{"658609":{"#nid":"658609","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Georgia Tech to Offer Hebrew, Swahili Courses to Deepen Africa, Middle East Ties","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/stenport\u0022\u003EAnna Westerstahl Stenport\u003C\/a\u003E, professor of Global Studies and chair in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/modlangs.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Modern Languages\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and founding co-director of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/atlantaglobalstudies.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EAtlanta Global Studies Center\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(AGSC), discussed the new Hebrew and Swahili\u0026nbsp;language offerings in the School of Modern Languages in the article \u0026quot;Georgia Tech to Offer Hebrew, Swahili Courses to Deepen Africa, Middle East Ties\u0026quot; published on August 6, 2020, on\u0026nbsp;Global Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAn excerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Enhancing global competence and cross-cultural understanding are core priorities of the School of Modern Languages,\u0026quot; Stenport said.\u0026nbsp;\u0026quot;By adding Hebrew and Swahili, we are strengthening our efforts in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/modlangs.gatech.edu\/degrees\/minors-MENAS\u0022\u003EMiddle Eastern and North African Studies\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and applied language learning to serve all Georgia Tech students, regardless of major.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36009","created_gmt":"2022-05-31 17:19:07","changed_gmt":"2022-05-31 17:55:04","author":"cwhittle9","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.globalatlanta.com\/georgia-tech-to-offer-hebrew-swahili-courses-to-deepen-africa-middle-east-ties\/","dateline":{"date":"2020-08-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-08-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"522151":{"id":"522151","type":"image","title":"Anna Westerst\u00e5hl Stenport","body":null,"created":"1460066401","gmt_created":"2016-04-07 22:00:01","changed":"1475895291","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:51","alt":"Anna Westerst\u00e5hl Stenport","file":{"fid":"206065","name":"stenport_small.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/stenport_small_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/stenport_small_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":47253,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/stenport_small_0.jpg?itok=_qMn0TBB"}}},"media_ids":["522151"],"groups":[{"id":"612000","name":"Atlanta Global Studies Center (AGSC)"},{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"185493","name":"Hebrew"},{"id":"185494","name":"Swahili"},{"id":"102311","name":"Global Atlanta"},{"id":"167342","name":"School of Modern Languages"},{"id":"103281","name":"Critical Languages"}],"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":""}}}