{"id":1115,"date":"2021-02-15T09:40:55","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T05:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/?p=1115"},"modified":"2026-05-11T12:46:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T08:46:58","slug":"incoming-students-get-online-welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/2021\/02\/15\/incoming-students-get-online-welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Incoming students get online welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Dalal Awienat<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UNIVERSITY CITY, SHARJAH \u2013&nbsp;The American University of Sharjah\u2019s Week of Welcome was held entirely online for the Spring 2021 semester, offering activities to help introduce AUS to new students.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Returning students were encouraged to join the sessions as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organizers of the First-Year Experience program held five informative sessions for students. These included a breakdown of AUS terminology, tips on transitioning from high school to college, and resource management.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over 10 cultural clubs participated in the Week of Welcome. The Achievement Academy organized a crash course on Arabic slang.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Student Activities and Recreation Department welcomed new students with a live question and answer session.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Student Council was introduced and held an interactive session with new students.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The week concluded with a cultural parade on Feb. 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Dalal Awienat UNIVERSITY CITY, SHARJAH \u2013&nbsp;The American University of Sharjah\u2019s Week of Welcome was held entirely online for the Spring 2021 semester, offering activities to help introduce AUS to new students.&nbsp; Returning students were encouraged to join the sessions as well. Organizers of the First-Year Experience program held five informative sessions for students. These [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1116,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[33,30,49],"class_list":{"0":"post-1115","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-campus-news","8":"tag-aus","9":"tag-cas","10":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}