{"605060":{"#nid":"605060","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Three of GT Computing\u0027s Finest Honored at Awards Luncheon ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEach year, Georgia Tech recognizes a group of faculty and staff members from across campus for their outstanding achievements.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis year, three people from the GT Computing community have been awarded at the annual \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.specialevents.gatech.edu\/events\/faculty-staff-honors\u0022\u003EFaculty and Staff Honors Luncheon\u003C\/a\u003E held April 11 in the Student Center Ballroom.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EHuman Resources Director \u003Cstrong\u003EPam Ruffin\u003C\/strong\u003E has been selected for the 2018 Spirit of Georgia Tech Award. Ruffin earned the award for inspiring others with \u0026ldquo;their presence and professionalism and creating an environment where others flourish and thrive.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.omscs.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EOnline Masters of Science in Computer Science\u003C\/a\u003E Instructor \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.davidjoyner.net\/\u0022\u003EDavid Joyner\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E has earned the Curriculum Innovation Award. This award recognizes Joyner\u0026rsquo;s work to improve the \u0026ldquo;quality of education at Georgia Tech through pedagogical and curricular innovation.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EAssistant Professor \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/~parikh\/\u0022\u003EDevi Parikh\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E has been recognized with this year\u0026rsquo;s Sigma Xi Young Faculty Award. This award \u0026ldquo;recognizes outstanding research achievements, as evidenced by publications, program development results and other research contributions.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Congratulations to Pam, David, and Devi,\u0026rdquo; said Dean of Computing Zvi Galil. \u0026ldquo;These awards are very well-deserved and are a testament to their immense talents and dedication to the College community.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Two faculty members and one staff member from GT Computing have earned awards for their work. "}],"uid":"32045","created_gmt":"2018-04-13 13:27:28","changed_gmt":"2018-04-13 13:27:28","author":"Ben Snedeker","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-04-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-04-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"605058":{"id":"605058","type":"image","title":"Faculty staff honors luncheon award_2018","body":null,"created":"1523625154","gmt_created":"2018-04-13 13:12:34","changed":"1523625154","gmt_changed":"2018-04-13 13:12:34","alt":"GT faculty staff honors luncheon, community, david joyner","file":{"fid":"230686","name":"Screen Shot 2018-04-12 at 3.42.01 PM.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202018-04-12%20at%203.42.01%20PM.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202018-04-12%20at%203.42.01%20PM.png","mime":"image\/png","size":1423153,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202018-04-12%20at%203.42.01%20PM.png?itok=eZSYvKfk"}}},"media_ids":["605058"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"177684","name":"faculty staff honors"},{"id":"177685","name":"ruffin"},{"id":"177686","name":"joyner"},{"id":"173616","name":"devi parikh"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAlbert Snedeker, Communications Director\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:albert.snedeker@cc.gatech.edu?subject=GT%20Computing%20Faculty%20Staff%20Awards\u0022\u003Ealbert.snedeker@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["albert.snedeker@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}