{"605778":{"#nid":"605778","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Chemistry, Biology Alumnae To Deliver Commencement Addresses","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology will hold its 255th Commencement ceremonies on May 4-5, 2018, at McCamish Pavilion on the Georgia Tech campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECollege of Sciences\u0026#39; alumnae will address the master\u0026#39;s ceremony\u0026nbsp;and the first of two bachelor\u0026#39;s ceremonies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe master\u0026rsquo;s ceremony is scheduled for 3-5:30 p.m. on May 4; doors open at 1:30 p.m.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EValerie Montgomery Rice, Georgia Tech alumna and president and dean of the Morehouse School of Medicine, will deliver the keynote address. Rice is the sixth president of the Morehouse School of Medicine and the first woman to lead the free-standing medical institution.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShe is a renowned infertility specialist and researcher and has served as the dean of the School of Medicine and senior vice president of health affairs at Meharry Medical College, where she founded and directed the Center for Women\u0026rsquo;s Health Research. She earned a degree in chemistry from Georgia Tech and her medical degree from Harvard Medical School.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe two bachelor\u0026rsquo;s ceremonies are scheduled for May 5. The morning ceremony will run from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Georgia Tech alumna and former astronaut Jan Davis will deliver the keynote address. Davis earned a degree in applied biology from Georgia Tech before going on to complete a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering at Auburn University. She earned her master\u0026rsquo;s and her doctorate in mechanical engineering from the University of Alabama in Huntsville.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring her career at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), she provided technical support for space shuttle payloads, served as the capsule communicator on seven missions and logged more than 673 hours in space on three space flights.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis ceremony includes the following academic disciplines:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ECollege of Computing: Computer Science\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ECollege of Design: Industrial Design and Architecture\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ECollege of Sciences: Psychology, Discrete Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, and Biology\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ECollege of Engineering: Environmental, Civil, Biomedical, Materials Science and Engineering, Industrial, and Aerospace.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMore than 2,120 undergraduates will receive bachelor\u0026rsquo;s degrees. The master\u0026rsquo;s ceremony will award 1,370 master\u0026rsquo;s degrees and the Ph.D. ceremony will award 180 doctorates.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EEDITOR\u0026#39;S NOTE: This item was excerpted from \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2018\/03\/29\/2018-spring-commencement-ceremonies-feature-strong-lineup-speakers?utm_campaign=daily-digest\u0026amp;utm_medium=email\u0026amp;utm_source=dd-article-primary-tlink%3A8197%7C2018-04-09\u0022\u003Ea story by Lance Wallace, published on March 29, 2018, in the Georgia Tech News Center\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Valerie Montgomery Rice and Jan Davis will address graduates on May 4 and 5"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECollege of Sciences alumnae Valerie Montgomery Rice and Jan Davis will address Georgia Tech Spring 2018 graduates on May 4 and 5, respectively\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Valerie Montgomery Rice and Jan Davis received degrees in chemistry and applied biology, respectively"}],"uid":"30678","created_gmt":"2018-05-02 22:29:11","changed_gmt":"2018-05-02 22:44:11","author":"A. 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