{"648224":{"#nid":"648224","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Alumnus M. Brian Blake Named Georgia State University President","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EM. Brian Blake (EE \u0026#39;94), executive vice president for Academic Affairs and provost at George Washington University, has been named the eighth president of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gsu.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia State University\u003C\/a\u003E by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. The Georgia Institute of Technology alumnus will become the first Black president in the university\u0026rsquo;s history.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBlake will succeed Mark Becker, who served for 12 years. As\u0026nbsp;president, Becker led Georgia State to become the largest institution of higher education\u0026nbsp;in the state and one of the top 10 in the nation by student enrollment. Founded in 1913, Georgia State touts a diverse majority-minority student population.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs George Washington University provost, Blake oversaw the academic mission of the institution, including its 14 schools and colleges. Prior to joining George Washington in 2019, Blake was executive vice president for Academics and provost at Drexel University in Philadelphia for four years. He was also vice provost for Academic Affairs and dean of the Graduate School at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe was an associate dean for Research and professor at the University of Notre Dame College of Engineering, where he provided oversight for research programs and graduate studies. Prior to Notre Dame, Blake was on faculty at Georgetown University, where he was chair of the Department of Computer Science.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA Georgia native, Blake holds a bachelor\u0026rsquo;s degree in electrical engineering from Georgia Tech, a master\u0026rsquo;s degree in electrical engineering from Mercer University, and a Ph.D. in information and software engineering from George Mason University.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBlake begins his tenure as Georgia State University president on August 9.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Blake Becomes First Black President in University\u0027s History"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech alumnus M. Brian Blake,\u0026nbsp;provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at George Washington University, has been named Georgia State University\u0026rsquo;s first Black president.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech alumnus M. Brian Blake,\u00a0provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at George Washington University, has been named Georgia State University\u2019s first Black president."}],"uid":"34932","created_gmt":"2021-06-18 16:28:07","changed_gmt":"2021-06-22 14:45:20","author":"Courtney Hill","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-06-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-06-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"648225":{"id":"648225","type":"image","title":"M. Brian Blake","body":null,"created":"1624033787","gmt_created":"2021-06-18 16:29:47","changed":"1624033787","gmt_changed":"2021-06-18 16:29:47","alt":"","file":{"fid":"246075","name":"MBrianBlake_headshot_cr.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/MBrianBlake_headshot_cr.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/MBrianBlake_headshot_cr.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":280549,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/MBrianBlake_headshot_cr.jpeg?itok=rDTPTgAt"}}},"media_ids":["648225"],"groups":[{"id":"638045","name":" Diversity and Inclusion Education and Training "},{"id":"1313","name":"Institute Diversity"},{"id":"1307","name":"Office of Minority Education and Development (OMED)"},{"id":"535141","name":"Staff Diversity"},{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2511","name":"black"},{"id":"506","name":"alumni"},{"id":"5063","name":"Georgia State University"}],"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\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":""}}}