{"47380":{"#nid":"47380","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Engaging Universities in African Development","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Initiative for African Education and Development (GT-IDEA) present an Afric@Tech speaker series program:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPanelists\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E-\tHonorable Jennifer C. Jenkins\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\tHonorary Consul, Republic of Botswana\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E-\tHonorable Chudi N. Okafor\u003Cbr \/\u003E\tConsul General, Federal Republic of Nigeria\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E-\tHonorable Cynthia B. Nash\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\tHonorary Consul General, Republic of Liberia\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E-\tHonorable Dr. Al H. Anderson\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\tHonorary Consul, United Republic of Tanzania\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHosted by:\u003Cbr \/\u003E-\tDr. Susan E. Cozzens\u003Cbr \/\u003EAssociate Dean of Research,\u0026nbsp;Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EModerated by:\u003Cbr \/\u003E-\tDr. Michael L. Best\u003Cbr \/\u003EAssistant Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003ESam Nunn School of International Affairs \u0026amp;\u0026nbsp;School of Interactive Computing\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAfrica\u0027s development is an exciting challenge where African Universities play a vital role. Much like in Western countries, African universities have the great opportunity to shape the minds of those who will bring innovation and development to the continent. Afric@Tech is excited to be a forum where this topic can be discussed and where Africans can be inspired to make positive change. Afric@Tech is also excited to use this forum as an means to facilitate collaboration and exchange of knowledge between Georgia Tech and African universities.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech Initiative for African Education and Development (GT-IDEA) present an Afric@Tech speaker series program, on the role of the university in their countries\u0027 plans and the role of academic collaboration with peer Western universities such as Georgia Tech.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Hosted by the Georgia Tech Initiative for African Education and Development (GT-IDEA)"}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2009-11-16 10:27:30","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:49:20","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2009-11-17T17:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2009-11-17T18:30:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2009-11-17T18:30:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2009-11-17 22:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2009-11-17 23:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2009-11-17 23:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gt-idea.org\/","title":"Initiative for Development and Education in Africa at Georgia Tech"}],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"7793","name":"Afric@Tech"},{"id":"861","name":"Africa"},{"id":"7792","name":"GT-IDEA"},{"id":"1188","name":"International Affairs"},{"id":"955","name":"ivan allen college"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:questions@gt-idea.org\u0022\u003EContact GT-IDEA\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}