{"65010":{"#nid":"65010","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Japan Work and Study Abroad Programs Impacted by Disaster","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESix Georgia Tech students who planned to spend spring semester\n        in Japan as part of the Institute\u0027s work and study abroad\n        programs have left the country as\n        directed by a U.S. State Department Travel Warning issued\n        following the earthquake and tsunami. Contact has been made with\n        two other students who have voluntarily decided to remain in Japan\u003Cem\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen the earthquake and tsunami initially impacted Japan, contact was made with Georgia Tech students who were planning to or already participating in study and work abroad programs in that country.\u0026nbsp; Georgia Tech was able to determine that all of those students were safe.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Institute continues to closely monitor conditions for the approximately 69 students participating in programs located in the Pacific Rim outside of Japan, however no action is necessary at this time.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo keep the Georgia Tech community informed\n      about\n      opportunities to assist Japan and our expertise in areas spanning\n      from\n      engineering to logistics, a new \u201cFocus on Japan\u201d website has been\n      launched. The\n      site, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/japan\/\u0022\u003Ewww.gatech.edu\/japan\/\u003C\/a\u003E, will be continually updated as\n      Georgia Tech\u2019s response\n      to the crisis evolves.\u003C\/p\u003E\n    \u003Cp\u003EThe site also features \u201cHow You Can Help,\u201d\n      providing links\n      to relief organizations and information on student outreach\n      activities. For\n      example, students are in the process of initiating fundraising as\n      well as blood\n      drives and other efforts that will begin after spring break. Resources including information on travel advisories, nuclear energy and other topics will also be\n      included on the site.\u003C\/p\u003E\n    \u003Cp align=\u0022center\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"State Department Issues Travel Advisory"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEight Georgia Tech students who planned to\n      spend spring\n      semester in Japan as part of the International Work Abroad and\n      Office of\n      International Education (OIE) programs have left the country as\n      directed by a U.S. State Department travel advisory issued\n      following the earthquake\n      and tsunami. \u0026nbsp;Contact has been made with\n      a student and faculty advisor who remain there.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Eight Georgia Tech students who planned to spend spring semester in Japan have left the country as directed by a U.S. State Department travel advisory."}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2011-03-17 18:39:26","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:22","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-03-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-03-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"65011":{"id":"65011","type":"image","title":"Disaster Strikes Japan","body":null,"created":"1449176783","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:06:23","changed":"1475894574","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:54","alt":"Disaster Strikes Japan","file":{"fid":"192143","name":"map_japan.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/map_japan_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/map_japan_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":56169,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/map_japan_0.jpg?itok=2yrcvUoj"}}},"media_ids":["65011"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/japan\/","title":"Focus on Japan"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"5770","name":"Earthquake"},{"id":"751","name":"Japan"},{"id":"9055","name":"office of international education"},{"id":"170935","name":"study abroad program"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELisa Grovenstein, 404-894-8835\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}