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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Georgia Tech has has been offering Mandarin to all its students for over a decade and the language is growing in popularity, says Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts Dean Jacqueline Jones-Royster. “China is a player on the world stage now so we have to treat them as players on the world stage.” Royster was discussing a U.S. Department of Defense grant for teaching Chinese, a top strategic language. Source: cnn.com December 28, 2012
