{"id":4097,"date":"2018-01-18T10:00:19","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T17:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/?p=4097"},"modified":"2018-01-18T10:00:19","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T17:00:19","slug":"are-you-interested-in-sharing-your-experiences-about-being-a-graduate-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/post-4097","title":{"rendered":"Are you interested in sharing your experiences about being a graduate student?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Are you interested in sharing your experiences about being a graduate student?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">The LFS ACE Team are looking for current graduate students to join their event called <b>Is Grad School Right for You?<\/b>, on <b>Tuesday,<\/b> <b>January 23<sup>rd<\/sup>, 2018<\/b>. This event is designed to<\/span><\/i><i><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"> encourage undergrad <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">students who are interested in applying for grad school to explore whether it is the right option for them and to provide chances for students who have already applied to grad school to know more through <\/span><\/i><i><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">talking with our panelists<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Here are the event details:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><i><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Date:\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">January 23, 2018<\/span><br \/>\n<\/i><b><i><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Location:\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Brock Hall Concourse<\/span><br \/>\n<\/i><b><i><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Event Schedule:\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">5:30pm &#8211; 7:00pm <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><i><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">What to Expect at the Event<\/span><\/i><\/b><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">This event is a mingle-style event, including panel and mingle sessions. For the panel session, we will have a panel of speakers to share, discuss, and answer questions about the concerns students usually have when deciding whether they will go to grad school. After that, we will have a mingle session to allow students to talk directly to program advisors, graduate students and guests.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><i><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">If you are available and interested in participating in the mingle portion of this event please RSVP to <a>lfs.aceteam@ubc.ca<\/a> by 12 pm on Friday, January 19th.<\/span><\/i><\/b><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #002145; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">Emma\u00a0Rowbotham<\/span><\/b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #002145; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0MA<br \/>\nStudent Engagement Officer<br \/>\nFaculty of Land and Food Systems\u00a0|\u00a0Student Services<br \/>\nThe University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus<br \/>\n344 &#8211; 2357 Main Mall\u00a0|\u00a0Vancouver British Columbia\u00a0|\u00a0V6T 1Z4 Canada<br \/>\nPhone 604 822 2989 | Fax 604 822 4400<br \/>\n<a>emma.rowbotham@ubc.ca<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/landfood.ubc.ca\/\">http:\/\/landfood.ubc.ca<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\">https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you interested in sharing your experiences about being a graduate student? 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