{"59297":{"#nid":"59297","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Northview High Student Wins Ivan Allen College Essay Contest","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENicole Johnston of Northview High School in Duluth, Georgia is the winner of the 2009 Ivan Allen Jr. Civic Responsibility Essay Contest sponsored by the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at Georgia Tech.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe College sponsors the Essay Contest annually to honor the legacy of former Atlanta Mayor Allen, namesake of the college and a man remembered for his social courage, compassion, and leadership during the turbulent civil rights era.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENicole receives a $500 award for her winning essay and an additional $500 toward her enrollment at Georgia Tech.  A Fraebel glass sculpture commemorating the award will reside in the school\u0027s trophy case as a permanent marker of Nicole\u0027s achievement.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA senior at Northview, Nicole maintains a 4.0 GPA and is a campus leader.  Her winning essay described the accomplishments of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to graduate medical school in the United States and a pioneer of American medicine whom Nicole described as, \u0022a revolutionary, a pioneer, and a harbinger of women\u0027s rights\u0022 who in the \u0022face of adversity and ostracism\u0022 paved the way for women to enter a \u0022formerly male dominated field.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENicole was accompanied at the awards ceremony by her mother and by her teacher, Ms. Lonna Upton.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Nicole Johnston Recognized at IAC Founder\u0027s Day Awards"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Nicole Johnston of Northview High School in Duluth, Georgia is the winner of the 2009 Ivan Allen Jr. Civic Responsibility Essay Contest sponsored by the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at Georgia Tech.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Johnston Wins Ivan Allen Jr. Civic Responsibility Essay Contest"}],"uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2009-03-26 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:38","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-03-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-03-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"59298":{"id":"59298","type":"image","title":"tpr00900.jpg","body":null,"created":"1449176221","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:57:01","changed":"1475894385","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:45","alt":"","file":{"fid":"190954","name":"tpr00900.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tpr00900_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tpr00900_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":32766,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tpr00900_0.jpg?itok=6imptvEZ"}}},"media_ids":["59298"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.foundersday.iac.gatech.edu\/","title":"Ivan Allen College Founder\\\u0027s Day Awards"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1057","name":"Essay Contest Winner"},{"id":"1056","name":"Ivan Allen Jr. Civic Responsibility Essay Contest"},{"id":"1055","name":"Nicole Johnston"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ERebecca Keane\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=rkeane3\u0022\u003EContact Rebecca Keane\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-1720\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}