{"471311":{"#nid":"471311","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Communication Center Recognized by Southeastern Writing Center Association for Excellence in Tutoring","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA Brittain Postdoctoral Fellow and student in the Communication Center\u0026nbsp;within the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts have been recognized by the Southeastern Writing Center Association for excellence in tutoring.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECaitlin Kelly, a Brittain Postdoctoral Fellow\u0026nbsp;in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, has been awarded the Southeastern Writing Center Professional Tutor of the Year Award. Kelly, who is the Postdoctoral Tutoring Coordinator in the Communication Center, is the fourth professional tutor in the Communication Center to receive this award.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Communication Center noted Kelly\u2019s dedication to being a reflective teacher of writing in the multimodal\/multiliteracy center.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cShe is always one of the first of our professional staff to ask the pointed questions about how to connect theory to practice. She is keen to integrate her dual roles (as teacher and as tutor) in ways to more richly serve both her own students and those students whom she tutors. She is constantly evaluating the link between these identities, and because of this commitment to active reflection, she becomes both a better tutor and a better teacher with each passing day \u2014 and, she challenges her colleagues to do the same.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cShe has oversight for all the programing in the second year of our pilot to support the STEM postdoctoral fellows at Georgia Tech, and she exclusively does all the tutoring for this highly underserved group of clients. She has also worked to support our dissertation boot camp program, and is very engaged as a mentor for our peer-tutors as well as the new professional tutors.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlso recognized was Kiran Rampersad, an ISyE junior who is minoring in our economics program. Rampersad received the prestigious Southeastern Writing Center Undergraduate Peer Tutor of the Year Award.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERampersad spearheaded two major student-led projects over the past year. The first was a new promotional video designed by students for students,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ECommunication Center at Georgia Tech\u003C\/em\u003E, which\u0026nbsp;has become a cornerstone of their advertising efforts. The second project was a scavenger hunt designed to promote the center\u2019s location and services both to students and to other units across campus. Rampersad is also a member of the Tutor Training Committee.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis year he is helping to create a new version of the tutor training manual, focusing especially on the elements concerning tutoring for non-native-English-speakers \u2014 a growing need here at Georgia Tech. This award is highly competitive. Rampersad began tutoring just over a year ago, and was in competition with students who have tutored for years.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026nbsp;","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA Brittain Postdoctoral Fellow and student in the Communication Center\u0026nbsp;within the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts have been recognized by the Southeastern Writing Center Association for excellence in tutoring.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A Brittain Postdoctoral Fellow and student in the Communication Center within the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts have been recognized by the Southeastern Writing Center Association for excellence in tutoring."}],"uid":"28513","created_gmt":"2015-11-18 15:19:13","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:03","author":"Daniel Singer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-11-18T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-11-18T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"471361":{"id":"471361","type":"image","title":"Kiran Rampersad","body":null,"created":"1449257176","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:26:16","changed":"1475895220","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:40","alt":"Kiran Rampersad","file":{"fid":"203915","name":"rampersad.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/rampersad_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/rampersad_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":289029,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/rampersad_0.png?itok=h7iRUtCk"}},"471351":{"id":"471351","type":"image","title":"Caitlin Kelly","body":null,"created":"1449257176","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:26:16","changed":"1475895220","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:40","alt":"Caitlin Kelly","file":{"fid":"203914","name":"ckelly.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ckelly_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ckelly_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":98990,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ckelly_0.jpg?itok=VHl8vCnO"}}},"media_ids":["471361","471351"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.communicationcenter.gatech.edu\/","title":"Communication Center"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.iwca-swca.org\/","title":"Learn more about the Southeastern Writing Center Association"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"3754","name":"communication center"},{"id":"171506","name":"Southeastern Writing Center"},{"id":"4402","name":"tutoring"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDirector of Communications\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Erebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404.894.1720\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}