{"648511":{"#nid":"648511","#data":{"type":"news","title":"First-Year Fall Abroad Program highlighted by Office of the Provost ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn this month\u0026rsquo;s Office of the Provost Newsletter, the new First-Year Fall Abroad Program in GT Lorraine was highlighted, recognizing the Nunn School\u0026rsquo;s Dr. Vicki Birchfield for her work in making the program a reality.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This group [iGniTe first-years] also includes our first students in the new First-Year Fall Abroad program at Georgia Tech. After the iGniTe program, these first-year students will spend the fall semester at Georgia Tech-Lorraine. What an amazing experience it will be for them! Enormous thanks to everyone who made this happen, including \u003Cstrong\u003EVicki Birchfield\u003C\/strong\u003E, co-director of the Center for European and Transatlantic Studies and professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs; \u003Cstrong\u003ESteven Girardot\u003C\/strong\u003E, interim vice provost for Undergraduate Education; \u003Cstrong\u003EDe Morris Walker\u003C\/strong\u003E, director of Summer and Special Session Initiatives; and many others.\u0026rdquo; \u0026ndash; Steve McLaughlin, Provost and executive Vice President for Academic Affairs\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Dr. Vicki Birchfield is recognized for her work bringing the program to life."}],"uid":"35868","created_gmt":"2021-07-01 18:42:40","changed_gmt":"2021-07-01 18:43:33","author":"amccarty6","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-07-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-07-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}