{"634389":{"#nid":"634389","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Illuminate Tech Speaker Series Goes Virtual","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn Thursday, April 16, the Student Government Association (SGA) will be hosting the spring version of their Illuminate Tech speaker series online. The \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bit.ly\/illuminate_tech_spring2020_bluejeans\u0022\u003EBlueJeans broadcast\u003C\/a\u003E is open to all members of the Georgia Tech community and will be live from 4:30 to 6 p.m. The event will feature four student speakers:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ESara Al Khatib, fourth-year civil engineering major\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EOlivia Amyette, third-year computer science major\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EPedro Arango, fourth-year biomedical engineering major\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EThaleia-Dimitra Doudali, Ph.D. student in computer science\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEach student will speak about a certain struggle they\u0026rsquo;ve faced and how they were able to overcome it.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Illuminate Tech series showcases student and faculty speakers each semester. In March, three professors \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.calendar.gatech.edu\/event\/633296\u0022\u003Eshared their stories\u003C\/a\u003E; the students were set to take the stage later in the spring. In light of the recent COVID-19 crisis, SGA decided to proceed with the series virtually, as it believes that highlighting students\u0026rsquo; stories of perseverance is more important now than ever.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;These talks provide speakers with an opportunity to share their personal stories, which can inspire, motivate, instill hope, and transform the Tech student community, while promoting awareness about the struggles and hard work of the speakers\u0026rsquo; personal or professional lives,\u0026rdquo; said Harshit Daga, vice president of graduate events for graduate SGA.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIlluminate Tech started last fall with talks by three student speakers. Click \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/2019\/11\/06\/illuminate-tech-speaker-series-feature-students\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E to learn more about what they talked about and hoped to do by sharing their stories. More information about this semester\u0026#39;s virtual event can be found on graduate SGA\u0026#39;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/847076532476934\/\u0022\u003EFacebook page\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFour student speakers will be sharing their stories over BlueJeans.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Four student speakers will be sharing their stories over BlueJeans."}],"uid":"34946","created_gmt":"2020-04-15 15:42:39","changed_gmt":"2020-04-15 18:10:39","author":"gwyner3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-04-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-04-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"634388":{"id":"634388","type":"image","title":"Illuminate Tech Virtual Flyer","body":null,"created":"1586965204","gmt_created":"2020-04-15 15:40:04","changed":"1586965204","gmt_changed":"2020-04-15 15:40:04","alt":"A flyer for the Student Government Association\u0027s virtual Illuminate Tech speaker series on April 16, 2020.","file":{"fid":"241403","name":"Illuminate Tech FBPost .png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Illuminate%20Tech%20FBPost%20.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Illuminate%20Tech%20FBPost%20.png","mime":"image\/png","size":332417,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Illuminate%20Tech%20FBPost%20.png?itok=feI6-0bA"}}},"media_ids":["634388"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/bit.ly\/illuminate_tech_spring2020_bluejeans","title":"BlueJeans Link"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"166922","name":"sga"},{"id":"166923","name":"student government association"},{"id":"167227","name":"Speaker series"},{"id":"182999","name":"illuminate tech"},{"id":"171419","name":"Student Speakers"},{"id":"184484","name":"virtual event"}],"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":""}}}