{"680477":{"#nid":"680477","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Professor Bill Todd Creates Grady Emergency Medical Technician Scholarship for Georgia Tech Students","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/at-the-intersection-of-business-and-healthcare-professor-bill-todd-helps-students-find-their-path.html\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBill Todd\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, B.S. Industrial Management \u201871 and Professor of the Practice at the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business, is passionate about giving back to his alma mater.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe has established several scholarships under the Todd Family Fund to support the next generation of students, including a new Grady Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Scholarship. The scholarship is inspired by his personal experiences with EMTs and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lianna-homrich\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELianna Homrich\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, a pre-med Biology student in his Management in the Healthcare Sector class.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELike many Georgia Tech professors, Todd spends time after class talking to his students about their career aspirations. One day, while talking to Homrich about Grady Memorial Hospital, he learned that she is an EMT with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.centralems.com\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECentral EMS\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and a member of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/emsat\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEMS at Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, a student organization dedicated to expanding access to and knowledge of emergency medical services at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe EMS at Tech Club piqued Todd\u2019s interest, and he immediately saw a gap he wanted to fill. The organization, coupled with his experience being transported by Grady ambulances three times in 18 months, sparked the idea to create the scholarship.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/news\/2025\/bill-todd-grady-emergency-medical-technician-scholarship.html\u0022\u003ERead the full story from the Scheller College of Business.\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Bill Todd, Professor of the Practice at the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business, created the Grady Emergency Medical Technician Scholarship for current and aspiring emergency medical technician students at Georgia Tech."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBill Todd, Professor of the Practice at the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business, created the Grady Emergency Medical Technician Scholarship for current and aspiring emergency medical technician students at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Bill Todd, Professor of the Practice at the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business, created the Grady Emergency Medical Technician Scholarship for current and aspiring emergency medical technician students at Georgia Tech."}],"uid":"36418","created_gmt":"2025-02-13 19:16:00","changed_gmt":"2025-02-13 19:23:50","author":"sgagliano3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-02-13T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2025-02-13T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"676285":{"id":"676285","type":"image","title":"grady-emt-bill-todd-news.jpg","body":null,"created":"1739474372","gmt_created":"2025-02-13 19:19:32","changed":"1739474372","gmt_changed":"2025-02-13 19:19:32","alt":"Bill Todd and students. ","file":{"fid":"260039","name":"grady-emt-bill-todd-news.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/02\/13\/grady-emt-bill-todd-news.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/02\/13\/grady-emt-bill-todd-news.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":503939,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/02\/13\/grady-emt-bill-todd-news.jpg?itok=77PqYN1F"}}},"media_ids":["676285"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"139","name":"Business"},{"id":"193234","name":"Campaign Stories"}],"keywords":[{"id":"43101","name":"Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business"},{"id":"8985","name":"Bill Todd"},{"id":"5579","name":"grady health systems"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["news@scheller.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}