{"589574":{"#nid":"589574","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Georgia Tech Alumni Increasing Efforts to Raise Scholarship Funds for Black Students","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJacqueline Royster, dean of the Ivan Allen College, and Thomas \u0026ldquo;Danny\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;Boston, professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs,\u0026nbsp;were mentioned in \u0026ldquo;Georgia Tech Alumni Increasing Efforts to Raise Scholarship Funds for Black Students\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;by\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Black Alumni Organization has started a year-long campaign to increase the number of its scholarships for black students.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe organization has scheduled a Leaders \u0026amp; Legends event on Sat., April 8 to recognize accomplished alumni, students, staff and faculty. The black-tie\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/2017-leaders-legends-awards-gala-tickets-31922194142\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003Eoptional event\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;will be at Tech\u0026rsquo;s Academy of Medicine, 875 West Peachtree St. in Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe endowment currently provides $35,000 in scholarships.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETech has tried to increase the percentage of African-American students on its campus, which is currently about 7 percent.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article, read\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/local-education\/georgia-tech-alumni-increasing-efforts-raise-scholarship-funds-for-black-students\/kmETOEDcf5ZWdvpEFbqpqM\/\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28513","created_gmt":"2017-03-30 19:43:52","changed_gmt":"2017-03-30 19:43:52","author":"Daniel Singer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/local-education\/georgia-tech-alumni-increasing-efforts-raise-scholarship-funds-for-black-students\/kmETOEDcf5ZWdvpEFbqpqM\/","dateline":{"date":"2017-03-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-03-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"506141":{"id":"506141","type":"image","title":"Jacqueline J. Royster","body":null,"created":"1456765200","gmt_created":"2016-02-29 17:00:00","changed":"1475895265","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:25","alt":"Jacqueline J. Royster","file":{"fid":"204843","name":"royster_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/royster_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/royster_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":48156,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/royster_0.jpg?itok=kxG2Y9Wa"}},"520621":{"id":"520621","type":"image","title":"Thomas \u0022Danny\u0022 Boston","body":null,"created":"1459558800","gmt_created":"2016-04-02 01:00:00","changed":"1539023750","gmt_changed":"2018-10-08 18:35:50","alt":"Outdoor portrait of Dr. Danny Boston","file":{"fid":"206042","name":"10p1000-p15-030.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/10p1000-p15-030_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/10p1000-p15-030_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1105964,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/10p1000-p15-030_0.jpg?itok=SHF5nXUo"}}},"media_ids":["506141","520621"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}