{"676405":{"#nid":"676405","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Staff Spotlight: Supporting Global University Connections","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFaith Sumpter\u003C\/strong\u003E, program and operations manager for the Institute for People and Technology\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/ipat\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E(IPaT)\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;at Georgia Tech, is currently managing logistics for IPaT\u2019s Convergence Innovation Competition (CIC) in Asia under the leadership of IPaT\u2019s Executive Director Michael Best.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECIC was founded in 2007 by the Institute for People and Technology (IPaT). This year, the Asian CIC\u0026nbsp;competition is co-supported by the Shenzhen Georgia Tech Education Foundation, an independent fund in support of Georgia Tech. The competition recognizes student innovation and entrepreneurship with a focus on global challenges and opportunities. Many projects are linked to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sdgs.un.org\/goals\u0022\u003EUnited Nations\u003C\/a\u003E sustainable development goals.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESumpter is coordinating with eight new \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/ipat\/cic\/fellows\u0022\u003EAsia faculty fellows\u003C\/a\u003E recruited from IPaT\u2019s strategic partners and anchor universities across Asia. These faculty fellows are experts in their field who have agreed to give advice and mentorship to interested student teams participating in CIC.\u202f\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to supporting CIC, she manages IPaT\u2019s lending library allowing a wide range of technology to be used by faculty and students. Devices that can be checked out include: phones, tablets, and other mobile and wearable devices; Arduinos, Raspberry Pi\u2019s and other IoT development kits; a variety of sensors; cameras and media capture devices; virtual machines and databases, home automation hubs and sensors; and a wide range of networking equipment.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe previously worked for the University of North Carolina in Ashville, Agnes Scott College, and Chattahoochee Technical College. Sumpter is currently a second-year doctoral student at the University of North Georgia in the higher education, leadership and practice program. Travelling the globe is one of her biggest hobbies and she\u2019s planning to visit Panama and Mexico soon.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFaith Sumpter, program and operations manager for the Institute for People and Technology\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/ipat\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E(IPaT)\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;at Georgia Tech, is currently managing logistics for IPaT\u2019s Convergence Innovation Competition (CIC) in Asia under the leadership of IPaT\u2019s Executive Director Michael Best.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Faith Sumpter, program and operations manager for the Institute for People and Technology\u00a0(IPaT)\u00a0at Georgia Tech, is currently managing logistics for IPaT\u2019s Convergence Innovation Competition (CIC) in Asia under the leadership of IPaT\u2019s Executive Director"}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2024-08-29 17:28:26","changed_gmt":"2024-08-29 19:59:34","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-08-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-08-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"674770":{"id":"674770","type":"image","title":"Faith Sumpter - 2","body":"\u003Cp\u003EFaith Sumpter, program and operations manager for the Institute for People and Technology at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1724961486","gmt_created":"2024-08-29 19:58:06","changed":"1724961539","gmt_changed":"2024-08-29 19:58:59","alt":"Faith Sumpter, program and operations manager for the Institute for People and Technology at Georgia Tech.","file":{"fid":"258331","name":"IMG_5823-faith-rectangle-smaller-v2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/08\/29\/IMG_5823-faith-rectangle-smaller-v2.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/08\/29\/IMG_5823-faith-rectangle-smaller-v2.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":683698,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/08\/29\/IMG_5823-faith-rectangle-smaller-v2.jpg?itok=_N-jlAaG"}}},"media_ids":["674770"],"groups":[{"id":"69599","name":"IPaT"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"188084","name":"go-ipat"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:walter.rich@research.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EWalter Rich\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["walter.rich@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}