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CHBE Persian New Year (Norouz) Party, March 18th 2016, 3pm.

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Dear all graduate students,
You are invited to the CHBE first ever Persian New Year (Norouz) Party!

This is March again and let’s get together and celebrate the arrival of spring and Persian new year. If you ever wondered why Persians celebrate the new year at this time of the year, take some moment and watch this short video about Norouz:
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We are doing the event in the CHBE graduate lounge on the 6th floor!
The event details are:
Date and Time: THIS FRIDAY, March 18th, 2016 at 3PM – 5:00PM
Location: Tyler Lewis grad lounge (6th floor lounge in CHBE)
Ticket price: FREE but please do RSVP on the Facebook event page before Wed, March 16 at:
https://www.facebook.com/events/848573278599075/
Guests are also welcome.

The event will start with some Persian cookies, tea and nuts. There will be a 7sin table (if you don’t know what it is, refer to the video) and of course some Persian music and dance!
Hope to see you all on Friday.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Updates will be posted on the CHBE Persian New Year Party (NOROUZ) Facebook Event Page.

Note that the CV development workshop for grads which was originally on the same day, is now rescheduled for April 8th! More details on the workshop series to be emailed later this month.

Best regards,
Roza.

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Invitation to CHBE Christmas Lunch Party 2015!

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Dear all graduate students, faculty and staff members of CHBE,
you are invited to the annual CHBE Christmas Lunch Party!

This year we are doing the event in the Saint John College Dining Hall!
The event details are:
Date and Time: December 9, 2015 at 12:30PM – 3:00PM
Location: Saint John College, van der Linden Dining Hall, 2111 Lower Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4
Ticket price: $5
Please RSVP by emailing jslee@chbe.ubc.ca and sayakar@chbe.ubc.ca.

The event will start with all the participants dining together. Then we will have a quick networking session where grad students and faculty and will be asked to will be asked to rotate tables every 15 minutes. For faculty and staff, there is no cost to attend and all registered participants will receive the Classic Canadian Turkey meal.
Please state if you like a vegeterian meal.

It is a great chance for graduate students to get to know more about the CHBE faculty and staff members.

Poster - CHBE Christmas Lunch 2015

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Happy Persian New Year!

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Today March 20 is the Spring Equinox, also the Persian New year (Nowruz), which is celebrated by fellow Iranians and many other Middle East people.

Spring Equinox (Google Doodle)

Nowruz marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the year in the Persian calendar. It is celebrated on the day of the astronomical Northward equinox (Wikipedia).

As I was informed by my office mate, there is a tradition “Haft Sin” of putting seven things with names started with “Sin (s)” on a table (or a tablecloth). The examples of seven items are apple, coin, garlic, sumac, hyacinth, greenery and vinegar. Besides these seven things, “Quran”, mirror, water, clock, a red fish, some colorful eggs, candle, fruits, confectionery and other things are also placed on the table for decoration. Each of the item has its own symbol, such as being new, fertility, cleanliness, wealth, superfluity.
In the time of entering to New Year, families come together around this tablecloth. They read Quran and a special prayer and they celebrate the New Year. (Most info written is based on this website)

When you meet a Iranian or a middle east friend, remember to wish them “Nowruz Mubarak“, which means “Happy New Year”.

Happy Persian New Year everyone! Nowruz Mubarak!
– CHBE Graduate Student Club

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