  {"id":12619,"date":"2023-09-08T16:28:55","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T02:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/?p=12619"},"modified":"2023-09-08T16:28:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T02:28:55","slug":"welcome-new-sls-students-f23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/welcome-new-sls-students-f23\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome, New SLS Students!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_12624\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12624\" style=\"width: 872px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1491-scaled.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-12624 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1491-872x654.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"872\" height=\"654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1491-872x654.jpeg 872w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1491-1600x1200.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1491-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1491-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1491-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 872px) 100vw, 872px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12624\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some of our incoming cohort at the SLS Student Association Welcome Cooler with Department Chair Dr. Christina Higgins (left)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>New incoming students in the Department of Second Language Studies have been participating in various orientations and information sessions, including a general department orientation on Thursday, August 17th, and program-level orientations for our undergraduates, MA students, and PhD students throughout the first few weeks of the new academic year. Once again, we&#8217;d like to welcome our new SLS students, and wish them a successful academic career here at UHM!<\/p>\n<p>On behalf of the SLS Student Association (SLSSA), we&#8217;d also like to invite current students, alumni, and friends of SLS to the annual SLSSA Retreat, to be held on Saturday, September 23 at Ala Moana Beach Park from 10am to 5pm. For more information on how to register, please email slssa(at)hawaii(dot)edu!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nNew incoming students in the Department of Second Language Studies have been participating in various orientations and information sessions, including a general department orientation on Thursday, August 17th, and program-level orientations for our undergraduates, MA students, and PhD students throughout&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/welcome-new-sls-students-f23\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Welcome, New SLS Students!&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/welcome-new-sls-students-f23\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Welcome, New SLS Students!&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":12624,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Welcome, New SLS Students! 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