{"133191":{"#nid":"133191","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Women in Electrical and Computer Engineering Receive 5-Star Organization Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWomen in Electrical and Computer Engineering (WECE) received a 5-Star Organization Award at the Up with the White and Gold Ceremony held on April 23 at the Student Center Ballroom.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWECE won this award for their high level of activity and engagement with the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Georgia Tech. Established in 2004 by a group of five women students, WECE has created a community within the School where women\u2013from undergraduates to Ph.D. students\u2013can seek friendship, support, and advice regarding their academic, professional, and personal development.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA sampling of their events includes social activities such as their annual Halloween Party, Holiday Party (co-hosted with Eta Kappa Nu and IEEE), and Bowling Party; outreach events such as the FIRST LEGO League Tournament, Family Weekend, Introduce a Girl to Engineering, and Team Buzz and Tech Beautification Day; information sessions with different companies; and professional and academic workshops focused on dressing for success, career fair and resume preparation, applying for graduate school, and topical seminars given by ECE faculty members.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECongratulations to WECE for having such a successful year and for receiving this award!\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWomen in Electrical and Computer Engineering (WECE) received a 5-Star Organization Award at the Up with the White and Gold Ceremony held on April 23 at the Student Center Ballroom.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Women in Electrical and Computer Engineering (WECE) received a 5-Star Organization Award at the Up with the White and Gold Ceremony held on April 23 at the Student Center Ballroom."}],"uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2012-05-30 10:29:39","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:18","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-05-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-05-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"133181":{"id":"133181","type":"image","title":"Women in ECE officers 2011-12","body":null,"created":"1449178659","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:37:39","changed":"1475894759","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:59","alt":"Women in ECE officers 2011-12","file":{"fid":"194734","name":"wece_officers_with_nicole_r._and_jenny_l..jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/wece_officers_with_nicole_r._and_jenny_l._0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/wece_officers_with_nicole_r._and_jenny_l._0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1491558,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/wece_officers_with_nicole_r._and_jenny_l._0.jpg?itok=AEIW7gK4"}}},"media_ids":["133181"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech"},{"url":"http:\/\/women.ece.gatech.edu\/","title":"Women in Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"166855","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"id":"34661","name":"WECE"},{"id":"33201","name":"Women in Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJackie Nemeth\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-894-2906\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}