{"id":13885,"date":"2025-08-25T11:20:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T21:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/?p=13885"},"modified":"2025-08-25T11:20:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T21:20:55","slug":"welcome-to-sls-fall-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/welcome-to-sls-fall-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to SLS! Fall 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-13886\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/wp-content\/uploads\/SLSSA-Fall-2025-Welcome-Cooler-New-Students-1600x1066.png\" alt=\"Picture of new SLS students for Fall 2025. Caption at the top is &quot;Welcome&quot;\" width=\"1408\" height=\"938\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/wp-content\/uploads\/SLSSA-Fall-2025-Welcome-Cooler-New-Students-1600x1066.png 1600w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/wp-content\/uploads\/SLSSA-Fall-2025-Welcome-Cooler-New-Students-872x581.png 872w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/wp-content\/uploads\/SLSSA-Fall-2025-Welcome-Cooler-New-Students-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/wp-content\/uploads\/SLSSA-Fall-2025-Welcome-Cooler-New-Students-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/wp-content\/uploads\/SLSSA-Fall-2025-Welcome-Cooler-New-Students.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1408px) 100vw, 1408px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On August 22, 2025 we welcomed new and returning students at the SLS Department Orientation and SLSSA (<a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n x18oe1m7 x1sy0etr xstzfhl x972fbf x10w94by x1qhh985 x14e42zd x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 x3ct3a4 xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz notranslate _a6hd\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/uhmslssa\/\">@uhmslssa<\/a>) Fall 2025 Welcome Cooler  . 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