{"82981":{"#nid":"82981","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Holds Seventh Annual Women\u0027s Leadership Conference","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis Friday and Saturday, November 7 and 8, Georgia Tech will hold the seventh annual Women\u0027s Leadership Conference at the Georgia Tech Student Center Ballroom.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAlready boasting the highest number of women engineering students in the country, Georgia Tech is trying to boost enrollment of women in other disciplines. The Women\u0027s Leadership Conference is designed to both increase awareness of what Tech has to offer women students as well as provide leadership training and support to current students, alumni and faculty. The conference is open to high school students as well as associates from metro-Atlanta universities. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022In our culture, there are still limited places where women can gather to support each other,\u0022 said Yvette Upton, assistant dean of students and director of Georgia Tech\u0027s Women\u0027s Resource Center. \u0022We\u0027re providing a place for college women across Atlanta to gather and learn about the issues that will face them once they leave college and begin their careers,\u0022 she said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOn Friday evening, Georgia Tech will hand out the Women of Distinction Awards to outstanding students, faculty, staff and alumnae. Saturday will feature leadership and training workshops on topics such as balancing work and family, managing stress and mapping out a career path. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe keynote address this year will be delivered by retired army Lieutenant Colonel Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch, who was the highest ranking Hispanic woman in the army\u0027s combat support field. Kickbusch was born and raised in a barrio in Laredo, Texas. While in high school, a counselor advised Kickbusch that a child from the barrio could never aspire to a college education. Informing her father of this, he gave her then, and what is today, the best advice she has received. He told her to always ask, \u0022Porque No-Why not?\u0022 whenever someone tries to deny her opportunities. Following that advice, Kickbusch went on to become the first woman commissioned as a Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) officer in Texas and eventually earned both the Legion of Merit and Army Commendation Medal.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETech alumna Gena Abraham will deliver Friday evening\u0027s address. Abraham is the executive secretary and director of the Construction Division of the Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission (GSFIC). GSFIC is charged with the proper application and execution of bond funds for the state of Georgia and is responsible for a $600 million statewide construction program. Abraham is currently taking a leave of absence from her duties as an assistant professor of civil engineering at Georgia Tech.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMariette Edwards of Star Maker Enterprises, Inc. will address the Saturday breakfast. Edwards is a business and career coach and publisher of Star Maker News, a monthly on-line newsletter focusing on professional success. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA schedule of the conference is listed below. For a listing of the workshops or more information about the speakers, go to \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/cyberbuzz.gatech.edu\/wlc\/home.html\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/cyberbuzz.gatech.edu\/wlc\/home.html\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/cyberbuzz.gatech.edu\/wlc\/home.html\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFriday, November 7, 2003\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nStudent Center Ballroom\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EReception\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n5:30 p.m. -  6:30 p.m.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESpeaker Gena Abraham\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nand Women of Distinction Awards\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESaturday, November 8, 2003\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nStudent Center\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBreakfast\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESpeaker Mariette Edwards\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMorning Workshops\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n9:40 a.m. - 11:20 a.m.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESpeaker Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch\/Lunch\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAfternoon Workshops\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n1:10 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Friday and Saturday, November 7 and 8, Georgia Tech will hold the seventh annual Women\u0027s Leadership Conference at the Georgia Tech Student Center Ballroom.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2003-11-03 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:02","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2003-11-03T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2003-11-03T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"82991":{"id":"82991","type":"image","title":"Women\u0027s Leadership Conference","body":null,"created":"1449178095","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:15","changed":"1475894700","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:00"}},"media_ids":["82991"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/cyberbuzz.gatech.edu\/wlc","title":"Women\u0027s Leadership Conference"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":["david.terraso@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}