{"84591":{"#nid":"84591","#data":{"type":"news","title":"GIFT Advisory Council Taps New Chairman","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology\u0027s Center for Education in Science, Mathematics and Computing and EMS Technologies Inc. today announced Michael Robertson, director of EMS Human Resources, has been named chairman of the 2003 GIFT Advisory Council.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGIFT, or the Georgia Industrial Fellowships for Teachers program, offers teachers throughout Georgia summer fellowships in business, industry, public science institutes and research. Teachers bring those experiences back into their classrooms to give students insight into real-world careers.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERobertson has served on the GIFT Advisory Council for eight years. Since its founding in 1990, GIFT has contributed to the professional development of more than 700 teachers in Georgia.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEMS, the state\u0027s leading space-technology company and a leading supplier of RF hardware for a variety of satellite and wireless markets, has mentored more than 10 teachers in the GIFT program.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Mike is leading the enhancement of GIFT\u0027s Advisory Board, which will include representatives from area school districts and representatives from Georgia Tech in addition to business leaders,\u0022 said CEISMC Director Paul Ohme. \u0022He has the vision and attributes that it will take to help the program grow through better partnerships within the state.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022GIFT is expanding its horizons by broadening the roles to which students are exposed through their teachers\u0027 summer work experiences,\u0022 Robertson said. \u0022It\u0027s gratifying to guide a program that is laying the groundwork for science and math careers for our young people. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We need engineers and other skilled workers,\u0022 Robertson said. \u0022Students that teachers are touching today are our employees tomorrow.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEMS Technologies Inc. (\u003Cstrong\u003ENASDAQ: ELMG\u003C\/strong\u003E) is a leading innovator in the design and manufacture of wireless, satellite and defense solutions, and focuses its unique range of advanced technologies on the needs of broadband and mobile information users. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, employs approximately 1,700 people worldwide, and has manufacturing facilities in Atlanta, Montreal, Ottawa and Brazil.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u0027s Center for Education in Science, Mathematics and Computing and EMS Technologies Inc. today announced Michael Robertson, director of EMS Human Resources, has been named chairman of the 2003 GIFT Advisory Council.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2003-05-21 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:06","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2003-05-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2003-05-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"84601":{"id":"84601","type":"image","title":"Michael Robertson","body":null,"created":"1449178102","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:22","changed":"1475894704","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:04"}},"media_ids":["84601"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ems-t.com\/","title":"EMS Technologies Inc."},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ceismc.gatech.edu\/ceismc\/programs\/gift\/homepg.htm","title":"The GIFT Program"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ceismc.gatech.edu\/","title":"Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing (CEISMC)"},{"url":"http:\/\/cos-web.admin.gatech.edu\/","title":"College of Sciences"}],"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":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}