{"id":94747,"date":"2019-04-16T15:23:14","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T01:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=94747"},"modified":"2020-01-07T13:52:26","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T23:52:26","slug":"uh-connect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/04\/16\/uh-connect\/","title":{"rendered":"Make connections and move up on <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Connect"},"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><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_93278\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v8Cm4SbrKiQ?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Â鶹´«Ã½Connect Ad\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>A new networking and mentorship platform is now available exclusively for University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> System students, alumni, faculty and staff. The <a href=\"https:\/\/uhalumni.org\/\"><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Office of Alumni Relations<\/a> has launched <a href=\"https:\/\/connect.uhalumni.org\/\"><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Connect<\/a> to build professional networks, share experiences, offer career support and more.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/system-alumni-uh-connect-296x300.jpg\" alt=\"Someone using a laptop and the words U H connect\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-94756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/system-alumni-uh-connect-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/system-alumni-uh-connect-128x130.jpg 128w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/system-alumni-uh-connect.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Connect, users can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Join groups and stay connected to fellow students and alumni from <abbr>UH<\/abbr> campuses.<\/li>\n<li>Join the discussion board to ask questions, seek career advice or offer advice to others.<\/li>\n<li>Find alumni who have successful careers and learn about their journeys since graduating.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Alumni groups can use <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Connect to plan and promote special events. Attending these events can provide opportunities for students, alumni, faculty and staff to develop a professional network.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Engineering Alumni Association is very excited to be a part of <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Connect,&rdquo; said <strong>Dennis Toba<\/strong>, association president. &ldquo;We are encouraging all <abbr>UH<\/abbr> alumni and students to sign up and become members. We believe <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Connect will help users connect with fellow classmates, make business connections, find a mentor and be a part of our <span aria-label=\"ohana\">&#699;ohana<\/span>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uhalumni.org\/news\/story\/join-us-on-uh-connect\">For more information on <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Connect see the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Alumni website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> Ching<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Office of Alumni Relations is launching <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Connect, a new networking platform for <abbr>UH<\/abbr> System students, alumni, faculty and staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,61,62,63,64,65,71,14,9,60,947,59,56,66],"class_list":["post-94747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-alumni","tag-hawaii-community-college","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-kauai-community-college","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-manoa","tag-maui-college","tag-uh-system","tag-uh-west-oahu","tag-video-2","tag-windward-community-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94747","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=94747"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108757,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94747\/revisions\/108757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}