{"id":3696,"date":"2017-08-21T09:19:41","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T16:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/?p=3696"},"modified":"2017-08-21T09:19:41","modified_gmt":"2017-08-21T16:19:41","slug":"graduate-student-orientation-volunteer-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/post-3696","title":{"rendered":"Graduate student orientation volunteer opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">Volunteer for New Graduate Student Orientation<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">International Student Development and G<\/span>raduate <span style=\"color: #000000;\">and Postdoctoral Studies O<\/span>rientation<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> events<\/span> will take place on Thursday, August 31st \u00a0with other orientation activities<span style=\"color: #000000;\">, including workshops and social events <\/span>scheduled through September<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> (see the schedule at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/orientation.grad.ubc.ca\/events\/event\/\">http:\/\/orientation.grad.ubc.ca\/events\/event\/<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> )<\/span>. <span style=\"color: #000000;\">There are numerous<\/span> orientation-related volunteer positions to be filled. Applicants must be current UBC Graduate Students in their 2nd year or later to apply. If you are interested, please send an email to: <\/span><a><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">graduate.orientation@ubc.ca<\/span><\/a><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> and we will provide further information on specific events.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">Check out <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/community.grad.ubc.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">community.grad.ubc.ca<\/span><\/a><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\"> for more events and opportunities, including:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">Developing Course Goals and Learning Objectives, Monday, August 28 <a href=\"https:\/\/community.grad.ubc.ca\/event\/3814\">https:\/\/community.grad.ubc.ca\/event\/3814<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">Using Active Learning, Monday, August 28 <a href=\"https:\/\/community.grad.ubc.ca\/event\/3816\">https:\/\/community.grad.ubc.ca\/event\/3816<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">Developing a Learner-Centered Syllabus, Tuesday, August 29 <a href=\"https:\/\/community.grad.ubc.ca\/event\/3817\">https:\/\/community.grad.ubc.ca\/event\/3817<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">Approaching Teaching as a Scholarly Activity, Tuesday, August 29 <a href=\"https:\/\/community.grad.ubc.ca\/event\/3818\">https:\/\/community.grad.ubc.ca\/event\/3818<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">Introduction to Canvas Basics (for TAs), Several sessions throughout August \u2013 September <a href=\"https:\/\/community.grad.ubc.ca\/calendar\/2017-08\">https:\/\/community.grad.ubc.ca\/calendar\/2017-08<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">Sharing and Rethinking Approaches to Assessment, Tuesday, August 29 <a href=\"https:\/\/community.grad.ubc.ca\/event\/3819\">https:\/\/community.grad.ubc.ca\/event\/3819<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">Teaching and Learning with Technologies Panel, Wednesday, August 30 <a href=\"https:\/\/community.grad.ubc.ca\/event\/3820\">https:\/\/community.grad.ubc.ca\/event\/3820<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Vancouver Nanomedicine Day, Friday, September 29, 2017 <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/community.grad.ubc.ca\/forum\/3853\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">https:\/\/community.grad.ubc.ca\/forum\/3853<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">Please let me know if you have questions.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">Thank you,<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">Jacqui.<\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"background: white; margin: 0px; color: #002145; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">Jacqui\u00a0Brinkman<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"background: white; margin: 0px; color: #002145; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">Manager, Graduate Pathways to Success Program<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"background: white; margin: 0px; color: #002145; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">Office of the Dean | Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"background: white; margin: 0px; color: #002145; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"background: white; margin: 0px; color: #002145; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">170 \u2013 6371 Crescent Road\u00a0|\u00a0Vancouver BC\u00a0|\u00a0V6T 1Z2 Canada<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"background: white; margin: 0px; color: #002145; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">Phone 604 827 4578 | Fax 604 822 5802<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"background: white; margin: 0px; color: #002145; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\"><a>jacqui.brinkman@ubc.ca<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/@ubcgradschool\">@ubcgradschool<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"background: white; margin: 0px; color: #002145; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grad.ubc.ca\/\">https:\/\/www.grad.ubc.ca\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volunteer for New Graduate Student Orientation International Student Development and Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Orientation events will take place on Thursday, August 31st \u00a0with other orientation activities, including workshops and social events scheduled through September (see the schedule at http:\/\/orientation.grad.ubc.ca\/events\/event\/ ). There are numerous orientation-related volunteer positions to be filled. Applicants must be current UBC&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18841,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18841"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3696"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3697,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3696\/revisions\/3697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}