{"621127":{"#nid":"621127","#data":{"type":"news","title":"From Ballet to Business: Heather Arentson Is On Pointe ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA Venn diagram of ballet and business analytics would find Heather Arentson positioned firmly in the intersection.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShe describes it as a \u0026quot;tour jet\u0026eacute;\u0026quot; of sorts. She made the decision to pivot her career from professional dance to a degree in analytics. The former ballerina is graduating this spring from Tech\u0026rsquo;s Online Master of Science in Analytics program.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDespite having no formal training in computer programming, she completed the program in two years and has already secured a fulltime job as a data analyst.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;As I was looking to transition out of my ballet career, I knew I needed to go back to school and that I wanted to study something technical with broad, real-world applications,\u0026rdquo; Arentson said. \u0026ldquo;Analytics fits this bill perfectly.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/features\/ballet-business-analytics-heather-arentson-pointe\u0022\u003ERead the full story\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFormer ballerina Heather Arentson is graduating this spring from Tech\u0026rsquo;s Online Master of Science in Analytics program.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Former ballerina Heather Arentson is graduating this spring from Tech\u2019s Online Master of Science in Analytics program."}],"uid":"27713","created_gmt":"2019-04-30 17:08:59","changed_gmt":"2019-05-02 19:07:41","author":"Victor Rogers","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-04-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-04-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"621136":{"id":"621136","type":"image","title":"Heather Arentson","body":null,"created":"1556646395","gmt_created":"2019-04-30 17:46:35","changed":"1556646414","gmt_changed":"2019-04-30 17:46:54","alt":"Heather Arentson is a former ballerina. ","file":{"fid":"236601","name":"Calmes3.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Calmes3.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Calmes3.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":309680,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Calmes3.jpg?itok=EU0MOaIM"}},"621135":{"id":"621135","type":"image","title":"Heather Arentson","body":null,"created":"1556646158","gmt_created":"2019-04-30 17:42:38","changed":"1556646184","gmt_changed":"2019-04-30 17:43:04","alt":"Heather Arentson ","file":{"fid":"236600","name":"005.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/005.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/005.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":740282,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/005.jpg?itok=Og-sm_eB"}}},"media_ids":["621136","621135"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/features\/ballet-business-analytics-heather-arentson-pointe","title":"Read Heather\u0027s Story"},{"url":"https:\/\/pe.gatech.edu\/degrees\/analytics","title":"Online Master of Science in Analytics"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"},{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"181206","name":"Heather Arentson"},{"id":"181212","name":"online master of science in analytics"},{"id":"627","name":"commencement"},{"id":"629","name":"graduation"},{"id":"1808","name":"graduate students"},{"id":"174346","name":"profiles"},{"id":"14511","name":"online learning"}],"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":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:victor.rogers@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EVictor Rogers\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["victor.rogers@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}