{"540921":{"#nid":"540921","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech-Lorraine celebrates 25th anniversary","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech-Lorraine, the European campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology celebrates its 25th\u0026nbsp;anniversary May 27, 2016. A ceremony marking the anniversary will take place on the Georgia Tech-Lorraine campus in Metz, presided over by G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson, President of the Georgia Institute of Technology, accompanied by a large delegation of the Institute\u2019s leadership from Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA number of French elected officials and local representatives will attend the event, including: Dominique Gros, Mayor of Metz; Jean-Luc Bohl, President of Metz M\u00e9tropole; Fran\u00e7ois Lavergne, Vice President of the Departmental Council of Moselle; Philippe Richert, President of the Alsace Champagne-Ardenne Lorraine Regional Council and former Minister under the Minister of the Interieur; Jean-Yves Le D\u00e9aut, Deputy of Meurthe-et-Moselle; Emmanuel Berthier, Prefect of Department of Moselle; as well as academic, research, and corporate partners.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech-Lorraine will also be honored to welcome Amy P. Westling, Consul General of the United States of America in Strasbourg.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;The day\u2019s events are as follows:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E10 a.m.: \u0026nbsp;A gathering between G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson, President of the Georgia Institute of Technology, and the Atlanta delegation from the Georgia Institute of Technology;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E10:30 a.m.: A guided visit of the Lafayette Institute by co-Presidents, Bernard Kippelen and Abdallah Ougazzaden;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe official ceremony begins at 11 a.m. with a speech by G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson before the gathered officials, distinguished guests, numerous partners and friends of Georgia Tech-Lorraine, along with a number of the 320 enrolled students;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAn informal luncheon with all participants will bring the event to a close.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech-Lorraine reflects a unique partnership in education, research, and innovation between France and the United States. Established 25 years ago in Metz Technop\u00f4le, today, Georgia Tech-Lorraine is a full-fledged campus welcoming over 700 undergraduate and graduate students per year. In terms of research, the UMI 2958 GT CNRS, established in 2006, is globally recognized for excellence in the field of materials. The Lafayette Institute, inaugurated in 2014, is an innovation platform committed to advancing technological development through a singular public-private model of commercialization.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech-Lorraine, the European campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology celebrates its 25\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E\u0026nbsp;anniversary on May 27, 2016.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"President Peterson presides over 25th anniversary ceremony for Georgia Tech-Lorraine in Metz, France."}],"uid":"28797","created_gmt":"2016-05-27 14:24:17","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:21:49","author":"Lance Wallace","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-05-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-05-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"540911":{"id":"540911","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech-Lorraine anniversary celebration","body":null,"created":"1464724800","gmt_created":"2016-05-31 20:00:00","changed":"1475895331","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:55:31","alt":"Georgia Tech-Lorraine anniversary celebration","file":{"fid":"216941","name":"podium.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/podium.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/podium.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":734840,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/podium.jpeg?itok=0NwCXds5"}}},"media_ids":["540911"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.lorraine.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech-Lorraine"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.president.gatech.edu\/publications-presentations\/notes-from-president\/2016\/celebrating-georgia-tech-lorraine-our-flagship","title":"Notes from the President"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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\u003ELance Wallace\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:lance.wallace@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elance.wallace@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lance.wallace@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}