{"638677":{"#nid":"638677","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Receives INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award for Seventh Consecutive Year","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology has received the 2020 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EINSIGHT Into Diversity\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;magazine, one of the oldest and largest diversity-focused publications in higher education. As a recipient of the annual HEED Award \u0026mdash; a national honor recognizing colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion \u0026mdash; Georgia Tech will be featured along with 89 other recipients in the magazine\u0026#39;s November 2020 issue.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis is the seventh consecutive year the Institute has been named a HEED Award recipient.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Our diversity and inclusion core values support our vision for building and sustaining an inclusive and welcoming community,\u0026rdquo; said Archie Ervin, vice president for Institute Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (IDEI). \u0026ldquo;In the years ahead, these values will also undergird our commitment to ensuring success for all our students, staff, and faculty so they can thrive and succeed unimpeded by social barriers.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOpen to all colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada, the award measures an institution\u0026rsquo;s level of achievement and intensity of commitment in regard to broadening diversity and inclusion on campus through initiatives, programs, and outreach; student recruitment, retention, and completion; and hiring practices for faculty and staff.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe HEED Award announcement comes on the heels of Tech\u0026rsquo;s enrollment of a record number of first-year, transfer, and dual-enrollment students this fall\u0026nbsp;and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/diversity.gatech.edu\/news\/jackson-truitt-named-inaugural-director-diversity-and-inclusion-education-training\u0022\u003EIDEI\u0026rsquo;s creation of Diversity and Inclusion Education and Training earlier this year\u003C\/a\u003E to lead a broad range of education and training focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion for the campus community.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;The\u0026nbsp;HEED\u0026nbsp;Award process consists of a comprehensive and rigorous application that includes questions relating to the recruitment and retention of students and employees\u0026nbsp;\u0026mdash;\u0026nbsp;and best practices for both\u0026nbsp;\u0026mdash;\u0026nbsp;continued leadership support for diversity, and other aspects of campus diversity and inclusion,\u0026quot; said Lenore Pearlstein, co-publisher of\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EINSIGHT Into Diversity\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Emagazine. \u0026quot;As we continue to see a record number of\u0026nbsp;HEED\u0026nbsp;Award applicants each year, nearly every school tells us they use the application itself as a tool to create new programs and to benchmark their accomplishments across campus. The process allows them to reflect on their successes and also determine where more work needs to be done. We also continue to raise the standards in selecting\u0026nbsp;HEED\u0026nbsp;institutions.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo learn more and for a full listing of 2020 HEED Award recipients, visit\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.insightintodiversity.com\/about-the-heed-award\/2020-recipients\/\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.insightintodiversity.com\/about-the-heed-award\/2020-recipients\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor the seventh consecutive year, Georgia Tech\u0026nbsp;has been named a HEED Award recipient \u0026mdash; a national honor recognizing colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"For the seventh consecutive year, Georgia Tech\u00a0has been named a HEED Award recipient."}],"uid":"34932","created_gmt":"2020-09-01 18:19:39","changed_gmt":"2020-09-01 20:13:03","author":"Courtney Hill","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-09-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-09-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"638678":{"id":"638678","type":"image","title":"For the seventh consecutive year, Georgia Tech has been named a HEED Award recipient.","body":null,"created":"1598984892","gmt_created":"2020-09-01 18:28:12","changed":"1598984892","gmt_changed":"2020-09-01 18:28:12","alt":"","file":{"fid":"242854","name":"2020HEED.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2020HEED.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2020HEED.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":55087,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/2020HEED.jpg?itok=bxEHKf1M"}}},"media_ids":["638678"],"groups":[{"id":"638045","name":" Diversity and Inclusion Education and Training "},{"id":"535131","name":"ADVANCE"},{"id":"1313","name":"Institute Diversity"},{"id":"58061","name":"Office of Hispanic Initiatives"},{"id":"1307","name":"Office of Minority Education and Development (OMED)"},{"id":"535141","name":"Staff Diversity"},{"id":"132371","name":"The Center for the Study of Women, Science, and Technology"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"736","name":"diversity"},{"id":"10351","name":"inclusion"},{"id":"142101","name":"HEED Award"},{"id":"306","name":"equity"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECourtney Hill\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCommunications Manager\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nInstitute Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\ncourtney.hill@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["courtney.hill@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}