{"241161":{"#nid":"241161","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Division of Professional Practice, Career Services Merge","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAfter a thorough review of the responsibilities of the Division of Professional Practice and Career Services by the Office of Strategic Consulting, President G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson has decided to merge the two units.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe changes will be implemented immediately.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn the review process, the one thing that came through loud and clear is that almost everyone thinks that there are some significant synergies that can be achieved by combining the roles, responsibilities, and functions of these two units,\u201d Peterson said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe consolidated unit will become a part of the Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education. An interim director will be appointed in the coming weeks, and a national search will be conducted to identify a permanent director.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBeing under the same umbrella as units including academic advising and tutoring, undergraduate research, and innovation and entrepreneurship, and having a close tie to the curriculum committees and the faculty will clearly serve to benefit career and life planning,\u201d Peterson added. \u201cHaving all of these units be part of a single organization has the potential for tremendous synergies among all of them.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAfter a thorough review of the responsibilities of the Division of Professional Practice and Career Services by the Office of Strategic Consulting, President G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson has decided to merge the two units.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"After a thorough review of the responsibilities of the Division of Professional Practice and Career Services by the Office of Strategic Consulting, President G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson has decided to merge the two units."}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2013-09-30 09:45:20","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:00","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-09-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-09-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.provost.gatech.edu\/reporting-units\/vice-provost-undergraduate-education","title":"Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education"}],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1414","name":"career services"},{"id":"7835","name":"Division of Professional Practice"},{"id":"75201","name":"Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}