{"71573":{"#nid":"71573","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Submit Essays to \u0027This I Believe\u0027","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOnce\na month, Tech\u0027s Open Forum has someone present a tenet of their personal\nphilosophy by reading a brief\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/thisibelieve.org\/\u0022\u003EThis\nI Believe\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;essay.\u0026nbsp;In conjunction with these\npresentations, Open Forum is hosting a campus-wide essay contest and\nencouraging all students to submit.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EStudents have until Monday, Oct. 31, to\ndecide what they believe and submit essays for consideration. Submissions\nshould use words and tone \u201cthat truly echo your belief and the way you speak,\u201d\nas recommended by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/thisibelieve.org\/\u0022\u003Ethisibelieve.org\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/thisibelieve.gatech.edu\/guidelines.html\u0022\u003EAdditional\u0026nbsp;guidelines\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;are available at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/thisibelieve.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ethisibelieve.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;Finalists\u2019 essays will be posted\nonline, and the winner will deliver his or her essay during the final Open\nForum of the semester (though winners may opt out if they choose).\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EA nonprofit initiative that encourages\nyouth and adults in \u201cwriting, sharing and discussing brief essays about the\ncore values that guide their daily lives,\u201d This I Believe began as a radio show\nduring the 1950s. In recent years, the program has been rekindled through its\ninclusion as a series on National Public Radio (NPR).\u0026nbsp;Some examples of\nessay topics from\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/thisibelieve.org\/\u0022\u003Ethisibelieve.org\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;include\n\u201cI Believe in the Power to Forget,\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u201cI Believe in Laughter\u201d and \u201cI Believe\nin Being Cool to the Pizza Delivery Dude.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESo far this year, First Lady Valerie\nPeterson, undergraduate Student Government Association President Elle Creel and\nDean Gary May of the College of Engineering have been speakers in Tech\u2019s This I\nBelieve series.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ETo learn more about Open Forum or This I\nBelieve, attend an Open Forum on Tuesdays at 11 a.m. in the Office of\nUndergraduate Studies in the Clough Commons, or check\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtopenforum.gatech.edu\/future_sessions.html\u0022\u003Efuture discussion topics\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudents have until Oct. 31 to decide what they believe and submit essays for consideration.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Students have until Oct. 31 to decide what they believe and submit essays for consideration."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2011-10-19 14:15:21","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:30","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-10-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-10-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"71658":{"id":"71658","type":"image","title":"This I Believe","body":null,"created":"1449177396","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:16:36","changed":"1475894639","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:59","alt":"This I Believe","file":{"fid":"193550","name":"tiblogo.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tiblogo_0.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tiblogo_0.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":41462,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tiblogo_0.jpeg?itok=gOqup19d"}}},"media_ids":["71658"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/thisibelieve.gatech.edu\/","title":"This I Believe at Tech"},{"url":"http:\/\/gtopenforum.gatech.edu\/","title":"GT Open Forum"}],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"11924","name":"Essay contest"},{"id":"11675","name":"Open Forum"},{"id":"11759","name":"This I Believe"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:brittporter@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EBrittany Porter\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EOffice of Undergraduate Studies\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}