{"632439":{"#nid":"632439","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Graduate SGA Launches Inaugural Grad Gala","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn Friday, March 6, the graduate Student Government Association (SGA) will host its first-ever Grad Gala at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History. The evening will consist of dancing, music, food, and drinks. All graduate students, faculty, staff, administration, and alumni are welcome to attend. Formal dress is required.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Grad Gala is designed to help graduate students deepen their connection to the Georgia Tech community. Students will be able to spend an elegant evening celebrating their graduate school experience with a night of mingling and networking with their peers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETickets for the event include access to the Fernbank Museum and its exhibits during the gala. In selecting Fernbank as the venue, the graduate SGA considered it a perfect place to celebrate stories \u0026mdash; and in particular, graduate students\u0026rsquo; stories \u0026mdash; and to launch what the organization hopes will be a new Georgia Tech tradition.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Our entire team is extremely excited to be planning the Gala for their peers this year,\u0026rdquo; said Harshit Daga, Vice President of Graduate Events, and Jyotsna Ramachandran, Vice President of Graduate Conference Funds. \u0026ldquo;We hope that this will be a memorable evening that will be cherished by graduate students for years to come.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGrad Gala tickets are currently on sale through \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.universitytickets.com\/w\/event.aspx?id=1611\u0026amp;p=1\u0026amp;fbclid=IwAR0wmvl-YNlyOEq4gOLy4hfH-3DRPzEIkiQz3_Bp_EZkKmNrAZT-xfOvte4\u0022\u003EUniversity Tickets\u003C\/a\u003E and will be available until Feb. 27 for students and March 3 for faculty, staff, and administration. Signups for free transportation to and from the venue can be found \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.universitytickets.com\/w\/event.aspx?id=1642\u0026amp;p=1\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E until March 1, though free parking is also available at Fernbank.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about the event, visit the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2528811210734455\/\u0022\u003EFacebook\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.campuslabs.com\/engage\/event\/5559297\u0022\u003EEngage\u003C\/a\u003E event pages or SGA\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/bit.ly\/gradgala_faqs\u0022\u003EFAQs\u003C\/a\u003E about the event. Learn more about SGA at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sga.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Esga.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe event on March 6 will feature food, dancing, and networking.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The event on March 6 will feature food, dancing, and networking."}],"uid":"34946","created_gmt":"2020-02-13 19:34:42","changed_gmt":"2020-02-27 18:59:39","author":"gwyner3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-02-20T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2020-02-20T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"631900":{"id":"631900","type":"image","title":"Inaugural Grad Gala","body":null,"created":"1580406012","gmt_created":"2020-01-30 17:40:12","changed":"1580406012","gmt_changed":"2020-01-30 17:40:12","alt":"Flyer for Grad SGA\u0027s inaugural Grad Gala on 3\/6\/2020.","file":{"fid":"240426","name":"3f9301d2-6d9a-42a1-9afe-09a94e40ac6a297292a2-e259-4524-9a12-7fdab1fd7d2a.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/3f9301d2-6d9a-42a1-9afe-09a94e40ac6a297292a2-e259-4524-9a12-7fdab1fd7d2a.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/3f9301d2-6d9a-42a1-9afe-09a94e40ac6a297292a2-e259-4524-9a12-7fdab1fd7d2a.png","mime":"image\/png","size":149233,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/3f9301d2-6d9a-42a1-9afe-09a94e40ac6a297292a2-e259-4524-9a12-7fdab1fd7d2a.png?itok=f1rO-pfN"}},"632763":{"id":"632763","type":"image","title":"Graduate Events Team 2020","body":null,"created":"1582225260","gmt_created":"2020-02-20 19:01:00","changed":"1582225260","gmt_changed":"2020-02-20 19:01:00","alt":"Six graduate students stand smiling in the Student Center.","file":{"fid":"240766","name":"Grad Events Team.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Grad%20Events%20Team.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Grad%20Events%20Team.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":103006,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Grad%20Events%20Team.jpg?itok=mklOUVac"}}},"media_ids":["631900","632763"],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"166922","name":"sga"},{"id":"181112","name":"Georgia Tech Student Government Association"},{"id":"67651","name":"graduate student government"},{"id":"183953","name":"formal dance"},{"id":"81601","name":"Fernbank"}],"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:stucomm@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGrace Wyner\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}