{"id":3126,"date":"2016-05-04T14:53:14","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T14:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/?p=3126"},"modified":"2016-05-04T15:22:20","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T15:22:20","slug":"culture-connect-cultural-celebration-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/culture-connect-cultural-celebration-event\/","title":{"rendered":"A cultural celebration and future opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On <em>Friday 29 April<\/em>, mentors and mentees from the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/students.shu.ac.uk\/shuspacecontent\/international\/culture-connect-peer-mentoring-scheme\">Culture Connect <\/a><\/span><\/strong>scheme got together to put on a fantastic celebration event that they had planned and organised, pulling together with the help of students and the local community.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Students put on a great array of entertainment, including musical performances, a pole fitness exhibition and speeches given by members of Culture Connect to share their experiences and successes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There was also a selection of refreshments on sale, as well as a raffle, both of which were in aid of the recent earthquakes in Ecuador: a fantastic cause to raise money for.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;d like to say a massive thank-you to all of the students who were involved with the event, helping to organise, plan and perform on the evening.<\/p>\n<p>Want to get involved with Culture Connect in the future? We&#8217;ll be recruiting for\u00a0mentees and mentors again in September.\u00a0Check <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GoGlobalatSHU\">SHU GoGlobal <\/a>for updates.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday 29 April, mentors and mentees from the Culture Connect scheme got together to put on a fantastic celebration event that they had planned and organised, pulling together with the help of students and the local community. Students put on a great array of entertainment, including musical performances, a pole fitness exhibition and speeches &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/culture-connect-cultural-celebration-event\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A cultural celebration and future opportunities<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3036,"featured_media":3127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[117],"class_list":["post-3126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-activities","tag-5-may-2016"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/files\/2016\/05\/celebration-event.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4RiUv-Oq","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3126"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3151,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3126\/revisions\/3151"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}