{"62081":{"#nid":"62081","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Women\u2019s Leadership Conference Open to Faculty and Staff","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhether you\u2019re looking to learn more about the dance fitness craze known as \u201cZumba\u201d or how to use LinkedIn for a career search, this year\u2019s Women\u2019s Leadership Conference offers something for everyone \u2014 even faculty and staff.  \n\t\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn year\u2019s past, registrants for the conference have typically been students. However, Colleen Riggle, director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.womenscenter.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EWomen\u2019s Resource Center\u003C\/a\u003E, and Liz Tarpey, chair of the event committee, hope that more faculty and staff will come out and support this year\u2019s conference, planned for October 29-30.\n\t\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe would love to see more faculty and staff attend the event,\u201d Riggle said. \u201cThose who have attended in the past have said that our event is as good as other national conferences they go to, in terms of organization, sessions offered and food.\u201d \n\t\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHeld annually since 1998, the conference was organized to bring women on campus together and promote leadership. \n\t\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u2019s event will open with a reception and dinner at the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center where an outstanding faculty and staff member, alumna, and a graduate and an undergraduate student will receive the 2010 Women of Distinction Awards.  \n\t\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOver the course of the weekend, attendees will hear from three keynote speakers, including Tricia Downing, the first female paraplegic to complete an Iron Distance Triathlon. \n\t\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERiggle thinks that Downing\u2019s story is a great example of this year\u2019s WLC theme, \u201cRise Above the Ordinary.\u201d \n\t\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis theme is why I was attracted to Tricia\u2019s story,\u201d she said. \u201cShe is a paraplegic who has completed a triathlon \u2014 which is something out of the ordinary.\u201d \n\t\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to the keynotes, workshops will be offered during the three Saturday sessions that focus on everything from fitness to goal setting. \n\t\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EVolunteers are always needed, whether they are faculty, staff or students, Riggle said. Most volunteer for two hours or more, and in return, receive a discounted registration rate. \n\t\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnd if you don\u2019t have time to volunteer or attend, you can always donate to the cause.  \n\t\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe rely on the generosity of our sponsors and donations to keep the registration fees low,\u201d Riggle added.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhether you\u2019re looking to learn more about the dance fitness craze known as \u201cZumba\u201d or how to use LinkedIn for a career search, this year\u2019s Women\u2019s Leadership Conference offers something for everyone \u2014 even faculty and staff.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Held annually since 1998, the conference was organized to bring women on campus together and promote leadership"}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2010-10-12 08:27:38","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:34","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-10-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-10-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"62082":{"id":"62082","type":"image","title":"2010 Women\u0027s Leadership Conference","body":null,"created":"1449176337","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:58:57","changed":"1475894539","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:19","alt":"2010 Women\u0027s Leadership Conference","file":{"fid":"191387","name":"Logo1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Logo1_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Logo1_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":832247,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Logo1_0.jpg?itok=coe2ry7K"}}},"media_ids":["62082"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtwlc.com\/","title":"Women\\\u0027s Leadership Conference"}],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4476","name":"Women\u0027s Leadership Conference"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:colleen.riggle@vpss.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EColleen Riggle\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWomen\u0027s Resource Center\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}