  {"id":104049,"date":"2019-10-01T10:14:54","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T20:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=104049"},"modified":"2019-10-01T10:14:54","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T20:14:54","slug":"sacnas-free-registration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/10\/01\/sacnas-free-registration\/","title":{"rendered":"Limited free registrations to 2019 <abbr>SACNAS<\/abbr> available to <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> students"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/SACNAS-conf.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/SACNAS-conf.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/SACNAS-conf.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/SACNAS-conf-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/SACNAS-conf-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> <abbr>SACNAS<\/abbr> (Society for Advancement of Chicanos\/Hispanics &#38; Native Americans in Science) Advisory Committee announced an opportunity for <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> system students to attend the 2019 <abbr>SACNAS<\/abbr>&#8212;The National Diversity in <abbr>STEM<\/abbr> (science, technology, engineering and math) conference for free (a $425 value), scheduled from October 31 to November 2, 2019, at the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> Convention Center. <\/p>\n<p>Pacific Biosciences Research Center Associate Specialist <strong>Healani Chang<\/strong>, a <abbr>SACNAS<\/abbr> board member, said, &ldquo;This is a wonderful opportunity for our <abbr>UH<\/abbr> students to expand their graduate and post-graduate opportunities, as they engage with some of the top <abbr>STEM<\/abbr> professionals from around the nation. We encourage all interested <abbr>UH<\/abbr> undergraduate and graduate students to apply.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.2019sacnas.org\/\">Find more information about the conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Limited <a href=\"http:\/\/shorturl.at\/mpswY\">free registrations<\/a> are available. Applications must be submitted by 4 p.m. on Wednesday October 9, 2019, for consideration.<\/p>\n<p>Awardees of this free registration opportunity may be asked to volunteer for a three-hour shift during the conference.<\/p>\n<p>Please contact the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Office of <abbr>STEM<\/abbr> Education via <a href=\"mailto:stem@hawaii.edu\">stem@hawaii.edu<\/a> with any questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Diversity in <abbr>STEM<\/abbr> conference is scheduled from October 31 to November 2, 2019, at the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> Convention Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[33,1363,313,71,14,9,947,59],"class_list":["post-104049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-hawaiian","tag-manoa-research","tag-stem","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-manoa","tag-uh-system","tag-uh-west-oahu","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104049"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104056,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104049\/revisions\/104056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}