{"586936":{"#nid":"586936","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Deadline Approaching to Apply for GTFWC Scholarships for Children of Tech Employees","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Faculty Women\u0026rsquo;s Club (GTFWC) will award five scholarships of $2,000 each for the 2017-18 academic year to qualified students. Applicants must be Georgia Tech undergraduates and have a parent or guardian as a permanent Tech employee. Applicants also must have completed at least one full semester at Tech; have an overall GPA of at least 2.75; and write a three page essay (1-2 pages total) describing his or her academic plans, involvement in extracurricular activities, and reasons for needing financial assistance.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOver the past 25 years, the GTFWC has awarded 153 scholarships totaling $126,050 to support undergraduates.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe deadline to apply is \u003Cstrong\u003EFebruary 28, 2017\u003C\/strong\u003E; the scholarship committee will make its selections in March.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor application details, or for information on how to contribute to the scholarship fund endowment, see \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtfwc.gatech.edu\u0022 title=\u0022www.gtfwc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ewww.gtfwc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Faculty Women\u0026rsquo;s Club will award five scholarships to children of permanent Tech employees.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech Faculty Women\u2019s Club will award five scholarships to children of permanent Tech employees."}],"uid":"27832","created_gmt":"2017-02-03 23:06:51","changed_gmt":"2017-02-03 23:06:51","author":"Judy Willis","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-02-03T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2017-02-03T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtfwc.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Faculty Women\u0027s Club"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"11652","name":"Faculty Women\u0027s Club"},{"id":"10350","name":"GTFWC"},{"id":"167285","name":"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":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJudy Willis\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EActing Chair, GTFWC Scholarship Committee\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:judy.willis@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejudy.willis@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["judy.willis@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}