{"665070":{"#nid":"665070","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Receives Grant from Johnson \u0026 Johnson for New Bridge to Employment Program ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech was recently awarded a $100,000 grant from Johnson \u0026amp; Johnson. As part of the grant, Project ENGAGES (Engaging New Generations at Georgia Tech through Engineering \u0026amp; Science) will serve as the coordinating site entity for Johnson \u0026amp; Johnson\u0026rsquo;s new Bridge to Employment (BTE) program.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EProject ENGAGES is an education program supported by Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience that partners with seven minority-serving public high schools in the City of Atlanta\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We\u0026rsquo;re thrilled to have been selected as the site for Atlanta,\u0026rdquo; said Damon Williams, Co-Director of ENGAGES and Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence at the College of Engineering. \u0026ldquo;Johnson \u0026amp; Johnson\u0026rsquo;s BTE program perfectly embodies ENGAGES overall mission \u0026ndash;\u0026nbsp;expose more underrepresented students to career path possibilities in engineering and science.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOver the next three years ENGAGES will work with BTE to increase the number of Atlanta-area high school students enrolling in higher education. The grant aims to mentor and support 35-50 students from 10\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E grade through graduation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This partnership with Johnson \u0026amp; Johnson will help us reach even more students,\u0026rdquo; said Lakeita Servance, ENGAGES Program Manager and Director of the Atlanta BTE program. \u0026ldquo;This is a really exciting time, and we look forward to bringing more awareness to STEM-related activities and opportunities.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Over the next three years ENGAGES will work with BTE to increase the number of Atlanta-area high school students enrolling in higher education."}],"uid":"27255","created_gmt":"2023-01-24 21:40:20","changed_gmt":"2023-01-24 21:42:53","author":"Josie Giles","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-01-24T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-01-24T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"665071":{"id":"665071","type":"image","title":"Project ENGAGES Students","body":null,"created":"1674596474","gmt_created":"2023-01-24 21:41:14","changed":"1674596474","gmt_changed":"2023-01-24 21:41:14","alt":"Georgia Tech\u0027s Project ENGAGES Students","file":{"fid":"251562","name":"ProjectENGAGEScrop.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ProjectENGAGEScrop.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ProjectENGAGEScrop.png","mime":"image\/png","size":606962,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ProjectENGAGEScrop.png?itok=5hEMtHv9"}}},"media_ids":["665071"],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"187423","name":"go-bio"}],"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":""}}}