{"id":2,"date":"2010-09-15T23:19:40","date_gmt":"2010-09-15T23:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/internationalpeerprogram\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2011-09-12T12:35:12","modified_gmt":"2011-09-12T20:35:12","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/internationalpeerprogram\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About IPP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The International Peer Program is a unique opportunity that links new international students with continuing UBC students to:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;&gt; make new friends by engaging with an on-campus support network of domestic and international students<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;&gt; enrich your intellectual and social life by sharing your knowledge and learning from others<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;&gt; form lifelong connections by participating in local and global leadership opportunities<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Run by International Student Development, IPP focuses on assisting incoming degree and exchange international students transition to university life at UBC. The program offers exciting social events, academic coaching, self development workshops, volunteer opportunities and networking opportunities. Our registration is on-going so it&#8217;s never too late to join us!<\/p>\n<p>If you are a new UBC student, you can <a title=\"sign up for IPP here\" href=\"https:\/\/secure.students.ubc.ca\/international\/ippstudents.cfm\">sign-up for IPP here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Stay updated on our most recent events and activities by liking our <a title=\"Facebook Page\" href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/go.ipp\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook Page<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you are a continuing UBC student interested in learning more about IPP, visit our <a title=\"Peer Programs page\" href=\"http:\/\/peerprograms.ubc.ca\/the-crew\/international-peer-program-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Peer Programs page<\/a> for position descriptions and application deadlines.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"IPP logo\" src=\"http:\/\/ipp2010.pbworks.com\/f\/1280186159\/IPP_Logo_screen_lrg.gif\" alt=\"the logo for the International Peer Program\" width=\"159\" height=\"208\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Peer Program is a unique opportunity that links new international students with continuing UBC students to: &#8211;&gt; make new friends by engaging with an on-campus support network of domestic and international students &#8211;&gt; enrich your intellectual and social life by sharing your knowledge and learning from others &#8211;&gt; form lifelong connections by participating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2505,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/internationalpeerprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/internationalpeerprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/internationalpeerprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/internationalpeerprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2505"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/internationalpeerprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/internationalpeerprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/internationalpeerprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/7"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/internationalpeerprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}