{"62120":{"#nid":"62120","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Celebrates 125 Years by Looking Forward","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech turns 125 years old on Oct. 13 and the\nInstitute is marking the occasion with a yearlong celebration of its heritage.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 1885, Atlanta was positioned as the center of the \u201cNew\nSouth.\u201d The Georgia Legislature set aside $65,000 to open a technical school.\nThree years later, the Georgia School of Technology opened its doors, offering\none major to about eighty students on four acres of land off North Avenue.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech now offers degrees through six colleges to more\nthan 20,000 students on its 450-acre campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis year also marks a handful of other milestones, which will be celebrated throughout the year. It is the fiftieth anniversary of the matriculation of black students to campus. Ralph Long Jr., Lawrence Williams, and Ford Green were the first black students to enroll at Tech in 1961. Tech is also celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the Ramblin\u2019 Wreck. Thirty years ago, Georgia Tech founded the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) to assist startup technology companies. Georgia Tech-Lorraine, Tech\u2019s first international campus, celebrates its twentieth anniversary this year.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech has thrived by reinventing itself over its\n125-year history, continuously striving to better serve its students, the State\nof Georgia, and today\u2019s global community. From a school focused primarily on\nundergraduate education, Tech has evolved into a university where excellence in\nresearch, education and service defines the culture.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ETo prepare for the next 25 years, the Institute started a\nstrategic planning process last year. Through public town hall meetings and\nworking groups of students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends, the vision for\nGeorgia Tech in 2035 came to life.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cDesigning the Future,\u201d as the plan is called, launched on\nAugust 31, 2010. The plan contains five overarching goals:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003Eto be among the most highly respected\ntechnology-focused learning institutions in the world,\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Eto sustain and enhance excellence in scholarship\nand research,\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Eto ensure that innovation, entrepreneurship and\npublic service are fundamental characteristics of our graduates,\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Eto expand our global footprint and influence to\nensure that we are graduating good global citizens, and\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Eto relentlessly pursue institutional\neffectiveness.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWithin the goals are initiatives from the campus community that Tech is already\nexploring. These ideas include preparing students for global leadership,\ncreating an experimental college where students could customize their degree\nprograms, pursuing globally significant challenges using the campus and region\nas a test bed for research and application, creating a virtual Georgia Tech\ncampus and becoming the \u201cInnovation Institute.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EInnovation is ingrained in Tech culture, from faculty and\nstaff to students. In fact, in the past year 41 percent of Georgia Tech\ninventors were students. Just last month, Tech\u2019s Communications \u0026amp; Marketing\ndepartment launched a student-designed iPhone app. Tech is looking to expand\nits InVenture Prize, which highlights the best of student innovation every\nspring.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAnother strategy is to enrich the student experience. As\npart of that, Tech has partnered with the Woodruff Arts Center to offer\nstudents a deeply discounted season pass to the High Museum of Art, Alliance\nTheatre and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for the academic year. Additionally, the\nStudent Alumni Association launched in September and already has more than\n1,000 student members.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u201cGeorgia Tech\nwill continue to build upon its strengths as a culture that nurtures innovation\nand that shares a commitment to excellence that will both challenge our\nstudents and enrich their education,\u201d said Tech President G. P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson,\nintroducing the plan to campus. \u201cWe can all look forward to our 150th birthday\nas a celebration of one of the most vital, well-respected and defining\ninstitutions for technology and commerce in the world.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThere\u2019s no doubt that Georgia Tech stands out as a distinctively\ndifferent kind of university, one that is eagerly encouraging and developing\nthe revolutionary technologies of the 21st century. Equipped with the extremely\nrich resources of an outstanding student body and faculty; strong partnerships\nwith business, industry and government; and support from alumni and friends,\nGeorgia Tech is poised to meet and exceed the challenges of the new millennium.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ETo read the full \u201cDesigning the Future\u201d report, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/vision\u0022\u003Ewww.gatech.edu\/vision\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: Mark Delong, Communications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech turns 125 years old on Oct. 13 and the\nInstitute is marking the occasion with a yearlong celebration of its heritage.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech turns 125 years old on Oct. 13 and the Institute is marking the occasion with a yearlong celebration of its heritage."}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2010-10-13 08:53:19","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:38","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-10-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-10-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"62121":{"id":"62121","type":"image","title":"125th Anniversary","body":null,"created":"1449176355","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:59:15","changed":"1475894442","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:42","alt":"125th Anniversary","file":{"fid":"191404","name":"125_Anniversary_-_4_color.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/125_Anniversary_-_4_color_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/125_Anniversary_-_4_color_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":96728,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/125_Anniversary_-_4_color_0.jpg?itok=wgk4DXCu"}}},"media_ids":["62121"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/vision","title":"Georgia Tech Strategic Vision"},{"url":"http:\/\/livinghistory.gatech.edu\/new\/","title":"Georgia Tech Living History"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"}],"keywords":[{"id":"10942","name":"125 years"},{"id":"10943","name":"1885"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["mattnagel@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}