{"658548":{"#nid":"658548","#data":{"type":"news","title":"LMC Course Designs Memorial for Tech Tower White Oak","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen Georgia Tech\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2021\/12\/03\/white-oak-near-tech-tower-planned-removal\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 tabindex=\u0022-1\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eannounced\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;that the iconic white oak tree in front of Tech Tower would be removed during the winter break due to disease, tree enthusiasts across campus and Atlanta mourned its loss. Although its exact age was unknown, the 103-foot-tall tree appears in campus photographs dating back to 1888 \u0026mdash; just three years after the Institute was founded.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/hugh-crawford\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 tabindex=\u0022-1\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EHugh Crawford\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.lmc.gatech.edu\/\u0022 tabindex=\u0022-1\u0022\u003ESchool of Literature, Media, and Communication (LMC)\u003C\/a\u003E, took the removal of the century-old tree as an opportunity to engage with students in LMC about our relationship with trees and their cultural history.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStudents in LMC 2050: A Cultural History of Trees, sponsored by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/serve-learn-sustain.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 tabindex=\u0022-1\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ethe Center for Serve-Learn-Sustain\u003C\/a\u003E, spent the Spring 2022 semester researching the \u0026ldquo;Tech Tower White Oak\u0026rdquo; and constructing a memorial garden for the fallen champion, featuring a slice of the tree, planters made from the oak and a laser-engraved epitaph on a piece of the tree.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.lmc.gatech.edu\/lmc-course-designs-memorial-tech-tower-white-oak\u0022\u003ERead the entire story on the School of LMC website.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The memorial features pieces all made from the white oak: a tree slice, planters, and a laser-engraved epitaph."}],"uid":"36009","created_gmt":"2022-05-26 18:09:43","changed_gmt":"2022-05-26 18:09:43","author":"cwhittle9","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-05-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-05-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"658545":{"id":"658545","type":"image","title":"The memorial includes pieces all made from the white oak: a tree slice, planters, and a laser-engraved epitaph.","body":null,"created":"1653587670","gmt_created":"2022-05-26 17:54:30","changed":"1653587670","gmt_changed":"2022-05-26 17:54:30","alt":"","file":{"fid":"249638","name":"LMC Course Designs Memorial for Tech Tower White Oak mp edits[60] tr copyedit.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/LMC%20Course%20Designs%20Memorial%20for%20Tech%20Tower%20White%20Oak%20mp%20edits%5B60%5D%20tr%20copyedit.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/LMC%20Course%20Designs%20Memorial%20for%20Tech%20Tower%20White%20Oak%20mp%20edits%5B60%5D%20tr%20copyedit.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":326388,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/LMC%20Course%20Designs%20Memorial%20for%20Tech%20Tower%20White%20Oak%20mp%20edits%5B60%5D%20tr%20copyedit.jpeg?itok=V6V9Uw9h"}}},"media_ids":["658545"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"190697","name":"cultural history of trees"},{"id":"190698","name":"tech tower white oak"},{"id":"8755","name":"Hugh Crawford"},{"id":"167943","name":"School of Literature Media and Communication"},{"id":"39781","name":"LMC"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECassidy Chreene Whittle\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\ncwhittle9@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}