{"283291":{"#nid":"283291","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Jasmine Burton Receives Humanity in Action Fellowship","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJasmine Burton, fourth-year Industrial Design major and Honors Program student, has just been selected as a 2014 Humanity in Action Fellow.\u0026nbsp; Humanity in Action is a prestigious and highly selective summer program that provides a context for international groups of collegiate Fellows to study minority rights and produce original research in the field of social justice.\u0026nbsp; Only students from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Poland, Turkey, Ukraine, and the United States are eligible to apply.\u0026nbsp; \u201cThis is going to be an incredible learning experience for me as I learn about policies and how they affect social justice and public health issues throughout Europe!\u201d said Burton. \u0026nbsp;\u201cI am especially excited about the action project that we have to develop and present at the conclusion of the fellowship.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Honors Program Special Topics Course INTA 2803, The Meaning of Global Citizenship, inspired Burton to apply for the fellowship in the fall of 2013.\u0026nbsp; This course, taught by Dr. Vicki Birchfield and Ms. Amy Henry, explored the definition, evolution, institutionalization, and practice of global citizenship.\u0026nbsp; \u201cDr. Birchfield and Ms. Henry\u0027s HP class taught me that \u2018global citizenship\u2019 is an idea that embodies the human desire to learn, accept, and improve the lives of all people despite cultural and generational differences. To be a global citizen one must live a life that promotes a socially just world. \u0026nbsp;This concept of social justice really resonated with me because according to Clifton StrengthsFinder, my top strength is Includer, which means that I believe that fundamentally all people are the same and are all equally important,\u201d explained Burton.\u0026nbsp; \u201cThe HP Special Topics Class on Global Citizenship catalyzed my innate desire to rid the world of social injustices, but to do so, I would have to become more educated, thus my application to the Humanity in Action Fellowship, a fellowship that brings college students from around the world together to learn about history, impact, and politics of social injustices in varying parts of Europe.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBurton\u2019s undergraduate studies and extra-curricular commitments provided an excellent framework from which she can accelerate.\u0026nbsp; Burton held a number of leadership positions on campus, including serving as a Georgia Tech Student Ambassador, the Omicron Delta Kappa Historian, the Women\u2019s Leadership Conference Overall Chair, a President\u2019s Scholarship Program Fall Retreat Leader and Ambassador, the Founder of the College of Architecture Ambassadors, a member of executive board for the Executive Round Table, and a Resident Assistant for the Honors Program housing block in North Avenue, just to name a few.\u0026nbsp; We\u2019re certain that Burton\u2019s diverse experiences at Georgia Tech have prepared her to thrive in a dynamic intellectual setting such as the Humanity in Action program.\u0026nbsp; \u201cI was blessed to have been selected as a 2014 Fellow and will be learning, living, and growing in either Warsaw, Amsterdam, Berlin, Paris or Copenhagen and I can attribute my success and passion for social justice to the teachings of Dr. Birchfield, Ms. Henry, and the Honors Program,\u201d exclaimed Burton.\u0026nbsp; We look forward to hearing how Burton will continue to implement Georgia Tech\u2019s motto of Progress and Service, locally and globally, for years to come.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Jasmine Burton Receives Humanity in Action Fellowship"}],"uid":"27921","created_gmt":"2014-03-13 16:12:26","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:03","author":"Katie Geddes","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-03-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-03-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"283211":{"id":"283211","type":"image","title":"Jasmine Burton","body":null,"created":"1449244199","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:49:59","changed":"1475894976","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:36","alt":"Jasmine Burton","file":{"fid":"198979","name":"img_0228_2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/img_0228_2_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/img_0228_2_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":470873,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/img_0228_2_0.jpg?itok=qpV753tB"}}},"media_ids":["283211"],"groups":[{"id":"72437","name":"Honors Program"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4201","name":"honors program"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJasmine Burton\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jkburton@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}