,"created":"1449256334","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:12:14","changed":"1475895139","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:19","alt":"Mini World Cup","file":{"fid":"202296","name":"mini_world_cup_2015.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/mini_world_cup_2015.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/mini_world_cup_2015.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3793202,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/mini_world_cup_2015.jpg?itok=FKuaF8qT"}}},"media_ids":["456251"],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"43131","name":"hispanic heritage month"},{"id":"9171","name":"institute diversity"},{"id":"41191","name":"office of hispanic initiatives"},{"id":"167777","name":"Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"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\u003EAnnette Filliat\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECommunications Manager\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Diversity\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:annette.filliat@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eannette.filliat@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}