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Founder's Day Honors Jesse Hill Jr. 
Jesse Hill Jr. received the 2006 Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Progress
& Service at the annual Ivan Allen College Founder's Day
observance, March 15. Presenting the award were Sue V. Rosser, Dean of
the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, and Georgia Tech Vice Provost
Anderson Smith. Hill accepted the award with an address titled
"Leadership and Partnership: Ivan Allen Jr. -- Jesse Hill Jr. and
Atlanta's Ascent." The address included a look at his 60-plus years of
civic involvement in Atlanta, particularly his years as president of
Atlanta Life and close advisor to Ivan Allen during Allen's days as
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Nunn Policy Forum Focuses on Global Digital Divide Issues To
tackle the complex topic of the global digital divide, the 2006 Sam
Nunn Policy Forum, March 27, featured speakers with expertise ranging
from economics, gender issues, information technology, international
affairs, international development, public policy and
telecommunications. “Technology is changing our world – offering both
promise and peril,” said Senator Sam Nunn in his opening remarks.
Throughout the Forum, speakers described efforts to bring wired and
wireless telephony and Internet access to rural areas in developing
countries such as Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, India, and Rwanda. |
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Modern Languages Hosts CIBER 2006
The School of Modern Languages hosted the 2006 CIBER Business Language Conference this year at the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center, April 5-8. The theme for years' event was Matters of Perspective: Culture, Communication and Commerce, with keynote addresses from prominent academics in the field and from business, along with papers on applied language learning, intercultural communication, methodology, current international trade and culture issues, and technology. |
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Chinese Added to IAML and GEML Majors On
March 29, the Institute Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (IUCC)
unanimously approved the addition of Chinese to both the Bachelor of
Science degree in International Affairs and Modern Languages (IAML) and
Global Economics and Modern Languages (GEML). Chinese has been
identified as one of the key "critical" languages by the U.S.
Department of State, creating a need to increase the number of students
studying Chinese in order to promote national security and cultural
understanding. |
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Norton Receives Georgia Tech's Highest Faculty Recognition Award Bryan
Norton, professor, School of Public Policy (SPP), received the Class of
1934 Distinguished Professor Award for 2006, at the Faculty/Staff
Honors luncheon, April 12. The award is based on Norton's distinguished
career of nineteen years with Georgia Tech and his contributions as a
leading scholar in environmental philosophy. Norton will give the
graduation address during the summer graduation ceremonies and carry
the mace at the summer, fall, and spring graduations. |
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HTS Professor Receives Lifetime Service Award  Ron
Bayor, professor, History, Technology, and Society (HTS), has received
the Lifetime Service Award from the Association for Asian American
Studies (AAAS), March 25. The award was presented at the association's
annual award ceremony at the Hyatt in Buckhead for Bayor's work as
editor of the Journal of American Ethnic History
encouraging scholarship into Asian American history and mentoring
younger scholars in the field. At the ceremony, it was said that Bayor
was responsible for increasing interest in this field and was an
inspiration for the Association. |
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Victoria Burse Wins Certificate of Excellence Victoria
Burse, Office of Information Technology (OIT) Computer Services
Specialist, won Georgia Tech Best Practices Challenge Certificate of
Excellence at a recognition reception in the Student Center Ballroom,
March 22. Burse's submission was the "D.M. Smith Monday Morning Minutes
Memo" sent to the faculty and staff to communicate building, college,
and campus-wide IT issues and information that are of importance to
faculty and staff. The Best Practices Challenge is an initiative
established by the Office of Organizational Development to acknowledge
the creative and innovative ways departments are improving processes,
using technology, and motivating people, and encourage the sharing of
that knowledge between departmental colleagues and their campus
counterparts. |
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LCC Collaborates with Nurun on Mobile Technology Applications The
School of Literature, Communication, and Culture (LCC), in
collaboration with Nurun Inc., a subsidiary of Quebecor Media Inc.,
will conceptualize, design, and develop innovative mobile technology
applications. The projects are being built by the Mobile Technologies
Group (MTG), a multi-disciplinary research group comprised of faculty
and graduate students from LCC's Digital Media Graduate Program. Slated
for demonstration at the Digital Media/Information Design &
Technology Demo Day on May 3, these prototypes will provide
cutting-edge, mutually beneficial technology to both marketers and
consumers. According to Janet Murray, Professor and Director of the
Graduate Program in LCC, the opportunity to work with Nurun on this
project presented her students with a unique opportunity. "As a
research-driven program, we are dedicated to expanding the expressive
power of the new digital medium," said Murray. |
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Game Designers Present Video Game Research Findings At
the 2006 Game Developer's Conference, a panel composed of Ian Bogost,
assistant professor, Literature, Communications, and Culture (LCC), Mia
Consalvo, of Ohio State University, and Jane McGonigal, of the
University of California, Berkeley, selected the top ten research
projects from 2004 and 2005 whose findings could impact the way game
creators think about and make games. Michael Nitsche, assistant
professor, LCC, whose research looked at player-controlled cameras, was
ranked 5th by the panel. Although player-controlled cameras are the
interactive equivalent of cinematic montage, their use in games as such
is rare, says Bogost, who cites the “sniper” camera angle as an
example. Bogost states that Nitsche's research shows why points of view
have particular meaning inside of the gameplay experience. |
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