{"606901":{"#nid":"606901","#data":{"type":"news","title":"10 Years of Touring","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETen years ago, President G.P. \u0026ldquo;Bud\u0026rdquo; Peterson and first lady Val Peterson set off on their first tour around the state to meet with alumni, stakeholders, and friends of Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis year, they\u0026rsquo;ll return to some of the places they visited that first year, as well as several others around the state.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe 2018 tour begins Monday, June 18, continuing through June 21 with stops in Hawkinsville, Fort Valley, Macon, Milledgeville, Sandersville, Augusta, Elberton, Athens, Carnesville, Toccoa, and Gainesville.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESince 2009, the summer tours have covered nearly 7,500 miles and almost all of Georgia\u0026rsquo;s 159 counties, with around 250 events and meetings in more than 100 cities. The map above shows where the president and first lady have been the past 10 years.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u0026rsquo;s tour traverses nearly 650 miles and 27 counties, with 30 total events. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gtalumni.org\/s\/1481\/alumni\/17\/interior-wide.aspx?sid=1481\u0026amp;gid=21\u0026amp;pgid=13782\u0026amp;source=2018print\u0022\u003ESee details for the tour\u0026#39;s public events\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"President to Embark on 10th Annual Summer Tour"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETen years ago, President G.P. \u0026ldquo;Bud\u0026rdquo; Peterson and first lady Val Peterson set off on their first tour around the state to meet with alumni, stakeholders, industry partners, and friends of Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Ten years ago, President G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson and first lady Val Peterson set off on their first tour around the state to meet with alumni, stakeholders, and friends of Georgia Tech."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2018-06-11 19:07:21","changed_gmt":"2018-06-18 13:40:07","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-06-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-06-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"606900":{"id":"606900","type":"image","title":"2018 Summer Tour","body":null,"created":"1528743930","gmt_created":"2018-06-11 19:05:30","changed":"1529081153","gmt_changed":"2018-06-15 16:45:53","alt":"2018 Summer Tour","file":{"fid":"231567","name":"tourmap-news2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tourmap-news2.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tourmap-news2.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":416239,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tourmap-news2.jpg?itok=3ZYULCV1"}}},"media_ids":["606900"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.gtalumni.org\/s\/1481\/alumni\/17\/interior-wide.aspx?sid=1481\u0026gid=21\u0026pgid=13782\u0026source=2018print","title":"2018 Summer Tour Events"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"},{"id":"47398","name":"GCR (Office of Government and Community Relations)"},{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1271","name":"President"},{"id":"288","name":"Leadership"},{"id":"169299","name":"summer tour"},{"id":"342","name":"Georgia"},{"id":"506","name":"alumni"},{"id":"15363","name":"Government and Community Relations"},{"id":"4152","name":"whistle"}],"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":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}