{"414721":{"#nid":"414721","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Professional Master\u2019s in Manufacturing Leadership Designed to Serve Industry","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA recent Institute of Paper Science and Technology (IPST) industry survey revealed the need for a leadership program to strengthen management skills of young engineers in the pulp and paper industry. Based on that input, IPST has launched an initiative to develop a professional master\u2019s degree in manufacturing leadership \u2013 forest bioproducts.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESupported by a previously announced legacy grant from the Institute of Paper Chemistry Foundation, IPST has taken initial steps to prepare the professional master\u2019s program for approval by Georgia Tech, the Georgia Board of Regents and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (accreditation). This unique program would serve the industry by providing an on-line learning environment with only periodic on-campus requirements.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is a ground-breaking endeavor on many levels, and it promises to serve many industries in addition to forest bioproducts,\u201d said IPST director Norman Marsolan. \u201cWe are engendering a high level of collaboration at Georgia Tech to bring this professional master\u2019s program to fruition, and we already have received numerous commitments.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe two-year program is being built around a core Georgia Tech curriculum of leadership, manufacturing best practices and business\/finance, with a specific concentration on forest bioproducts (pulp and paper). Once approved, the program would be attractive to people such as mill technical professionals with three to five years of experience, providing them with industry-specific advanced leadership training.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech and IPST are uniquely suited to provide this professional master\u2019s program because the academic elements are readily available at Tech, and Georgia Tech Professional Education has a high level of experience in serving business and industry with its wide range of capabilities,\u201d Marsolan said. \u201cCoupled with IPST\u2019s long-standing leadership position in forest bioproducts graduate education, the combination should be ideal for developing future leaders in the industry.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech\u2019s proposal met our request for ideas that could create a lasting legacy for the Institute of Paper Chemistry educational mission,\u201d said Dr Jim Ferris of the Foundation Board of Trustees. \u201cWe were particularly attracted by the opportunity to enhance career growth opportunities for working professionals at paper industry manufacturing sites.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Need for leadership program to strengthen management skill in young leaders"}],"uid":"27178","created_gmt":"2015-06-15 09:54:55","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:18:37","author":"Amna Jamshad","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"414711":{"id":"414711","type":"image","title":"Professional Master\u2019s in Manufacturing Leadership Designed to Serve Industry","body":null,"created":"1449254245","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:37:25","changed":"1475895149","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:29","alt":"Professional Master\u2019s in Manufacturing Leadership Designed to Serve Industry","file":{"fid":"202465","name":"tech_tower.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tech_tower.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tech_tower.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1082288,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tech_tower.jpg?itok=G7lAnGqv"}}},"media_ids":["414711"],"groups":[{"id":"372221","name":"Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4754","name":"IPST"},{"id":"288","name":"Leadership"},{"id":"3044","name":"masters"},{"id":"93811","name":"RBI"},{"id":"4174","name":"renewable"},{"id":"8409","name":"Tech Tower"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"},{"id":"39491","name":"Renewable Bioproducts"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKelly B. 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