{"52028":{"#nid":"52028","#data":{"type":"news","title":"SGA Hosts First GT Day at Capitol","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis past Tuesday marked a busy day in the State Capitol\nwith full dockets and people everywhere in sight.\u0026nbsp; Above all the action, however, resonated a\nfamiliar and unmistakable buzz\u2014over thirty Georgia Tech students under the Gold\nDome for the first-ever GT Student Day at the Capitol. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EJoined by alumni legislators and legislative staffers,\nstudents spent Tuesday morning thanking state legislators for their support of\nGeorgia Tech and reminding them of the importance of investment in higher\neducation.\u0026nbsp; The event was sponsored by\nthe Student Government Association\u2019s Student Lobby Board with support provided\nby the Office of Government and Community Relations. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring the morning, student leaders heard from President G.P. \u0022Bud\u0022 Peterson, Senate Higher\nEducation Chairman Seth Harp, and each member of Georgia Tech\u2019s delegation in\nthe General Assembly: Senator Hardie Davis, EE \u201992; Senator Johnny Grant, IE \u201972;\nand Senator Chip Rogers, MGT \u201991.\u0026nbsp;\nStudents also had the opportunity to seek out their own legislators to\nshare the Georgia Tech message. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn honor of the day, both chambers of the General Assembly\npassed resolutions commending the students in attendance and officially\ndeclaring February 9, 2010 \u201cGT Student Day at the Capitol.\u201d\u0026nbsp; The resolution in the House, HR 1287, was\nsponsored by Majority Leader Jerry Keen and Representative Mike Cheokas.\u0026nbsp; The resolution in the Senate, SR 894, was\nsponsored by Senator Johnny Grant, Majority Leader Chip Rogers, and Senator Don\nBalfour. \u0026nbsp;Text of the resolutions can be\nfound online at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.legis.ga.gov\/legis\/2009_10\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.legis.ga.gov\/legis\/2009_10\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe students completed their day with a tour of the capitol\nled by some of Georgia Tech\u2019s current undergraduate students serving as\nlegislative interns this session.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPhotos from the event can be found online at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gov.gatech.edu\/photos\/index.html\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.gov.gatech.edu\/photos\/index.html\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Students visit with legislators, honored by General Assembly"}],"uid":"27331","created_gmt":"2010-02-10 18:48:36","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:33","author":"George Ray","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-02-10T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2010-02-10T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"52027":{"id":"52027","type":"image","title":"GT Student Day - Senate Chamber","body":null,"created":"1449175449","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:44:09","changed":"1475894473","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:13","alt":"GT Student Day - Senate Chamber","file":{"fid":"146061","name":"4345759363_4df18acdc0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/4345759363_4df18acdc0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/4345759363_4df18acdc0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":157661,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/4345759363_4df18acdc0_0.jpg?itok=iBGl04VM"}}},"media_ids":["52027"],"groups":[{"id":"47398","name":"GCR (Office of Government and Community Relations)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"7784","name":"Georgia General Assembly"},{"id":"8300","name":"Georgia Tech Office of Government and Community Relations"},{"id":"166922","name":"sga"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorge Ray\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProgram Specialist for Government Relations\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:george.ray@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Egeorge.ray@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["george.ray@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}