{"665755":{"#nid":"665755","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Breaking the Stigma around Community College","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAstrobites,\u0026nbsp;a daily astrophysical literature journal written by graduate students in astronomy since 2010, features a guest column written by two Ph.D. students extolling the virtues of community college. One of the authors is \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E alumna \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/kboley3.github.io\/CV.pdf\u0022\u003EKiersten Boley\u003C\/a\u003E, B.S PHYS 2019, now seeking a Ph.D. in astronomy from Ohio State University.\u0026nbsp;Boley writes that she didn\u0026#39;t want to become a physicist until she attended community college, where her professor in introductory physics \u0026quot;sparked my love of science.\u0026quot; Boley credits\u0026nbsp;that with helping her thrive at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-02-13 18:48:44","changed_gmt":"2023-02-13 18:48:44","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/astrobites.org\/2023\/02\/12\/soundbites_community_college\/","dateline":{"date":"2023-02-12T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-02-12T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"192112","name":"Kiersten Boley"},{"id":"192113","name":"community college"}],"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":""}}}