{"611219":{"#nid":"611219","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Register for the Three Minute Thesis Competition By Oct. 3","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPresenting her thesis in three minutes \u0026mdash;\u0026nbsp;this was the challenge that Kelly Michie, a Ph.D. candidate in Biology, faced as she prepared for the 2017 Three Minute Thesis (3MT\u0026reg;) competition.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The 3MT competition really helped me think about how to distill my research down to the most essential components,\u0026rdquo; said Michie, who took home third place for her presentation, \u0026ldquo;Gotta Screen \u0026lsquo;Em All: Discovering Bacterial Genes Required for Wound Infection.\u0026rdquo; \u0026ldquo;It also helped me practice explaining my research in a way that was interesting and made sense to nonbiologists or even nonscientists.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESince 2015, the Georgia Tech version of this competition that started at The University of Queensland, Australia, has challenged graduate students to explain their research in three minutes in a way that someone with no knowledge of the subject would understand. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERegistration for the 2018 competition is currently open until Oct. 3\u0026nbsp;to Tech doctoral students involved in dissertation research and master\u0026rsquo;s students involved in thesis research. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This experience taught me to not be afraid to get really creative and think outside of the box when designing a presentation,\u0026rdquo; Michie said. \u0026ldquo;Also, it was a good opportunity to practice effective presentation skills, such as posture and voice, which can often be overlooked in an academic setting.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWorkshops to assist students with their presentations will be offered beginning in late September, and the preliminary rounds of the competition will be held on Oct. 15,\u0026nbsp;18, and 22.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring the final round of competition on Nov. 7, the top three winners in both the master\u0026rsquo;s and Ph.D. categories will receive research travel grants and a chance to represent\u0026nbsp;Tech at the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools. An audience-selected People\u0026rsquo;s Choice Award will also be awarded.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about Tech\u0026rsquo;s 3MT competition, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UDNLVrJI9AI\u0022\u003Ewatch the video,\u003C\/a\u003E and visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/grad.gatech.edu\/3MT\u0022\u003Egrad.gatech.edu\/3MT\u003C\/a\u003E to register.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe deadline for graduate students to register for this year\u0026#39;s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition is Oct. 3.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The deadline for graduate students to register for this year\u0027s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition is Oct. 3.\u00a0"}],"uid":"34838","created_gmt":"2018-09-10 15:52:28","changed_gmt":"2018-10-05 13:41:05","author":"asiebold3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-09-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-09-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"611226":{"id":"611226","type":"image","title":"Kelly Michie","body":null,"created":"1536595348","gmt_created":"2018-09-10 16:02:28","changed":"1536602711","gmt_changed":"2018-09-10 18:05:11","alt":"Kelly Michie","file":{"fid":"232704","name":"IMG_0516.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/IMG_0516.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/IMG_0516.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":427563,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/IMG_0516.jpg?itok=jN0KvcqY"}}},"media_ids":["611226"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/grad.gatech.edu\/3MT","title":"3MT Competition"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UDNLVrJI9AI","title":"3MT Promotional Video"}],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1808","name":"graduate students"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tatianna.richardson@grad.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ETatianna Richardson\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nOffice of\u0026nbsp;Graduate Studies\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}