{"627031":{"#nid":"627031","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Joe Bankoff and Alumna Archel Bernard to be Honored at 2020 Gold \u0026 White Honors Gala","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFormer \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/inta.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003C\/a\u003E Chair \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/bankoff\u0022\u003EJoe Bankoff\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/lmc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Literature, Media, and Communication\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E alumna \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.itsarchel.com\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EArchel Bernard\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;will be honored by\u0026nbsp;the\u003Cstrong\u003E Georgia Tech Alumni Association\u003C\/strong\u003E at the eighth annual \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gtalumni.org\/s\/1481\/alumni\/17\/interior-wide.aspx?sid=1481\u0026amp;gid=21\u0026amp;pgid=763\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGold \u0026amp; White Honors Gala\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E on February\u0026nbsp;13, 2020.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEach\u0026nbsp;year,\u0026nbsp;the Alumni Association presents\u0026nbsp;its four highest awards to eight distinguished members of the Georgia Tech community in recognition of their service to the Institute, their contributions to their communities, and in celebration of the inspiration they provide for\u0026nbsp;alumni leaders of tomorrow.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBankoff will receive \u003Cstrong\u003EThe Honorary Alumni Award\u003C\/strong\u003E, which\u0026nbsp;honors non\u0026ndash;alumni who have devoted themselves to the greater good of Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;At the end of June 2019, he\u0026nbsp;transitioned from chair of the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs to the role of professor of the practice. The change capped seven years of leadership that, in collaboration with faculty, brought cohesion, identity, partnerships, and a stronger reputation for the School, both on campus and beyond.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo learn more more about Bankoff\u0026#39;s legacy as chair, read this \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/news-events\/stories\/2019\/8\/reflections-steps-chair-nunn-school-joe-bankoff-looks-47-years\/624171\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Erecent retrospective feature\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBernard will receive\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Outstanding Young Alumni Award\u003C\/strong\u003E, which honors alumni younger than 40 who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and service to Georgia Tech, the Alumni Association, the general welfare of their communities and their professions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBernard graduated with a Bachelor\u0026#39;s in Science, Technology, and Culture (now LMC) from the School of Literature, Media, and Communication in 2011. After graduating, she\u0026nbsp;moved to Monrovia, Liberia\u0026mdash;her ancestral homeland which her parents had fled in the 1980s during a brutal civil unrest. She has since helped train and employ disadvantaged Liberians by creating her fashion business,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.shopbombchel.com\/pages\/about-us\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Bombchel Factory\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELearn more about Bernard\u0026#39;s work by reading her \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/community\/alumni-success\/archel-bernard\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Ealumni success story\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and the School of Literature, Media, and Communication are units of the \u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFormer \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/inta.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003C\/a\u003E Chair \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/bankoff\u0022\u003EJoe Bankoff\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/lmc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Literature, Media, and Communication\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E alumna \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.itsarchel.com\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EArchel Bernard\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp; will be\u0026nbsp;honored by The\u003Cstrong\u003E Georgia Tech Alumni Association\u003C\/strong\u003E at the eighth annual \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gtalumni.org\/s\/1481\/alumni\/17\/interior-wide.aspx?sid=1481\u0026amp;gid=21\u0026amp;pgid=763\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGold \u0026amp; White Honors Gala\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E on February\u0026nbsp;13, 2020.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Every year,\u00a0the Alumni Association confers\u00a0its four highest awards to eight distinguished members of the Georgia Tech community in recognition of their service to the Institute and their communities."}],"uid":"34559","created_gmt":"2019-10-02 18:14:29","changed_gmt":"2019-10-09 21:37:12","author":"pdemerritt3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-10-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-10-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"627042":{"id":"627042","type":"image","title":"Archel Bernard and Joe Bankoff","body":null,"created":"1570041174","gmt_created":"2019-10-02 18:32:54","changed":"1572290644","gmt_changed":"2019-10-28 19:24:04","alt":"A side by side photo of Archel Bernard and Joe Bankoff","file":{"fid":"239223","name":"archel-bankoff.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/archel-bankoff.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/archel-bankoff.png","mime":"image\/png","size":252650,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/archel-bankoff.png?itok=JJ83xGgh"}}},"media_ids":["627042"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"31391","name":"Joe Bankoff"},{"id":"169101","name":"Archel Bernard"},{"id":"172338","name":"Alumni Georgia Tech Alumni Association"},{"id":"182527","name":"The Bombchel factory"},{"id":"182528","name":"White and Gold Gala"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nrebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404.894.1720\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}