{"521831":{"#nid":"521831","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Minority Students Wanted to Recruit Future Yellow Jackets","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Office of Undergraduate Admission is asking for help from minority students in recruiting future Yellow Jackets.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdmission is now accepting applications for its African-American Recruitment Team (ART), which plays a vital role in the undergraduate recruitment process. Team members help connect prospective black\/African-American students with current students to provide authentic campus visits and give students and families a glimpse of the community that awaits them.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cART was the first organization that helped connect me to the community on campus and showed me some of the different opportunites on campus and in college,\u201d said Dejon Tebought, ART president. \u201cIt gives many prospective students a person who looks like them to connect with so they can better see themselves on campus.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EART members must have completed one year of coursework at Tech by the end of this semester and be passionate about highlighting the campus experience from a minority perspective. Students can expect to build their own skill set by being part of ART.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBeing part of ART has given me a sense of pride in Georgia Tech and the things we have to offer, as well as leadership and communication skills for working with others that will.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInterested students should contact Jade Sims at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jade.sims@admission.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejade.sims@admission.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E for application information. Applications are due Friday, April 8.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELearn more about ART at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/admission.gatech.edu\/art\u0022\u003Ewww.admission.gatech.edu\/art\u003C\/a\u003E or on \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GeorgiaTechART\/\u0022\u003EFacebook\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gatechart\/\u0022\u003EInstagram\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAdmission is now accepting applications for its African-American Recruitment Team.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Admission is now accepting applications for its African-American Recruitment Team."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2016-04-05 14:32:40","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:21:17","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-04-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-04-05T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"521821":{"id":"521821","type":"image","title":"African-American Recruitment Team","body":null,"created":"1459972800","gmt_created":"2016-04-06 20:00:00","changed":"1475895291","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:51","alt":"African-American Recruitment Team","file":{"fid":"205349","name":"1907526_10153273973842232_528916161837300237_n.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/1907526_10153273973842232_528916161837300237_n_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/1907526_10153273973842232_528916161837300237_n_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":67502,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/1907526_10153273973842232_528916161837300237_n_0.jpg?itok=crnd-yXj"}}},"media_ids":["521821"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/admission.gatech.edu\/art","title":"African-American Recruitment Team"}],"groups":[{"id":"1313","name":"Institute Diversity"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"5453","name":"admission"},{"id":"2771","name":"african-american"},{"id":"171890","name":"african-american recruitment team"},{"id":"736","name":"diversity"},{"id":"1406","name":"minority"},{"id":"10347","name":"undergraduate admission"}],"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":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jade.sims@admission.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJade Sims\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUndergraduate Admission\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}