{"85221":{"#nid":"85221","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Political Columnist Molly Ivins to Receive The Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Progress and Service","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at Georgia Tech honors Molly Ivins, the widely syndicated political columnist and best-selling author, with the 2003 Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Progress and Service on Thursday, March 27 at 1 p.m.  After the award ceremony, Ivins will give a talk entitled, \u0022Molly Ivins Can\u0027t Say that Can She?\u0022 also the title of her best selling book.  The program takes place in the Student Center Ballroom on the Georgia Tech campus.  Doors will open at 12:50 p.m.  The public is invited to attend.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Since we are celebrating 50 years of women at Georgia Tech, it is especially appropriate to honor Ms. Ivins, who has blazed a trail in the largely male-dominated arena of political journalism,\u0022 said Usha Nair-Reichert, co-chair of the Founder\u0027s Day Committee and associate professor of Economics.  \u0022We want to recognize Ms. Ivins for her years of exceptional political commentary and her ability to use humor to critique both state and national politics and politicians.\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nLast year, former President Jimmy Carter received the 2002 Prize, named in honor of former Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. (Class of 1933) and the College\u0027s namesake.  Senator Zell Miller received the first Prize in 2001.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition, Ivan Allen College celebrates its Founder\u0027s Day on March 27 by presenting a panel discussion on \u0022Academic Transitions: Lessons for the Future\u0022 at 9:30 a.m. in the Clary Theater in the Student Success Center.  Panelists include former female faculty at Georgia Tech who will discuss their experiences and challenges as one of a small number of female professors on campus.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPanel participants include: Miriam Drake, dean emerita, Library; Helen Grenga, professor emerita, Materials Science and Engineering; Annibel Jenkins, professor emerita, English Department; and Dorothy Cowser Yancy, president of Johnson C. Smith University and former professor of History, Technology and Society and in the School of Management at Georgia Tech.  Sue Rosser, dean of Ivan Allen College will moderate the panel.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIvins is known for her wit and irreverence for all things political. She has authored two best-selling books, \u0022Molly Ivins Can\u0027t Say That, Can She?\u0022 and \u0022Nothin\u0027 But Good Times Ahead,\u0022 both collections of essays on politics and journalism. She has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize three times and was the winner of the 1992 Headliners Award for best column in Texas.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIvins\u0027 freelance work has appeared in Esquire, Atlantic, The Nation, Harper\u0027s, TV Guide and numerous other publications. She also does occasional commentary for National Public Radio and the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. She served for three years on the board of the National News Council, is active in Amnesty International\u0027s Journalism Network and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. She writes about press issues for the American Civil Liberties Union and several journalism reviews. She has received a number of journalism awards and in 1976 was named Outstanding Alumna by Columbia University\u0027s School of Journalism.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIvins is from Houston, has a B.A. from Smith College, a Master\u0027s in journalism from Columbia University and studied for a year at the Institute of Political Science in Paris.  She speaks both French and Spanish. She began her career in journalism at the Houston Chronicle and has also written for the Minneapolis Tribune, the New York Times, and The Texas Observer. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIvan Allen College, the liberal arts college of Georgia Tech, is named for Atlanta\u0027s legendary mayor, businessman, and Tech alumnus, Ivan Allen Jr. The College was founded in 1990 to provide a strong liberal arts dimension for all Tech students and to permit focused majors in humanities and social sciences, with an international technological and professional emphasis.  Ivan Allen College includes the Schools of Economics; History, Technology and Society; the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs; Literature, Communication and Culture; Modern Languages; and Public Policy as well as Air Force, Army, and Navy Reserve Officers\u0027 Training Corps (ROTC) units.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENote:\u003C\/strong\u003E Media are invited to cover Molly Ivins\u0027 remarks and the presentation of the 2003 Ivan Allen Jr. Prize in the Student Center Ballroom on campus at 1 p.m., Thursday, March 27.  The Prize presentation is scheduled for 1 p.m., with Ivins speaking shortly thereafter.  Please call Elizabeth Campell at 404-894-4233 for assistance or more information about this event.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Celebrating 50 Years of Women at Georgia Tech"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"The Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at Georgia Tech honors Molly Ivins, the widely syndicated political columnist and best-selling author, with the 2003 Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Progress and Service on Thursday, March 27 at 1 p.m.  After the award ceremony, Ivins will give a talk entitled, \u0022Molly Ivins Can\u0027t Say that Can She?\u0022 also the title of her best selling book. The public is invited to attend.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2003-03-14 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:10","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2003-03-14T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2003-03-14T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"85231":{"id":"85231","type":"image","title":"Molly Ivins, political columnist","body":null,"created":"1449178110","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:30","changed":"1475894706","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:06"}},"media_ids":["85231"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/50yearsofwomen\/","title":"50 Years of Women at Tech Website"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/index.html","title":"Ivan Allen College"}],"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":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}