{"653539":{"#nid":"653539","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Familiar Faces Among 2021 Fall Commencement Speakers","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology will hold its Fall 2021 Commencement ceremonies December 17-18 at Bobby Dodd Stadium on the Georgia Tech campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Ph.D. ceremony will begin at 9 a.m., December 17, and will feature a keynote address by Andr\u0026eacute;s J. Garc\u0026iacute;a, executive director of the Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience and Regents Professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGarc\u0026iacute;a\u0026rsquo;s research program integrates innovative engineering, materials science, and cell biology concepts and technologies to create cell-instructive biomaterials for regenerative medicine and generate new knowledge in mechanobiology. In addition, his research has generated intellectual property and licensing agreements with startup and multinational companies, and he\u0026nbsp;is a co-founder of\u0026nbsp;three\u0026nbsp;startups: CellectCell,\u0026nbsp;CorAmi\u0026nbsp;Therapeutics, and\u0026nbsp;iTolerance.\u0026nbsp;Garc\u0026iacute;a is also the recipient of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/features\/2021\/10\/recipients-class-1934-distinguished-professor-award-georgia-tech\u0022\u003EClass of 1934 Distinguished Professor Award\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShan Cooper, executive director of Atlanta Committee for Progress, will deliver the keynote address at the master\u0026rsquo;s ceremony scheduled for 1 p.m. on December 17. Cooper provides leadership on key issues related to economic growth and inclusion for all city of Atlanta residents.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECooper was named\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EGeorgia Trend\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;magazine\u0026rsquo;s 2015 Most Respected Business Leader, was among \u003Cem\u003EBlack Enterprise\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;magazine\u0026rsquo;s Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America in 2017, and one of\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EGeorgia Trend\u0026rsquo;\u003C\/em\u003Es 2021 Most Influential Georgians. She earned a\u0026nbsp;bachelor\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;degree\u0026nbsp;in\u0026nbsp;biology and\u0026nbsp;religion from Emory University and an MBA from\u0026nbsp;Emory\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;Goizueta\u0026nbsp;Business School. She is also a graduate of the\u0026nbsp;Rutgers University Executive Master\u0026rsquo;s in Global Human Resource Leadership Program.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe bachelor\u0026rsquo;s ceremony is scheduled for December 18 and 10 a.m. University of California Davis Chancellor Gary S. May will deliver the keynote address and receive an honorary degree from Georgia Tech. May was part of the\u0026nbsp;faculty in the\u0026nbsp;School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u0026nbsp;for nearly three decades, and\u0026nbsp;served as the dean of the College of Engineering for six years. He was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering\u0026nbsp;in\u0026nbsp;2018\u0026nbsp;and was\u0026nbsp;elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences\u0026nbsp;in\u0026nbsp;2020.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMay has won numerous honors for his research in computer-aided manufacturing of integrated circuits. He has authored more than 200 technical publications, contributed to 15 books, and holds a patent related to this work.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAll ceremonies will be held with health and safety protocols in place. The ceremonies will also be streamed online. More information about these events is available at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commencement.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ecommencement.gatech.edu.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech will host its fall Commencement ceremonies on December 17-18.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech will host its fall Commencement ceremonies on December 17-18."}],"uid":"35797","created_gmt":"2021-12-09 15:16:08","changed_gmt":"2021-12-13 20:07:57","author":"Siobhan Rodriguez","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-12-09T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2021-12-09T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"653538":{"id":"653538","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech Familiar Faces Among Keynote Speakers at 2021 Fall Commencement Ceremonies","body":null,"created":"1639062541","gmt_created":"2021-12-09 15:09:01","changed":"1639062541","gmt_changed":"2021-12-09 15:09:01","alt":"","file":{"fid":"247875","name":"Untitled design.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Untitled%20design_5.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Untitled%20design_5.png","mime":"image\/png","size":3594892,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Untitled%20design_5.png?itok=Queicemv"}}},"media_ids":["653538"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/commencement.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Commencement"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"}],"keywords":[{"id":"187738","name":"2021 commencement"},{"id":"189496","name":"2021 fall commencement"},{"id":"81091","name":"keynote speaker"},{"id":"187209","name":"bachelor graduation"},{"id":"189274","name":"master graduation"},{"id":"175430","name":"phd graduation"},{"id":"40181","name":"fall graduation"}],"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\u003ESiobhan Rodriguez\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:sar30@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Esar30@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}