{"71401":{"#nid":"71401","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Condolence Letter to Northern Illinois University","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\nDr. John G Peters, President\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nNorthern Illinois University\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n1425 West Lincoln Highway\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nDekalb, IL  60115\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDear President Peters,\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOn behalf of Georgia Tech, I would like to extend our profound sympathy to you and your campus community on the terrible tragedy you recently experienced. Our hearts and prayers go out especially to the families of those who were killed.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt is an incomprehensible tragedy when the open, welcoming nature of a university is defiled by violence and when lives are lost while engaged in the quest for knowledge that lies at the heart of a university\u0027s purpose. When that openness and trust are violated, as they were on your campus last week, every university shares the sense of anguish and vulnerability.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWe extend our deepest condolences to you and the students, faculty, and staff of Northern Illinois University as you deal with this painful and difficult chapter of your life and find a way to move forward.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESincerely,\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EG. Wayne Clough\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPresident, Georgia Institute of Technology\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech extends its deepest condolences to the students, faculty, and staff of Northern Illinois University in dealing with this painful and difficult chapter of its history.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"President Wayne Clough responds to the recent tragedy"}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2008-02-20 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:10","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2008-02-20T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2008-02-20T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/emergency\/","title":"Georgia Tech Safety Procedures"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1970","name":"Clough"},{"id":"2190","name":"condolences"},{"id":"2191","name":"letter"},{"id":"2192","name":"northern illinois"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}