{"483321":{"#nid":"483321","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New Campus-Wide Focus on Sustainable Communities Draws from \u2018Computing 4 Good\u2019","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELaunching this month is a new, 10-year initiative to teach sustainability and community engagement concepts across every major at Georgia Tech, and it begins with a course inspired in part by the successful \u201cComputing 4 Good\u201d (C4G) program from the College of Computing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor the first time this semester, students from any major are able to take an interdisciplinary \u201cspecial topics course\u201d that will teach how to create communities where people want to live and work, as well as how to coordinate with stakeholders to make sustainable ideas a reality for entire communities with diverse backgrounds and interests. The course has two offerings -- a sophomore- and a senior-level version.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudents from any major may register for either one \u2013 CS\/Arch\/GT 4803 or CS\/Arch\/GT 2803 \u2013 through Jan. 15. \u0026nbsp;The class will be team taught by professors from the College of Architecture, College of Engineering, and the School of Public Policy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThese are broad intellectually and teach an appreciation for what it means to work in and with a community that is different from your own,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/ellen-zegura\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEllen Zegura\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, professor of computer science and an original instructor from C4G who has led community projects from Atlanta to Africa.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProjects by C4G \u2013 such as implementing electronic health data systems in Africa or helping an Atlanta entrepreneur make a mobile app for women\u2019s safety \u2013 inspired Zegura to do more.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMuch of my computer science research work takes years to develop and impact the real world,\u201d she says. \u201cC4G became such a fantastic avenue to do something more applied, more immediate and more directly impactful on society.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe is now co-architect of Georgia Tech\u2019s 10-year initiative called \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/serve-learn-sustain.gatech.edu\/about\/home\u0022\u003EServe, Learn, Sustain\u003C\/a\u003E\u201d with \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/directory\/faculty\/toktay\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBeril Toktay\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, the Brady Family Chair in Scheller College of Business.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELike C4G, students in the courses can apply disciplinary skills to solve community needs. Unique from C4G, Zegura\u2019s new course will enable students to observe a real community challenge \u2013 water remediation at Proctor Creek \u2013 map the stakeholders, model and learn successful methods for engaging with such stakeholders to make progress on an issue.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe class is ideal for students with \u201can interest in the real world, an interest in what makes communities great, understanding why there are inequities, and who want to work towards a positive future,\u201d Zegura says.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EZegura and Toktay expect the \u201cServe, Learn, Sustain\u201d initiative to grow.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWithin five years, they aim to add 16 new electives and refresh 28 courses across Georgia Tech with sustainability content. A freshman camp will be formed, support for relevant student organizations will be provided, and two pathways will be specified \u2014 one in Public Service and one in Innovating for Sustainability \u2014 consisting of classes and experiences such as service-learning projects or internships with organizations that tackle sustainability challenges.\u0026nbsp; Capstone course offerings also will be expanded to offer projects from the sustainable communities domain.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cEventually we hope that students will be interested in pathways to other courses, that there will be lots of classes across Georgia Tech like C4G that have community and sustainability components, and that more faculty will add sustainability concepts into their curriculum.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/oscar.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/oscar.gatech.edu\/\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor the first time this semester, students from any college will be able to enroll in new interdisciplinary courses focused on sustainable communities. The courses were partly inspired by the \u201cComputing 4 Good\u201d curriculum from the College of Computing and are at the heart of the 10-year Serve Learn Sustain initiative launching this month to teach sustainability and community engagement concepts across every major at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Students from any college can enroll in new interdisciplinary courses about sustainable communities \u2013 inspired by \u201cComputing 4 Good\u201d from the College of Computing and at the heart of a 10-year sustainability initiative launching now."}],"uid":"27490","created_gmt":"2016-01-07 18:18:49","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:20","author":"Tara La Bouff","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-01-07T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-01-07T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"349511":{"id":"349511","type":"image","title":"Ellen Zegura compressed","body":null,"created":"1449245696","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:14:56","changed":"1475895073","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:13","alt":"Ellen Zegura compressed","file":{"fid":"201032","name":"ellen-zegura_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ellen-zegura_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ellen-zegura_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":12154,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ellen-zegura_0_0.jpg?itok=YBbcXVSI"}},"196051":{"id":"196051","type":"image","title":"Beril Toktay","body":null,"created":"1449179906","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:58:26","changed":"1475894848","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:28","alt":"Beril Toktay","file":{"fid":"196424","name":"berilweb1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/berilweb1_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/berilweb1_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":69395,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/berilweb1_0.jpg?itok=qPdTUkfv"}},"483801":{"id":"483801","type":"image","title":"CS4803 AD Spring 2016","body":null,"created":"1452895200","gmt_created":"2016-01-15 22:00:00","changed":"1475895236","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:56","alt":"CS4803 AD Spring 2016","file":{"fid":"204256","name":"cs_sustainable_community_ad.newfinal1_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/cs_sustainable_community_ad.newfinal1_0_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/cs_sustainable_community_ad.newfinal1_0_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":544899,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/cs_sustainable_community_ad.newfinal1_0_1.jpg?itok=XARTJ8gM"}}},"media_ids":["349511","196051","483801"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"139","name":"Business"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1287","name":"enivronmental sustainability"},{"id":"479","name":"Green Buzz"},{"id":"168019","name":"Scheller"},{"id":"168071","name":"serve-learn-sustain"},{"id":"171559","name":"service learning community engagement"},{"id":"166890","name":"sustainability"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tlabouff@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ETara La Bouff\u003C\/a\u003E, Communications Manager\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404.769.5408\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["tlabouff@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}