{"627159":{"#nid":"627159","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Campus parents find unique opportunity in Library","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt\u0026rsquo;s a regularly quiet Thursday morning at the Georgia Tech Library, but in a small corner of the second-floor open study area, there\u0026rsquo;s a buzz of activity involving some of the youngest members of Tech\u0026rsquo;s family.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFamily Storytime, held from 10-11 every Thursday, is a rare opportunity for those living on campus to enjoy a fun and enriching activity aimed solely at children.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIt\u0026rsquo;s a pilot program started by Nadia Szeinbaum, a postdoctoral fellow in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, and Diana Roldan Rueda, a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Public Policy. In Spring 2019 they received a grant from the Office of Diversity\u0026rsquo;s Inclusion and Diversity Fellowship Program to help enrich the experiences of international graduate students with family living on campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;We had a few conversations to understand the needs of spouses and partners of students at Tech, and one of the\u0026nbsp;\u200bsuggestions\u0026nbsp;that came up was to have more activities for children on campus\u0026quot; said Roldan Rueda. \u0026quot; So we contacted Bruce Henson, Jason Wright and Kimberly Goler-Stubbs at the Library. They agreed to host and collaborate with us and have been very helpful throughout the process.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAngela Sanabria is one of the mothers taking advantage of the program. Her husband, Frank, is Fulmer\u0026rsquo;s Building Hall director, and they live on campus. They\u0026rsquo;re new to town, so she brings her 16-month -old daughter to Family Storytime at the Library to get to know campus, other parents, and other children.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We read a lot at home,\u0026rdquo; she said, \u0026ldquo;but I want her to come interact with other children. There are not many activities for young children on campus, so when a friend told me about the program, we decided to give it a try.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EVolunteering to read this week is Jeannie Lightsey, a\u0026nbsp; member of the Georgia Tech Women\u0026rsquo;s Faculty Club. Her husband, Edgar Glenn Lightsey, is the director of the Space Systems Design Lab and associate director of the Center for Space Technology and Research. She\u0026rsquo;s active in the Friends of the Ponce De Leon Branch Library and jumped at the chance to be a part of the fun.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Books are so important for children at this age,\u0026rdquo; she said. \u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s imperative that we get a book in every child\u0026rsquo;s hand.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo learn more about Family Storytime at the Georgia Tech Library, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.library.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Elibrary.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E or interact with the Library on \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=1\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=2ahUKEwjhl8D1sIDlAhVBU98KHXutB08QFjAAegQICBAC\u0026amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FGeorgiaTechLibrary%2F\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw0uaZIzFUKlTd9rMAEJbBEG\u0022\u003EFacebook\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/GTLibrary?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\u0022\u003ETwitter\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=1\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=2ahUKEwj3w5mNsYDlAhVQTt8KHStnAbAQFjAAegQIBBAB\u0026amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fgtlibrary%2F%3Fhl%3Den\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw0-nw6L8fN-Y6wFMamjDkFb\u0022\u003EInstagram\u003C\/a\u003E or \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/gatech\/\u0022\u003EReddit\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Family Storytime held Thursday from 10-11 on second floor"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFamily Storytime, held from 10-11 every Thursday, is a rare opportunity for those living on campus to enjoy a fun and enriching activity aimed solely at children.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Family Storytime, held from 10-11 every Thursday, is a rare opportunity for those living on campus to enjoy a fun and enriching activity aimed solely at children."}],"uid":"28817","created_gmt":"2019-10-04 14:33:15","changed_gmt":"2019-10-04 14:33:15","author":"Jason Wright","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-10-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-10-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"627158":{"id":"627158","type":"image","title":"Family Storytime pic","body":null,"created":"1570199504","gmt_created":"2019-10-04 14:31:44","changed":"1570199504","gmt_changed":"2019-10-04 14:31:44","alt":"","file":{"fid":"238799","name":"IMG_1675.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/IMG_1675.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/IMG_1675.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":827292,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/IMG_1675.jpg?itok=CF7i0dl3"}}},"media_ids":["627158"],"groups":[{"id":"47240","name":"Georgia Tech Library"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"659","name":"Georgia Tech Library"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}