{"394871":{"#nid":"394871","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Stamps Scholarship National Convention","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis weekend, close to 500 outstanding students from across the nation are converging on the Georgia Tech campus for the third\u0026nbsp;Biennial Stamps Scholars National Convention.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnd to think, this is where it all started.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 2006, Georgia Tech alumnus\u0026nbsp;E. Roe Stamps (IE\u0026nbsp;1967; MS\u0026nbsp;1972) and his wife, Penny (B.A. University of Michigan), created a multi-year, merit-based scholarship program for a handful of undergraduates at their respective alma maters, where their name already graced a number of buildings and programs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENowadays, the couple\u2019s Stamps Family Charitable Foundation supports approximately 590 Stamps Scholars at 43\u0026nbsp;colleges and universities nationwide.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch6\u003ERead more about Stamps Scholars and the Biennial National Convention:\u003C\/h6\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/features\/stamps-scholarship-national-convention-georgia-tech\u0022\u003EBringing the Vision Back Where it Started.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Bringing the vision back where it started"}],"field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"This weekend, close to 500 outstanding students from across the nation are converging on the Georgia Tech campus for the third Biennial Stamps Scholars National Convention."}],"uid":"27948","created_gmt":"2015-04-09 10:28:48","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:17:58","author":"Jennifer Tomasino","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-04-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-04-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"394861":{"id":"394861","type":"image","title":"Stamps Scholarship National Convention at Georgia Tech","body":null,"created":"1449246346","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:25:46","changed":"1475895112","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:52","alt":"Stamps Scholarship National Convention at Georgia Tech","file":{"fid":"76002","name":"stamps-thumb.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/stamps-thumb.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/stamps-thumb.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":269694,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/stamps-thumb.jpg?itok=m0QPfk8S"}}},"media_ids":["394861"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"123521","name":"biennial national convention"},{"id":"169715","name":"stamps scholars"},{"id":"171403","name":"stamps scholarship"}],"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":""}}}