{"634930":{"#nid":"634930","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Dean\u0027s Award Winner is a Real \u0027Peoples\u0027 Person","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe winner of the 2020 Dean\u0026rsquo;s Award for the College of Computing is \u003Cstrong\u003ETonya Peoples\u003C\/strong\u003E, director of Facilities and Planning. Peoples won the award for her work to reconfigure\u0026nbsp;the college\u0026rsquo;s physical plant during the past academic year.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPeoples oversaw the preparation of new space in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/codatechsquare.com\/\u0022\u003ECoda\u003C\/a\u003E, as well as the re-fitting of old spaces to new purposes in the College of Computing Building and Klaus Advanced Computing Building. On top of that, her team ran a space swap, moving the first-floor inhabitants of CCB to the third floor and vice-versa. Her team has also been on the front line during our remote operations, keeping packages flowing every day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The Dean\u0026rsquo;s Award is for a singular contribution to the college,\u0026rdquo; said Dean \u003Cstrong\u003ECharles Isbell.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;Without a doubt, Tonya made such a singular contribution last year. Although she is always amazing, last year she not only managed to deal seamlessly with the logistical nightmare of multiple campus moves, she also managed the cultural challenges of moving people to new and unfamiliar spaces. She is a consummate professional, and the epitome of our community spirit.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAlan Katz\u003C\/strong\u003E, the assistant dean for finance and operations, also praised Peoples.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Since becoming our first Director of Facilities and Capital Planning in 2015, Tonya has consistently exceeded expectations in building a highly functioning team with a strong focus on planning and customer service,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;I could not be prouder.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Dean\u0026rsquo;s Award, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/content\/2020-college-computing-awards\u0022\u003Epart of the college\u0026#39;s annual awards\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;is given annually to the person (or persons) in the college who, in the Dean\u0026rsquo;s opinion, represents the best of the college, and has an outstanding dedication to the college. The award winner is selected by the Dean.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Facilities and Planning director has been named as the 2020 recipient of the College of Computing\u0027s annual Dean\u0027s Award."}],"uid":"32045","created_gmt":"2020-05-01 13:19:57","changed_gmt":"2020-05-01 13:37:10","author":"Ben Snedeker","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-05-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-05-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"634928":{"id":"634928","type":"image","title":"Tonya Peoples","body":null,"created":"1588338091","gmt_created":"2020-05-01 13:01:31","changed":"1588338226","gmt_changed":"2020-05-01 13:03:46","alt":"GT Computing\u0027s Tonya Peoples","file":{"fid":"241627","name":"peoples-main.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/peoples-main.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/peoples-main.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":258322,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/peoples-main.jpg?itok=3FTUzMWA"}},"358291":{"id":"358291","type":"image","title":"Tonya Peoples - compressed","body":null,"created":"1449245775","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:16:15","changed":"1475895093","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:33","alt":"Tonya Peoples - compressed","file":{"fid":"201507","name":"tonya-gordon.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tonya-gordon.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tonya-gordon.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":12108,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tonya-gordon.jpg?itok=-f7dVutu"}}},"media_ids":["634928","358291"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"46361","name":"GT computing"},{"id":"184713","name":"dean\u0027s award"},{"id":"184714","name":"Tonya Peoples"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAnn Claycombe, Communications Director\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:Dean\u0027s award winner\u0022\u003Eann.claycombe@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["ann.claycombe@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}