{"629079":{"#nid":"629079","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Expeditions \u0026 Education: Mackenzie Sicard and Her First Year at Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIndustrial engineer Mackenzie Sicard led eight incoming freshmen into the Alaskan wilderness.\u0026nbsp;The 11-day expedition covered a lot of ground; the adventurers and their mentors trekked through frosty wilderness with heavy packs, took in the vistas of Denali National Park, dug axes into ice to scale frozen walls and rafted down chilly rivers.\u0026nbsp;Not only was this an outdoor expedition, but it was Sicard\u0026rsquo;s latest\u0026nbsp;venture\u0026nbsp;into leadership.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESicard is a second-year student at the College and a member of the first cohort of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/clarkscholars.coe.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022\u003EClark Scholars\u0026nbsp;Program\u003C\/a\u003E, which\u0026nbsp;creates an academic experience for students combining engineering, leadership and community service.\u0026nbsp;Sicard thrives on personal connection, ambitiously pursues her goals and has a passion for helping others.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERead more about\u0026nbsp;how the Clark Scholars Program has transformed her Georgia Tech experience \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2019\/11\/expeditions-education-mackenzie-sicard-and-her-first-year-tech\u0022\u003Ein her own words\u0026nbsp;here\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Sicard is a second-year student at the College and a member of the first cohort of the\u00a0Clark Scholars\u00a0Program."}],"uid":"35226","created_gmt":"2019-11-18 17:51:17","changed_gmt":"2019-11-18 17:57:23","author":"pouellette3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-11-11T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2019-11-11T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"629078":{"id":"629078","type":"image","title":"Mackenzie Sicard","body":null,"created":"1574099356","gmt_created":"2019-11-18 17:49:16","changed":"1574099356","gmt_changed":"2019-11-18 17:49:16","alt":"","file":{"fid":"239576","name":"MackenzieFlag.JPEG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/MackenzieFlag.JPEG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/MackenzieFlag.JPEG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":730109,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/MackenzieFlag.JPEG?itok=b1qOt_-t"}}},"media_ids":["629078"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2019\/11\/expeditions-education-mackenzie-sicard-and-her-first-year-tech","title":"Expeditions \u0026 Education: Mackenzie Sicard and Her First Year at Tech"}],"groups":[{"id":"604685","name":"Clark Scholars"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"177342","name":"A. James \u0026 Alice B. Clark Foundation"},{"id":"177344","name":"Clark Foundation"},{"id":"446","name":"ORGT"},{"id":"288","name":"Leadership"}],"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":""}}}