{"id":6878,"date":"2021-01-21T10:48:16","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T17:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/?p=6878"},"modified":"2021-01-21T10:48:16","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T17:48:16","slug":"south-asia-studies-grad-students-virtual-meet-n-greet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/post-6878","title":{"rendered":"South Asia Studies Grad Students Virtual Meet n\u2019 Greet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are excited to launch SAGA (South Asia Graduates for the Arts) at UBC: a grassroots initiative run by graduate students for graduate students, alumni, and the wider community. <em>Our aim is to increase connection amongst South-Asia studies students, South Asian students, and South Asia-focused clubs with the wider South Asian community in the Lower Mainland.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>To kick off the Project, we are inviting you to a UBC South Asia graduate students <em>Virtual SAGA Meet n\u2019 Greet <\/em>that will be held on Thursday, January 28th from 7:00 to 8:00pm. We are hoping to bring together South Asia-focused graduate students across a variety of faculties and disciplines. We\u2019ll watch a short film, talk about our work, and do some fun icebreakers! The first twenty graduate students to sign-up will receive a $20 gift card to order your favourite South Asian takeout to go along with the Meet n\u2019 Greet! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>While we are sad we can\u2019t be with you all in person, we are excited to be able to connect with you virtually and continue to further the connections within this wonderful community!<\/p>\n<p>Register by contacting us at <a href=\"mailto:south.asia.ubc@gmail.com\">south.asia.ubc@gmail.com<\/a> with the following information:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Name:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Email address:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Program (ie. MA in Asian Studies):\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected graduation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Research area\/Thesis (ie. \u201cMy work is on in agricultural methods in Uttar Pradesh\u201d):\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We also have an upcoming film screening on February 22nd from 7-8pm. Please mark your calendars and contact us to be added to our email list for updates!<\/p>\n<p>Until then, if you have any further questions, please feel free to send an email to <a href=\"mailto:south.asia.ubc@gmail.com\">south.asia.ubc@gmail.com<\/a> and we will be sure to get back to you!<\/p>\n<p>Looking forward to \u201cseeing\u201d you on the 28th, even if it&#8217;s for the delicious treats and conversation \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>Cheers,<\/p>\n<p>South Asia Graduates for the Arts (SAGA)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are excited to launch SAGA (South Asia Graduates for the Arts) at UBC: a grassroots initiative run by graduate students for graduate students, alumni, and the wider community. Our aim is to increase connection amongst South-Asia studies students, South Asian students, and South Asia-focused clubs with the wider South Asian community in the Lower&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-6878","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\/6878","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=6878"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6879,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6878\/revisions\/6879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}