{"63924":{"#nid":"63924","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Students: Host a High Schooler as Part of Connect with Tech!","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EConnect with Tech is\nGeorgia Tech\u2019s overnight visitation program for high-achieving prospective\nstudents. High school seniors are invited to visit Tech for a night, arriving\non Sunday afternoon and staying through Monday afternoon. A host\u2019s weekend\nresponsibilities include attending a pre-session meeting on Sunday, being\npresent through Sunday evening, hosting their student where they live Sunday\nnight and assisting with programming on Monday. Connect with Tech holds\nsessions in the spring and fall, totaling about six to eight per year.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EHosts are selected\nthrough a competitive process including group and individual interviews. As\npart of the program, hosts are privileged to build relationships with other\nstudent leaders, faculty, staff and administration. Hosts also receive\nleadership training, attend social activities with others hosts and are tasked\nwith representing Georgia Tech to prospective future Yellow Jackets and their\nfamilies.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThrough Connect with\nTech, we get to give back to the community by helping high school seniors make\nan educated college decision,\u201d said Nakul Chitalia, a past Connect with Tech\nhost. \u201cI like the fact that within 24 hours you can not only convey a great\ndeal of information about GT, but also make a new friend.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech-adm.edu.185r.net\/survey\/index.php?time=2011-01-31%2000:00:00\u0026amp;id=124\u0026amp;timeID=30\u0022\u003EApply online\u003C\/a\u003E to be a host\nfor 2011-12 sessions at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cwt.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ecwt.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E. Application\ndeadline is Wednesday, Feb. 9, at 5 p.m. For more information, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cwt.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ecwt.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;or attend a Connect with Tech information session on Thursday,\nFeb. 3, at 11:15 a.m. or 6:15 p.m. at the Bill Moore Student Success Center.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Get in - give back - host!"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EConnect with Tech is Georgia Tech\u0027s overnight visitation program for prospective students.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Connect with Tech is Georgia Tech\u0027s overnight visitation program for prospective students."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2011-01-27 15:22:32","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:06","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-02-01T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-02-01T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"63925":{"id":"63925","type":"image","title":"connect with tech","body":null,"created":"1449176708","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:05:08","changed":"1475894561","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:41","alt":"connect with tech","file":{"fid":"191897","name":"CWT.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/CWT_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/CWT_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":117345,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/CWT_0.jpg?itok=_rir4izX"}}},"media_ids":["63925"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.admission.gatech.edu\/images\/pdf\/FAQ_CWT.pdf","title":"Connect with Tech FAQs"},{"url":"http:\/\/cwt.gatech.edu\/","title":"Connect with Tech"},{"url":"http:\/\/gatechadmissions.blogspot.com\/2010\/10\/sign-up-for-connect-with-tech.html","title":"Criteria for prospective high school attendees"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"3943","name":"connect with tech"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/cwt.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EConnect with Tech\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kristen.shaw@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKristen Shaw\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EStudent Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E Communications \u0026amp; Marketing\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}